John C. Cochran 2807 Dellwood Drive H  [Send email to request phone number] 53.9236 
CBAP Kokomo, IN 46902 C  [Send email to request phone number] 71.1720
 
Objective
An opportunity to function as a Business Analyst in discovering, justifying,
managing, developing, and maintaining the appropriate application of IT resources
to Engineering, Manufacturing, Educational or Financial business problems to
improve productivity and reduce operational expenses.

Summary of Experiences
Most recently I functioned as an Information Specialist with EDS, an HP Company
in the Global Applications Delivery organization currently supporting the Delphi
Automotive Global Engineering System program office as a Business Analyst. 
I have over 20 years experience within the software application domain of
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Product Data Management (PDM) especially
as applied to an Engineering perspective for high-volume globally distributed
manufacturing environments. I have worked in several roles over this time
involving Business Analysis, Sales, Project Management, Client Delivery
Management, Technical Development and Support, Team Management, Technical
Consulting, and System Architecture all requiring good customer relations and
communication skills.

Education and Certifications
 *  Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, 
 Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN
 *  CMII certified: April, 1997
 *  CBAP (Certified Business Analyst Professional): July 2009

Experience
EXPERTISE YEARS 
Technical: UNIX, Vax, PDP, RDBMS/SQL, C, Java, shell scripting, VI, awk, Sherpa
and Teamcenter application toolkits, HTML, XML, Pascal, LISP, Prolog, Paradox
(SQL), various custom reporting packages
Requirements and Process Tools : CaliberRM Requirements Management, Visio, MS
Project, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, using SEI CMM level 3 certified processes ;
various Configuration Management tools for source code control (such as CVS) 12

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Manufacturing Problem Domains: Change Management, Supply Chain Management,
Engineering Bill of Materials, Document Management, Configuration Management,
ECAD, Release Management 17

Project Experience
2003  *  present: Worked as Business / Requirements Analyst to develop and
implement large (500+ global concurrent users) Product Lifecycle Management
system across multiple Delphi divisions to lower overall IT costs and reduce
risks of failures from legacy systems
 *  Worked with Engineering and Manufacturing customers to determine and
document business process and tool requirements for Engineering Document
Management, Change Management and Workflow Management to ensure customer
satisfaction with the final IT system delivered 
 *  Assisted in project management activities in scope definition, budgeting,
and estimating to provide predictability during project execution
 *  Lead cross-divisional reviews and approvals to obtain agreements across
groups with very different perspectives to ensure the completed IT system met the
needs of each organization 
 *  Reviewed and approved technical designs to accomplish requirements with
efficiency to minimize execution costs
 *  Generated use cases and test cases to guide the validation of requirements
 *  Created user training materials and documentation for 100 CAD designers and
Audit Release Analysts to lower transition costs 
 *  Provided implementation services to minimize rework due to lack of
coordination 
 *  Custom coded requested reports to provide business information needed by
various organizations to execute efficiently

1998  *  2003: Worked as the Application Delivery Manager to organize business
activities for application development across all global Engineering applications
for Delphi Electronics and Safety
 *  Managed activities of 15 - 30 employees delivering IT application services
to Engineering clients to generate over $3M in revenue per year and hit margins
over 10% 
 *  Responsible for Delphi client relationship including business agreements and
sales
 *  Created proposal for Global Engineering System (GES) and involved in program
management with client for this 5 year activity with total contract value over
$8M to provide progression path from legacy applications reducing risk and
increasing capacity and scope of Engineering functions supported
 *  Subject Matter Expert for PLM/PDM product domain and worked with product
providers in future product development plans 
 *  Consulted with Nissan on product development processes onsite (Tokyo) for 2
months

1984  *  1998: Worked as the Programmer / Analyst supporting ERP and Engineering
applications
 *  Developed application to distribute printed circuit board data to external
suppliers in a secure fashion to reduce security exposures and expenses involved
in external data exchange
 *  Engineering representative on the team to merge AC Rochester business into
Delco Electronics 
 *  Involved in voice recognition and knowledge-based expert system applications
for use on the manufacturing floor
 *  Supported the Shipping and Inventory Control systems including an automated
stacker crane

Other: member of the Deacon Board for over 20 years at Bible Baptist Church;
Youth Committee Chairman and HS Youth Sponsor; guitar player in 4 local bands;
have instructed over 50 people in the art of guitar (currently writing method
book), homeschooler, software Entrepreneur