Gayle.Parent.Resume.Projects
- 1. Gayle Parent 651-239-7972 14790 Dundee Ave, Apple Valley, MN 55124 [email protected] RelevantExperience Accomplished IT professional with more than 32 years providing results oriented leadership. Motivated with the technical expertiseand business acumen necessary to translatebusiness requirements and objectives into scalablesuccessful system solutions. Coached and mentored staff members includingperformancereviews Project planning,development & team building Define & articulateprojectstrategies leveragingcritical and creativethinking Strong analytical skills Excellent listeningskills,businessprocessmapping Flexible,dedicated team player Solid ability to prioritizeand multi-task Projects Target Corporation February 2014 – June 2015 Program Manager – IBM Tririga Enhancements Early adaptor – Agile methodology, SCRUM framework Product Owner Role representing all business areas/users providingrequirement validation and projectstatus Continuous backlogrefinement with onshore and offshore development resources Facilitatedaily Agile/Scrumplanningmeetings defininggoals in partnership with SCRUM master Established compatibility with third party software products by developing program for configuration or business process change Performed critical evaluation of complexities and rootcauses Target Corporation February 2012 – February 2014 Program Manager – IBM Tririga Integration – Implementation Delivered a complete capital projectmanagement solution for Target Properties (Market Analysis,Real Estate, Construction,Architecture, Engineering, Store Planning,Financial and BuildingServices) Delivered necessary integration supporting user authentication,financial transactions and sourcedata in a vendor hosted model Optimized scheduleutilizingparallel development paths and sub-teams to meet established timelinesupportingsunsetof non-supported technologies Utilized a modified waterfall approach Focused on aligningpackagedelivery with only supported configurations versus customization Collaborated in partnership with business areasto achieveprioritization to deliver requirements with the highest business value whilemanaging to an unexpected budget constraint Delivered communication to stakeholders regardingproductgoals and progress
- 2. Page 2 Assessed the impacton current business processes on users and stakeholders for use in risk mitigation Target Corporation June 2009 - February 2012 Program Manager Manhattan Software Vendor evaluation and RFP exploration with market leaders for capital program management software Facilitated a proof of concept approach for evaluation of software supporting Target Properties capital projectmanagement Analysis phaseleveraged documenting as-is and to-be processes with multiple business areas (MarketAnalysis,Real Estate, Construction,Architecture, Engineering, Store Planning, Procurement, Financial and BuildingServices) with over 300 documented business processes Business process focus on normalizing“projectmanagement activities” to include location and projectmanagement, contracts,change orders and invoices Drove assessmentof business valueusingoutof the box software with minimal configuration Helped drivedecision to continue product selection efforts based on identified fit- gaps Target Corporation February 2004 – June 2009 Group Leader - Meridian Systems Performed project management for multiplepointsolutions identified requiring custom build usinga waterfall approach (Marketanalysis,Location/building information,Store planning) and necessary integration allowingfinancial transactions to the book of record and in supportof sourceof truth end user reporting. Provided analysiswithin a highly customized softwaresolution with complex integrations Updated existingintegrations to support corporateERP initiatives (Lawson GLto SAP Responsiblefor business supportorganization for 6000+internal and external users Evaluated ongoingbusiness requests for small releasepackages Delivered business valueprovidingcomplex analysisof impacts providingbusiness process changeversus system change where appropriate Utilized a formal changemanagement process Communicated to stakeholders and impacted supportorganizations Target Corporation February 2001 – February 2004 Sr. Business Analyst - Ariba Buyer Full cycleprojectcompletion with implementation of a requisition process for a largescalestoreenvironment, a largeuser baseof procurement professionalsand the vendor community Requisitions,purchaseorders,contracts,invoices were transmitted electronically between Target indirect and the vendor community usingthe Ariba network Sunset existingmainframe application leveraginghigh volume EDI transactions
- 3. Page 3 Worked closely with Software Vendor to resolve a largevariety of ongoingdefects Target Corporation February 1999 – February 2001 Business Analyst - Indirect Technology Landscape Consolidation Participation in a largescaleprocess and tool study for Target Indirectareas facilitated by PriceWaterhouse Coopers Key player in the standup of business representatives (10) to facilitatea significant reduction of 175+ identified tools supportinga largescalestorebuild program Multipleyear program generated Immediate spinoff projects (15+) running in parallel in supportof all impacted systems and users Size (6000+) of user basedemanded select representation across businessareas and frequent key communication updates Performed project planningfor future efforts addressingcustomized point solutions