SUMMARY:

• I have 20+ years of experience in Information Technology. This includes over eight years as a State of Washington employee and nine years as an independent contractor. I contracted with the States of Oregon and Washington and private companies and individuals.
• Project Management of large scale Projects
• Project Management of concurrent Projects
• Gathering and Defining Business Requirements
• Ensuring Projects are aligned with Strategic Priorities
• Ensuring Projects Support Business Goals
• Identifying Project Objectives
• Opportunity Analysis Assessments
• Feasibility Studies
• Associate Project Planning with Business Strategy
• Cost/Effort Estimates
• Developing Project Plans
• Risk Assessments and Mitigation Strategies
• Developing Measurable Project Goals
• Determining Resources Requirements, Gap Analysis
• Monitoring Progress towards Project Goals
• Resource Acquisition
• Developing Project Schedules
• Assigning Resources
• Coordinating Team Efforts to ensure success
• Managing Resources and budget tracking
• Managing Project Schedules, making adjustments
• Managing and Monitoring Project Activities
• Identifying Work Breakdown Structures
• Business Process and Work Flow Analysis
• Identifying Team Capabilities and Requirements
• Proposing Team Structure Additions, Modifications
• Developing software Requirements, Definitions
• Project Team Collaboration
• Quality Assurance throughout Project Lifecycle
• Process Improvement
• Meeting Facilitation
• Internal, External and Cross - team Communications

ANALYSIS & PROGRAMMING:

• System Administration
• Complete Life Cycle & Benchmark Testing
• Program and Application Development and Support
• Creating Test Plans and Test Data
• Functional Specification Development
• Creating and Monitoring Test Schedules
• Object Oriented Analysis and Design
• Peer and Code Reviews
• Use Case Modeling and Diagrams
• Legacy system migration
• ER, Data Flow and Activity Diagrams
• Internal/External Interface Design
• Developing/Implementing Deployment Strategies
• System Performance, User Acceptance Testing
• Program and Application Analysis
• Automated Training Materials and presentations
• Data Analysis
• Database Analysis and Design
• Technical and non-technical Writing, User Manuals
• Automated Training Materials and presentations
• User Training of Staff and Customers
• Mainframe, Client-Server and Internet Programming

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: Confidential and various desktop PCs, laptop and tablet PCs, Mainframe IBM and Confidential 2200/ClearPath, E35 and K200 servers

Operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Client/Server, MS/DOS, MVS, OS2

Databases: Access, DB2, MS/SQL Server, DMS 1100, Hierarchical, Relational, VSAM, IMS/DB

Languages: SQL, C #, HTML, ASP, Visual Basic, Visual Studio.NET, JavaScript, MVC, CSS3Pascal, Clipper, COBOL, COBOL II, TIP, TIP UTILS, DMS, MCB, CICS, UML, Confidential

Software/Utilities: MS Project, Project Server, SharePoint Server, Outlook, Visio, Visual Studio, Crystal Reports, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Version Merger, SourceSafe, Access, Adobe Acrobat, TSO/ISPF, DPS, PANVALET, ViaSoft, FileAid, SuperC, SmartTest, QEdit, R-List, CA7, HiperStation, XPediter, UMEN, IBM Utilities, Flowchart Maker

WORK HISTORY:

CEO/Project Manager/Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responding to RFPs and Work Requests
• Handling all aspects of contract negotiation
• Skills analysis to meet client requirements
• Recruiting, interviewing and hiring consultants
• Performing billing and payroll tasks
• Planning and scheduling of projects
• Monitoring Project progress to ensure success
• Communicating to assure customer satisfaction
• Supervised and managed up to 6 consultants and concurrent projects

Real Estate Assistant/Programmer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designing advertising properties.
• Programming internet pages, interfaces and presence
• Maintaining internal and client communications
• Tracking of ongoing rental and sales status
• Use of proprietary software to advertise to the public, MCLB and Craig’s List
• Updating listing profiles, providing status updates and tracking in the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NW MLS)

Programmer/Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Website cleaning and reorganization
• Programming code modifications
• EFAP website completion
• Creating CSBG and Weatherization websites
• Project planning and management
• Designing prototypes of new web pages
• Resolution of hundreds of broken links
• Creating drop down menus, indexes, searches
• Creation and update of PDF, HTML and ASP pages
• Testing and deployment of entire websites
• Obtaining approval of web design and content
• Programming web objects, BOTS, navigational links
• Creating/monitoring project schedule
• Eliciting business information from staff
• Preparing documents and files for the web
• Coordinating with DIS to test and load web applications
• Creating documentation of architecture, design, component functionality and flow; site maps
• Error tracking and resolution

Programmer/Analyst

Confidential, WA

Responsibilities:

