Dan Kjellman

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Hamel, Minnesota, United States, United States
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With my recent experience of being the Project Manager for a state-wide criminal justice application as well as loyalty programs for four national companies, my focus is on business solutions to fulfill requirements and expectations for internal and external clients as well as providing technical security solutions and optimization of his programs. Beginning as a programmer, I have gained wide-ranging experience in all phases of multiple project development methodologies. I am experienced with working in a fast-moving, often-changing and challenging environment and have demonstrated significant problem-solving and multi-tasking abilities. My versatility is displayed by performing a variety of roles including: program manager, project manager, team lead, lead designer, business analyst, and mentor. I have proven leadership in implementing business systems, processes and procedures within information technology and business divisions. I communicate well cross-organizationally with business executives, vendors, service consumers and information technology departments to drive toward a common goal of completing projects that exceeds customer’s and stakeholders expectations. I have a history of developing proficient and motivated technical teams in a strong matrix and project-oriented resource environment. My teams are known for having a high sense of purpose and for delivering a quality project that exceeds client expectations.I use various structured approaches to managing projects including Iterative, Agile, RUP, Waterfall and Expert Teams. I am knowledgeable on the entire System Development Life Cycle and champion Change Management and Risk Assessment activities to ensure that proper project controls are in place for managing a project to a successful conclusion. I have significant experience implementing strong testing methodology, resulting from his commitment to project quality.Specialties: Project rescues, web sites, web services and SOA, IT project management, various SDLC's, leading motivated cross-functional teams, PCI and security experience, client and marketing team strategy, marketing and loyalty applications, data migration, OS and DB upgrades, hardware upgrades and optimization

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Ramsey County, Property, Records and Revenue

