Consultant/Project Manager at Independent Consulting
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Consultant/Project Manager at Independent Consulting
- Past
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- Project Manager at Rapid Solutions Group
- Director at CJS Consulting Services Group
- Manager of Integrated Solutions at Senco, Inc.
- Director of ECommerce Solutions at Moore Corporation
- Director at CJS Consulting Services Group
- Asst. VP Systems Development at PNC Mortgage (NKA Wamu) and f/k/a Sears Mortgage
- Systems Liaison at Continental Bank
- Education
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- Harper College
- Illinois College
- University of Miami
- Wheeling High School
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Christy Chmielewski’s Summary
Information Technology Strategist with a solid background in project management and SLCM and SDLC, utilizing a variety of techniques from Waterfall to Agile/XP. Able to envision the final goal and map the route to achieve the final goal. Well versed in a variety of technologies, hardware platforms and Network topologies, from J2EE and .NET Web-enabled applications, to AS400 and Mainframe, and FrameRelay to TCP/IP, and the necessary technologies required for the various platforms to communicate to each other seamlessly.
In addition to being able to manage small to very large projects from the requirements gathering phases through to implementation, I am very aware of areas that must be addressed when developing systems, such as HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley, Disaster Recovery/Business Resumption Planning and Security.
Christy Chmielewski’s Specialties:
Critical Chain, Theory of Constraints, RAD, JAD, Agile/XP, Use Case, OO Process Mapping, DFD, Root Cause Analysis, UML, Gap Analysis, Risk Management, IT value
LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, WINS, DHCP, DNS, NFS, ISDN, DSL, T1, T3 & Frame Relay
Visual Basic, SQL, Java, C, C++, Cobol, HTML, Perl, J2EE, .Net, FrontPage, Dreamweaver
DOS, Windows, Unix, AIX, Sun Solaris, MVS
Access, Paradox, FoxPro, DB2, Sybase, Oracle 8I, MySQL, VSAM
Christy Chmielewski’s Experience
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Consultant/Project Manager
Independent Consulting
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2008 — Present (6 months)
Work with a variety of clients in the areas of: Project Management, DRP/BRP, Best Practices development and training.
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Project Manager
Rapid Solutions Group
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Printing industry)
January 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 6 months)
Work with project sponsors and project teams to estimate, analyze, plan and implement a variety of projects. Main focus is on the company's web-based customer facing order management tool.
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Director
CJS Consulting Services Group
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2003 — 2007 (4 years)
Provided various clients with a variety of consulting and training services. Areas of expertise included: Web-enabled applications, Disaster Recovery and Business Resumption Planning and Best Practices for Java2E Development.
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Manager of Integrated Solutions
Senco, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year)
Developed the Integrated Solutions practice for Senco, Inc.. Handled all aspects with regard to advertising, trade shows, mentoring staff, client sales, best practices and on-site consulting assignments.
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Director of ECommerce Solutions
Moore Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; mcl; Printing industry)
1999 — 2002 (3 years)
Worked with business unit management, developers, vendors and clients in the development and ongoing support of all web-based customer facing order management applicaitons.
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Director
CJS Consulting Services Group
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1996 — 1999 (3 years)
Provided various clients with a variety of consulting and training services. Areas of expertise included: Web-enabled applications, Disaster Recovery and Business Resumption Planning and Best Practices for Java2E Development.
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Asst. VP Systems Development
PNC Mortgage (NKA Wamu) and f/k/a Sears Mortgage
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
1983 — 1996 (13 years)
Worked with Senior Management to identify and implement automated solutions for the varios business units. Managed the Mainframe and Client Sever-based applicaiton development units. Handled all aspects with regard to annual planning, budgeting, hiring, firing, best practices, etc.
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Systems Liaison
Continental Bank
(Banking industry)
May 1977 — April 1982 (5 years)
Acted as Liaison between Corporate IT and the mortgage lending group of Continental Bank.
Christy Chmielewski’s Education
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Harper College
Assoc., Information Technology, 1980 — 1982
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Illinois College
None, Finance, Accounting, 1973 — 1975
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University of Miami
1972 — 1973
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Wheeling High School
1968 — 1972
Additional Information
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Christy Chmielewski’s Interests:
Professional Interests New Technology of all kinds, New Project Management Techniques, Critical Chain, Theory of Constraints Personal Interests Sea Kayaking, Recreational Kayaking, Hiking, Camping, Reading Anything and Everything, Music, Photography, Silver Smithing, Painting, Fishing, Boating
Christy Chmielewski’s Groups:
PMI, Chicago Kayak Association, Wisconsin Association of Lakes, Walworth County Lake Association
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Theory of Constraints
Christy Chmielewski’s Contact Settings
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