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Sacramento, California

Andes Consulting, LLC provides high quality consulting services in the public and private sectors.Andes Consulting, LLC is a California company specializing in project management, quality management, software development, and business analysis for the government, energy, and public safety sectors.We strive to improve our clients' ability to meet the challenges of a changing world and develop sound project management and software development methodologies.We have a long… Show more Andes Consulting, LLC provides high quality consulting services in the public and private sectors.Andes Consulting, LLC is a California company specializing in project management, quality management, software development, and business analysis for the government, energy, and public safety sectors.We strive to improve our clients' ability to meet the challenges of a changing world and develop sound project management and software development methodologies.We have a long track record of successful project implementation and share our experience and expertise with our customers. We take pride in elevating the level our customer's experience by delivering quality projects. Show less

Responsible for project schedule and facilitate Sponsor, Steering Committee and Project Team meetings, including drafting and finalizing meeting agendas and minutes. Create project management artifacts including Project charter, Project plans, Communication, Risk, Issue, Project Roles and Responsibilities matrix, Project Cost Tracking, Training Plan for solution selected including administrator and user training Transition to Maintenance and Operations Plan, Project Schedule- Work breakdown… Show more Responsible for project schedule and facilitate Sponsor, Steering Committee and Project Team meetings, including drafting and finalizing meeting agendas and minutes. Create project management artifacts including Project charter, Project plans, Communication, Risk, Issue, Project Roles and Responsibilities matrix, Project Cost Tracking, Training Plan for solution selected including administrator and user training Transition to Maintenance and Operations Plan, Project Schedule- Work breakdown structure (WBS). Coordinate Project Sponsor interview/meeting to obtain direction, scope and buy-in. Coordinate and facilitate a Project Kick-Off. Manage all phases of the -project from planning, initiation, execution, monitoring and closing. Conduct a lessons learned at the end of the project Responsible for managing the project plan, work with the program area SME and be responsible for creating and maintaining the project. Lead Business Process Review, work with the DBO Business Analyst to coordinate and participate in the business process review / JAD sessions with SMEs and project team. Work with Business Analyst to ensure business processes are properly documented. Work with Program staff to finalize the Business Process document. Development of BRD, review drafts of business requirements and edit/update as needed. Review final business requirements per stakeholder edits and help communicate changes to team. Conduct requirements review sessions with staff and SMEs. Assist with User Acceptance Testing, work with Lead Tester, Business Analyst, and Developer to develop Entrance Criteria for successful entrance to UAT. Work with Lead Tester, Business Analyst, and Developer to develop Exit Criteria for successful completion of UAT. Work with the DBO Lead Tester to conduct UAT with PACE SMEs. Work with PMO to develop the Project Closeout Checklist. Work with IT and program area SMEs to identify and resolve defects to be tracked post project completion. Show less

Sacramento, California Area

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Sacramento, California Area

• Responsible for adhering to all quality standards for the DynaSim project, representing the State while working with vendors in the East and West Coast.• Project is focusing on the re-modeling of multiple transportations models that assist in predicting the effects of changes to transportation policy in the State of California. • Role to manage and confirm all project quality management processes developed by the Energy Commission and incorporated by multiple vendors working… Show more • Responsible for adhering to all quality standards for the DynaSim project, representing the State while working with vendors in the East and West Coast.• Project is focusing on the re-modeling of multiple transportations models that assist in predicting the effects of changes to transportation policy in the State of California. • Role to manage and confirm all project quality management processes developed by the Energy Commission and incorporated by multiple vendors working on this project.• Ensuring the quality of all plans and deliverables for the project. • After ensuring the accuracy of the planning deliverables, the focus turns to assessing and ensuring that the project is being managed and procedures are being followed in accordance to those approved plans and deliverables. This is being accomplished through audits, metrics, status meeting, and reports conducted with the State and the Vendor. Show less

Authority:• Acquire, mentor and retain delivery management managers and volunteers• Manages all delivery events• Manages the coordination of all delivery activities• Manages event participant relationshipsResponsibility:• Responsible all event delivery• Responsible the coordination of all event activities• Responsible for event participant relationships and satisfaction• Responsible for every instructor/speaker coordination • Responsible for every… Show more Authority:• Acquire, mentor and retain delivery management managers and volunteers• Manages all delivery events• Manages the coordination of all delivery activities• Manages event participant relationshipsResponsibility:• Responsible all event delivery• Responsible the coordination of all event activities• Responsible for event participant relationships and satisfaction• Responsible for every instructor/speaker coordination • Responsible for every volunteer event training and orientation• Responsible timely and accurate event administrationPrinciple Duties:• Activley participates in curriculum subject development• Activley participates in curriculum schedules development• Assist in finding Instructors• Manages workshop series managers• Oversight - event delivery process documentation current• Oversight – event administration is timely and accurate• Assists in developing the annual strategic plan for Professional Development Standards and Measures:• Participant satisfaction including surveys and general feedback.• Instructor satisfaction • Timely and accurate workshop documentation submission Show less

