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West Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Portland. Oregon

o Select and implement PPM tools and reporting including project management, resource management o Developed and delivered customized training on PPM Tools for project and resource managerso Develop and implement Business Case process and prioritization with pre-project scoping, estimating and resource impact assessmentso Develop and implement IT portfolio tracking, analysis, reporting and risk management for IT Portfolio o Provide ongoing project assessments and forecasting

Des Moines, Iowa

o Provide IT portfolio tracking, analysis, reporting and strategic alignment to a wide variety of stakeholders o Collaborate with leadership to develop, analyze business cases for prioritization within the portfolio o Key participant in working group to develop, implement dashboard for actionable automated IT metricso Elicit stakeholder requirements re: activity and initiative management, road mapping and financial reporting o Led selection and implementation of best fit work management and project/portfolio management tools

Des Moines, Iowa

o Scope, sell and implement various packaged financial, sales, distribution and manufacturing solutionso Project manager for larger, more complex financial, job costing and reporting implementation projectso Provide specialized consulting services related to process improvement and system selections

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Act as an integral part of the CIO's leadership team, provide IT budgetary management, work closely with IT and business leaders to develop business cases, IT product and services pricing contracts and an IT cost allocation model.o Responsibility for financial and cost accounting and analysis for IT products and services and work with the business partners to develop allocation models o Ensuring the most cost effective and efficient means of sourcing, acquiring and delivering IT products and services o Responsibility for the administration of contracts and subcontracts to both IT vendors and our communities o Developing and monitoring administrative procurement systems, overseeing adherence to policies and processes and ensuring standardization across the organization

Multiple Financial Services & Insurance Organizations, Des Moines, Ia

As Project Manager for large international financial services client:o Implemented cloud based collaboration tool to facilitate financial and regulatory reporting o Managed RFP and selection process for cloud based payables imaging and workflow packageo Planned and initiated 3rd party cloud based payable imaging and workflow projecto Coordinated ERP financial budgeting and planning implementation with 3rd party vendoro Managed multi version upgrade project for primary investment accounting software packageo Completed business team sub-project enabling enterprise-wide GL conversion - SAP to Oracle o Initiated and planned multiple high profile technology efforts for Finance/ Accounting portfolio As Program Requirements Lead for mid-sized insurance client:o Planned and delivered requirements for multi phased strategic program with team of analystso Developed and implemented requirements analysis approach and templates for large programs/projects in Agile development environmento Assisted with refresh of organization software development life cycle approach to include requirements and testing best practices as well as integration/coordination with newly formed Agile development teamso Provided requirements and project management mentoring in an Agile development environmento Provided portfolio management mentoring on technology project estimating, supply/demand reporting, and portfolio analysis, reporting and scheduling

Independent Channel, Commercial And Agribusiness It , Des Moines, Ia

o Coordinated IT portfolio estimating, planning, analysis and reporting o Managed resource capacity/demand and scheduling for a $70M portfolio with 300+ resources o Provided financial, resource and project health for portfolio to multiple stakeholder groupso Collaborated with multiple business partners re: estimating, scheduling and business case development for large IT projectso Implemented project estimating tools/methods and annual portfolio planning process

Independent Channel, Commercial And Agribusiness It, Des Moines, Ia

o Managed a team of requirements analysis and testing professionalso Collaborated with project managers to provide appropriate resources for their projectso Mentored team members on best practices and facilitated documentation peer reviews o Managed performance and enabled team members to execute on their personal development plans

Agribusiness Division, Des Moines, Ia

o Collaborated with management team to develop a long term IT road map for agribusiness divisiono Managed vendor based insurance policy administration system implementation project including scope, schedule and costo Provided risk and issue management, project status reporting and leadership updates o Managed 3rd Party vendor contract negotiations and vendor management o Delivered business process analysis with “As Is” and “To Be” workflows and recommendationso Coordinated system and user acceptance testing with offsite vendoro Planned software release and rollout to userso Coordinated stakeholder training and communications

Independent Channel, Commercial And Agribusiness It, Des Moines, Ia

o Served in a chief of staff role for vice president of commercial information technology o Developed and delivered reports and presentations, e.g. monthly highlights, year-end summary, staffing analyses/skills assessments; interpret data and make recommendations to VPo Provided oversight/report on departmental objectives (billable hours, resource utilization, average resource cost, customer satisfaction); communicate results as needed within organizationo Coordinated commercial IT division quarterly meetings and events

Allied Information Technology, Des Moines, Ia

As a requirements team lead/mentor:o Collaborated with cross-enterprise team to research, document, and implement first enterprise wide methodology for the requirements professiono Provided mentoring for a local team of 25 business analysts on requirements techniques and methods on a day to day basisAs a Sr Business Analyst at Nationwide Insurance:o Elicited and delivered requirements for independent channel insurance agent profit share systemo Delivered business process mapping with industry gap analysis for commercial policy admin systemo Delivered business process improvement/ workflow project for personal lines processing centero Developed initial plan/strategy for call center consolidation

Packaged Solutions Consulting - Des Moines, Ia

As a consulting manager for a regional accounting and consulting firm:o Collaborated with accounting partners to assess client needs, provide proposals for software and consulting services and deliver to exceed client expectationso Provided project management for implementations, managing project scope, costs and scheduleso Analyzed and documented clients’ businesses processes and provided recommendationso Conducted gap analysis to map business needs against software capabilitieso Coordinated software install, setup, training and testingo Designed and coordinated integrations from third party packages/vendorso Coordinated and supervised both consulting and client implementation team membersAs product line leader for Midwest Region:o Managed the vendor relationship with Great Plains Software o Coordinated staffing levels and areas of expertise needed based upon project demand o Managed staff of consultants,coordinated individual development and team training opportunities o Developed and executed marketing campaigns for add-on products and promotions to current clientso Revised project implementation methodology to provide higher customer satisfaction and consistent quality

Product Distribution Division, Des Moines, Ia

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Forest City, Ia