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Develop and implement UTA Asset Management and State of Good Repair programs as required by the Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) 49 CFR Part 625. Oversee entries and updates to asset management database for certification to FTA of the State of Good Repair (SGR) condition across the agency. Coordinate with subject matter experts to inventory and account for designated assets. Prepare and participate in short range and long-range asset repair, replacement, and/or system enhancement plans and budgeting exercises. Manage development of UTA Five Year Budget Plan relative to asset replacements and major maintenance. Prepare long range financial forecasts of required preventive maintenance activities, lifecycle, and replacement costs to maintain State of Good Repair. Manage field inspections and audit inspection reports received from business units as needed. Manage projects related to continued development of the UTA Asset Management system as required by the FTA for assets that are currently in service. Model positive employee engagement by conducting activities consistent with UTA goals and mission, operational and strategic business objectives, UTA core values, and the UTA Way.

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Develop and implement UTA Asset Management and State of Good Repair programs as required by the Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) 49 CFR Part 625. Oversee entries and updates to asset management database for certification to FTA of the State of Good Repair (SGR) condition across the agency. Coordinate with subject matter experts to inventory and account for designated assets. Prepare and participate in short range and long-range asset repair, replacement, and/or system enhancement plans and budgeting exercises. Manage development of UTA Five Year Budget Plan relative to asset replacements and major maintenance. Prepare long range financial forecasts of required preventive maintenance activities, lifecycle, and replacement costs to maintain State of Good Repair. Manage field inspections and audit inspection reports received from business units as needed. Manage projects related to continued development of the UTA Asset Management system as required by the FTA for assets that are currently in service. Model positive employee engagement by conducting activities consistent with UTA goals and mission, operational and strategic business objectives, UTA core values, and the UTA Way.

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Organize and support operations of the federal State of Good Repair mandates (Transit Asset Management Plan). Manage and execute Utah Transit Authority's bridge management program. Create and manage Positive Train Control (PTC) reporting system and reporting procedures for monthly submission to the FRA. Provide system support and administration for the TrackStar RFID paperless asset tracking system. Create, update and report data for federally funded assets for Continuing Control purposes. Create and implement the Bentley AssetWise asset management and reliability software suite for maintenance groups, including Asset Performance Management (APM), InspectTech, and Optram. Analyze and report asset data to the National Transit Database (NTD).

Provide technical support to financial advisors/financial advise firms by offering general system answers, providing education to enable future development by the client, but most often debugging issues in custom-coded pages and providing CSS and HTML fixes alleviating cross-over issues with JavaScript.

Columbus, Ga, Us

Market and sell insurance products to small business owners for their employees.

West Jordan, Utah, Us

Teach four different courses after initial teacher quit after five weeks of the school year: English 11, English 12, Debate 1, Debate 2. Serve as Debate Coach. Caught students up to the rest of the teachers/courses/schedules in one term.

Clayton, Mo, Us

Description: Served as AP English instructor and data team leader. Developed and taught student-centered, discussion-based courses and utilized effective classroom management skills to ensure a high-quality learning environment. Worked with individuals or small groups to present and reinforce learning concepts. Modeled positive and effective behaviors; documented student ability and performance. Utilized technology and differing education approaches (e.g., backwards classroom, understanding by design, etc.). Taught in a manner that met students’ developmental and academic needs. Partnered with students and parents/guardians to assess needs, define strengths, and identify areas needing reinforcement. Served as mock trial coach.Key Accomplishments:* State-mandated English II results increased each year more than any other English students.* AP English Lit & Comp results increased each year.* AP Computer Science students earned 5s, the highest score possible. * Managed and mentored student teacher, later hired by district.

