Roderick Watkins

Current

• Contractor/Consultant at Compass Mental Health

Past

• Contractor/Consultant at Fred Pryor Seminars
• Integration Manager at PatchLink Corporation
• Software QA Analyst at Tsys Acquiring Solutions

• Systems Analyst at Citi Group

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Education

• Argosy University Phoenix
• University of California, Los Angeles

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Roderick Watkins’s Summary

Highly versatile professional with practical experience in management with a solid understanding of a diverse range of applications, team building, along with outstanding team leadership skills in a technical environment. Exceptionally organized and disciplined; possess well-developed interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate and direct others in a supportive, cooperative team environment. Demonstrated ability to select, train, and retain self-motivated, customer-oriented employees. High-caliber presentation and training skills coupled with business administration expertise in coordination with management goals

Roderick Watkins’s Experience

• Contractor/Consultant

  Fred Pryor Seminars

  (Privately Held; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  November 2007 — September 2008 (11 months)

  Instructing groups on behavioral modification, assessing values, and goal setting.
  Topics: Communication Skills, Management Skills and Conflict Management.

• Integration Manager

  PatchLink Corporation

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  2005 — 2007 (2 years )

  Established and managed the integration test team.
  Authored proof of concepts and implemented company source control.
  Training staff on use of new software and company procedures.
  Data analysis, validation, interpretation, presentation and report creation.
  Writing performance evaluation about team members.
  Writing business plans for various projects.
  Designing and implementing new company procedures and processes.

• Software QA Analyst

  Tsys Acquiring Solutions

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TSS; Financial Services industry)

  January 2001 — March 2005 (4 years 3 months)

  Designed and implemented test case scenarios for company software.
  Created shell scripts to run test case scenarios using unix and sql.
  Data analysis, validation, interpretation, presentation and report creation of testing results.
  Project leader from testing software to software release.
  Writing project test plans

• Systems Analyst

  Citi Group

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; C; Financial Services industry)

  November 1996 — May 1999 (2 years 7 months)

  Designed and implemented test case scenarios for company software.
  Manage defect tracking system. Assigned defects to proper team members.
  Data analysis, validation, interpretation, presentation and report creation of testing results.Manage and maintained all hardware and software for testing lab.
  Assisted in source control and software build process

Additional Information

Roderick Watkins’s Groups:

Fred Pryor/Career Track Seminars, ToastMasters, Alpha Phi Alpha, National Society of Black Engineers

•    Alpha Phi Alpha Network