CATHY RISNER

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Riverbank, California 95367

Email abi4cd@r.postjobfree.com

Residence 209-***-****

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Information Systems Executive with computer applications experience in

retail, manufacturing, financial, eCommerce, distribution and security

industries. Superior record of organizing, staffing and maintaining

quality organizations supporting design and implementation of strategic

business applications. Major strength is coupling superior people skills

with excellent business practices. Takes charge in complex business

settings; proven record of delivering projects on time and within budget,

while focusing on meeting customer expectations. Directed development of

large financial, manufacturing and distribution computer business

applications from feasibility through design, programming, implementation

and maintenance.

EXPERIENCE

SAVE MART SUPERMARKETS, Modesto, CA - 2006 to 2009

Director, Enterprise Applications

Responsibilities included maintenance, enhancement and 7/24 support of

Merchandising, Supply Chain, HR/Payroll and Finance business applications

for this 250 store grocery business. Save Mart is a privately held, 3

banner company (Lucky, Save Mart, FoodMaxx) with over 23 thousand employees

and 5 billion in annual sales. UNIX/Oracle, ISeries/RPG, purchased

application software, MYSQL/LINUX, and GIS, environments.

> Led the team integrating item and pricing data from newly acquired

Northern California Albertsons (128 stores) at the pace of 8 stores a

week. Directed conversion team converting 13,000 union and non-union

employees to the Save Mart Infinium Payroll and HR systems. This

complicated effort was completed within a 2 month period prior to

acquisition date for a week one execution.

> Created a cohesive and very productive team of senior analysts, and

technical staff, (13 direct reports) who worked closely with the business

leaders to support multiple strategic projects parallel to supporting

over 30 systems. Member of the Save Mart Change the Business Strategy

Team parallel to managing the group keeping the current business systems

in top notch condition.

> Participated in the PCI Compliance Management Team. Led the team

changing the reconciliation systems to protect card holder data as well

as upgrading all AS400 object authority to be secure.

US BANK, St. Louis, MO - 2005 to 2006

Vice President, Mortgage Technology

Responsible for the Mortgage Division business applications including

business functional improvement projects, service requests and regulatory

projects. MS SQL Server, ASP .Net, and COBOL, environments.

> Hired new project managers and initiated integration with the greater

bank IT organization processes and procedures.

> Implemented change to the production support on call rotation to

improve life work balance for the employees.

J P MORGAN CHASE, Cleveland, OH - 2003 to 2004

Vice President, Manufactured Housing (MH) Systems and Project Management

Responsible for all aspects of MH Financing Systems and Project Management

organization. Staff of 25 technical and project management professionals.

Compuware Corporation consultant initially brought in by Chase Home Finance

CIO to create Project Management Office.

> Integrated IT Project Life Cycle into MH Systems project process

while institutionalizing process for all MH projects.

> Developed efficient and appropriate solutions to complete rollout of

Loan Origination System to three regional centers (150 users). Gallagher

Financial Systems package, Oracle, and VB, environments.

> Implemented organizational and process restructuring. Hired new

management and analysts responsible for requirements, development,

production support, testing and infrastructure maintenance. Increased

team performance and communication, resulting in significantly increased

customer satisfaction.

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CENDANT CORPORATION, Columbus, OH - 1998 to 2002

Independent Consultant, Mergers and Acquisitions - 2001-2002

Information Technology member of due diligence team focusing on IT

operation and organization within companies under consideration for Cendant

purchase.

> Analyzed Galileo International's IT organizational alignment overlaps

and gaps for integration into Cendant Corporation. Produced assessment

and recommended staffing changes.

> Managed CheapTickets.com transitional staff and facilitated

relocation and retention agreements while providing Cendant management

daily updates on progress and morale issues.

Vice President - 2000-2001

Responsible for Garden City, New York, Internet Solutions staff providing

high quality Internet presence while integrating project teams with

Columbus, Ohio group for better coverage and long-term continuity.

> Managed development, deployment and maintenance of Internet-based

applications to Cendant business units Coldwell Banker, AVIS, ERA and

Move.com

Acting Vice President, Netmarket Group - 1999-2000

Compuware Corporation consultant assigned to manage teams responsible for

support of Netmarket and Custom Netmarket B2B (Business-to-Business) web

outsourcing solutions.

> Coordinated activities of High Availability project team working to

identify and track actions necessary to achieve systems availability of

at least 99.5% to external customers.

> Managed teams responsible for all backend shopping and order

fulfillment processing applications as well as customer service

activities.

Engagement Manager and Senior Project Manager - 1998-1999

Trusted advisor to Netmarket management team providing appropriate staffing

for projects and staff supplementation assignments.

