SUMMARY:

• I have a career of experience as a Consulting manager, IT manager and Project Manager in large and small companies. Consulting experience involved working with sales interviewing customers and managing consultants in the field.
• I also performed services as a consultant with clients improving operations and reporting results while implementing Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Application management experience encompasses all the main areas of enterprise systems and many niche areas, especially in the highly regulated food industry.
• Project management experience includes working within different SDLC’s as a member of large and small PMO’s.\
• I have been deeply involved in all areas of project planning, execution and monitoring.
• I have functioned as a team leader managing projects from beginning to end and typically have a deep relationship and work closely with the business.
• Systems Development Lifecycle Management
• Risk management
• SharePoint development
• EDI Development
• Business Intelligence
• Project Management and Project Leadership
• Software Change Management
• Web Development
• Enterprise Content Management Systems
• Customer Relationship Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

APICS Twin Cities Chapter: Design for Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, National Conference, Various Regional Conferences

SharePoint: SharePoint Saturday, SharePoint 2010 Boot Camp, Microsoft SharePoint Users Group

Project Management: PMP preparation courses, Advanced Project Management, Microsoft Project Users Group

Technical Conferences: IBM DB2 Conference, Gartner Group National Conference

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Systems Development Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed 10 developers for Web, EDI, SharePoint and Iseries technologies
• Member of Project Steering Committee, IDEAS team and IT Management team
• Negotiated contracts with vendors and consultants
• Managed support and development activities for JD Edwards ERP, HRMS and Financial system
• Managed change control and implemented new PMO standards
• Managed resolution of issues, status reviews and business sponsor reporting
• Managed EDI processes to receive and invoice orders
• Managed development and maintenance to enterprise web applications
• Managed implementation and rollout of SharePoint 2010 across multiple departments

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Implementing Clarity as the company Project Portfolio Management software tool
• Participated on team to modify and streamline the project intake process
• Established new project management templates
• Identified and requisitioned project resources
• Established project dashboards to monitor project execution
• Member of the weekly Change Management review committee
• Performed detailed project planning, tracked milestones and calculated earned hours (EVM)
• Held regular team meetings with minutes and follow - up assignments
• Updated project documents throughout project intake, requirements gathering, execution, testing and implementation
• Utilized SharePoint as a project communication tool
• Managed Enterprise upgrade to Microsoft Office 2010

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Full-scale project plans and estimates for large, complex projects
• Communicated with Senior management and managed project expectations in support of project goals
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
• Plan, schedule, and track project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
• Monitored project scope, managed budgets and reported earned value weekly
• Managed project dependencies and critical path
• Managed changes in project scope, identify potential risk, and devise contingency plans
• Managed the development of software in accordance with the company SDLC process
• Worked closely with functional managers implementing best practices using Oracle software solutions
• Responsible for all project deliverables and project documentation

Make/Deliver Systems Manager

Responsibilities:

• Participated on a management team to define the process to make enterprise systems Sarbanes-Oxley compliant
• Managed developers on a team to make enterprise systems Sarbanes-Oxley compliant
• Defined a Methodology for Systems Development Lifecycle Management
• Defined a Methodology for Change Control and QA Testing
• Full-scale project plans and estimates for large, complex projects
• Worked with Senior management/stakeholders and managed project expectations in support of project goals
• Estimated the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
• Plan, schedule, and track project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
• Managed changes in project scope, identify potential risks, and devised contingency plans
• Managed the development of software in accordance with the company SDLC process

Confidential, Maple Plain, MN

IT Manager

Responsibilities:

• Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers
• Implemented and supported software to communicate and collaborate with suppliers and customers
• Implemented and supported engineering and manufacturing systems
• Developed work flow processes that notified suppliers and customers whenever an event occurred such as an order change or an engineering change

Business Unit Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the activities of 18 employees who were consulting at various companies across the Twin Cities
• Worked with Sales to draft RFP responses and other proposals to customers
• Did project planning for large projects
• Managed the development of several Intranet projects, helping customers automate and streamline processes that reduced dependence on IT developers
• Worked with Sales to interview sales leads and managed client relations where consultants were engaged with clients
• Personally provided leads and services that contributed $1 million in sales during my tenure

Consulting

Responsibilities:

• Worked with a customer to design, develop and implement a custom order entry configurator product
• Worked closely with a customer defining the Supply Chain Management strategy that reduces inventory and improves throughput.
• Developed standard procedures for Forecasting, Master Scheduling, and Procurement processes for 6 manufacturing facilities
• Worked with customer developing web based tool for design engineers to enter specification data and order sample items for engineering projects
• Worked with a customer to modernize manufacturing systems and implement Lean Manufacturing concepts. Reduced manufacturing cycle times from 10 days to 2 days. Lowered inventories from $21MM to $14MM

Software Development Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed a staff of 8 developers and consultants providing work direction, supervision, project management, training, change management, defining a software development process, and departmental tool development.
• Promoted software development techniques, project management, and development competencies.
• Participated on the Software Council and promoted best practice for software development
• Managed ERP system support and system upgrades

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Participated on an executive level Lean Manufacturing team to reduce manufacturing cycle times from 13 to 2 weeks.
• Participated on a project team to develop new Service Delivery System utilizing PC notebooks, Knowledge base system, wireless modems, and system support for remote workers.
• Led Departmental TQM activities and established TQM measurements for Department
• Developed a custom Product Data Management System and integrated into engineering and manufacturing systems.