Kevin Ferrell

360-***-****

actqxx@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

•Business outcome driven

•Strong strategic visionary leader in enterprise architecture, development, testing, and implementation.

•Sixteen years of progressively responsible information technology management

•Responsible for high volume, high dollar mission critical enterprise systems

•History of delivering projects ahead of established deadlines and substantially below cost estimates

•Ability to communicate technical detail in “plain talk” and to interface and collaborate with diverse groups of stakeholders

•Broad and deep understanding of the Microsoft stack

•14+ years’ experience with SQL server applications

•Vendor management

Education

Bachelor of Arts (Psychology/Liberal Arts) – University of Alaska Juneau (1993)

Technical Training

•Implementing ITIL 2014

Technical Summary

Applications: ASP .Net, Web Services, Windows Forms

Programming/Languages: C#, XML, JSON, PowerBuilder 6.5/7, TSQL, PLSQL

Database Applications: SQL Server Azure/20012/2008R2/2008/2005/2000/7 SSIS/SSRS/DTS, Oracle 9i, 8.0.4, 7.3.2.3, Sybase 9.02

Modeling: Embarcadero ER/Studio, Erwin 4.0, SQL Server Management Studio 2012/2008/2005

Operating Systems: Windows NT, Windows 2000, XP Professional, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012

Enterprise applications: Visual Studio 2002, 2003, TFS(2005-2010), 2013

Other tools: MS Project, Visual Studio Team Suite for Testers, e-Tester, CSS, Crystal Reports .Net, Corticon, ESRI ARC Map, ESRI ARC SDE,Access 97/2000, Excel, PowerPoint, Sea Pine (SCM/Test Track Pro)

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) May 2014 to Present

Application Development Manager, Division of Child Support (DCS)

This management position sets the strategic/ tactical direction and directs the work of multiple development teams which are comprised of IT supervisors that manage senior professional level technical staff. These teams use a wide variety of technologies and skill sets in the development of the DCS enterprise applications which run on mainframe, server and work station platforms. Additionally coordinates with DSHS Executive Management, and other division representatives, for problem resolution and installation of new releases of software.

This position supports 11 offices with 1,300+ staff statewide, 39 prosecuting attorney offices, and other divisions and departments who rely on Division Child Support information. Additionally 3,000 parents serving 150,000+ clients and paying $100+ million per month to nearly 30,000 custodial parents.

Serves as a technical mentor, coach, and trainer to other technical positions. Additionally this position serves on ISSD Application Review Board (ARB), and Disaster Recovery team (DR).

Oversees and participates in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Oversees and participates in all phases of the Divisions architecture leading to a virtual services gateway to support inner and outer rAPI.

Key accomplishments:

•Delivered the first mobile application for DSHS using Microsoft cloud services (Azure).

•Intiated Azure NoSQL technologies (DocumentDB, Table storage).

•Intiated AWS glacier storage for long term data archival.

•Successfully implemented SQL Server Reporting Services architecture.

•Successfully completed SQL Server 2000-2012 upgrade and classic asp web migration to virtual servers and 2012 OS.

•Successfully implemented SOA with webservices.

•Successfully introduced Application Key Metrics Data (software, personnel, development, support)

•Successfully implemented threat modleing and code scanning.

•Successfully introduced .Net coding Standards and testing methodology to the Main Frame Developers and Microsoft Developers.

•Successfully introduced database standards to the SQL Server Database Administrators and Microsoft Developers.

•Lead planning and implementation of Microsoft 2012 Team Foundation server and 2013 Share Point for Application Life Cycle Management (ALM).

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) May 2013 to May 2014

Application Manager, Social Services Payment System (SSPS)

This position sets the strategic/ tactical direction and is responsible for providing leadership for a unit of Information Technology personnel (9), and (1) contractor; Coordinate with SSPS program managers, ISSD, DES, CTS, DSHS Executive Management, and other division representatives for problem resolution and installation of new releases of software.

SSPS is a mission critical enterprise system, a major statewide system with over 3,500 users serving 150,000+ clients and paying $150+ million per month to nearly 70,000 service providers.

Served as a technical mentor, coach, and trainer to other technical positions. Additionally this position serves on Department Change Review Board (CRB), Application Review Board (ARB), and Disaster Recovery team (DR).

Key Accomplishments:

•Successfully lead and merged the Unisys mainframe and web application into a more cohesive IT group.

•Successfully introduced KPI to provide for metrics based decisions

•Successfully built out the application service catalog

•Successfully managed several code upgrades to the Unisys mainframe and web applications to meet changing business needs.

•Successfully created and tested a Disaster Recovery Plan for SSPS.

•Successfully introduced robust testing methodology to the Main Frame Developers and Microsoft Developers.

