Thomas Brendel

Experience

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  Wawa Food Market

  Aug 2005 - Mar 2010

  Shift Manager

  -Manage, supervise and direct staff of 1 to 9 employees.-Responsible for overseeing store's funds and distributing money.-Responsible for assigning tasks and making sure they are completed in a timely manner.-Interaction with customers; Resolve complaints; Address emergency situations.

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  HC Yu and Associates

  Mar 2010 - Sept 2011

  Construction Administration Coordinator

  -Set up the Local Area Network for three separate locations.-Installed and configured network printers.-Set up and configured a server and mapped network drives to all users on the LAN.-Troubleshooting network problems as well as general computer issues.-Responsible for researching and purchasing the office technical equipment.-Maintained document flow in and out of the office as well as maintain logs of all documents.

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  USIS

  Sept 2011 - Sept 2016

  Web Developer I

  -Worked on integral part of team that streamlined page designs for DOJ intranet sites-Redesigned department website according to team lead and designer input-Suggested and implemented the use of jQuery to create a more user friendly and interactive experience-Maintained and updated newly designed DOJ intranet site.-Ensured 508 compliance throughout all sites and download-able content-SharePoint Content Manager for our department’s intranet site.

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  City of Winchester, Virginia Local Government

  Sept 2016 - May 2017

  IT Projects Coordinator

  -Worked with the Cities communication department to design new content for the existing Drupal webpage.-Implemented new bootstrap features on the Cities site.-The Cities main point of contact between the new web services vendor and the IT department.-Created custom images and icons for the use of web based applications and City external websites.-Ensured security patches and updates were applied to all appropriate site cores and modules/plug-ins.-Responsible for the processing and tracking of inventory items for the IT department’s budget. Show less

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  Navy Federal Credit Union

  May 2017 - now

  - Developing PySpark Databricks notebooks to aggregate and transform data moving over 500 attributes to the Azure Delta Lake - Working with a team to develop an ETL framework to templatize the movement of data between zones - Developing SQL stored procedures to transform and load data between Azure SQL tables - Creating pipelines in Azure Data Factory with event and time based triggers to kick off ETL frameworks to move data - Cross collaborating across different areas within the organization to identify data requirements for end user analysts - Troubleshooting identified issues to correct them in a timely manner to minimize user impact - Developing ad hoc scripts to re-load data when necessary to fill in gaps or issues found with data - A part of a team to optimize Databricks cluster configurations to complete ETL jobs as quickly as possible to minimize cost Show less - 6 month technical job placement program within Navy Federal Credit Union- Attended 31 separate Service 101’s across ISD, Digital, and Security giving overviews of each of their respective teams - Shadowed groups across ISD, Digital and Security to understand department roadmaps and career opportunities- Exposure to over 10 different tools and applications which include some of the following: Android Studio, Azure Dev Ops, Azure Data Bricks, Azure Data Factory, Cyberark, Visual Studio Code, Terminal, VSphere, VMware, Cisco Intersight, and Node JS- Completed over 35 training courses with varying number of lessons in each course ranging from python, spark, Kotlin, git, and many other technical aspects- Completed over 100 hours of training courses during the Program Show less - Worked as part of a cross functional team to perform analysis on data collected on calls placed to the Contact Center from Members- Created Power BI reports to automate monthly reporting out on features that were recently implemented within the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System- Wrote custom SQL queries to monitor key KPI’s within the IVR to determine if there is a potential issue, if a potential issue is present notifies the team via a WebEx team message- Worked close with teams across other Business Units to implement new features in the IVR, including defining and documenting requirements, determining reporting needs, testing, implementation, and monitoring- Performed data analysis on key indicators in the IVR, compiling and understanding the information, and presenting it to senior leadership to make data driven decisions Show less - Defines, develops and executes project plans, including scope definition, expectations, activities, costestimates, and schedules- Manages projects from concept through the planning, analysis, design, testing, implementation, andtransition phases- Identifies and minimizes project risks or constraints that would impact project deliverables- Oversees project progress to ensure project documentation and schedules are in compliance withpreviously agreed requirements and standards- Facilitates project team and client meetings for the resolution of project issues Show less - Management experience – led multiple projects with project cost over $1.5 million, bringing NFCU in compliance with Security Standards, safeguarding NFCU infrastructure, and delivering value to our members.- Led various projects in scope and scale through the test-driven development lifecycle; determining requirements, generating schedules, and monitoring the work from unit testing through implementation- Facilitated contract negotiations between Navy Federal Procurement and vendors to deliver Statements of Work for vendor engagement on projects Show less -Lead the reporting team to gather and analyze data on a weekly and ad-hoc basis, generating 10 weekly reports and over 70 ad-hoc reports.-Perform data analysis of Project Management Office data to generate statistics and forecasts for department presentations and reports-Created new customized tracking log to automate daily data consumption which resulted in a more streamlined process to produce reports more efficiently-Responsible for quarterly internal audits of up to 145 Project Management Office projects, analyzing the results, and preparing presentations to Executive Management-Managing small scope work streams through the SDLC; determining requirements, generating plans, schedules and monitoring the work stream through implementation-Responsible for the onboarding of new Project Managers as well as training new Coordinator staff Show less

  • Senior Data Analyst

    Sept 2023 - now

  • ISD Engineer

    Nov 2022 - Sept 2023

  • TOP Associate

    May 2022 - Nov 2022

  • Business Operations Analyst

    Jun 2021 - May 2022

  • Project Manager

    Jul 2019 - Jun 2021

  • IT Project Manager

    May 2017 - Jul 2019

  • IT Project Coordinator

    May 2017 - May 2018