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 EDI integrations for Parts Town (billion-dollar restaurant OEM supplier). Lead EDI Integration team for solutions using Boomi to integrate B2B implementations. Manage resources, schedules, test plans, and implemented new SOP to streamline efforts and improve quality. Senior Analyst and UX for West Bend Mutual Insurance (billion-dollar mutual insurance company). Multi-year project was a web portal digital transformation for Agents and Underwriters. Designed the UI and UX, creating HTML mock-ups of proposed solution. Coached WB employees on how to create and maintain UI design. Collaborated with business owners and users on final UI, wrote detailed business requirements and acceptance criteria for business sign-off and was liaison to developers and QA during agile delivery of solution. Scrum master and Analyst for agile squads throughout. Lead / Senior Analyst for Hertz Global – Data Governance, Location & Vehicle Master Data Management Lead Analyst for Hertz MDM global initiative with focus on Location and Vehicle domains while being primary conduit and voice of stakeholder to identify and articulate needs for MDM solution that formed basis for new, enterprise platforms and systems unshackled by limitations of legacy designs. Senior Analyst of Data Governance project performing data research and analysis of different domains to gain consensus on what terms mean to business, and what value it has to data strategy. Worked 1:1 and facilitated meetings with international executives and leaders, business experts and data stewards to mine data, define terms while discussing approach for buy in by other departments and stewards. As a result, gained business understanding to document requirements, create data dictionary and provide critical resource to MDM teams. Became a de-facto authority on select data domains and was selected by project champion as key SME and liaison to the numerous business units and vendors to clarify and refine key requirements and design.

Birmingham, Alabama Area

 Dedicated technology liaison for CMO and associated business units (Customer Service, Marketing, Agents, Customer sites and apps); understanding the business needs and challenges in order to identify, prioritize, and create technology solutions to meet objectives and delivered solutions while managing development team of 25+ FTE and contractors Mentored Architects and Team Leads on how to manage and develop team members as new processes and technologies were being rolled out as part of modernization efforts and organizational re-structure Formed a cross departmental User Experience group to create common UI/CSS and data elements across new systems for consistency within product lines and provide common toolset and pre-coded components Selected to lead policy system Service Oriented Architecture teams (FTE and vendors) that successfully retired key components of legacy system; design had to accommodate existing system and connections until remaining functionality was released. This modernization used SOA to break up monolithic solution into discrete services; providing input to and consuming output from other services in real-time over ESB. Through iterative feature release able to retire legacy functionality to more quickly realize benefits Key collaborator with cross functional teams of new agile SDLC methodology for consistent delivery and common architecture across domains while improving visibility and communication to the business

Riverchase, Al

Manager of Application Delivery group focused on Risk and Legal lines of business. Partner with lines of businesses to understand areas of need, define business and technical requirements and conceptualize technology innovations to address needs and advance departments abilities to do moreManaged development teams to deliver solution from concept, design, and test, through release

 Technical Sales support on multi-million-dollar portfolio spanning Business Intelligence, SharePoint, and custom .NET applications for diverse clientele; including Saks and Honda Directed and led efforts of development teams based in US and China Worked with senior management on project artifacts and creating processes and standards for improved consistency of delivery and communication with client

 Established processes and organizational structure to help growing company efficiently and repeatedly implement and support Sales & Commission software Results:15% reduction in personnel, 25% revenue growth and increased customer satisfaction as shown in Gartner Marketscope; only three Incentive Compensation Management firms received this recognition

Director, Upgrades & Release Process Created new group to focus on imperative strategic need to pinpoint, implement and measure processes to deliver seamless upgrades to client base while preparing Service department for new releases This highly experienced group worked cross-functionally to gather key functionality of new releases, validate and document new features, and train service departments to implement and support clientsDirector, Professional Services Reorganized department to better provide customize workflows and services to enhance usability. Cross functional collaboration with Product, Sales, and Engineering to properly package and support services Improved processes and documentation for execution and quality delivered by teams based in US, Canada and India. Defined metrics to track performance of group, individuals, and service lines.  Above efforts resulted in 40% reduction of turnaround time while personnel needs reduced by 25%.Senior Project Director Agent of change in establishing consistent execution and delivery by Project Managers in implementing enterprise PACS and HL7 integrations During IPO, responsible for delivering 25% of product and services revenue ($20-30MM)

General Manager of ComSource Solutions, a ComFrame Company Created strategic business unit comprised of existing and new services for ComFrame to extend a more versatile and compelling offering to its customers Wrote business plan for CEO and Board of Directors that detailed market opportunity for Staff Augmentation, Support and Network Services. Responsible for setting up separate entity, creation of budget, sales forecast, policy and procedures, recruiting and hiring, and managing external relationships. Initiative was responsible for ComFrame’s largest customer at that timeProject Manager, PMP Led the completion of several custom .NET and JAVA software solutions using SDLC methodology Helped PMO create standardized project management processes and tools in line with PMI practices

Manager of Operations Led logistics projects located in North America, Brazil, Germany and England, created implementation methodologies and services, supervised and mentored project managers and logistics engineers Sales and Marketing Instituted and rolled-out marketing campaign to expand brand awareness and identify new leads. Designed product marketing materials and focused mailings Segmentation planning and competitor analysis conducted to properly align offerings with current market needs Technical sales, RFP response, draft contracts, and extend service to existing client baseProject Manager, PMP Managed multi-national team in Brazil to reduce Peugeot–Citroën costs by 30% based upon logistical and supply chain efficiencies Team’s professionalism, cost savings and timely completion led to 3 more projects over 2 more years

Manager of Project Management Office, PMP Led project management team responsible for 30+ concurrent projects totaling $16 million in services Created and produced budgets for resource and materials; designed and implemented procedures that facilitated repeatable project successes  As PMP, used PMBOK to cultivate and manage Project Management teamProject Manager of Systems Integration Implemented high-speed, data-capture systems using IBML ImageTrac ($500,000 - $5 million in revenue) Wrote and managed process for system requirements, communications and implementation

R&D for video tracking systems using industry standards and real-time video compression technologies (MPEG, Wavelets and Fractals). Responsible from design through release of all hardware, software and testing while reducing board requirements by 50%; saving money and increasing performance.

Project lead in R&D of hardware design compatible with European telephone systems and created embedded, real-time software for country specific features

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Information Technology

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Master'S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering