Experienced ITAM, Operations, and Project/Contract Management Professional
Greater Milwaukee Area
- Past
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- Lead Contract Manager at Metso Minerals
- IT Asset Management at Miller Brewing Company
- Senior Project Coordinator at AT&T
- Project Coordinator at Aurora Health Care
- IT Asset Management at Jefferson Wells International
- Senior Help Desk Analyst at Snap On Tools
- Help Desk Analyst at Robert W. Baird
- Sales and Installation Technician at Super Shops, Inc.
- Education
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- University of Phoenix
- Milwaukee Area Technical College
- Cudahy Senior High School
- Waterford Union High School
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Derek Stolpa’s Summary
I have spent over the past 11 years in fortune 500 companies advancing my career towards leadership roles related to technology, procurement, and operations. My career path can best be described as from “hands-on” to strategic decision making roles, managing complete cradle-to-grave IT Asset Management (ITAM), IT Vendor Relations, and other Project Management and Process Improvement activities in various departments and industries from mall to large companies with domestic or international presence.
I believe rewarding careers are earned through hard work, dedication, and success in addition to making good business decisions, leading by example, and maintaining honesty and integrity.
I have a superior work ethic, a passion for technology, and the ability to work well under pressure focusing on solving problems, improving upon or developing processes, and working to make complicated matters less complicated and communicate with all members of organizations from the bottom up. Let me take your 3am phone call!
• Permanent Placement
• Contract-to-hire
• Long Term Contracts
• Travel
• Relocation
• Telecommuting
Email: d.stolpa@sbcglobal.net
Derek Stolpa’s Specialties:
Supplier Management * Business Analysis * Compliance Review * Contract Review * Capital and Expense Budget Management * Technical Support * Vendor Sourcing * Technical Support * Vendor Relations * Software License Compliance * IT Procurement * IT Asset Management - (ITAM) * Help Desk * Project Coordination * Process Improvement * Data Mining * Inventory Control * Quality Control * Supervisory * Management * Infrastructure * Contract Management * SAP
Derek Stolpa’s Experience
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Lead Contract Manager
Metso Minerals
(Public Company; Machinery industry)
June 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 1 month)
Contractor at Metso Minerals Waukesha, WI via Educated Solutions Corp.
Position eliminated 6/15/09 due to global economic conditions.
Responsible for facilitating weekly departmental meetings for status updates on active contracts as well as identifying areas for process improvement within our contracts department and proposal department. Created departmental policy and procedure manuals and flowcharts as well as preparing for ISO audits for compliance..
As a contract manager, I was responsible for managing large multi-million dollar global mining crusher contracts from order receipt through shipment. These contracts pertain to large cone and gyratory crushers, and the related automation product orders. This also included monitoring production progress, milestone invoicing, collections, developing monthly progress reports, updated manufacturing schedules, coordinating inspections, and sending/receiving engineering data and drawings between engineering houses. -
IT Asset Management
Miller Brewing Company
(Partnership; Consumer Goods industry)
July 2007 — February 2008 (8 months)
Consultant at Miller Brewing Co. Millwaukee, WI via KFORCE Professional Staffing.
Consulting role prior to the MillerCoors joint venture charged with analyzing and designing IT asset management best practices surrounding IT related hardware, software, blackberry, cell phone, and technical support services. Delivered enhanced communications to the internal customers, Published polices, procedures and service level agreements. Established a hardware lifecycle management process for reducing support costs on obsolete equipment and ensuring high quality equipment for high levels of productivity. Implemented an asset detection and software license tracking tool. Direct vendor management responsibility for technology solutions providers and manufactures for product selection, bid price negotiations, and potential product offerings with companies such as IBM, Lenovo, Toshiba, NEC, Lexmark, Xerox, Cisco, HP, LG, InFocus, and many more. Familiar with and strong connections with many resellers such as CDW, Insight, Zones, etc. Managed in-house inventory, corporate expense/capital budgets, warranty claims, invoice tracking and stock replenishments. Approve IT invoices and resolve any issues with accounts payable and groups. Review and review/decline business cases submitted for requesting non-standard hardware and software. -
Senior Project Coordinator
AT&T
(Public Company; T; Telecommunications industry)
October 2005 — July 2007 (1 year 10 months)
Contractor at AT&T Brookfield, WI via Modis IT.
