Allen Stalvey References
Below are just a few of over 30 personal references available in my LinkedIn profile, sorted by positions held:Director of Marketing, CoolHotNot Corporation (March 2009 – Present)
“Allen
is someone I would trust without reservation.
I've always
been impressed with his devotion to integrity, his passion for quality,
and his thoughtful concern for others.”
Dave Whittle,
Founder & CEO of CoolHotNot
Global Strategy & Planning Program Manager, IBM General Business (June 2008 – February 2009)
“Allen is the
consummate business professional with an extensive business and
technical background and a unique yet diverse skill set [see
the complete letter of recommendation from this former manager] . . . ."
Leslie R.,
Program Director, Interactive Marketing Worldwide, IBM
“Allen
is an excellent program manager. Working with
Allen on the
IBM Smart Market
portal for Small and Medium Businesses was a
cooperative professional venture. He has the rare qualities of
listening to his team and digesting all the input into a practical plan
that meets the business goals. He is very skilled at driving the
requirements process and prioritization. Allen also has excellent
technical skills, illustrated by building the program a Lotus Domino
requirements/issues tracking database.”
Paul Leone,
IT Architect, Enterprise Content Management, IBM
“Allen
is a strong, take charge leader who
consistently delivers
above expectations. His thoroughness, ability to quickly prioritize and
articulate direction were key to the Smart Business project. He is
completely customer focused, in control, and works with a sense of
urgency. Allen is a consummate professional that I highly
recommend.”
Bill Reed,
Senior Marketing Manager, IBM
“Allen
has been strikingly effective at corralling a
large and
diverse team to focus on an extraordinary number of critical details
in a very complex project. What's been most impressive, though, is the
authentic compassion he extended to every member of the project team,
even through the toughest times in the trenches.”
Doug Bell,
Lead Creative, DIGITAS
“Allen
was a very dedicated
partner and great strategic thinker - he helped a cross-function team
at IBM as well as its vendors work through establishing clear processes
and goals in very challenging projects. He always kept an eye out for
producing strategically sound work, and he is also the kind of guy who
will 'roll up his sleeves' to get the work done.”
Regina Javier,
Associate Director of Marketing, DIGITAS
“Allen
is an effective leader with articulate
communication skills
critical to bringing together diverse teams and projects. Moreover his
dedication and work ethic, perseverance to succeed and ability to find
creative solutions to tough problems set him apart. Allen led the IBM
Marketing Program team responsible for the launch of a significant new
product and developed creative solutions to ensure long-term success.
He has mastery of the key analysis, collaboration and technological
tools coupled with dynamic business and people expertise to succeed in
today’s global environment. Allen would be an asset to any
organization
looking for a versatile and proven professional who can move a company
forward.”
Vickie Hessenius,
Worldwide Small and Medium Business Portfolio Manager - Software Group,
IBM
Manager, IBM Business Partner Process Transformation (April 2006 – June 2008)
“I
had the pleasure of
working with Allen from 2006-2008 as a business transformation lead on
a World Wide project enabling IBM to more effectively manage Business
Partner sales information deemed critical to managing the channel and
driving revenue growth. Allen's leadership style promoted very
effective teaming and open communications. Allen instilled a spirit of
teamwork, responsibility and accountability. He was very hands on when
required and helped us ensure delivery of complex business
transformation solutions on time and within budget. Allen is a rare
manager who stays focused on his people assets and business results.”
Craig Rogers, Executive Consultant,
Business Transformation, IBM
“I
worked directly with Allen as a member of a team
involved with
business process transformation projects aimed at improving the IT
infrastructure and processes supporting IBM business partners. I found
Allen to have excellent interpersonal, communications and project
management skills. Under his leadership he was able to drive an
extended cross-functional team to achieve all critical objectives
toward improving the ease of doing business with IBM for our business
partners. He was a great colleague to work with and he earned the
respect and trust of his team and peers. He would make an excellent
addition to any project team.”
Dick Stern,
Program Director, IBM
“Allen
is the consummate manager...bright as they
come, always
achieved desired results regardless of how big the challenge was, and
he brought out the best in his people. I feel extremely fortunate to
have worked for Allen.”
Adela Garcia,
Business Design Consultant, IBM
Project Executive, IBM Worldwide Technical Support Transformation (June 2005 – April 2006)
“Allen
provided significant support in my Executive
role at IBM.
Allen’s work ethic is punctuated by personable
professionalism. A great
blend of high quality work elements, outstanding verbal and written
communications and personable team interactions. Additionally, Allen is
politically astute, possesses good judgment and is a very hard
dedicated worker. I would be pleased to have Allen on the team!”
