Phong
Starzewski, Partner
Professional
Expertise
Phong
has 18 years of experience in finance, accounting, contract management
and project management in both the public and private sectors.
Phong is an integral part of Kinetek’s service delivery
component as well as a member of its business development team.
He has a diverse background in the areas of project
management, database-level development, accounting and finance,
and business intelligence.
Phong
specializes in software configuration, training and deployment and has
worked extensively in industries such as systems integration,
architecture, engineering, software development and public relations.
His experience allows him to provide customers with
software-based solutions for these verticals using his advanced business
automation skills.
Prior
to joining Kinetek, Phong’s background includes an early internship
with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), where
he worked with financial systems for HUD’s Section 8 housing
department in Washington, D.C. From
there, he worked with the finance team on a US West telecommunications
contract supporting the federal government’s FTS2000 system.
His next stop was The Orkand Corporation, where Phong was exposed
to in-depth financial analysis, accounting, project management and
business development. He
took these skills and honed them further during his tenure at Porter/Novelli,
a public relations firm in the Omnicom group, where he served as
contract administrator and controller in the
Washington
, D.C. office.
Most
recently, he held a position as director of client services for Deltek
Systems, Inc. in
Herndon
,
Virginia
. In his role there, Phong was responsible for implementations on
the East Coast and internationally. In his six years with the
organization, he maintained a 100% success rate by providing exceptional
customer service to his client base. Phong
was able to combine his skills in finance, accounting and project
management with a high-end enterprise level software package to offer
customers of Deltek superior solutions.
His experience as both a user and implementer give him valuable
insights into not only how best to operate the software, but how to
operate efficiently in diverse vertical markets.
Phong
graduated from the University of Scranton with a bachelor's degree in
Accounting in 1992. His professional career has been exclusively
dedicated to supporting organizations in their efforts to provide
concise, accurate and timely information to achieve their business
objectives. He has successfully managed implementation projects
for firms with annual sales from $1 million - $4 billion.
Phong
is based in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area and can be reached at
703-608-9495 or
pstarzewski@kinetekconsulting.com.
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