RONALD L. SOENKSEN

**** **** **** ****** ( Wilton, Iowa 52778

563-***-**** ( abhecs@r.postjobfree.com

Resourceful professional with extensive experience designing, launching,

and leading strategic technological initiatives. Reduce costs and maximize

efficiency, directing expansive budgets, and maintaining projects on-

schedule and under-budget. Procure and tactically allocate IT and human

resources, cultivating individual talents to lead high-impact teams.

Increase productivity, streamlining processes. Ensure policy and regulatory

compliance. Innovate, upgrade and integrate latest technological

advancements. Translate complex technical information to diverse audiences.

Strategic Planning ( Project Management ( Server Consolidation (

Policy/Procedure

ITIL Certified

SOX Compliance ( Networks ( Operating Systems ( Platforms ( Databases (

Leadership

Team Building ( Resource Allocation ( Communication ( Budget Management

Innovative Solutions

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Quad City Holding Inc., Jan. 2008 - Present

Provider of Financial banking services with 450 employees and $1 billion

annual revenue.

Manager - IT Operations & Database Administration

Oversee network operations for 3 banks located in Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids

and Rockford Supervise 7 employees in networking, telecommunications,

security, and database administration.

Major Contributions:

. Ensure optimal data integrity, overseeing database administration of SQL,

and Oracle.

. Manage $7M yearly IT budget, directing hardware/software renewals, and

infrastructure upgrades.

. Project lead all infrastructure upgrades which includes redoing 2

computer rooms and putting in 2 new generators for backup capability at 2

data centers

. Establish new virtualization environment for holding company to reduce

physical servers by 33% from January 2008 to save money on hardware and

software costs

. Use Microsoft Share Point as a source for company sharing of documents

and postings

. Establish and project lead a data warehouse environment to increase

productivity for bank personnel

. Work with third party vendors to establish Web presence for the holding

company on 3 bank websites and offerings for each bank

. Establish disaster recovery plan for 3 banks in holding company using SOX

and ITIL standard methods for recovery

. Implement 3 new security programs for data - SAN data encryption, PCI

credit card standards, and IPSec for data in transit

TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE COMPANY (TRC), Cedar Rapids, Iowa ( 2006 - Jan. 2008

Provider of specialized industrial/business services with 45 employees and

$10M in annual revenue.

Manager - Technical Support, Network Operations Center, Database

Administration

Oversee network operations center. Manage Direct hardware and software

housing environment. Schedule daily assignments. Supervise 10 employees in

operations, systems programming, networking, security, and database

administration fields. Complete support environment for Bandag, Inc.

Major Contributions:

. Establish disaster recovery plan for mainframe, UNIX, and Microsoft

environments, adhering to audit requirements.

. Ensure optimal data integrity, overseeing database administration of DB2,

SQL, and Oracle.

. Continuing managing $15M of $29M yearly Bandag, Inc. IT budget, directing

hardware/software renewals, and infrastructure upgrades.

. Transitioning to TRC without any loss of production support or test level

continuity

BANDAG, INC., Muscatine, Iowa ( 1995 - 2006

Tread Rubber manufacturer serving national and international market with

$900M in annual sales.

Manager - Technical Support, Operations, and Networking ( 2003 - 2006

Directed all functioning of network operations center and computer room.

Oversaw $15M of $29M yearly IT budget. Supervised 18 employees in

operations, systems programming, network, security, and telecommunications

areas.

Major Contributions:

. Maintained under-budget operations every year, strategically tracking

variances in monthly compliance reports versus actual budget.

. Maximized efficiency, tactically procuring yearly $5M IT

hardware/software purchases.

. Enhanced operations, assigning 1 manager to oversee all platforms and

operating systems.

Key Projects:

. Expedited workforce mobility, directing and leading project to implement

wireless access to computers in 6-buildings.

. Achieved total SOX compliance with 0 fines and 0 penalties, acting as

lead audit manager.

. Led Business Continuity Planning for IT business unit, executing off-site

disaster recovery plan including composing processes and procedures.

Manager - Technical Support ( 1998 - 2003

Managed network operations center. Oversaw hardware and support housing

environments. Assigned daily work schedule. Supervised 11 employees in

operations, systems programming, security, and database administration.

Major Contributions:

. Reduced costs, leading IT initiative to eliminate IMS-DB and migrate DB2

information.

. Ensured optimal data integrity, overseeing database administration of

DB2, SQL, and Oracle.

. Adhered to latest vendor released products, conducting mainframe and UNIX

upgrades.

. Maintained Manugistics supply chain compatibility with new UNIX and

Oracle environments, completing comprehensive 18-month project.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL HISTORY AT BANDAG, INC.

Database Administrator ( 1997 - 1998

. Launched 1st DB2 database environment on mainframe.

. Led upgrading initiatives and daily administration of DB2 software

. Ensured optimal data integrity.

Network System Administrator ( 1996 - 1997

. Constructed and upgraded network servers on Novell Netware.

. Administered backups and data restorations.

. Expanded network servers from 3 to 20, maximizing handling of new network

applications; generated additional 200 plus nodes for network.

. Upgraded 300 PC's to Windows 98.

Programmer Analyst ( 1995 - 1996

. Designed, programmed, and implemented numerous mainframe COBOL programs

utilizing CICS, and IMS/DB2 databases.

. Managed various systems including Order Entry, Accounts Receivable,

Accounts Payable, and General Ledger.

NOTE: Further employment includes roles as: Senior Programmer Analyst,

MONTGOMERY ELEVATOR COMPANY, Moline, Illinois (1991 - 1995), Systems

Analyst, THE HON COMPANY, Muscatine,Iowa (1990 - 1991), and Senior Systems

Analyst, BANDAG, INC., Muscatine, Iowa(1978 - 1990). Details on request.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa

- 1991

Bachelor of Arts in Econ and Business, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa

- 1973

CERTIFICATION

ITIL Certified

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT / TRAINING

IBM - Server Consolidation ( IBM-CICS Command Level ( IBM-DL/I Concepts

DB2-MV Database Administration ( DB2 Design & Concepts ( DB2 Coding &

Programming

DB2 Design & Implementation ( Cisco Fundamentals ( Novell Network

Administration I & II

Novell Network Design & Implementation ( Novell Network Structure ( Citrix

NT 3.5 Fundamentals Microsoft Windows 2000 Server ( Microsoft Windows 95

Garwood School for Bill of Material & Inventory Control

AMA-Systems Analyst Seminar ( Steven Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective

People

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