Matthew Ruthenberg

Washington, MI 48094 (586) 940-2065 mruthenberg1@att.net

OBJECTIVE A Business Analyst position in an organization that is dedicated to innovative thinking and providing the highest quality business solutions and requires someone who can: Provide leadership and direction to manage all aspects of the development process from inception to deployment. Analyze current and future business processes to develop unique solutions through innovative design. Deliver quality products by understanding project requirements, customer expectations and business needs. Support a mentoring and learning environment to inspire people to achieve their potential. Goal: To provide a results oriented organization with the vision to develop world class products.

EXPERIENCED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS

Strategic Planning Continuous Improvement Troubleshooting

Customer Support Communications Program Management

Mentoring Scheduling Testing

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Leadership

Directed project meetings between developers and stakeholders to document requirements by resolving conflicts and compromising. Result: Created a requirements document that was supported by all stakeholders and delivered a product that achieved a 95% satisfaction rating. Analyzed change management process to develop an integrated document tracking system to manage internal and external engineering documents. Result: Department achieved a highly successful performance rating in the ISO 9001 Assessment. Implemented improvements to current production methods by utilizing a state of the art monitoring and delivery system for nutrient placement. Result: An improvement in quality and increase in production by 20%. Developed and presented a detailed business plan to expand and diversify business operations which would return a net profit after two years. Result: Acceptance of plan by upper management. Lead a major web site redesign project to address user information access issues. Result: Received spontaneous recognition award for displaying outstanding leadership and technical competency.

Analysis

Decision Making

Business Development

Project Management

Convinced management to change the department server environment to a more cost effective Process Improvement model without loss of functionality. Result: A $500,000 dollar saving over the life of the contract.

Matthew Ruthenberg
Washington, MI 48094 (586) 940-2065 mruthenberg1@att.net EXPERIENCE Business and Technical Consulting, Greater Detroit Region 2009 Present Business Operations Analyst: Direct day to day operations including production, marketing and distribution of agricultural commodities to wholesale and retail markets. Analyze market demands to determine production levels and variety mix for seasonal production. Review market trends and price targets to maximize revenue. Assign daily production tasks to team members to produce a quality product for on time delivery to market. Identify new markets and determine future market demands to expand business operations. Improve production methods resulting in better quality and increased production. (2009 - Present) Business Analyst: Studied operations and processes of an environmental recycling company to develop a business plan that would allow expansion into new growing markets. Researched technology used in composting to gain an understanding of proper processes and equipment needed to support this business. Developed system requirements and processes to monitor refuse, billing, composting, and environmental concerns. Computed startup costs as well as sustained costs and projected return on investment. Communicated findings to management for approval and acceptance. (2010 - 2012) Business Analyst: Analyzed service process and implemented a mobile billing process for all service trucks. Documented customer requirements and proposed new billing process. Recommended a cost effective off the shelf solution and trained all technicians on proper billing procedures. All systems were updated and technicians trained without impacting service schedules. (2009 - 2010) General Motors , Warren, MI 1994 -2009 Senior Project Manager (Conveyers Controls Robotics and Welding): Supported existing business applications and processes. Communicated with stakeholders to understand requirements and analyzed existing data repositories. Recommended conversion to a centralized data repository which would eliminate redundancy resulting in a 30% cost savings. (2008 - 2009) Senior Project Manager (Body In White): Delivered business solutions and process improvements to support 300 engineers and management teams. Analyzed processes, systems, and data to define requirements for systems that would improve quality, streamline processes, and eliminate errors. Managed a development team, created budgets, updated schedules, determined staffing needs, and performed management reviews to accomplish tasks. Released web based Change Tracking system that allowed tooling changes to be input and approved electronically reducing processing time by 25%. (2002 2008) Senior Project Engineer (Body In White): Provide hardware and software solutions to the department consisting of 300 employees. Lead a development team which worked with stakeholders and management to analyze requirements and provide solutions to business processes. Implemented web based Document Tracking system which managed technical documents reducing processing time by 35%. (1997 2002) Project Engineer (Body In White): Designed, developed and supported Image Database for Assembly system. Communicated with various engineers and technicians to identify functionality and images needed. Captured over 5,000 design practices to improve quality and achieve a higher customer satisfaction rating. (1994 1997)

EDUCATION Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI