Project Sales

Aidan S. Jones

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PROFILE

Solutions consultant with experience managing mid to large size projects, producing business case scenarios and assisting sales in delivering a variety of customer focused initiatives involving data enhancement and modeling strategies. Extensive experience as Business Analyst with success in the planning, deployment and support of processes, policies, procedures and technologies in fulfillment of changing enterprise requirements. Communicates concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences and asks probing questions, draws valid conclusions to secure needed information and identify risks. Understands full life cycle project management and are competent using latest methodologies.

Business Analytics

UAT Testing

Process Improvement

Requirements Gathering

Automation/Upgrades

BI Solutions

Business Continuity

Application Installation

System Planning

Access/Risk Control

Regulatory Compliance

SDLC

Forecasting

Oracle Database Management

Web Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BASF CORPORATION, RTP, NC 2000-2010

IT Project Planning Analyst (2005-2010)

Managed projects involving Senior Management, Regulators, Auditors, Programmers, and Database Managers to deliver internal and external IT Sarbanes-Oxley audit compliance. Partnered with Senior Management regarding yearly IT project budget forecasting, approval, and allocation tracking. Developed IT applications and processes partnering with the Business User to replace paper based processes with web based applications.

Recruited and managed team that delivered on-time a multi-million dollar system to meet a U.S. Government, Sarbanes-Oxley mandated auditing system for certification of BASF’s annual financial statement.

Created process narratives and flowcharts, effective and efficient test plans, and performed annual audit using spreadsheets and SAP database reducing annual IT business costs by improved efficiencies.

Coordinated with Business Users, Application Information Owners, Development, Risk Management and Audit to identify, analyze, document and prioritize business needs into system requirements ensuring improved practices, faster application implementations, and increased productivity by five percent per year.

BI solutions team member upgrading the corporate data warehouse, and using Cognos as a data management and delivery tool. The project increased productivity by providing improved tools for business analytics, dashboards, and reporting for use by management.

Managed the IT Application Development group’s three year project forecasting plan in order to ensure that client projects were funded and within budget. A ninety percent project funding and completion rate was achieved by monthly monitoring of budgets and project status.

Presented business plans for the approval to fund, on average, 20 project proposals per year for new initiates ranging up to $150,000. On average 75 percent of the business plans were approved and the projects were completed on time and within budget.

Documented policies and procedures; prepared user manual for Application Information Owners; managed transition of application access administration from business into centralized IT.

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Created test scripts, conducted UAT testing and validated post-production releases for web-based retail access request system; documented defects; resolved problems with developers and business users ensuring a one hundred percent implementation rate.

Created, tested, and approved new applications for automated installation to the client business machine.

Assisted in business continuity planning, site moves, logistics, and infrastructure changes with a one hundred percent success rate while reducing costs by replacing old equipment and infrastructure.

Information Analyst (2000-2005)

Planned and managed projects to develop novel web based applications to improve business processes and research goals at BASF.

Managed 3 projects per year in the development of web based applications to improve productivity for Marketing, Sales, Human Resources, and Operations by implementing sections of CRM, and an improved bulk manufacturing inspection process.

Developed business plans, project plans, requirements, test plans, and user guides with an application implementation rate of seventy five percent based on user acceptance.

AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, PARSIPPANY, NJ (1996-2000)

Business Analyst (1999-2000)

Reviewed business needs, developed requirements, reviewed solutions and implemented a solution to meet the client needs.

Key contributor to support team formed to develop and implement a division website using Visual Basic.

Account Manager (1998-1999)

Support lead between the IT department and Human Resources.

Analyzed requests, provided input as to business initiatives and interacted with IT partners to successfully deliver appropriate solution

Key contributor to the Division’s IT Disaster Recovery plan and procedures.

Served as the lead contact for testing of all PC recovery procedures.

Help Desk Analyst (1996-1998)

Key contributor of employees who performed upgrades on 350 field PCs for secure remote access; set record for returning upgraded PCs to field sales force.

Developed upgrade, instillation, repair, and testing process and procedures reducing a PCs downtime improving productivity and customer relationship.

Responsible for trouble shooting hardware and software difficulties for both internal and field sales clients.

EDUCATION

B.S., Management of Information Systems, Ramapo College of NJ, Mahwah, NJ, 1998

AFFILIATIONS

Rotary International

Paul Harris Fellow

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