Shawn P. O’Rarden

809 E. Wrangler Ct.

Grantsville, Utah 84029

(435) 840-4969

Email: shawnorarden@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE

I am seeking a position of responsibility where I can apply my education, training, and

experience. I want to continue supporting projects through diversifying my skills and

knowledge. My goal is to attain the type of additional experience that will tap into my potential

and further my career.

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

Twelve years of extensive experience in Information Systems, Cost, Accounting, Purchasing,

Maintenance, Warehousing, Engineering and many other types of industrial geared software

applications, to include back-end data mining, SQL Reporting, super-user training and testing

of the aforementioned types of software applications. My experience ranges from my time in

the Military Service (Army) as a Signals Intelligence Analyst to the industrial setting of the

demilitarization of chemical warfare munitions and the communications environment of a

government contractor. Highly involved with the process and implementation of the metrics

and data used for the Executive level Balanced Scorecard as well as other Continuous

Improvement Process projects. I have experience with the Earned Value Management System

(EVMS) while supporting the Information Systems Control Account Manager (CAM) in his

duties. I further applied the concepts of EVMS through Site Contract Administration

Representative (SCAR) duties by creating numerous Independent Cost Estimates (ICE),

managing the schedule and budget for the materials and subcontracts for the CAM, Attended

Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) training to tie all

aspects of the project management processes together for my role in the department. I have

strong communication skills, both oral and written, highly dedicated, focused and detail

oriented with strong analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills.

Employment History

12/2011 – 04/2013 Business Process Analyst 4

L-3 Communications

Accountable for cross functional Continuous Process Improvement activities within the Business

Excellence department. These activities are critical for the Executive Staff to review and make

business decisions on the available process capabilities. Responsible for ensuring data

precision, analysis and trending information is accurate and applicable to the Department

Managers and Executive Staff that are utilizing the metrics. Actively involved in providing

technical, analytical, and administrative support of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the

entire company.

Created and responsible for collecting, analyzing and reporting the monthly Balanced

Scorecard for the entire L-3 CS-West Group. The Balance Scorecard consists of financial,

operational, Human Resources, engineering and Product Assurance (QA/QC) information.

Active team member in the Lessons Learned committee. This committee is responsible for

promoting a repository of Lessons Learned for the entire organization. Each Lessons

Learned entry is reviewed and assigned as appropriate for finding the correct action to

ensure the issue does not arise again. The Lessons Learned system can also be a great

source of positive finds that can help other projects be lead the correct direction.

Mapped and documented the process for the Role to Process Mapping project. This project

included a compellation of members from various departments including a contractor to

ensure the Role Mapping process was well documented and easily reproduced.

Involved with a cross functional Root Cause analysis team to determine causes and

solutions to several cross departmental issues to include Procurement, Program

Management, Hardware Estimating and Accounts Payable.

12/2008 – 12/2011 Trend Analyst

URS Corporation

Responsible for providing technical, analytical, and administrative support of the Key

Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the Maintenance, Property, Warehouse, Receiving and

Procurement Departments. In charge of work flow and work controls data collection and

analysis. Accountable for ensuring data precision, analysis and trending information is accurate

and applicable to the Department Managers utilizing the metrics. Create SQL Reports with

embedded metrics for all levels of Management as well as SQL Reports geared for the more

technical employee to receive important information on Work Orders, Correction Actions,

Purchase Requests/Orders, Inventory Items and Schedule. Experience in Information

Technology has proven beneficial in data collection, project development and performance

measurement.

Creates and maintains performance measurement tracking spreadsheets used in the

analysis and forecasting of several departments and campaigns. I create extensive SQL

Reporting queries with embedded metrics for these customers. This requires extensive

knowledge of back-end access to Microsoft SQL and Microsoft Access as well as a vast

knowledge and experience with Microsoft’s Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Adobe

Professional Acrobat Writer.

Lead teams as the Element Owner for Occupational Safety and Health Administration

(OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) STAR level element ownership renewal for

Work Control and Job Hazard Analysis as well as Hazard Prevention. Responsibilities

include Element review, analysis, surveys and performance grading of the current

employee practices, culture and corrective action enforcement. I created a 13 page

document for the application renewal of the OSHA VPP STAR status for my specific

element as well as reviewing the other element applications.

