Tina Samaniego has over 20 years of experience in project management, data integration, business analysis, and application development support. She is currently a Project Manager at Happy Health Hub – Kaplan University where she designs newsletters, contributes content, and manages research analysts. Previously, she held several roles managing data integration, business requirements documentation, customization of EDI files, and client onboarding at logistics and manufacturing companies. Samaniego also has experience managing API integrations and serving as an account manager for clients of a financial technology company. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Health and Wellness and is a certified health coach and personal trainer.

1. TINA M. SAMANIEGO
 Lake in the Hills, IL  tinamsamaniego@gmail.com 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROJECT MANAGER March 2016 - PRESENT
HAPPY HEALTH HUB – KAPLAN UNIVERSITY
 Design and publish weekly newsletter;
 Proofread article submissions;
 Newsletter content contributor;
 Manage research project analysts.
OWNER/HEALTH COACH AND PERSONAL TRAINER January 2007 - PRESENT
BODY BY HELLCAT
 Provide nutrition and fitness counseling;
 Design meal and exercise plans;
 Provide personaltraining and small group fitness training;
 Provide result-oriented life-style programs.
DATA INTEGRATION MANAGER October 2014 – PRESENT
LOGISTICS Wauconda,IL
 Manage all aspects ofdata integration for each division of the business;
 Manage integration team and business priorities;
 Manage data communication;
 UAT testing for all completed on-boarding customers;
 Work with business intelligent to write business requirement documents to customize EDI files;
 Propose solutions based on best practices as well as the client's individual requirements;
 Write EDI documentation for company document types.
BUSINESS ANALYST May 2013 – Oct 2014
MANUFACTURER Hoffman Estates, IL
 Provide EDI application support to global Customer Service Team and Compliance Team;
 On-board existing EDI customers from Microsoft Navision/Lanham to Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010;
 UAT testing for all completed on-boarding customers;
 Work with clients to write business requirement documents to customize EDI files;
 Propose solutions based on best practices as well as the client's individual requirements;
 Write EDI documentation for company document types;
 Train Jr. Team members with BizTalk Party setup and client on-boarding testing.
TECHNICAL CONSULTANT July 2012 – May 2013
KFORCE Chicago, IL
 Client’s primary technical contact and works with the Client’s IT team to ensure the Client’s existing interface
files and reports are rebuilt or replaced with standard files as a part of the migration;
 To ensure quality, test the files/reports to ensure they are correct before go-live;
 Review product functionality and standard offerings to determine if they can meet client needs ;
 Understand and document client staging requirements;
 Work with clients to write business requirement documents for customobjects;
 Propose solutions based on best practices as well as the client's individual requirements;
 Work with UAT (and QA) testing teams to be sure that client’s requirements are thoroughly tested.

2. API INTEGRATION MANAGER/PROJECT MANAGER May 2007 – April 2012
TRADING TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Chicago, IL
 Managed Client FIX application integrations, assisting with architecting programs to work with TT’s FIX
Adapter;
 Develop and maintain productive working relationships, collaboration and communication with client project
sponsors and stakeholders;
 Oversee project plans, project scope,schedules,resource estimates, and status reporting;
 Manage all dependencies throughout the project timeline to ensure expected application results within the client
timeline expectations;
 Maintain project plan, Visio diagrams and documentation;
 Manage development support staffwith regard to high-level troubleshooting issues and inquiries;
 Coordinating and developing presentations throughout the lifecycle of the project for development and project
teams;
 Assist the customer with implementation accuracy and planning.
SR. APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT ANALYST October 2004 – May 2007
TRADING TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Chicago, IL
APPLICATION SUPPORT ANALYST/TEAM LEAD November 2001 – October 2004
TRADING TECHNOLOGIES Chicago, IL
GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL OPERATIONS September 1999 – June 2001
TRADING TECHNOLOGIES Chicago, IL
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, HEALTH AND WELLNESS 2014 - 2016
KAPLAN UNIVERSITY Chicago, IL
Magna Cum Laude
CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH 2013
INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE NUTRITION NYC, NY
CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER 2012 - Present
SCW
VARIOUS OTHER FITNESS RELATED CERTIFICATIONS 2010-PRESENT
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 1996 - 1999
DEVRY Chicago, IL
Maintained 4.0 GPA
COMPUTER SCIENCE 1993 - 1994
OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE Skokie, IL