Enterprise Collaboration Platform, Applications Analyst
General Mills, Inc
Tasked with developing features to enhance the usability of SharePoint by automating of common tasks as well as creating user friendly sites allowing more user interaction.; to 20,000+ users worldwide allowing users to interact with other users across the company having formal and informal communities of interest.Automated SharePoint site request process creating 3,000+ sites saving 3 hours per site.Participated in two Microsoft Technology Adoption Program (TAP) Projects deploying a Social Collaboration Platform and Electronic Lab Notebook bringing SharePoint 2010 to General Mills before General Availability.Evangelized new product features of SharePoint 2007/2010 through weekly SharePoint User Design Sessions (SPUDS) as well as lead reading groups.Performed numerous code reviews for deployment of SharePoint features ensuring a reliable and efficient SharePoint environment.Trained 12 international managers on SharePoint enabling them to manage their own deployments.Maintain 24/7 production support on SharePoint 2007/2010 for 4,500+ global sites.Worked with the legal team to develop a SharePoint document retention system identifying 50,000+ documents needed for review and eliminated 10,000+ documents.