Ken Walker

Current

Vice President, Business Continuity Management at Citi
Editor at The Daily Newarker (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

Principal at Simplificate (Sole Proprietorship)
Business Analyst at Citi
System Analyst at D&B

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Education

New Jersey Institute of Technology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Newark
County College of Morris

West Morris Central High School

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Financial Services

Websites

The Daily Newarker

Ken Walker’s Summary

Analyst. Obsessed with making complex information insightful, and making that insight actionable. Captivated with the idea of building dashboards out of just about everything. You can't manage what you can't measure.

Designer. Information is only as good as the package you put it in. Known to spend hours setting typography in a spreadsheet. Context is important; so is whitespace.

Newarker. The path forward for America's prosperity winds through her cities. Newark is New Jersey's foremost hub of culture and technology; it's pace for reform is a nationally-recognized model for change. This city is home to some of the most amazing people on earth.

Blogger. Investing in the cultural currency of conversation. Sharing the story of Newark's revival. Watch this space: dailynewarker.com.

Go-getter: thrive on aggressive timelines. Get more done by 8am than most people get done all day.

I also put together a mean PowerPoint deck.

Ken Walker’s Specialties:

Risk and control management; business continuity; dashboard reporting; web design & development (SharePoint, WordPress, podcasting, HTML, CSS, JavaScript); usability; business analysis; project management; technical writing

Ken Walker’s Experience

Vice President, Business Continuity Management

Citi

(Public Company; C; Financial Services industry)

October 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)

Business Analyst in controls and risk management with a primary focus on information management.

Specializing in executive reporting, our team crystalizes information by turning data into insight and catalyzes effective program management through dashboard reporting, information modeling, trending and metrics reporting.

We manage process improvement by prioritizing key drivers, identifying efficiencies, and developing agile program milestones.

Well-versed in Microsoft SharePoint, AJAX, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and other information management toolsets.
Editor
The Daily Newarker (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

November 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)

The Daily Newarker is a community weblog written by the people who live, work and study in Newark, NJ. In addition to covering local news, we tell the stories of people and organizations that are making an impact on the city.

www.dailynewarker.com
Principal
Simplificate (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

January 2002 — December 2007 (6 years )

Banner for my web miscellany on the side:

www.villagechurchnyc.com (design + implementation)
www.halliegreider.com (design + implementation)
www.zoaearts.com (design + implementation)
www.newarksafehaven.org (advisory)

I'm no longer taking client work.
Business Analyst

Citi

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

April 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 6 months)

Managed resources for development unit of 100 team members: developed processes to ensure new hires, terminations, and transfers are completed; forecasted budgets; liaised with vendors; tracked hardware and software license inventory

Ensured compliance with policies: managed developer access to production; enforced SDLC by tracking, communicating with, and assisting team members; influenced & motivated team to be 100% compliant with required training; delivered required documentation for development unit IT audit

Produced reports to enable the managing director to make effective decisions and counter risk with respect to SDLC engagement status, headcount, and budget; documented unit policies and procedures in a centralized team wiki

Supported resource management system: implemented defect tracking to monitor improvements and fixes, worked with users to identify issues, tracked defects, coordinated QA and user acceptance testing, conducted release of changes to production
System Analyst

D&B

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DNB; Information Services industry)

January 1999 — March 2005 (6 years 3 months)

Provided business analysis and development for D&B's premier web-based business research tool, Million Dollar Database on the Internet (MDDI): gathered requirements, evaluated solutions, coordinated development, and organized a public beta program; designed, implemented and deployed user management system

Performed SDLC business analysis for Siebel and Saleslogix CRM: gathered requirements, proposed solutions, identified risks, estimated costs and dates

Supported MDDI: managed user accounts, provided large-scale deployment support and "trained-the-trainer" for Fortune 500 customers, tested platform data refreshes, managed application maintenance releases

Designed, deployed and maintained MTW website dbleads.com (now offline): constructed product catalog and SIC-search tool, provided copywriting and editing, rebranded the site according to D&B branding specifications, updated site with marketing copy changes, optimized the site for search engines

Ken Walker’s Education

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Arts , Computer Science , 2000 — 2003
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Newark

Bachelor of Arts , Computer Science , 2000 — 2003
County College of Morris

Associates of Applied Sciences , Computer Programming , 1997 — 2000
West Morris Central High School

1993 — 1997