Kenneth Ewald, MBA, PMP

Current

• Counselor at SCORE
• Principal at Kens Woodcraft (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Principal at Ken Ewald
• Owner and Manager at The Great Frame Up
• Programmer Analyst at RSIS

• Project Manager at Hillyard
• Contract Programmer at Valero Energy Corporation
• Independent Professional at Ken Ewald Enterprises, Inc. (Self-employed)
• Adjunct Instructor at The University of Texas at San Antonio
• Programmer Analyst at Diamond Shamrock
• Principal at Ken Ewald Engineering, Inc.
• President at Security Window Cleaners, Inc.

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Education

• The University of Texas at San Antonio
• The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Connections

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Industry

Furniture

Websites

• My Company
• My Company

Kenneth Ewald, MBA, PMP’s Summary

Highly skilled, experienced wood working hobbyist now becoming a professional studio furniture craftsman.

Kenneth Ewald, MBA, PMP’s Specialties:

Wooden furniture design and crafting

Kenneth Ewald, MBA, PMP’s Experience

• Counselor

  SCORE

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  December 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  Counseling folks who need help in establishing or growing their business. SCORE is a volunteer organization that is partly supported by the Small Business Administration of the US government.

• Principal

  Kens Woodcraft (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Furniture industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  This is my sideline business. Creator of beautifully crafted custom wooden furniture and gift items.

• Principal

  Ken Ewald

  (Management Consulting industry)

  April 2008 — March 2009 (1 year )

  Providing expert advice in:
  Operations and Service Improvement
  Customer Relations
  Strategic Planning
  Analysis and Forecasting
  Needs Assessment
  Process Improvement
  Information Systems
  New Business Launches

• Owner and Manager

  The Great Frame Up

  (Retail industry)

  January 2002 — April 2008 (6 years 4 months)

  This business was the most pleasant and personally rewarding venture that I've owned. Taking a customer's art, photo or memoribilia and creating a wonderful way to show it off on their walls is very rewarding.

• Programmer Analyst

  RSIS

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2000 — December 2001 (2 years )

  Worked on the US Job Corps Student tracking system.
  Performed business analysis, object oriented design, database meta and physical design. Programming of user interfaces, application server objects, SQL, stored procedures and triggers. Database performance analysis and optimization. Mentored programmers in all aspects of the system and programming languages.

• Project Manager

  Hillyard

  (Privately Held; Chemicals industry)

  June 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 6 months)

  Managed the project to develop a production management software solution. Built relationships with key client team members to engage process participation. Established and maintained project critical path schedule. Analyzed legacy data and current operations. Performed functional decomposition and established business rules. Created best-practice solutions. Implemented software and database. Created user documentation. Trained both end-users and management on the new application, and conducted regular status meetings. RESULTS: Implementation was completed within budget and on time, enabling enhanced production forecasting, scheduling and accounting.

• Contract Programmer

  Valero Energy Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VLO; Oil & Energy industry)

  April 1997 — June 1999 (2 years 3 months)

  Worked as a team member on a pipeline accounting system project.
  
  Enhanced the database design to achieve greater efficiency. Created stored procedures and triggers for the database. Programmed client side objects using Powerbuilder.
  
  Sole developer of an NGL truck rack accounting system.
  Did the requirements analysis and top-down system design. Designed the logical and physical database. Created stored procedures and triggers for the database. Designed and programmed the client side software.
  
  The client later informed me that the truck rack system was saving around $720,000 per year in accounting overhead.

• Independent Professional

  Ken Ewald Enterprises, Inc. (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  November 1996 — March 1997 (5 months)

  Did contract software development for a company in Houston. Also maintained a system in Houston for Diamond Shamrock on a contract basis.

• Adjunct Instructor

  The University of Texas at San Antonio

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 1996 — December 1996 (1 year )

  Taught two courses in information technology.

• Programmer Analyst

  Diamond Shamrock

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

  January 1991 — October 1996 (5 years 10 months)

  Provided PC support for the Executive, Legal, Governmental Affairs and Strategic Planning departments.
  
  Created and maintained desktop application software.
  
  Researched, analyzed and selected 3rd party software and hardware.
  
  Revamped critical mainframe production accounting system software for use on new PC/server platforms. Conducted requirements analysis. Researched, redesigned and reprogrammed all elements of the system. Enhanced the database design to achieve greater efficiency. RESULTS: The two year software rewrite project was completed on time and within budget, allowing replacement of mainframe computers and reducing operating expenses by $500,000 annually.
  
  Provided full systems development lifecycle services including requirements analysis, object oriented design and coding, database design and deployment, documentation, context sensitive help and complete programming, testing and rollout of enterprise level applications.

• Principal

  Ken Ewald Engineering, Inc.

  (Construction industry)

  1983 — 1989 (6 years )

  San Antonio, TX
  
  Construction Project Management
  
  Created construction specifications based upon and in accord with CSI (Construction Specifications Institute) standards. Advertised for bids. Evaluated bids and bidders, and recommended award to the client. Inspected work in progress and denied, modified or recommended contractor's requests for payment. Performed final inspections and accepted the completed work for the client.
  
  I hired Registered Professional Engineers on a job by job basis to evaluate and approve my work.

• President

  Security Window Cleaners, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Consumer Services industry)

  October 1971 — 1984 (13 years )

  San Antonio, TX
  
  Acquired and managed this business. Identified potential customers and delivered impactful presentations to grow the core business. Targeted and acquired two energy conservation businesses that served clients with demographics similar to the core business. Organized the business into separate functioning units. Expanded into other compatible product lines and another major market. Planned and supervised comprehensive projects for diverse government and commercial clients. RESULTS: Expanded the business from a crew of three to a service and product sales organization of 35 employees during the first three years. Sales increased over 500% and net profits rose commensurately.

Kenneth Ewald, MBA, PMP’s Education

• The University of Texas at San Antonio

  MBA , Managerial Accounting, Strategic Analysis , 1992 — 1994

  Earned this degree in night school while working 70+ hours/week.
  
  In the capstone class, our team project was selected as the best project of the business school.

• The University of Texas at San Antonio

  BBA , Information Systems , 1989 — 1991

  Worked as a school bus driver for Northside ISD while enrolled here.

  Activities and Societies:

  DISK (Data Information Systems Klub)

Additional Information

Kenneth Ewald, MBA, PMP’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Company

Kenneth Ewald, MBA, PMP’s Interests:

Woodworking, leathercrafting, fishing

Kenneth Ewald, MBA, PMP’s Groups:

Spring Branch / Bulverde Chamber of Commerce

Former member:
Project Management Institute - PMP
Alamo PMI Chapter
American Society for Quality
Association of Information Technology Professionals
Stone Oak Business Association
Professional Picture Framers Association
Certified Picture Framer
Association of Systems Managers - San Antonio Chapter President
Association of Information Technology Professionals - San Antonio Chapter Director
Constructon Specifications Institute - San Antonio Chapter Executive Vice President
National Association of Home Builders - San Antonio
Associated General Contractors - San Antonio
San Antonio Apartment Association
Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce

US Jaycees:
Portland, TX chapter President
San Antonio, TX chapter Director
Texas Jaycees Vice President

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Kenneth Ewald, MBA, PMP’s Honors:

Who's Who in the South and Southwest
Outstanding Young Texans

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