KIMBERLY D. HESKE
**** ********* ? Fort Worth, TX 76110
Cell: 817-***-**** ? Email: *******@*****.***
information technology professional
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Insightful, results-driven Information Technology Professional with notable
success directing a broad range of programming initiatives while
participating in planning, analyzing, and implementing solutions in support
of business objectives. Excel at providing comprehensive system analysis,
information security, risk management, internal audit, and full cycle
project management. Hands-on experience leading all stages of system
development efforts, including requirements definition, design,
architecture, testing and support.
PROFILE
Accomplished IT professional demonstrating extensive familiarity of working
in fast paced, time sensitive managerial positions with demonstrated
ability to multi-task and meet stringent deadlines with limited budgets
Strong record of achievements in critical infrastructure management,
application design and building architectural standards, technical support,
training, configuration and testing, customer service and support
CORE COMPETENCIES
. System Design, Analysis & Improvement
. Application Management
. Integration & Testing
. Technology Evaluation
. Architecture & Infrastructure Design
. Process & Procedure Enhancement
. Security & Risk Management
. IT & Operational Audits
RECENT EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
cONSULTING, Fort Worth, TX
2008-2010
Senior Business Analyst/Project Manager
Self Employed
Major Client: Boykin Industries. Review of major business practices,
Project Plan for Dissolution of Partnership and Distribution of Assets.
VerizonWireless, Lewisville, TX
2000-2008
Senior Member IT
4 Indirect Reports
High profile IT professional charged with sustaining continuous interaction
with all members of IT, business departments and vendors in conjunction
with evaluating 4,000 cases per year, with personal portfolio of 1,500
cases.
. Spearheaded the executive IT reporting and analysis of IT operations
for major corporation with 36 call centers, 1500 retail locations,
10,000 indirect retail locations, 6 data centers, and a logistics and
billing system that handles over 60,000,000 customer accounts.
. Executed extensive evaluations of all IT outages to include initial
assessment, problem and gap identification, cross functional analysis,
recurring problem analysis, implementation of short term and long term
solutions, and analysis of all IT support center data.
PrimeCo, Westlake, TX 1997-
2000
ITSC Business Analyst
Senior business analyst recruited to conduct executive IT reporting and
causal analysis for all IT and vendor IT systems for this startup phone
organization. Gathered and examined 3,000-10,000 cases per month, IT
contracts as needed, generated all TLA and SLA scores and reports.
. Organized cross functional analysis that required interfacing with all
IT and PrimeCo departments, operational modeling, identification of
problem areas, data mining, analysis on demand, and recommendations
for enhancement.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
CSC - Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, TX
Consultant
People Computing, Nacogdoches, TX
Owner
Heske & Associates, Houston, TX
Owner
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Bachelor of Arts - MIS Equivalent Rice University, Houston, TX
PROJECTS
IT Operational Consolidation - reduced 11 Data Centers to 3 Tier 1 and 3
Tier 2 Data Centers
Billing System Consolidation - reduced 7 Billing Systems to one Billing
System
Retail System Consolidation - reduced 7 Retail Systems to one Retail System
Call Center Consolidation, Network Consolidation, IT Support Center
Consolidation, Change Control Consolidation
Wrote requirements and worked with design Team for Availability Application
to handle outage data and Availability Reporting Requirements
Consolidation of IT Applications from 500+ to 150 Major Applications
Designed metrics and operational models for VZW IT Operations