PETR FUCHS
Phone: (408) 761-1745 , Fax: (815) 364-2538 , Email: petr@itguy2go.com

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Business Owner
ITGuy2Go, San Jose, California
2002 to current

• Computer hardware trouble-shooting and repair.
• Software solution recommendations and installations.
• Network configuration and installation.
• Digital marketing web design and analytics services.
• Tested numerous Adobe software applications.

Data Analyst
ADOBE, San Jose, California  
Jun 2010 to Aug 2010  

• Developing tools to help pricing team with price publishing.
• Maintaining data integrity of price lists and providing fixes as needed before publishing.
• Analyzing data to resolve issues and to suggest improvements on current processes.
• Working with cross-functional teams to enhance existing systems and implement new ways to audit data.
• Maintaining price list variants in PMM system. 
  

Product Operations Specialist
ADOBE, San Jose, California
Feb 2008 to Aug 2009

• Independently dissected program guidelines and pricing data to translate existing pricing into the new program.
• Developed new tool and process for creating company-wide pricing for 60+ products in new program.
• Lead a cross-functional team (Pricing, other Operations, and IT team members) to implement and train key stakeholders on the new process.
• Analyzed data to resolve issues with CS4 launch and AVL5 related to pricing and SKU availability and upgrade paths using Access and Excel.
• Employed automated data gathering in Excel to assure accuracy of data in pricing matrices to ensure proper pricing of Adobe products.
• Documented the process for analyzing the pricing data and converting to new program pricing.
• Communicated concisely with cross-functional teams using tables and other reports to share ideas and work items.

Catalogue Engineer / Software QA and Test Engineer
OMNICELL, Palo Alto, California
2000 to 2002

• Performed catalogue updates, insured data integrity and provided administration of MS SQL server including database backups and restores.
• Administered testing computers running Windows 98 and NT server 4 with IIs.
• Reconfigured OS and application environment for testing computers.
• Provided application testing, wrote test reports and functional specifications, and logged problems into PVCs tracker.
• Installed and set-up new builds on testing machines.
• Implemented changes to automate catalogue data loading without manual intervention. Modified loading procedures to accommodate additional customer requirements and provide access to additional suppliers for customers.

Business Systems Analyst
INTERVAL RESEARCH CORPORATION, Palo Alto, California
1998 to 2000

• Key contributor for a project to consolidate internal applications and systems to eliminate data redundancy.
• Identified needs and developed technical specifications and HTML mock-ups for migration of budget application into web based interface.
• Generated reports for finance department using MS Access, Crystal Reports and FRx that allowed for improved management decision-making.
• Maintained budget application for community of 200 researchers, which included providing training and support on the application.
• Minimized print volume by redesigning existing reports.
• Improved existing budget application written in MS Access resulting in speeding up budgeting cycle.

Production Assistant
INTERNET TRAVEL NETWORK, Palo Alto, California
1998

• Provided data cleansing that assured data integrity for input.
• Performed testing and troubleshooting of reservation system, resulting in highly accurate transactions.
• Consistently updated system with new data, ensuring correct reservations.

Manager of Information Technologies
F&N DODAVATELE SPOL. S R.O., Kostelec nad Labem, Czech Republic
1991 to 1997

• Provided system administration and support for local network running Windows 95/98.
• Reduced IT costs by maintaining hardware and negotiating new equipment purchases.
• Performed software installations and system configurations and provided desktop support and training for users.
• Backed up and archived important company data.
• Designed and administered company's website.
• Developed sales tracking system with dynamic connection to existing accounting package using MS Access, ensuring correct sales data.

EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• High School graduate: Secondary School Of Civil Engineering – Melnik, Czech Republic 1987-1990
• Other studies: Civil Engineering Czech Technical University - Prague, Czech Republic 1992-1996    
• Completed the following courses: System and Database Administration – Sybase, Seagate Crystal Reports 7.0 – Introduction, Advanced FRx for Windows