> Managed all aspects of exclusive IT Compuware/Netmarket sole provider

partnership.

> Interviewed, screened and mentored 15 project managers supporting

decisions on employee and consultant hires. Project staffing exceeded

100.

> Senior Project Manager for $6 million project building new order

tracking and customer service system for orders received through

Netmarket's online shopping businesses, Netmarket.com, one of top 40

eCommerce sites. N-tier Oracle, VB, Tuxedo, C++ environments. The

largest project and a major contributor to the Capability Maturity Model

certificate rating for Compuware.

COMPUWARE CORPORATION, Columbus, OH - 1996 to 1998

Client: Huntington Banks Senior Project Manager - 1997-1998

Provided diverse staff of over 40 including project managers, testing

strategist, systems programmers, technical analysts, business analysts,

plan administrator, mainframe and non-mainframe analysts, required to

assess, remediate and test all systems in preparation for Year 2000

rollover.

Client: Ross Laboratories Senior Project Manager - 1996-1997

Oversaw management of project team delivering final project phase of

Engineering Capital Projects Tracking system.

> Implemented system to over 300 clients in six states. Cross-

functional team included project manager, business analyst, user

interface analysts, database administrator, technical designers, trainers

and developers.

MATRIX SYSTEMS INC., Dayton, OH - 1995 to 1996

Software Department Manager

Provided pre- and post-sales support in $10 million, national, privately

held company working to customize and meet security access control needs of

customers in industry and government agencies. Forth code environments.

> Managed 20+ software and firmware technicians developing, installing

and training customers on company's time and attendance and physical

security products. Major effort was focused to improve customer

satisfaction with software delivery schedules.

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ENTEX INFORMATION SERVICES (formerly BUSINESSLAND), San Jose, CA & Rye

Brook, NY - 1990 to 1993

Director of Applications Development - 1990-1993

Managed staff of 60 applications development professionals. VAX, AS400,

COBOL, RPG, and Business Basic, environments.

> Coordinated computer systems development simultaneously in multiple

locations during merger and consolidation of Businessland and JWP

Information Services.

> Managed relocation of system development activities with minimal

disruption of services. Applications included order processing,

inventory management, warehousing/distribution, service dispatch, sales

and marketing and human resources/compensation systems.

> Managed computer systems development team in support of finance,

sales & marketing, tax and compensation business functions. Planned and

established electronic data interchange (EDI) services with major

suppliers (IBM, Apple, Hewlett Packard) and large national customers

(Kodak, Boeing, etc.).

NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA - 1979 to 1989

Staff Manager, Strategic Projects - 1987-1989

Responsible for Enterprise wide systems projects as foundation for National

Semiconductor's worldwide manufacturing applications. COBOL and ADSO

environments.

> Led the design, development and installation of a Product Definition

System (Bill of Material) in a centralized IDMS database of semiconductor

product static data. Considerable conversion and interface projects were

required.

> Managed Automated Semiconductor Planning and Control system

development project, an application to schedule shop floor resources for

on-time delivery of individual customer's orders. Programmers and

subject matter experts from Asia locations were active project

participants. Achieved goal of very low personnel turnover. Managed a

staff of 15.

System Development Manager - 1983-1987

Responsible for programming services to Internal and External Financial

Reporting, Corporate Tax, Treasury, Customs, and Inter-location Accounting

departments.

> Developed major Commercial Invoice System that integrated the

requirements of International Manufacturing, Inter-location Accounting,

Customs and Tax for tracking and pricing intra-company shipments and

monetary transfer.

Project Manager, Accounting Systems - 1979-1983

Managed MIS support for Corporate Accounting systems.

> Provided 7X24 support team as well as enhancements and development

required with packaged applications as well as custom written systems;

General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Accounts Receivable, Data Center billing,

expense budgeting.

FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, Menlo Park, CA - 1973 to 1979

Information Office Supervisor and Systems Analyst

Responsible for interface between internal customers and programming staff

Bullock's Northern California & Macys.

> Participated in analysis and implementation of 'separate stock by

store' systems for merchandise inventory control. Implemented Big-Ticket

system in multiple stores and distribution center.

> Coordinated interactive systems for origination, broadcasting and

control of price changes. Mid-range proprietary computers were used for

point of sale and IBM mainframe for financial and inventory systems.

EDUCATION

Information Systems coursework, De Anza College, Cupertino, California

General Education coursework, Central Bible College, Springfield, Missouri

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING

> Project Management, Capability Maturity Model, Systems Analysis &

Design Methodologies, Situational Management

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