William H Plenge III
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Milford, NJ 08848 adzhms@r.postjobfree.com
Seasoned, forward-thinking IT Professional with 20+ years experience in creating and executing innovative technical solutions to enhance business productivity.
Career Highlights
Software Engineer
Dow Jones – South Brunswick, NJ (2020 - 2023)
●Supported various Data Groups/Data Scientists ad-hoc requests by loading data into tables and dataframes with PySpark and troubleshooting any issues
●Developed Python data pipelines to automate loading data sets into tables with Apache Airflow to automate CDC/ETL
●Utilized AWS CLI to transfer data files to various environments including EMR clusters
●Responsible for Production Support of Apache Airflow Data Pipelines into Data Platform with 100’s of users
Campaign Manager
Dow Jones – South Brunswick, NJ (2016 - 2020)
●Continued to Support Marketing Operations Group
●Maintained Campaign Production Support/SLAs
●Implemented data transfers using PGP/SFTP
●Performed Weekly “Bill File” QA and approval for WSJ & Barron’s
●Performed QA of all DM materials
Solutions Manager
Dow Jones – South Brunswick, NJ (September 2010 - 2016)
●Provided Technical Solutions for Marketing Operations Group
●Monitored Real-time Campaign Production Support/SLAs
●Managed and loaded sales leads into Salesforce.com creating Sales Opportunities for Sales Team
●Ran transactional Email campaigns for Marketing Operations
●Documented Technical Processes for marketing Operations
Customer Support Specialist/Trainer
UL Eduneering (formerly Kaplan Eduneering) - Princeton, NJ (2008 - 2010)
●Supported customers of the LMS Compliancewire.com In All Technical Operations
●Trainer for new Administrators of the LMS
●Documented platform bugs and worked with engineers to deploy fixes
Technical Analyst, Strategic Accounts
C3I – Morris Plains, NJ (October 2003 - 2008)
●Provided End to End Support for Pharma Salesforce
●Met or exceeded call performance Service-Level Agreement (SLA) standards
●Documented technical procedural documentation and environments
Owner/Manager
Curmudgeon Records – Somerville, NJ (1994 - 2010)
●Managed the business case development, inventory procurement, opening and day to day management of three retail music stores
●Developed and maintained inventory database, on-line purchasing, payroll, tax reporting and all operational systems
●Managed human resources including hiring, scheduling and payroll
Client Support Specialist
WINDSOFT, Denville, NJ (now StayInFront) (1995 - 1998)
●Updated and maintained client databases
●Responsible for client field and office helpdesk calls
●Prepared custom reports for clients
●Tested sales force automation software
●Tested and loaded client data into replacement hardware
Manager – Hardware Department
WINDSOFT, Denville, NJ (now StayInFront) (1986-1995)
●Coordinated software and hardware rollouts for pharmaceutical clients such as Hoffman La Roche, GD Searle, Marion Labs, 3M Riker and Knoll Labs
●Managed same-down turnaround SLA on field replacement units
●Developed hardware testing, loading and quality control procedures
●Supervised and performed repairs and warranty/non-warranty exchanges
●Maintained inventory of shipping, receiving and hardware
●Maintained hardware inventory
●Coordinated repair center with Helpdesk and client support teams
●Produced departmental operational reports
●Performed hardware field service calls to the client
Professional Skills
●Microsoft Office/Access/Outlook/Windows
●Siebel 1st and 2nd Tier Support
●AWS CLI/BASH
●Python
●Pyspark
●Apache Airflow
●Jira
●Unica Affinium
●Action IQ (AIQ)
●SQL
●Extensive experience with hardware troubleshooting and repair
●Experience with software testing and troubleshooting, QA and production support
Salesforce.com
Education
College
●Raritan Valley Community College (2 years)
●Morris County Community College (2 years)
Interests
Hiking, camping and travel, home repairs & gardening, reading, history & music.