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Cincinnati, OH, US

Leading Portfolio Management team to transform Western & Southern’s approach to Strategic Planning by shifting from Annual occurrences to a Continual Planning approach. Working with Sr. Leaders and their staffs to ensure alignment between business strategy and executional efforts within IT.

Cincinnati, OH, US

Leads Program/Project Management group within the PMO through our vision that We Move W&S Forward. Provides a great customer experience through partnerships with our internal customers/teams in order to contribute to them reaching their business objectives. Oversees governance of new initiatives for both strategic and operational portfolios against annual.

Cincinnati, OH, US

Served as a respected member of the PMO’s project management leadership which delivers the organization’s strategic IT programs/projects. Contributed to project delivery strategy through engagement in annual planning cycles. Ensured delivery of projects managed by direct reports meet scope, quality, on-time delivery, budget, and client satisfaction.

North Mankato, MN, US

Leader of project management team responsible for delivery of client solutions with a focus of quality, on-time delivery, budget, and client satisfaction. Duties extend into improvements with our Implementations team, the Technology group, Sales and Operations to find and implement strategic improvements to processes and systems to improve quality, deliver.

North Mankato, MN, US

Ensured that our client’s business needs around unique workflows were met through custom web applications to generate highly complex documents and communications for print or electronic delivery. Responsible for all aspects of the software life cycle, including planning, analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance. Applied my background in.

Cincinnati, OH, US

Led a team of project managers for the delivery of $4MM of client marketing services. Implemented changes in company-wide project management practices for client programs to improve quality and profitability of projects. Focused on improvements in project estimation/budgeting which led to net income growth from 2.5% to 7.5%. Assisted Account Executives on.

Cincinnati, OH, US

Established security policies and procedures to protect Direct Options’ clients’ data from outside threats. Supervised both physical and electronic access to Direct Options’ resources. Guided company-wide effort to obtain SOC2 Audit of Security Controls. Developed Disaster Recovery plan and twice conducted a Disaster Recovery exercise at a cold site to.

Cincinnati, OH, US

Utilizing market research on consumer energy consumption and behaviors, innovated ways to model energy use for residential and commercial properties. Developed proprietary modeling techniques to breakdown energy use within a home or business and could measure change energy consumption behaviors after removing the impact of weather. Ensured consumer facing.

Cincinnati, OH, US

Initiated and directed Development Group, which designed and built the flagship SE3D and ESP applications and programs. Experience with SQL and ASP.NET with C# provided technical expertise and helped establish stronger development practices across the organization. Directed internal training program to help Direct Options employees become Microsoft.

Miamisburg, Ohio, US

Managed two operating divisions with nine employees and revenue of $2.5MM. Focused on making major improvements including workflow and process redesign, account penetration, and new account acquisition. Won yearly $1.3MM contract with Fortune 500 company.

Miamisburg, Ohio, US

Responsible for company’s technical direction. Managed network administrator. For Fulfillment division, shortened the invoice creation process from 30 days to 3 days to increase cash flow. Designed batch process to support “Produce on Demand” print service that supported $12k in revenue a month. Customized e-commerce software package to meet special needs.

Dayton, OH, US

Developed system requirements for custom built MIS systems for various departments. Utilized multiple technologies including ASP.NET, XML Web Services, Microsoft Access, and SQL Server to create custom applications. Migrated legacy systems through the use of ETL techniques into third party software packages.

Mba, Information Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Bs, Computer Information Systems