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Goodrich, MI, US

Farmington Hills, Michigan, US

Gale, a Cengage Group company, is a publisher of online and printed resources for students, researchers, educational institutions, and libraries.I work across multiple teams, using Gale data to solve problems and find opportunities. This requires a combination of analytical and technical ability, communication and salesmanship, and informal coordination.

Farmington Hills, Michigan, US

I worked on the team responsible for the search engine that serves up content to Gale products. I specialized in helping students and scholars find the most relevant content for the tasks they were trying to accomplish.I got to:Conduct basic analytics and usage research, to discover pain points and opportunities, and advise product managers on how to.

US

Blue Care Network is a health insurance company, the HMO subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.I led the software development and testing functions within the Interface/Batch group in BCN IT. In this role, I was responsible for resource management, career development, and for development and testing practices and processes, for a sixty-person.

Highland Park, MI, US

I converted from a Pillar employee to a direct Budco employee in February 2010 in the role of senior technical lead. In May 2010 I assumed the role of technical team lead.I led the technical arm of Budco’s Brand Management line of business. I had direct or dotted-line responsibility for twenty developers, systems analysts, production support analysts, and.

Highland Park, MI, US

(Contract position through Pillar Technology Group.)Budco is a supplier of high-end marketing, print, data and call center services based in Highland Park, Michigan.I served as a technical lead for the Brand Management Platform (BMP), a multi-million dollar system built to execute direct marketing campaigns. I got to:Be one of the first members of the BMP.

Columbus, OH, US

I led several teams in agile software development and system integration projects. Mecedes-Benz Financial – Systems AnalystMBF is the captive finance arm of Mercedes-Benz.I served as the systems analyst for an agile team.I got to:Contribute to the creation of MBF’s first iPhone application. Define the data integrations between the application and back end.

Captura Software was a business software company that made Employee Payables, arguably the best expense management software in the world at that time, serving Global 200 companies in the US and Europe.I held several positions at Captura before and after Captura was acquired by Concur Technologies in July 2002.I was a development manager for the last.

I applied my professional services experience on the development team that created the administrative module for Employee Payables version 5.0. I designed and created many of its complex components and features. The module was noted for its high quality and speed of development. I got to:Apply the hard learning out in the field to building better.

I served as a professional services consultant for the rollout of Captura implementations. I got to:Participate in the rollout of Employee Payables to Merrill Lynch in New York and London, including custom development and system configuration.

Excell Data Corporation was an IT consultancy based in Bellevue, WA.I designed, developed, supported, and rolled out systems for clients spanning five continents.I got to:Support Microsoft internal IT products for sales subsidiaries Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Participate in the rollout of CRM systems in subsidiaries in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Metro is Seattle’s public transit agency. I worked in the Power & Facilities division.I got to:Design, document, and support timekeeping and work order systems for four sites spanning the Greater Seattle region.Practice software development and IT consulting for the first time.

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