Chad C. Ronning
Objective Seeking a dynamic position in Project Management, Business
Analyst, or Quality Engineering
West Allis, WI 53214
Phone: 414-***-****
E-mail: abldr6@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Feb 2009 - June 2010 BouMatic Madison, WI
experience Program / Project Manager, Global Controls & Software
Managed a team of 15 engineers under 2 global programs
(SmartDairy & Facility Automation) with over 40 projects
total.
Released 4 different global cow feeding software packages that
integrated RFID tag reading ahead of schedule and known to be
completely bug free.
Brought structure to both of BouMatic's companies by writing
and establishing Best Business Practices, SOP's, policies and
procedures that bridged Madison and Europe.
Established procedures for test sites and wrote Test & Support
Plans as well as Test Agreements for dairies in North America,
South America, Europe, and Asia.
Obtained CE, ICAR, and other certifications on products in
order to sell in various countries.
Used JDE to submit ECO's to create manuals, software CD's,
finalize schematics and drawings.
Established and ran a Change Management committee as well as a
Bug Review committee.
July 2008 - Dec. 2008 Alliant Energy Madison, WI
Business Analyst - Consultant
Lead Business Analyst for Alliant Energy's ITSM - HP Service
Center implementation project.
Incorporated NERC/CIP standards (reliability standards for
cyber security) into ITSM.
Wrote ITSM business requirements as well as NERC/CIP
compliancy requirements.
Developed & executed performance qualification, stress,
regression, & benchmarking test strategies.
Wrote standards & procedures to bring Alliant Energy into
NERC/CIP compliance by December 10, 2008.
Created ITSM training material and provided support for
Alliant Energy employees.
Used SharePoint 2007 for storing and managing documentation.
Aug. 2007 - June 2008 A.B. Data, Ltd. Milwaukee, WI
PMO Manager / Project Manager
Concurrently managed over 100 different class action projects;
totaling over $600M in budgets, with several dedicated teams
ranging from 10 to 15,000+ hours, custom software suites, and
legacy data conversions.
Achieved 92% on time delivery and 90% within budget for all
class action cases.
Lead Business Analyst / Project Manager for telephony & call
center project - from writing the Business Case to
implementation.
Implemented SharePoint across the company, created usability
documentation, provided training of all employees, and created
& stored signoffs for this and all other projects/cases.
Developed and managed a Quality Assurance testing team of 10
people.
Created functional & business requirements, traceability
matrixes, and performed use cases for several .NET and
database projects, building moves, as well as a call center
implementation.
Types of projects managed from inception to implementation
using BABOK & PMBOK methodologies include: class action
administration, IT projects, industry standard certifications,
building moves, Securities/Portfolio Management software,
testing plans, as well as many others.
Managed a data conversion project - going from an Access
database to a .NET / SQL web enabled environment for the
claims database, accounting/billing, and reporting.
Prepared the company for SAS 70 and ISO 9000 certifications by
creating and standardizing documents, policies, procedures,
manuals, and network structure/security.
Managed the telephony system for over 80 different class
action call center queues/auto attendants - using Vertical
TeleVantage.
Business Analyst and Project Manager for a MS Project upgrade
- going from a non-dedicated server using MS Project 2003 to a
dedicated server using MS Project 2007 as well implementing
Active Directory.
Created and executed performance qualification, stress,
regression, & benchmarking test strategies.
Sept. 2006 - Aug. 2007 Dedicated Computing Waukesha, WI
Program Quality Engineer
Coach, mentor, & supervisor of about 20 new products/programs
that included a team of about 30 engineers.
Created and implemented an online training and tracking system
for manufacturing employees.
Introduced FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) to the
platform launch process.
Created and managed company wide Best Practices manual.
Evaluated, identified, and procured Gage Calibration software.
Began to investigate Zebra RFID Inventory Management software
for a LEAN project.
Used CMMI & ISO methodologies to improve quality in the
production environment.
Participated in customer audits for multiple fortune 500
companies.
Developed, standardized, & customized automated system tests
for key customers.
Performed FMEA's, control plans, root cause analysis, and
created custom reports for multiple fortune 500 companies, as
well as the military and medical companies.
