Deborah E Lewis
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53209
**************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
I am a professional data and management expert.
SKILLS
I have mastered reviewing policy and procedures related to Business Processes and Data Management to help accomplish business success. Computer management and installation. Fiscal management and budget forecasting. Staff management and scheduling. Network Administration with Microsoft services. Database entry verification and monitoring. Chief Information Management officer for Milwaukee Police Department and Application Information. Manager of Milwaukee County.
WORK EXPERIENCE
7/2010 to 6/2011
City Of Milwaukee Police Department
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Information Management
• Assign and review the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers.
• Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements.
• Control operational budget and expenditures.
• Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.
• Develop computer information resources, providing for data security and control, strategic computing, and disaster recovery.
• Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.
• Evaluate data processing proposals to assess project feasibility and requirements.
• Evaluate the organization's technology use and needs and recommend improvements, such as hardware and software upgrades.
• Manage backup, security and user help systems.
• Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
• Prepare and review operational reports or project progress reports.
• Provide users with technical support for computer problems.
• Purchase necessary equipment.
• Recruit, hire, train and supervise staff, or participate in staffing decisions.
• Review and approve all systems charts and programs prior to their implementation.
• Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.
• Stay abreast of advances in technology.
1/1995 to 4/2008
Milwaukee County
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Data Application Manager
• Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
• Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
• Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan computer specifications and layouts, and peripheral equipment modifications.
• Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design system and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
• Consult with customers about software system design and maintenance.
• Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure specifications are met.
• Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.
• Determine system performance standards.
• Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.
• Modify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance.
• Obtain and evaluate information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, and security needs to determine hardware configuration.
• Recommend purchase of equipment to control dust, temperature, and humidity in area of system installation.
• Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.
• Supervise the work of programmers, technologists and technicians and other engineering and scientific personnel.
• Train users to use new or modified equipment.
CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, AWARDS
Six sigma green belt.