Ramsey County, Property, Records And Revenue

Project Manager for RecordEASE Implementation.
Dan Kjellman Work Experience Details
  • Ramsey County, Property, Records And Revenue
    Senior Project Manager
    Ramsey County, Property, Records And Revenue Aug 2013 - Present
    St. Paul, Mn
    My project is to install RecordEASE,an application to record ownership changes for property within the county. This project has been chosen as the most important project within the county, due to the amount of money (think property taxes) affected, the amount of savings in terms of processing and consolidation of systems and the new revenue streams it will create.
  • Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension
    Project Manager - Issv6
    Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension Sep 2010 - Sep 2012
    St. Paul, Mn
    Brought in as a Rescue Project Manager to refocus the BCA’s number two priority project and get it on-track and moving forward. ISS provides criminal justice employees access to eight state-wide source system databases with a Single Sign-On and single search capability. Managed an $8 million multi-year project with 20 team members that covers skill sets such as business and technical analysts, architecture, legal, training, QA, technical writing, operations, integration and application outreach. Changed the IT development culture and process from Waterfall to Iterative/Agile. Led the first project team to incorporate the full PM-DLC Lifecycle development methodology developed in-house at the BCA. Worked closely with the BCA PMO to create, review, improve and revise 54 project document templates and identify process upgrades in the new software project management methodology PM-DLC. Identified, maintained and enforced these documentation standards throughout the life of the ISS project. Suggested and achieved consensus on new rules for project documentation requirements that saved over 2,000 hours of effort on ISS aloneMaintained and enforced complex data privacy statutory requirements of Security, Access and Data Redaction for eight different state-wide data repositories, as well as for ISS itself. Led effort to constantly upgrade system security for network, LEMS switch, ISS UI, ISS web services and system access.Suggested and implemented a prototype involving Name, Event Index Service (NEIS), a cutting edge data application, to better understand how to optimize the data display for our widely varied user baseInitiated business and technical directives to expand existing web ISS Web Services to service external consumers for access to other criminal justice entities across the stateWorked closely with the BCA Deputy Director, who was the ISS project sponsor.
  • Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension
    Project Manager - Statute Services
    Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension Jun 2011 - Oct 2011
    St. Paul, Mn
    Interim project manager for system that supplied current and historical state statutes to law enforcement and attorneys throughout the state. Determined that a re-write with different technology was required. Engaged with management to gain acceptance of this significant technical and scope change. Engaged resources, implemented a new Scope Statement and project plan, led the architectural re-design and gained acceptance of stakeholders.Coding in Java to .net was accomplished within the original project timeframe.Was the first within the BCA to implement a Push email system to alert users of changes in state statutes.
  • Thrivent Financial For Lutherans
    Project Manager - Business Readiness
    Thrivent Financial For Lutherans Dec 2009 - Feb 2010
    Minneapolis, Min
    Managed and led requirements and creative efforts of four separate project teams to re-schedule and finalize project launch dates and define associated processes for a new program that represents a radical change for this non-profit companies’ fraternal giving. Created an approach to integrate the new Thrivent Choice program into the existing corporate and membership culture.Optimized project plan to reduce the critical path to project launch date by seven weeks, saving $200,000Defined procedures to process 500,000 returned BRC’s for member voting on Thrivent Choice $2,000,000 charitable fund distributionProposed a project/program Staffing Plan that would add up to 33 concurrent temporary and 3 full-time staffing positions for project support of 5 functional project areas over 11 months. Optimized and integrated this plan with the project plan, saving $70,000 in costs in first year budgetCreated a Communication Roadmap that defined all internal and external planned communication to integrate the new Thrivent Choice project into the corporate culture and gain approval and understanding from the 2.6 million membership base. This included two articles in national magazines, web site content, letter and email campaigns, and presentations to regional and national corporate meetingsDefined and documented a new Legal Review and Compliance Approval Process that removed 10 weeks of slack time from the project plan and ensured adherence to the governmental requirements for non-profit organizations’ charitable giving
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  • Carlson Marketing Worldwide
    Project Manager - Amtrak, At&T
    Carlson Marketing Worldwide Sep 2009 - Dec 2009
    Plymouth, Mn
    Managed and coordinated concurrent new functionality builds, processes and ongoing maintenance in an UNIX/Oracle/Cold Fusion technical environment with an annual budget of $4.4 million. Provided work direction and led technical development meetings to enhance the project teams understanding of the technologies, strategic goals and processes needed for repeatable successful project implementations. Managed an Amtrak project team of six to create a new web bonus award system from vision through implementation making key components available for future re-use and ensuring ease of future maintenance. Held a key role in design of the batch, web front end and database enhancementsEngaged with the business side to prioritize projects and determine suitable production dates based on competing business interests and constraintsManaged a project team to design and implement a process to re-platform an Amtrak Internal Voice Response unit (IVR) from an internal to an external vendor using web servicesEstablished more formal processes within the Amtrak and AT&T development team, including enhanced team code reviews, coding style guides, formal unit test plans and review of SQA test matricesManaged a cross-functional team to perform a buy vs. build decision for the creation of web-based database querying capability for direct use by the AT&T client
  • Carlson Marketing Worldwide
    Project Mnager, Loyalty For Visa,Nwa Frequent Flyer, Delta, British Airways And Amc
    Carlson Marketing Worldwide Dec 2007 - Sep 2009
    Plymouth, Mn
