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Summary

IT Management Consultant with proven success in business analysis, performance improvement, and system implementation. Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver creative solutions to business challenges.

 

Professional Experience

Director - Consulting Services
Adaptik Corporation

2007 - Present
Bethlehem, PA

Consultant
Info724 Ltd.

2001 - 2007
Lansdale, PA

Summary of Responsibilities: Business Process Improvement, Business Analysis, Project Management, Requirements Analysis and Definition, IT Strategy, System Implementation, Risk Management, Vendor Management. Design, development and implementation of ASP web applications for decentralized company environments.

Selected Projects:

Fortune 100 Healthcare Provider, Blue Bell, PA
Analyzed client communication processes for the Pharmacy Benefit Management Business Unit using Six Sigma process improvement methodology resulting in optimized process performance and cost savings. Provided project leadership, mapped business processes, identified process deficiencies, and delivered a foundation for implementing process improvements and share knowledge across the organization on how the processes work.

Mid-sized Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Plymouth Meeting, PA
Led the reports and interfaces team for the implementation of the Genius property and casualty insurance system. Gathered business requirements, developed and implemented custom reports, configured the system to support and improve business rules and processes. Managed data conversion ensuring completion of project within budget and on time.

Fortune 100 Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals Company, Fort Washington, PA
Documented key business processes for the CRM Business Unit using process design methodology and mapping techniques resulting in optimized processes and cost savings. Identified disconnects and gaps, suggested performance metrics, provided analysis that served as a foundation for designing process improvements and share knowledge across the organization on how the processes work.

National Customer Care Outsourced Solutions Provider, Horsham, PA
Assisted to solve the need for project management expertise including business requirements, package selection, RFP Process, solution definition, risk management, and vendor management processes for the implementation of enterprise-wide labor and time management system.

National Leader of Reprints in the Publishing Industry, Lancaster, PA
Provided a rapid process assessment. The focus was key business process areas of the sales and production processes, with the primary objective to provide a blue-print process map of how these operational processes should work. All customer channels and order fulfillment processes were analyzed to reveal disconnects and short-term areas for improvement and savings.
Created and implemented a usability strategy and testing plan for B2C e-commerce website. Collected and analyzed site effectiveness metrics to identify usability issues and recommend solutions to enhance user experience. Led user testing, analysis and provided recommendations to inform and prioritize the next release resulting in improved customer retention and online-sales.

IT Consulting Firm Applications
Developed web-based CRM and Business Development application to support and improve internal business processes leading to optimized process and sales efficiency. Managed the launch of the next-generation website with dynamic content and functionality for multi-tiered audience, or user groups including the public, clients, employees (both potential and existing) and administrators. Provided information architecture, interactive design, usability, programming and web project management on this internal initiative.

E-commerce Practice Development
Applied business process and usability expertise on multiple client projects in E-commerce practice. The common need shared by these clients was a holistic transformation of their first generation web sites and applications to better serve the target user audience and support internal processes. The services provided for these client included information architecture, user interface design, web programming, testing and implementation.

 

Web Designer
Spree.com Corp.

2000 - 2000
West Chester, PA

Provided design, development and usability analysis of ASP pages for online membership marketplace using Visual InterDev and SourceSafe with HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, and Photoshop.

 

Consultant
Arthur D. Little International, Inc.

1999 -1999
Wiesbaden, Germany

Analyzed and evaluated empirical data to ascertain design requirements and marketing demands of a Digital ID for a Trust Center / Certification Authority (client: Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt / Germany). Analyzed Vertical Integration in the European Tourism market (client: C&N - Condor/Neckermann)

 

Scientific Supporting Staff
Institute for Computer Science and Social Studies, Dept. Telematics

1997 - 2000
Freiburg, Germany

Developed and implemented web sites for the Telematics department, workshops and international conferences. Organization of conferences and workshops. Preparation of lectures and speeches. Statistical data recording for the "Electronic Commerce Enquête", E-Business research.

 

Technical Skills and Languages

  • Languages: ASP.NET, ASP, PHP, ColdFusion, HTML, CSS, VBScript, JavaScript, SQL, XML/XSLT, RPG, ITP, Pascal
  • Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, AS/400, Unix, Linux
  • Software Applications: Visio, SPSS (Statistics software), MS Project, Photoshop, Corel Draw, Macromedia Fireworks/Dreamweaver/Director, Visual InterDev, MS Office, etc.
  • Methodologies/Tools: Process Modeling, Activity Diagrams, Six Sigma, Use Cases, UML, RUP, etc.
  • Fluent in English and German, proficient in French
 

Education

Master of Economics (with Telematics)
Bachelor of Economics
University of Freiburg, Economics Faculty

2000
1996
Freiburg, Germany

  • Graduate thesis: "Monetary Aspects of a Multi-Agent-System for Value Chain Coordination"
  • Seminar papers and lectures on TCP/IP, Internet Applications, Virtual Enterprises, Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy for the ECB, Economics of Social Security
  • Selected Course Work: E-Commerce, Investment and Finance Management, Organization and Management, Monetary Theory, Marketing, Game and Decision Theory
  • Selected to attend Baden-Württemberg Colloquium 1998 on IT and High-Tech products