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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Accountabilities· Led projects through multiple technology installations and upgrades to keep pace with emerging hardware, software, systems and proprietary products within the Supply Chain Distribution area.· Defined project goals, scope and deliverables that supported business goals, in collaboration with senior leadership and stakeholders.· Planned/scheduled project timelines and identified milestones.· Created and executed project plans, scheduling, tasks, configuration and testing.· Tracked project milestones and deliverables while managing work effort.· Defined project success criteria and disseminated to involved parties throughout project life cycle.· Effectively communicated project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.· Liaised with project stakeholders and business representatives on an ongoing basis.· Set and continually managed project expectations with team members and stakeholders.· Determined the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyzed results, and performed troubleshooting of problem areas.· Estimated and identified resources needed to achieve project goals.· Drafted and submitted budget proposals, and recommended subsequent budget changes when necessary.· Negotiated with stakeholders and cross-functional team managers for the acquisition of resources.· Directed and managed project development from beginning to end following SDLC practices.· Developed full-scale project and resource plans, along with associated communications documents.· Developed project-level work breakdown structures.· Delegated tasks and responsibilities as appropriate.· Built, developed, and grew any relationships vital to the success of projects.· Mentored both Business Analysts and Technical team members.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Accountabilities· Gathered, analyzed, documented and managed business requirements to recommend technology solutions and/or process changes to address those requirements.· Planned, scheduled and tracked project timelines/deliverables, and identified milestones.· Leveraged technical knowledge and business acumen to manage effective working relationships with cross-functional technology teams and business partners.· Communicated requirement/scope issues and drove them to resolution.· Provided estimates, resources plans and cost reduction strategies for projects.· Led analysis efforts on multiple, cross-functional project initiatives impacting the Global Target Supply Chain.· Negotiated with stakeholders and cross-functional team managers for the acquisition of resources.· Identified and managed project dependencies and critical paths.· Collaborated with business clients to understand system impacts.· Leveraged domain and analyst expertise to provide the most effective solutions for the business in the most efficient means possible.· Negotiated technical and non-technical solutions that met the requirements and conformed to the technical architecture road map.· Mentored both Business Analysts and Technical team members.· Reviewed project-level vendor contracts in order to present recommendations to senior leadership.· Developed and delivered status reports, requirements documentation and presentations to stakeholders and senior leadership.· Created and drove test strategies for program and project-level testing efforts.· Collaborated with technical teams to translate requirements into a technical solution.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Accountabilities· Collaborated with business units to gather requirements.· Analyzed current and future state processes.· Identified solutions to business problems or opportunities.· Managed project-level testing efforts.· Implemented new or enhanced software.· Documented new solutions along with existing software changes.· Collaborated with cross-functional team members in order to identify and make changes to software applications.· Liaised with project stakeholders and business representatives on an ongoing basis.· Partnered with software vendors.· Provided direction to team members for the enhancement and maintenance of in-house applications that supported the Share Draft and Money Order product lines.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Accountabilities· Gathered, analyzed, documented and managed business requirements to recommend technology solutions and/or process changes to address those requirements.· Facilitated meetings with business clients to gather requirements.· Gathered requirements using various methods.· Analyzed current and future state processes and systems.· Converted business requirements into system requirements.· Designed technical solutions to address business requirements.· Coordinated cross-functional teams to determine tasks for business problem or opportunity solutions, along with timing.· Identified critical paths and either coded or managed their development.· Led project teams of eight members in the development and implementation of technical solutions to ensure procedures and product specifications were followed.· Mentored junior and intermediate team members.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Accountabilities· Accountable for the full SDLC of PC-based and mainframe application software in order to support the corporate retail outlets.· Gathered business requirements using various methods.· Analyzed current and future state processes.· Converted business requirements into technical requirements.· Led the development effort of applications for the in-store processors.· Responsible for solution design and specification, as well as collaborating with multiple vendors on the software development.· Performed analysis and design while managing projects in a Project Leader capacity beginning with feasibility studies through post-implementation reviews.· Team participant in designing and testing a new Point-of-Sale application.· Accountable for acceptance testing and scheduling distribution of software to the stores.· Evaluated new hardware/software for the store environment and forwarded recommendations.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Accountabilities· Gathered requirements using various methods.· Analyzed current and future state processes.· Designed technical solutions.· Developed mainframe-based software.· Tested and implemented technical solutions to address business problems or opportunities.· Designed/Developed both batch and online technical solutions following SDLC guidelines.· Presented the opportunity to act as Project Leader on multiple projects, thereby increasing my knowledge and experience of system proposals, resource management and project leadership.· Responsible for new development along with maintenance of existing online and batch technical solutions to support the Order Processing, Truck Fleet Management, Merchandise Receiving and Returns and various other warehouse support systems.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Accountabilities· Gathered requirements, analyzed current and future state processes, and designed technical solutions to meet business requirements.· Developed, tested, implemented and supported technical solutions.· Evaluated effectiveness of current state processes in order to suggest and make changes that increased production or work flow.· Meeting facilitation with Stakeholders, Sr. IT Leadership, business representatives and cross-functional technical teams.· Accountable for the full development lifecycle and support of the Order Processing, Invoicing, Sales and Marketing applications.· The two plus years there were especially rich in experience dealing with a variety of application systems as part of a lean and rebuilding IT department.

Marshall, Minnesota

Accountabilities· Gathered requirements and analyzed current/future state processes.· Designed technical solutions and developed online and batch software.· Tested developed solutions and implemented on time and budget.· Solutions were constructed for the Payroll, Sales Analysis, Marketing, Customer Service, General Ledger and Order Processing applications.· All development and documentation was done following the McAuto IST STRADIS methodology.

Worthington, Minnesota

Accountabilities· Gathered requirements through various methods.· Analyzed current and future state processes for efficiency and effectiveness.· Designed and developed technical solutions.· Tested and implemented technical solutions in support of the General Ledger, Fund Accounting, Expense & Revenue, Utility Billing, Special Assessments and Payroll applications.· Developed and negotiated the zero-based IT budget.· Supervised the IT team members by providing work direction along with input to their annual reviews.· Ordered and maintained inventory for computer room supplies (paper, billing statements, etc.).· Responsible for data center operations and timely processing of city business.

Renville, Minnesota

Accountabilities· Manual distribution of payroll checks to employees.· Conversion of manual payroll information into organized data for entry into a computerized environment.· Analysis of payroll information computer output for accuracy, compiled labor distribution information for job costing and assisted the Chief Accountant with posting of this information into the General Ledger and its subsidiaries.· Maintained the vehicle and office fixed asset inventory records.

Technical Degree, Accounting/Governmental Accounting

My education dealt with accounting and auditing practices while maintaining a special focus on Information Technology. The Information.

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