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  Strategic Business and Market Trends with RD Watkins What if you had access to a global barometer of your competitors capital deployment plans? If this barometer were data points that you could plot on a graph for analysis, would that aid in your decision making process and strategy planning? Furt

It is a shame that I need to write this entry to myself and those like me on the internet. My name is RDWatkins and I am a Serial Social Profiler. Penny Power, founder of Ecademy with her husband Thomas Power, created this video as part of an introduction series to online business people who [...]

It seems I have exceeded Plaxo‘s maximum number of connections. I remember a day when Plaxo was pushing their new “Pulse” platform. At that time there were no connection limits because it was to their benefit to have die hard social net-workers recruit early adopters to this platform. Then they exce

Image via CrunchBase Since March of 2007 I began work to build network connections that could cushion the blow when consulting contracts expire. At that time, I was on the final leg of a contract with Unilever in Trumbull, CT. I knew that I had to grow my contacts in the industry quickly so I [...]

Image via Wikipedia Welcome to the beginning of my eternal student blog. I know I am bit old to be formalizing this but, now seems a fine time to be learning how to blog and start passing on to a younger generation some of what my life lessons have taught me. I have learned a [...]

Image by Allison Bucchere via CrunchBase Bucchere Development Group was the brainchild of Chris Bucchere, a talented Plumtree Portal architect and developer who supported the original company and product releases. He assembled a team of highly skilled developers and early adopters to continue with c

Image via Wikipedia Last month I completed my studies and took my Project Management Professional [PMP] exam administered by the Project Management Institute [PMI]. I Passed! I had been studying since December of 2004 to take the test; lots of reading and stacks of flashcards to back it up and pound

Image via Wikipedia RD Watkins extends contract into Customer Engagement Manager role. Due to an extended medical absence of a key customer engagement manager who has ownership of several web/extranet and integration projects, RD Watkins has been engaged to temporarily take on these responsibilities

Image via Wikipedia RD Watkins extends contract with Unilever in Integration Project Manager role to complete Best Foods NJ facility and Canadian business units Desktop Application roll-outs. Unilever has committed to an extension of Robert D. Watkins contract so that the GIO Integration Lab may use

Image via Wikipedia RD Watkins inks new contract with Unilever for Project Management / Coordination Unilever North America Global Infrastructure request Robert D. Watkins to assist with several ongoing projects. These projects include the Manufacturing for the Millennium SAP Project, Business Objec