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Project Manager

Location:
Austin, TX, 78732
Posted:
July 28, 2010

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Joseph A. Steinkamp

***** ******* *****

512-***-****

Austin, TX 78732

***************@*******.***

Project Coordinator

IT professional with proven experience in project management, IT risks

assessments. Experience in all aspects of requirements management, process

documentation and project management. Skilled in establishing rapport and

gaining confidence of both business and technical teams, leading to a more

cohesive and effective working environment. Noted for team building

skills, ability to communicate with and satisfy users at multiple levels of

organization, and for ability to partner with technical and functional

resources. Plan and manage multiple priorities, consistently delivering on

time, and within scope.

Professional Experience

NEUBUS, Inc.

AUSTIN, TX

Project Analyst 2010 (Contract)

> Functional and Technical Analysis for Texas Department of Criminal

Justice (TDCJ)

> Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) for Texas Department of Aging and

Disability Services (DADS)

> Statement of Work (SOW) for Texas Supreme Court

> As-Is/To-Be process analysis for Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)

> GAP Analysis for Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)

PACIFICARE/UNITED HEALTH GROUP/FIRSTCARE HEALTH

AUSTIN, TX

Business Analyst/Project Management 2005 to 2009

> Annual project management for PacifiCare and United Health Group open

enrollment for vendors/clients (IBM, Government Internal project

management with IT, Account Reps, Accounting/Billing, Web Interface,

IVR and B2B coordination.

> Reviewed and monitored project audits and ensured closeout of issues

resulting in the correction and completion of the area's system design

documentation in support of the on-time/on-schedule close-out of SOX

(Sarbanes Oxley) issues for the Compensation Systems organization.

> Approve, plan, & supervise the installation and testing (SQA) of new

products and improvements

> Interpret system requirements for business groups and technical staff

via Use Case

> GAP Analysis to provide modification of information systems to improve

production

> Effectively communicated with all levels of internal and external

stakeholders

> Develop specifications and functional requirements for electronic

records management, process improvement and transition of services via

Agile/Scrum iterative development schedule

COLLINS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

AUSTIN, TX

Business Analyst/IT Project Management 2003 to 2005

> Created ITIL implementation of electronic records documentation system

including project plans, project schedules, test master plans,

technical and functional business requirements.

> Development and project for IT Implement high availability & disaster

recovery programs

> Performance improvement, Benchmark Comparison & Best Practices

Analysis via Gap Analysis

> Six Sigma (SIPOC) strategic process improvement initiatives on time,

$22,000 under budget

MAJORDOMO CONSULTING OF TEXAS, INC.

AUSTIN, TX

Owner - Business & Database Solutions Development 2001 to 2003

> Business consulting services for business model design and database

solution deployment

> Developing custom database applications using Microsoft Access, Visual

Basic and SQL Server

> Synthesized business and technical information into use cases and

functional specifications

> Communication between business and technical teams, issue/problem

resolution.

HAND TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

AUSTIN, TX

Business Analyst/Project Manager 1999 to 2001

> Resolved root cause with preventive/corrective actions to Severity 1

and 2 incident supported software/hardware/networks problems for all

systems under web hosting environment.

> Delivered advanced custom reporting via Microsoft Access & Transact

-SQL

> Implemented website transactional fraud countermeasures, eliminating

$125,000 per month.

> Project Managed/Implemented Enhanced Small Business Credit Program

(B2B functionality)

> Completed corrective re-programming of web site transactional

interface to back office systems

> Competed full review of relational database schema, establishing

working ERD

> Implemented overhaul of existing Sales Order ~ Accounting RMA

processing

RELIANT BUILDING PRODUCTS, Commercial Division

COLLEGE STATION, TX

Business Analyst/Systems Analyst 1996 to 1999

> Implementation and migration to JD Edwards ERP integrated turn-key

financial software

> Complete overhaul of all data communications, increasing throughput

300%

> Establishment of intranet departmental data/informational sites... ROI

+1500%

> Establishment of secure SFTP\SSH data exchange saving over $55,000

annually

> Collaborate with team through all phases of SDLC to create new Remedy

Request for Service module. Gather and evaluate requirements, work

with technical resources to design system and test plans, coordinate

testing, develop and maintain user documentation, provide training and

evaluate enhancement requests. Resulting in enhanced process and

reporting capabilities

> Establishment of internship program... saving $75,000 annually in

outsourcing.

> Expedite updated Policy and Procedure manual, key deliverable to

client. Develop, deliver and negotiate agreement for over 70 detailed

process documents in 3-4 months. Work with subject matter experts

(SME) to accurately communicate methods for service delivery, while

ensuring compliance to SOX and to contract terms. Implement and

enforce annual review cycle

BRENCO MARKETING CORPORATION

COLLEGE STATION, TX

IT Project Management 1993 to 1996

> Implementation of distributed technology systems and SQL patterned

data standardization

> Successful roll-out of Immediate Publisher- Replicating Subscriber

database architecture

> Worked with Product Management to ensure area subject matter experts

were engaged throughout the configuration process, User Acceptance

Testing (UAT) and training, resulting in a more successful adoption of

the application within a three month deployment period

> Conversion from Microdata Main-frame to multi-domain NT network

platform

> Organized and improved the Software Testing Group's (STG) project

lifecycle by formally designing, capturing, and publishing new

processes and procedures to the organization.

IT Certifications, Training, Technical Literacy and Education

ITIL Certification in foundation and V3 Levels

Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)

Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer plus Internet (MCSE+I)

Texas Department of Public Safety (Fingerprinting and Background) Security

Clearance

Texas Department of Criminal Justice (Fingerprinting and Background)

Security Clearance

Technical Literacy

[pic] ITIL Service Strategies [pic] Project Management

[pic] Process Diagrams

[pic] Data Analysis [pic] Six Sigma (SIPOC)

[pic] GAP Analysis

[pic] Stakeholder Relationship Mgt [pic] UML Diagrams [pic]

UAT & Delivery

[pic] SQL Query Analyzer [pic] Microsoft Visio

[pic] Use Cases

[pic] Transact - SQL [pic] Microsoft

Office Suite [pic] JD Edwards ERP

[pic] As-Is/To-Be Analysis [pic] KPI Analysis

[pic] Coaching & Mentoring

Advanced Training

> JD Edwards (Front Office): Turn-key Accounting, Inventory, Purchasing,

Sales Ordering

> JD Edwards (ERP): Product Data Management, Shop Floor Control, and

Technical Foundation

> Platinum(Front Office): General Ledger, A/P, A/R, Order Entry,

Purchasing and Inventory

Drake University, Des Moines, IA Computer

Science/Business Administration 1978 - 1981

University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ Computer

Science/Information Technology 2002 - 2006[pic]



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