Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

I am a Senior Business Analyst with skill sets that reaches from business processes to conceptual techincal design for many different types of business or technology initiatives. I have worked on initiatives that has required me to play many different roles (many of them at the same time).

The skills include the following business analysis, process analysis, requirements management, modeling, project management, conceptual UI design, testing, curiosity, willingness to learn, collaborative, and stratactical decision making

Innovative business solutions lay in the region of the win+win+win which is; 1st win = the people succeed and gain positive experiences, 2nd win = initiatives & ideas succeed, and 3rd win = We receive experiences, knowledge and deepen the relationships.

Lastly, I have utilized the skills above with innovative technologies such of web2.0, social media, social networking technologies, and cloud computing to execute enterprise strategies.

(e) keith.privette@gmail.com
(w) www.twitter.com\keithprivette

Specialties:
Business Analysis (method,tech,collaboration,people) | Social Media technologies | Social Media strategies and execution | Business innovation with Cloud Technologies | Business innvoation with Social Business Platforms | Software Development Lifecycle Delivery experiences | Application and Tool innovation and management

Work History

• Analysts International
• Senior Consultant
• March 2011 to Present

• Target Corporation
• Senior Business Analyst
• June 2008 to March 2011

• Managing the functional ownership of Quality Center 9.2

  Developed and implemented the utilization of the requirements module within Quality Center 9.2

  Transition planning from one requirements management application to the requirements module in Quality Center 9.2

  Coach and Mentor project teams on the enterprise standard requirements management process called Scenario Based Requirements.

  Developed the process and documentation to use SBR with implementing packaged software. This area of improvement has helped many teams have more successful implementations and working relationships with their Vendors.

  Managed and Communicated the changes necessary for the improvements and enhancements for the SBR process for our Enterprise Release schedule. Managed the changes and communicated them to an Enterprise audience.

• Free Arts Minnesota
• Board Member
• June 2008 to October 2010

• Volunteer board member for Free Arts Minnesota.

  Volunteer on the Major Gifts committee with providing marketing strategy and marketing activity execution.

  Volunteer time and skill sets to drive and execute the internal operations strategies and priorities for Free Arts Minnesota.

  Volunteer time within Major Gifts Committee to execute the Ask Strategy to help Free Arts sustain funding streams.

  Volunteer developing a strategy and then managing the activities associated with executing the social media strategy for Free Arts Minnesota.

  Execute the social media strategy utilizing an ecosystem of social media mediums such as facebook.com, twitter.com, convio.com, linkedin.com, freeartsminnesota.org.

• Weatherly Consulting
• Senior Business Analyst - Consultant
• October 2006 to May 2008

• Project: Led business analysis, system requirements management and business process technology architecture for the implementation of an enterprise client relationship management software as a service application.

  Project: Lead business analysis, system requirements management and quality assurance for the development of new software development lifecycle for managing new requirements for a newly created public website for Thrivent Financial.

Education

• University of Wisconsin at Whitewater
• BA, Sociology, History
• 1991 - 1996