Kevin Wright

Experience

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  A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.

  Dec 1998 - Jul 2005

  Responsible for defining project quality standards for all IT projects and supporting compliance to the standard project management methodology. Managed quality assurance plans and testing initiatives for firm-priority projects. Mentored project managers in best practices, project methodology, and Rational tools. Formally evaluated and reported on quality health of projects to senior management Responsible for system analysis, design, project management, testing, and system support. Developed requirements documents, data models, process data flow diagrams, use cases, RFPs, user interface prototypes, and test plans. Monitored and controlled the execution of programs on several mainframe platforms. Operated I/O equipment for processing and backup storage of mainframe, UNIX, and Window servers.

  • IT Analyst, Project Management Office

    Jan 2005 - Jul 2005

  • Systems Analyst, Business Application Services

    Apr 2000 - Jan 2005

  • Computer Operator

    Dec 1998 - Apr 2000
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  Strategic Staffing Solutions

  Aug 2005 - Sept 2008

  Facilitated strategic sourcing program for wholesaler route accounting systems. Led all efforts for vendor certification testing to support corporate requirements. Coordinated development and support activities between internal business units, IT, wholesalers, and software vendors. Direct involvement with 3rd party interfaces to ecommerce retailers, fleet routing software, proprietary mobile direct store delivery solution, enterprise data warehouse, and warehouse management systems, and other corporate applications. Show less

  • IT Consultant, Anheuser-Busch Wholesaler Systems

    Jan 2007 - Sept 2008

  • IT Consultant, Anheuser-Busch Wholesaler Systems

    Aug 2005 - Jan 2007
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  The Doe Run Company

  Sept 2008 - Jan 2009

  Project Management Office Specialist

  Led the organization in use of the standard project management methodology for all areas of the business. Gathered project metrics for status reviews, IT balanced scorecard, financial analysis, and executive team project portfolio reviews. Managed strategic IT projects, mentored project managers and business analysts, served as a member of the project change advisory board, and maintained the standard project methodology.

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  Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

  Jul 2009 - Nov 2010

  PMO Project Manager

  Responsible for managing an 80+, $1.2M project portfolio of cross-department projects within consultative business model. Coordinated project activities and stakeholder communication across multiple departments, organizations, and vendors. Facilitated weekly resource allocation reviews, created and maintained project deliverables, and monitored project costs.

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  Save-A-Lot

  Nov 2010 - Nov 2013

  Primary day-to-day partner for Distribution and owner of business steering committee engagement and technology roadmap. Accountable for performance of $800K annual IT project portfolio supporting warehouse operations and transportation. Monitor project budget, scope, schedule, staffing to ensure business needs are met and serve as an escalation point for issues and decisions. Led interaction with business owners, subject matter experts and project team members to define, develop, and implement business technology solutions. Responsible for the gathering and documenting requirements through various methods (interviews, process modeling, JAD sessions). Responsible for day-to-day management of strategic projects supporting growth and business transformation initiatives. Planned and executed cross-functional projects within the agreed budget, scope and timelines. Developed recommendations to resolve business problems and implemented approved solutions. Communicated regularly to impacted stakeholders and executive staff.

  • IT Business Delivery Lead

    May 2013 - Nov 2013

  • Principle IT Business Delivery Analyst, Merchandising Applications

    Aug 2012 - May 2013

  • Project Manager, Strategy

    Nov 2010 - Aug 2012
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  Daugherty Business Solutions

  Nov 2013 - Jan 2025

  Senior Consultant
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  CGI

  Jan 2025 - now

  Senior Consultant