Robert Fencl

Experience

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  Self-Employed

  Nov 1983 - Sept 1987

  Software Developer

  Contract software analysis and development of business applications in COBOL and DIBOL. Customers included the following:● Susse Chalet, Dorchester, MA (Hotel reservation and business software)● Allen Associates, Inc., Stoneham, MA (medical office and financial software)● DISC, Inc., Cambridge, MA (route planning and financial software for mobile vendors)● CFI, Andover, MA (inventory management and route planning for home heating oil delivery)● CSCI, Chestnut Hill, MA (inventory applications for industrial ERP systems)● Strategic Planning Institute, Cambridge, MA (ERP systems modificatons)● TEC Computer Systems, Newton, MA (MPS software modificatons)● Visibility, Woburn, MA (ERP software) Show less

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  Visibility

  Sept 1987 - Jul 1989

  Programmer/Software Analyst

  ERP software development and software support. DIBOL, Cognos 3G, COBOL.

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  ABB

  Feb 1990 - Dec 2001

  Systems Consultant/System Manager

  ● Applications Management, technical systems and applications. ● Development and support of internal technical solutions (Perl, ASP, VB) ● Systems Management (Win-NT, Unix)

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  Self-Employed

  Sept 1995 - Aug 2006

  Freelance Musician & Composer

  ● Theatre musician, composer, and arranger; electro-acoustic music production, world music, jazz

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  Infocellular, Inc.

  Jun 1996 - Sept 2001

  Systems Analyst

  ● Modification of ERP software (COBOL, C)● Development and modification of mobile telephone/subscription software (remote) ● Y2k problematics analysis (remote)

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  Nic Waals Institutt

  Aug 1997 - Jul 1998

  Expressive Arts Therapist/Musician

  ● Employed as part of the project "Styrk Sterke Sider" (Strengthen Strong Sides), a research project focusing on strengthening and building psychological resilience in children and youth at risk.

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  Drammen Kommune

  Aug 1998 - Jun 2000

  Expressive Arts Therapist/Teacher

  ● Coordinator and therapist for resilience-building methodology development project for youth in middle schools through use of video production (1998-2000).

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  JordSal World Music Workshop

  Sept 1998 - Oct 2003

  Founder and Manager

  Founded, managed, and taught at a mobile music center whose aim was to disseminate information about and offer courses in Cuban, Haitian, and North Indian musical traditions. Supported by the Music Workshop Initiative (MVO - Musikkverkstedsordningen) of the Norwegian Council for Music (Norsk Musikkråd) in 1999, 2000, and 2001. The center was as a driving force on the regional and national world music scene and was recognized in a feature article in the Norwegian national monthly magazine for professional musicians Musikk Kultur in 2000. Show less

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  Aibel

  Sept 2001 - Dec 2006

  Senior Systems Consultant

  ● Applications Management, technical applications● IT Project Management and Business Analysis● IT Coordination for global fast-track engineering projects ● Development, design, and support of analysis and simulation tools

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  GE

  Jan 2007 - Sept 2020

  Engineering/Technology Project Manager

  ● Application support and infrastructure management of a global engineering and analysis application portfolio● IT Project Management/Business Analysis using varied management methods (Waterfall, Agile, Lean).● Process Analysis & Improvement using qualitative & quantitative tools (Lean, Six-Sigma, etc.)

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  ROBERT FENCL

  Sept 2008 - now

  Independent Consultant

  ● Organizational Analysis ● Applied Qualitative and Ethnographic Research● Project Management and Business Analysis