SUMMARY:

• Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Business Analysis
• Vendor/Client Management Skills
• Microsoft Dynamics SL
• Skilled Negotiator
• Outstanding team building skills
• Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
• Crystal Reports & SQL Reporting Services
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access
• Talisma CRM
• Accomplished programmer, project manager and business analyst with over 15 years of increasingly responsible business leadership.
• Recognized as motivated, out of the box, strategic leader.
• Adept at managing people, processes and technology and motivating teams to achieve positive outcomes.
• Ability to achieve results through a combination of leadership and collaboration skills.
• Record of rescuing and reimagining troubled projects through diplomacy and client communications.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Reporting Business Analyst

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed recruiting data for 7 international regions and prepared reports for the Global Scholarship Program. Created Pivot tables to assist with analysis and prepared Powerpoint presentations for annual review of recruiting results. Interviewed staff at the Institute to reimagine the entire data gathering and presentation process to improve efficiency and accuracy. Implemented new data capture and analysis strategy to make IIE a more data driven enterprise.

Dynamics SL Financial Systems Integration Analyst

Confidential, Austin, TX

Responsibilities:

• Managed Dynamics SL integration project for Client Company in Springfield, MA to merge labor and expense reporting processes with finance department in Austin, TX. Analyzed invoice documents for Springfield office in detail and made recommendations for multi - phase approach to standardize invoicing. Debugged and optimized applicable queries to compress data and improve performance. Managed expectations of senior staff to assure smooth implementation.

Financial Systems Analyst

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the finance department to perform systems audit, documentation and analysis of existing Dynamics SL 7.0 installation with heavy customizations. Prepared recommendations document for the finance department for process improvements to to accommodate business growth in the energy trading sector. Made recommendations to integrate Dynamics CRM with Dynamics SL accounting system.

Dynamics SL Financial Systems Analyst

Confidential, Bedminster, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the finance department to perform systems analysis and troubleshooting of existing Dynamics SL 2011 installation. Designed interface to tightly integrate accounting with operations databases and provide auditability of invoicing process. Prepared recommendations to the finance department how to integrate Salesforce CRM, SQL Server operations database with Dynamics Accounting system.

Systems Implementation Manager

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Interfaced with finance departments of existing client base of customers using Microsoft Dynamics and Confidential ’s Confidential software. Managed implementation of new installations for clients in the apparel industry. Implemented upgrades of Dynamics SL systems for customers.

Project Manager and Business Analyst

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Responsibilities:

• Worked with company owners, finance department and sales departments to plan and manage to completion the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics SL installation designed to meet the business needs for international produce distribution.
• Overcame major challenges to revitalize and complete project that was stalled midstream. Eliminated errors due to handwritten sales orders by automating entire company’s manual sales input system. Supported 30% increase in sales, with system efficiently tracking $48 million in orders annually.
• Created new data model and architecture for brand new system to allow for growth and integration with Cloud technologies.
• Conversion of import/export sales tracking to Access database: Slashed data errors 50% by storing all information in relational Access database. Enabled company to generate timely historical sales reports and analyze critical trends during 5-year period when sales increased from $3 million to $4 million per month.
• Server upgrade, Windows NT to Active Directory: Upgraded network systems to provide essential support for 24/7 produce warehouse operation, transitioning from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory.

IT Project Manager

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical expertise to multiple clients for IT and management consulting Services Company. Worked at Telecommunication Company to update code for Y2K conversion. Supervised 10-member geographically dispersed team of database, HTML, and Visual Basic programmers to create web-based project management website. Led nationwide team on $1.5 million project and coordinated requirements and feature requests with over 50 stakeholders in 25 U.S. offices.

Avionics Flight Test Engineer

Confidential, Cedar Rapids, IA

Responsibilities:

• Conducted general aviation aircraft systems and in-flight testing of new avionics software. Travelled onsite to aircraft manufacturing locations to install Rockwell test equipment used for inflight testing and . Interfaced with customers, aircraft owners and flight test pilots. Submitted final data and documentation to achieve Confidential approval of autopilot equipment.

Avionics Software Programmer

Confidential, Cedar Rapids, IA

Responsibilities:

• Designed, coded, and verified flight-critical navigation software using real-time programming language and ARINC-429 protocol. Performed system definition and management software development activities. Interacted with Boeing engineers and Confidential field staff to ensure software compliance.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

President

Responsibilities:

• Elected President to nonprofit group to bolster public support for troubled light rail transit project. Provided leadership to facilitate the construction of a rail transit system mission was to “Support Public Transportation in the Puget Sound Region.” Our group of 300 members accomplished this through a combination of a quarterly newsletter, al forums, lobbying transportation agencies and media events. included transit supporters, transportation planners and transportation engineers.