Karen J. Adsit

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Manassas, Virginia 20111 Email: yv0me1@r.postjobfree.com

Profile

Goal oriented technology and software development leader with an extraordinary record of success in technical and operations management, product development, and software architecture. Highly successful in creating vision, identifying opportunities, and effectively directing all aspects of the software development.

Core Qualifications

Agile Software Delivery Business Intelligence Solutions and Architecture

Business Process and System Integration Customer, Team, and Vendor Relations

Data and Application Integration Data Migration

Engineering, Architecture, and Design Solutions Process and Productivity Improvement

Product and Project Management Strategic Planning and Organizations Leadership

Team Development and Leadership Technology Strategy, Direction, and Road Map

Professional Experience

June 2000 – Present CARFAX, Inc., Centreville, Virginia

Director, Information Services

Senior management position that reports directly to the CIO of CARFAX. Duties included ownership of front and back office enterprise software applications, custom product development, integration and implementation of COTS products, integration and implementation of business intelligence solutions, annual department budget, multi-year capital projects and expenditures and the management of multiple project teams. Manage the research, selection and integration of emerging technologies and business processes in order to increase productivity and reduce operational costs throughout the enterprise. Worked in conjunction with the CIO to design and implement a complete enterprise technology strategy. Responsibilities included the oversight and management of acquisition technology and systems integration, front and back office system development, database design and administration, software purchasing, requirements gathering, SOA design and implementation, web services, outsourced services, vendor and subcontractor management, application development, business process design and re-engineering, business intelligence metrics and reporting. Major accomplishments include:

Championed and implemented Agile Development Methodologies for internal development teams

Spearheaded implementation and configuration of COTS/Cloud products: Oncontact CRM, Salesforce.com, MAS200, JD Edwards, RightNow, SilverPop, ServiceDesk +, OpenHire, SharePoint

Chief/lead architect on several mission critical internally developed applications: Customer Setup, Billing, Project Tracking, Product Support, Customer Stories, Data Provider Tracking

Managed Business Intelligence efforts: Data warehouse, data marts, Cognos reports/cubes

May 1995 – June 2000 ADP/Hayes-Ligon, Rockville, Maryland

Manager, Database Applications

Development manager for a team of Oracle developers and consultants. Major accomplishments include:

Re-engineering of in-house application designed to accommodate data entry and manipulation of vehicle service information and client business rules against baseline data to an Oracle platform using Oracle Developer Forms and Reports.

Re-engineering of in-house Mystery Phone Shop application to an Oracle platform using Oracle Developer Forms and Reports.

Implementation of Clarify, a customer relationship management application.

Re-engineering of vehicle service information repository incorporating VIN navigation and SAE standards.

Designing and Building Data Warehouse to facilitate data mining and business intelligence initiatives for vehicle manufacturers, automobile dealers, and consumers.

Prior Experience

Information Analysis Inc., Fairfax, VA Sr. Programmer/Analyst March 1994 - May 1995

ICF Information Technology, Fairfax, VA Sr. Programmer/Analyst September 1990 - March 1994

Information Systems Consultants, Vienna, VA Consultant February 1989 - September 1990

Honeywell Bull, McLean, VA Systems Representative November 1986 - February 1989

Management Engineers, Reston, VA Programmer/Analyst April 1986 - October 1986

Dynamic Systems, Reston, VA Programmer/Analyst September 1985 - April 1986

Advanced Technology Systems, Reston, VA Programmer March 1984 - September 1985

Technology Experience

Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, ParAccel, SQL, PL/SQL, Toad, HTML, ColdFusion, ModelGlue, Java, Javascript, C, .NET, FitNesse, Eclipse, CVS, Composite Data Virtualization, Cognos BI Suite, Informatica PowerCenter, Scrum/XP Practices, Oracle Designer, Oracle Developer

Education

Computer Learning Center, Computer Science Certificate (Honor Graduate) 1983 – 1984

Northern Virginia Community College, A.S. candidate, Business Administration, 1981 – 1983

George Mason University, General course work, 1980 – 1981

Special Courses:

Successful completion of various Oracle training courses including SQL & PL/SQL, the Designer/2000 suite of courses, and the Developer/2000 suite of courses 1995 – 1999

Learning Tree: SharePoint 2007, Agile Methodologies

Project Management Certification Courses: Developing and Managing a Dynamic Team, Effective Process Definition and Metrics, Fundamentals of Project Management, Project Management Communications, Quality Management and Assurance

Conferences: Oracle Open World, DCI’s Data Warehouse World, Agile Developers Conference, Enterprise Data World

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