Barry Bridges, PMP, CCMP

Experience

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  Publishing company

  May 1982 - Jun 1992

  Administrative systems consultant for 175 educational clients in both public and private academic institutions. Instruct administrative staff and faculty in operation of proprietary database system to manage student records. Provide on-site and phone support. Advise clients on hardware and software purchases. Facilitate purchases and installations. Coordinate purchases of academic software to correspond with instructional curriculum. Design, prepare, promote, manage training events for administrative systems, computer hardware, and software. Design and utilize necessary word processing, database, and spreadsheet files to operate a small business and for client administrative use. Show less Creative Director - Analyze and design marketing materials, advertisements, events, and campaigns. Coordinate all corporate communication with field sales personnel. Event Planning, facilitation, coordination, logistics, management two nationwide 45 stop tours. Project Management for all aspects of marketing, implement computerized data tracking UNISYS 1100 MAPPER mainframe. Office Automation implementation - Design, program, test, release to production a database system to manage and track advertising, trade shows, events, and related prospect follow up. Tracking prospects through all stages of process to become clients. Design system to merge data with correspondence. Show less

  • Regional Marketing Coordinator

    Sept 1985 - Jun 1992

  • Assistant to Vice President of Marketing

    May 1983 - Aug 1985

  • Training Center Instructor

    May 1982 - May 1983
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  Non-Profit Operations Management

  Jan 1992 - Jan 2002

  Manager

  Event Planning and ManagementCreative Director for production and performance eventsVolunteer recruitment, training, managementDirect Supervision of paid staffLeadership of Committees and WorkgroupsInstructional Curriculum design and coordinationLogistics managementTechnical writing, Curriculum writingDatabase/data managementMicrosoft Office - Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, OutlookProprietary databases

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  Choice Interiors

  Jul 2002 - Oct 2007

  Fabricator/Installer

  Fabricate and install elevator interiors, commercial laminatesManaged work flow, production, and installation

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  Common Ground Network

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2008

  Consultant

  Project Planner, Strategic Planning, Process Planning, Web site specification development, Tech Writer2004-2006 Marketing Strategy ContractMarketing strategy development for state level client, related to college students. Marketing materials design, writing, development. Design, write, publish training material for marketing team. Plan marketing events. Implementation of marketing plan. 2006 Technology Sector Client - Project ManagementOrganize all current corporate projects, plan work flows, time line. Select web-based project management software, complete initial data entry. Staff orientation to project methodology and use of software.2006-2007 Project Manager - Web Site DevelopmentResponsibilities: Web site project planing, specification development, content and design planning, production project management for misc Manufacturing, Industrial, and Service sector clients. Show less

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  University of Texas Health Science Center

  Oct 2007 - Jan 2008

  Project planning

  BusinessObjects XI 3.1 upgrade for Data Warehouse

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  UT Health San Antonio

  Feb 2008 - now

  Academic and Business Technology Solutions > Project Portfolio Management & Delivery > Transition Solutions Team.Manage team responsible for Testing, Training, Communications for enterprise & business software applications, application support for 14 enterprise applications, under the umbrella of Change Management.Testing - Tools and techniques to facilitate end user experience and business process testing.Training - Leverage technology and techniques for learning design, content development, and production to expand knowledge, skills, and abilities for software applications and corresponding business processes.Communications - multi-level, multi-channel communications strategies for content development and release to increase adoption, utilization and proficiency in enterprise business processes.Support institutional change initiatives through consulting and collaboration. Show less Function as Application Manager for two enterprise applications - BusinessObjects/InfoView, and Hyperion Planning and Budgeting.Hyperion Application Technical Management*Coordination and management of the Hyperion system infrastructure lifecycle phases, including planning, design, installation, testing, implementation, maintenance and support.*Coordination and application of Hyperion component patches and system upgrades.*Monitor, analyze, and tune Hyperion/Essbase/ODI Automation system performance.*Architect and build testing, evaluation, and development processes for system changes, modifications, or enhancements to Hyperion software components and corresponding data.*Establish Hyperion system and operational policies and procedures.*Work interdependently with technical infrastructure teams, application teams, and business units to ensure service delivery is meeting business objectives.*Work with security teams to ensure system access, auditing, and security controls are in place and compliant to security policy.*Create and maintain thorough and complete technical documentation of the Hyperion System.*Provide mentoring and cross-training to peers and interdependent team members.Data Warehouse Team Lead*Plan and manage work flow, development project schedules, maintenance and production support.*Manage product, service, and resource portfolios; including ETLs, data marts, cubes, reporting.*Oversee the sustainment and enhancement of the data warehouse. *Architect and lead the construction of data driven solutions.*Customer liaison and project facilitator on data warehouse integration and reporting.*Implement controls and metrics to assure software development life cycle and business best practices are followed.*Utilize knowledge of business processes, ERP systems, source systems, and data warehousing to develop strategic direction and action plans to support the institutional mission. Show less

  • Manager, Organizational Change Management

    Dec 2014 - now

  • Applications System Programmer / System Analyst - Lead

    Oct 2010 - Nov 2014

  • General Programmer Analyst - Senior

    Feb 2008 - Oct 2010
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  Brent Lewis Bridges Foundation

  Nov 2015 - now

  President

  A non-profit foundation to bridge the gaps in cancer detection, education, and nutrition for firefighters and their families. Board president, leading the initiative to establish, brand, and develop strategic objectives.