Alan Stanley Dyck
asd27@dyck.net
   Summary: IT Project manager with over 15 years of experience in enterprise applications, user interfaces, visual design, and training.

Professional Skills    Technical Skills    Design Skills
•   Project planning and scheduling
•   Effort and cost estimating
•   Functional and technical specification
•   Workgroup leadership
•   Meeting facilitation
•   Diplomatic conflict resolution
•   Training and Coaching
•   Written communication
•   Pharmaceutical, Distribution, eLearning, and Localization industries
  
•   Web application development
•   Web content management
•   Java
•   VBScript & Javascript
•   HTML & CSS
•   Data warehousing and enterprise report development
•   Quality assurance, quality control
•   SQL (Oracle, MS SQL Server)
  
•   Page and document layout
•   Information design
•   Digital image editing
•   Illustration
•   Still photography
•   3D modeling and animation
•   Digital video editing and DVD authoring
       

 Software 
•   SAP ECC, SEM
•   SAP BEx Analyzer & Query Builder
•   MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio
•   MS Project
•   RWD uPerform
•   Windows, UNIX, and Mac OSX
  
•   MicroStrategy Intelligence Server 8.1
•   Weblogic Workshop 8.1.5
•   Borland JBuilder 8
•   MS CMServer
•   Python
•   WinCVS version control system
  
•   Adobe Photoshop CS
•   Dreamweaver & Flash MX
•   Macromedia Director
•   PageMaker
•   QuarkXPress
•   Strata Studio Pro
 
Career History and Accomplishments

Dec 02 - present    OTN, a McKesson Company    South San Francisco, CA
 
SAP Implementation Team Lead - BW (Business Intelligence Warehouse)
•   Kept BW functional team on schedule, by identifying and managing tasks, recognizing risks, and allocating resources. BW team met or beat all project milestones.
•   Streamlined 400 specialized reports down to 180 flexible queries, saving over 1,300 hours of development.
•   Identified and eliminated over 50 reports that no longer provided competitive advantage to the business.
•   Leveraged 40 reports from one sales organization to another, providing valuable data and saving 300 implementation hours.

Project Manager - Business Intelligence
•   Released 80 reports per year, supporting sales and business development goals with $2bil in revenue annually.
•   Provided quality assurance, identifying and correcting 98% of errors before they reached users.
•   Recognized by colleagues as an analyst who understands complex business requirements and communicates effectively.
•   Led the training effort for a MicroStrategy upgrade, with in a 50% increase in report use by the business.

Web Application Developer
•   Developed portal applications for internal and external clients, with a reputation for bug-free code.
•   Supported and enhanced Java web e-commerce applications, reducing downtime by over 50%, and supporting revenue growth over 10% per year.


Oct 95 - Sept 02    Wilson Learning    Emeryville, CA
 
Technology Consultant
•   Implemented a content management platform, cutting courseware development time in half.
•   Facilitated the migration from traditional training development to web-delivered media, through presentations and training.
•   Selected and deployed a media asset management system, allowing the creative department to leverage images from photoshoots, and accelerate the release of web-delivered courseware.

Lead Developer
•   Interviewed and selected contractor resources, with over 80% retention rates through the project lifecycle.
•   Utilized reusable software architecture to deliver a series of 17 educational titles in an increasingly tight 18 month schedule.
•   Provided innovative design for games and user interactions that set clients' products apart from their competition.


June 94 - Oct 95    Haukom Associates    San Francisco, CA
 
Developer, Interactive Media Applications
•   Enabled the business to leverage volunteer and contractor resources, by integrating code and media assets into final products.
•   Provided flexibility to a growing business, by rapidly learning new software tools, and training new hires.


Education
•   Apr 07: SAP Online - Business Information Warehouse 3.5
•   Nov 06: SAP Navigation instructor-led course
•   Nov 06: SAP Online - Sales and Distribution
•   Mar 06: American Management Association - Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting
•   Oct 05: American Management Association - IT Project Management
•   Oct 03: Sun Java Programming Language course. Prerequisite for certification.
•   Apr 03: Tibco PortalBuilder: Developer and Administrator.
•   Nov 97 - May 01: Courses in consulting, negotiation, and leadership, with Wilson Learning
•   Aug 94 & 95: Courses in MacroMind 3D and object oriented programming. SFSU, San Francisco, CA
•   Aug 92: A.S. Degree in Graphic Arts. Masters Institute, San Jose, CA