Washington State Department of Health (DOH), March 2009 to May 2013

Applications and Database Services Supervisor

This management position sets the strategic/tactical direction and is responsible for providing leadership, mentoring and direction for a unit of five Information Technology personnel, including one supervisor, two developers, two DBAs, and one contractor. (Staffing at one point was 16). Additionally, it served as a backup database administrator on Sybase and SQL Server.

This position supports the Washington State mission critical Women Infant Children (WIC) System, that supports service delivery to 190,000 women, infants and children each month.

Provided 24/7 support for 20 other Division of Prevention and Community Health applications as well as database development and maintenance.

Key Accomplishments:

•Successfully lead multi Division Database and Web Application virtualization project.

•Successfully lead multi Division Shared 2008 R2 SQL Server virtualization project.

•Successfully lead the application and database implementation of the USDA New Foods Project.

Washington State Department of Health Services (DSHS) March 2008 to March 2009

Network Applications Supervisor

Served as the highest level authority to business, technical, and managerial staff in support for the mission critical DSHS Social Service Payment System, a major statewide system with over 3,500 users serving 150,000+ clients and paying $170+ million per month to nearly 70,000 service providers.

Manager/Supervisor responsible for a unit of Information Technology personnel (6), and back up database administrator.

Lead responsible for planning, analyzing, installing, configuring, implementing and maintaining existing applications and development within the mission critical DSHS wide Social Service Payment System (SSPS).

Coordinated with SSPS program managers, Executive Management, and other division representatives for problem resolution and installation of new releases of software.

Served as a technical mentor, coach, and trainer to other technical positions.

Responsible for the translation of business terms and requirements to technical options for solutions to mission critical business problems.

Key Accomplishments:

•Successfully arch-ed and lead a Database, Web Application virtualization, and server consolidation project.

•Successfully lead migration of all Microsoft Visual Studio applications and SQL Servers to their respective 2008 virtualized software platforms.

•Successfully lead collaboration and synchronization of development between Network Applications and Unisys COBOL Applications.

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services October 2007 to March 2008

Test/Build Manager

Directed, planned, controlled, coordinated and managed the testing of software development for the Union Benefits Project.

Defined the processes, standards, and metrics used by the test team to develop test plans, create test scenarios and document test results.

Coordinated UAT with the appropriate business partners.

Build Manager responsible for drop coordination, testing, and promotion between environments.

Provided database support for the Union Benefit project.

Managed the Corticon business rules engine, and project backup and recovery plans.

Key Accomplishments:

Successfully lead the Test Teams Union Benefits efforts for the project.

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services October 2005 to October 2007

Tester/Business Analyst

Created test plans and develop test cases, and test harnesses.

Conducted tests to validate the new Union Benefit System.

Set up and ran manual/automated regression tests, white box, black box tests, and UAT tests.

Gathered and validated all business rules associated with development of Social Services Provider System and entered them into business rules engine Corticon.

Provided database support for the Union Benefit project.

Drop coordinator responsible for drop testing and promotion between environments.

Key Accomplishments:

•Successfully tested all aspects of the Union Benefits efforts Project on time and budget.

Naverus May 2005 to September 2005

Software Engineer

Gathered business requirements from a wide variety of international government and private-sector stakeholders.

Arch-ed a new Required Navigation Performance (RNP) database.

Modeled/built a new database with ER-Studio.

Managed production databases both on site and off site, and provided database support for other Software Engineers.

Key Accomplishments:

•Successfully created the database to support Required Navigation Performance (RNP).

Simpson Investment Company September 1999 to May 2005

Enterprise Architect/Developer/DBA

Successfully lead an enterprise data initiative to provide a strategic path forward for Simpson’s Geo-databases, and lead the architecture and development of an ARC Geo-database.

Successfully replaced all of Simpson’s Tacoma Kraft’s control room paper log sheets with a Microsoft front end and SQL Server back end in less than three months.

Successfully completed a database conversion project six months ahead of deadline, converting a large Oracle 8i database to SQL Server 7 two months ahead of schedule.

Successfully lead an enterprise initiative to start moving Simpson off PowerBuilder to Visual Studio .NET.

Successfully lead a harvest plan and engineering project ahead of deadline and at 13% of previously estimated costs, allowing Simpson to implement a Habitat Conservation Plan agreement substantially ahead of schedule.

Department of Commerce and Economic Development, State of Alaska, August 1998 to September 1999

Analyst/Programmer

•Built and maintained Oracle forms and reports for the Division of Insurance.

Department of Administration, State of Alaska January 1997 to August 1998

IT/Employee Resources Consultant

•Provided technical Lotus Notes support to users of the state’s new internet/intranet-based hiring system.

Previous employment history provided upon request

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