Experience

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  Alliant Energy

  • United States
  • Utilities
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Lead Project Manager

    • Apr 2024 - Present

    Responsible for developing, maintaining, and reporting progress of utility operation's strategic vision for process excellence that intersects top-down strategic goals and overlapping bottom-up opportunities across business systems. Also, translating that strategic vision into a high level strategic implementation plan, monitoring ongoing impacts, updating and adjusting as needed, and providing status updates on progress.

  • Lead Business Process Consultant

    • Jul 2022 - May 2024

    Responsible for leading a team to establish and implement a process management framework for Operations. This framework leads sustainable improvements through process design and alignment.

  • Sr. Strategic Project Manager

    • Jan 2021 - Jul 2022

    Program Manager developing framework and plans to facilitate organizational and business transformation within our Field Operations Team. Helped the organization to identify their key areas of opportunity, establish strategic objectives, near-term expected key results, identify and define iniatives that will achieve key results, and measures to monitor progress. Established a strategy implementation plan to execute on the strategic objectives.

  • Manager, Meter Data Systems

    • Mar 2019 - Jan 2021

    Leader for a team of 8 with responsibilities for capturing metering data for 1.4M meters. The team captured meter data through AMI and manual reads. Additionally, they were responsible for initiating resolution of metering alarms and alerts and validating metering data accuracy.

  • Lead Strategic Project Manager

    • Jan 2017 - Mar 2019

    Program Manager for a mutli-project AMI implementation. Program included state-wide network installation, meter installations, meter provisioning, and I.T. software implementation and integration. Responsible for... * defining the program governance/controls* monitoring progress to plan and budgets* aligning each project's deliverables to the programs desired outcome to achieve benefits outlined int he business case * managing risks and issues and enabling the team to make recommendations to mitigate or resolve* partnering with a Change Manager to thoughtfully enable employees to ajdust to the changes with implemenation of this new program Program included installation and provision of 200+ RF Network location, 700,000+ AMI meter/modules, and implementation of the meter data collection system and integration with the billing systems.

  • Manager - Project Management

    • Jan 2011 - Jan 2017

    Lead for Project Management of Large Capital Substation Projects @ IPL.Monitor budget projections and project costs to ensure they meet budget, SOx and procedural compliance.Develop and continually improve processes related to construction and maintenance of substations.

  • Sr Asset Care Analyst

    • Apr 2006 - Jan 2011

    Provide leadership to other Asset Care Analysts to provide direction and development in skills and knowledgeReview department processes and procedures and make recommendations for improvements.Develop and track performance metrics - make recommendations for improvementsCollaborate with Delivery System Planning, Distribution Engineering, and Project Managers to develop and maintain "living" projects list for large capital projects.Maintain regional schedules for electric large capital project work using MS Project, STORMS, STORMS Annex, and MS Access databases.Lead in the analysis, design, development, and support of all Asset Care systems applications (STORMS, STORMS Annex, Electric Capital Projects Database, IPL Schedules Database, PEP Database, etc.)Provide advice and support in developing processes and tools for Project Managers. Assist Project Managers during vacations, training, or special assignments.

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  Rhi-Dav Farms, Inc

  • Vinton, IA

  • Farm Owner

    • Jan 2011 - Present
    • Vinton, IA

    Co-owner and Secretary/Treasurer for Rhi-Dav Farms. Rhi-Dav Farms has been in our family since the 1960's. In 2011, my husband and I began working with my dad to transition the farm to our generation. I was instrumental in converting the farm from a Sole Proprietorship to an S-Corporation; ...

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  Sign Productions

  • Human Resources Manager

    • Mar 2002 - Apr 2006

    Perform Human Resource Generalist duties including selection and administration of company benefits, creating and recommending Company policies, recruitment and screening of candidates for open positions, developing and administering compensation policies, and planning employee relation events.Te...