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Project Manager Management

Location:
Minneapolis, MN, 55447
Posted:
March 09, 2010

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Resume:

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.

Maintaining documentation of projects for historical and billing purposes.

Managing projects, teams, and resources, i.e. equipment and personnel.

Documenting user guide, roles, and business flow of a Lotus Notes proprietary application.

Coordinating, installing, and supporting of Lotus Notes proprietary application.

Interviewing employees for positions.

Preparing and analyzing general ledgers, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, reconciling entries, cash

management, and inventory maintenance control.

Recapping, summarizing, and reporting monthly and annual Profit-Sharing Trust performance results.

Updating and documenting procedural job descriptions for record keeping and administrative functions.

Monitoring and prioritizing accounts to remain current on both payables and receivables.

Training and supervising employees, and conduct employee performance appraisals.

Running and facilitating cross-team meetings to announce changing environments.

Presenting work order routing and tracking system to various teams of the project.

Acquiring and tracking of the deployment of new equipment.

Scheduling and executing periodic inventory of hardware, software, manuals, and other fixed assets.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Consistently acknowledged for problem-solving skills. Developed skills in listening and identifying customer

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

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

management tools.

Assisted with computerizing the purchase order system and the serial number system.

Redesigned process of recording which vehicles required maintenance, which vehicles were receiving maintenance,

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

Trade to Commodities/Futures/Options Accounting System.

Designed an efficient process for initiating and tracking work order requests.

Designed templates for use implementing hardware installations and removals from sites.

Designed various databases used for tracking work orders, production change requests, help desk assessment,

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.

Created a database for tracking installation and support issues for proprietary software application. The items

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

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.

B.A. in Quantitative Methods and Computer Science (1995), University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.

CERTIFICATION

Principal, Certified Lotus Professional/Notes System Administration (1997).

IBM Certified Solutions Expert – MQ Series (1997).

Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute.

Master’s Certificate in Project Management, George Washington University (June 1999).

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

Digitalk, Inc. Smalltalk and PARTS Workbench (OS/2 and Windows)

KnowledgeWare’s Application Design Workbenches (Planning, Analysis, Design, and RAD)

Project Workbench (OS/2 and Windows) • Assembler

Microsoft Project • DOS

Microsoft Access • COBOL

FileMakerPro • Pascal

ORG Plus • C/C++

ABC Flowcharter • Smalltalk

Visio Professional • Lotus Notes

Apriori Problem Tracking System • MQ Series

APPOINTMENTS, ACTIVITIES & MEMBERSHIP

President and Treasurer, Cargill Ski Club

Founder and President, Cargill Bicycle Club

Organizer, Cargill Grain Division Fitness Challenge

Vice President of Membership, Cargill Trademasters Club of Toastmaster’s International

Award Winner, Cargill CIVICS/SPICE Volunteer Award

Special Services Chair, Deacon Board, Faith Presbyterian Church

Moderator, Deacon Board, Faith Presbyterian Church

Member, Minnesota Chapter of Project Management Institute

Catering Liaison, Professional Development Day, Minnesota Chapter of Project Management Institute

Site Coordinator, Certification Review Course, Minnesota Chapter of Project Management Institute



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