Jason L. Schmitz

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612-***-**** . abl2ck@r.postjobfree.com

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

. Information Technology Manager with 14 years of experience in leading

teams up to 40 people and managing software development budgets up to $15

million.

. Proven performance in project effort estimation, RFP process, competitive

bidding process, offshore team management, large budget management,

project earned value (EV) tracking, risk mitigation and cross-company

project management.

. Extensive Software Development Lifecycle management experience in major

ATG commerce platform installations/migrations.

. Experience interviewing and evaluating potential employees and

contractors and coaching performance to meet company/client expectations.

. Coordinating large offshore teams and working with numerous contracting

companies across project deliverables.

CORE SKILLS

Roles: Technology Manager, Program Manager, Project Manager, Software

Engineer

Tools & Methodologies: Niku/Clarity, MS Project, HP OpenView, MS

Sharepoint, MS Office

Technologies: ATG (Commerce, BCC, CSC, ACI, ATG Search), J2EE, LAMP

Industries: Retail, Publishing, E-Commerce, Government

PROJECT HISTORY

REV Solutions, E-commerce Program Manager - 2/2009 to Present

Project: Ann Taylor (anntaylor.com & loftonline.com) system

replatform

Team Size: 36 Budget: $2.5MM Duration: 9 months

. Leading an international project delivery team in the replatform

and infrastructure upgrade project of multiple high traffic

commerce websites for Ann Taylor Corporation. The sites will be

implemented in ATG 9.1 from a competitor platform and feature

faceted navigation as well as implementations of the Commerce

Service Center 9.1 and Business Control Center 9.1. Integrations

include Innotrac for fulfillment, Vertex for tax, SAP for employee

master data, ATG search for site search, Cybersource for payment

gateway and fraud checking, Omniture and Google Analytics for

traffic analytics and Ceridian for gift cards.

. Outcome - Project currently in transition phase.

Project: Jo-Ann Stores (joann.com) upgrade

Team Size: 24 Budget: $1.2MM Duration: 10 months

. Led a multi-site delivery with a client integrated development team

in the complete re-write and infrastructure upgrade of the nation's

largest fabric and craft retailer's website. The site was the

first site to utilize ATG 9.1, and featured significant faceted

navigation as well as implementations of the Commerce Service

Center 9.1, Business Control Center 9.1 and ATG Customer

Intelligence modules. Integrations included Vertex for tax, SAP

for product master data, sales and inventory, EasyAsk for search,

FirstData for payment gateway, Google Analytics and CoreMetrics for

traffic analytics and ValueLink for gift cards.

. Outcome - Project launched successfully on November 15th and was

fully transitioned to client support December 4th, 2009.

Owner, Web Technology Development, Independent Technology Consultant -

2008 to 2009

Consulted with a wide variety of small businesses and non-profit

organizations on how to most effectively use their website to attract and

retain new business. Developed strategies for custom-developed software

and "off the shelf" package implementations of content management and e-

commerce systems. Sample clients include: Capella Education Company,

Minnesota Mensa, Humidipak, Fresh Energy, Donna Law Firm, Perlman Law Firm,

BrandOptix, Rising Star Studios, Accell Courier, Double B Foods, Arteka

Companies, Missing GRACE Foundation, Rainbow Chinese Restaurant, Kim McGraw

Design Co, Begin with your Skin Medspa and Interior Impressions.

Target Corporation, Manager, Target Technology Services, Supply Chain

Development - 2006 to 2008

Managed and gave direction to a team of over 40 employees and contractors

responsible for developing and enhancing Supply Chain systems for a $65

billion company. Project highlights include:

Project: Global Supply Chain Optimization

Team Size: 40 Budget: $15MM Duration: 2 years

. Led a custom software development project to optimize Target

Corporation's Global Supply Chain. The patent-pending system will have

industry- changing impact on the way overseas merchandise transportation

is conducted and provide $100 million NPV to Target. The web-based

application will be used by approximately 50,000 vendors in dozens of

countries throughout the world.

. Outcome: With three major releases in summer 2007, fall 2007 and spring

2008 the project was successfully rolled out worldwide. The system has

been used by external vendors to successfully book tens of thousands of

purchase orders.

