Manager Project

scott stockton

**** **** **** ***** ****.

White Bear Township, Minnesota 55110

Cell Phone ? 651-***-****

E-mail ? *****.********@*******.***

Career Objective

A progressive position that will capitalize on my programming, application

development, and project management experience.

qualifications profile

Quality-driven Senior Systems/Marketing Analyst with extensive software

development and project management experience and demonstrated track record

for architecting/deploying efficient, user-friendly program solutions.

Customer-service and team-oriented Project Manager/Liaison respected for

establishing trusting professional relationships and facilitating team

accomplishment of targeted project objectives. Analytical, big-picture

focused troubleshooter/problem solver with emphasis on quality,

productivity, and technical performance excellence.

career history

talyho enterprises, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2006 - Present

Marketing Analyst

? Consulting with corporate and individual clients,

researching/posting rare sports memorabilia and Americana items

valued from $500 to $5000, and negotiating product sales.

? Representing company in Twin Fest and numerous local and

regional retail sales events, implementing large-scale retail

booth displays, and delivering $15,000 to $20,000 in retail

sales.

? Utilizing Auction Helper and Vendio applications,

uploading, posting, batching, and managing 125 to 140 daily e-bay

sales items, and driving sales for a local marketing company.

? Created 5000 to 10,000-item Excel inventory database and

negotiated a $50,000 sale.

alliance of computer professionals, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2006

Configuration Management Analyst, Hartford Life Account

? Utilized Version Manager, Tracker, Perl, Micro Focus COBOL

UNIX, and SQL applications, transitioned 30 weekly COBOL programs

through maintenance, test, and production environments, and

assured application functionality and accessibility for a local

technical consulting company.

? Championed, developed, and created an automated

implementation process, eliminated manual transition functions,

reduced cycle time, and increased non-technical personnel

productivity and efficiency.

travelers insurance, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1996 - 2006

Senior Systems Analyst

? Conducted project analysis, designed, programmed, tested,

and deployed three Data Warehouse Edit Modules, and facilitated a

more efficient financial data acceptance, rejection, and decision-

making process.

? Served as Project Lead, managed the development of a web-

based DB2 table update application, successfully resolved a

program change transition issue, streamlined change management

communications to 28 business units, and increased enterprise-

wide efficiency and productivity.

? Conducted Project Review meetings, briefed personnel on

application changes, project timelines and milestones, reviewed

test results, and facilitated seamless, on-time, on-budget

application deployment.

? Served as Subject Matter Expert, provided technical

recommendations at Data Management meetings, evaluated program

walkthroughs, and assured corporate and regulatory compliance.

? Appointed as a Financial Systems Group deployment

facilitator, utilized Endevor application, and managed an

efficient, accurate, and timely deployment process.

? Participated in Disaster Recovery meetings and drills,

implemented disaster recovery procedures and protocols, and

assured data security and integrity.

? Created/archived software development lifecycle

documentation and assured Sarbanes Oxley compliance.

? Provided 24/7 technical support to 20-person Financial

Systems Group, and assured technical response efficiency to 28

business units.

Scott Stockton

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career history

Keane, Inc., Bloomington, Minnesota, 1990 - 1996

Programmer/Analyst

? Served on Development Team, collaboratively developed

numerous data-integration programs, and facilitated an efficient

Target, Daytons, and Mervyns database consolidation.

? Consulted with IC Systems, completed numerous C to Ideal

Language conversions, and facilitated successful customer

database deployment.

? Analyzed and programmed loan processing systems for

EduServe, a student loan processing company.

? Consulted with US Bank Data Manager, identified project

scope and requirements, programmed banking application, and

facilitated transition from DYL280 to Focus programs.

? Interfaced with Burlington Santa Fe Railroad Training

Costing Group, defined project specifications, and analyzed,

programmed, tested, and maintained multiple train-costing

programs.

? Wrote and developed numerous programs for Deluxe Checks

account.

? Consulted with 3M Corporation Manager, analyzed currency

program application, targeted a currency conversion discrepancy,

modified program applications, and eliminated calculation errors.

transcontinental consultants, Bloomington, Minnesota, 1987 - 1990

Computer Analyst, Omaha Public Power District

? Served as technical analyst to Construction Management

Group, created construction material databases and data

processing programs, and supported nuclear power site

construction projects.

education

university of nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska

? Bachelor of Arts Degree, Computer Science

north dakota state university, Fargo, North Dakota

? Bachelor of Science Degree, Mathematics & Science

gateway electronics institute, Omaha, Nebraska

? Computer Programming, Diploma

technical competencies

Languages: COBOL, UNIX, JCL, HTML, SAS, SQL, FOCUS, Pascal,

IDEAL, DYL280, Perl, Java, Visual Basic

Applications: AQT, QMF, SPUFI, Endevor, Unitech, Xpediter,

Syncsort,

FileAid/FileMaster, Platinum, Visual Age for Java, WSAD, RAD, ClearCase

Maven, VSAM Files, Dialog Manager, AutoCad, Version

Manager, MS Office Suite

Work Manager, Change Controls, Tracker, Sarbanes-

Oxley, ITIL, Keane Project Management, CLC, Remedy,

PMIS

Databases: DB2, Access, FOCUS, Datacom, VSAM

Hardware: IBM Mainframe, Personal Computers

Operating Systems: TSO, Windows, MS-DOS, UNIX, Linux, MINIX,

DEC-VAX, VMware, VirtualPC

professional development highlights

? UNIX Shell Concepts & Scripting, Century College, 2008 -

2009

? UNIX Networking, Security, & Troubleshooting, Century

College, 2008 - 2009

? Computer Forensics, Century College, White Bear Lake,

Minnesota, 2008 - 2009

? Visual Basic, Net and SQL Server, Century College, White

Bear Lake, Minnesota, 2008 - 2009

? Cisco Networking I, Century College, White Bear Lake,

Minnesota, 2008 - 2009

? SAS Basics Diploma, SAS Institute Inc.

? Focus: Basic 101/103 Series, Information Builders

? ACR/Summary Core Program Certificate, Travelers Insurance

? Information Assurance & Security, Century College, White

Bear Lake, Minnesota, 2008 - 2009

-references furnished upon request-

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