Experience

Pepper Foster Consulting

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Consultant

  • Apr 2021 - Present



Synergistic Results

• Business Consulting and Services

• Director Of Information Technology

  • Mar 2020 - Apr 2021

  Consulting services: Leadership and innovation, Business process redesign, Technical leadership, Software Development Client consulting in a variety of needs including: - Program and Project management - Desktop Technology - Internet and intranet and needs - Reevaluation of space needs including construction Consulting services: Leadership and innovation, Business process redesign, Technical leadership, Software Development Client consulting in a variety of needs including: - Program and Project management - Desktop Technology - Internet and intranet and needs - Reevaluation of space needs including construction



North Highland

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Information Technology Leader, Program Manager, Innovation

  • Apr 2011 - Mar 2020

  Senior Technology leader providing consulting services in Program management, Leadership and Innovation, Business process redesign, Organizational redesign, Technical leadership, Software Development. Leadership: - Led remote and off-shore resources for design and release of the US Department of Labor website, as well as the state of MN, for job seekers - Led the business implementation of Marketing on Demand for Wells Fargo including organizing team, structures and technical strategy. - Led the implementation of Portfolio Management for the Minnesota Department of Revenue including organizational change management as well as training. - Led the technical integration of the Wells Fargo/Lowry Hill Investments merger including the conversion of over 150 software packages, 25 servers/support systems - Led the business side project management team for the implantation of the ACA for the State of Minnesota Business Process: - Designed the Portfolio Management process for the Minnesota Department of Revenue - Designed and implemented multiple successful Project Management Offices (PMO) including building tools and dashboards for executive management Innovation, Product Development Results: - Designed and developed the Portfolio Management tools for the Minnesota Department of Revenue - Designed and implemented the Intranet for a state agency including supporting 10 separate departments with varying needs from simple to very complex - Designed and implemented software for the SHOP program as part of the ACA for the state of Minnesota Show less



Synergistic Results

• Business Consulting and Services

• Director Of Information Technology

  • Sep 2006 - Apr 2011

  Consulting services: Leadership and innovation, Business process redesign, Technical leadership, Software Development Leadership: - Consolidated and improved operations of 5 MnSCU institutions including using an SOA approach, allowing the 5 institutions to grow dramatically and keep IT investment level - Led and managed the conversion of the MnSCU Integrated Student Record System in a database conversion from Multiple VMS RDB databases to one Sun Oracle database. - Managed capital funding and purchasing of over $3.5M of medical device manufacturing equipment Business Process & Innovation, Product Development Results: - For multiple clients, designed and developed re-usable tools and processes for product development and release management to reduce cycle time and improve profitability and quality through more efficient use of staff and technology. Show less



Avid

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Software Engineering

  • Jun 2003 - Nov 2006

  Managed software engineering, software testing, program management and site management with people and resources spread internationally including Germany, Japan and the UK. Annual budgets (salaries and operations) of $2.6M. Leadership: - Built successful distributed teams including software development, software testing and project management - Managed through company growth from $30m to $115m including the acquisition by Digidesign - Managed distributed worldwide teams including software development, software testing, and project management, as well as local site facilities management. Business Process as well as Innovation, Product Development Results: - To handle the company growth, created the company PMO organization including designing process and an executive dashboard. Hired to build up the software development and testing organization including processes and staffing as well as tools and processes needed to support the new organization Show less



LTCG

• United States
• Insurance
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Application Development Manager, Senior Design Analyst, Architect

  • Jun 1998 - Jun 2003

  Managed the Northwestern Mutual Life Application Development Department Long Tern Care Group, including architects, software development and quality testing. Annual budget (salaries and operations) of $950K Leading provider of business process outsourcing and claims management to long term care insurers. Manager of Software Development Leadership: - Responsible for managing the software development and release for the Northwest Mutual Life product including software development, production support and testing - Successfully moved production support to India and effective Multi-site management. Business Process as well as Innovation, Product Development Results: - Responsible for the successful growth of the organization by building tool and processes needed to support new organization Show less



Deluxe

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Systems Design Analyst, Manager

  • Oct 1996 - Jun 1998

  Managed Technical Team (of 8) including release scheduling, reviewing designs for efficiency and technique, designing and creating systems interface objects Managed Technical Team (of 8) including release scheduling, reviewing designs for efficiency and technique, designing and creating systems interface objects



Gagnon Associates

• Business Consulting and Services

• Director of Information Services

  • Jun 1994 - Sep 1996

  Managed Software development with 6 programmers, Production Support with one lead and one technical, System Testing with 2 test engineers; managed annual budget of $350K Managed Software development with 6 programmers, Production Support with one lead and one technical, System Testing with 2 test engineers; managed annual budget of $350K



IBM

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff Programmer

  • Jun 1991 - Jun 1994

  Successful delivery of many tools and processes as well as advanced through multiple job classifications with increasing responsibilities. Successful delivery of many tools and processes as well as advanced through multiple job classifications with increasing responsibilities.