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Calgary, Alberta, Ca

Leading Railway Operations Solutions for CPKC. Responsible for Train, Yard, Intermodal, Automotive, Crew, Border Operations, Empty Car Management and Service Design Operational Systems.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Leading IT Systems Program Development for a strategic, multi-year federally mandated program, implementing new IT and Locomotive Systems Technology and operational processes. Positive Train Control (PTC), an FRA mandated Safety Program, will change the railroad industry in a transformational manner.

North Kansas City, Mo, Us

IT Program Program at Kansas City Southern Railroad (KCSR) leading strategic, multi-year federally mandated program implementing new locomotive technology and operational processes. Managing multiple projects within the Program; their budget, scope and schedule, risk, issues and dependencies across the Operational and field teams within KCSR. Responsible for presenting and communicating with the Executive Team to ensure overall Program success.

Northbrook, Illinois, Us

Innovadex was purchased by UL (formerly Underwriters Laboratories) in December 2013 and rebranded to UL Information and Insights in April 2014.UL Information and Insights is a new division of UL formed in 2013 focusing on Knowledge and Information sharing in the Products and Manufacturing Industries linking formulators of new products with suppliers who can provide raw materials and ingredients for new products. UL acquired Innovadex as a leading anchor for this strategy.As the Operations Executive, my efforts have been focused on Technology Effectiveness, Process Improvement, Workforce Productivity and Measurement and sourcing Technical Data for products across industries such as Personal Care and Cosmetics, Paints and Coatings, Food, Plastics, Metals and Household Industrial Cleaners.UL is a global independent safety science company with more than a century of expertise innovating safety solutions from the public adoption of electricity to new breakthroughs in sustainability, renewable energy and nanotechnology. Dedicated to promoting safe living and working environments, UL helps safeguard people, products and places in important ways, facilitating trade and providing peace of mind.

Leads IT Development for www.centurylink.com Residential market segment and associated Partner and Third Party gateways that enable the online sales channel as well as the development that supports the Interactive Voice Response Call Structure and Speech Recognition.Manages a team of 150+ developers and analysts both offshore and onshore in more than 10 locations.Responsible for delivering development on a highly integrated platform to continue growth of the online sales channel, improving processes to develop and meet client needs more efficiently and creating a roadmap for continued success.

Monroe, La, Us

Managed complex Network Systems Conversion leading a matrixed team of 40-50 IT and Business team members. In 2010, its successful completion was the single largest conversion completed by CenturyLink with 1.2M subscribers.Managed Wholesale Systems Development Team including onshore and offshore development teams and employee based team. Key focus areas were: Application Stability and Production performance, Development Process, Client Communications and collaborating with Order Centers on system improvements.

Monroe, La, Us

Managed a diverse team of 50+ employees and suppliers in an offshore model. As the Application Development Manager of twelve applications, I was responsible for all aspects of the platform including: +Budget (headcount, software, hardware, contract services and supplier labor)+Infrastructure (server optimization, maintenance upgrades), +Production Support (24 x7 on/offshore model including root cause analysis and irreversible corrective action)+Development (requirements, design, testing, deployment and warranty)+Roadmap planning (3 year view of platform upgrades, key project initiatives). Among the twelve applications managed for the embarq.com platform, there were in-house developed as well as off the shelf and vendor managed applications. My role also included endor management.In my two-year tenure, I was instrumental in restoring production stability by achieving stability objectives and creating a 'get well' plan for needed applications, enabling year over year sales and revenue increases.

Monroe, La, Us

Hand selected by Company Executive to join the 'Start Up' team for Embarq Wireless. Built from the ground up, the IT team to support the MVNO Wireless Business creating Vendor Process for Development and Budget/Forecasting Allocation. Served as the Account Manager/Vendor Development Manager for Wireless MVNO Platform working with the Product Development Business teams on planned new projects and planning capital and expense budgets.

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

IT Program Manager supporting the Sprint Resellers. Completed billing system conversion and managed new system development as well as setup of new Sprint resellers.

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

Project Managed large to complex projects ranging from $1M to $850M including Billing Systems Conversions, New Product Development, Network Enhancements and Hardware/Software Enhancements. Worked with Amdocs and Convergys.

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

Performed roles of Business, Systems and Integration analysis for eCommerce, www.sprintpcs.com (shop, online activations, manage), Billing System Conversion, Vision Service and Network rollout of 3G technology.