Description: • Acted as Polo High School English Department Chair and worked as team member with middle / elementary school teachers forschool district goals / curriculum.• Taught Language Arts I, II, III courses in addition to Creative Writing, Applied Communications / Speech, Western Literaturecourses in compliance with Missouri requirements. In addition, teach dual-credit college courses (ENG101/102) throughBenedictine College.• Developed classroom management strategies easily understood, upheld and agreed to by students and administrators.• Involved students by using techniques that were engaging and allowed easier knowledge retention, including use of technology(Study Island, Promethean Boards, ActiveInspire, PrometheanBoard “clickers’).• Create documentation to communicate Missouri testing changes and expectations to parents. District scores increased year perstate requirements with a 50% increase from May 2010 to May 2011.• Modify lesson plans and assessments for those students with specific learning needs.• Counsel students and meet with parents.• Act as SADD, Freshman, Junior and Senior Class sponsors. Plan activities such as homecoming floats and prom.Key Accomplishments:* State-mandated English II results increased by 50% for the district.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Description: As part of Executive Team, served as key player in company expansion and growth as part of providing leadership for entire organization. Created strategic vision for $8.5 million IT department to grow to the next level. Sold space for partial shipments, resulting in offering low prices by consolidating multiple customers. Monitored and addressed staffing needs while leading and mentoring team of 5 directors. Performed succession planning in the areas of product/project management, application development, quality assurance, and infrastructure support. Incorporated newest corporate acquisition—including systems and processes—into existing business model. Instituted SDLC methodologies by documenting existing procedures. Built architecture team to review design and implement layered architecture. Managed vendors for hardware, software, voice/data communications, system support, disaster recovery services, and off-site server hosting. Led directors through management of multiple systems, RAD system projects, system support, and infrastructure support. Improved quality of deliverables by hiring new QA staff and increasing team size to fit project demands. Devised and managed expectations for infrastructure planning hardware/software, security software, systems monitoring, and waterfall replacement of desktops and laptops. Set up and programmed servers, created databases, and provided detailed documentation.Key Accomplishments:*Instituted on-call phone, service level agreements, and severity guidelines for system-issue resolutions.*Created communication procedures and expectations for entire company.*Successfully condensed two locations into one new location in 4 months. *Handled database server crisis after 1 month of tenure; established emergency processes to keep business going while coaching staff on how to analyze options, quantify pros/cons, and present them to CEO in a formal proposal. *Initiated brand-new IT budgeting process and 2006 budget.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Description: Assumed responsibility for developing and supporting mission-critical business applications, as well as the application infrastructure and business intelligence. Owned all production systems while providing and managing 24x7 support in compliance with service level agreements. Created strategic vision for Application Development and Support Departments for AEB; put teams and resources of architects and developers in place to build layered architecture for all future development. Managed and monitored status acting of cross-site application development initiatives, including integration of vendor software packages between two US-based offices, cross-platform and web-based. Supervised remote team of 100+ contractors and managed the maintenance and support of 40 business applications. Designed and interpreted business intelligence metrics and dashboards to measure department’s effectiveness. Served as program manager to integrate large packaged software system that interfaced with AEB systems. Developed, trained, coached, and reviewed 70+ managers, application architects, and developers. Utilizing budget of $8+ million, allocated resources to projects as they were prioritized and funded by Strategic Alignment Committee. Executed “development and support pool” concept for project staffing. Oversaw skills database system creation, used to track developers’ technical skills.Key Accomplishments:* Moved development teams from application-specific to development pool, resulting in developers being assigned to the right project at the right time.* Worked with executives to strategically place staff on corporate strategic projects.

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

Responsibilities:• Project manager of corporate systems development projects used to create data warehouse.• Managed database and server administration staff after creating infrastructure and supporting processes.• Management of eight Corporate Database systems including all report development and smaller systems.• Responsible for full system development life cycle processes and phases.• Managed projects, scheduled resources, provided maintenance for all Corporate systems.Accomplishments:• Incorporated client/server technologies in Information Systems.• Replaced user-created Excel databases with distributed applications to track resellers, fleet vehicles and safety records, customergains and losses, driver safety (DOT) records, driver training, productivity by vehicle / driver / customer service representative,sales recaps.• Led first comprehensive development project through new development / release process (Agile) after Information Systems Department reorganized into Development and Support Teams instead of silo teams per application.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Master Of Arts, Teaching, Education

English

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Management Information Systems

Associate Of Arts