Ted Kobold

About Ted Kobold

Technical Leadership ExperienceSpecialized in data analytics, managing enterprise architecture, solution architecture, delivering and supporting business applications, and leading technology infrastructure teams. Developed strategies and secured funding to deliver technology services. Held engineering responsibilities as a senior PeopleSoft engineer at Accenture, UnitedHealth Group, and Thrivent. Served as the technical lead on the ERP selection project at Prime Therapeutics. Worked as the principal web services integration engineer and architect for indirect tax solutions at Thomson Reuters.Agile and Traditional Project Management ExperienceOrganizing and delivering multiple projects including customer-facing digital solutions, information security systems, application development, end-user infrastructure, cloud services, ERP, and business platforms. Key projects include:• Delivered a mobile and data analytics food safety product to international and United States customers, collaborating closely with marketing and sales leadership to deliver customer solutions.• Led key infrastructure projects such as enterprise workstation malware detection, Security Event and Incident Management expansion, threat analysis, endpoint OS upgrades, virtual desktop platform redesign, mobile BYOD, cloud web-filtering, cloud security logging, legal discovery, and business system platform migrations.• Directed business application projects, including the selection and delivery of multiple ERP systems, variable compensation solutions, mobile food safety solutions, and data warehouse and reporting solutions.• Proficient with Scrum framework and Azure DevOps, and a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Experience

1. Adjunct Instructor - Mba and IT Management

   Saint Mary\'s University Of Minnesota

   Jan 2017 — Present · Minneapolis, MN, US

   Project Management Graduate Course Instructor Accountable for developing and delivering traditional, virtual remote and virtual assisted electronic learning graduate program courses in Project Management. Courses included• Foundations of Project Management – course examined the project management framework covering key terminology, project management context, and processes. Topics included project management knowledge areas, life cycles, and organizational designs.• Agile Project Management – course developed student skills, techniques, and mindset to build consensus, collaborate with project stakeholders. Course focused on Scrum, XP and Kanban concepts. IT Management Graduate Course Instructor Accountable for developing and delivering traditional classroom graduate program courses in Information Technology Management. Courses included• Strategic Planning for Technologists – course focused on developing on approaches to developing an IT Strategy and how to develop a roadmap to achieve the defined strategy.• Managing Technology Teams – course focused on attracting and developing high-performing technology teams. This includes developing traditional or Agile delivery teams and how to identify skills require to execute an IT strategy. • Leadership and Communication Approaches – course on leadership theory as it is applied to technology scenarios. Adaptive and ethical leadership principles were introduced. In addition, team building, collaboration, interpersonal, and written communication strategies were emphasized.

Education

• University of St. Thomas

  MS Software Engineering, Concentration in Embedded Systems

• Augsburg University

  BA, Economics, Math, IS

Skills

• Analysis
• Leadership
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Data Warehousing
• Business Requirements
• Consulting
• Business Intelligence
• Peoplesoft
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• Management
• Business Analysis
• Project Management
• Erp
• IT Management
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Process Improvement
• Requirements Analysis
• Software Development
• Requirements Gathering
• Business Process Improvement
• Sql
• Visio
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management