Resume of David King
Senior Manager, WSR Consulting Group, LLC

Mr. King has accumulated over 30 years of progressive experience as business owner, IT organizational head and leader, IT management consultant, educator, and writer. Mr. King possesses strengths in all aspects of IT with a unique combination of technology and marketing accomplishments. His organizational approach is to build highly effective partnerships with executive management and systems users to ensure close alignment of business and system strategies.

Mr. King is a recognized industry guru in systems development disciplines and processes and in building highly respected development organizations. He has published three successful books and several articles on project management, program design and systems development. In his most recent consulting engagements he has focused on program management of large systems and web development projects.

Areas of Expertise

IT Management and Leadership:

• CIO and/or IT head for a number of high-end corporations, including Korn/Ferry International, SunAmerica and Security Pacific National Bank. President of Infotech International-USA, the US subsidiary of the Infotech International IT consulting and training company.
• Senior Internal IT Management Consultant for Citicorp’s Corporate Technology group

Program/Project Management:

• Senior Program Manager for American Honda’s Business-to-Consumer web development organization – consulting engagement
• Senior Project Manager for American Honda’s Leases & Loans systems conversion projects – consulting engagement
• Product Manager for multiple IT consumer and business products developed by Citicorp’s Information Business

Training and Education:

• Faculty lead and program manager for Citicorp’s “Managing Data Processing” executive education program.
• Extension program instructor at UCLA.
• Technical Director, lead instructor and curriculum developer for Infotech International.

Authorship:

• Author of three published text books on IT Systems Development, Software Design and IT Project Management
• Published articles in Computerworld and Tele-Systems Journal

Experience

Director & Senior Management Consultant

Partner and Chief Information Officer.

Vice President of IT Systems

Vice President, internal IT management consultant and executive education specialist,Corporate Technology Group

Vice President & Product Manager, Information Business

Vice President and Division Manager, Corporate Systems

President, US Subsidiary

Telecommunications Specialist, Senior Systems Analyst and Project Manager

Education

Mid-Kent University, Medway College, U.K.

HNC (B.S. equiv.) Electronic Engineering, (Awarded Bowater Prize for academic achievement)

University of Westminster, Harrow, U.K.

Post Graduate work in Electronic Engineering, Computer Design

Open University , UK

B.A. Pure Mathematics, 50% complete prior to permanent residence in US.

UCLA Graduate School of Management

Executive Management Program

Affiliations and Publications

Publications

Published Books:

• Project Management Made Simple, Prentice-Hall, 1991
• Creating Effective Software, Prentice-Hall, 1987
• Current Practices in Software Development, Yourdon Press, 1984
  (Book of the Month for MacMillan’s Library of Computer Sciences, August 1984)

Articles:

• “Current Methodologies in Structured Design” - ComputerWorld, October 12, 1981
• “What is a Walkthrough?” - Telesystems Journal, February, 1982
• “How Modern Systems Development Techniques are Changing Traditional Systems
  Development” - Telesystems Journal, July-August, 1982
• “Why Structured Design Is So Worth Doing?” - Telesystems Journal, November-December, 1982

Professional Activities

• UCLA I.S. Associates - Chairman (1994/95), Executive Committee (1991 - 1997)
• Society for Information Management (SIM), Executive Board (1996-1997)
• Guest Lecturer, Pepperdine University Business School, 1993 - 1996
• Guest Speaker at Guide, ACM, UCLA Graduate School of Management, ASM, and DPMA
• Instructor, UCLA Extension Program, 1980-1984:
  • Introduction to Data Processing
  • Introduction to Programming
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Jackson Program Design Methodolog

Memberships:

• IMC – Institute of Management Consultants
• PMI – Project Management Institute
• Brit. I.E.R.E. – British Institute of Electronic and Radio Engineers
• ACM – Association of Computing Machinery
• IEEE – Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers-Computer Society

Summary of WSR Consulting Group, LLC (WSRcg) IT Industry Expertise
Software failure experts | computer expert witness | computer failure expert witnesses | intellectual property theft/misappropriation expert witness | software project turnarounds | Point of Sale (POS) systems experts | computer hardware and software consultant | relational data base expert | ERP systems | ERP software configuration | ERP implementation | ERP customization | ERP disputes and litigation expert witnesses | ERP expert witnesses | Internet, web, and B2B and B2C software and systems | ticketing and ticket systems and software | outsourcing IT department functions | outsourcing applications development | outsourcing applications support | outsourcing hardware support | outsourcing experts -- contract development | outsourcing experts – contract interpretation/industry meaning | outsourcing experts - contract monitoring | measuring, monitoring & evaluating Outsourcing Service Level Agreement & Service Level Objectives | project management | project management expert witness | software project management expert witness | computer project management expert witness | System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) expert witness | health care industry experts | internet, B2B, and B2C, and web technology experts | data base design and information analysis | software testing experts | software acceptance testing experts | computer system and software project estimates expert witness | software quality experts | Information Technology Infrastructure Library ( ITIL ) experts | software integration experts, software and data conversion expert witness, and software implementation experts | expert in defective and failed computer software litigation | trial and deposition testimony and/or designated as the expert witness in U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Federal and State Courts, and Canadian, Asian and European court jurisdictions | expert testifying/presenting in arbitration and mediation | trial testimony experts on issues of software and computer systems: design, analysis, project estimating, software project management, computer hardware, software performance, hardware performance, systems and software implementation, software testing, software documentation, software and hardware selection and rollout, readiness for go-live, go-live planning and execution, and post-production maintenance. | Have given recommendations, reports, deposition testimony, trial testimony &/or arbitration testimony as: POS expert witness; retail software expert; ERP software expert witness; ERP software testing expert witness; ERP system readiness for go-live expert; Internet and web systems expert; B2B and B2C systems expert; computer software failure expert; trade secret misappropriation expert witness; computer software patent validity; computer software and hardware failure testing expert witness; professional liability expert witness; IT consultant liability expert witness; unfair competition expert; copyright infringement expert witness; due diligence investigations; software valuation expert witness; software company valuation expert witness; intellectual property expert; intellectual capital expert witness | compliance with applicable commercial and industry standards & SDLC methodology expert witness (including PMBOK, SWEBOK, IEEE, ISO-9000, Mil-Spec standards, METHOD/1, Big-4 standards) | relational database software architecture | automated application software upgrade and application maintenance systems | cost-to-complete expert analysis | software project % of complete (percent complete) expert analysis | software defect management systems experts | software defect log evaluation expert witness | software and system testing and defect management expert witness | system, performance and functional testing, and tuning | scope creep and scope change analysis experts | schedule delay analysis | IT “best practices” expert | consultants use of best practices | IT consulting industry standards expert witnesses | IT software development, testing & implementation methodology expert | consultants’ ethics

Manufacturing | Distribution (international, warehousing, transportation, logistics) | Financial Services (Insurance, Stock Exchange, Banking) | Restaurant & fast food service (front/back office; Point of Sale - POS systems) | e-business (new economy, internet, web, B2B and B2C) | Gaming (LOTTO, lottery, casinos, ticketing systems) | Hospital/healthcare systems/HIPAA | Insurance (marketing, policies, agent fees, claims, etc.) | Military (robotics & smart buildings) | Retail (front/back office, POS, forecasting, merchandise plans) | Software and high-tech | Telecommunications | Consumer Electronics | Law Enforcement | Civil & Geotechnical Engineering | Energy, Oil & Gas | Government | Automotive | Membership Services | Publishing.

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