CHARRISE BARRON
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Education
Harvard University. Cambridge, MA.
Doctor of Philosophy in African American Studies, expected May 2015.
Fields of Concentration: Religion and Ethnomusicology.
Focus of Research: Modern Gospel Music.
Yale University. New Haven, CT.
Master of Divinity, summa cum laude, May 2010.
Institute of Sacred Music Certificate, May 2010.
Houston Community College System. Houston, TX.
Marketable Skills Achievement Certificate Web Design. Spring 2005.
Coursework included: HTML, graphic design, and Fireworks software.
Harvard University. Cambridge, MA.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Computer Science, June 1998.
Related Work Experience
Pastor Black Church At Yale, Yale University
Summer 2009 Summer 2010. New Haven, CT.
Performed all duties of senior pastorate, including, preaching, teaching, pastoral care, church
administration, strategic planning, and providing guidance and leadership to church council.
Liaised with other campus student organizations, Yale University Chaplain s Office, and the
Yale Afro American Cultural Center.
Project Assistant Jonathan Berryman Documentary
Summer 2008 May 2010. New Haven, CT.
Provided insights about Black Gospel music industry and Black church experiences to
documentary producer;
Assisted producer as necessary.
Webmaster, Yale Linguistics Department
Summer 2008 - Summer 2009. New Haven, CT.
Provided website support for the Linguistics Department at Yale University.
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Founder, New Media Consultant, More Excellent Media Group, LLC.
April 2005 August 2008. Houston, TX.
Founded web design and media consulting firm.
Managed all aspects of web design business including, but not limited to, sales, development,
research, and hiring.
Provided Marketing Consulting services to artists, churches, non-profit organizations, and
small businesses.
Developed Branding and provided Graphic Design for web and print media.
Senior Business Systems Analyst, Information Services International.
June 2000 - June 2006. Houston, TX; Reading, England; Steinbourg, France.
(Information Services International is a division of M&M/Mars, Inc.)
Represented American region of Information Technology division on g lobal development
project team based in France and Great Britain, to replace supply chain systems with SAP R/3
software, MM, PP-PI, and SD modules, and SAP interface documents (SAP IDocs).
Collaborated with key business personnel to develop globally common business processes and
system solutions.
Researched business requirements, end-user requirements, and systems issues; subsequently
recommended appropriate system changes and enhancements, and drafted functional
specifications for technical enhancements.
Delivered global template system solutions for Subcontracting, Procurement, Batch
Management, Inventory Management, and Material Requirements Planning (MRP).
Identified and resolved system issues, designed and tested interfaces, and provided face-to-
face support during integration testing and during rollouts.
Coordinated Supply Chain Inbound Implementation of SAP in Mexico, and supported Spain
and Portugal rollouts.
Configured Materials Management, Planning, and Procurement functionality for SAP
Implementation in Mexico.
Managed training for new project team members.
Business Systems Analyst, Information Services International.
June 1998 - June 2000. Houston, TX.
(Information Services International is a division of M&M/Mars, Inc.)
Provided functional support of Material Requirements Planning (MRP) software, including
MANMAN (using VMS operating systems) for approximately 5,000 users at fourteen
production facilities in the United States and Canada.
Developed FORTRAN code and shell scripts, and troubleshot SQL scripts to support the
VMS environment.
Managed projects to integrate new and changing business processes within MRP system
architecture.
Led teams in testing and rollout of environment modifications.
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Developed software upgrade rollout strategies for North American sites.
Coordinated testing efforts for MRP Y2K compliance in the North American region.
Liaised with software vendors and technical support team members to provide software
solutions for users.
Managed team of contractors to ensure daily systems support for the North American region.
Software Experience
Adobe/Macromedia: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Photoshop, Acrobat.
Microsoft: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
Others software: SWiSHmax, Quicken
Apple Remote Desktop
Fugu (SFTP software)
Skills
Web Design & Development, Graphic Design, Project Planning and Management.
HTML (including text-only HTML editing), Cascading Style Sheets, and Forms
Some PHP, JavaScript, and Flash ActionScript
Converting Files to PDF
Training
Conversational Spanish