SUMMARY:

Accomplished IT and business executive with strong consulting, project management, problem - solving, and system implementation experience desires a challenging role driving software development and implementation initiatives.

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Confidential

Software Development and Project Management

Responsibilities:

• Additional responsibilities involved the translation of the project requirements into test scripts for use by the testing teams.
• I managed the test teams (6 - 14 people). I apportioned the testing responsibilities among the various members of the team and I was the SME for Confidential ; answering the testers functional question and ensuring that the testers completed their testing responsibilities.
• I coordinated the flow of the test results to the developers and ensured the corrections were properly retested and verified.
• I lead the regularly scheduled status presentations to the client’s senior stakeholders and I had final review and approval responsibility for the user documentation.
• Upon the implementation of Confidential, I handled the escalated support incidents and managed the change requests.

System Accountant and Forward Pricing Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Additional duties included the review and approval of all financial information provided to external parties (quarterly reports, tax returns, audit information provided to the firms’ public accounting firm and the Confidential ), working with the public accounting firm on the owner’s tax return and the year-end adjusting entries, review of the provisional rate calculations, and the forecasting of revenue, expenses, and rates three years into the future.

Quality Assurance Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• I was responsible for translating the functional requirements for each of these modules into the test scripts and procedures to be used for internal and external testing.
• Additionally, I conducted the walkthroughs with both the internal personal and the client during which we reviewed the test procedures and the features and functionality of each module.
• It was my responsibility to confirm that all of the steps in the test scripts and procedures were executed, that the results were documented, and that all functional software issues had been resolved.
• Finally, I was responsible for testing the software and confirming that it was a verified deliverable.

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included working with the CMS staff to document and understand their functional requirements as they related to a number of HPMS modules.
• This was an iterative process with CMS with the goal of arriving at a Requirements Document and Matrix which was acceptable to all parties.
• Additionally, I conducted the system walkthroughs with CMS during which they reviewed our commented on our progress with the deliverable.

Confidential

Consulting and System Implementation

Responsibilities:

• I was the lead consultant and the project manager for the implementation of an enterprise-wide accounting, inventory management, and project accounting system at Confidential . Confidential was a $45,000,000 firm that bundled services with IT security and technology products.
• The deliverable to the client was an enterprise system that managed the inflows of inventory, the configuration and outflows of the products to their customers, and the billings for product and services. Additionally, this enterprise system provided financial reporting and project profitability information.
• This project required frequent interaction with the C-Level executives of Confidential to determine their requirements and to provide status updates.
• I had the responsibility for obtaining the client’s requirements, crafting a deliverable that satisfied these requirements, and ensuring the satisfaction of the client.
• I was the lead consultant and the project manager on an effort to redesign the redundant data entry and manual processes at a national distributor.
• Additionally, I redesigned their enterprise-wide financial, inventory management, and shipping software systems to complement these redesigned processes.
• I project managed the related software development process to ensure that the development efforts remained on-time, on-budget, and on-target.
• Finally, I designed and project managed the testing and user acceptance process for this project.
• The resulting efficiencies facilitated a 33% increase in revenue for the client while maintaining a consistent headcount.
• This was a time-and-materials contract. All of the time for this project was invoiced and all of the invoices were collected in their entirety.

Senior consultant and project manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• I designed the system integrations between numerous web shopping carts and a financial system.
• This was a highly detailed process that required the creation of comprehensive business logic as well as a detailed database schema.
• I project managed the development process for these integrations, working hand-in-glove with the developers and the client to ensure that all parties were in agreement on our objectives and on our means for achieving these objectives.
• I lead the weekly meetings with the development team to confirm that the project on was on track.
• When necessary I initiated corrective actions to bring the project back in line with the baseline requirements, schedule, and budget.
• I was responsible for keeping the stakeholders engaged with weekly status meetings.
• I verified the deliverable and obtained the validation of the deliverable from the client.
• I nurtured and developed a client relationship that resulted in the sale or of over $500,000 in services and software.
• Annual billings to this client were approximately $15,000 prior to taking charge of this account.
• This was accomplished by immersing myself at the client and working with people at all the levels of the organization to build trust and credibility and to identify their pain points.
• I then crafted a phased approach for the implementation of numerous system and business process changes to address each of their pain points.

Confidential

Lead consultant and project manager

Responsibilities:

• I directed and managed the development team, confirming the conversion requirements with the team and testing their outputs. I reviewed the test results with CFO and the controller; trial conversions were executed in a test environment and numerous BB financial reports were compared to the counterpart in SL to confirm the accuracy of the conversion.
• The final Confidential and confirmation process were performed in the live version once the CFO was satisfied with the accuracy and reliability of our methodology.
• The scope of this project changed several times as the client uncovered additional needs.
• These necessitated the execution and management of several project change orders.
• I developed and conducted quarterly training classes regarding various aspects of the Microsoft Dynamics SL system.
• This classes included the utilization of financial reporting tools, year-end and month-end closing processes, and detailed training regarding the accounting and project functions of SL.
• I was the lead designer and project manager for the implementation of an enterprise-wide software solution that automated virtually every aspect of the operations of Niermann-Weeks, a high-end custom furniture manufacturer. The focus of the implementation was the manufacturing process and materials management.
• Additionally, this enterprise system provided financial reporting information as well as product and customer profitability intelligence.
• This implementation created efficiencies that permitted the client to reduce their administrative headcount by three, resulting in an immediate annual savings of over $100,000.
• Additionally, the efficiencies that this implementation brought to the manufacturing, shipping, scheduling, and billing process facilitated a four-fold expansion of revenue for the client while maintaining a constant administrative headcount.

Confidential

Lead consultant and project manager

Responsibilities:

• I was responsible for the planning, organization, and execution of this implementation.
• These duties included obtaining the functional requirements from the owners and other C-Level executives, confirming the proper installation of the COTS software, documenting the required customizations to this software, working with third-party developers on these customizations, and obtaining validation from BFL that the customizations were properly executed.
• Additionally, I provided the user training to BFL and I was responsible for the re-engineering of their business processes.
• I was accountable for the management of our internal resources relative to the Confidential .
• The conversion required the bringing together of ten years of service history from disparate sources such as Excel and ACT into a form that could be inserted into the COTS database.
• It was my responsibility to develop a rigorous testing methodology for this conversion as we had only one opportunity to convert the data.
• Finally, I had billing and collection responsibility for this client.
• This deliverable enabled the client to comply with information requests from regulatory and insurance agencies in a timelier manner and enabled BFL to maintain this information with significantly less effort.