Jim Howland

Current

• Business Consultant - DataSite at Merrill Corporation
• Web Design Consultant (Self-employed)

Past

• Project Manager at Merrill Corporation
• Lead Delivery Driver / Warehouse Supervisor at Walstad Tile and Stone

Education

• RedVector.com
• Brown College
• Minnesota State University, Moorhead

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Industry

Financial Services

Websites

• My Company

Jim Howland’s Experience

• Business Consultant - DataSite

  Merrill Corporation

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  - Identify user requirements and provide recommendations for process-oriented solutions.
  - Provide recommendations for improvements to business strategies, process methods, products and services.
  - Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
  - Establish and track effectiveness and efficiency metrics to continually enhance the offering and the organizational competencies.
  - Prepare forecasts, analyzes trends and provide graphic reports with supporting data.
  - Develop product requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis.

• Web Design Consultant

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  February 2002 — Present (7 years 6 months)

  Assist business owners in analyzing the current market conditions to build, update and/or maintain company related websites.

• Project Manager

  Merrill Corporation

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

  November 2003 — January 2008 (4 years 3 months)

  Manage financial transactions hosted in virtual deal rooms primarily focusing on acquisitions and mergers.
  • Fostering the development of positive and professional relationship with clients by efficiently meeting their needs through the life of the project.
  • Consulting on project related concepts including document organization/management and technical support.
  • Organization, client requested manipulation, and hosting of documents in a highly secure environment.

• Lead Delivery Driver / Warehouse Supervisor

  Walstad Tile and Stone

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Building Materials industry)

  June 2000 — April 2001 (11 months)

  Solely responsible for organizing and maintaining proper inventory levels of all warehouse supplies. Other key position responsibilities include:
  • Management and training all warehouse and delivery personnel.
  • Cultivation and maintenance of positive working relationships with area distributors.
  • Coordination of multiple daily delivery schedules by date, time, quantity, location and driver.

Jim Howland’s Education

• RedVector.com

  Certification in Project Management Basics , Project Management , 2007 — 2007

• Brown College

  Web Development 2001 — 2003

• Minnesota State University, Moorhead

  Computer Science 1997 — 2000

Additional Information

Jim Howland’s Websites:

• My Company

Jim Howland’s Groups:

•    Global Project Management
•    Certified Project, Program & Portfolio Managers

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