Andy Farwell

Experience

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  Advanced Communication Design, Inc.

  Oct 1998 - Jan 2012

  Client facing position, addressing and assessing both tactical and strategic needs and requirements. Responsible for managing the Project Management Office through scope to execution. Network administration, qualifying new hardware purchases, updating software and hardware and all aspects of vendor management. Primary point of contact for all internal technical support. Day to day management of all administrative support systems Interact with developers, system engineers, and testing teams to identify applications defects. Analyze application, system, and security errors. Escalate issues to developers and verified fixes. Configure test environment, design automated/manual tests and create strategies for product development. Held multifaceted responsibilities to configure, install and administer network infrastructure and telecommunications systems that supported staff of 30 personnel. Established new IT policies, which defined acceptable use of IT assets within the company. Fulfilled administrative responsibilities including the addition and changes to user desktop, email and file server accounts. Installed and configured servers including RAID5 arrays in addition to facilitating backup and restoration. Manage MySQL database administration assignments for diverse industry clients. Supervise development of SQL-queries/procedures for database and backend testing. Enhance database performance, perform restores, implement recovery procedures, handle performance tuning and conduct regular system backups. Ensure technical and functional designs meet business requirements Implemented MS Access database to manage music preview system project. Developed functions, scripts and reports that were instrumental to the success of high-priority development projects.

  • Project Management / Business Analyst

    Oct 2008 - Jan 2012

  • Operations / Project Management

    Apr 2006 - Oct 2008

  • Network Administrator

    Jul 2003 - Apr 2006

  • Database Administrator

    Jun 1999 - Jul 2003

  • Assistant Database Administrator

    Oct 1998 - Jul 1999
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  Modern Survey

  Nov 2011 - Feb 2016

  resolve issues and answer questions Act as a liaison between my company and its customers

  • Client Services Manager

    Jul 2015 - Feb 2016

  • Project Manager

    Nov 2011 - Jul 2015
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  Aon Hewitt

  Feb 2016 - Jul 2019

  Client Services Manager

  Manage team of client services specialists and data analysts.

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  Kincentric

  Jul 2019 - now

  Responsibility Includes:- Delivery of Culture & Employee Engagement related Solutions (Talent life-cycle) - Survey Configuration, Administration, Results Reporting, Action Planning. Some of the products include - Engagement, Exit, Onboarding, Change, Multi-rater/360.- Success and Development of Colleagues and develop future leaders.- Lead Global Initiatives partnering with Global Operations for Defining Processes/Process Improvements- Work with Product Development & Technology groups for the long-term development of the product and ultimate client delivery for their real needs.- Innovation & Continuous Process Improvements - out of the box thinking, solution's, automation, process improvements. Show less

  • Product & Technology Operations Lead

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Operations Consultant

    Jun 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Americas Operations Leader

    Oct 2019 - Jun 2021

  • Operations Manager

    Jul 2019 - Jun 2021