1. Gayle Parent
651-239-7972
14790 Dundee Ave, Apple Valley, MN 55124
gayleparent@ymail.com
RelevantExperience Accomplished IT professional with more than 32 years providing results oriented
leadership. Motivated with the technical expertiseand business acumen necessary to
translatebusiness requirements and objectives into scalablesuccessful system
solutions.
 Coached and mentored staff members includingperformancereviews
 Project planning,development & team building
 Define & articulateprojectstrategies leveragingcritical and creativethinking
 Strong analytical skills
 Excellent listeningskills,businessprocessmapping
 Flexible,dedicated team player
 Solid ability to prioritizeand multi-task
Projects Target Corporation February 2014 – June 2015
Program Manager – IBM Tririga Enhancements
 Early adaptor – Agile methodology, SCRUM framework
 Product Owner Role representing all business areas/users providingrequirement
validation and projectstatus
 Continuous backlogrefinement with onshore and offshore development resources
 Facilitatedaily Agile/Scrumplanningmeetings defininggoals in partnership with
SCRUM master
 Established compatibility with third party software products by developing
program for configuration or business process change
 Performed critical evaluation of complexities and rootcauses
Target Corporation February 2012 – February 2014
Program Manager – IBM Tririga Integration – Implementation
 Delivered a complete capital projectmanagement solution for Target Properties
(Market Analysis,Real Estate, Construction,Architecture, Engineering, Store
Planning,Financial and BuildingServices)
 Delivered necessary integration supporting user authentication,financial
transactions and sourcedata in a vendor hosted model
 Optimized scheduleutilizingparallel development paths and sub-teams to meet
established timelinesupportingsunsetof non-supported technologies
 Utilized a modified waterfall approach
 Focused on aligningpackagedelivery with only supported configurations versus
customization
 Collaborated in partnership with business areasto achieveprioritization to deliver
requirements with the highest business value whilemanaging to an unexpected
budget constraint
 Delivered communication to stakeholders regardingproductgoals and progress

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 Assessed the impacton current business processes on users and stakeholders for
use in risk mitigation
Target Corporation June 2009 - February 2012
Program Manager Manhattan Software
 Vendor evaluation and RFP exploration with market leaders for capital program
management software
 Facilitated a proof of concept approach for evaluation of software supporting
Target Properties capital projectmanagement
 Analysis phaseleveraged documenting as-is and to-be processes with multiple
business areas (MarketAnalysis,Real Estate, Construction,Architecture,
Engineering, Store Planning, Procurement, Financial and BuildingServices) with
over 300 documented business processes
 Business process focus on normalizing“projectmanagement activities” to include
location and projectmanagement, contracts,change orders and invoices
 Drove assessmentof business valueusingoutof the box software with minimal
configuration
 Helped drivedecision to continue product selection efforts based on identified fit-
gaps
Target Corporation February 2004 – June 2009
Group Leader - Meridian Systems
 Performed project management for multiplepointsolutions identified requiring
custom build usinga waterfall approach (Marketanalysis,Location/building
information,Store planning) and necessary integration allowingfinancial
transactions to the book of record and in supportof sourceof truth end user
reporting.
 Provided analysiswithin a highly customized softwaresolution with complex
integrations
 Updated existingintegrations to support corporateERP initiatives (Lawson GLto
SAP
 Responsiblefor business supportorganization for 6000+internal and external
users
 Evaluated ongoingbusiness requests for small releasepackages
 Delivered business valueprovidingcomplex analysisof impacts providingbusiness
process changeversus system change where appropriate
 Utilized a formal changemanagement process
 Communicated to stakeholders and impacted supportorganizations
Target Corporation February 2001 – February 2004
Sr. Business Analyst - Ariba Buyer
 Full cycleprojectcompletion with implementation of a requisition process for a
largescalestoreenvironment, a largeuser baseof procurement professionalsand
the vendor community
 Requisitions,purchaseorders,contracts,invoices were transmitted electronically
between Target indirect and the vendor community usingthe Ariba network
 Sunset existingmainframe application leveraginghigh volume EDI transactions

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 Worked closely with Software Vendor to resolve a largevariety of ongoingdefects
Target Corporation February 1999 – February 2001
Business Analyst - Indirect Technology Landscape Consolidation
 Participation in a largescaleprocess and tool study for Target Indirectareas
facilitated by PriceWaterhouse Coopers
 Key player in the standup of business representatives (10) to facilitatea significant
reduction of 175+ identified tools supportinga largescalestorebuild program
 Multipleyear program generated Immediate spinoff projects (15+) running in
parallel in supportof all impacted systems and users
 Size (6000+) of user basedemanded select representation across businessareas
and frequent key communication updates
 Performed project planningfor future efforts addressingcustomized point
solutions