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Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Identify business opportunities by establishing contacts and developing relationships with prospects and existing customer while recommending appropriate solutions. PROSTEP provides support, information, and guidance including research about products and service improvements. - Solutions in support of PLM migration/collaboration across multiple systems o CAD/PDM/PLM/ERP/etc o PROSTEP has proven connectors o PROSTEP provides migration strategies for CAD and PLM and others.- Technical Data Packages o 3D generation technology o Extract information from many disparate systems to provide quality test procedures o Animation functions for work instructions or quality control- Secure Data Exchange o including block chain technology supporting the supply chain o SAMPL to support quick prototypesResponsible for maintaining quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards with professional and technical knowledge. Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Self Employed

Project Manager of shop floor deployment of Traceability and Conformity during a "green field" plant launch. Fully automated plant with automated guided vehicles, robotic manufacturing cells.Workshop facilitator, Project lead, and JAD specialist implementing DS Enovia 2015x PLM in the automotive industry. Focus on change management (eBOM/mBOM/pBOM) that encompasses the complete change process from customer requesst to manufacturing bill of material introductions in ERP while providing traceability throughout the supply chain. Introduction of many new processes and application tool sets to support these business needs.Project Manager of a dedicated proof of concept with Aras PLM systems to support an End to End initiative and traceability matrix from customer request to final customer shipment within the automotive industry.Subject Matter Expert and Workshop facilitator responsible for gathering business requirements using JAD sessions, documenting results with use cases and user stories, while completing a requirements traceability matrix for test case development and end user training within the Pharmaceutical Industry.

United States

Providing Project Management, Business Process Analysis, and Technical Development consulting services for the implementation of Aras software products. Tailoring the Aras software to meet customer business requirements.Knowledge areas include: Phase Gate Project Management, Engineering Change processes (ECR/ECN), Quality systems processes DFMEA, PFMEA, CAPA, APQP, Manufacturing Process Planning, CMII change management, LEAN.

Self Employed

 PMO Coordinator developing an issue tracking system to support the coordination of business requirements between 3rd party business analyst group and development staff. Designed and implemented Dealer website order processing portal and integration with Oracle ERP system.  Sr. Business Analyst documenting business requirements, functional specifications, and user acceptance testing as deliverables during project definition. Final system acceptance, user acceptance testing, and user documentation were part of the deployment and delivery using Agile/Scrum methods such as Use Cases, User Stories in an iterative environment with full requirements matrix traceability.  Business Process Engineer leading JAD (Joint Application Design) sessions with the State of Minnesota to collect current and future transaction details for all Driver Service processes. Documenting transaction process flows using Use Case modeling, activity diagrams, and supporting transaction process detail documents for all information gathered.

Sr. Project Lead working with 100+ users globally implementing a PDM system for the R&D department. Focus was process reengineering, ideation of new functions and supporting documentation using group facilitated meetings within an iterative development process.Improved business processes by facilitating requirements gathering with subject matter experts (SME) from business and technical support staff using Lean Methodologies and Principles.Coordinated team efforts by documenting requirements, process flow, and functional documents to meet future state mapping directives. Used SQL to extract process definitions and ported to Excel for data analysis and reporting.Internal project manager and coordinator of deliverables with peer IT project manager.Iterative development cycle management for incremental deployments and user acceptance.Requirements gathering session facilitator for current/future state mapping and gap analysis.User acceptance test planning, facilitating, and change management control.

Self Employed

Business Analyst enhancing the pick and put-away processes to reduce/eliminate travel times for the forklift operators in the main warehouse. Documented inventory management process workflows and data mapping needs with the users to ensure accuracy of application presentation and data reporting.

Project Manager of a 20 person B2C/B2B website integration team including business, development, and quality assurance members with website integration to JDE.Increasing company rebate returns from vendors by integrating the B2C/B2B website with a back-end Order Management, Inventory Management, and Vendor Rebates tracking applications.Managed the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) responsibility facilitating business requirements gathering, technical translation, scheduling of development and final delivery.EDI transaction requirements and documentation to support order management, purchasing, and inventory control.

Project Manager upgrading an integrated ERP and Supply Chain Management System focused on “Order to Cash”, “Plan to Produce”, and “Purchase to Pay” processes. Led a team of ten business managers and key contributors on site to coordinate requirements and ensure that same business practices could be met with the new version of the applications without major changes to the “out of the box” version. Project Manager supporting a manufacturing environment with multiple locations. Managed the development and deployment of enhanced BPCS applications for Y2K across the organization.

Managed a development team during a three-year Supply Chain Management Integration project for the fourth largest chemical company in Germany with focus on ERP processes. Tasked with Business requirements gathering, application design, overseeing development and final implementation for all Client Server customization applications in a multi-language environment. Interfaced COTS application to VB modifications using MS Access as the insulation layer.Developed estimates included in RFP’s delivered by the Germany Sales Team for pre-sales negotiations and supporting post-sales delivery timelines.

Managed the department of three subordinates and a budget of over $1M / year. Supported of a small paper manufacturing plant with business applications to include production scheduling, shipping/inventory lot tracking, and financial reporting.

I have designed solution packages, Proof-of-Concepts (POC), and gathered details for Statements of Work (SOW). Having worked in many industries, I have assisted potential customers with designing software solutions and documenting business processes while bringing experience in full life cycle project plans (inception through transition) tailored to customer needs. I am comfortable in front of people in showing live software demos during the sales cycle while also building and delivering training sessions and gathering business needs. Bringing experience in both technical and business acumen with the fortitude to understand customer needs.I also bring experience in the gathering of customer requirements and documenting current/future state processes and have the project management skills to assist in the planning and execution of projects.

B.S., Management Information Systems

Aa, Business Adminstration

Aa, Computer Information Systems