Vera Bryant

Senior Consultant

Present Position

Construction Change Partners, Senior Consultant
2010 – Present

Vera serves CCPs clients as an application consultant with an expert background in many of the core CMiC application modules. Vera not only brings a wealth of experience from her years of working with the product but also from her close association with the CMiC user group and the many user and industry connections she made as an integral part of that organization.

Work History

Cianbro Corporation, Senior Application Support Analyst
2006 – 2010

• Provide end user support for a variety of business software applications including enterprise software and internally developed applications
• Perform testing and functional review of internally developed software
• Administrator for Service Desk Express software
• Lead implementation team for new product rollout
• Develop ad hoc queries from a variety of users and systems
• Participate in enterprise application (CMiC) patches, testing, problem resolution, and upgrades
• Planning and implementation
• Maintain and monitor security for a variety of software systems and databases
• Develop documentation for end users

Cianbro Corporation, Manager Application Service
2000 – 2006

• Managed a team of programmers, analysts, and DBA’s
• Managed the development of an executive and an employee portal
• Led the effort to develop a formal Disaster Recovery Plan
• Managed the upgrade to a new version of enterprise software
• Developed specifications for the Automated Team Member Profile system
• Participated in software user group Steering Committee 2002 - present
• Presented at Financial Close Workshop
• Presented seminars on Ad-Hoc Reporting and User Extensions at 2003 user conference
• Facilitated the technical roundtable at 2003 and 2004 user conferences
• Organized a workshop to brainstorm about software security
• Facilitated and presented at equipment and preventive maintenance workshop
• Managed development of systems using outside consultants:
• Procurement system
• Risk Evaluation system
• 360 Degree Review system
• Managed a development project for a contract management system and provided ongoing support for the client
• Performed data conversion for membership management software.
• Provided training and advice during and after the implementation of enterprise software for several clients. Developed and managed the budget for the software portion of the IT budget.

Cianbro Corporation, Systems Analyst/Programmer
1989 – 2000

• Assisted in implementation of JD Edwards system
• Managed the development of Cianbro's PC Payroll System by outside developers
• Designed and developed systems and reports within JD Edwards software
• Trained users in all level of computer skills
• Developed user manuals for a variety of computer systems
• Participated in task force to recommend and implement a new enterprise software product
• Converted data from JD Edwards to CMiC
• Developed reports and queries to supplement existing CMiC reports

Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, PC Support Specialist
1981 – 1986

• Designed specifications for Specialty Services Tracking System
• Worked with developers and users to create and implement a Specialty Services tracking system
• Developed a system to manage purchased outside services
• Developed a system to manage parking permits
• Worked with physicians, nurses, and administrators during budget development process
• Trained users on PC systems, spreadsheets, and word processing software

Organizations

CFMA – Member Since 2010
CMiC User Group Steering Committee 2002 – 2007
Construction Information Executives (CIE)
2006 – President
2005 – Program Director
2004 – Secretary
2003 – Member

Education

North Seattle Community College – Associate of Applied Science in Data Processing 1982