Jennifer Targonski

About Jennifer Targonski

Resourceful and efficient Natural Gas Senior Analyst for Contracts and Budgets currently for 2+ years, also an Information Technology Team Leader with 15+ years of extensive strategic and insightful planning experience, supporting Healthcare, Commercial Insurance and Individual Annuities. Exemplifies strong team leadership and abundance of analytical, project delivery, testing, and technology expertise. Demonstrated ability to deliver projects in high-paced and high-demand environments utilizing excellent strategic thinking and problem solving skills. Team Leader l Senior Analyst l Data Analyst l Systems Analyst l Business Analyst l Contract Analyst l Technical Writer l Technical Designer l Technical Coder l QA and Test Manager l Project Manager l Resource Manager l Release ManagerCORE COMPETENCIES:• Team Leader ship• Contract Analysis • Data Analysis• Business Analysis• Systems Analysis • Technical Design • Technical Writing• Technical Coding• Performance Volume Stress (PVS)Testing• QA and Testing Management• Resource Management • Release Management• Vendor Relationships • Customer Relationships • Production Support• Project Delivery: Waterfall Agile / Kanban Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) ACCOMPLISHMENTS:* Supported >10/yr creation and renewals of Natural Gas Contracts ranging $100k-$700m* Coordinated >125/yr performance testing of Pharmacy, Group, International, Core Operations, Web and Mobile applications* Oversaw 2 Performance Test Leads and 2 Test Engineers as Scrum Master* Ensured a team of 75 worked within company information protection parameters; reviewed monthly* Implemented Performance tool improvements for Risk Request Assessments and automation of Enterprise Utilities support team intakes; resulted in 2 days’ time savings for customers* Performed resource management for 5 Hartford Life; 3 B-Line Consultants; 5 onshore and 9 TCS offshore vendor resources across 4 IA Portfolios, for 15-20 projects and Output Enhancement work requests per month* Provided and advised on process improvements; gained efficiencies for resourcing, estimating, migrations (such as Resource Planning Grid, Estimating Template revisions, Tracker and Release Master List); resulted in an estimated 1 week time savings* Received a Special Achievement Award for First Dollar Output Strategy Project; Nominated for a Special Achievement Award for the Fixed Bid Statement of Account Replatform project. CONTACT: T••••••••@gmail.com

Experience

1. Senior Contract and Budgets Analyst

   Avangrid

   May 2023 — Present · 76 Meadow Street East Hartford, CT, US

   Support BGC, MNG, RGE, NYSEG, CNG and SCG programs run by the Work Planning and Scheduling team- Coordinate with operations to understand contractual needs and existing contracts in place- Develop tracking and reporting systems for all contracts for budget and availability control- Work collaboratively across the Gas Operations area to assist with the achievement of the organization’s strategies and goals- Develop complex reports and analysis to measure contractor costs/performance, to ensure cost effective use of resources, and to monitor staffing levels against projections- Maintain and monitor contracts and budgets to ensure availability and skill-sets comply with the expansion needs of the organization- Develop long term budget plans and optimize processes to create new contracts for business needs- Overall coordination and preparation of the quantitative data required for the Gas Operations Monthly- Assist in the preparation of the annual operating budgets Gas Operations- Experience with SAP and other similar programs- Strong quantitative and analytical skills required- High attention to detail and accuracy in work- Must ensure strict customer confidentiality- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal- Perform data analysis.

Education

• Aetna - Hastings Training Center

  Aetna Accelerated Data Processing and Computer Programming Certification, Data Processing / Computer Programming

• University of Connecticut

  Bachelor of Liberal Arts, English Literature / Writing / Foreign Language Studies

• Enrico Fermi High School

  High School Diploma, General Studies

Skills

• Db2
• Technical Documentation
• Systems Analysis
• Application Development
• Cobol
• Testing
• Soa
• Grocery
• Pl/Sql
• Waterfall
• Batch Processing
• Oracle 9i
• Vendor Relationships
• Print Shop
• Output
• Information Management
• Mainframe
• Team Leadership
• Oracle
• Release Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Data Migration
• Analysis
• Resource Management
• Cashiering
• Production Support
• Project Delivery
• Basics of Unix
• Project Resourcing
• Teamwork
• Project Migration
• Agile Methodologies
• Team Building
• Jcl
• Vendor Management
• Print Management
• Bindery
• Electronic Data Management
• Data Warehousing
• Agile Methodolgy