KATHLEEN BOSTON MCCUNE DALLAS.FORT WORTH, TEXAS AREA
KATHLEENBOSTONMCCUNE@GMAIL.COM
817-709-4868
Proven results as TECHNICAL WRITER with a demonstrated
track record of detailing data for RFPs, Proposals, User Manuals, Speeches and
other written materials requested/required by management and governmental
authorities and/or administrators.
Proficient in Financial Analysis & Forecasting; GAAP
& Cash Management; SEC Regs; Cost Reductions; CAFR, FAR, Technology
Integration/Upgrades; Regulatory Compliance and Efficiency Improvements.
Technical Writer for software upgrades for over 30 yrs.
Contractual and on the job writer of User Manuals for 25 yrs.
REALTOR, KANSAS AND
MISSOURI, REECE & NICHOLS 15 YEARS Listed and sold property, both
commercial and residential successfully.
Chauncey Bogan, Entrepeneur for inspiring young people
Jan 2023 – Today
Cell: 614.787.6878
Wrote his lead
letters and requests for coverage in the DFW area through CBS
CITY OF DALLAS NOV
2022 – DEC 2022
TECHNICAL
WRITER
Assisted in setting up files for
Administrative Directives for CityWide Program for DPD.
KBM MARKETING/AUDITING, KS; HURST, TX FEB 2004 – NOV 2022
AUTHOR/PUBLISHER
Wrote and published
24 books, most available on Amazon under books and my full name.
Most recent ASSIGNMENT~TEXAS BORDER just published.
Also Auditor/Marketing For Tom the Taper over last
18 years: Also, kept records of expenditures and income for both Tom the Taper
and EOY Tax Preparation for Time Saver Handyman. (Both firms doubled their
volume of work and income with my advertisements for them on the web.) When
staff was on vacation: preparation of
estimates and correspondence with government offices.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
SEP 2004 – JAN 2005
RESEARCH/FINANCIAL ANALYST/RECONCILIATION ANALYST (CONTRACT)
Audited A/P desk for possible fraud, Reconciliation of A/P
desk for Register of Deeds Office. Set up new desk user/training manual to
include GAAP for future potential fraud. Trained new personnel and included new
software Peoplesoft in both the manual and training thereof.
GE/ERC
NOV 2003 – DEC 2004 RESEARCH
ANALYST (CONTRACT)
Determined any liability from recent purchase of four
smaller reinsurance firms. Set up Spreadsheet configuration required to garner
all possible information concisely for contract management of liabilities
covered. Oversaw staff of two for assistance in finding all data available.
Solely input the data into the SAS system for Administration to pull data by
category. ROI = Cost =$54k, Potential Liabilities could have been millions.
EDS, FEDERAL IT HEALTH SVCS, KS
ACCOUNT JAN 1978 –
JAN 1979 MANAGER (CONTRACT)
As part of the team for testing and designing potential
fraud scenarios for new software necessary for implementation of that software
(used until recently) in Kansas for the Medicaid and Medicare Crossover Claims.
After testing and setting up the “front-end” this position as Manager meant
assuring only “clean” claims crossed to the data input area and that all claims
had the encoding necessary for timely processing and accurate tracking for
potential fraud. Our team held the record for years for being the first on-line
for finding fraud the first day with an accuracy ratio of 100%.
UMB, FINANCIAL DISTRICT, DOWNTOWN KCMO APR 2018– JUL2018
TECHNICAL WRITER (CONTRACT)
After upgrade of security software, I was contracted to set
up User Training Manuals within International Wire Investments Section for 6
associates to include embedded data and referenced materials, using Adobe
Acrobat, Excel 2016, Tableau and Cloud for internal use.
RAFTELIS FINANCIAL CONSULTING, INC., ENGINEERS JUN 2016–NOV2017 TECHNICAL WRITER (CONTRACT)
Wrote
three sections of Proposal for San Antonio’s Water System. For St. Louis Mo.
Sewer District: Set up and produced Proposal for wastewater and storm water
increased need in additional financing. Provided ten variations of Proposal for
each Reviewing team and political entity within the St. Louis MSD.
