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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ARROWHEAD COIN & JEWELRY Glendale, Arizona ? 2009-Present
Specialists in hard-to-find coins and currency.
IT Consultant: Purchase and sell gold and silver bullion, jewelry, and numismati
c value coins. Oversee asset management of all inventory. Reconcile sales, purch
ases, and expenses.
* Installed a Point of Sale system to support start-up operations, and add inven
tory to system for real-time selling and purchasing of coins and supplies.
* Developed metrics to measure and track sales items under various categories. T
hese metrics resulted in determination of what products needed to be purchased o
n a regular basis and have in stock for the customers.
CSAA, Glendale, Arizona ? 2005-2008
California State Automobile Association - Insurance provider
Senior Manager, Resource Center - 2008: Directed Human Resources operations, per
formance and training initiatives, and skill-set development for a team of more
than 40 employees staffing a 24/7 Network Operations Service Desk and Work Order
group. Developed and captured metrics to measure individual performance against
goals and objectives.
* Develop process flows to coordinate the fulfillment of staffing requests by in
ternal resources.
* Built a skill-set database for all IT resources within the Resource Center Mod
el.
Manager IT Certification Services: Collaborated with business and IT groups to d
efine, plan, and manage the implementation of Certification Services capabilitie
s, enhancements, and future functionality. Aligned projects' IT components with
CSAA IT architectural strategies and SDLC processes. Ensured team members were t
rained in ITIL, Cobit, and CMMI methodologies. Guided project managers and IT se
rvice groups to ensure the execution of quality projects. Developed metrics to m
easure individual and department performance. Administered a $900K annual budget
.
* Introduced Lean Six Sigma methodologies to the IT department to support proces
s implementation and develop improvements in existing change management processe
s. Ensured key staff members received Master Black Belt training to implement th
e Lean Six Sigma program.
* Pared the review-board process from a 2-week roundtable meeting to a virtual m
eeting using electronic signature emails that took only 1 to 5 business days.
* Reduced the handling time of standard desktop application requests from 6 week
s to 4 weeks or less.
* Eliminated redundant requirements within the change management department, and
scaled back the number of forms required to implement changes to the production
environment.
KAISER PERMANENTE, Corona, California ? 2004-2005
Managed-care health-insurance provider.
Senior Manager, National Security Administration: Managed the Identification tec
hnical administrative staff for 9 regional offices nationwide. Allowed productio
n application access for nearly 200 applications on RACF Mainframe, Unix, and Ac
tive Directory platforms, serving a community of more than 150K end-users. Devel
oped visual diagrams ("swim lane" flowcharts) for existing processes for the int
ernal group and peer support services groups. Utilized Remedy to migrate and str
eamline freeform access request processes to standard change/problem management
processes.
DAVID LUEVANO ? Page 2 ? dl64f7c8@westpost.net