Christie Vogel, Mis, Cspo® Email & Phone Number

St. Petersburg, Florida, Us

St. Petersburg, Florida, Us

Clearwater, Fl, Us

Built and led a team of Software and DevOps Engineers responsible for developing software and services using technologies such as C#/.Net, SOAP, Java/Spring, REST, VB 6.0, SQL Server, RabbitMQ, ELK, TFS, Ansible, Nomad and Docker. Led Software Engineering & DevOps- Recruited, hired and onboarded team members- Provided motivation, leadership and direction- Mentored, coached and developed team- Developed new job descriptions and career progression matrix- Coordinated team efforts in developing Software Engineering Best Practices, Secure Coding Guidelines, and Code Review ProcessesPartnered with PMO, QA, Data and Systems Engineering to Support Existing Systems- Managed members of cross-functional Scrum team responsible for a portfolio of products across various business verticals and platforms- Ensured all development standards and deployment processes were followed- Approved code changes through the Release Management process- Led QA team for 6 months, onboarded new QA Manager, successfully transitioned team to new leadership- Provided leadership as a member of rotating, on-call Technical Response TeamPartnered with Consultants and 3rd Party Vendors to Develop New Systems- Partnered with Accenture and PODS DevOps and Infrastructure team members to scope and deliver new system components, including new microservices platform as well as replication of existing applications- Coordinated and led 3rd party vendors in the setup and configuration of future state systemsPartnered with Security to Improve Application Security- Partnered with Security team to understand and ensure PCI compliance- Developed and evangelized Secure Coding practices across development teams- Led implementation of 3rd party vulnerability scanning software- Negotiated contract renewal for 3rd party scanning software, successfully securing 10,000% increase in size allowance at no additional cost- Identified and executed AppSec training across development teams

South Jordan, Ut, Us

Fostered strong relationships with business partners, collaborated to identify high value, strategic projects and led a first class team of Data and Software Engineers in meeting and exceeding expectations in development of audit tools, data analytics, software & services to support delivery of over $100 million per year in audit recoveries for top global retail client audits in my region, including Walmart, Sams Club and JC PenneyPartnered with VPs, Directors, Managers and key Engineers to identify, select and use Agile (Scrum and Kanban) to successfully execute a portfolio of software development and data analytics projects across multiple audits and more than 30 products- Refined/prioritized requests/user stories across extensive collection of products and projects- Identified and assigned appropriate team members to various projects- Acted as Project Manager/Product Owner as needed for large scale projectsDirectly led Engineering team for Global Retail Western region (8 Software/Data Engineers)- Transformed and optimized team make-up- Attracted, hired and retained high quality talent- Onboarded, mentored, coached and promoted Engineers- Cultivated strong leadership pipeline to ensure continued successPartnered with other regional Engineering Managers to execute projects across Global Retail - Led data acquisition and audit startup efforts as key clients expanded into Canada, Mexico and UK- Developed standards for defining data acquisition methods/delivery expectations and developed system for storing expected deliveries for all retail clientsCollaborated with top Fortune 100 clients and their IT departments to identify, pursue and acquire new sources of structured and unstructured data- Worked closely to provide requirements and coordinate ETL testing for automated data deliveries- Provided value-adds (data delivery process improvement recommendations, retail audit data benchmarks)

South Jordan, Ut, Us

Stepped out of the day-to-day technical work of a Software/Data Engineer, and took on management of the local Engineering team as well as additional leadership and project management responsibilities- Assumed direct management responsibility for a team of 6 Data/Software Engineers as well as indirect leadership of additional technical resources within the matrixed organization- Managed request and prioritization process for day-to-day tool and process changes and assigned work to appropriate Engineering team members- Assisted in identification, definition and management of critical, large scale projects- As Project Manager, oversaw the Engineering team's execution of these projects to ensure they were completed to our business partner's satisfaction- Assumed ownership of documenting and overseeing the receipt and ETL of hundreds of raw data deliveries provided by top Fortune 100 clients

South Jordan, Ut, Us

Worked closely with internal business partners to identify and implement technical solutions to retail audit challenges. Responsibilities in this role included collaborating in requirements definition, prototyping, design, coding, testing and deployment of audit data and tools.Led full SDLC for a variety of interactive, audit tools and complex data analytics - Gathered, analyzed and defined requirements for retail audit tools and data analytics- Utilized a variety of data platforms and technologies (SQL Server, T-SQL, Powershell, VBA)-Built, optimized and supported large scale stored procedures and resulting datasets, leveraging hundreds of different structured and unstructured raw data deliveries provided by top Fortune 500 clients- Developed and supported vast collection of interactive claim producing tools and reports- Automated front-end and back-end system processes- Built data analysis and mining toolsLed numerous Business Process Reengineering & Optimization initiatives and projects, resulting in significant business process improvements- Reengineered numerous audit concept approaches, fully automating some processes and saving hundreds of hours in auditor time- Streamlined and overhauled backend data build processes and tools, minimizing maintenance overhead and reducing overall technical debt

