Justin Bacon

Past

Software Solutions Specialist at Sharp Net Consulting
IT Consultant at Twin Cities United Consultants LLC
Senior Consultant at Sogeti USA ( A CapGemini Company)

Senior Software Developer at Data Recognition Corporation
Software Developer/Analyst at Minneapolis Consulting Group (MCG)
Software Developer/Analyst at Epoch TSC

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Education

University of Saint Thomas
Lewis and Clark College
RMCProject

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Justin Bacon’s Summary

Masters Software Systems, spring 2010

[Current courses]
Human-Computer Interface Design
Software Process Management

[Previous Courses]
Systems Analysis & Design Tools
Business Development Lab for Software Engineers

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Certified ScrumMaster - 2009

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IBM Extreme Blue Finalist - 2009

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How to Buy and Sell Almost Anything on a Project, October 2009
RMC Project Management

Tricks of the Trade for Negotiation, October 2009
RMC Project Management

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Mini Masters in Business Analysis, March 2009
Watermark Learning & Auburn University

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Business Process Modelling Training, February 2009
Watermark Learning

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Project Management Boot Camp, January 2009
Global Knowledge Training

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Thomson Reuters: Offshore Team Lead
(Contract-based consulting)

Responsibilities include management of the incident workflow for three different business areas of Thomson Reuters. This role included release management, requirements gathering, knowledge transfer planning and issue resolution in accordance with strict release schedules.

* Provided support for three mission critical business systems

* Project manager and team lead for 2 offshore resources from Mumbai, India

* Established knowledge base and knowledge transfer plan quantifying and minimizing the learning curve

* Scheduled software development tasks for offshore resources

* Established collaboration with the stakeholders and development teams to ensure successful requirements gathering and documentation and software development to stakeholder expectations

* Provided development leadership and support for VB6, .NET, Oracle and SQL Server 2000 databases.

* Service Delivery & ITIL best practices

Justin Bacon’s Specialties:

Offshore team lead and project manager successful in the strategic management of the software development life cycle, requirements management, problem identification and resolution utilizing a well developed global delivery model.

Providing IT Leadership Solutions for:
* SDLC Management
* Release Management
* Design & Development
* Strategic Planning
* Team Building
* Implementation & Testing
* Client Relations
* BPM
* Planning & Managing Requirements
* Requirements Analysis

Justin Bacon’s Experience

Software Solutions Specialist

Sharp Net Consulting

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2008 — 2009 (1 year )
IT Consultant

Twin Cities United Consultants LLC

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2008 — 2009 (1 year )
Senior Consultant

Sogeti USA ( A CapGemini Company)

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CAP.PA; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 6 months)

Worked as an Offshore Team Lead at Thomson Reuters. Served as an Application Manager/Application Owner in a Service Support/Service Delivery capacity for three different applications at one time or another including Royalties, Territories, and Commissions systems.
Senior Software Developer

Data Recognition Corporation

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)

2003 — 2007 (4 years )
Software Developer/Analyst

Minneapolis Consulting Group (MCG)

(Computer Software industry)

2000 — 2003 (3 years )
Software Developer/Analyst

Epoch TSC

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1997 — April 2000 (3 years )

Tokyo, Japan

Justin Bacon’s Education

University of Saint Thomas

Masters , Software Systems , 2006 — 2010 (expected)

Master of Science in Software Systems, spring 2010

Current courses:
Systems Analysis & Design Tools
Business Development Lab for Software Engineers
Lewis and Clark College
RMCProject

Additional Information

Justin Bacon’s Websites:

Justin Bacon’s Interests:

Custom Software Solution Design and Development, Entrepreneurship, Cloud Computing, RIA, Social Media, Green IT, Networking, Continuous personal improvement, KaiZen, ITIL, BPM, Running, Learning to swim, Triathlete wannabe