Howie Sell, Pmp, Psm1, Brmp Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Waukegan, Il

A trusted advisor to 14 Lake County departments, including Justice and Finance & Administration. Led cross-functional Business and Technical teams. • Evaluated a wide variety of technology vendors and solutions, • Improved the County’s agenda management workflows, • Selected and implemented a cloud-based countywide enterprise Service Desk System (including training), • Assisted Communications department in selecting a new countywide Web Content Management System by compiling the TCO and Business Case. Counseled departments on content-editing requirements and best practices, • Successfully led the implementation of state-mandated Circuit Clerk e-File scan stations before the 2018 deadline, • Presented OneNote and Skype for Business workshops • Led routine County-wide meetings and forums for over 30 IT Liaisons, • Executed a special assignment of compiling content from Justice departments and writing a $2M grant for the Lake County Jail (MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge) under a tight deadline (3 weeks).

Lake County, Il

Managed a four-member application team responsible for developing and supporting Health & Human Service systems, an enterprise-wide document management system, public-facing websites and the County intranet. • Managed the team’s project portfolio, • Led and co-authored the development of a new Coroner case management system, • Transitioned the support of five Health Department systems from Central IT to the Health Department IT, • Mediated between team members to resolve conflicts and improve team performance, • Supported over 50 content editors for the Website Content Management System (SharePoint 2007 and 2010); conducted workshops, wrote user guides, provided technical support, • Designed and developed branded SharePoint websites for the County Clerk, County Assessor, Health Department and Solid Waste Agency of Lake County.

Waukegan, Il

• Designed, developed and maintained over 20 applications including solutions for billing, patient tracking, food-borne illness analysis, nursing home resident reporting, purchasing, volunteer tracking, and employee wellness program, • Provided second- and third-tier support, • Developed and maintained applications in Visual Studio .NET (ASP.NET, C# and VB.NET), MS VBA (primarily MS Access), Crystal Reports, MS SQL, HTML and CSS, • Worked within entire SDLC; analysis, business requirements, system specifications, development, testing, training (materials and sessions), implementation and end-user support.

Mundelein, Il

A small, specialized software division called Systemetrics Software Solutions. Advanced from entry-level to leadership roles. • Senior Support Specialist; Configured hardware, performed incident and request management functions, led technical training of internal staff, • Installation / Implementation Specialist; conducted on-site training at hospitals and nursing homes nationwide, created training materials and did minor software development (report writing), and • Midwest Regional Sales Manager; oversaw software sales in the Midwest.

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