TESTIMONIALS
Project Manager, Viasat
“One of the few inspiring leaders I have had the pleasure of working with during my professional career.”
Senior Solutions Architect, Mentor Graphics
“Geoff quickly became one of my favorite project managers. He is a great mentor to engineers who perform work for him and makes them feel valued and appreciated.”
Software Project Manager, Hospira
“The consummate professional... a very cheerful, upbeat person that is a natural born leader who inspires the troops by example and encouragement. I would work again with him, anytime, anywhere.”
IVI Project Manager, Wind River
“Geoff is a true leader and in my opinion is truly unique in his ability to manage remote teams in Asia Pacific. If a manager left a very difficult project - no problem - he had an ability to turn chaos into success. Everything looks so easy for him to manage. He is a master at managing a team.”
Senior Member of Technical Staff, Wind River
“Geoff is particularly skilled at making sure no details get lost.”
Sr. Principal Technologist, Symantec
“A rare combination of dependable competence and cheerful diligence.”
Director, Dexcom
“Geoffrey was responsible for leading edge technology projects with worldwide design and development teams. He demonstrated outstanding people skills and project management capabilities.”
Director of Marketing, Fujitsu ObjectStar
“Geoff knows how to get the job done. He came into our organization and very quickly and effectively led the effort to revamp sales and marketing as part of the carve-out of Fujitsu ObjectStar.”
Senior Program Manager, Wind River
“I've witnessed first-hand how skilled he is at providing his people with the right level of support, empowerment and coaching as needed.”
Software Engineer, Wind River
“Geoff is an exceptional individual and has my highest recommendation for technical and management skills. His intelligence, insight, kindness, and sense of humor always make him a pleasure to work with.”
Vice President, Salesforce.com
“Geoff was always innovating and coming up with creative new ideas for the call center portfolio go to market strategy. His department was one of the best and innovative places to work at IBM.”
CEO, Institute for Evidence Based Change
“Has that all too rare talent of being extremely competent, very bright, and the ability to manage people and projects while meeting all of a client’s needs.”
President, Pulse
“He is always up to date in the latest technology and industry developments. He really can walk the talk.”
Partner, Deloitte
“A true change¬master. Geoff displays the integrity and depth of intellectual capability that accompanies real leadership.”
CTO, Cisco
“Geoff is a great combination of engineer, program manager, and systems person.”
Project Manager, Viasat
“One of the few inspiring leaders I have had the pleasure of working with during my professional career.”
Senior Solutions Architect, Mentor Graphics
“Geoff quickly became one of my favorite project managers. He is a great mentor to engineers who perform work for him and makes them feel valued and appreciated.”
Software Project Manager, Hospira
“The consummate professional... a very cheerful, upbeat person that is a natural born leader who inspires the troops by example and encouragement. I would work again with him, anytime, anywhere.”
IVI Project Manager, Wind River
“Geoff is a true leader and in my opinion is truly unique in his ability to manage remote teams in Asia Pacific. If a manager left a very difficult project - no problem - he had an ability to turn chaos into success. Everything looks so easy for him to manage. He is a master at managing a team.”
Senior Member of Technical Staff, Wind River
“Geoff is particularly skilled at making sure no details get lost.”
Sr. Principal Technologist, Symantec
“A rare combination of dependable competence and cheerful diligence.”
Director, Dexcom
“Geoffrey was responsible for leading edge technology projects with worldwide design and development teams. He demonstrated outstanding people skills and project management capabilities.”
Director of Marketing, Fujitsu ObjectStar
“Geoff knows how to get the job done. He came into our organization and very quickly and effectively led the effort to revamp sales and marketing as part of the carve-out of Fujitsu ObjectStar.”
Senior Program Manager, Wind River
“I've witnessed first-hand how skilled he is at providing his people with the right level of support, empowerment and coaching as needed.”
Software Engineer, Wind River
“Geoff is an exceptional individual and has my highest recommendation for technical and management skills. His intelligence, insight, kindness, and sense of humor always make him a pleasure to work with.”
Vice President, Salesforce.com
“Geoff was always innovating and coming up with creative new ideas for the call center portfolio go to market strategy. His department was one of the best and innovative places to work at IBM.”
