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Rod
rgarrison690@gmail.com
205-441-0462
Merriam, KS 66203
Contract Senior consultant/project manager/lead
27 years experience W2
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Summary

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  • 20+ years of IT experience with the majority being in Project and Management roles came up through the ranks.
  • Managed internal and matrix teams of two to several hundred IT professionals in projects ranging from three months to several years in duration
  • Proficient in all phases of software development lifecycle (SDLC) Excel in cross functional implementation plan development, maintenance and execution
  • Ability to work with all levels of management and IT professionals to develop successful systems.
  • Mediated discussions and linked business needs to technical solutions
  • Proficient at creating and implementing company and departmental procedures.
  • Consistently developed all phases of Quality Assurance, defining all testing environments, SIT, UAT, release, upgrade and implementation testing.

Experience
Education
Iowa Western Community College
Bellevue College
Certifications
PMP others
Metropolitan Community College Omaha, Nebraska, Financial Investment License, TESOL/TEFL teachers ce
and Training
Oracle DBA Masters Certification, PowerBuilder
Oracle Financials Applications PowerBuilder Mastering DataWindows
Oracle New Features for Administrators PowerBuilder Performance Tuning and Techniques
Oracle Backup and Recovery Pathway
Oracle Symmetric Replication NonStop SQL
Oracle Data Modeling and Design Databases Tandem
Oracle DBA Administer 1 Tandem SQL Series (8 classes)
Oracle Tuning and Troubleshooting Data Communications Concepts
Oracle PL/SQL Tacl Command Language and Tacl Programming
Requestor/Server with Tal Concepts and Facilities
Tandem Multi LAN/WAN distributed systems (Cloud)
IT Consultant
Performs tasks of IT Consultant, IT Management, IT Project Management, Team Lead, Systems Design, Da
Managed staffs of 2100 plus
Budgets of 20 million plus
Defined processes and procedures for companies entire Information Technology needs improving functio
Designed and implemented project management systems for several companies
with cost saving of hundreds of thousands. (20+ years)
Managed entire staffs, on shore and off shore, and all functions of the IT departments. (20+ Years)
Managed budgets, vender agreements (both hardware and software) relations, contracts and Maintenance
Managed relations from both the business and technology, translating into understandable dialog for
20+ Years
Managed client facing relations and preformed presentations to clients, stake holders and upper Mana
Covid 19 Albuquerque NM
The State Governor shut down everything because of Covid19 and all the jobs in the state ceased
I got layoff due to covid when the Governor shutdown the state
I moved to Overland Park KS. No jobs here because of covid
Skills
Program Management
2022
25
Project Management
2021
24
Data Warehousing
1997
1
DBA
1997
1
eCommerce Strategies
1997
1
General Ledger
1997
1
HP QC
1997
1
Microsoft Excel
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1
MS Excel
0
1
Oracle
1997
1
Project Planning
1997
1
Quality Assurance
0
1
SAP
1997
1
System Design
1997
1
Waterfall
1997
1