Wesley Simonsen

Experience

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  Great Western Bank

  Feb 2001 - Feb 2002

  Personal Banking Officer

  • Prepared vehicle loans, home equity loans/lines, ready reserves.• Opened checking accounts, savings accounts, certificate of deposit accounts, IRA’s.• Sales and service.

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  State of Minnesota

  Feb 2002 - Apr 2013

  • Provided project management, technical assistance, and workflow considerations for all stakeholders on two major project implementations, eComplaint and eCitation, that allowed for all criminal charges to be filled electronically in Minnesota.• Provided real-time notification to law enforcement to ensure prompt protection to victims by gathering requirements, system evaluation, and functional design on the OFP Replacement Project• Drafted Court Administration Processes for the Process Reengineering Team; an effort that improved all business processes• Participated in requirements gathering and project planning in the Hennepin and Ramsey MNCIS and CPC Transition Project.• Advised court administration and court partners on service desk tickets.• Researched and analyzed data, and wrote reports with recommendations of court administration.• Developed and monitored action plans, timetables, schedules, and test plans to meet current needs. Show less Perform financial activities such as month end reports, issue checks, monitor accounts, bank deposits, and set up accounts with financial institutions for moneys held by the courts. Review legal documents for completeness and compliance and work with judges, attorneys, jurors, and the general public. • Currently part of a select group that is transitioning the courts onto a new system that will help automate ticket entry and ensure accuracy and maximize efficiency.• A representative of the courts that helped draft and submit legislative changes to ensure those charged with higher level of offenses were biometrically identified.• Helped transition Benton County to be able to accept credit cards. Show less

  • Court Operations Analyst

    Mar 2011 - Apr 2013

  • MNCIS Application Tester

    Dec 2006 - Oct 2011

  • Senior Court Clerk

    Feb 2002 - Mar 2011
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  State Court Administrator's Office, State of Minnesota

  Apr 2013 - Mar 2014

  Enterprise Business Analyst

  • Elicited, researched, analyzed, and prioritized business and system requirements and rules.• Conducted project definitions and JAD sessions to determine business needs, facilitated meetings, and planned agendas.• Conducted site visits and trained staff on new and existing technologies for the eSignature Project.• Produced functional documentation including: “as-is” and “to-be” process models, data flow diagrams, and business use cases. • Developed test plans and test cases, tested, documented and reported test results and defects.• Worked with developers and vendors to ensure requirements were delivered as specified.• Participated in the modification and development of existing and new applications.• Developed project and implementation plans, manage and defining project scope, project control and monitoring, risk identification and management as the Project Manager for the eSignature Project.• Bridged the gap between the business and technical teams that confirmed a comprehensive understanding of the solution and ensured all requirements were met. Show less

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  State of Minnesota

  Mar 2014 - Nov 2017

  • Analyzed multiple applications in order to translate business requirements into system requirementsMYCOURTMN (MMC) APPLICATION • Technical Product Owner/Scrum Master and led significant management effort on a financial app built by MN Courts. • Monitors $900 million in assets of vulnerable adults. • Includes functionality to detect potential fraud. • 4 time award winning application; Mentioned in the New York Times. • Other states have acquired the source code of this application for use in their courts. • Enhanced usability and application response times, thus decreasing incoming service desk calls by 46%. • Reduced application error messages by 20%.FAIL TO APPEAR PROJECT • Reduced annual operating costs 24%by constructing a system to deliver an extract file to a 3rd party vendor to automate the printing and mailing of thousands of notices. • Designed a web application to reset cases for processing which reduces resource dependency and increases file accuracy.BENCHWORKS PROJECT • Helped transition court documentation from a paper to electronic environment. • Deployed BenchWorks, providing electronic access to case records to over 200 judges.SOCM PROJECT • Built a system to keep 2 individual agencies’ statute databases in sync allowing for 56,000+ statutes to exactly match• Coordinated the development effort on all requests for scripts, custom edits, reports, and tokens.• Created high level system design documents, system requirements, and wireframes.• Elicited and recorded requirements using various methods such as process models, data flow diagrams, and use cases.• Designed database queries to extract and report data for analysis, testing, and support.• Participated on several agile projects as a Scrum Master• Worked directly with development team providing answers and direction; mentored junior analysts.• Produced verification, regression, user acceptance, and master test plans. Show less • Managed top priority projects as part of MN eCourt Project, a transition from a paper to fully electronic environment.ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE • Helped transition court documentation from a paper to electronic environment. • Deployed DocuSign statewide in Minnesota, providing electronic signature capability to 2,800 employees.GOVERNMENT SUBSCRIBER ACCESS • Built a method for hundreds of partner agencies to request access to court records • Created project charter documents, project plans, communication and implementation plans, status reports, and work breakdown structure. • Led a variety of projects; some using a waterfall methodology and others an agile methodology.• Managed and defined project scope, project control and monitoring, and risk identification.• Communicated specific action plans to managers, directors, and other decision making groups to ensure leadership’s approval.• Identified and created system development lifecycle processes, made recommendations to standardize procedures and processes.• Conducted project definition sessions, facilitate meetings, plan agendas.• Provided guidance and expertise to resources, thus strengthening the capacity of the team.• Escalated issues when they could not be resolved by the team, therefore, avoiding paralysis.• Performed business analysis, such as producing operational and functional documentation, process models, data flow diagrams, and use cases.• Operated in a system analyst role creating high level system design documents, system requirements, and wireframes.• Created test plans and executed user acceptance testing and unit testing. Show less

