Tom Hathaway
 JAD Facilitator, Instructor, and Requirements Engineer

Experience

Mr. Hathaway has over 25 years experience as a practitioner and instructor in information technology.  He has successfully facilitated over 300 accelerated JAD (Joint Application Development) sessions dealing with mainframe, client/server and web-based applications in the US, Canada and Europe.  Recent accomplishments:

  • The creation of corporate and business area data flow diagrams (DFD), entity/relationship diagrams (ERD), and business requirements for selecting and implementing an ERP system

  • Requirements analysis of a corporate-wide data warehouse for an 1.2 billion dollar business

  • Identified all hardware, software and business requirements to assure accurate and timely billing of telecommunications services in a mandated competitive environment

  • Developed a worldwide marketing communications strategy with cost-justified implementation plans and business requirements encompassing all direct and indirect communication with sales partners

Expertise

Tom's major focus is on tools and techniques for accelerating the delivery of evolving information technology that meets the needs of the business community.  He develops, applies and teaches methods to facilitate:

  • Cross-functional teamwork in accelerated sessions

  • Systems analysis, design and documentation

  • e-business problem definition and business analysis

  • Process, data, and object modeling

  • Requirements engineering, prioritization and decomposition

  • Test strategy, test plan, and test case development

As an instructor, he has developed and presented interactive seminars to thousands of participants on JAD Facilitation and Support, Business System Analysis, Design and Testing, Application Prototyping, Database System Development, Project Management, and Computer Aided Software Engineering.

Personality

With an aptitude for adapting to changing environments, Mr. Hathaway spent 20 years living and working in Germany.  His self-acquired native-level fluency in German is enhanced by the ease with which Tom handles multi-cultural encounters.  Extensive experience coupled with natural interpersonal skills, high intelligence (MENSA member), a capacity for effective communication and a wry sense of humor add up to a dynamic and informative presenter and instructor.

Current Clients
(partial list)

  • Advanced Cardiovascular Systems

  • AT&T

  • Barnett Bank

  • Citibank

  • Chicago Bridge & Iron

  • Crowe Chizek

  • Eli Lilly

  • Federal Reserve Bank

  • Honeywell (worldwide)

  • Home Shopping Network

  • Hughes Aircraft

  • Kraftwerkunion Erlangen

  • Manitoba TeleComm Systems (Canada)

  • Northwest Life

  • Physio Control

  • Siemens (Germany)

  • State of Maine

  • Suzuki (Germany)

  • The Associates Financial Services

  • Total Systems

  • Unum

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