Long term contract position as a Jr. Project Manager / Sr. Project Coordinator working on the implementation and post-implementaton phase for Badgernet. This position included the requirements gathering, tracking and reporting of T1/Fiber installation, demarc extension, CPE/WIC installation and final connectivity testing with Norlight Telecommunications by the onsite technician. Additional responsibilities iincluded managing CPE inventory levels, ordering replenishments, and financial tracking of spend and well as managing down the the serial number of all equipment in all locations at any given time. -
Project Coordinator
Aurora Health Care
(Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)
May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)
Contractor at Aurora Health Care Milwaukee, WI via Tek Systems
Short Term Project Coordinator for Aurora Health Care’s wireless Power Chart Office (PCO) implementation. This project dealt with exchanging wired devices with wireless mobile technology within clinics and new application rollouts. Conducted site visits and walkthroughs with CC&N to review building blueprints and identify network cabling and wireless access point installations to ensure adequate coverage. -
IT Asset Management
Jefferson Wells International
(Public Company; MAN; Accounting industry)
February 2000 — April 2005 (5 years 3 months)
IT "jack-of-all trades" and third member of the initial Corporate IT department for a rapidly growing professional services firm which grew from 1200 to over 3000 internationally from 2000 to 2005. Designed a corporate PC Lab for in-house break/fix, inventory and imaging services. Managed all firm-wide capital and expense IT budgets. Direct vendor management control for technology solutions providers for product selection, bid price negotiations, with IBM, Lenovo, Toshiba, NEC, Lexmark, Xerox, Cisco, HP, LG, InFocus, and many more. Familiar with and strong connections with many resellers such as CDW, Insight, Zones, etc. Managed in-house inventory, warranty claims, invoice tracking and stock replenishments. Approve IT invoices and resolve issues with accounts payable and groups. Developed an asset management plan to effectively manage both domestic and international technology assets reducing support costs. Developed a corporate IT procurement process and website and forms for communication and process flow. Communicated associated policies and procedures for IT procurement, PC Lab, and other support related activities. Review and review/decline business cases submitted for requesting non-standard hardware and software.
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Senior Help Desk Analyst
Snap On Tools
(Public Company; Automotive industry)
1999 — 1999 (less than a year)
Contractor at Snap On Tools Kenosha, WI via RHI Consulting
Provided contract help desk and desktop support to the corporate office environment and field sales professionals. Computer hardware, software technical support via phone or remote link as well as supported and trained on a CD/DVD catalog for field sales professionals. -
Help Desk Analyst
Robert W. Baird
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
May 1997 — December 1998 (1 year 8 months)
Provided contract help desk, desktop, and market data support for a wealth/asset management organization.
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Sales and Installation Technician
Super Shops, Inc.
(Automotive industry)
June 1992 — May 1994 (2 years)
Super Shops was a large performance auto parts chain, headquartered in California, which went into retirement in 1997. There, I sold and installed performance wheels, tires, and sold other performance automotive parts. Other responsibilities included stocking, inventory and cash/credit handling. At Super Shops, we worked hard and played hard in a team atmosphere. We put the customer first, and created a tight knitted team environment making it fun to come to work each day.
Derek Stolpa’s Education
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University of Phoenix
Bachelors , Business Mangement , 2003 — 2006
3.53 GPA
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Milwaukee Area Technical College
Associates , Business Management , 1992 — 1997
*Graduated in 1996 with a 3.18GPA.
*Returned to take several additional core courses in Management Information Systems until mid-1997.- Activities and Societies:
- In addition to my educational time at MATC, I was also tapped by a professor to be a volunteer and compensated computer tutor to adults in occupational retraining programs which consisted of several hours per day.
Oak Creek Campus Chairman - Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
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Cudahy Senior High School
Diploma , 1990 — 1992
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Waterford Union High School
1988 — 1990
Additional Information
Derek Stolpa’s Interests:
Fishing - Camping - Current Events - Green Bay Packers - NASCAR Cup Racing - New technology - Building Relationships - Automotive Performance/Repair - Yardwork - ATVs - Snowmobiling - Helping People
