PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Experience Unlimited, Corona, California                                                    January, 2009 – Present
Nonprofit; Human Resources Organization
Business Analyst 
Develop and teach workshops using PowerPoint. Arrange speakers for general meetings. Develop requirements to update legacy application using Access and Excel for tracking and reporting client information. Provide support for database and SQL development.
Tools Used: MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, MS Excel, MS SQL Server 2005.
 
Smile Care Family Dentistry, Santa Ana, California                         August, 2006 – January, 2009
A privately held healthcare & insurance company
Programmer
Reported to the Chief Information Officer.  Manipulated large volumes of data using MS Access and MS Excel import/export capabilities.  Interfaced with clients, peers, vendors, and management to plan projects, develop timelines, ensure stakeholder buy-in, and establish a strategy for project completion.  
- Reduced data migration costs by 27% while substantially increasing data integrity through the implementation of a new methodology to transfer data from legacy application to web interface databases.
Tools Used:  ASP, HMTL, SQL Server 2005, MS Access, VBScript, JavaScript, Dreamweaver, WIndows XP/NT

Compucal Business Services, Corona, California                                 May, 2005 – August, 2006
A privately held business consulting firm
Business Analyst
Worked with business owners to develop business plan, set up computer equipment, install QuickBooks and set up accounting for business, target new customer base, and determine costs and resource requirements for proposed project.
Tools Used: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project, QuickBooks

MEDATA, INC., Tustin, California                                                             February, 2005 – May, 2005
A privately held healthcare company
Interim Programming Manager
Reported to the Chief Information Office and managed a staff of 10 developers.  Selected IT staff, allocated budget, and coordinated with management, staff and vendors on project issues and status.    
- Saved an estimated annual cost of $25,000 by implementing new project tracking software package that increased operational efficiencies in multiple divisions throughout the company
Tools Used:   COBOL, Project Tracking Software, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, Dreamweaver, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, and Windows XP/NT
 
ISD Corporation, Corona, California                                                    April, 1999 – February, 2005
A privately held judicial software development company
Senior Programmer Analyst
Reported to the Director of Technical Services & Database Administration and managed a staff of between 4 and 20 project team members depending on complexity of project.   Developed solutions to address process imperfections in judicial software for a Civil Justice Management program.    Prepared and delivered client presentations.
- Led major $2M project with a 10 member team adopting best practices from the development lifecycle methodologies including estimation, planning, resource assignments and quality assurance for Civil Case Management.
- Achieved FIRST California state-wide certification of court and criminal justice software
Tools Used: MS Project, COBOL, Visual Basic, Perl, ASP, HTML, UNIX, Oracle 8i, SourceSafe, MS Office, VBScript, JavaScript, Windows 9X/XP/NT
 
Keane, Inc., San Dimas, California                                                       October, 1997 – March, 1999
A privately held project management consulting firm
Senior Principal Consultant                                                             
Reported to the Program Manager of ADP, Inc. and managed a team of 20 to 40 members specializing in quality assurance testing.   Scheduled task assignments and supervise staff to achieve all project goals.   Directed complex technical effort, monitored work plans, schedules, and project milestones.  Developed and reviewed software test cases and test plans.  Set up multiple, specialized testing environments. 
- Completed project two months ahead of schedule, under budget, and far exceeding client expectations
Tools Used:  COBOL, DB2, Changeman, Winrunner
 
Maxim Group, LLC, Gardena, California                                             March, 1997 – October, 1997
A privately held project management consulting firm
Principal Consultant
Reported to the Vice President and CIO of Walt Disney Worldwide, Inc.   Directed a project team charged with delivery of major business process reengineering initiative.    Developed project charter, scope statement and project management plan
Tools Used: MS-Project, COBOL, UNIX

 
EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
 
PMP Certification, PMP Number 474847, Expiration Date July, 2011
 
Master of Business Administration
Concentration in Information Technology Management
California Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
 
Bachelor of Business Administration
University of California, Riverside, California

Pamela J. Loree
Southern California
USA