SUBMITTED BY Mike Stinson October 18, 2007
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Mike Stock
Technical Summary
Dreamweaver IBM WebSphere 5.2
Microsoft Office Oracle Portal 2.0 (Release 9iAS)
Visio Vignette
Adobe CS2 Day Communique
InDesign Google Analytics / WebTrends
Professional Experience
Select Resources – Grandville, MI
Business Analyst Nov. 2006 – Jun 2007
Contracting at Johnson Controls, Inc. as a Business Analyst on the Employee Portal team, leading global projects as IT Project Lead: 1) Six Sigma – Continuous Improvement, 2) Supply Chain Management
Established key contacts related to requestor’s department within the business (domestic and global), to create a Project Charter: identified the core team, defined audience, stakeholders, scope, and budget
Documented user-centered tasks (use cases)
Wrote functional requirements for business approval
Responsible for developing technical requirements for IT/programming consumption. Creating site map and information architecture: organizing the information/content into logical usable navigation – using Visio or Excel
Created wire frames for generic layout approval – using Visio, PowerPoint or Photoshop
Developed a Usability Plan based on questions related to the project; conducted usability testing by sampling audience members
Created portal site framework for content managers to work within – using Day Communique and Vignette
Communication/launch plan/implementation; created the communications surrounding a product launch and determining the best channels and the timing of communications release
Presented to management using PowerPoint’s, Visio, handouts, online demonstrations (subjects included project updates, one-on-ones, executive summaries, project overviews/reviews)
Responsible for mediation/conflict resolution – finding common ground amongst constituents and stakeholders, and finding common goals of separate departments brought together by specific project
Six-Sigma-CI project (global, enterprise-wide [Automotive Experience, Building Efficiency, Power Solutions]): postponed due to business resources. Got as far as wire frames.
Supply Chain Management: three successes: 1. Launched three days early, 2. Constituent group created its own content, 3. First group to need intranet-type tool as opposed to informational site.
Haworth, Inc. – Holland, MI
Haworth, Inc. – Holland, MI 2001 – Nov. 2006
eMarketing Specialist
Served as the Business Lead responsible for the Information Architecture for dynamic enterprise-wide Extranet Portals and Software Application solutions.
Researched portal strategies and conducted product reviews.
Conducted interviews with 35 representative dealerships (Dealer Owners, Customer Service, and Sales) and multiple departments within Haworth to define and document site requirements.
Created both functional and technical requirements.
Create wireframes for each screen, and form.
Designed user interface.
Created external and internal test groups – Users, IS, Marketing, Content Providers.
Highlights
Improved the way Haworth communicated with its dealer network.
Combined 5 essential secured sites under one password
McKeough Land Company – Grand Haven, MI 2000 – 2001
Marketing Director
Determined branding and messaging
Designed 9 unique URLs
Responsible for search engine optimization, graphic design, collateral, and printing.
Determined ad strategies and campaigns
Stock Communications, LLC – Grand Haven, MI 1999 – 2001
Freelance/Creative Director
Responsible for the layout of Lakeshore Family Times (lakeshore family-oriented magazine)
Graphic design for local business
Cadillac Plastic – Troy, MI 1994 – 1999
Art Director
Managed global brand and identity (corporate logo was a halftone)
All graphic design
Expanded target-market concept through short-run digital press
Created industry’s first web site
Create industry’s first extranet, with Northrop Grumman
Hired agencies, managed multiple projects both in-house and through vendors
Trade show messaging and graphics
Raytheon – Lexington, MA 1990 – 1994
Artist/Illustrator
Created technical illustration of circuits, radars, machines and more.
Prepared presentations for government-sponsored scientists.
Awarded Secret clearance
Education
B.A. 1986 – Principia College, Elsah, IL. Created special major: Communication Through Pictures and Words
Dean’s List, fall 1985 – Emerson College, Boston, MA