Lenny Gingello,
Global Project Executive, IBM
“Allen
was an absolute pleasure to work with in
creating and
launching the Technical Support Vitality Network at IBM. He is
extremely effective and efficient, both in his own work and through
gathering followers to assist his efforts. Allen's charisma, integrity,
and pace-setting leadership consistently inspire others to join his
cause! His high-touch relationship building mixed with relentless
dedication is an extremely powerful combination.
I personally learned a lot from Allen and would jump at the chance to
work with or for him again.”
Mike Repede,
Advisory Chip Design Engineer, IBM
“Allen
is a fantastic leader who people immediately
respect and
gladly follow due to the passion, dedication, and strategic thinking he
brings to the projects where he is involved. In addition to his
excellent leadership skills, Allen is extremely innovative and has an
incredible combination of business and technical knowledge.”
Tim Mossing, Systems Architect, IBM
Program Director, IBM Academy of Technology (November 2002 – May 2005)
“Allen
worked for me for about a year leading IBM's Academy of Technology
Program office. He had a huge impact on the operation of the Academy,
which is comprised of 300+ of IBM's worldwide, top technical experts.
He improved the workflow and efficiency of the Academy programs,
enabling the Academy to significantly increase the number of technical
reports and conferences. He implemented a process which was transparent
to the user community, while improving their end-results and reducing
their time commitments. Allen was also a very conscientious people
manager, giving frequent feedback and positive encouragement to his
employees. He was the key driver behind implementing a new IBM "intern"
program — which is still ongoing 5 years later! It is a
rotational
assignment program for "young in the business" employees who are
considered our "future top-talent" so they can get a taste of the
"business-side of the business" in Corporate Technology for 3-6 months.
With Allen's passion, organizational skills, and people skills, he
would be a terrific addition to any organization!!”
Sharon Nunes, Vice President,
Strategic Growth
Initiatives, IBM
“I
worked with Allen as part of my rotational
assignment in the US.
Allen is one of the best managers/colleagues I have ever come across. I
have been impressed with his contribution, commitment and dedication to
his work. He has an approach and attitude that means he is a credit to
the company and a very good example to employees that work close to
him. It is a pleasure to have worked with such a great
professional.”
Aris Minetos,
Senior Accredited IT Specialist, IBM“
Allen
is a great leader who is truly gifted at
building
organizations. Through his hard work and dedication, he dramatically
expanded both the scope and the impact of the IBM Academy of
Technology. Allen's tremendous customer focus drove him to completely
redesign internal processes allowing teams to focus on delivering
results rather than status updates. Allen also has a passion for people
development. He works tirelessly to empower and develop those around
him. He challenges his employees to grow, providing invaluable feedback
and support.”
Clark O'Niell,
Engineer, IBM
“I
met Allen, while on assignment with IBM's
Corporate Technology
team. My discussions and interactions with Allen focused on
understanding IBM's strategy and technical direction. Allen's ability
to understand the technology, as well as his ability to tie this
understanding to the technical strategy of a company as diverse and
broad as IBM was excellent. Allen is both a strategic and a creative
thinker.”
Michael Rowe,
Corporate Technology Facilitator, IBM
Manager, Global Web Architecture - IBM Office of the CIO (March 1998 – November 2002)
“Allen
is a very dynamic leader. He brought
tremendous energy and
passion to every project he worked on. This passion inspired his teams
and his peers and raised the bar for everyone who worked with him. In
addition to his high energy, Allen brings significant innovation to all
his work. He focuses this innovation on constant process and tools
improvements to enable his team to be more effective. In his role with
me, he made significant process improvements with how we managed
standards and application deployment. This helped our clients
significantly. I always depended on Allen to drive continuous
innovation to all of his work and he consistently delivered!
I would welcome the chance to work with Allen again any
time.”
Bret Greenstein,
Director of Strategy, IBM
“I
highly endorse Allen as a knowledgeable,
energetic, trustworthy,
and personable individual. Allen has the rare skill of making the most
complex things seem simple. Allen is highly respected in the IBM
technical community. It is my privilege to provide this endorsement for
him!”
Joan Gentilesco-Giue,
HR Manager, IBM
Senior Product Manager - IBM Software Group (September 1993 – March 1998)
“Allen
was a product manager, reporting to me. We
were responsible
for building a very large suite of productivity applications, similar
to Microsoft Office. He was one of the best product managers I have
ever
worked with. Conscientious; hard driving; knew the product inside and
out; knew the customer; worked collaboratively with the key developers.
I recommend Allen for work like this, and I would bet he contributed in
the same manner in the jobs he's done since.”
Bill Hume,
Director of Lotus Collaborative Clients, IBM