Ken Adkins

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Assistant Director, Enterprise Application Services (EAS) @ Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI, US
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Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States, United States
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A trusted leader in higher education and private sector, change agent and liaison providing strategic technical direction, leadership and development and support for enterprise applications; resourcing, methodology, change management to minimize impact of service, infrastructure, development, systems integration, reporting systems, coordinate system upgrades, and business process improvements.Specialties: Strategy Roadmap Development * Project Management * Cross-functional Team Leadership * Coaching & Mentoring * Best Practices & Standards * Facilitate Business Process & Application Improvements * Business Applications Development * Business Applications Support * System Design & Upgrades

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Eastern Michigan University

Eastern Michigan University

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Assistant Director, Enterprise Application Services (EAS)
Ypsilanti, MI, US
Ken Adkins Work Experience Details
  • Eastern Michigan University
    Assistant Director, Enterprise Application Services (Eas)
    Eastern Michigan University
    Ypsilanti, Mi, Us
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  • Eastern Michigan University
    Assistant Director, Enterprise Application Services (Eas)
    Eastern Michigan University Nov 2019 - Present
    Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
    Reporting to the Director, Enterprise Applications and Services, manage and oversee projects to ensure successful delivery in a timely fashion. Provide technical supervision for teams within IT Enterprise Applications and Services and designated technical staff embedded in other University departments. This includes the planning, development, installation, maintenance, and improvement of select applications.
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  • Eastern Michigan University
    Director Of Business Systems Support
    Eastern Michigan University Jan 2007 - Nov 2019
    Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
    Reporting to the CFO, Business and Finance Division, serve as a hands-on leader directing and planning improvements of administrative applications and their impact to services and functions within the division. Direct reporting and business process analysis; first and second level support, batch scheduling, administration of security functions, working with relational databases and reporting systems. Support finance, student business services and business operations and auxiliary information systems. Applications include Ellucian Higher Education ERP systems, third party business applications, and bolt-on applications. Collaborate with Physical Plant and HR departments and serve as a liaison to IT administrators to achieve University goals. Establish and execute plans and procedures; develop and manage budget for business systems. Provide leadership to four direct reports, functional experts managing systems and student workers. * Led a cross-functional and technical project team, Ellucian analysts, and consultants to re-implement the finance module. Reviewed for areas of improvement, reworked chart of accounts, improved efficiencies, and added new features and functions. Successfully configured, tested and implemented system improvements.* Recipient of a Banner Finance and AR Re-implementation Engagement Accommodation Letter in 2011.* Business and Finance Division’s Annual Retreat Achievement Award for exemplary services in 2009 and 2011.* Completed a two-week management training program earning a Collegiate Management Institute Certificate.
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  • University Of Toledo
    Systems Analyst
    University Of Toledo Oct 2000 - Jan 2007
    Identified as key member to implement the SunGard Higher Education enterprise systems. Implemented HR module, Luminis product (myUT Web Portal). Spearheaded conversions and report writing initiatives. Played a key role in web site and web self-service projects. * Developed ERP technical and functional expertise. Helped train the Business Systems team members; worked with cross functional and technical staff members during the implementation process. * Valued member helping to successfully implement SunGard Higher Education Banner HR module.* Recipient of a Project entERPrise Certificate of Recognition, April 2006Systems Analyst, Enterprise Applications, EIT (October 2003 — June 2004)Supported HR and Finance writing, debugging and testing programs for administrative systems. Analyzed needs, developed business system specs, and supervised programmers and implementations. Teamed with cross-functional end-user departments to ensure technology aligned with business needs. Systems Analyst, Business Systems Support, Finance & Planning (October 2000 — September 2003)Supporting Human Resources, Finance, and Business Services, managed job schedules and wore many hats serving as the SCT Plus and Data Warehouse Security Officer, Division Content Administrator, ad-hoc report writer, application developer, internal consultant, business systems analyst, and a liaison between various offices and the Educational Information Technology (EIT) department. * Served as Acting Director of Business Systems Support during two vacancies. Provided first and second level support; administer security and scheduling of jobs, and development of standalone applications. * Developed a post award system to track grants and the administrative functions monitoring and managing grant activity.
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  • Seaway Food Town
    Business Systems Advisor
    Seaway Food Town 1997 - 2000
    Application development group performing duties of the Manager of Applications, Senior Systems Analyst and Internal Consultant and Project Leader. Trained application developers and served as the primary contact between Merchandising, Store Operations, and the IS department.* Identified as key member to implement BASS, Inc. Central Information Exchange (CIX) and Retail Bass Exchange (RBX) retailing systems. Spearheaded conversion from mainframe to UNIX systems.* Retooled individual skill sets from mainframe technologies to open systems, Windows, UNIX, and relational databases.

Ken Adkins Skills

Integration Leadership Higher Education Analysis Databases Access Change Management Crystal Reports Customer Service Project Planning Team Leadership System Administration Strategic Planning Business Process Mapping Sipoc Erp Implementations Programming Sdlc Problem Solving Sql .net Report Writing Html

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Ken Adkins works for Eastern Michigan University

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Ken Adkins's current role is Assistant Director, Enterprise Application Services (EAS).

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Ken Adkins attended The University Of Toledo, Owens Community College.

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