Joseph Logan

Ondeego

Ondeego

Ondeego is a mobile application and platform provider, serving the enterprise, consumer brands and the developer communities. See how Ondeego's technology is changing the industry.

• Startup type: Company
• Status: Active
• Stage: Beta

I work with early-stage, commercially-focused start-ups to prepare them for funding, sales, and growth.

I am an experienced business advisor who believes in tangible results. I have helped organizations succeed in business-critical change on five continents. Over the past twenty years, I have worked with organizations in health care, management consulting, government, hospitality, non-profit and non-governmental endeavors, and academic institutions. I have taught strategy, information technology management, and project management at American University and Boston University and am the author of the forthcoming book Seven Simple Steps to Finding Your First Job.

Employer:	Joseph Logan
Position:	Global Advisors
Time period:	January 2009 - Present
Description:	Practice focuses on building organizations fit for their environment and challenges, especially for commercially-focused entrepreneurial firms preparing to sell into large firms. Responsible for designing and implementing strategy, structure, processes, and customer profiles. Define “Voice of the Customer” for commercially-oriented technology start-ups and small firms seeking to communicate value proposition to senior corporate decision-makers and budget-holders. Advise top-level executives to build discipline in relatively unstructured entrepreneurial ventures. Provide recommendations for leadership and team development opportunities identified by needs analyses. Define strategy and execution plans along the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) dimensions: financial, customer, internal process, and people. Develop financial, engineering, and construction plan briefings for investors and partners, including valuation models for debt and equity financing to enable engineering and construction of an energy security project. Implement project management practices based on Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).

Employer:	American University; Washington DC
Position:	Adjunct Professor
Time period:	January 2005 - December 2008
Description:	Nominated to the School of Public Affairs to design and teach strategy and leadership courses in the Key Executive and OPM Leadership Master of Public Administration graduate programs. Students are primarily mid-career government executives who develop class projects in their work environments based on my own writing and models and those of others. Designed and implemented courses based on a broad knowledge of strategy, leadership, organization development, project management, and technology as outlined in the chapter “Managing and Practicing OD in IT Projects” in the textbook e-Human Resources Management: Managing Knowledge People. Assigned, monitored, and evaluated student progress on class projects executed in their organizations by their teams and colleagues. Provided coaching and external support for action learning projects and research papers. Served on working group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies with White House representatives and Boeing / Federal Express executives. Selection based on previous projects at Federal Aviation Administration. Invited to address NASA, Library of Congress, and Kaiser Permanente leadership based on students’ projects. Published book chapters and articles alongside frequent conference presentations.

Employer:	AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Position:	Regional Engagement Director/Global Change Programme Manager/Program Manager / Senior Business Analyst
Time period:	January 2004 - December 2008
Description:	Responsible for strategy, budget, performance, and a staff of 60+ information services professionals in 9 European sales and marketing subsidiaries. Accountable for multi-million dollar portfolio of business-focused applications and information services. Sponsor for organizational transformation targeting US$700 million in savings over 3 years. Change leader for merger of IT infrastructure hubs in United States, United Kingdom, and Sweden serving 65,000 customers. Managed multiple vendor contracts for international project support. Led executive team and line management to support $1.5+ billion outsourced shared services contract in support of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) change agenda. Led performance improvement initiatives and teams to create highly productive, customer-focused global organization. Program manager in turnaround of company-wide SAP implementation. Global owner for U.S.-based value management initiative targeting return on $1+ billion annual IT investment.

Employer:	Planmatics, Inc.,Rockville, MD
Position:	Management Consultant / e-Government Strategist
Time period:	January 2002 - December 2004
Description:	Provided consulting services to 5 major clients: World Bank, Chevy Chase Bank, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Housing and Urban Development, and the U.S. Postal Service. Directed clients in process reengineering, organizational assessments, executive coaching, recruiting, and contract negotiation. Led nationwide consulting project to deploy software for workforce optimization. 6-month project currently saving $8 million annually in each of 8 sites with an company-wide savings of $144 million. 8 direct reports. Introduced collaborative system for process improvement among senior management for a leading national bank. Project generated an additional $10 million in annual revenue. Delivered Executive-level consulting to four Cabinet-level departments in the US government. Designed and implemented e-Government strategy and portfolio managemenst. Directed four consultants.

Employer:	Boston University; Boston, MA / Tyson’s Corner, VA
Position:	Project Management Instructor
Time period:	January 2001 - December 2005
Description:	Selected for role based on strong depth of knowledge in both the human and technical aspects of project teams. Teach project management courses in the areas of team dynamics, negotiation, conflict resolution, presentation skills, and project quality. Program culminates in sitting for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. Instructed more than 50 local technical managers including government staff and project managers from such premiere companies as AT&T, Mills Corporation, Verizon, and other large private companies. Initiated changes to course designs; implemented throughout and well received by both professors and students. Recruited 2 new instructors to the program.

Employer:	LoganLearn; Washington, DC
Position:	Organization Development Consultant
Time period:	January 1997 - December 2002
Description:	Principal consultant and founder of successful boutique consulting firm. Consulted on diverse topics including program and project management, organization development, training, and strategy development and execution. Performed intervention with World Bank quality assurance and compliance unit to build supportfor controls and oversight of $1.9 billion in disbursements during period of 23% trust fund program expansion. Led change management for large systems and training projects at Hilton Hotels, Harrah’s Entertainment, Georgia Department of Transportation, and Kentucky Department of Education. Developed performance improvement and training programs for 9 clients in the public and private sectors. Worked with Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Lominger competency models.

Employer:	Hilton Hotels; Memphis, TN
Position:	Training Supervisor / Instructional Designer
Time period:	January 1994 - December 1997
Description:	Led learning and development for over 800 customer service representatives in the US Marketing Services Center. Designed learning interventions for two Marketing Services call centers in Memphis, TN and Tampa, FL. Managed the implementation of interpersonal and technical skills training for 800+ representatives. Consulted in the design of updated software system to support call protocols and performance tracking. Ensured proper instructional design techniques used in all call center learning programs. Worked with DDI instructional design models.

University:	Benedictine University
Time period:	2007
Degree:	Organization Development, PhD

University:	American University
Time period:	2001
Degree:	Organization Development , MSc

University:	University of Maryland System
Time period:	2001
Degree:	Technology Management / Organization Development, BSc