Jason Rood

Experience

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  McMenamins

  Jun 2005 - Sept 2009

  Manager

  Responsible for the successful management of a department, requiring supervising and maintaining service and conduct of 6-10 employees, as well as tracking inventory and providing dynamic training.Tasked with carrying out carefully choreographed events, involving groups as large as 300 persons, while simultaneously being responsive to impromptu customer requests.

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  Portland State University

  Sept 2009 - Jun 2011

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Performed analytical and research duties on projects that ranged from major professional works to institutional asset studies. Responsible for the grading of undergraduate work; including exams and essays, which require rapid familiarization with class topics and major themes.

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  McMenamins

  Dec 2011 - Sept 2012

  Administrator

  Responsible for creating audit and summary reports generated from numerous online databases in order to inform management on any issues regarding revenue reporting and policy adherence. Tasked with creation of official contracts as well as handling internal and external correspondence on behalf of organization. Other responsibilities include balancing nightly financial records, sales, as well as being the point of contact for technical trouble shooting for similar departments

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  State of Oregon

  Oct 2012 - now

  • Works to evaluate, establish, and manage the entire portfolio of services and applications. • Establishes prioritization criteria and evaluation policies.• Evaluates and determines prioritization criteria for new projects, initiatives, and use cases• Develops, recommends, monitors, and/or reviews and analyzes business plans, expected project benefits, budgets, schedules, consultant reports, benchmarks, and related performance measures• Identifies relevant project and use case scope, required resources for implementation, and works with Lead Application Developer to determine timelines and milestones• Create service level agreements or similar documentation to establish customer service expectations.• Administers project contracts, monitors and evaluates contractor performance.• Monitor and track project budgets with support of fiscal staff and make timely requests for budget changes and contract revisions. • Manage service agreements and contracts including developing scopes of work and ensuring grantee produces identified deliverables. • Develop project plan recommendations to implement policies and programs. • Develop recommendations for continuous project quality and process improvement. Show less • Coordinates and assigns work activities• Identify team goals and evaluate team progress• Coach team members• Guide continual improvement and maturation efforts• Advise management on tactical and strategic decisions for the program• Provides supply chain management leadership within large, complex and political statewide IT procurements.• Assists state agencies and local governments to strategically source leading technology, and proactively manage client & vendor relationships.• Monitors vendor performance on enterprise-level IT agreements, by assessing performance in key areas, including: account management, cost, quality, delivery, agility, diversity, and sustainability.• Maintain and continually improve web presence, including: website, online collaboration and third-party system integrations. Show less • Provides supply chain management leadership within large, complex and political statewide IT procurements.• Assists state agencies and local governments to strategically source leading technology, and proactively manage client & vendor relationships.• Monitors vendor performance on enterprise level IT agreements, by assessing performance in key areas, including: account management, cost, quality, delivery, agility, diversity and sustainability. • Maintain and continually improve web presence, including: website, online collaboration and third-party system integrations. • Evaluate, procure and deploy new technologies to ensure program success. Show less Responsible supporting the Oregon E-Government Program within the Office of the State Chief Information Officer. The E-Government Program was selected as a 2016 State IT Program of the Year by StateScoop.com.E-Government Program has grown to over 295 services provided over the internet on behalf of Oregon agencies.Supported oversight of the expansion of custom solutions with online payment collection from approximately $65 Million per year to $2.5 Billion per year. State portal was a Best of the Web 50 state finalist in 2014 & 2015. One of several key roles delivering the online new Public Meeting Manager Application at no additional cost, national government-to-citizen award winner. Experienced supporting stakeholder governance with legislative, agency and citizen members.Proven track record of delivering what we promised. Show less

  • Program Manager

    Oct 2021 - now

  • Lead Worker-Strategic Sourcing Specialist

    Jul 2019 - Oct 2021

  • Strategic Sourcing Specialist

    Aug 2016 - Jun 2019

  • E-Government Policy Analyst

    Oct 2012 - Aug 2016