Bruce Kohl Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

2017 - Present - Special Projects Analyst2008 – 2017 Test Manager/ Product Support ManagerAs Test Manager, and an active member of the Test Team, was responsible for leading the development and implementation of a software testing process to ensure quality and timely software releases to the customers. I developed testing process and procedures that allowed us, as a team, to support testing and delivery of multiple streams of production code for our customers. Actively… Show more 2017 - Present - Special Projects Analyst2008 – 2017 Test Manager/ Product Support ManagerAs Test Manager, and an active member of the Test Team, was responsible for leading the development and implementation of a software testing process to ensure quality and timely software releases to the customers. I developed testing process and procedures that allowed us, as a team, to support testing and delivery of multiple streams of production code for our customers. Actively participated in the testing of the application and developing the testing process, I also became expert with the Atlassian tools – JIRA and Confluence. This allowed us to leverage the tools to create processes for effectively managing the testing procedures and processes. As Product Support Manager, was responsible for all aspects of the support activities with all customers including management of issues and resolutions implemented through software updates and deployments. Developed and implemented processes to ensure the highest quality Customer Support and experience with our software products. As a member of the Fusion Products Leadership team, played a lead role in developing and implementing an overall SDLC process specifically tailored to the unique needs of a small software products company. This allowed the team to be responsive to the demands of our customers and the marketplace. 2006 – 2008 Project Manager/Business Analyst Responsible for customer implementations of the ComTrac software system. This includes full planning and execution responsibility for all phases of the implementation from requirements gathering and documentation through customer training, installation and support. Actively involved in the QA Testing plans and execution, including defect management and tracking. Interfaced directly with the customer implementation team to continuously manage the activities and schedule. Show less

Client: BB & T – Raleigh, NC Rational Tool Implementation Needed to implement Rational ClearQuest, ClearCase and RequisitePro within a very aggressive timeframe. Had full responsibility for the installation and implementation of ClearQuest and RequisitePro. The scope included the development of a Change Control process/workflow that would ultimately be the blueprint for the ClearQuest implementation. A requirements management plan was the basis for the implementation of RequisitePro… Show more Client: BB & T – Raleigh, NC Rational Tool Implementation Needed to implement Rational ClearQuest, ClearCase and RequisitePro within a very aggressive timeframe. Had full responsibility for the installation and implementation of ClearQuest and RequisitePro. The scope included the development of a Change Control process/workflow that would ultimately be the blueprint for the ClearQuest implementation. A requirements management plan was the basis for the implementation of RequisitePro Client: BISYS Education Services Project Management – Product developmentProvided project management leadership for multiple projects ranging in size from two person teams with a six-week duration to a nine-month project of 4500 man-hours. The internal project team was comprised of 12 technical resources and six middle and executive management resources. The external customer team was comprised of six executive and middle management stakeholders and 6 technical resources distributed across the country. Full project life-cycle deliverables were produced, including change control activities, regular status reporting, risk management and issue management. Projects were completed on time and within budget.Client: Humanizing Technologies Web Portal Provided project management with total responsibility for a 24-person team (internal and external) on this core business system. This required managing up to 4 outside vendors and their deliverables against an extremely aggressive delivery schedule. This project utilized the RUP, UML, use case based requirements gathering, Rational tools including Requisite Pro, ClearCase, ClearQuest and Rational Rose. The technology included J2EE utilizing Container Managed Persistence (CMP), Sun Solaris Unix, Oracle 8i database server, BEA Weblogic Application server and Apache web server. The portal needed to scale to tens of thousands of concurrent users at a minimum. Managed the performance testing activities needed to ensure system scalability. Show less

Client: Eli Lilly & Company Zyprexa Product WebsiteProvided project management expertise in working with the company’s product web site development for their Zyprexa brand. Activities included full life cycle management of the project and team utilizing the Lilly methodology based upon the PMI PMBOK. Successfully managed a 19-person team from 6 cross-functional areas to develop and launch this fully functional site on time and within budget. The team was rewarded by the project sponsor with… Show more Client: Eli Lilly & Company Zyprexa Product WebsiteProvided project management expertise in working with the company’s product web site development for their Zyprexa brand. Activities included full life cycle management of the project and team utilizing the Lilly methodology based upon the PMI PMBOK. Successfully managed a 19-person team from 6 cross-functional areas to develop and launch this fully functional site on time and within budget. The team was rewarded by the project sponsor with customer appreciation awards. Client: American United Life (AUL) Reinsurance Claims SystemServed as a System Analyst/Architect for AUL’s Reinsurance Claims system re-writes from mainframe based to client/server based architecture. Performed requirements gathering following the Rational Unified Process through user interviews, system review and user group review. Deliverables included use case models, use case descriptions, and the traceability matrix using RequisitePro. Show less

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