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Typical Role

A position which emphasizes the application of technology to enable strategic business objectives.

Professional Highlights

  • Respected National / Regional / Local Consulting Practice Leader

    While @ Fujitsu, I had national oversight of ~100 resources and a P/L that peaked at ~$15M. Responsibilities included people management (hire/fire, staffing, and performance / career development) sales support (32 sales resources) and solution formation (8+ solution teams). While @ Perficient, local / regional leadership with similar responsibilities at a smaller scale.

    • Proven Program / Departmental / and Project Manager

    Over ten years of managing projects of various sizes and complexities. Typical projects were 3 months in duration with teams of 4-12 with budgets of ~500k. Largest project managed was 13 months in duration with over 140 resources and a budget in excess of $20 million.

    • Sales & Marketing

    Over nine years of business development in various roles. Responsible for solution formation and rollout while @ Fujitsu

    • Diverse Hands On Experience

      Custom System Development (Web, Client/Server, User Experience, Open Source, etc). Package Implementations and Upgrades (PeopleSoft and Oracle primarily). Application Integration & Middleware. Business Intelligence. IT Strategy and Architecture Formulation. Collaboration Frameworks

      • Broad Industry Experience

      Industry experience in financial services, consumer products, manufacturing, communications, insurance, health care, transportation, construction, paper, real estate, and chemical industries.

        Education

        Key Companies Consulted

        • Wisconsin
        • Rockwell Automation
        • Assurant
        • Kohls
        • Harley Davidson
        • American Family Insurance
        • Winterthur
        • Minnesota
        • Carlson Companies
        • GE Fleet
        • Missouri
        • Sprint
        • Deutsche Bank
        • MasterCard International
        • Enterprise Rent-A-Car
        • Southwestern Bell
        • Caterpillar
        • University of Missouri - Rolla, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, with a Minor in Microprocessor Design, May 1990
        • University of Missouri - Rolla, Masters of Science in Engineering Management (Coursework from MBA and Industrial Engineering programs), Thesis: Application of Neural Networks to Image Segmentation of Ultrasonic Images of the Prostrate Gland, December 1991.

        Professional and Business History

        • Fujitsu: Sept 2003 to Feb 2008
        • Perficient, Inc.: Dec. 1999 to Sept 2003
        • MasterCard International: Nov. 1998 to Dec. 1999
        • Ernst & Young, LLP: Nov. 1994 to Nov. 1998
        • Andersen Consulting: Feb. 1992 to Nov. 1998
        • Fru-Con (college co-op): May 1991 to Aug.1991
        • AT&T (college co-op): Jan. 1987 to May 1987


        SKILLS MATRIX

        Expertise as of 01/2007 (years)

        Relevant Roles
        Solutions
        Methodologies/Processes
        Management

        • Director (9)
        • Program Management (2)
        • Project Management (5.5)

        – Resources under directed supervision peaked at 140 resources

        – Annual Budget s managed peaked at $20M

        Delivery

        • eBusiness SME (3)
        • Architect (4.5)
        • Analyst(7.5)
        • Developer (6)

        Business Development

        • Business Development (9)
        Solutions

        • Real Estate (3)
        • Supply Chain Enablement (4)
        • Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence (4.5)
        • eCommerce Platforms (2)
        • IT / Business Alignment (2)
        • Collaboration Frameworks (1)
        • Open Source Viability Studies (1)
        • User Experience Assessments (3)
        Methodologies

        • Ernst & Young’s Fusion (ERP, Custom, Strategy) (5),
        • Andersen Consulting’s Method/1, (3)
        • Perficient’s eNable,(3)
        • Oracle’s Applications Implementation Methodology (.5),

        Processes

        • Financials (PO, INV, PC, AR/BI, AM, GL) (6)
        • Order Management (4), Reverse Logististics (1.5)
        • Imaging/Workflow (1.5)
        • Business Intelligence / Data Warehousing (3)
        • Knowledge Management (3)
        • Call Center (1)
        • Online Exchanges (1)
        • Part Configuration (.5)
        Industries
        Services
        Technical Experience
        • Communications (4)
        • Manufacturing (5)
        • Financial Services (1.5)
        • Insurance (3)
        • Healthcare (1.5)
        • Transportation (3)
        • Real Estate (3)
        • Consumer Products(1)
        • Chemical (.5)
        • Construction (.5)
        • Legal (.5)
        • Startups (2)
        • Paper (.3)
        • Custom Application Development (7)
        • Enterprise Application Integration (5.5)
        • Package Implementation (4.5)
        • Strategy and Planning (3.5)
        • Architecture and Planning (3.5)
        • Security (1)
        • Managed Services (.5)
        • Languages: Java (1.5), Cold Fusion (6), JavaScript (1.5); HTML (5); Lotus Script (1); Visual Basic (1.5), C/C++ (1), COBOL2/CICS (3), Pascal, PL/SQL (2), Smalltalk (.5); XML (1.5); JCL (3), PeopleCode (1); Visual Voice (1), EDI (2), ASP (1)
        • Hardware & Operating Systems: MS Windows NT (2.5), TSO/ISPF (3), VM/MVS (3), WIN95 (4), DOS (5), OS/2 (1), Unix (3), Dialogic (1), AS400 (2)
        • Tools and Utilities: Quest (.5), MS Apps (11 — MS Power Point , MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, Visio, MS Project); Primavera (1); Andersen Consulting’s Foundation (2), Oracle Reports, Peoplesoft Reports, People Tools (3), Photoshop 5.5, Image Ready 2.0, Flash 4, Gauss, LDAP; QMF (3), SPUFI (3), Cold Fusion Studio (6), Quest (1)
        • Web Related: IIS (4), Apache (.5), WebSphere Application Server (1.5)
        • EAI: Vitria (1), webMethods (.5), TIBCO (.5)
        • Databases: Oracle (3); DB2 (4), Access (8), SQL Server (2)
        • Applications: Oracle ERP (3), PeopleSoft ERP (3), Hyperion’s OLAP products (1), Cognos’ OLAP Products (1), Information Advantage’s OLAP Products (1), Oracle Express Server (.5), Oracle Financial Analyzer (.5)