SUMMARY:

Broad multi - industry experience. Excellent record in turn-around situations. Very strong communication skills. Significant experience beyond technology. Excel at business process re-engineering, operations, product development, strategy development, business plan development, marketing, and management of non-technology functions and organizations.

CORE SKILL AREAS:

TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY:

EDI Transactions: X12 Standards 110, 180, 204, 211, 214, 301, 303, 310, 810, 832, 844, 845, 846, 850, 852, 855, 856, 860, 861, 940, 945, 996 EDIFACT Standards - CUSDEC, DESADV, XML Standards

EDI Translators: Inovis for AS400 and for UNIX, GENTRAN, GIS, AS2

Languages: UNIX/KORN shell scripting, RPGLE, PL/SQL, Microsoft Office product scripting, VB.NET, FTP scripts

Software: Oracle 11i, Oracle Order to Cash, Oracle EBS, Oracle eCommerce Gateway, UC4, AppWorx, MKS, TestDirector, TrackIT, AIX, Linux, UNIX, BizLink, BizConnect, BizManager400, CARS, iMany, JD Edwards, BMC, Confidential Enterprise, Confidential for the AS400 and FXS Confidential for UNIX

Hardware: AS400, pSeries, Windows Servers

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Bethlehem, PA

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Assisted with EDI upgrade/migration from Confidential for the iSeries to BizLink for Windows.
• Assisted with new Oracle Applications 12i implementation.
• Developed new maps for interfacing with Oracle Confidential -Commerce Gateway.
• Configured all communication protocols in the new BizLink environment.

Confidential

EDI Consultant

Responsibilities:

• My current engagement involves configuring, mapping and electronic file processing in the Confidential BizLink platform.
• Managed the Confidential BizLink platform at Confidential.
• They were doing around 17M file transfers a month.
• Installed, upgraded, configured and performed mapping for Confidential for UNIX, Windows and the AS400, BizLink and BizManager400 software products.
• Specialized in performing upgrades with minimal production downtime.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assisted with EDI upgrade/migration from Confidential for the iSeries to BizLink for Windows.
• Assisted with new Oracle Applications 12i implementation.
• Developed new maps for interfacing with Oracle Confidential -Commerce Gateway.
• Configured all communication protocols in the new BizLink environment.

Confidential, Scottsdale, Arizona

Job Scheduling Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Chief responsibility was to ensure Confidential ’s payment transactions were processed successfully in accordance with service level agreements and compliance regulations for each locality Confidential conducted business.
• Coordinated changes or additions of jobs in UC4 Applications Manager V8. Confidential has approximately 2,500 jobs and 7,300 chains.
• Doubled the amount of batch servers in order to maintain stability for increased volume from mobile payment transactions.
• Assisted with the relocation of Confidential ’s datacenter from Phoenix to Salt Lake City.
• Compiled a list of over 11,000 unique firewall connections necessary in Salt Lake City between the batch servers and other servers in Confidential ’s environment.
• Lead architect for migrating from UC4 Applications Manager V8 to UC4 Operations Manager V9.

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Installed, upgraded, configured or performed mapping for Confidential ’ Confidential for UNIX, Windows and the AS400, BizLink and BizManager400 software products.
• Specialized in performing upgrades with minimal production downtime.

Confidential, Golden, Colorado

Independent EDI Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implement EDI transaction set 832 - Price catalog and EDI transaction set 856 - ASN.
• Provide all technical and operational support for Confidential Enterprise (TLE) running on Windows Server 2003.
• Upgrade TLE from 6.0.4.9 to 6.1.1.16.
• Write technical and operational specifications based on SOX requirements for the upgrades and the new EDI transaction sets.
• Convert 460 customers from fax to EDI.
• Perform upgrade from TLE 6.1.1.16 to BizLink 3.2.2.
• Developed all new maps for BizLink 3.2.2 Mapper 3.1.1
• Redesigned BizLink 3.2.2 to post and pull SAP iDocs as they are generated enabling real-time processing of inbound and outbound EDI between our trading partners.
• Redesigned EDI interface with our new distribution warehouse. New transaction sets developed included outbound 940, inbound 945, outbound 856, inbound 944, inbound and outbound 867 and outbound 846.
• Installed Inovis’ Securelink network appliance that added another layer of security when performing AS2 transactions.

Confidential, San Francisco, California

Independent Business Process Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Technical design and development of UC4 objects to control job scheduling, processing and execution reporting of the 36 new Smart Meter interfaces.

Confidential, North Wales, Pennsylvania

Independent AS400 Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Converted EDI platform from the AS400 to UNIX using Inovis’ Confidential EDI translator. Designed setup of the new EDI platform, interfaces with Oracle 11.5.8 and interfaces with legacy systems.
• Upgraded to Oracle 11.5.10. Performed impact analysis on EDI documents. Identified and documented changes necessary to Oracle packages to enable compatibility with existing 11.5.8 EDI documents.
• EDI integration with AppWorx. Technical design and development of AppWorx modules to control the business processes of EDI data.
• Implemented AS2 solution utilizing BizLink and BizConnect from Inovis.
• Implemented various EDI documents using BizManager with transformation from Inovis.
• Created custom Automated Returns System. Designed and programmed a subsidiary system in RPGLE on the AS400 for receiving expired returns from a third party reverse Logistics Company via EDI transaction set 180, determine if the return was reimbursable, price the return and generate a credit for direct customers or have the logistics company issue a check for indirect customers.
• Created custom interfaces with PNC Bank. Worked closely with Confidential and PNC Bank officials to design and develop custom interfaces for the AS400 via BAI flat-file formats and custom VPN-FTP scripts for receiving customer payments and cleared checks and sending positive pay transactions. Implemented the EDI 820 for vendor payments.
• Using WebMethods and XML, implemented item synchronization with the Global Data Store (GDS).
• Created custom Item Pedigree EDI documents based on state regulations and customer requirements.
• Identified EDI impact when Confidential acquired a new company. Confidential acquired 5 companies during my engagement.
• Created documentation necessary to satisfy SOX and Validated System change control requirements. Good working knowledge of Test Director and MKS from Mercury Interactive.
• Implement inbound vendor EDI transaction set 850 into JD Edwards.

Confidential, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Independent Business Process Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed a profile system that identified cashiers or locations that were suspected of stealing and should be audited.
• The Profile System was based on triggers.
• When the trigger was assigned to a location, it was given acceptable tolerances.
• The basis of the Profiling System was to interrogate the data that applied to the trigger, calculate a variance, factor in the tolerance and weight the variance.
• The shifts or locations with the highest weights were highlighted and targeted for audits.
• The Profiling System reduced theft by 20%.
• Designed and developed a custom VB application to perform all of the business and operational requirements involved with a parking lot operation.
• The system would track all of the tickets, coupons, charges and payments associated with the shift, transmit the shift to the main office and interface it into the main system.
• Designed and developed a custom VB application to track cashier shortages, automatically create payroll deductions and track repayments.
• Supported legacy applications on the System/36. Production support of legacy revenue control system in RPG.
• Designed improvements in the business process enabling the shift entry staff to be reduced by 60%

Confidential, Washington, DC

Data Processing Manager

Responsibilities:

• Installed PCs on the circus trains to capture engagement information and transmit the data to the main office.
• Managed outside consultants to design and implement custom circus software solutions.