Provided hands on management assistance to help ensure that a medium sized Midwestern State’s Department of Child Support Enforcement will meet Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) certification requirements by December 31, 2000.

Provided guidance in the preparation of a medium sized State’s Advanced Planning Document (APDU) required by the Federal Government Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).  A full Systems Life Cycle Cost Benefit analysis was performed to justify the expenditures.  The return on investment showed that the State would cover expenses for the project within less than two years.  The State was approved for $16.7M current expenditures and $43.8M budgeted expenditures.

Conducted a Year 2000 Independent Verification and Validation project for a medium sized State’s Department of Social Services.  Three separate federal agencies Food and Nutrition Services (FNS); Administration for Children and Families (ACF); and Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) and their Independent Verification and Validation issued low-risk ratings to the State.  As the result of our effort, HCFA ranked the State lowest risk out of all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Note: This represented an improvement of 26 positions.

Developed a Year 2000 Methodology, Framework and web-based project reporting system to track over 700 projects simultaneously for a large Midwestern State.  The State was honored with the “1998 Best Practice” Award for its Year 2000 remediation efforts.  The award was co-sponsored by PC Week Magazine, and the Technology Managers Forum International.  Over four hundred private and public businesses were reviewed.

Developed a Consolidated Financial Reporting System that is used annually to consolidate diverse financial reports (with different formats) from several hundred organizations.  Server databases are queried, the results assimilated and camera ready consolidated financial reports for the entire State dynamically created within Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets. The user actually can view the application creating the Excel workbook worksheet by worksheet and cell by cell with no user intervention.  The Consolidate Financial Reporting System eliminated approximately three to four weeks required manually assembling and preparing the reports for publication. As a result the State Auditors and Financial Department are able to spend more time ensuring that the financial information is correct vs assembling and publishing the final reports. 

Developed a technology model for a sporting goods manufacturer/wholesaler to migrate business to an Internet enabled E-store front end with an outsourced back-end.  The objective of the client was to develop a business model that managed the information flows, while outsourcing the brick and mortar business functions of manufacturing, warehousing, order processing, and customer service.  Their strengths lay in product design and development.

Created a marketing strategy for a hospitality/food and beverage manufacturer/retailer.  Developed the designs for a web based marketing campaign and developed the web site.  Immediate sales increases were achieved.

Coordinated the development of a corporate vision and business plan for a start-up Retail Company. Continuing to provide direction to help with the launch of the new business.  Sit on the board of a sister charitable organization whose mission is to feed the homeless.

Provided on-going support to a small entrepreneur to help develop strategies for starting additional businesses.  A small trucking business currently collects, cleans and sells waste food oils to the cattle industry – twenty-four routes.  An opportunity to develop a new business cleaning the interiors of the agricultural railroad cars has arisen.  It is anticipated that the business will be able to employ from 10 – 40 people. MCC’s will quality assure the business plan.