Steve Force is a Sr. Solutions Architect that specializes in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Business Process Management (BPM), Project Management processes, and Business Intelligence (BI.)  He is an experienced Solutions Architect that has designed and/or Project Managed several major projects implementing portals, ECM, BPM, Project Management Processes, and BI. He is a full-service consultant that can do everything from project managing, analyze, requirements gather, select and install technology, configure and optimize, implement and then tailor the solution.

     He is a certified PMI PMP (since 2002), a Certified Technical Trainer (CompTIA CTT+), a MCSE and former MCT, and he is preparing for the Windows 2008 MCSE, SharePoint 2007 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence (BI) certifications. He holds BS and MBA degrees, and he has studied ITIL and Business Analysis/Requirements Gathering best practice techniques. He has managed many projects using most standard PM methodologies, including SDLC, waterfall, Agile/Scrum, and Extreme Programming (XP).

     Steve has over 20 years of experience with the Microsoft suite of products (.Net, Sharepoint 2007 Enterprise (MOSS), Biztalk 2006, Sharepoint Designer 2007, Visual Studio 2008, Exchange 2006, SQL Server 2005/2008, etc.) He has an equal amount of experience with many other technologies as well; including IBM, SUN, mainframe, J2EE, Wiki, Business Objects, Cognos, Documentum, FileNet, ETL, Oracle, and data warehousing as feeds into BI.  

     Steve has solid knowledge and experience in Web 2.0 initiatives, having years of experience in web-based communities, hosted services, and applications; such as social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and with Virtual communities like “Second Life”, facebook, and MySpace.

     He has over 30 years experience in Global IT initiatives.

     Based in Southeast Michigan (West Bloomfield), Steve specializes in projects as simple as Proof-of-Concepts up through (and including) very complex high-risk, highly visible strategic projects.

• Complex, sophisticated, and multi-faceted solutions initiatives
• Portal initiatives
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Initiatives
• Enterprise Content Management (ECM) initiatives
• Enterprise Process Management (EPM) initiatives
• Business Intelligence (BI) initiatives
• Project Management process improvement initiatives
• Pulling Architectural Best Practices through the organization
• Web Services/SOA initiatives
• Troubled projects
• Complicated projects
• Risky projects
• Complex projects with:
  • Multi-vendor resources/contractual arrangements
  • Offshore resources (right shore)
• Integrating with legacy systems (including IBM mainframe)
• Infrastructure or Development projects
• Deep experience in all technologies from IBM mainframe through Microsoft .NET, J2EE, and beyond.

      Market focus: Companies ranging from $500,000 annual sales up to (And including) many Fortune 500 (several in the top 10.)

• High Tech
• Finance
• Banking
• Manufacturing
• Automotive
• Retail
• Health Services
• Education
• Government
• Energy

      Market location: Michigan, US, Europe, the world. Have passport, will travel.

What can Steve Force do for you?

      Having worked projects across the US and 10 years in Europe,  and having worked as a consulting manager for Microsoft Germany and other firms, Steve views his customer's business project initiatives accurately, realistically and in context to their unique situation. Leverage his 30 years of global IT experience to your benefit.

What can Steve do for you?

He is a skilled:

• Enterprise Solutions Architect,
• Principal Consultant,
• Technical Project Manager,
• Business development/presales support resource.

How can Steve Force help you?

     Ask yourself; how can you leverage what the big IT consulting firms do in their projects at a fraction of the cost? How can Steve Force help you do this?

     He can help you by:

• Streamlining processes or adapting processes to projects so that they add true value,
• Applying time-tested processes to discover/uncover potential project opportunities,
• speaking at the executive level in a way that makes the most sense to them (and most lucrative for you),
• pulling through project best practices, thereby project quality success, by ensuring projects are best utilizing:
  • Project Managers,
  • Business Analysts,
  • Project Architects,
  • Delivery (development),
  • Testing methodologies,
  • and more.