CEO, Institute for Evidence Based Change
“Has that all too rare talent of being extremely competent, very bright, and the ability to manage people and projects while meeting all of a client’s needs.”
President, Pulse
“He is always up to date in the latest technology and industry developments. He really can walk the talk.”
Partner, Deloitte
“A true change¬master. Geoff displays the integrity and depth of intellectual capability that accompanies real leadership.”
CTO, Cisco
“Geoff is a great combination of engineer, program manager, and systems person.”
GEOFFREY FORSTER, PH.D.
MANAGING PARTNER AND PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
Proven, high-energy, results driven project manager / program manager / team builder that quickly builds a hard working collaborative culture that wins new business and ensures repeat business. Leverages well developed software, technical, and process skills to deliver targeted profit and high customer satisfaction on all System Development Life Cycle phases from small proof-of-concept projects to large $50M+ multinational programs.
Trained and experienced in running Agile Scrum projects as well as earned-value, CMMI compliant Waterfall projects. Proven quick-study skills that deliver the schedule, quality, risk-management, margin, and customer satisfaction demands of projects from a wide range of industries, including: mobile, consumer, automotive, biotech, cloud, SaaS, utilities, industrial, government, aerospace and defense.
MANAGING PARTNER AND PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
Proven, high-energy, results driven project manager / program manager / team builder that quickly builds a hard working collaborative culture that wins new business and ensures repeat business. Leverages well developed software, technical, and process skills to deliver targeted profit and high customer satisfaction on all System Development Life Cycle phases from small proof-of-concept projects to large $50M+ multinational programs.
Trained and experienced in running Agile Scrum projects as well as earned-value, CMMI compliant Waterfall projects. Proven quick-study skills that deliver the schedule, quality, risk-management, margin, and customer satisfaction demands of projects from a wide range of industries, including: mobile, consumer, automotive, biotech, cloud, SaaS, utilities, industrial, government, aerospace and defense.
"Successful projects are all alike; every unsuccessful project is unsuccessful in its own way." Geoffrey P. Forster's Anna Karenina principle of project management.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
THE TYPICAL SUNKOSI PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY
Every project is unique in its own way and the Sunkosi way is to be agile in approach and in execution. We will always work with the needs of you, your team, your stakeholders and your industry. In general however, our approach is to follow the tenants of the Agile Manifesto, namely:
We are uncovering better ways of developing product by doing it and helping others do it.
Through this work we have come to value:
1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
2. Working software over perfect documentation
3. Customer collaboration over ceaseless contract negotiation
4. Responding to change over simply following a plan
Every project is unique in its own way and the Sunkosi way is to be agile in approach and in execution. We will always work with the needs of you, your team, your stakeholders and your industry. In general however, our approach is to follow the tenants of the Agile Manifesto, namely:
We are uncovering better ways of developing product by doing it and helping others do it.
Through this work we have come to value:
1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
2. Working software over perfect documentation
3. Customer collaboration over ceaseless contract negotiation
4. Responding to change over simply following a plan
CONTRACT PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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• Agile, extreme, and traditional project management
• Software, hardware, embedded, and systems projects
• Mobile, medical, biotech, CRM, middleware, IoT
• Automotive, aerospace, cloud, SaaS, M2M
• Estimation and risk management
• Proof of concept
• Project turn-around
• Testing and quality
• Crisis resolution
• Project audit
• Research
• Report writing
• Client management
• Team building
____________________________________________
• Agile, extreme, and traditional project management
• Software, hardware, embedded, and systems projects
• Mobile, medical, biotech, CRM, middleware, IoT
• Automotive, aerospace, cloud, SaaS, M2M
• Estimation and risk management
• Proof of concept
• Project turn-around
• Testing and quality
• Crisis resolution
• Project audit
• Research
• Report writing
• Client management
• Team building
PROJECT MANAGEMENT • BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
S U N K O S I
DEL MAR, CALIFORNIA
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© 2015 SUNKOSI LLC • All Rights Reserved
THE TYPICAL SUNKOSI PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY
Every project is unique in its own way and the Sunkosi way is to be agile in approach and in execution. We will always work with the needs of you, your team, your stakeholders and your industry. In general however, our approach is to follow the tenants of the Agile Manifesto, namely:
We are uncovering better ways of developing product by doing it and helping others do it.
