452 Brandt Court #11 n Salt Lake City, Utah 84107

(801) 870-6323 n craigpevans@gmail.com

 

 

 

Innovative and ambitious professional with a diverse skill set that strives to make an impact in community development through urban planning. Excellent at client relations, data analysis and reporting. Service-oriented, determined, with a strong attention to detail. Excellent written and verbal communications skills with an innate ability to work well with others. I am interested in a job related to GIS or Urban Planning.

 

 

 

Programming Languages:  C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET, SQL, HTML, ASP 3.0, VB6, VBScript, Javascript, VBA

Applications: ArcGIS 10.2, Microsoft Office Suite including Access, and Microsoft SQL Server. Familiar with Adobe Creative Suite 6.0 and Google SketchUp as well as Cognos Impromptu, Seagate Crystal Reports, and Subversion

 

 

SALT LAKE CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE                                                                                                                   Salt Lake City, Utah

Communications Intern                                                                                                                                          Jan 2015 – Apr 2015

 

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Participated in SLC Transit Master Plan Communications meetings.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Participated in HIVE pass planning meetings.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Wrote letters of recommendation for previous interns.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Created MS Excel graphs as necessary to illustrate data patterns.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Posted Capital City News videos, Salt Lake City historical photos and Mayor’s press announcements to social media.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Participated in daily office flow and duties.

 

XENNSOFTSalt Lake City, Utah

Software Developer                                                                                                                                                  Apr 2010 – Feb 2011

§ Created and implemented new user-requested web applications and reporting tools.

§ Supported web applications for mid-level marketing companies (MLM’s) by researching and fixing reported software bugs.

§ Analyzed table data in MS SQL Server and created ad-hoc queries to identify possible errors in programming logic or business rules.

§ Responsible for thorough unit testing of all programming modifications before implementation.

§ Assigned to projects involving multiple developers that required collaboration and project management skills to complete successfully.

§ Trained new employees on PC configuration and application architecture to assist them in learning the application support position.

 

JC PENNEYSalt Lake City, Utah

Software Engineer 2005-Sept. 2009

 

§ Supported/maintained 150 financial applications for JCP accounting center. Troubleshot and repaired applications in response to customer identified bugs/errors.

§ Held responsibility for developing software applications to enhance accounting center productivity.

§ Managed stages of software development life cycle and coordinated with parties to ensure successful projects.

§ Created application that automated payment of more than $20,000,000 in jewelry transactions as well as eliminating manual processing.

§ Directed project for rewriting LIFO application, enabling company to quickly and accurately calculate inventory value and generate reports used for reporting inventory position in billions of dollars to SEC and IRS. 

§ Developed application used as official repository for updating and tracking employee transaction approval limits for more than 100,000 company employees.

 

FMDM (Financial Merchandise Data Mart) Team Lead2003-2005

 

§ Directed team of six associates to ensure successful transition from Merchandise On Hand (MOH) system to FMDM system. 

§ Queried financial systems and performed detailed data analysis to identify financial inconsistencies and errors.

§ Responsible for coordinating with other accounting center departments, stores, and home office to identify and implement process improvements. 

§ Processed $10,000,000 in adjustments to the general ledger monthly for inaccuracies identified in system research.

 

Stock Ledger Team Lead 2001-2003

 

§ Responsible for leading team of ten associates, ensuring accuracy of company stock ledger.

§ Led detailed data analysis to find and resolve inaccurate quantities, costs, and retails, leading to misstatements of company inventory position.

§ Created and approved corrective financial entries to stock/general ledger.

§ Implemented new stock ledger system, achieving 97% accuracy rate.

§ Identified errors and averaged $1,500,000 in monthly adjustments to the stock ledger and general ledger.

 

Accounts Payable Head Clerk1998-2001

 

§ Developed application and implemented procedures to identify duplicate payments completed by company to vendors.

§ Recouped $5,000,000 in duplicate payments, and further saving an additional $75,000 in payments to external post-audit company.

§ Raised average rate for automated matching of supplier invoices to company receipts from 70% to 95%, decreasing amount of manual processing completed by accounting center. 

§ Worked closely with suppliers to resolve billing disputes, ensure compliance with shipping and billing policy, and improve Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) billing match rate with company to minimize manual processing.

§ Developed and provided financial reports to executives at home office. 

 

 

 

MARRIOTT RESERVATIONS, Salt Lake City, Utah, Reservations Service Agent, 1997-1998.  Held responsibility for answering customer phone calls in order to create and modify reservations at Marriott properties.  Looked up detailed hotel and area information to assist travelers in making plans.  Achieved status as number one sales representative two months in a row. 

 

UNITED STATES NAVY, Charlestown, Massachusetts/Norfolk, Virginia, Storekeeper Third Class, 1994-1997. Managed aircraft carrier USS Enterprise nuclear support material. Ordered and issued all parts and chemicals needed to operate and maintain the ship’s nuclear reactors. Responsible for seven storerooms including conducting inventories and assuring parts could be located accurately.  Additionally, led tour groups throughout the four decks of the USS Constitution and related various stories and history to the audience.

 

 

 

 

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, Salt Lake City, Utah

B.S., Business Systems Information Technology, 2004

 

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Salt Lake City, Utah

B.S., Urban Planning, 2015

 

 

Sept 30, 2014 - Received an Urban Design Award in the “Student Work” category for creating a development plan for approximately 350 acres in Tooele. The AIA, APA, ASLA, and CNU chapters in Utah jointly recognized the project.