Provided information system consulting services to a variety of clients - from small, local businesses to Fortune 500 companies. Consulting services included, but were not limited to:- Custom Software Solution Development (C#, VB.Net, ASP.Net, IIS)- Database Development & Data Analytics (SQL Server, SSRS, PostgreSQL)- Windows Application Automation (MS Excel, MS Access and VBA Programming)- Business Process Reengineering, Optimization & Automation

Acted as a key contact for clients such as Walmart, Sams Club, The Soderquist Center, Downtown Bentonville and Outdoor Cap to lead the development of interactive, web solutions- Led development team as a project manager in the full life cycle development of projects from initial client interview to project completion - Participated in client pitches and proposals by preparing related materials- Managed client expectations and maintained client relationships on a day-to-day basis- Communicated with clients, both internal and external teams to ensure project requirements were met, understood and on-track - Developed project documentation, including the initial project scope and statement of work- Utilized MS Project 2007 to plan and track all phases of development

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Partnered with buyers from our largest retail client, Walmart, to analyze data and provide valuable insights and fact based recommendations with the shared goal of increasing sales across multiple produce categories, operating at the category advisor level in at least one $260 million dollar category- Established strong working relationship with Walmart buyers, assisted with strategic category objectives and goals, provided reporting according to needs and acted as a resource within the category development process- Utilized MS Access and VBA to analyze several large datasets and develop data analytics and reports- Mastered and utilized space management technologies (ProSpace), including development of automation using VBA code, to create modulars in multiple categories, analyzing modulars against other calculated data sources to identify share of shelf and develop assortment and allocation recommendations- Reviewed/analyzed data using Cognos BI cubes- Coordinated with Wal-Mart Modular Planning and category advisors, and developed tools to streamline pieces of the modular planning process

Lowell, Ar, Us

Combined business expertise and technical skills to participate and lead in the full SDLC and maintenance of custom pricing and accounts payable applications- Developed highly responsive software solutions for intermodal pricing and account payables utilizing VB 6.0, VB.Net, C#, ASP.Net, MS Access, DB2 and SQL Server- Provided analytical direction and support as the sole developer of the rail payables system, calculating a total purchased transportation expense of over $780 million dollars per year- Developed project charter, timeline, and other technical documents and diagrams as team lead for the re-write of the rail payable system. Led team through the first phase of development- Provided analytical and systems support as the lead developer for JB Hunt’s suite of intermodal pricing software- Automated manual tasks and developed various new reports, tools and audit procedures

Lowell, Ar, Us

During my tenure as a Programmer Analyst (shown above), I spent 6 weeks cross-training as a pricing manager for JB Hunt Transport. During this period 100% of my time was spent honing my business skills and developing a more intimate understanding of JB Hunt’s intermodal pricing strategies, revenue structure and cost structure with the accomplished goal of becoming a business systems expert in these areas. Accomplishments in this position included:- Negotiated pricing for all intermodal business out of the Midwest region- Successfully worked with operations managers, regional sales managers and national account managers to negotiate and secure profitable freight, meet revenue goals and maintain balance throughout the network- Trained new intermodal pricing managers in pricing theory and in using the EAGLEi pricing suite

As a computer systems analyst for SPSFBC, I succeeded in the following:- Designed and developed a non-profit database application system used to streamline record keeping, statistical analysis, and reporting- Responsible for full life-cycle development of system, including data analysis and development of the underlying database structures, application interface and reporting tools

Fayetteville, Ar, Us

As an adjunct faculty instructor at the University of Arkansas Walton College of Business, my responsibilities included:- Prepared course material and taught one section of CISQ 3333 – Information Systems Management- Course material developed covered a wide variety of theoretical and practical IT topics (MIS, E-commerce, Developing IT Systems, etc.) and 2 projects including a decision support system created with Excel and a database system utilizing Access

Fayetteville, Ar, Us

As a graduate teaching assistant, I successfully:- Prepared course material and taught four sections of CISQ 1121 – Introduction to Computer Information Systems per semester- Course material developed included MS Windows and MS Office (Word, Excel, Access)

Mis, Information Systems

Bsba, Computer Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis

Aas, Business Management