Sheila Franzen, PMP

Current

• Consultant at Thunder Star, LLC

Past

• Senior Project Manager at ieSolutions
• EPMO Program Manager at Regence
• Senior Policy Analyst at Oregon Dept of Env Quality (DEQ)

• VP, IT, Director of Enterprise Applications at Credence
• IT Manager/Project Manager at Nike
• Information Tech Engineer at Hewlett-Packard
• Programer Analyst at Capital-EMI Records

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Education

• Southern Polytechnic State University
• Illinois College
• SIM RLF (Regional Leadership Forum)

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Information Technology and Services

Sheila Franzen, PMP’s Summary

18 years in Information Technology and program management, 11 years of Management Experience managing medium to large teams. Experienced professional who has worked for several types of businesses, including multi-national Fortune 500, public, not-for-profit, and government. Strong technology background in business applications, hardware & software and an excellent project leader. An excellent project leader and engaging professional who is highly skilled at bringing teams together for success.

Certifications: PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Certified ScrumMaster

Methodologies Managed: PMBOK, Prince2, Agile, SDLC, Iterative Development, Waterfall Development, RUP

Applications Managed: SAP, SAP CRM, SAP BW, Clarify, Agile, Trizetto Facets, DCMS (Warehouse Management System), Mercury Suite, Custom Apps, EDI, Remedy

Current Technical Skills: Dreamweaver Suite, Contribute, HTML, Mac OS, Windows, Kompozer (NVU), Office Suite, MS Project, Visio, Lotus Notes, Google Apps for Small Businesses, Word Press, Livelink, Sharepoint, Conchango's Scrum for Team System

Previous Technical Skills: Front Page, PVSC Tracker, C++, C, Perl, COBOL, Pascal, XVT, Ingres Windows4GL, Speedware, COGNOS, Powerhouse, BRW, Visual Basic, MS Access, Firefox, Allbase/SQL, Ingres, TurboImage, Oracle, DB2 400, DB2, Mapper, HP/UX, HP MPE, Windows NT/95, MPEiX, MS Lan Manager, Unisys, HP9000, HP3000, IBM AS/400, IBM 3270

Sheila Franzen, PMP’s Specialties:

Manufacturing, Healthcare, Insurance, Retail, High-Tech, Supply Chain, Mergers & Acquisitions, Packaged Software, Book Services

Sheila Franzen, PMP’s Experience

• Consultant

  Thunder Star, LLC

  (Management Consulting industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years )

  VERO - Current
  Technical Project Manager
  
  Bound & Determined Books, 2008
  Web Designer
  
  Braveheart Consulting, Portland, Oregon; 2006-2008
  Technical Consultant
  
  Kalagiya West, Portland, Oregon; 2005
  Technical Consultant
  
  Art4orm, Portland, Oregon; 2004
  Technical Consultant
  
  Lifeforce Educational Corporation, San Francisco, California 2003 – 2004
  Management Consultant

• Senior Project Manager

  ieSolutions

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2008 — March 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  Providing project management consulting services for IE Solutions clients.
  
  Client: Blackwell

• EPMO Program Manager

  Regence

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry)

  2005 — 2007 (2 years )

  Program Manager, Integration – Manager working in the enterprise project management office (EPMO) responsible for project management related to the software development life cycle and interaction with IT Organization.
  
  Track Manager, Claims & Provider/Finance – Manager responsible for tactical execution of a group of projects for the Claims, Provider & Finance areas of a business transformation program. Responsible for day to day management of 5 project teams comprised of business, technology and vendor/consulting resources.
  
  Delivery Manager, Technology – Manager responsible for coordinating the technology implementation of a business transformation program across the 4 NW states. Managed a group of 15 project managers and project coordinators with a $55M budget.

• Senior Policy Analyst

  Oregon Dept of Env Quality (DEQ)

  (Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

  Senior Policy Analyst – Analyst responsible for facilitating the Agency’s Information Management Advisory Council (IMAC) and coordinating policy and measure development for Informaiton Management within the agency.

• VP, IT, Director of Enterprise Applications

  Credence

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Semiconductors industry)

  2000 — 2003 (3 years )

  VP, Information Technology – Vice President of the Information Technology Department consisting of 50-80 employees and conslutants. Responsible for all aspects of IT, including Network Operations, Desktop, Helpdesk and Business Applications.
  
  Director of Enterprise Applications – Director of the Enterprise Applications Department. Managed a department of 20 business analysts, developers and support personnel that were responsible for three major applications: SAP, Clarify and Agile.

• IT Manager/Project Manager

  Nike

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Sporting Goods industry)

  1997 — 2000 (3 years )

  IT Manager – Manager of the Global Apparel Manufacturing and API IT team. Managed a team of 11 developers and support personnel at Nike’s Headquarters and 10 IT Managers and Support people in Nike’s Production Offices throughout the world.
  
  Team Lead – Team Lead for the Global Apparel Manufacturing and API IT team. Lead a team of 5 people that supported the current systems and served as project manager for two new web applications that were being created.
  
  Project Manager - Lead the Conversion and Application Architecture team on a project to implement a new warehouse management system for Nike’s Apparel Distribution Center in Memphis, TN. Managed a team of 5-10 contractors to drive the conversion effort and create the interface layer between the two systems. Project was successfully implemented in 15 months without impacting the facilities ability to ship product.

• Information Tech Engineer

  Hewlett-Packard

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  1992 — 1997 (5 years )

  Information Technology Engineer - Team leader providing project management, solutions integration, consulting, and programming services for the Americas Field Operations in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Specific emphasis on client/server applications for Hewlett-Packard's customer support organization.
  
  Solutions Integration Specialist - Team member providing solutions integration, consulting, and programming services for the Americas Field Operations in the US, Canada, and Latin America with a specific emphasis on Hewlett-Packard's customer support and financial organizations.

• Programer Analyst

  Capital-EMI Records

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

  1990 — 1992 (2 years )

  Programmer Analyst – Member of a team that designed, coded, tested, and integrated MRP II manufacturing solutions to support the 24x7 operations of both the compact disc and cassette music manufacturing plants.

Sheila Franzen, PMP’s Education

• Southern Polytechnic State University

  MS , Management of Technology , 1993 — 1995

• Illinois College

  BS , Math & Computer Science , 1988 — 1992

• SIM RLF (Regional Leadership Forum)

  2001

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