James E. Schwaller

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Objective

I am looking forward to becoming part of the exponential growth in Information Technologies. I am looking for a position with a high level of responsibility, involving information technologies that will allow me to increase my technical knowledge and experience.

Experience

May 2001 - Present - Great American Insurance/American Financial Group - Cincinnati, OH

Enterprise Architecture Planning Project team member – including the development of architecture activities, project charters, gap analysis, presentation creation, etc.
Led development of EAP intranet site used to communicate project findings to the enterprise (http://specialty/eap)
Developing information repository for Specialty Division Enterprise Architecture
Participating in the development of the Specialty Division Enterprise Architecture
On team that is developing a scorecard and process for project initiation

May 1998 - January 2001(Winter and Summer) - Great American Insurance - Cincinnati, OH

Created and maintained government filings database solving a 1.5 year old problem and reducing the filing time from 30-60 days down to 30-60 seconds by converting from paper to electronic submission
Worked on project to upgrade headquarters and remote offices to Windows NT
Handled and serviced daily support calls (800 users)

Oct 2000 - May 2001 - Office of Information Resources - State of SC - Columbia, SC

Support several state organizations including Governor’s and Lieutenant Governor's Offices, Office of Executive Director, and other Budget and Control Board Offices
Handle and service daily support calls (1000+ users)
Worked on project to convert offices from Token Ring to Ethernet
Designed and created database to track inventory of hardware and software

Jan 2000 - May 2000 - Computerhouse, Inc. - Columbia, SC

Hardware and software repair technician
Customer service and support

Responsible for bill collection and payments

Education

Aug 1997 - May 2001 - University of South Carolina - Columbia, SC

Double Major:

Management Information Systems (Intensive)
Entrepreneurship
Dean's List

Minor: Computer Science - C++ (2 semesters), Java (2 semester), Assembly (1 semester), COBOL (1 semester)
GPA: 3.6
President - Alpha Phi Omega, Co-ed Service Fraternity (3 semesters, longest in chapter history)
Technology Officer (1 semester), Administrative VP (1 semester) - Alpha Phi Omega, Co-ed Service Fraternity
Leader - Alternative Spring Break Corps - Spent one week doing service including 48 hours homeless in downtown Washington, DC