BRIAN W WALKER, CRNA
Nursing at Springbrook Dr, Minneapolis, MN

License number

Minnesota R 077127-4

Professional information

Founder, President And Cio At Walksoft, Inc.

Position:

Founder and President at Walksoft, Inc., Acting Chief Information Officer at ecoEnvelopes, LLC

Location:

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Industry:

Information Technology and Services

Work:

Walksoft, Inc. since Oct 2007 - Founder and President ecoEnvelopes, LLC since Jun 2007 - Acting Chief Information Officer Ready Credit Corporation (RCC) Dec 2005 - Sep 2007 - Chief Technology Officer digitalglobalnet USA (dgnUSA) Aug 2003 - May 2006 - Chief Technology Officer Rx Sample Management (RxSM) Jun 2003 - Dec 2004 - Partner and Vice President of IT Hitachi America, Ltd. May 2002 - Feb 2003 - National Manager of Solutions Architecture Next Generation Network (NGN) Dec 1998 - Oct 2001 - Director of MIS Advanced Respiratory Oct 1996 - Nov 1997 - Information Technologies Manager Diametrics Medical (DMI) Jan 1995 - Oct 1996 - Senior SW Engineer, DBA & Acting IT Manager Honeywell / Alliant Techsystems Jan 1984 - Dec 1994 - Lead Digital Test Engineer and Manufacturing Test Engineer J.I. Case Jun 1978 - Jun 1979 - Engineer

Education:

University of Saint Thomas 1987 - 1988
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 1981 - 1983
Bachelor, Electrical Engineering University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 1975 - 1978
Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering Rochester Community College 1973 - 1975

Skills:

Integration, Team Leadership, IT Management, Security, Program Management, IT Strategy, Strategic Planning, Vendor Relations, Vendor Management, Process Improvement, Change Management, Start-ups, Disaster Recovery, Team Building, Software Development, Contract Negotiation, Customer Relations

Interests:

New technology, investing, genealogy, music

Honor & Awards:

• Member of NGN team presented the 1999 Telecommunications Applications Award by Bill Gates at Comdex Windows World Open Competition. NGN Digital Signage solution presented. • Honeywell Orca Award for enhancing the functionality and extending the useful life of electronic test equipment.

Quality Engineer At Medtronic

Position:

Quality Engineer at Medtronic

Location:

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Industry:

Medical Devices

Work:

Medtronic since Aug 2010 - Quality Engineer St. Jude Medical AFD: Contract Mar 2010 - Jul 2010 - Quality / Validations Engineer Disc Dynamics Mar 2003 - Jun 2009 - Quality Engineer / R&D Support Engineer Gentra Systems Mar 2002 - Sep 2002 - Engineering Technician: Contract Sheldahl 1991 - 2001 - Process Engineer

Education:

Concordia College
BA, Biology

President, Walker In-Store

Position:

President at Walker In-Store

Location:

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Industry:

Marketing and Advertising

Work:

Walker In-Store since 1993 - President

Skills:

Brand Architecture, Consumer Products, Brand Development, Market Planning, Positioning, Competitive Analysis, Market Research, Product Development, Account Management, B2B Marketing, Direct Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Customer Insight, Marketing Management, FMCG, New Business Development, Advertising, Relationship Marketing, Marketing, Integrated Marketing, Brand Management, Marketing Research, Shopper Marketing, P&L Management, Multi-channel Marketing, Retail, Trade Marketing, Brand Awareness, Sales Management, Segmentation, Market Analysis, Trade Shows

Database Architect/Developer/Administrator

Position:

Database Architect, Developer, Administrator at IT Industry Companies

Location:

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Industry:

Information Technology and Services

Work:

IT Industry Companies since Jun 2012 - Database Architect, Developer, Administrator The Toro Company Mar 2011 - Jun 2012 - Data Architect IT Industry Companies Aug 2009 - Mar 2011 - Database Architect, Developer, Administrator Wingenious Mar 2007 - Aug 2009 - System Architect, Designer, Developer Questar Educational Systems May 2001 - Mar 2007 - Senior Data Architect Questar Assessment May 2001 - Mar 2007 - Senior Data Architect IT Industry Companies Jan 1981 - May 2001 - Software Developer & Engineer

Education:

Minnesota State University, Moorhead
Bachelor's, Computer Science

Skills:

Data Modeling, Database Architecture, Database Design, Database Development, Database Administration, Database Management, Data Warehousing, Performance Tuning, SQL Server, SQL, System Architecture, Software Development, Application Development, Visual Studio, .NET, ASP.NET, VB.NET, VBA, Visual Basic, Databases, Data Transformation, Data Cleansing, Data Analysis, Data Mining, Data Profiling, Microsoft SQL Server, Data Architecture, Data Cleaning, Database Admin, ETL, Software Project Management, T-SQL