James Coleman

Experience

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  Boy Scouts of America-Tomahawk Scout Reservation

  Jun 2005 - Jan 2006

  Scoutcraft Specialist

  Responsible for teaching merit badges to groups of 20+ scouts, building and maintaining park equipment. Organized and facilitated weekly projects involving 60+ scouts. During the winter program, taught winter survival skills and lead groups of 15+ scouts on day-long winter hiking activities.

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  AmeriCorps

  Sept 2007 - May 2008

  Promise Fellow

  Tutor and mentor at risk 9th and 10th graders to improve study skills and grades. Initiate and integrate programs to engage the 9th and 10th graders with the seniors in "mentor/mentee" relationship.

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  City of Minneapolis

  Jun 2012 - Mar 2017

  Housing Inspector II

  Conduct Rental License inspections, Housing Maintenance code enforcement.

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  City of Minneapolis

  Jan 2018 - now

  • Act as the product owner for the departments technology systems, and facilitate information flow between staff and the IT department• Coordinate and organize backlog for improved business practices and workflows by documenting current status and communicating with IT on future desired state of applications• Coordinate testing, SOP's and training; ensuring the activities are informed by one another while utilizing the experience of end users• Arrange and participate in design, evaluation, review, analysis and testing/validation of system applications and enhancements• Facilitate department meetings for updates and issues, to then work with project managers and Business Analysts to find solution• Manage and track department and enterprise wide issues and enhancement requests and provide status updates to leadership as well as end users Show less

  • Technology Systems and Data Analysis Coordinator

    Mar 2017 - now

  • MBEN executive member

    Jan 2018 - Jun 2022