JOSHUA S.

ALDRICH
3601 West Broadway, Apartment 9-304 * Columbia, Missouri 65203
573.356.9006 * jaac443e@westpost.net
IT MANAGEMENT
Solutions-focused professional offering more than 14 years of success within IT
industry. Possess extensive background developing web-based applications to impr
ove operational efficiencies. Detail-oriented and innovative strategist with pro
ven record of generating million-dollar savings through creation of streamlining
application. Exhibit valuable combination of business, leadership, and analytic
al abilities.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Change Management * Cost Reduction * Process Improvement * Software Development
IT Infrastructure/Design * Project Management * Web Design * Web Development
Web Application * Customer Service * Sales/Marketing Materials
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
MFA OIL COMPANY, Columbia, Missouri 2004-Present
Cooperative-based agriculture petroleum firm with 300 retail locations and 1,500
employees.
Business Analyst
Manage project lifecycles and develop web-based applications to improve operatio
nal efficiency. Execute data analysis to define project scopes. Design graphical
interfaces and back-end structured query language (SQL) server databases, inclu
ding views and stored procedures.
* Spearheaded largest migration project in company history; built graphical inte
rfaces and business functions as well as designed processes for pay validation,
electronic bill of lading retrieval, tax calculations, and invoices.
* Produced significant operational cost savings by designing and developing appl
ication to facilitate outsourcing of fuel delivery requests to common carrier.
* Garnered $20K in annual savings by creating BreakTime portal application to st
reamline business processes and eliminate overtime; portal allowed interaction b
etween 76 convenience stores and home office.
* Eliminated manual ticket entry through development of point-of-sale system. Re
designed back-end SQL database, created processes to forecast customer orders an
d calculate sales/excise taxes, and added auto-purge and auto-reboot functionali
ties.
* Developed user-defined database that automatically handles back-end coding.
MFA, INC., Columbia, Missouri 2003-2004
Regional farm supply and marketing cooperative with 150 retail locations and 750
employees.
Web Content Designer
Directed and maintained intranet and Internet websites as well as online version
of Today's Farmer magazine. Consulted with human resources to build web-based a
ctive server page (ASP) application to process performance appraisals and termin
ations. Generated prototypes for internal business solutions with active server
pages and SQL to track cattle.
Orchestrated development of web-based ASP application as cattle identification s
ystem to track radio frequency identification (RFID) tags through animal process
ing stages. Produced algorithm to generate 5-character alphanumeric codes. Gener
ated approval from Vice President of National Beef Cattlemen's Association; syst
em is used to combat Mad Cow disease.
KFORCE PROFESSIONAL STAFFING, Overland Park, Kansas 2002-2003
Fortune 500 professional staffing and solutions firm with over 80,000 employees
and 63 offices across North America and Philippines.
GUI Developer, Sprint Enterprise Property Services, Contract
Championed all aspects of design and implementation of vital business applicatio
ns and tools. Instituted analysis and requirements gathering, created graphical
interface, executed Java and JavaScript code, and delivered back-end workflows i
n Six Sigma environment.
Conceptualized facilities management application that allowed users to view grap
hical space information, which enabled forecasters to project office layouts, an
d moved employees through graphical user interface. Oversaw EPS project manageme
nt workflow tool to streamline management of construction procedures and lease a
cquisition projects.
* Increased savings $1M annually via design of Sprint Self-Service Enterprise ap
plication, allowing users to perform up to 32 requests through wizard process.
HUSCH & EPPENBERGER, LLC, Saint Louis, Missouri 1999-2002
Leading commercial litigation and business services law firm with 625 attorneys,
serving national and global companies as well as entrepreneurial start-ups.
Web Project Manager
Managed 2 consultants while reporting directly to Chief Information Officer (CIO
). Played key role as project manager, lead web developer, and graphic designer
of web portal, intranet, and extranet solutions. Consulted with senior managemen
t on project procedures/methodologies and change control. Developed Visual Basic
2002 application allowing users to reserve conference rooms, search for employe
es, and handle accounting reimbursements. Created web-based ASP application to p
ost corporate information, register for training classes, track help desk ticket
s, and manage projects/assets.
Career Note: Additional previous position included Web Development Specialist at
TALX Corp.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics: Truman State University
IS/IT Project Management, Master Certificate (Villanova University)
JD Edwards Advanced Tools 8.94, Professional Certificate
JD Edwards Elementary Report Writing 8.93, Professional Certificate