Catherine Summers
Phone: 310-***-****
Email: *********@****.***
MANAGER/BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Accomplished information technology (IT) manager with more than 15 years of
experience seeks an opportunity to help an employer address its ongoing
organizational needs. Assembles and leads effective teams, establishes
exemplary relations with customers and vendors, develops policies and
procedures from inception, managing successful projects from
conceptualization through implementation. Minimized costs, reduced
personnel requirements, upgraded existing systems, and instituted new
systems for dozens of Fortune 500 companies.
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Customized IT Solutions Client Management Team Development,
Systems Analytics Cost Benefit Analysis Management
Data Management Tool Evaluation Vendor Contracts
Analytical Reporting Strategic Planning Metrics Design
Willingness to Travel Presentations, Dashboards
Development of Key Communications "Day in the Life Of"
Performance Indicators Tactical Documentation Analytical Insights
5 Professional Experience
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Oversee complete cycle of IT development and deployment from
conceptualization through rollout.
Work closely with top management and other personnel to define companies,
needs, evaluate existing software, and select improvements which will
accomplish goals at lowest possible cost.
Recruit, train, mentor, and lead outstanding teams of 20-25 staff members
with a range of abilities.
Head complicated projects for multiple Fortune 500 companies involving
multiple data sources, staff in distant locations.
Establish cordial, productive relations with customers and vendors.
Craft creative, cost-effective solutions by integrating state-of-the-art
software with effective elements of existing systems.
Design analytical IT systems which produce balance sheets plus accurate,
complete information about revenue, costs, profits and losses, accounts
receivable, accounts payable, and invoices.
Upgrade reporting procedures, data quality, and data analysis for service,
forecasting, supply chain, tracking, and supplier performance functions.
Improve human resource functions through innovative design of recording and
reporting systems.
Develop contracts, technical architecture, requirements, configurations,
requirements, specifications, and metadata.
Prepare accurate, thorough reports for top management.
Professional Experience (Continued):
KPMG US, New York, NY
2012 - 2014
Manager
Played a critical role in enabling the State of Hawaii to implement the
Affordable Care Act
successfully. Designed solutions to difficult issues. Staffed,
mentored, and coordinated
onshore, nearshore, and offshore teams.
Reduced costs and development times for reports at BlackRock by
consolidating over 1000
reports maintained by more than 100 people into simplified, web-based
reports managed by 20
employees.
Other clients included Dow Chemical, Miami-Dade County, City of Chicago,
Cigna Healthcare,
and Carnival Cruises.
ORACLE AMERICA, Redwood City, CA
2007 - 2012
Senior Principal Consultant
Delivered a project analytics solution for Gartner to eliminate previously
unresolved problems on
schedule and on budget.
Improved decision-making at the Paul Mueller Company by developing
dashboards that
provided top management with ready access to key performance
indicators about core
functions.
Other clients included Boeing, Proctor and Gamble, Citco, Lexmark, General
Dynamics, Sun
Microsystems, and SafeNet.
HEALTH NET, Woodland Hills, CA
2002 - 2007
Technical Specialist
Developed implementation strategies. Oversaw creation of IT systems from
conception through
demonstration. Rolled out superior applications. Met deadlines
while upgrading software.
INNOVENT SOLUTIONS, San Mateo, CA
2000 - 2002
Saved Extreme Networks millions of dollars in lost inventory by deploying a
superior tracking
System.
Other clients included Bank of America, Nestle USA, Warner Music
Group/Rhino Records,
Siebel Systems, and Intesol Consulting.
Provides Analytic Solutions for:
Human Resources Finance
Procurement and Spend
Projects Spend Classification
Supply Chain
Sales
7 Education, Computer Skills, & Certificates
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Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
MI. McGrath Award for Academic Excellence.
Bachelor of Arts, Theatre, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan
Proficient in (partial list): Actuate, Customer Relationship Manager,
Enterprise Business Systems, IBM DB2, Informatica, Microsoft Office Suite,
Oracle Business Intelligence Suite, Siebel, Oracle Business Intelligence
Applications
Certificates: Oracle Business Intelligence, Actuate, Microsoft
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