Through this work we have come to value:
1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
2. Working software over perfect documentation
3. Customer collaboration over ceaseless contract negotiation
4. Responding to change over simply following a plan
Every project is unique in its own way and the Sunkosi way is to be agile in approach and in execution. We will always work with the needs of you, your team, your stakeholders and your industry. In general however, our approach is to follow the tenants of the Agile Manifesto, namely:
We are uncovering better ways of developing product by doing it and helping others do it.
Through this work we have come to value:
1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
2. Working software over perfect documentation
3. Customer collaboration over ceaseless contract negotiation
4. Responding to change over simply following a plan
THE TYPICAL SUNKOSI PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY
Every project is unique in its own way and the Sunkosi way is to be agile in approach and in execution. We will always work with the needs of you, your team, your stakeholders and your industry. In general however, our approach is to follow the tenants of the Agile Manifesto, namely:
We are uncovering better ways of developing product by doing it and helping others do it.
Through this work we have come to value:
1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
2. Working software over perfect documentation
3. Customer collaboration over ceaseless contract negotiation
4. Responding to change over simply following a plan
Every project is unique in its own way and the Sunkosi way is to be agile in approach and in execution. We will always work with the needs of you, your team, your stakeholders and your industry. In general however, our approach is to follow the tenants of the Agile Manifesto, namely:
We are uncovering better ways of developing product by doing it and helping others do it.
Through this work we have come to value:
1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
2. Working software over perfect documentation
3. Customer collaboration over ceaseless contract negotiation
4. Responding to change over simply following a plan
THE SUNKOSI SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE (SDLC) FAV-MODEL
Sunkosi Project Managers and Consultants have evolved a highly optimized and unique System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) model that is a hybrid model that combines the best of both traditional and modern project management techniques. The Sunkosi SDLC combines the clarity and structure of CMMI compliant traditional waterfall models, the verification and validation of the V-model, and the efficiency and adaptability of modern agile iterative techniques. This hybrid SDLC model gives both structure and adaptability to system development all the way from the opening of an opportunity to the capturing of the project metrics. This Sunkosi hybrid SDLC model is the Forster Agile V-Model or FAV Model. The FAV-Model is summarized in the following diagram.
This diagram shows a V shaped SDLC end-to-end project management methodology model in which over time, project abstraction moves from high abstraction architecture to low abstraction implementation back to high abstraction project acceptance. Note how each stage of a project should have a complementary verification or validation stage. The symmetry in the Sunkosi FAV-Model underlines the fact that Sunkosi believes that you can't say that a feature or user story has been implemented until you have confirmed that it has been implemented. Furthermore, unlike the traditional waterfall or V-Model project methodologies, the FAV-Model explicitly includes the reality of iterative change. Iterative change captures the heart of the agile methodology. That is, any project plan must be nimble enough to change and adapt as we gather new information during the implementation process.