Involved with Six Sigma Lean Teams to improve work performance and processes. This

includes the implementation of several Six Sigma processes. It was crucial to locate the

process inadequacies and redesign entire work flow for an entire department for reduction

in process variation.

Teamed a Root Cause analysis for a problem matrixed over several departments and

campaigns. This analysis included interviewing applicable personnel, problem solving and

report writing. This analysis was presented to many different levels management including

Deputy General Managers chairing the final decision making team.

01/1999 – 11/2008 Network LAN Administrator

URS Corporation

Accountable for all servers, switches and other network equipment to ensure all devices were

functional, correctly configured and operational. I administered the network security for the entire

company to include subcontractors and government personnel. Advanced skills with several

software applications, including all Microsoft’s desktop and server Operating Systems (OSs),

Office Suites, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Visio, Project, Deltek’s Accounting software, IBM’s

MAXIMO, etc. Planned, scheduled and implemented most project activities for the Information

Systems (IS) Department, in support of the Tooele Chemical Demilitarization Facility (TOCDF)

and Battelle’s Calibration Laboratory (CAL). Created and maintained the budgetary information

by way of researching and writing ICEs, Budget Estimates, Sole Source documents, Single

Source documents, SCAR duties and maintaining a complex matrix of Microsoft, Cisco and

other software applications’ licenses and Original Equipment Manufacturer information.

Administered budgetary preparation of over $1M; order and maintain support service

contracts, bench stock, hardware, and software.

Wrote Independent Cost Estimate for a Fiber Ethernet project through a Munitions

Demilitarization Building, data storage solution that included over ten terabytes in a Storage

Area Network (SAN) and several Scopes of Work (SOW) and Sole/Single Source

Justifications for various contracts.

Managed several contracts and contractors as Site Contract Administration Representative

(SCAR).

Managed a three-person project team to create, implement, and coordinate a Project

Management Plan - Microsoft server conversion, a network OSI Model Layer 3 upgrade,

Microsoft Proxy removal, and new DHCP scope.

Administered hardware and software for over 40 Microsoft servers. This included Exchange

5.5 and Exchange 2007 servers to administer over 1,000 mailboxes and a Microsoft

Exchange 2007 migration from the Exchange 5.5 system. Administered Network Security

for all servers, switches, and users.

Managed Sarbanes Oxley compliance regulations for Information Systems in conjunction

with Accounting, Payroll, and Purchasing.

Controlled the complex licensing budgetary information for the Information Systems

department including all Microsoft, Veritas, and Xiotech, etc. contracts which went through

me for verification and quality assurance.

Standardized the Help Desk common issues problem solving techniques.

Engineered all WinMPM, wInsight, P3/P3EC, and Deltek server installations, upgrades,

trouble-shooting, testing and network administration.

Highest tier level for technical issues that cannot be resolved. I was most knowledgeable

person for most hardware and software system trouble-shooting, installation and testing.

When the problem could not be found, it was given to me for resolution.

07/1995 – 12/1998 Warehouse Specialist

URS Corporation

Provided parts and item research and support for the Materials Management Department.

Maintained three separate databases for Accounting, Receiving and Warehouse functions.

Prepared and analyzed reports on the creation and requirements of item numbers and

descriptions. Developed queries from maintenance and schedule data, which tracked

component trends, patterns, usage, and issue rates.

03/1989 – 06/1995

United States Army, Military Intelligence (MI) – Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Analyst –

Sergeant (E-5)

Collected and analyzed SIGINT information to be sent to Southern Command. In charge of

sensitive and critical equipment pertaining to the SIGINT element of MI. Scheduled, maintained,

and measured other soldier’s job performance for the Trojan Encrypted Signals Intelligence

Communications system. Implemented an entire company’s Military Operational Specialty

educational curriculum to include secondary languages for 120 soldiers. Managed 30 soldiers for

a headquarters platoon as Platoon Sergeant. Evaluated and conducted soldier rank review and

merit boards.

Education and Certifications

Master of Business Administration, Technology Management

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

University of Phoenix

CISCO Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT)

Self-Study

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)

Certified Technical Institute

Certified Novell Administrator (CNA)

Certified Technical Institute

A+ Certification, CompTIA

Certified Technical Institute

Memberships and Affiliations

Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI)

Member of the Project Management Institute, Northern Utah Chapter (PMINUC)

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