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IT professional with extensive experience in the Financial, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing & Credit Card Industries, creating innovative solutions for complex projects and technology integration. Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative data analysis, data evaluation, impact analysis and trend and error evaluation. Strengths include advanced problem solving, technical, multitasking, communication and presentation skills.
IT professional with extensive experience in the Financial, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing & Credit Card Industries, creating innovative solutions for complex projects and technology integration. Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative data analysis, data evaluation, impact analysis and trend and error evaluation. Strengths include advanced problem solving, technical, multitasking, communication and presentation skills.
1. MARY K. DOBBS
8 E. Randolph, #2703, Chicago, IL 60601 Cell: 312.479.1533 mkd083@gmail.com
Qualifications
Results-focused professional offering ten years of success in Project Coordination, business analysis,
customer service and Release Management. Works well under pressure in multi-tasking environments,
leading high-performing teams and making sound decisions to drive on-time project
completion. Dynamic team player; interacts effectively with both sales staff and project teams. Detail-
oriented and resourceful, with demonstrated abilities in identifying problems and resolving
escalations. Clearly and effectively communicates ideas to diverse audiences. Quick to learn and apply
new concepts and technologies.
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
· Remedy· Hummingbird · Microsoft Office Communicator·
Lotus Notes · Microsoft Visio · Microsoft SharePoint · Microsoft FrontPage· SPEED ·Oracle · Softrax ·
Onyx
Professional Experience
APEX SYSTEMS INC. (KAISER PERMENTE) – PORTLAND, OR 1/2009 – 9/2009
Release Analyst/Project Coordinator
Key Results:
Responsible for the overseeing of release activities which included working directly with Project Manager
and other team members to obtain statistics and provide results.
Acted as a liaison between Developers, Testers and Production Support teams.
Worked with project team and developers to migrate code throughout environments.
Managed requests to unlock releases in production and non-production environments
Created release schedules in Remedy and ensured SOX compliancy on all Remedy tickets.
Provided managers with ad hoc report requests.
Responsible for developing ways to enhance and improve efficiency in the release management
processes using.
Used Visio to chart processes for presentation to upper management.
Access database used on a daily basis to release code into the testing environment.
Used Microsoft office (Excel and word) on a daily basis.
Used Lotus Notes daily.
Created weekly dashboards as a way to chart the project team’s process for upper management.
IESOLUTIONS (DAIMLER NORTH AMERICA) – PORTLAND, OR 8/2008 – 11/2008
Project Coordinator
Key Results:
Responsible for all on-boarding and phase-out of consultants and contract employees.
Managed financials for monthly/quarterly/year-end reporting as well as forecasting using Excel database.
Managed all T&E of Project employees to assure compliance with SOW and track burn rate (via Excel).
Planned off site events and meetings for cbFC project.
Worked with IT to insure that all employees entering the project had access company systems that they
needed to be successful (via Remedy).
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2. Managed all space planning for project and coordinated with facilities department to insure a successful
outcome.
Used all Microsoft office products on a daily basis (spreadsheets & presentations) with the exception of
Outlook. Daimler’s email program was Lotus Notes
TRIAD TECHNOLOGY GROUP (KRONOS) – PORTLAND, OR 4/2008 – 7/2008
Project Coordinator
Key Results:
Tracked the build inventory for releases across environments at the appropriate level of detail
to show the deployment status. This included tracking the initial Build Tickets and creating/managing
subsequent Change Requests (CRs) for tracking the builds across the different environments.
Tracked changes to environments that affected the Security releases: e.g. promotion paths, environment
and application dependencies for builds, infrastructure changes within environments using Microsoft
Project.
Assisted with deployment schedule tracking for Security releases with QA and release teams.
Validated that the release components were properly documented – eg. Release Notes reflecting release
content.
Made changes to Release Plan as needed.
Active member of Agile Scrum Team for Systems Department Projects.
Daily use of Microsoft Office – Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio and Project.
MINDLANCE (INTEL CORPORATION) – HILLSBORO, OR 4/2007 – 1/2008
Project Coordinator
Key Results:
Input data into SPEED, including creating items, updating Bill of Materials (BOM), engineering change
orders (ECO), and assigning rights, roles, and projects; supported engineers with SPEED issues.
Confirmed compliance with corporate change management processes within the business unit by
managing process development teams (PDTs) and BOM scrubs.
Managed computer-aided design (CAD) programs by completing design for excellence (DFx) reviews,
fabrication plant (FAB) tape outs, maintaining databases, and driving release processes.
Microsoft Office used daily. This included the following; Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, Visio.
ADECCO (XEROX CORPORATION) – WILSONVILLE, OR 3/2006 – 3/2007
Data Systems Specialist
Key Results:
Managed the monthly presentation of project metrics to update management regarding the cost
expenditures, part order status, and outstanding issues of particulate project builds. This was done by
building charts and grafts within Excel and importing them into PowerPoint presentations.
Analyzed BOM modules and updated them as needed within the NPI (New Product Introduction) system
and by using Excel to build spreadsheets.
Liaison between the solid ink division and the legal department developing and managing tooling
agreements between Xerox and designated suppliers.
Managed weekly training sessions with different departments and SQEs to enable ongoing education of
employees in their areas of expertise.
Conducted weekly meetings with suppliers to foster open communication with suppliers, maintain
inventory levels, and meet project deadlines.
Used Microsoft word, Outlook, Excel, Visio and SharePoint on a daily basis.
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3. KELLY SERVICES (INTEL CORPORATION)– BEAVERTON, OR 9/2005 – 3/2006
RoHS Project Specialist
Key Results:
Analyzed BOMs for compliance with RoHS standards. Continually analyzed processes and procedures to
identify opportunities for incremental improvements.
Provided management with weekly reports on team workflow. Developed Visio flowcharts to document
process flow for suppliers’ declaration of compliance (SDOC), ensuring standardization among team
members.
Managed the team’s project queue to maintain up-to-date awareness of the timeline of what projects
were being worked, when they were due, and the time it took to complete them. This was done via
Excel.
Used Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and SPEED (Intel specific) on a daily basis.
FEI COMPANY – HILLSBORO, OR 8/2004 – 5/2005
Sr. Customer Service Representative
Key Results:
Prioritized and managed customer inquiries and service calls to ensure superior customer service.
Maintained an internal website that provided service engineers with current forms, company information,
and database reports.
Managed overall corporate cost controls by tracking monthly expenses and managing outstanding
orders.
Oversaw the monthly payment of online invoices to core vendors, including IBM, Texas Instruments,
Hewlett-Packard, and Hitachi, maintaining days sales outstanding (DSO) within reasonable public
company standards.
Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word) used on a daily basis.
TRIPWIRE – PORTLAND, OR 8/2000 – 4/2004
Sales Order Administrator
Key Results:
Ensured order requirements were obtained prior to processing purchase orders, Internet orders, and
annual support renewal orders for computer security software. Generated and fulfilled software product
license keys for customers.
Coordinated with all support functions, including sales and finance/accounting, to optimize company
target goals and ensure regulatory compliance.
Documented processes and managed the integrity of the CRM database, configuring products and
processing sales orders using GreatPlains, Softrax, and Onyx.
Assisted with the inventory transition of product revisions and upgrades, managing inventory levels with
the fulfillment house to ensure adequate inventory for customer orders. This was accomplished via Excel
spreadsheets – pivot tables, v-lookup, etc.
Microsoft Office was used on a daily basis along with CRM tool (Goldmine, Onyx) and Oracle Financial
software.
Education
LINFIELD COLLEGE – MCMINNVILLE, OR
Bachelor of Science in Business Management, 2003
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