Lead Analyst for IFR Project: a group or Mortgage resolution projects involving 17 of the country’s largest banks and issues with mortgage foreclosures. Led a team of 12 analysts. The project involved nearly 5 million class members, 6.6 million checks for $5.5 billion, and generated over $170 million in revenue for Rust. Many processes had to be invented and reinvented for this projectDeveloped a process to rapidly process Client files meeting certain conditions, resulting in same-day mailing for some cases, saving an estimated $400,000 per year in Analysis/Data/QA costs.

Translate between the Project Teams and IT. Gather requirements and write specs. Utility Infielder for IT problems.

Acting department head from 6/30/06 – 9/01/06 after former department head left company. Managed all technical aspects of the department.Lead developer for new Standard Database Application (Access with SQL backend) which cut deployment time of new custom database applications from several days to less than an hour.Assist in developing standards for data intake, cataloging, and cleanup. Develop data cleanup techniques using SQL.Along with department head, interviewed and selected new employees and contractors.Assign and monitor tasks and workload in department head’s absence.Help develop standards for Employment Group standard database.Directed effort to automate processing of returned mail and traced addresses for Access standard database.Helped research, select, setup, document, and implement new CASS/NCOA software. Develop techniques to get around 2 GB FoxPro file size limit on pre-sort files.Maintained the list of PGP encryption keys for sending and receiving encrypted files.

Create and maintain 1,000 to 70,000,000+-record databases used for tracking claimant/client information for class action lawsuits.File conversion from just about any format/platform to a database-usable format.Create and manage custom encryption software programs for internal and client use.Train Consumer Service Representative staff in operation of databases.Train staff to use encryption software, custom development and data cleansing tools I wrote.Served as “Keymaster”, and was responsible for encrypting and decrypting files to and From Rust that required PGP encryption.

Inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, September 2018.Play bass guitar, string bass, keyboard, and percussion for a wide variety of garage and professional bands.Played in pit orchestra for over 90 musicals, including national touring production of Les Miserables.Play with jazz and church groups.Teach 10 bass guitar students in home studio.Professional roadie for Emerson, Lake, & Palmer (1977) and The Rolling Stones (Steel Wheels tour, 1989).

Managed corporate financial records.Wrote custom accounting system.Maintained and customized programs for crop fertilizer recommendations using approximately 1.1 million lines of code.Resolved all Y2K issues with internal and external software.Trained agricultural consultants to use computer hardware and software.Wrote custom spreadsheets for fertilizer and chemical applications that saved each agronomist approximately two weeks per year of paperwork.

Consulted with Food and Program departments regarding computer projects and training.Advised staff on hardware and software purchases.Trained personnel in use of hardware and off-the-shelf and custom software I created.Managed ticket sales for Iowa State University Madrigal Dinner.Created tickets.Set up sales and reconciliation procedures.Reconciled all ticket sales and promotions.Coordinated media promotions.Created inventory programs and spreadsheets for food department.

Collaborated with management team for artist selection and promotion.Created ticketing system for events.Printed tickets from purchased stock.Created financial reconciliation procedures for bar and program operations.Collaborated in creation and operation of front-of-house management procedures.Hired, supervised, and trained all bar and technical staff.Supervised technical setup and operation for all events, including Iowa Public Television series filmed in the Shop.Audio engineer (and occasionally lighting engineer) for bands and theatre.Produced large parties where over 100 kegs of beer were consumed: no arrests, no injuries, no deaths.Quoted in Rolling Stone magazine (September 24 1987 issue).