Blake Wescott Email & Phone Number

Tucson, Arizona, United States

• Advise the Executive Director, staff leaders, and board members on business strategy and process improvements.
• Function as the primary liaison to the ABR’s Board of Governors and Board of Trustees to develop operational strategy in line with the organization’s goals.
• Designed a major revamp of the ABR testing functionality in transition from a 10-year exam requirement to a continuous online assessment (Online Longitudinal Assessment or OLA), serving as the main requirement for the.
• Manage a team of analysts in support of process improvement across the organization, including business requirements and documentation for OLA. Responsible for direction of analyst activities, training, mentorship, and.
• Served as product owner of OLA, developing and prioritizing product functionality.

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Analyzed current-state processes, capabilities, and gaps to enable development of strategy and execution of Board priorities.
• Redesigned the Maintenance of Certification line of business, including processes used by over 30,000 radiologists to keep their professional credentials up to date.
• Oversaw the development of business requirements and documentation in conjunction with other staff business analysts.
• Facilitated meetings with ABR’s Board to determine new business rules and processes.
• Maintained documentation around complex business rule sets and requirements along with education and facilitation of staff regarding change management.

Tucson, Arizona

• Introduced business rules, requirements, and workflow documentation to improve strategy to deployment outcomes.
• Facilitated cross-functional teams to identify problems within current operations.
• Elicited and developed business requirements for improvements to current-state business processes through facilitated sessions with stakeholders throughout the organization.
• Validated requirements through user acceptance testing.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Elicited and developed business requirements for over 50 customized SharePoint 2010 websites supporting 1500 Student Life staff, utilizing integrations with Microsoft Office, InfoPath, Access and SSRS.
• Created eLearning training courses and technical documentation in support of SharePoint deployment.
• Initiated and developed reporting and analysis services within the Office of the Registrars Degree Audit Unit, leveraging previously untapped degree audit data and academic electronic data warehouses to support.
• Analyzed student information system requirements to ensure consistent product performance and integration with legacy systems.

Seattle, WA

• Analyzed regional public transportation and UW technical systems to develop software and hardware requirements for UW’s ORCA Core Migration Project, integrating faculty, staff, and students ID cards with western.
• Facilitated meetings and workshops for internal and external stakeholders across administrative, IT and operational areas.
• Launched project to over 55,000 customers with a 99.95% product success rate.
• Developed requirements and deployment of Salesforce CRM solution resulting in a 43% reduction in customer wait times.

United States

• Managed projects from developing budgets to organizing schedules and timeline deliverables.
• Developed creative direction and production values to meet the demands of labels and artist.
• Lead creative and technical teams through project lifecycle from sketches to finished product.