
Associate Systems Engineer at Target Corporate Headquarters
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Associate Systems Engineer at Target Corporate Headquarters
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Highly creative IT professional with vast experience in a diverse amount of subjects. I have developed expertise in many IT fields from 10 (+) years of Information Technology training and career work. My experience includes Target Corporate Headquarters (TTS - Target Technology Services), the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point (InfoTech/Web & Media Services), and many years as a successful freelancer. See specialties below for more information.
User Interactivity, Interactive Design, Interactive Development, Web Design, Web Development, Web Programming, Graphic Design, Debugging, Visual Communications, Project Management, Database Management, Software Release Strategy, Professional Corporate Communication Expertise, Presentation Expertise.
(Public Company; TGT; Retail industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
• Developed real-time online digital dashboard for MGMT and coordination of 10 server environments across two new models of shipment facilities. Dashboard used across three different teams on two continents and reflected database refreshes, software deployments, and server history
• Developed corporate wide self-service website used to guide clients in resolving technical issues without engaging support. Self-Service website available to over 10,000 corporate employees internationally and has been the catalyst for moving support to self-service via web tools
• Designed/developed interactive web application used to guide Development teams throughout common IT Infrastructure builds. Web application fostered an approx time savings of over 2200 hours per team per year (more than one FTE Full Time Equivalent work year)
• Created DB of Mainframe job flows – developed extensive expertise of mainframe nav, coding, XREF, and batch processing while identifying obsolete files
(Public Company; TGT; Retail industry)
June 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 5 months)
I interned with Target Corp. the summer before my college graduation. Upon graduating I returned for full time work with the Technology Leadership Program or TLP. The TLP program focuses on all aspects of Target Technology Services through a series of varied length rotations.
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 4 months)
• Led a group of peers in the design/development of a new flash based virtual tour for the UW-Stevens Point campus
• Developed interactive tutorials for the UW-Stevens Point Info Tech Help Desk
• Assisted in the video production/editing for various campus events and departments
• Created informative and functional professional web pages & applications for the University
• Communicated with administration through project presentations, digital tutorials & video communications
• Assisted staff, faculty, and students with web pages, video projects, Flash applications, and other forms of new media
Wed & Digital Media Development , Web Design, Web Development, Graphic Design, User Interactivity, Information Technology , 2003 — 2007