Eric Jensen, MBA

Power Platform Developer

Greater Chicago Area

About

Power Platform Developer with over 4 years experience across industries. IT Manager with 4 years of leadership experience through mergers and acquisitions in a fast-paced environment, skilled at change management using my MBA and BS in Computer Information Systems as a platform in collaborating with cross-functional teams and building a sustainable IT department. IT Project Manager with a successful track record of multiple multi-million dollar project completion, on time and on budget with key stakeholders being highly satisfied. Experienced in coaching/mentoring, budget analysis, RFP’s, strategic oversight of multilevel teams, innovation, and exceptional communication with executives and team members with over 17 years of experience in the industry. Eric Jensen [email protected] 847-897-8343

Experience

  • Sr. Software Engineer, App Dev at Protective Life
    Jul 2021 - Present · 5 yrs

    Responsible for streamlining several business processes across the department and teams by developing and implementing Microsoft Power Platform solutions. An essential member of multiple Agile teams, providing experience and knowledge to achieve desired project outcomes. • Automated process of electronic forms to customers for signature and processing signed forms into legacy systems • Converted several Dynamics workflows to Power Automate flows with integration to DataVerse with logging

  • Small Business Owner at Barefoot Woodworking, LLC.
    Oct 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

  • Microsoft PowerApps Developer at CDW
    Nov 2019 - Jul 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Responsible for streamlining several business processes across the department and teams by determining current processes, developing and implementing Microsoft Power Platform solutions, and automated RPA solutions (UI Path). • Power Apps projects included, Taxonomy Management, PMO Intake, RPA Intake, Partner Contacts Management, eCommerce Product Management • RPA projects included automating several product ordering processes. Automated processes increasing performance on average 60% more orders processed per day

  • IT Manager at Wise Plastics Technologies
    Apr 2019 - Nov 2019 · 8 mos

    Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer and responsible for the continuity of IT services, providing strategic direction, technical expertise, and project management. • Help Desk System – Identified the need for a Help Desk system. Researched, and implemented a new system based on requirements within the first 30 days of employment. Gained ability to track issues, problems, and projects. Baseline metrics were documented against set KPI’s, issue resolution times were reduced by 25% • Managed Print Service – Introduced managed print services to service printers’ company-wide, producing a cost savings of 30%, and reduced internal management costs by 15% within the first 90 days of employment • Wireless – Identified oversaturated wireless network. Performed site analysis to determine actual needs. Reduced Wi-Fi associated spend by 92%

  • JourneyCare (7 yrs 1 mo)
    • Per Diem, IT Project Manager
      Apr 2019 - Sep 2019 · 6 mos

      • Leading Project Management, documentation, and development of electronic forms and workflows. Working with cross-functional teams to identify manual processes and convert them to an automated process utilizing Microsoft PowerApps, Flow, and SharePoint within the O365 environment.

    • IT Project Manager
      Jun 2018 - Apr 2019 · 11 mos

      Reporting to the Vice President of IT, and responsible for the successful delivery of IT projects. Accountable for bringing projects to completion on time and on budget while keeping patient-centered outcomes at the core. • Domain Migration – Developed a plan to migrate staff from three domains into a unified domain. Migrating ad upgrading MS Office suite for 900 staff in six weeks • eForms Solution – Collaborated with cross-functional teams to determine the needs of automated forms to decrease the manual workload on more than 6 departments. Successfully created and developed PowerApps solution for each of the department's needs. On-time, and under their work-time budget • Mobility Vendor Transition –Collaborated with the VP of IT regarding increased expenditures on mobility. Researched and found alternative solutions. Developed plan and was a key role in the implementation across the organization. Reduced spend by an average of 50% per mobile employee. Project was completed on time, on budget, and with keyholder satisfaction

    • Service Desk Manager
      Dec 2015 - Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Reporting to the Vice President of IT, and responsible for ten Service Desk staff across three support sites spanning throughout 12 satellite offices. Accountable for staff and timely resolution of all Service Desk requests, issues, problems, and projects. • Analyzed ticket counts to determine the need for increased staffing based on models. The staff model was changed to include an after-hours staff member to successfully accommodate the 24/7 needs of the agency, and customer service surveys increased by 14% within the first 90 days of the new model • ITSM System – Identified the need for a unified ITSM solution after a three-way merger. Identified requirements, found and implemented solutions. Created SOP’s around system and team for the organization. Reduced open incidents by 88% within eight months