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| Dr. J. Mark Heumann, Senior Consultant has worked with Don Blair for much of the last ten years, first as Senior Technical Editor and Documentation Manager at Riyad Bank, then as a certified Meta Group consultant and Experton-Group Senior Advisor in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Dubai. |
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"My ideal job is one that pays me to learn. That's why I like consulting. When I get a new assignment, the first thing I do is research standards and best practices. Then I put together a strategy and go from there." |
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Recent assignments Quality assurance and testing support for a service-oriented architecture (SOA) project
(Dubai Municipality)- Applications research and case study (Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry)  Data integration study and solution architecturefor a global
drilling technology company- SOA case studies - Requirements study for an accounting firm's document management portal website - Strategic planning sessions, data analysis, and demographics study for a community arts project  Usability testing for a government agency's website- ATM study for a major bank  Design and implementation of a CobiT-based IT policies and procedures system for a
petrochemical company |
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"In an earlier life I was an English professor, teaching composition, literature, and technical writing. But what I really wanted to do was research and writing. Consulting lets me do that and teach as well." |
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| Areas of interest - The "IT/business interface": making information technology serve business goals - IT methodologies, standards, and best practices - Data modeling - Website design and development |
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"The arts and humanities are an important part of my life. I started out as theater person, became a literary scholar, then turned my attention to history. These days, my interests are art history, music, and languages." |
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| Education - BA, Liberal Arts/Theatre Arts, Cornell University - MA, English, University of Houston - PhD, English, State University of New York at Stony Brook - ITIL Foundations certification, 2006 |
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