    Managed new functionality builds and ongoing maintenance in a mainframe technical environment for multiple clients simultaneously. Managed all project activities including business requirements gathering, benefits and solutions development, estimates and budgeting, project team management, design enhancements, testing and implementation. Managed all IT involvement of the NWA Frequent Flyer fulfillment program including weekly client marketing meetings and quarterly reviews with the clientManaged new projects for Visa, a $12 million/year client, with heavy process emphasis, client involvement and a continually compressed time schedule. Much of this occurred while Visa was undergoing an IPO and the associated major internal re-organizationParticipated in continuous process improvement which is necessary for Visa, where Carlson Marketing received and processed 60 million credit card transactions per day to determine monthly statement creditsManaged an application re-design and re-platform to move Visa Campaign Management from the existing mainframe to a Decision Science UNIX/Oracle platform to improve the marketing database capabilitiesCoordinated changes and impacts to Delta Visa International Credit Card processing for 14 foreign banksManaged and coordinated all project resources, both business and IT, and was responsible for meeting budget, schedule and client expectationsFacilitated various client sessions to enhance understanding of goals and determine solutions that implement the business visionLed the business and IT teams in the integrated project planning process, monitored key milestones, cross-functional issues and resolutions, change control process, risk management process and reported project status to the business and IT stakeholdersMaintained SharePoint sites and increased process and documentation of all legacy client applications
  • Carlson Marketing Worldwide
    Project Manager – Security Projects For Mainframe Clients
    Carlson Marketing Worldwide Dec 2007 - Sep 2009
    Plymouth, Mn
    Managed a variety of hardware, software and security upgrades for multiple clients. Implemented and integrated new vendors and security software into an existing technical environment, including multiple technical disciplines and training of employees in new security procedures. Led the creation of processes to integrate and optimize the use of ArcSight as part of the complete PCI solution.Managed Visa and Delta application teams in designing, testing and implementing a PCI environment for secure storage and transfer of credit card numbers and processing the associated transactionsPassed an exhaustive PCI audit process and received the Record of Compliance (ROC) for the client (Visa) in two consecutive years (2008, 2009)Managed the analysis of PCI environment penetration testing results. Responsibilities also included designing and implementing a system security solution that conformed with very strict company security standardsPlanned and managed the migration of a Visa Loyalty and a Delta Loyalty application into the newly-created PCI environmentAdministered the ArcSight security monitoring system that identifies non-approved user id’s attempting to access PCI-level data. Investigated and resolved any anomaliesManaged version upgrades of mainframe DB2 and OS systems. Engaged and provided work direction to off-shore and internal resources to identify, test, schedule and implement these upgradesResponsible for coordinating between various technical and client application groups to identify and integrate the upgrade or replacement of various servers, network devices, databases and software
  • Carlson Companies Worldwide
    Project Manager - Web Technologies
    Carlson Companies Worldwide Oct 2007 - Nov 2008
    Plymouth, Mn
    Managed a team of four specializing in Portal technology, a division-wide web technology.Introduced and managed change management process into existing Portal SDLCAdministered and prioritized the competing needs of both internal and external clients for website look-and-feel changes as well as functionality enhancements Engaged external vendors for technical solutions for software tool deficiencies and poor performanceParticipated in the division-wide Change Control Board to determine future changes based on priorities
  • Carlson Companies Worldwide
    Project Manager - Certegy Credit Card Loyalty Program Shutdown
    Carlson Companies Worldwide Dec 2006 - Oct 2007
    Plymouth, Mn
    Managed internal and offshore staff during shutdown and transfer of the program to another vendor.Managed a project team of five including offshore resources to securely transfer 180 GB of credit card data to the new vendorSuccessfully managed client and new vendor expectations as to the scope, schedule, cost and difficulty of the projectResponsible for defining requirements for data definitions, data transfer, secure data transfer policies and procedures and managing the fulfillment of the existing client contractsFacilitated a series of working sessions with the client, external vendor and project team to identify the best practices for large-volume, critical data transfer. Additional responsibilities included performance and security testing that met the client acceptance criteria and contractual obligations Maintained and improved processing of 10+ million transactions per day in an outdated MS/SQL database and OS, while simultaneously developing process to transfer the programExecuted a successful program and data transfer and closed down the project within Carlson
  • Carlson Companies Worldwide
    Project Lead, Technical Lead, Lead Designer
    Carlson Companies Worldwide Dec 1999 - Dec 2006
    Plymouth, Mn
    As project lead, technical lead and lead designer, incorporated new technologies and created new functionalities that were the backbone of the successful AT&T Small Business Loyalty Program.Managed team of six in multi-technology environment with an annual budget of $1.8 millionParticipated in several multi-day strategy sessions with the client to create the go-forward plan that would reinforce the business vision in the constantly changing telephony business environmentManaged a re-design of the Member and Call Center websites, incorporating findings based on a usability study. Consulted with cross-functional team to determine how to best implement the re-design resulting from the user study and in-depth JAD sessions with the clientManaged the web site penetration testing and directed the implementation of the required security solutions. Attended a three-day course in secure code creation, which included hands-on participation in hacking into actual websitesInitiated and managed the implementation of a real-time one-to-one communications process incorporating web messaging and email communication to members focusing on increasing participation rates and up-selling new programs and technologies.
  • Carlson Loyalty Worldwide
    Designer And Developer - Eddie Bauer
    Carlson Loyalty Worldwide Jun 1996 - Dec 1999
    Plymouth, Mn
    As a designer and developer in a UNIX/Oracle/PowerBuilder/ColdFusion environment, created a Bonus Engine and Quarterly Statement process that was eventually rolled out to other applications within the company.

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