Experience

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  Neiman marcus

  May 1991 - Dec 1994

  Programmer analyst

  Involved in all stages of the project life cycle. Designed a new payroll summary system by researching the current system and streamlining the process. Migrated the transaction analysis system from a VAX to and IBM 3090. Designed, developed and implemented a new receipt reporting system for the distribution center to forecast workloads and a new inventory aging system.

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  Nissan (nmac)

  Jan 1995 - Apr 1996

  Senior programmer analyst

  Responsible for production support and system enhancements for: ALBERT, title follow-up and SHAW systems. ALBERT is an on-line credit analysis system providing decision support for credit analyst. Title follow-up is a database look up systems for title tracking. SHAW is a loan processing system.

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  C.i.s consulting

  Apr 1996 - May 2004

  Owner

  Maintained a small consulting business partnership. Contacted prospective clients, worked contacts and performed administrative duties. Worked with corporations to maintain a recommended vendor status. I continued to be a partner owner in C.I.S. Consulting while taking a director position for Alliance Data Systems.

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  Alliance data systems

  Sept 1999 - Nov 2000

  M.i.s. director

  Brought on board to streamline software direction, staffing and budgeting for the M.I.S. application department. Responsible for maintaining corporate compliance for software licensing and maintenance contracts. Served as a liaison between C.I.S. department and corporate offices for computing services for payroll, HR, accounting, general business and internal publishing needs. As a member of the C.I.S. Executive Team: communicated M.I.S. issues, project priorities and status, business case analysis for projects, and customer satisfaction status to executive staff. Responsible for: department personnel career development, mentoring, training, project priority, performance evaluations and compensation. Show less

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  Curves for women

  Nov 2004 - Dec 2007

  Owner

  Relocated to the Minneapolis area in June of 2004 and began negotiations to purchase a Curves for Women franchise. I closed on the purchase November of 2004. As the owner I was responsible for all aspects of the business including; staffing, member services, management, sales, promotions and quest productions. Maintained a staff of five women. I coordinated with other Curves owners in the area as well as the corporate office for promotions and events. Responsible for communications and maintaining compliance with corporate, state and national regulations. While continuing to own the franchise, I hired a full time manager in March of 2006 to re-establish my information technology career. Show less

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  The woodburn group

  Mar 2006 - Oct 2008

  Project manager

  The Woodburn Group is a gold level Business Objects solutions and education partner. Brought on board to be client liaison, manage client projects and staffing needs. Managed many business intelligent (BI) projects for a large range of clients. Worked with clients to develop a solutions strategy for their BI needs from data modeling/quality/transfer, query and analysis, reporting and dashboards. Helped clients develop their BI vision and goals and implement them. Evaluated their strengths and risk points, determined BI maturity and data readiness. Helped clients develop business cases for software direction. Proposed bids and won contracts that were profitable and leveraged technical team's ability. Responsible for resource management for multiple clients. Managed 5 employees and 1 - 10 sub-contractors schedules and training needs. Responsibilities require a working knowledge of Crystal Reports development, Webi and Data Integrator. Provide technical support for the sales team including performing Data Integrator technical demonstrations at client sights and public marketing events. Responsibilities extended to internal company data analysis. Maintained and communicated to company owner on forecast/actual/ billing data, company resource utilization and client/project status. Served on the Business Object User Group steering committee to get insight on market trends and real world issues with Business Objects and focus user group meetings on market needs.The Woodburn Group - client HCMCProject management for Business Objects XIR2 installation and crystal reports development project. Responsible for task assignments, project planning, progress tracking, issue resolution and project documentation. Provide project status communications to executive team. Implemented processes around report development life cycle and report request. Developed internal and external roles and responsibilities and service level agreements across I.T. and E.H.R departments. Show less

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  Ibusiness solutions

  Oct 2008 - Jul 2010

  Sr. bi consultant

  iBusness Solutions specializes in business intelligence, dashboard design and development . Develop Key Responsibility Areas (KRAs) for technical developers. Instrumental roll in re-designing internal project management process from a classic waterfall to an Agile design. Provided input and research for company software evaluations and industry trends to develop strategy and future vision for the company.

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  Rba, inc.

  Oct 2010 - Sept 2019

  Sr. business analyst

  RBA is an award-winning, nationally-recognized Microsoft partner with offices in Minneapolis, Dallas and Denver. As one of fewer than 40 Partners awarded the Microsoft National System Integrator designation, RBA delivers unparalleled technology expertise combined with an uncompromising commitment to service. Currently on Inc. 500’s List of the country’s fastest-growing private companies and consistently named a Best Place to Work, RBA’s entrepreneurial spirit and rewarding employment experience attracts the industry's top technical talent.Assignments include Best Buy Inc. , CHRobinson/T-Chek Show less

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  Prime therapeutics

  Apr 2014 - Sept 2018

  Business analyst lead

  Lead Business Analyst - OPDMy many and diverse projects as a lead BA on the Operations, Planning & Delivery team have provided me extensive experience and insight to Prime’s PBM business. I have documented current process and capability gaps as well as detailed improvement requirements for business areas including: Data Reporting and Analytics, Formulary Workplace, Campaign Management, Clinical Review, Product Development, Operational Reporting, Medicare Part B processes, Contact Center reporting, and Confidential Communications. I have developed a base knowledge of the underlining technology systems including SAP Fieldglass, MSA Toolbox, Precision Queuing, Speech Analytics and Member Master. I continually serve in strategic direction capacity for Project Initiation Teams, Solution Development and Enterprise Analysis program level activities. In my career at Prime I have established strong working relationships within the OPD team, across functional business areas, IT development and leadership teams. The Prime culture is supportive of my personal desire to lead a life with purpose. I serve as the chairman for the MS Society Committee at Prime connecting two organizations with the common goal of helping people live their best life. I also volunteer for various OPD committees and team events. Show less

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  Health e(fx)

  Sept 2019 - Dec 2021

  Sr. business analyst
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  Home

  Dec 2021 - now

  Retired