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MELISSA O. KERN <br />IK Consulting, LLC  PO Box 17661  Tucson, AZ 85731  (520) 891-5376  missy.kern@ikcpartners.com <br />Summary Of Qualifications <br />&Over 25 years experience as an Information Systems professional. <br />&Over 35 years experience working in the Building Industry. <br />&Certified Novell NetWare Administrator, Certified Software Manager and Accela Certified Partner. <br />&Proven effective management skills with involvement in departmental management decisions. <br />&Exceptional focus and follow-through abilities. Innovative thinker, creative, and resourceful. <br />&Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. <br />&Detail-oriented, multi-tasker with strong organizational skills. <br />&Outstanding dedication to customer service and client relations. <br />Professional Experience <br />IK CONSULTING, LLC, Tucson Arizona <br />Managing Partner May 2002 to Present <br />&Partner in consulting firm that provides business process analysis, configuration (including items such as <br />workflow, inspections, form design, event, scripts, user defined data, fees, etc.), data conversion, reports, <br />testing and training for various software systems, including the Accela Civic Platform. <br />&Manage migration and conversion of data from Accela legacy platforms to the Civic Platform, as well as <br />many legacy mainframe and other databases. Data review and cleanup of existing systems prior to <br />migration to ensure data integrity and usability. <br />&Design and develop custom reports for documents, memos, letters, permits, workload, statistical/monthly <br />counts, financial, and workflow data using Access, SSRS and/or Crystal Reports. <br />&Work closely with other vendors to integrate additional solutions with the Accela Civic Platform, such <br />as IVR, GIS, Mobile and Financial systems. <br />&Training courses offered for the Accela Civic Platform in the following areas: User/Utilization, <br />Administration, Core Team, Database Schema and Reports, Accela Mobile Office, Accela Citizen Access <br />Administrator and Customer Service. <br />CITY OF PEORIA, Peoria, Arizona <br />Contract Management Analysis February 2003 to December 2009 <br />and <br />SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC., Phoenix, Arizona <br />Contract Staff for City of Peoria Information Technology January 2010 to December 2010 <br />&Responsible for the Engineering Department Permits Plus record types, documents, and necessary <br />programming for new processes as well as maintenance of existing process types for fee increases and/or <br />new fee processing. <br />&Creation of all reports and forms necessary for daily business, management of workload, and financial <br />comparisons. <br />&Key staff responsible for the analysis, configuration, process mapping and testing of the new processes <br />created in Accela for the Engineering Department. <br />&Instrumental in the mapping process for migration from legacy platform to Accela for the Engineering <br />Department, and assistance with three (3) other departments at critical times. <br />&Creation of over 100 custom reports, letters, documents, and permits for utilization by staff and <br />management utilizing Crystal Reports for multiple departments in the City. <br />&Provide assistance with the scripting and testing, as necessary. <br />&Creation of custom user documentation for training purposes. Conducted User/Utilization training. <br />&Provide custom documentation and training for key staff for Reporting, Queries, and other features. <br />47 <br />  <br />  <br />City Council 13 – 86 10/1/2024