Used and updated several SQL databases in order to obtain a
variety of reports.
Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2006 Rockwell Automation Milwaukee, WI
Quality Engineer
LEAN Green Belt/Six Sigma certified.
Created and executed manual performance, functional, stress,
regression, & benchmarking test strategies.
Used .NET QA tools to perform UI general test cases, control,
and pattern tests.
Merged multiple SQL databases into a single database to
identify redundant columns.
Exclusively responsible for developing and standardizing
hardware/software/firmware performance qualification test plan
documents, performing tests, and supervising test teams.
Lead engineer for startup and database cleanup projects: both
on and off site, configuring Rockwell and 3rd party power and
energy/capacitor bank software/hardware.
Provided phone and on-site support for customers,
distributors, and other Rockwell employees as well as
teaching/training groups.
Lead Engineer and trainer for several start-up projects during
the entire project life cycle.
Project Manager for several RoHS conversion projects.
Project Manager for LEAN/Six Sigma project, which brought
automated UI testing tools to the group, saving a combined
$779,800 in hard savings and over 1 million in soft savings.
Used .NET automated testing tools & LEAN / Six Sigma
initiatives to reduce average software builds from 15 to 4.5,
reducing the time to market by about 50% and eliminating bugs.
Project Manager for standardizing Data Retention policies
throughout the organization.
Lead manufacturing technician for the repairs of Rockwell
power monitoring circuitry for over 11 unique devices during
2002-2004.
Feb. 2002 - Sept. 2002 PricewaterhouseCoopers Milwaukee, WI
Information Technology - Temp
Provided hardware, software, and networking solutions for over
250 people on and off site.
Maintained Audix and PBX servers as well as Win NT storage
media.
Migrated users from Win 95 to Win 2000.
Provided wireless NIC/networking assistance.
Maintained user accounts, databases, and Lotus Notes.
Used Safeguard Easy for encrypting and decrypting hard drives.
Converted confidential paper documents into digital formats as
well as making them web enabled.
Dec. 2000 - Oct. 2001 Technology Consulting Corp. Waukesha, WI
Consultant
Team Lead for a Windows 2000 rollout at S.C. Johnson Polymer.
Duties include scheduling deployments, holding meetings,
writing documentation, editing scripts, editing the Windows
2000 Rollout Web site, directing staff, and imaging desktops
and laptops.
Lead HTML programmer for the creation of TCC's Extranet and
Internet site using HTML, JavaScript, and ASP, in Dreamweaver
4.0, Visual Studio 6, and IIS 5.
Created and manipulated logos, images, and text using
PhotoShop 6.0 and Xara 3D.
Maintained user accounts using an Access database and SQL
Server 2000.
Created online forms and documents using Adobe Acrobat as well
as converted paper forms to online documents.
Assisted in the migration of web sites to new servers and
responsible for making tape backups.
Nov. 1998 - Aug. 2000 McHugh Software International Waukesha,
WI
Quality Assurance/Information Technology Internship
Created and maintained McHugh's Quality Assurance Intranet
Site, using HTML, JavaScript, Java, Photoshop and WebEdit Pro.
Wrote test cases and scenarios for database conversions for
warehousing distribution software, DMPlus.
Assisted in designing and programming application for logging
tracks and test results in VB, SQL and Access.
Assisted in maintaining computers and hardware for several
facilities with experience in Novell, Windows 9x, WinNT
4.0/2000 and server 4.0/2000.
Cloned PC's and laptops with Norton Ghost over the network as
well as creating bootable CD's.
Experience in setting up servers using multiple languages such
as Korean and Spanish.
Provided phone desk support using Outlook and Access for
logging tasks.
Additional
activities/i LEAN / Six Sigma Greenbelt.
nfo Well experienced with Waterfall, PMI, and ITIL based
methodologies.
Excellent teambuilding/problem solving skills, and the ability
to influence others toward goals.
Microsoft Beta Tester for Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista, .NET,
SQL Server 2000 / 2005.
Knowledge of Unix, Linux, and Macintosh systems.
Education 1996 - 2000 Carroll College Waukesha, WI
Computer Science - B.S.
Dual degrees in Information Systems as well as Networking/Web.