  • Senior Application Analyst/Scrum Master

    Sept 2014 - Nov 2017

  • Project Manager

    Mar 2014 - Sept 2014
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  Wells Fargo

  Feb 2018 - Sept 2018

  Business Systems Analyst/Product Owner - Contractor through Signature Consultants

  • Analyze highly complex Wholesale business problems to develop requirements for automated application enhancements• Prioritize and convey product backlog as a Product Owner• Clearly communicate with designers, engineers, business partners, and other stakeholders to develop technical solutions• Provide sprint activity reports to mid-level managers on progress and potential impediments allowing management early involvement opportunity• Draft clear user stories and acceptance criteria allowing teams to easily understand and build the development request• Completed numerous Wells Fargo compliance trainings• Boost decision making by gaining and retaining stakeholders attention by providing enthusiastic and energetic presentations • Executed user acceptance testing Show less

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  City and County of Denver

  Oct 2018 - Mar 2020

  • BRM connecting Technology Services (TS) with the Denver Fire Department (DFD) and Right of Way Services (ROWS)• Established and successfully executed a new strategic BRM plan between TS and DFD• Increased our relationship by two levels on the Relationship Maturity Model within the first year• Stimulate and manage DFD's demands against Technology Services' capabilities• Represent business strategy to TS and provider capabilities to DFD• Educate TS and DFD on the BRM role and discipline• Shepherd incoming requests through the intake process• Assessing and continuously improving the health of the partnership• Identify and track value proposition of strategic initiatives•Assist with change management by following the ADKAR model Show less • Solving CCD's contract management needs by implementing an Enterprise Contract Management solution to meet the needs of 55+ partner agencies• Collaborating with cross functional teams to confirm requirements to enhance the City's $75M Parking Meters and Information System• Provide guidance on presentation methods and techniques• Requirements engineering• Business process design and documentation • Analysis of existing processes as-is modeling and bridge to-be state processes• Assess captured business requirements against enterprise platform capabilities • Participate in the city’s Request for Proposal process Show less

  • Business Relationship Manager

    Jan 2019 - Mar 2020

  • Sr. Business Analyst - Consultant through Insight Global

    Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
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  Pacific Gas and Electric Company

  Apr 2020 - Sept 2021

  Product Owner - Consultant through Insight Global

  • Building strategies to enhance the Locate & Mark Mobile and Web Applications • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to roadmap and deliver key business objectives• Strategically execute on solution development following SAFe framework• Developing clear and obtainable Product Increment objectives• Responsible for product backlog prioritization and refinement• Communicating to all key stakeholder, including senior leadership, as the lead communications agent• Main point of contact for documenting and troubleshooting system related issues Show less

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  Kaiser Permanente

  Sept 2021 - now

  • Leading a scrum team to transition the video visit platform to Zoom• Increased Net Promoter Score by 10% by enhancing the video visit experience• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver key business objectives• Strategically execute on solution development following SAFe framework• Introducing product changes to stakeholders and managing feedback• Facilitate team Product Increment planning sessions• Ensuring product guides accurately represent the current state Show less

  • Product Owner

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Product Owner - Consultant through Infostretch

    Sept 2021 - Mar 2022