Kent Steffes

Kent Steffes

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Project Management at Wells Fargo (CSM) (CSPO®)

  • Education

    • Iowa State University

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      BLS Business; Communications; Sociology; History Minor
    • University of Maryland

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      Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies
  • Experience

    • ST1 - US Navy

      Jan 1986 - Jan 1990
      YN2
    • Principal Financial Group

      Mar 1991 - Mar 1997
      Various

      3 years Corporate Real Estate Law3 years 401k Adminstration

    • Wells Fargo

      Mar 1997 - Jun 2011
      • Vice President (Strategic Alliances - REO Team)

        Jan 2006 - Jun 2011
      • Various

        Mar 1997 - Jan 2006
    • Aspen Grove

      Oct 2010 - Mar 2012
      Vice President, Product Business Development
    • TeamSoft

      Mar 2012 - Jul 2012
      Consultant - Project Management

      @ Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

    • Wells Fargo

      Jul 2012 - now

      * Projects Underway - -Win10 V20H2 (kicked off Apr 2021)-MS Office 365 (underway) -Win10 V1909 (cptd May 2021)-Windows 10 v1809 Upgrade (kicked off Jan 2019) - Servicing-Wide Program Mgr - Leading 6 Business Units/over 13,000 workstations - identifying; testing; and driving any required remediation of approximately 525 Business Critical apps; Leading a team of over 200 testers and 35 Pjt Mgrs and Leads.* Completed projects/programs-Office 2016/Windows 10 v1709 Upgrade (Apr 2017 - Dec 2018) - Took over as Servicing-wide Program Mgr for 6 Business 513 Business Critical apps/1,021 shared MS Access databases; Leading a team of 100 testers and 20 Pjt Mgrs and Leads/and submitting the upgrades for over 13,000 workstations.-Office 2016/Windows 10 v1511 Upgrade (Nov 2015-June 2017) -Business Unit Pjt Mgr IOPA - 2000 users/617 apps; Led 100 testers and 26 Pjt Mgrs-iClear Decommissioning and Data Migration (May 2016-Dec 2016) - Business Pjt Mgr - code changes to ICMP, extraction of 50MM invoices and data from iClear, ingestion of invoices and data into ICMP, application sunset for iClear -TAR Application Sunrise & SDA Application Onboarding (Feb-June2016) - Business Pjt Mgr-SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013 migration (Mar 2015-Feb 2016) - Business Unit Pjt Mgr IOPA - managed the migration/consolidation/retirement of 63 Site Collections -Internet Explorer 11 upgrade (Dec 2013-Dec 2015) - Business Unit Pjt Mgr IOPA - 2457 users/313 apps; led a team of 86 testers and 20 Pjt Mgrs-Office 2010/IE 10 upgrade (Dec 2013-Apr 2015) - Business Unit Pjt Mgr IOPA - 3405 users/698 apps; led a team of 72 testers and 25 Pjt Mgrs-Windows 7 upgrade - Business Unit Pjt Mgr IOPA (Cptd May 2014) - 3300 users/1100 apps; led a team of 130 testers- Non-Agency Mortgage Insurance Review Program (led sub-projects in support of the program) contract review, gap analysis, remedy- Private Investor Claims (led sub-projects in support of the program) contract review, gap analysis, remedy Show less

      • Senior Project Manager, Home Lending Change Management, Horizontal Integration Team

        Sept 2023 - now
      • Senior Project Manager, Product Strategy & Delivery Team, Servicing-Wide

        Jan 2022 - now
      • Project Management - Servicing Change Delivery

        Jul 2012 - now
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Kent Steffes
      Team Excellence Award Office 2016 & Windows 10 (Phase 1) Upgrade - IOPA - Sep 2017
    • Awarded to Kent Steffes
      Team Excellence Award - SharePoint 2013 Transition - IOPA - Jun 2016
    • Awarded to Kent Steffes
      Team Excellence Award - Internet Explorer 11 Upgrade - IOPA - Mar 2016
    • Awarded to Kent Steffes
      Team Excellence Award - Office 2010 Upgrade - IOPA - Jun 2015
    • Awarded to Kent Steffes
      Team Excellence Award - Windows 7 Migration Team - Sep 2014
    • Awarded to Kent Steffes
      Service Excellence Nomination - Resolving Windows 7 migration issues (for R Lueng team) - Jun 2014
    • Awarded to Kent Steffes
      Team Excellence Nomination - Windows 7 Upgrade - IOPA - May 2014
    • Awarded to Kent Steffes
      Team Excellence Award - Non Agency MI Review Program - Jul 2013
    • Awarded to Kent Steffes
      Team Excellence Award - FNMA HomePath - Oct 2010
    • Awarded to Kent Steffes
      Team Excellence Nomination - Stagecoach Priority Gifting Program - Jul 2005
    • Awarded to Kent Steffes
      Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Deloitte Aspen Grove (2010 ranking 17) (2011 ranking 14th) (2012 ranking 14th)The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 is an awards programme honouring business growth, technological innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. The programme ranks the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in Ireland based on percentage revenue growth over a five-year period - http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_IE/ie/industries/tmt/technology-fast50-awards/
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Home Repairs

      Issued by Rebuilding Together Des Moines Iowa on May 2015
      Rebuilding Together Des Moines IowaAssociated with Kent Steffes
    • FPU Coordinator Volunteer (7 sessions)

      Issued by Financial Peace University @ Lutheran Church of Hope, West Des Moines Iowa on Jan 2013
      Financial Peace University @ Lutheran Church of Hope, West Des Moines IowaAssociated with Kent Steffes
    • WF Habitat for Humanity-Fall Build - Red Oak Preserve - Oakdale, MN - Volunteer

      Issued by Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity on Sept 2009
      Twin Cities Habitat for HumanityAssociated with Kent Steffes
    • WF Habitat for Humanity-Fall Build - Dale Street – St. Paul, MN - Volunteer

      Issued by Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity on Sept 2008
      Twin Cities Habitat for HumanityAssociated with Kent Steffes