Project: Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

Team Size: 12 Budget: $1.7MM Duration: 2 years

. Led a cross-company software package implementation project to create a

foundational system for Enterprise Content Management using EMC's

Documentum product. The base installation consisted of 36 dedicated

servers, 10 terabytes of storage, and will be used in production by

10,000 users in India and the U.S. within the first 12 months.

. Outcome: Influenced the adoption of the platform to over 10 business

units within Target to provide millions of dollars in savings within the

first year.

Project: Enterprise Package Tracking

Team Size: 3 Budget: $ 300,000 Duration: 8 months

. Led a project to implement an Enterprise package tracking and reporting

system consisting of 50 wireless scanners in 6 headquarters buildings to

allow for efficient tracking of 2,500 inbound packages per day.

Project: Mainframe application enhancements

Team Size: 7 Budget: $ 700,000 Duration: 12 months

. Led a project to implement nationwide software enhancements to allow

hazardous photo finishing chemicals to be shipped through Target's

existing retail distribution network

. Outcome: $1.5MM annual savings and compliance with Federal regulations

regarding HAZMAT transportation.

Star Tribune - 2000 to 2006

Technology Manager

Team Size: 5 Budget: $ 625,000 Duration: 5 years

. Managed a team of employees and consultants who build and maintain the

Star Tribune Newspaper's website, startribune.com, with over 60 million

page views per month.

. Constructed and managed capital project plans so that hardware and

software purchases supported the objectives of growth and stability for

startribune.com.

. Ensured adequate server capacity, performance, bandwidth and disaster

recovery procedures in support of continued traffic growth.

. Collaborated daily with corporate affiliates across the country, vendors

and the IT department to ensure the best utilization of corporate

resources.

. Outcome: Implemented plans for constant improvement and better

efficiencies within the Star Tribune Development team, and constructed

jointly-developed applications which are now in use at newspaper

affiliates across the country.

Principal Internet Architect

. Defined and evolved the Interactive Media Division's technical

infrastructure; designed and implemented mission-critical Internet

business systems and established software development standards.

. Facilitated growth planning activities with the IT department and advised

management regarding Internet technology trends.

. Ensured optimum performance and usability of startribune.com by

implementing solid architectural standards that ensured scalable growth.

. Researched and made recommendations regarding capital expenditures for

hardware and software purchases.

. Designed online publishing system for startribune.com and integrated

legacy content, caching and batch maintenance systems for large-scale

online dynamic content management.

. Built proprietary e-commerce system to allow rapid deployment of turnkey

dynamic catalog websites.

Digital River, Inc. - 1999 to 2000

Project Manager

Team Size: 5 Duration: 1 year

. Led a team of five PERL software engineers in the Total Remote e-Commerce

System (TreCS) department.

. Initiated project deadlines and communication with senior staff; serving

as the chief point of contact for all support issues and bug fixes with

existing PERL architecture.

. Represented over 20 programmers in the Digital River PERL Standards

Committee and the Digital River XML standards committee.

. Provided resource estimates and timelines on work requests submitted for

development.

. Outcome: Built and supported the migration of very large clients onto a

shared services platform to enable significant cost savings and stability

for Digital River.

Software Engineer

. Designed, implemented and provided support for back-end systems for multi-

million dollar e- commerce websites.

. Ensured efficient and reliable order transfers between third-party

fulfillment agencies and Digital River systems.

. Developed robust reporting and maintenance utilities, improving the speed

of system integration projects between Digital River and its clients.

. Designed and coded innovative workarounds for client-tailored data

transfer mechanisms in XML, EDI and CSV for large clients such as Wal-

Mart, Novell, Polaris, Fujitsu, Sega, Symantec, and Nabisco.

National Security Agency - United States Marine Corps, Signals Intelligence

- 1994 to 1999

. Built and maintained large, high-traffic web portals for delivering

military intelligence within an ultra-secure environment.

. Ensured the organization and cross-referencing of thousands of dynamic,

time-sensitive intelligence documents for rapid access by over 200

worldwide customers.

EDUCATION

Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN

Bachelor of Arts in Management Information Systems (MIS), Minor in Business

Administration

FEDERAL SECURITY CLEARANCE

Lapsed, Clearable

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