Mindy Ranney
Oakland, California
mindy@ranney.com
Qualifications

Sole founder of a $3 million annual revenue Bay Area web application consulting company

Experienced project manager with a technical background, focusing on intranet/extranet enterprise portal implementations

Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale projects consisting of technical, creative, strategy, client, and contracted resources

Diverse industry experience including Biotechnology, Telecommunications, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Entertainment, and Human Resources

Over 7 years focused on researching, managing, implementing, and integrating 3rd party web application software

Effectively translate business needs into application requirements, appropriately scope the work, then oversee the execution and delivery

Experience with full web application development lifecyle, including scoping, software architecture, user interaction design, graphic design, software engineering, QA testing, user testing, user acceptance testing, and deployment

Work Experience

Founder - ConnectSix, Inc., San Francisco, California: 2002 - 2007

Started, grew, and ran a $3 million annual revenue consulting company building web applications for Fortune 500 clients.

Attracted and successfully retained 25 consultants and supporting employees.

Conducted all sales and business development for organization.

Provided onsite account management to key clients.

Selected clients include:
Genentech - Various Projects Across Departments
  • Designed and implemented over 10 web applications throughout the organization in the areas of Sales, Marketing, Finance, and IT.
  • Streamlined business processes saving millions of dollars, automated paper processes, empowered employees with access to critical information, and provided integration into non-web applications such as ERP and database applications.
  • Upgraded and maintained external corporate website www.gene.com.
SBC (Now AT&T) - Intranet Strategy and Implementation
  • Delivered a long-term intranet strategy and roadmap along with the first phase web site to serve as their intranet foundation.
  • Technical Project Manager for a large portal strategy engagement
  • Delivered technical architecture, user experience, and content management for new website application replacing five existing outdated sites.
  • Held focus groups to consolidate information across departments, spanning multiple geographical locations.
Visa International - Human Resources
  • Managed a PeopleSoft upgrade and integration.
  • Provided content strategy plan for intranet.

Technical Project Manager - Groundswell, Inc., San Francisco, California: 1999 - 2001

  • Led the user experience deign and software engineering of Groundswells’ advanced intranet that facilitated internal activities and resulted in a 92% daily usage rate with all employees. This complete intranet portal integrated with all of Groundswell's systems and data, and was the central point of business operations including customer communications and project management through a secure extranet.

Web Developer - PeopleSoft, Inc., Pleasanton, California: 1998 - 1999

  • Worked in the web development group using scripting languages to integrate and expose backend PeopleSoft ERP applications.
  • Designed and developed complex, interactive web pages.
  • Conducted user testing for a variety of web applications in a highly structured environment that included a testing laboratory with two-way mirror.
  • Part-time instructor at PeopleSoft University

Industrial Engineer - Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida: 1997

  • Conducted time studies and wrote software simulations to optimize performance and reduce costs.

Education Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering (Engineering with Business Management & Human Factors) from Purdue University