Biography - George Loudon
George is President and founder of Robust Web Services, Inc.
(incorporated 2002). He is a proud naturalized American with
25+ years' IS/IT consulting experience in diverse
industries, and has extensive experience regarding the
effective management of IT projects, programs and
portfolios, as well as business and systems analysis,
architecture, development and deployment of
state-of-the-art, mission-critical IT systems. In addition,
he has been responsible in the roles of Mentor, Technology
Visionary and CTO/CIO.
George established RobustPM as a Robust Web Services
business line to service its clients by means of the
practical implementation of effective IT project, program
and portfolio management processes, tools and techniques,
thereby enabling the successful delivery of prioritized IT
products and/or services that meet customer requirements on
schedule, within budget and to agreed quality standards.
His qualifications include being a certified Project
Management Professional (PMP), issued by the Project
Management Institute (PMI); Master certified in IS/IT
Project Management, issued by Villanova University, PA; a
certified SCRUM Master (Agile), issued by the SCRUM
Alliance; Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) -
Microsoft Project 2010, Managing Projects - issued by
Microsoft; a certified Java programmer, issued by Sun
Microsystems; certified in OOAD/UML, issued by SmartForce/CBT.
George is also a Certified Identity Theft Risk Management
Specialist, issued by The Institute of Fraud Risk
Management.
George is a member of the Project Management Institute
(PMI), the Institute of Management Consultants USA (IMC),
Toastmasters International and represents RobustPM at the
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
(AFCEA), the Independent Telecommunications Pioneer
Association (ITPA) and the American Small Business Coalition
(ASBC).
Industries that he has serviced include: aviation (military
and commercial), mining, electronics, realty, direct/online
sales, insurance, healthcare, medical, local government,
legal/litigation, power utility/management, interactive
media, dotcom, pharmaceutical and computer peripherals/appliances.
In South Africa, during the mid-to-late 1970's, George
trained with Atlas Aircraft Corporation and qualified, with
distinction, on military aircraft instrumentation and flight
control systems. During the early 1980's, he was licensed by
the South African Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) on
civil aviation flight control systems. In addition, George
acquired a private pilot's license, with night-flight,
advanced navigation and aerobatics ratings, all achieved
through the South African Air force, civilian flight wing.
He was also employed by the De Beers Diamond Research
Laboratories (in the early-to-mid 1980's) where he used his
knowledge of control systems and electronics to design and
develop industrial process control systems, including the
design and development of embedded firmware. During the
mid-1980's, George adapted his skills, gained on process
control systems, to automate business processes through the
implementation of IT/IS systems, for the purpose of
increasing business process efficiencies.
Resume:
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Contact:
george.loudon@robustpm.com, (610) 457-4189.