• Project management of Mainframe components
• System and application analysis
• Gathered and documented business requirements
• Creation of test scenarios and test data
• Application design
• Tracked project progress and status
• Creation of new database stored procedures
• Created, maintained issue log, ensured resolution
• Interacted with internal/external stakeholders
• Obtained agency design and content approval
• Creation of all project design documents
• Created baseline, life-cycle and real time test plans
• Coordinated testing across 3 tiers of technology
• Creation, testing and deployment of TIP transactions
• Creation of test and production Confidential
• Designed modifications to database files
• Complete baseline, unit and life-cycle testing
• Created, maintained complete project documentation
• Designed and wrote COBOL online and batch programs.
• Modified existing programs and run streams as necessary
• Facilitated approval of all design documentation
• Ensured resource availability
• Wrote Functional Specifications, use and test cases/data
• Quality assurance to produce robust, stable and well structured applications
• Designed data streams to and from Confidential to Confidential and web platforms

Analyst/Programmer/Architect

Confidential, WA

Responsibilities:

• Project management of Mainframe components
• System architecture analysis
• Gathered and documented business requirements
• Wrote Functional Specifications
• Designed & wrote COBOL batch, online programs
• Tracked project progress and status
• Creation of all project design documents
• Performed analysis to ensure validity of collected data
• Created test plans, test cases and test data
• Obtained agency approval for design and content
• Performed unit and application testing
• Created & maintained complete project documentation
• Created and obtained approval of all project related design, test and implementation strategies
• Quality assurance procedures to ensure a robust, stable and well structured application
• Coordinated with AAMVANet and agency personnel to transfer collected data
• Interacted and coordinated with AAMVANet stakeholders
• Researched DOL system and interviewed staff; designed a creative, feasible solution to ensure accurate collection of ongoing updates
• Ensured resource availability and appropriateness in relation to the project
• Creation of test and production Confidential

Project Management/Analyst/Technical Writing/Testing

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project management of Technical Documentation
• System architecture analysis
• Interviewed agency staff to gather information
• Performed independent system/application analysis
• Creation of P+ Deliverables
• Created and maintained a log of testing issues
• Meeting facilitation with Federal inspectors
• Creation of forms, systems flowcharts and documents
• Creation of an animated PowerPoint presentation for state managers meeting
• Creation and maintenance of technical binders for CDLIS, ALIR, PDPS External systems
• Participated in issue resolution meetings
• Created test cases, assisted with testing
• Use Case modeling
• Evaluated staff documentation, suggested modifications
• Coordinated with the Oregon State Patrol to plan & implement a PDPS Y2K Emergency plan
• Performed analysis, design, programming and documentation of code modifications.

Programmer/Analyst/Team Lead/ Quality Assurance

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Team Lead for Confidential Team
• Devised and implemented Quality Assurance procedures
• Process improvement
• Created and maintained a log of testing issues
• Researched and facilitated issue resolution across multiple teams and project phases
• Researched testing issues and implemented creative solutions
• Identified risks, formulated mitigation strategies
• Creation of forms, systems flowcharts and documents
• Business analysis to ensure team would meet deliverable goals
• Established policies, standards and procedures to ensure quality assurance goals were met
• Communicated effectively in a complex, cross-matrix environment
• Provided management with detailed reports on status, issues, resolution and mitigation strategies
• Identified staff skills, clarified team roles and requested resources to ensure a well rounded, robust team
• Made independent decisions in coordinating testing schedules across entire project to avoid file permission errors and data corruption
• Automated tasks to increase productivity and ensure consistency
• Remediation and testing of COBOL & COBOL II programs. Creation of Confidential for testing purposes.

Programmer/Analyst/Remediator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analysis to identify required modifications
• Remediation to COBOL batch & online programs
• Documentation of modifications
• Use of manual and automated testing and query tools
• Creation of test cases, data and scenarios
• Performed complete unit and string testing
• Data analysis of output to ensure correct date handling
• Creation and modification of Confidential job streams to test programs
• Created and implemented testing strategies unique to each program
• Created test cases, performed testing and data validation, created exception reports for management
• Coordinated with my team and other teams to migrate remediated programs, files and components through project phases

Project Manager/System Administrator/Quality Assurance Analyst

Confidential, WA

Responsibilities:

• System administration
• Project management
• Definition of system standards
• Creation of quality assurance processes
• Wrote SQL queries to identify and correct or remove erroneous data
• Coordinated with staff to ensure data input from other systems was correctly formatted
• Defined data verification processes
• System analysis to document functionality
• Identified and documented system bugs and assigned severity levels
• Coordinated with vendor staff to implement and test bug fixes
• Defined update and system manipulation processes
• Communicated system needs to management and stakeholders
• Wrote enhancement and modification recommendations
• Presented modification alternatives and their benefits/risks
• Defined implementation and deployment strategies for application updates using DOS batch files and FTP
• Identified, documented and tracked staff requiring and having undergone each type of training
• Wrote installation procedures for technical and non-technical staff on both WIN95 and NT platforms
• Generated technical and non-technical documentation of system architecture, data input processes, update and correction procedures