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| Jason Andersen |
Email: email [at] jasonandersen.com
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| Background |
| A seasoned Information Technology professional with ten years of consulting and industry experience. A results-oriented, self motivated individual able to excel in fast-paced, team-centric environments. Continually recognized by management for boosting morale and bringing teams together. Skilled in all aspects of customer-facing systems project execution, including pre-sales assessment, proposal development, life cycle planning, risk analysis, resource engagement, SDLC, testing verification, rollout coordination, and post-implementation support. Seeking a position with strong growth and advancement opportunities where skills in resource orchestration, business and technology integration, and interpersonal communication will be fully utilized. |
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| Professional Experience |
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| Local.com is a leading local search engine with over 10 million unique visitors a month. |
| Product Manager |
- Defined and implemented product requirements ensuring market competitiveness, while meeting advertiser, partner, and consumer needs throughout the product lifecycle
- Lead cross-functional teams in setting strategy, direction for development, and release of the product according to the roadmap
- Managed the development and implementation of a site redesign that included best practice SEO enhancements, usability design updates and new tools for enhancing the customer experience resulting in a 10% increase in page views per user and a 100% jump in organic traffic.
- Defined requirements for and lead the implementation of new mapping functionality utilizing deCarta’s best of breed mapping engine.
- Acted as the main point of contact with partners to ensure successful integration and deployment of extended business data, rating and reviews, and advertising opportunities including Google Adsense and Yahoo Search Marketing (formerly Overture)
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| Gateway, Inc. |
8/05 - 11/06 |
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| Gateway, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company and leading manufacturer of desktop and portable PCs and network servers for consumer and enterprise customers. |
| Product Manager |
- Responsible for managing the design, implementation and strategic direction of Interwoven's Web Content Management system
- Defined product requirements for CMS and worked closely with Engineering in planning, defining, prioritizing, and delivering successful product capabilities to the company
- Managed and trained multiple resources responsible for porting existing site content into the new CMS application
- Developed use cases, functional specifications, and testing plans for the Teamsite CMS
- Provided guidance and support on the implementation and re-architecture of Gateway.com
- Charged with road mapping site functionality to enhance the customer experience and drive web site profitability
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| Beckman Coulter, Inc. (Independent Consultant) |
2/03 - 7/05 |
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| Beckman Coulter, Inc. is a leading provider of instrument systems used by hospitals and other health care providers for diagnostic analysis and by medical schools and drug companies for research. From integrated laboratory automation solutions to centrifuges and blood analyzers to diagnostic rapid-test kits, the company's products are used throughout the world in all phases of the battle against disease. |
| Web Project Manager / Web Content Manager / Business Systems Analyst |
- Managed web application development projects for the largest division of Beckman Coulter
- Performed all aspects of the SDLC including project planning and discovery, requirements analysis, systems design, implementation, integration and testing, quality assurance, deployment, and maintenance
- Developed use cases, functional specifications, testing plans and project specifications for both new applications and ongoing development phases of existing applications
- Acted as the web content manager for entire Diagnostics Division. Responsible for taking marketing content and transforming into new product and informational pages on the public website utilizing Interwoven's Web Content Management system
- Sanctioned outside vendors for related development, negotiate fees, and coordinate both onshore and offshore vendor development efforts
- Responsible for managing the execution of regional and worldwide email marketing campaigns utilizing a hosted best of breed email marketing solution
- Project lead for the development of a company-wide extranet, several marketing support web initiatives and a multi-national document catalogue, all based on the Microsoft ASP platform utilizing an Oracle backend
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| Deloitte Consulting Joint Venture (Roundarch,Inc.) |
6/00 - 6/01 |
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| Roundarch was launched by Deloitte Consulting, BroadVision, and WPP Group plc in May 2000 with the mission of helping organizations architect profitable customer relationships by designing, implementing, and supporting comprehensive eCRM solutions. Based upon BroadVision's technical platform, the Roundarch services offerings integrate the leading e-marketing, e-service, e-fulfillment, CRM and ERP applications to create a robust, end-to-end, customer relationship solution. |
| Consultant |
- Team lead for content management of a global eCRM implementation for a major telecommunications company. Gathered/developed related content and worked with client management to insure brand consistency and content integrity
- Participated in validation of application architecture design and made recommendations for production release based on client requirements and inherent risk factors
- Designed and developed applications for the deployment of a multilingual portal using the BroadVision One-to-One technology platform
- Influenced User Interface requirements based on standard usability concepts
- Authored functional and technical specifications for system design
- Documented all development and design work utilizing project methodology documentation standards
- Selected from Deloitte Consulting to join Roundarch as Product Consultant in May 2000
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| Deloitte Consulting |
2/98 - 6/00 |
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| Deloitte Consulting is one of the world's leading eBusiness consulting firms, providing services in all aspects of enterprise transformation, from strategy and processes to information technology and human resources. Deloitte Consulting is part of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, one of the world's leading professional services firms, providing world-class consulting, assurance and advisory, and tax services through nearly 90,000 people in over 130 countries. |
| Consultant |
- Assisted in planning, execution and support of several worldwide multi-million dollar SAP implementations for clients in high-tech, public sector, aerospace, and pharmaceuticals
- Sales and Distribution team lead for the scoping and planning stages of an ERP implementation. Worked with client team members and senior management to develop "To-Be" business processes, analyzed gaps based on "To-Be" design and recommended solutions
- Designed functional specifications and configured components of SAP's beta release CRM solution. Delivered sales presentations to client management demonstrating new functionality and outlining key benefits specific to client's business model
- Worked with senior management to develop project resourcing plans
- Experienced in preparing integration test scripts, coordinating testing and validation across multiple sites on a global scale, producing tracking mechanisms for user acceptance testing and developing and executing systems performance testing
- Assigned to western region, consistently recognized as the number one region in significant client wins, on-time delivery and gross revenue
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| Systems Analyst |
- Designed functional requirements for and configured various components of the Sales and Distribution module of SAP to solve client business inefficiencies
- Assisted in the development of scoping and planning deliverables for the third phase of a worldwide order management solution
- Developed preliminary technical specs based on future vision and current business processes
- Analyzed business requirements and designed multi-scenario process flows
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| Education |
| University of California, Irvine |
6/05 |
| MBA - Graduate School of Management |
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| University of California, Irvine |
12/97 |
| B.A. in Environmental Analysis & Design |
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| Conversationally fluent in German |
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