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JOHN GACHUGU
(517) 410-2440 JohnGachugu@gmail.com
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Enterprise Vision, Mission and strategy oriented with an urgency to compete and win both in the market and society
Excel in a multi-generation, partnered, responsive, disciplined and accountable environment that is forward looking,
fosters teamwork, and is committed to value-added business solutions deliverables that are on-time and target
Entrepreneurial, resourceful and analytical team player, critical thinker, creative problem-solver and dynamic self-
starter with a strong sense of ownership, can-do-attitude and ability to harness resources needed to get the job done
Maintain internal and external relationships that support and meet enterprise organizational values and goals
Effective conflict resolution and interpersonal skills, and blend high-touch and high-tech in nurturing relationships
ell-grounded in all facets of project systems development life cycle processes and methodologies from consensus
building and conceptual design through review of project effectiveness, including post go-live success evaluation
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"onducted and issued highly rated audit reports on over (,-)) face to face interactions with professionals in banking,
consumer and retail, housing, communications, education, medical, and hospitality industries since ()** spread across
Michigan, !orth .hio and !orth $ndiana in order to maximize the customer experience, sales and profitability using
customer market intelligence, insight, strategic, operational compliance and performance business auditing, including/
#usiness and relationships development skills of financial advisors, platform bankers, service providers and retailers'
,roviding business intelligence and objective feedback to management teams on key service pre-determined metrics'
0etermining compliance with federal, state and local government laws and ordinances'
!o"#c$ %anag#!0 Con$!ac$ = !ocu!#m#n$ ,(#ciali)$0 an2 ,#nio! <u)in#)) Anal+)$0 Michigan 0epartment of
1echnology, Management and #udget 201M#3, "enter for 4hared 4olutions and 1echnology ,artnership 2"441,3,
%ansing, M$, May ())- + 0ec' ()*)
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,lanned, initiated, and managed geography and location based information technology 2$13 projects'
"haired functional team meetings to generate systems, functional, technical and business re5uirements'
6acilitated group sessions among customers, developers, and management'
0esigned and generated monthly, 5uarterly and yearly reports for the project stakeholders'
4erved as "enter representative in 0epartment of $nformation 1echnology ,ortfolio Management 7roup'
0eveloped and maintained the "enter ,ortfolio 0atabase
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#rought in over 8(M to unit through cooperative federal, state, and local grant writing and administration'
9uthored 4tatement of ork for a 4tate of Michigan statewide 8:'-M Enterprise 7eospatial ; year contract'
,repared contracts and wrote the 4tatement of ork 24.3 for a 7overnor<s 9gile 4crum ,roject, eb 4ervices,
$nformation 1echnology $nfrastructure %ibrary 2$1$%3, commodities, professional services, and maintenance'
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4erved as liaison between business units and technical aspects of projects'
"oordinated statewide partnership to ac5uire imagery used in geospatial related application development'
"onsult with the 4tate 9ttorney 7eneral to assure legal compliance with regulatory guidelines and statutes'
4erved on "441, ,olicy =eview #oard 2,=#3 that develops, reviews and revises policies and standards'
4erved on 01M# 1raining !eeds 9ssessment 7roup for the 4tate >nified $nformation 1echnology Environment
24>$1E3 $nitiative of Michigan to identify training needs for project management teams'
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C!o))-o!gani>a$ional and Multidisciplinary !ocu!#m#n$ ,(#ciali)$0 Michigan 0epartment of $nformation 1echnology
20$13, %ansing, M$', .ct' ())( + May ())-
"ontributed to the 4tate saving over 8*))M through the procurement of services, commodities and maintenance for
4tate of Michigan agencies migrating from a decentralized to a centralized information technology strategy'
9ssisted the .ffice of Management and #udget 1echnology ,rocurement .ffice with development of re5uests for
information 2=6$3 re5uests for 5uote 2=6?3, and re5uests for proposal 2=6,3 and award specifications'
=esearched and crafted detailed technical statements of work and standards'
=eviewed bid and awards terms and conditions according to regulations'
!egotiated End >ser %icense 9greements 2E>%9s3 with companies, such as !ovel, .racle, Microsoft, $#M and @,'
Managed Vendor =elations and contract changes and extensions'
0eveloped 4ervice %evel 9greements 24%9s3 within and outside of 0$1'
9#la$ional ?a$a1a)# %anag#m#n$ ,+)$#m (9?%,) %anag#! - Un2#!g!oun2 ,$o!ag# *an@ !og!am0 Michigan
0epartment Environmental ?uality, %ansing, Michigan, May *AAA + .ct' ())(

9dministered and maintained the statutory mandated Michigan statewide revenue-generating underground and above
ground tank database management system' 1he system serves as the backbone of the strategic and sustainable
leading environmental protection programs that are the foundation of the runaway award winning ,ure Michigan
national campaign' 2=anked BC in the 6orbes ())A/ 9ll-time 1en #est 1ourism ,romotion "ampaigns3' 1he ,ure
Michigan aims to attract businesses to the 4tate, and champion Michigan as a top destination to visit, live and work'
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ell-grounded in all facets of life cycle processes and methodologies from consensus building and conceptual design
through review of project effectiveness with a goal towards a capability maturity model and optimization including/
"ollaboratively secure sponsorship and buy-in
6easibility studies and "ost #enefit 9nalysis 2"#93
4cope definition, project planning and chartering
Environmental and economic impact statements preparation
0efining, gathering and documenting business, functional, and technical re5uirements and processes
,roject risk assessment and documentation
#est practices and change-control management
>ser manual development and user training
6acilitate and broker timely project status communications and reports to stakeholders
,roject closeout, sign-off and post implementation and deployment success evaluation
4tatistical modeling and data analysis
=esearch design, 5uestionnaire instrument development, data collection, evaluation and reporting
>pgrades and Migrations Management
9ccount Escalation ,rocedures
4ervice 0elivery Monitoring
"lient, Vendor, and 4takeholder =elations Management
#enefits, "onsultative and =elationship 4elling
4ervant %eadership, $1 7overnance, "apacity, #usiness "ontinuity and 0isaster =ecovery ,lanning
>pgrades "ost and #enefits 9nalysis
0eployment =isk Management
?uality 9ssurance and ?uality "ontrol/ 1esting, 9udit, $nspection
4trengths, eaknesses, .pportunities and 1hreats 24.13 9nalysis
$nformation 1echnology 1elecommunications

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