Developed SLA which indicated the expected time the department would address each incoming request from customers (internal and external) which provided the organization with expectation for turnaround of day to day activities and requests.Complete redesign of the company’s software life cycle clearly defining each state, specific roles, and tasks that must be completed before moving to the next state.Developed processes to manage the number of incoming Projects from internal and… Show more Developed SLA which indicated the expected time the department would address each incoming request from customers (internal and external) which provided the organization with expectation for turnaround of day to day activities and requests.Complete redesign of the company’s software life cycle clearly defining each state, specific roles, and tasks that must be completed before moving to the next state.Developed processes to manage the number of incoming Projects from internal and external users. This included appropriate functional requirement gathering and verification, technical review and feedback, and official stakeholder sign-off on each project before the development state. Show less

Representing the best interest of the State on the development of the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System, a new system commission by the California Energy Commission to allow account holders to report their renewable generators monthly outputs. Quality and Configurations management for the project in charge of overseeing the deliverables from the Vendor to the Energy Commission. This included the development of test plans, requirement traceability, requirement fulfillment,… Show more Representing the best interest of the State on the development of the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System, a new system commission by the California Energy Commission to allow account holders to report their renewable generators monthly outputs. Quality and Configurations management for the project in charge of overseeing the deliverables from the Vendor to the Energy Commission. This included the development of test plans, requirement traceability, requirement fulfillment, and document management. This position was responsible for Change and Issue Management. Show less

• Asked to join this organization at it’s onset to help build and promote the this company and it’s product in order to build investment resources to grow and developed the company.• Primarily tasked with helping to build the product into a functional and reliable solution for the client and potential investors. This included building a Quality Assurance team that will be in charge for analyzing and testing the digital home solution to determine it’s reliability and functionality.

• Brought in to build a Quality Assurance department. The company was in the transition of becoming more of a IT company with E-business plan and needed to create a solid foundation for that purpose. This particular Quality Assurance position was created to address the software development cycle needs of the new organization.• Introduced testing and quality assurance principals that allowed the company to track existing issues within the system and implement those solutions, as well as… Show more • Brought in to build a Quality Assurance department. The company was in the transition of becoming more of a IT company with E-business plan and needed to create a solid foundation for that purpose. This particular Quality Assurance position was created to address the software development cycle needs of the new organization.• Introduced testing and quality assurance principals that allowed the company to track existing issues within the system and implement those solutions, as well as create a process to verify the quality of new development created by the team.• Establish a formal Change Management process that reviewed incoming request from internal and external customers, analyzed those request, formally approved, and prioritized.• Implemented process and procedure of issue tracking and a change request process to address a significant deficiency for the company to handle changes and upgrades to their system. Show less

• Performed validation role on Level 3 defect, issues, and concerns brought to DMi from customers. These items had already passed two levels of QA before entering as core significant issues to be resolved. Interacted closely with Development to ensure best possible solution. Approved the changes before being released to Production.• Developed test plans that identified project risks, strategies to mitigate the risk, functionality to be tested, and testing entrance and exit criteria.… Show more • Performed validation role on Level 3 defect, issues, and concerns brought to DMi from customers. These items had already passed two levels of QA before entering as core significant issues to be resolved. Interacted closely with Development to ensure best possible solution. Approved the changes before being released to Production.• Developed test plans that identified project risks, strategies to mitigate the risk, functionality to be tested, and testing entrance and exit criteria. Utilized Rational Test Manager and Rational ClearQuest as part of the Rational Suite for RUP implementation..• Knowledge of Microsoft .Net Framework and the following .Net languages, ASP.NET, VB.NET, Java, and JSP. Show less

• Volunteered in Chile to build a bilingual school for children K through 8th grade in a rural area. • Researched several schools through out the Texas area for ideas and potential resources for the school in Chile.• Interviewed all the candidates for all teaching and administrative position for the school. • Supervised all constructions and inspections of the building and security procedures.• Trained staff on bilingual concepts and methods that would be used by the school.