Karen Finch

Current

• Quality Assurance Contractor at Workday
• Consultant at Evaluating Opportunities and Consultancy
• Tasting Room Sales Associate at Testarossa Vineyards

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Past

• Principal Consultant at Knowledge Infusion
• Principal IT Business Analyst at Symantec
• Military Pay Contractor - Training & Deployment at Sub-contractor to DFAS

• Sr HCM Consultant at Knowledge Infusion
• Business Systems Analyst at MDC Holdings
• Product Development Manager at Qwest Cyber.Solutions
• Project Manager at Qwest Communications
• Professional Services Consultant & Certified Trainer at PeopleSoft
• HR/Benefits Lead - System Implementation at Johnson Controls FMS
• HRIS Administrator / Benefits Analyst at American Bar Association

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Education

• University of Kansas

Recommended

6 people have recommended Karen

Connections

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Industry

Information Services

Karen Finch’s Summary

Detail-oriented business professional adept at fully grasping complex issues, then clarifying and re-defining them into programs, services and results that satisfy business needs and objectives. Currently exploring more encompassing and challenging generalist opportunities within collaborative organizations possessing a genuine focus on innovation.

Industry Experience: High Tech, HR Technology, Energy, Telecommunications and Retail.

Motivated by a job well done. Enjoy providing great customer support, and creating effective and efficient products, processes and tools that are flexible, scalable and stand the test of time. Also enjoy sharing my knowledge of systems and processes either through presentations, written documentation, mentoring or training.

karenfinch@me.com || 408-391-5465 - mobile

Karen Finch’s Specialties:

Liaison, product development, structure development, project management, training, business systems analyst, professional services consultant, implementation, information technology. Results-oriented, professional, articulate, with a special ability to bring big picture concepts within reach with well defined, detailed programs. Possesses a well-honed and analytical business acumen enhanced by solid technical skills.

Karen Finch’s Experience

• Quality Assurance Contractor

  Workday

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  April 2009 — Present (4 months)

  Ensure the quality of Workday's SaaS based ERP software application functionality.

• Consultant

  Evaluating Opportunities and Consultancy

  (Management Consulting industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  Evaluation of early stage start ups. Currently providing consultative services in product development and process development for two start ups.

• Tasting Room Sales Associate

  Testarossa Vineyards

  (Wine and Spirits industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  Service of and sales to winery guests. Promote great wine!

• Principal Consultant

  Knowledge Infusion

  (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

  May 2007 — April 2008 (1 year)

  HR strategy and technology consulting including program management, capturing business requirements, business process design, software vendor evaluation, and implementation. Also presented thought-leadership via authoring and editing of white papers and reports.

• Principal IT Business Analyst

  Symantec

  (Public Company; SYMC; Computer Software industry)

  May 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  Reporting to senior manager, participated in special projects that supported HR operations.

• Military Pay Contractor - Training & Deployment

  Sub-contractor to DFAS

  (Defense & Space industry)

  2003 — 2005 (2 years)

  Curriculum development for all classroom training and general briefing presentations associated with implementation of a new payroll system to service 2.5M service personnel in 3 military branches.

• Sr HCM Consultant

  Knowledge Infusion

  (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

  2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

  Project manager of workflow implementation and initiative to promote and educate on use of reporting tools.

• Business Systems Analyst

  MDC Holdings

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2003 — 2003 (less than a year)

  Liaison between functional client, IT and 3rd party vendors for effective program management, resource management, project management and database management.

• Product Development Manager

  Qwest Cyber.Solutions

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2000 — 2002 (2 years)

  QCS, an application service provider (ASP), was sold to Corio in 2002.
  
  Development of products, processes, tools and structures to take an early stage start up to high-growth. Clients included enterprise organizations who outsourced their hosting and management of ERP and CRM applications.

• Project Manager

  Qwest Communications

  (Public Company; Q; Telecommunications industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year)

  Liaison between HR, Finance, IT and other outside teams in support of business strategy, M&A and effective HRIS database operations

• Professional Services Consultant & Certified Trainer

  PeopleSoft

  (Public Company; PSFT; Computer Software industry)

  1995 — 1999 (4 years)

  Provided PeopleSoft functional expertise and technical understanding during various stages of client implementations. Certified trainer on Introduction to HR, Base Benefits, and Benefits Administration. Also developed significant expertise on payroll.

• HR/Benefits Lead - System Implementation

  Johnson Controls FMS

  (Public Company; JCI; Automotive industry)

  1994 — 1995 (1 year)

  Led HR and Benefits portion of HRIS implementation.

• HRIS Administrator / Benefits Analyst

  American Bar Association

  (Non-Profit; Legal Services industry)

  1992 — 1994 (2 years)

  Automated the HR function for this 850 person organization. Promoted to position in benefits where I administered retirement programs.

Karen Finch’s Education

• University of Kansas

  Bachelors , Communications Studies , 1980 — 1984

  Held student assistant positions in Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and the Dean of the School of Pharmacy.

Additional Information

Karen Finch’s Groups:

Part time Tasting Room Associate, Testarossa Winery July 2008 - current
Board Member & Membership Committee Chair, PeopleSoft Alumni Network, September 2004 - current
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for an abused and neglected child, Aurora, CO Feb 2003 - Feb 2004
Volunteer, Children's Hospital, Denver, CO March 2002 (?) - July 2003
Coach & various volunteer staff roles, PSI Seminars, Denver, CO 2002 - 2005

•    PeopleSoft Alumni Network (3,547 members)
•    Symantec Alumni Group
•    Kansas Alumni
•    Qwest Cyber.Solutions Alumni Group

Karen Finch’s Honors:

Nominated for Team Leader award 2002.

Karen Finch’s Contact Settings

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