Process Improvement Supply Chain
Resume:
Virginia Slavin
Process Improvement Specialist
Haslet, TX 76052
********@*****.***
Professional Summary
Ms. Slavin has 40+ years experience in software development and management across multiple industries. Starting at General Dynamics Fort Worth, she worked in various development environments including embedded, simulation and tool development. During this time she was also an assessment team member for several CMM assessments, and as a result became a Lead Assessor for CMM-SW. She has worked with Program Management achieving CMM Level 4, as well as having worked for the SEPG at a lower maturity company helping them to pursue and achieve a CMM Rating. While using the latest Process Improvement techniques and methodologies including Six Sigma and Lean, the cornerstone of her success has been in the measurement arena, which she feels is the most important building block of all improvement efforts. She was an authorized instructor for the Practical Systems Measurement methodology, and has excellent interpersonal, oral and written presentation skills. Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Supply Chain Data Analyst
Peraton-Fort Worth, TX
2013 to Present
• Power BI data reports based on the Procurement and Supply Chain data. Extremely knowledgeable in Excel, Power BI, DAX, and other data analysis tools such as Minitab. Currently completing my Data Analytics Certification from Google.
Regional Operations Analysis and Development
Hewlett Packard Enterprise-Fort Worth, TX
January 2012 to January 2013
• Identified and gathered data from throughout the Public Sector region in order to be able to answer ad- hoc queries and provide objective insights into their accounts, productivity, and profitability. Used Lean and Six Sigma practices to identify and implement productivity improvements. Repair Station Analyst
Recaro Aircraft Seating-Fort Worth, TX
2011 to 2012
Responsible for data collection, processing and analysis regarding Repair Station financials. Includes use of Excel and SAP for part ordering, tracking, and invoicing. Owner
SPIMatch.com, LLC-Fort Worth, TX
2010 to 2011
Started her own business with a desire to apply her knowledge and training in computer science, project management, and process improvement to the world of web development and search engine optimization. Since beginning, she has been able to develop web sites in several modes, including ecommerce, Wordpress, and basic sites, as well as comfort with using Google Analytics, PHP, MySQL, CSS, HTML, Javascript, jQuery, AJAX, Magento and ZenCart as well as the major Adobe development toolset including Dreamweaver and Fireworks.. Resident Affiliate, Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University-Fort Worth, TX
2008 to 2010
Member of the course development team for material that was to be used to train Lead Appraisers on understanding and identifying higher maturity methods when conducting appraisals. Ms Slavin's background, experience, and expertise was such that she was selected along with 3 others from outside of the SEI to participate in this development project. Expert Consultant
Q-Labs, Inc-Baltimore, MD
2005 to 2006
Ms Slavin provided process improvement and Six Sigma consulting to clients that were interested in improving their organizations. Her responsibilities involved discussing process improvement (PI) solutions with executive management, instructing technical employees on PI concepts, and teaching both public and private courses in PI topics
Senior Process Improvement Engineer
Software Productivity Consortium-Herndon, VA
2003 to 2005
Ms Slavin provided process improvement consulting to help clients improve their processes and apply CMM and CMMI in their organizations. She provided consulting in higher maturity measurement activities such as Statistical Process Control and Quantitative Management. She conducted training and workshops including Practical Software Measurement, Quality Modeling, Statistical Process Control Techniques, Software Estimation, and Quantitative Management workshops as well as Process Improvement through ROI Analysis. Ms Slavin has been a Lead Assessor for the SW-CMM, and has participated in CMMI appraisals as well.
Divisional Process Improvement Engineer
Abbott Labs, Inc-Las Colinas, TX
2000 to 2003
Ms Slavin was a founding member of the SEPG, implementing Level 2 and 3 KPAs in order to mature the software organization. She worked with projects to implement a basic measurement program both for the projects and organizationally to support Strategic Goals, as well as conducting baseline evaluations of the organization against CMM Level 2 KPAs in pursuit of Level 2 achievement. Project Manager, Software Developer
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics-Fort Worth, TX
1985 to 2000
Involved in many activities such as:
• Provided guidance and direction to fifteen software managers on the F-16 program while organization was involved in achieving CMM Level 4.
• conducted training, provided mentoring and support, and developed processes and working activities that helped the F-16 programs be successful in their attempt to achieve Level 4, particularly in the areas of Statistical Process Control and Quantitative Management.
• Created the companies Organizational Measurement Plan which was instrumental in their success both at reaching CMM Level 4 and obtaining future high-impact contracts.
• Supported managers in addressing coordination issues across the organization,
• Put in place mentoring programs to train new software
• Created and deployed an organization wide problem reporting system, using databases that were already in use on the different programs.
• Designed a company wide measurement
• F-22 Configuration Management engineer
• Avionics tools developer who worked on various compiler, debugger, CM, and other productivity tools,
• Operations Research support engineer modifying models for use in operations research modeling and simulations.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Louisiana Tech University - Ruston, LA
1985
Skills
• Analytics
• Microsoft Office
• Qlikview (3 years)
• Communication skills
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Microsoft Word
• Process improvement
• Excel (10+ years)
• Microsoft Outlook
• Data analysis skills
• Data visualization
• Microsoft Excel
• Analysis skills
• Power BI (10+ years)
Awards
Lockheed Star for Teamwork
November 1999
Corporate level award for Teamwork
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