ARLYN B. RICHARDS

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SUMMARY Information Technology professional with over 15 years of

experience. Have specialized in Project Management as well

as Information Technology Management. Responsibilities have

also included mentoring and managing two other project

managers that led various sized teams focused on application

installation and infrastructure upgrade projects. Have been

responsible for implementing the Project Management

procedures within an organization and have experience in all

areas of Project Management, with strong areas of expertise

in developing business cases and charters. Also, excelling

in analyzing requirements, determining scope, and developing

the work breakdown structure, as well as being adept in

developing schedules, budgets and managing the project to

meet the requirements. Have strong business and

manufacturing acumen which gives the ability to quickly

understand and break down new projects, which assists in

developing strong business relationships with the team

members and the other stake holders of the project.

Technical Skills Project Management Methodology, Project, Word, Excel,

PowerPoint, Visio, VBScript, SQL, DOS Batch Scripting,

LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, Microsoft Access, Network Configuration and

Administration.

Certifications Certified Project Manager, Xavier University Consulting

Group

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

4/11 - Present Resolvit, Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati Public Services Department/Project Manager

. A $1,000,000 project to upgrade the fleet management system.

. Responsibilities included: managing the activities over 10

people consisting of City employees, fuel site contractors,

and internal and external developers.

. Project activities included:

. Computer hardware upgrade of application and database

servers.

. Fuel site pump and pump controller installation at 19

fuel sites.

. Upgrade Fleet Anywhere software package from version

6.0.1 to 6.3.3.

. Oracle upgrade from 9i to 11g.

. Microsoft Access reporting conversion to Crystal based

reporting.

. New fuel site application software installation on

application server.

. Custom integration with KOI Auto Parts stockroom

inventory.

. Custom integration with the Cincinnati city wide

financial system.

. As a professional project manager, I am able to quickly

understand the project requirements and learn new

applications. I am able to plan, organize and manage all

tasks for a successful project completion.

2002 - 2011 Gallatin Steel Company, Ghent, KY

General Manager/Director/Information Systems

. Directed the Information Systems Department with

responsibility for both applications and infrastructure. The

applications include: JD Edwards ERP, in-house developed

order fulfillment system, Ivara maintenance management

system, Onbase document management system, Meyers Material

Manager raw material inventory system, along with other

supporting systems. The infrastructure included the data

center, all copper and fiber cable, voice and data

communications, and the disaster recovery center.

Administered a $4,000,000 budget and a staff of 10 people.

. Participated in a business process re-engineering and data

restructuring project resulting in an inventory reduction of

$7,000,000.

. Simplified and consolidated infrastructure projects,

resulting in combined savings of over $100,000 per year.

. Implemented server virtualization technology, reducing the

number of physical servers from 30 to 6 with a yearly savings

of $25,000 in hardware purchases and maintenance.

. Implemented disk consolidation onto a Storage Area Network

disk array, saving $15,000 in purchasing and maintenance of

disk space.

. Converted disaster recovery from an outside provider to an

internally managed site, shortening the recovery point and

recovery time objectives and avoiding $60,000 yearly in

increased costs.

. Oversaw Project to convert an Enterprise Resource Planning

package with estimated support and maintenance cost

reductions of $10,000 per year.

. Directed Project to implement a Key Process Indicators

system. Made KPI's visible while saving one full time

equivalent person required to maintain data.

. Administered custom development project of web based job

application front end to JD Edwards. E-Recruit system and

work flow project reduced the hiring cycle time by 11 days,

which is a 20% reduction in cycle time.

. Oversaw Project to implement an Enterprise Content Management

system which eliminated the printing and archiving of

shipping documents and invoices, saving $5,000 per year.

. Directed Project to install open source web content

management system saving a $25,000 purchase plus $5,000 in

annual maintenance.

. Developed and implemented IT change controls and security

controls, saving $20,000 in financial auditing fees per year.

1991 - 2002 Geneva Steel, Vineyard, UT

Director/Information Systems

. Managed all areas of Information Systems, including

mainframe, UNIX servers and application support.

. Successfully implemented SAP project, reducing IS support by

10 full time equivalent.

. Eliminated IBM mainframe.

Director/Production Control

. Developed a production scheduling strategy and application,

and led a team of four schedule controllers to coordinate the

complex environment of an integrated steel mill:

. Optimized the scheduling of production facilities in

the steel plant.

. Successfully developed schedules for three separate

start-up operations.

Manager/Integrated Manufacturing

. Responsible for application analysis, design and

implementation for the following applications:

. Designed and implemented a real time process tracking

application using Rapid Application Development

concepts.

. Developed production simulations for proposed mill

modernization.

1985 - 1991 Eyring, Incorporated, Provo, UT

Project Manager/Project Leader/Manufacturing Analyst

. Designed and implemented a $1.5 million project for fault

tolerant, shop floor data collection in a Department of

Energy manufacturing facility meeting project budget goals

and timeline.

EDUCATION

. MBA

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

. BS

Mathematics

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT

. Junior College Diploma

Engineering/Sciences

Ricks College

Rexburg, ID

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