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<br />ANDREA BATTLE SIMS <br />Senior Consultant <br /> <br />Andrea Battle Sims has been working in executive search for over five (5) years, managing <br />all phases of the search process for municipal, county, state and non-profit organizations, <br />focusing on the East, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions with numerous searches for a <br />number of governmental and non-profit executives including: City and Assistant City <br />Managers, Library Directors, Chief Information Officers, Police Chiefs, City/County <br />Attorneys, Parks & Recreation Directors, Finance Directors and Workforce Development <br />Executive Directors. <br /> <br />Andrea is an experienced professional with over twenty years of prior experience III <br />Information Technology, EDP Audit and Management experience in both the public and <br />private sector. Her local government leadership roles include serving as the IT Director at <br />Cleveland Public Schools with a staff of 50; Deputy Director of IT at Cuyahoga County <br />with a staff of 70. In addition, her county experience includes creating a start-up venture <br />to sell public computer access to the legal community. Ms. Sims has held management <br />positions at AT&T, Progressive Insurance, and National City Bank managing IT projects <br />as well as IT professionals, along with serving as an internal consultant/auditor. She has <br />successfully managed IT professionals through the change process from legacy to client- <br />server technologies including both private and public sector Year 2000 implementations. <br /> <br />Areas of Expertise <br />. Executive Search <br />. Recruitment and Retention Training <br />. Information Technology <br />. Organizational Assessment <br />. Strategic Planning and Implementation <br />. Project Management <br />. Process Improvement <br /> <br />Professional Accomplishments and Education <br />Andrea's educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from <br />Spelman College, Atlanta Georgia and a Master of Science in Operations Research from <br />The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In <br />addition, her post-graduate education includes numerous IT and management courses and <br />seminars and certification from the Leadership Academy. Andrea's current and past civic <br />involvement includes the Board of Trustees at the American Cancer Society, Cuyahoga <br />Unit; Junior League of Cleveland, along with leadership positions with the Links, Inc., <br />Spelman Alumnae Association, and Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. <br /> <br />(!j 2007-The Waters Consulting Group, Inc. Page. 15 <br />THIS PROPOSAL CONTAINS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND IS THE SOLE PROPERTY OF WCG, INC <br />THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT TO BE REPRODUCED FOR ANY REASON WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF WCG, INC <br /> <br />,.....~.._"...... . <br />