Resume

Education

University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, MN
Curtis L. Carlson School of Management
Bachelor of Science in Business, May 2006
Management Information Systems, Supply Chain Management

Work Experience

General Mills – Golden Valley, MN
Software Developer/Analyst (January 2008 – Present)

  • Develop and support .NET applications for the Bakeries & Foodservice business unit in an agile development environment
  • Involved in all aspects of the SDLC including requirements gathering with the business team
  • Implemented system for retaining paper invoices electronically in SharePoint
  • Experience working with UI design, web services, ClickOnce deployment and NHibernate
  • Manage source code in Team Foundation Server and application deployment tasks
  • Support Business Objects based business intelligence reporting environment
  • Collaborate with a global development team on larger development projects
  • Administer SOX change controls and audit system changes weekly
  • Lead planning and execution of IS campus recruiting activities for the Carlson School of Management

General Mills – Golden Valley, MN
Desktop Support Analyst (August 2006 – December 2007)

  • Provided desktop support services to approximately 1,500 remote employees across Field Sales, International and Finance functions
  • Implemented a new IS support structure for expatriate employees
  • Upgraded approximately 600 PDAs for Field Sales employees over 2 months
  • Trained new Field Sales employees on PC and PDA use in classroom setting
  • Presented at IS campus recruiting events at the Carlson School of Management
  • Built leadership and presentation skills as a member in two Desktop technical committees

Carlson School of Management – Minneapolis, MN
Information Technology Specialist (September 2005 – May 2006)

Cargill Salt – Minnetonka, MN
IT Associate Intern (May 2005 – August 2005)

  • Implemented new processes for tracking active/inactive user accounts and improving communication between the Help Desk and Human Resources
  • Contributed to root cause analysis projects aimed at eliminating support issues
  • Created business process flowcharts using Visio and trained others on Visio use
  • Configured shipping PCs for salt distribution sites and revised PC setup documentation

Technical Skills

Languages: VB/ASP.NET, SQL, Java, HTML/CSS, XML

Concepts: Object-oriented programming, SDLC, n-tier architecture, search engine optimization, unit testing

Software: Visual Studio, Office, Business Objects, Oracle, Apache, IIS, WordPress, Google Analytics, Adobe Photoshop, HP Quality Center, Remedy, Tidal

Systems: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

Reading

Here are several books I am reading to stay current and continue learning

Community Involvement

Awards

  • Won a General Mills Excellence in Technology award in 2009 for work on a new trade payment processing system for the Bakeries & Foodservice business unit
  • Nominated for a General Mills Excellence in Technology award in 2008 for implementing a new IS support structure for expatriate employees
  • Named to the University of Minnesota Dean’s List in Fall 2003, 2004 and Spring 2005, 2006
  • Awarded the Gopher State scholarship by the University of Minnesota in 2002