Business Analyst
Resume:
Anthony S. Hodgson
Salem, OR 97317
***********@*****.***
BUSINESS ANALYST with extensive experience in systems, applications, and data architecture concepts, operations, R&D, supply chain, Marketing, sales, customer support, and the financial management of worldwide high-tech businesses and product families. Product knowledge spans customer service and support, imaging, nano-technology and enterprise business system software (SAP), industrial test and measurement products, and computer services. Related areas of expertise are:
Product Development
Proficient with Windows & Mac platforms
MS Office Suite (all components including Access, development of SQL scripts to interface with with Brio, etc.)
MS Project, Sharepoint
Visio & Brio -
Adobe Acrobat & Photoshop
Oracle Business Objects
Process Re-Engineering
Quality Control
Quick experiment manufacturing turnarounds
Productivity Improvement
4 years of specific Project Management which included managing technicians and operators
Cost Reduction Programs
Business requirements gathering and refining.
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Hewlett Packard, Corvallis Oregon
Business Analyst (Circuit Division-Product Development Organization)
April 1991 – November 2002
SAP 4.6b, Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation and stabilization. Manufacturing Supply chain systems migration to ERP. Team Lead; Repetitive and Discrete manufacturing models. Primary Business Team Technical Liaison BtoB and BtoC system requirements gathering. Liaison to Senior Management during Requirements Gathering, GAP Analysis and Go Live processes. MM & PP SAP\R3 modules. Primary analytics with P&L and turnaround responsibility for employee head count, multi-plant operations (global planning), producing TIJ Print Heads; Micro chips and Nano-circuitry electronics. Achieved profitable status through implementation of cost reduction program, web based computer design capability, and 50% increases in factory cycle count efficiency. Unit went from annual loss to net profit of $1.5 million first year.
-Provided ongoing analysis and interpretation of technology metrics to engineering customers/partners of throughput of wafer manufacturing facility by product, process or tool in a weekly presentation consisting of 30-80 people. Analysis provided management with a path forward for production and proto goals, e.g. headcount needs, tooling needs, etc. ~Provided answers/data for ad hoc requests to engineering and management customers for data analysis i.e. cycle time, outs, moves (wafer), cost, person/wafer, scrap yield. Provided analysis for root cause if goals were not met. Met with management to determine production and proto goals for build, yield, outs, and cycle time.
• Updated internal web server to provide visibility to our overseas partners (Singapore, Ireland, Puerto Rico)~enabling them to establish their build plans based on our cycle time and throughput. Served as I.T. support for our local group. Facilitated and assessed training to peers for web based metrics reporting which helped develop the business environment.
• Experience gathering information from multiple sources, reconciling conflicts, and decomposing high-level information into details.
• MS Project experience, managing project plans
• Strong analytical and project management skills including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into requirements while keeping traceability through testing
• Experience using content management tools (i.e., SharePoint, etc.)
• Experience with MS Office tools (Excel, Visio, Word, PowerPoint); business and release deliverables.process management systems; requirement management systems; test management systems
• Resolved issues relating to COE trouble (common operating environment), LAN issues, shared printer issues, Microsoft application problems, connectivity issues with servers, databases, new software or hardware upgrades, ensuring a dependable flow of activity.~
• Review Pen (Ink Jet Cartridges) Test capacity against master build schedule, identify deltas.
Provided tooling, floor space, headcount targets based on capacity, schedule for Pen test to eliminate redundancies and cost overtures. Provided support for factory production control planning, scheduling as well as test metrics (i.e. safety, quality, cost, productivity) to management to efficiently run operations within budget constraints.
Based in Corvallis, Planned and anticipated technology development R&D life cycle planning and proto type build planning. Developed build plan template and technology roadmaps. Directed facility capital asset procurement process and the implementation and distribution of sophisticated electronic analytical control devices. Built solid customer – vendor relationship base, and expanded established product lines with new technologies, Ink Jet contributed to 65%+ of the company’s total income.
Coordinator/Planner (Ink Jet Business Unit)
-Provided tooling, floor space, headcount targets based on capacity, schedule for Pen test.
-Provided support for factory production control planning, scheduling. Provided Pen Test metrics (i.e. safety, quality, cost productivity)~Provided test schedules for all products built in Corvallis and Boise for Manufacturing tests.
Michelangelo’s Italian Eatery
July 2015- Current
Lead Kitchen Cook
Provide meals to patrons in accordance with the standards set forth by ownership.
Restlawn Memory Gardens and Funeral Home
June 2009-June 2011
Manager / Family Service Counselor
Met with families and individuals to provide guidance regarding arrangements for burial/cremation in both At-Need and Pre-Need situations. Managed the Gresham, OR facility including all employees and grounds crews.
Roy L Houck Construction, Inc., Salem Oregon
Aug. 2005-April 2006
Estimator
• Review plans & specifications
• Prepared detailed cost estimates
• Reviewed sub quotes & material prices
• Prepared written proposals, ~10-20 per month
• Prepared Erosion, Pollution & Traffic Control Plans
• Interacted with customers regarding bid costs
• Prepared and coordinated schedule for Hwy. 22 job for ODOT
IKON Office Solutions, Salem Oregon
Nov 2002-Feb. 2004
Account Executive
• Outside sales in a business to business environment
• Seek out new opportunities as well as call on and maintain an existing client base
• Responsible for development and execution of account strategies
• Duties included conducting customer appointments, performing product demonstrations, developing written sales proposals, conducting customer follow-up and negotiating close of sale
• Coordinate and manage resources to meet customer needs
Education, coursework and training classes:
• Columbia Christian College 1987-1991~~~Business Management
• Visual Basic 5, SQL, entire MS Office Suite, Visio, proficient with both Windows and Mac platforms
• Project Management~Fundamentals Training Course via HP
• Interleaf and Workstream (manufacturing software)
• Process of Management(HP)
• Kepner-Tergoe Complex Problem Solving
• Communication, Connectivity & Power (HP)
• Teamworks I & II (HP)
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