Brian Smith, Mba Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Woodbury, Minnesota, United States

Woodbury, Mn

Woodbury, Mn

(TekSystems Contract)- Responsible for all aspects of project management throughout the project life cycle, including planning, directing, and managing cross-functional team members.- Develop project-level vision, strategy, approach, and implementation plans required to achieve necessary business outcomes.- Assist with the creation of business cases, project road-maps, and project governance structures to support Project Managers. - Ensures the integrated scope, schedule, budget, and quality of multiple project teams.- Work with the technical leads and project team members to document requirements, identify resources and develop detailed project and resource plans.- Manage scope, schedule, and dependency and ensure quality of project deliverables.- Identify issues and risks and work with project team to develop mitigation plans and provide timely escalation.- Conduct project meetings, track and monitor tasks, milestones, deliverables, risks and issues.- Manage and coordinate day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of approved projects, including internal and external project resources.- Ensure quality of project management work, timely updates, prepare and collect project related artifacts.- Manage stakeholders’ communication and expectations.- Adhere to IT governance processes and provide regular transparency, status reports and escalate risks and issues impacting project delivery.

Arden Hills, Mn

(1yr Contract) Drive and support Global Value Improvement initiatives in businesses & functions.  Partner with leaders to develop Value Improvement strategy, goals and plans in order to achieve operating income targets.  Collaborate with leaders and their organization to inspire a continuous improvement culture by deploying process improvement/operational excellence toolkits and methods across the enterprise.  Build a strong pipeline of value improvement projects to achieve a 5-10% productivity rate of improvement annually.  Partner with leaders, champions and employees to share best practices to further accelerate the rate of improvement.  Facilitate kaizen events to target key enterprise improvements and provide instant offense when necessary to drive strategic business priorities.  Facilitate best in class Value Improvement, Lean, Lean Business Process (LBP), and VIP training for employees at all levels.  Collaborate with Global Councils to drive and improve value improvement culture and toolkits.

Remote

 Visible, accountable leader who oversees the successful delivery of Insight projects and programs for Insight clients and helps develop to new opportunities for future business. Develops and maintains project financial forecasts reflecting revenue, costs, and gross profit expectations over the duration of the project. Work with internal leadership to help drive best practices, standards, and methodology to the regional practices. Ensures the change management process is utilized in order to maintain profitability and ensure customer satisfaction. Lead projects relative to milestone completion while managing to resource and financial budgets. Develops and implements complete project schedules to ensure required dates are met. Monitors and maintain client and internal project executive satisfaction by engaging in weekly status meetings. Assist Sales in business development activities to grow Insight Services business. Participates in the development and delivery of Statements of Work (SOWs), Requests for Proposals (RFP), and Change Requests (CR). Presents Insight’s Project Management and service capabilities to prospective clients.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsible for the planning and managing of projects operating on a three week sprints. Duties include research, requirement writing, bid review, management of project and closing documentation. Manage project development from initiation to closure. Be accountable for project results along with project sponsor. Plan and manage new product rollouts including marketing strategies. Provide project schedule to identify when each task will be performed. Clearly communicate expectations to team members and stakeholders. Resolve any issues and solve problems through project lifecycle. Conceptualize and review wireframe designs and layouts. Effectively manage project scope by ensuring any changes to scope are documented. Track and report project milestones and provide status reports to sponsor. UX / UI Review and QA Lead, coach and motivate project team members on a proactive basis.

Woodbury, Mn

Provided first level support to clients on eFunds web based platformMaintained SLA s in accordance to customer service agreementsEscalated issues to appropriate levels when necessaryMaintained rapport with team members & clients

Avondale, Az

Provide on demand & technical assistance & support for networks [ Win Server 2000 ] & computer users in the districtMultiple OS environment [ Mac OS, WinXP, Win2000, Linux ]Support demands: software, hardware & operational support to ensure minimal down time & greatest staff productivityAssist the staff members with problems relating to daily or routine network or computer usageManaged district wide software rollouts to teacher workstations & labsDiagnose reported problems & determine appropriate solutions for the problemAdvise appropriate staff members of possible causes of the problem & precautions necessary to avoid additional issuesManaged multiple computer labsProvide on-site service in support of the Network ManagerWork cooperatively with Network ManagerAlert the staff of developing issues & formulate potential fixesArticulate & manage issues related to network & or systems problems

St. Paul, Mn

Sole IT support for staff of 8Responsible for maintenance & repair of client workstations [ Win98, WinXP, Win2000 ]Performed daily backup & upkeep on network server [ NT 4.0 ]Collaborated with staff & executive board to develop web strategyDesigned & created first website [ including online registration & payment portals ]Participated in annual statewide Government IT Symposium

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelors Of Science, Leadership

Computer Science

Computer Information Systems