Profile:

• Platform knowledge of IBM ISeries (AS400), UNIX and NT server systems
• 13 years of software development experience employed with a major worldwide ERP software vendor located in Chicago IL
• Experience with automated testing tools QA Partner and Mercury Test Tool
• Experience with a wide variety of computer languages including RPG ILE, RPG Free Format, modules, service programs, binding directories, SQL, CLP, JAVA, C, C++ and XML
• Database experience with DB2, Oracle and Informix
• Vast on site real world knowledge of Supply Chain Management, Warehousing, Logistics and Manufacturing
• Developed and maintained ERP management software for Order Entry, Shipping, Manufacturing, Purchasing and Warehouse Management
• ERP software experience with SSA Global BPCS, Infor ERPlx, PRMS, MAPICS, Warehouse BOSS and WMS4000
• Training and working knowledge of IBM's WebSphere portal development tool

Professional Experience:

Confidential, Lenexa, KS (Dec 2008 - Present)

Confidential
Senior Contract Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Performed as a senior programmer at Caravan Ingredients for a multi company disentanglement project due to CSM companies being sold.
• Was responsible to identify programs that had hard coded values such as libraries, job queues, output queues, job descriptions, FTP scripts etc.
• Over 300 programs were identified with hard coded values. The solution implemented was to replace hard coded values with an override value from a company wide parameter file.
• Project was completed on time and within budget with no major issues reported when the company split went live.

Confidential
Senior Contract Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Performed as a senior programmer at Bass Pro Shops..
• Was responsible to reduce a large back log of programming modification requests.
• During this phase all of the modification requests were completed on time. Used RPG Free Format, SQL and modular programming for new application requests.

Confidential
Senior Contract Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Performed as a senior programmer at Komatsu..
• Was responsible for retrofitting custom modifications for an upgrade to Infor's ERP lx.
• During this phase all of the modification requests were completed on time.

Confidential
Senior Contract Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Performed as a senior programmer at Caravan Ingredients for a multi company integration project to Infor ERPlx
• Was responsible to write data base conversion programs using RPG Free Format to convert data into Caravan Ingredients ERPlx system software from the phased out ERP software of Best Brands Foods
• During this project all three company data conversions were completed ahead of schedule
• Increased performance was programmed to the conversion programs useing SQL optimization in RPG Free Format which resulted in an average conversion time of 15 minutes for each company. As a result there was no downtime for the companies that were converted to Caravan's ERPlx manufacturing software

Confidential
Senior Contract Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a senior programmer at Reebok/Adidas using RPG ILE
• Enhanced Reebok/Adidas Order Entry and Warehousing software which was in house developed by the Adidas IT staff
• Successfully completed 15 projects well under the deadline which was three months and was able to complete additional assignments

Confidential
Senior Contract Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Performed as a senior programmer at Caravan Ingredients for a multi company integration project to Infor ERPlx
• Was responsible to integrate custom modifications which existed on the phased out ERP software for Brill Ingredients into Caravan's ERPlx manufacturing software. The programming effort was completed on time and within budget
• Helped implement an outbound notification system to notify key users through Email the creation of new orders, shipments and changes to bill of materials

Confidential, Chicago, IL (January 2008 - December 2008)
Team Lead, Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as a Project manager for the Maple Leaf Foods upgrade project to Infor ERPlx
• Was responsible for time management, budgeting, staffing, project scope, project design and programming effort
• Performed as a team lead at Shaklee for a web based order entry system integration into Infor ERPlx
• Successfully integrated a Quinn Street web based order entry system using a Java, XML interface into ERPlx Order Entry, Accounts Receivable and Material Allocations

Confidential, Chicago, IL (November 2006 - January 2008)
Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Performed as a lead Senior Consultant for a multi-national company integration project at Belden Wire and Cable
• Was responsible for this project involved creating multi language capabilities for Belden's existing ERP Worked with the manufacturing package (BPCS 6.1), integrating custom modifications and creation of a web based order entry solution to interface into Belden's BPCS 6.1 order entry. All assignments were delivered on time and within budget
• Within two months, successfully trained an off shore support team in leaning a BPCS case tool called AS/SET and taught the off shore team the basics of manufacturing

Confidential, Madison, WI (April 2006 - September 2006)
Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Enhanced and supported BPCS ERP version 6004 for ProMega Biotech for a short term project
• Programmed custom modifications in RPG4 to order entry and shipping modules
• Assisted the IT staff at ProMega in resolving level one and level two help desk tickets in a timely manner

Confidential, Chicago, IL (March 1993 - April 2006)
Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Programmed and maintained BPCS ERP systems from release version 6004 to 8.3. in RPG ILE
• Served as technical project lead instrumental in rewriting BPCS 6.1.
• Was responsible for extensive product knowledge of BPCS Order Entry, Picking, Shipping, Outbound Logistics Management, Warehousing and Manufacturing
• Was instrumental in writing, building and maintaining SMG's (Semantic Message Gateways) which allows real time interoperability between different ERP systems and platforms. This is a message based technology utilizing C and C++ programming languages
• Implemented automated testing tools: QA Partner and Mercury Automated Testing
• Was a key member of a project team designing the replacement of SMG's with a JAVA and XML based object oriented strategy called the LX adapter. The LX adapter is message based integration technology which can run on the AS400, UNIX and on PC based platforms
• Learned C, C++, JAVA and XML programming languages which was instrumental to the success of the SMG and LX adapter projects. Used XML as messaging based interface between web applications and third party ERP software
• Implemented LX adapter integrating ERP LX and a SSA Global warehousing solution called WMS4000 for Del Monte Foods and Honda of Mexico. This team project was successfully completed in less than five months for both companies