MACPROCESS INC./SCHENCK MANUFACTURING OCT 2012 – MAY 2013 SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST (CONTRACT)
By Contract for Richard Smith, Director for Accounts
ReceivableAssisted Management by auditing A/R after new implementation between
Oracle and SAP in the KCMO operation to capture all incoming monies.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, REGION VII, FEB 2009 –
FEB 2010 FISCAL OPERATIONS
SPECIALIST (CONTRACT)
Updated Fiscal Reporting for the Foster Care and Adoption
Assistance for the four States: Iowa, Kansas, Mo and Nebraska.Created Reports
for Quarterly expenditures from each State within Region VII.Verified
Administration costs of third-party entities/auditing same.Externally Audit
& Financial Lead for Federal IV-E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance)
monies-Bi-annually.Pilot Team Lead-Financial extrapolation of Administrative
Cost Review in Iowa w/100% accuracy verified.(Only such results in
America.)External audit of Peer Reviews Program in Iowa’s Transition program
for youth services.
CITY GOVERNMENT: KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, SEP 1989 – SEP
1997 SR FINANCIAL
ANALYST
Updating and Organizing Bond/Note Department. Audited A/P,
A/R, calculating potential arbitrage to determine whether the City was earning
more than it was paying to hold notes for roads and other infrastructure.
Balanced bank accounts for the Board of Public Utilities and set up the files
for all notes and bonds held by the City. Audited the files of the Health Care
Benefits Manager in realigning changes and implementing new data into the
updated system to accommodate ERISA.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, HEALTH SRVS, BATON ROUGE JUN 1981 – JUN 1989 SENIOR FISCAL ANALYST
Served at the pleasure of the 105 Representatives w/direct responsibility
for a $3 billion budget that included all Health and Hospital Services for the
State. Internal auditing of all offices statewide required annually. Regular
appearances before the media were part of this positions’ requirement with
explanations for lineitem expenditures by
program. Drafting new law for
Legislators, sitting on Appropriations and Health Committees for all hearings,
explaining potential changes in law and how to effect changes requested by
elected officials (with whom I had recommended how to reduce the budgets
without affecting the truly needy public) was accomplished with a 24%
unemployment ratio during the 80’s.
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DEC 1979 – JUN 1981 FINANCIAL ANALYST AND ACTING ECONOMIST
Successfully forecasted the expenditures and thus the
budget for all road projects.This office was still using the “card” system of
computerization and with the nod of the Deputy of Transportation, I upgraded
the whole office onto PCs, testing the software before going online.My accuracy
ratio for forecasts was 98% for the next 2 years and included four climate
zones and allowance for strikes, as Arizona has Labor Unions.
IBM, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, BY CONTRACT JAN 1979-JUN 1979 INTERNAL AUDITOR (CONTRACT)
Cleaned up a three-year-old
federal audit situation in 6 months, requested a Desk Audit and received an
A+ for the work. Included organizing all accounts on the A/R side and
reallocating their payments appropriately. When finished, I met with the CEOs
of mega firms such as: Illinois Power, Illinois Bell, Illinois Dept. of Labor,
Illinois Dept. of Transportation and other large business entities, explaining
cogently how their accounts were now in balance. Asked to become a Manager for
IBM in California, and declined due to new husband’s career taking us in
another direction. Boss: Patricia Barrios.
STATE OF KANSAS TREASURER’S OFFICE, JAN 1975 – JAN 1978 DEPUTY TREASURER
Using a formula based upon the State Chartered Kansas
Banks’ investment in small businesses and farmers, I invested all Federal
Revenue Sharing monies and distributed them throughout Kansas. Invested the
Judges, Clerks and Court Reporters Retirement monies. Balanced the 15 bank
accounts monthly and assisted in the weekly investment of excess monies offered
to local banks on TDOAs (Time Deposit Open Accounts), able to back the $20k to
$200m available, utilizing wire transfers.
Education:
Ø BBA,
Majors: Accounting/Business Administration with 3.88 GPA, Washburn University,
Topeka, KS Prescreened in English to Sr classes Freshman year Ø Cost Principals & Grants Management
Certificates - Federal Training
Ø
University
of Nebraska, Omaha, One Semester, History, Journalism, Trig. 3.5
Ø Cost Principals & Grants Management
Certificates - Federal Training
Computer Software Familiarity:
AGI, MTS, Excel
Power Point and Vista, also: ACCESS, AGILE, ERP, FASTRACK, PDF (ADOBE Acrobat),
PeopleSoft (JDE), VISIO, SQL, SAP, SAS, QuickBooks thru 2016, Great Plains,
Peachtree, EPerfect, ECommerce, ADP, Oracle, Paychex, Paycor, Tableau and
Cloud.