PROJECTS
3D printing
Acceptance criteria
Aerospace proof-of-concept
Analog circuit design
Android
Android enhancements
Antenna design
Application development
ASICs
Automotive IVI
Avionics
Big data analytics
Biomedical computing
Business planning
CSS
Cloud, Server, Desktop, Mobile apps
CMMI certification
Computer telephony integration
Contract development / negotiation
CRM
Customer support
Defect triage
Defense projects
Digital circuit design
Digital rights management
Digital signal processing
Division divestiture
Education support software
Education tablets
Embedded device support
Enterprise middleware
FFTs
Feature Driven Development (FDD)
Field trials
FPGAs
General management
Genomics
GPUs
Informatics
Ingestible temperature transmitter
Interactive voice response
IP scanning and review
Linux
Low noise amplifiers
Manufacture automation
Market analysis
Marketing
Mobile phone
Moblin
Multiplatform software and hardware
Nuclear magnetic resonance
OpenCL
Power optimization
Process optimization
Product management
Project audits
Project turn-arounds
Quality Assurance
Real time operating system
Robotics
Sales
SCADA
Set top box
Smart grid
SOA software
Software sales and marketing
Space launch command and control
Start-ups
Strategic management
Tablet
Technical documentation
Test development and management
Tizen
Training
User interface development
Video conferencing system
Voice / data switching system
Voice recognition systems
VxWorks
Web development
3D printing
Acceptance criteria
Aerospace proof-of-concept
Analog circuit design
Android
Android enhancements
Antenna design
Application development
ASICs
Automotive IVI
Avionics
Big data analytics
Biomedical computing
Business planning
CSS
Cloud, Server, Desktop, Mobile apps
CMMI certification
Computer telephony integration
Contract development / negotiation
CRM
Customer support
Defect triage
Defense projects
Digital circuit design
Digital rights management
Digital signal processing
Division divestiture
Education support software
Education tablets
Embedded device support
Enterprise middleware
FFTs
Feature Driven Development (FDD)
Field trials
FPGAs
General management
Genomics
GPUs
Informatics
Ingestible temperature transmitter
Interactive voice response
IP scanning and review
Linux
Low noise amplifiers
Manufacture automation
Market analysis
Marketing
Mobile phone
Moblin
Multiplatform software and hardware
Nuclear magnetic resonance
OpenCL
Power optimization
Process optimization
Product management
Project audits
Project turn-arounds
Quality Assurance
Real time operating system
Robotics
Sales
SCADA
Set top box
Smart grid
SOA software
Software sales and marketing
Space launch command and control
Start-ups
Strategic management
Tablet
Technical documentation
Test development and management
Tizen
Training
User interface development
Video conferencing system
Voice / data switching system
Voice recognition systems
VxWorks
Web development
STAKEHOLDERS
Airstream Innovation
Alamo Colleges
Assured Technology Corporation
Australian Navy
Avaya
British Telecom
c3Global
Canadian Immigration
Celeratas
Cisco
Cognex Machine Vision
DENSO
Dialogic
Electricity Commission
Fujitsu
GEC Plessey
Google
Honda
HSBC
IBM
Intel
IEBC
ITT
MediaDNA
Microsoft
Mitsubishi Robotics
Motorola
NASA
Nokia
NTT Docomo
Objectstar
Orange S.A.
Organic Ovation
Otis Elevator
Oxford International
Parallel Computing Labs
Pulse Electronics
Robotics Technology Leaders
Rodopi Software
ROLM
SAIC
Samsung
Siemens
Southern Cross University
Southern States University
St. George Bank
Starwood
Sunkosi Capital Management
Sunkosi LLC
Tatum Partners
Telecom Italia
Texas Instrument
Turkish Telecom
USPS
University of New South Wales
University of Technology Sydney
Varian
Verizon
Veteran Affairs
Westpac
Wind River Systems
Airstream Innovation
Alamo Colleges
Assured Technology Corporation
Australian Navy
Avaya
British Telecom
c3Global
Canadian Immigration
Celeratas
Cisco
Cognex Machine Vision
DENSO
Dialogic
Electricity Commission
Fujitsu
GEC Plessey
Google
Honda
HSBC
IBM
Intel
IEBC
ITT
MediaDNA
Microsoft
Mitsubishi Robotics
Motorola
NASA
Nokia
NTT Docomo
Objectstar
Orange S.A.
Organic Ovation
Otis Elevator
Oxford International
Parallel Computing Labs
Pulse Electronics
Robotics Technology Leaders
Rodopi Software
ROLM
SAIC
Samsung
Siemens
Southern Cross University
Southern States University
St. George Bank
Starwood
Sunkosi Capital Management
Sunkosi LLC
Tatum Partners
Telecom Italia
Texas Instrument
Turkish Telecom
USPS
University of New South Wales
University of Technology Sydney
Varian
Verizon
Veteran Affairs
Westpac
Wind River Systems
LOCATIONS
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Finland
France
Germany
Hong Kong
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Malaysia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Romania
Russia
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Taiwan
United Kingdom
United States
- Alaska
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Michigan
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Rhode Island
Vietnam
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Finland
France
Germany
Hong Kong
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Malaysia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Romania
Russia
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Taiwan
United Kingdom
United States
- Alaska
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Michigan
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
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