Kimberly (Kim) A. Romine
Plymouth, MN 55447
612-***-**** - *******@***************.***
Enthusiastic, hard-working individual possesses combined degrees in Accounting, Corporate Finance, Personnel
Management, and Computer Science making for a solid foundation of knowledge and skills. Currently seeking a
challenging opportunity to contribute broad-based knowledge, skills and experience to a company as a consultant.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Comprehensive computer, accounting, management experience:
Preparing and monitoring project plans for various projects, i.e. software migration, hardware upgrade.
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Maintaining documentation of projects for historical and billing purposes.
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Managing projects, teams, and resources, i.e. equipment and personnel.
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Documenting user guide, roles, and business flow of a Lotus Notes proprietary application.
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Coordinating, installing, and supporting of Lotus Notes proprietary application.
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Interviewing employees for positions.
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Preparing and analyzing general ledgers, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, reconciling entries, cash
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management, and inventory maintenance control.
Recapping, summarizing, and reporting monthly and annual Profit-Sharing Trust performance results.
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Updating and documenting procedural job descriptions for record keeping and administrative functions.
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Monitoring and prioritizing accounts to remain current on both payables and receivables.
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Training and supervising employees, and conduct employee performance appraisals.
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Running and facilitating cross-team meetings to announce changing environments.
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Presenting work order routing and tracking system to various teams of the project.
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Acquiring and tracking of the deployment of new equipment.
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Scheduling and executing periodic inventory of hardware, software, manuals, and other fixed assets.
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Consistently acknowledged for problem-solving skills. Developed skills in listening and identifying customer
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problems,
analyzing the alternatives and proposing recommendations as to the best course of action.
Skilled at developing more efficient procedures and organizing more effective operations. Updated and documented
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various job descriptions, user manuals, and procedures to reduce employee indoctrination time and training.
Gained exposure and working knowledge of various system analysis and design methodologies and project
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management tools.
Assisted with computerizing the purchase order system and the serial number system.
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Redesigned process of recording which vehicles required maintenance, which vehicles were receiving maintenance,
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availability, and location of vehicles relative to any one of the numerous remote locations.
Designed and communicated benefits of automatic data feed of closing price information from Chicago Board of
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Trade to Commodities/Futures/Options Accounting System.
Designed an efficient process for initiating and tracking work order requests.
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Designed templates for use implementing hardware installations and removals from sites.
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Designed various databases used for tracking work orders, production change requests, help desk assessment,
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project
accounts payable and receivables, hardware and software inventory, technician and site information.
Designed and implemented version control process for the distribution of application releases and production fixes.
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Created a database for tracking installation and support issues for proprietary software application. The items
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recorded in the database: billable verses non-billable time, issues, date resolved, and how the issue was resolved,
etc.
Created a database for tracking project information for historical and re-use purposes. The database records
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conclusion
reason, issues, other resources used during the project, names and company of major project stakeholders, etc.
EDUCATION
B.S. in Business Administration (1986), Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.
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B.A. in Quantitative Methods and Computer Science (1995), University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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CERTIFICATION
Principal, Certified Lotus Professional/Notes System Administration (1997).
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IBM Certified Solutions Expert – MQ Series (1997).
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Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute.
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Master’s Certificate in Project Management, George Washington University (June 1999).
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CAREER HISTORY
1999 to Current: Berly Consulting, Inc., Plymouth, Minnesota
• Delivery Project Manager – Remodel existing stores
• Delivery Project Manager – New stores, for either build to suit or take-overs
• Project Manager – SOP2 or Concept 5 remodel existing stores (3)
• Project Manager Developer– Customer Centricity IS Deployment Team
• Process and Documentation Manager - Retail and Technology Integration
Deployment Team
• Project Manager – Customer Centricity Change Management
• Project Manager – Customer Centricity IS Deployment Team
• Documentation Manager – Customer Centricity
• Properties Liaison – Customer Centricity
• Project Manager Trainer – Customer Centricity Re-launch
1996 to 1999: ENTEX Information Services, Inc., Golden Valley, Minnesota
• Project Coordinator -Year 2000 Project Pre-certification : 8 weeks (Fortis, Inc.)
• Database Developer - Year 2000 Project (65 locations) : 11 weeks (AMEX TBS)
• Project Manager - NT Conversion Project (5 locations) : 4 weeks (ValueRX)
• Project Manager - National Hardware Upgrade Project (1287 upgrades) : 15 weeks
(AMEX ARCC)
• Documentation Specialist - Order Management System : 3 weeks (Deluxe Corp.)
• Process Manager - On-Going Support and Moves, Adds and Changes Teams : 9
weeks (AMEX ARCC)
• Project Coordinator - National Inventory (783 locations) : 8 weeks (GreenTree Inc.)
• Project Manager * - National Hardware Rollout (35 locations) : 14 weeks (GreenTree
Inc. Home Equity Lending)
• Project Manager * - Regional Software Rollout (21 locations) : 2 weeks (GreenTree
Inc. – Vision21)
• Project Manager * - National Hardware Rollout (55 locations) : 10 weeks (GreenTree
Inc. – Menards Credit Kiosks)
• Database Developer - Hardware Acquisition Request Tracking Database – Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota : 2 weeks
• Acquisition and Configuration of Equipment (ACE) Database – ENTEX : 5 weeks
• Help Assessment Database – ENTEX : 1 week
• Project Management Knowledge Base – ENTEX : 2 weeks
• Application Specialist – ENTEX : On-going
1990 to 1996: Cargill Incorporated, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Release and Change Management Team Leader – LYNX Project
• Release Manager – LYNX Project
• Image Coordinator – LYNX Project
• Knowledge Base Coordinator – LYNX Project
• Project Assistant – Pilot Project
• Administrative Assistant – COMBO Project
• Commodities/Options Accountant – Cargill Grain Division
SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN METHODOLOGIES
PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS
COMPUTER LANGUAGES
Ernest and Young’s Navigator System Series
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Digitalk, Inc. Smalltalk and PARTS Workbench (OS/2 and Windows)
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KnowledgeWare’s Application Design Workbenches (Planning, Analysis, Design, and RAD)
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Project Workbench (OS/2 and Windows) • Assembler
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Microsoft Project • DOS
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Microsoft Access • COBOL
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FileMakerPro • Pascal
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ORG Plus • C/C++
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ABC Flowcharter • Smalltalk
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Visio Professional • Lotus Notes
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Apriori Problem Tracking System • MQ Series
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APPOINTMENTS, ACTIVITIES & MEMBERSHIP
President and Treasurer, Cargill Ski Club
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Founder and President, Cargill Bicycle Club
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Organizer, Cargill Grain Division Fitness Challenge
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Vice President of Membership, Cargill Trademasters Club of Toastmaster’s International
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Award Winner, Cargill CIVICS/SPICE Volunteer Award
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Special Services Chair, Deacon Board, Faith Presbyterian Church
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Moderator, Deacon Board, Faith Presbyterian Church
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Member, Minnesota Chapter of Project Management Institute
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Catering Liaison, Professional Development Day, Minnesota Chapter of Project Management Institute
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Site Coordinator, Certification Review Course, Minnesota Chapter of Project Management Institute
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