SUMMARY:

Highly accomplished Project Manager with a verifiable track record of managing complex IT Projects. A management information and accounting specialist with 15 years experience in upstream and downstream finance, business planning, accounting, procurement and systems implementation projects. Demonstrated record of success in project management, issue resolution and delivering results on schedule.Experience and expertise includes: Extensive expertise within ERP (JDEdwards) implementations, software integration, performance optimization and user training. Demonstrated leadership capabilities joined with “hands - on” full lifecycle application design, development and deployment. Successfully delivers projects and meets timeframes.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE:

• System Solution Architectures
• Project & Delivery Methodologies
• Budgeting & Planning
• Management of Cross-Functional Teams
• Project Management & Tracking
• Cost & Resource Estimates
• Financial planning and analysis - Financial statements - Advance Pricing - Budgeting and Forecasting - A/P - A/R - Asset Management - Financial modeling - Cost allocations - Business planning - Contract negotiations - Inventory - Distribution
• Integrated systems (ERP) implementations - JD Edwards expert (8.0, XE, World) - Project management - System and Project audits - Business process design and analysis - MS Office software expert - Technical training - - Technical writing - Database development - Hyperion System - Oracle 9 RDBMS - Websphere 6 - LDAP - ISeries

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: RPG III RPG IV ILE, C & C++, CL

Operating Systems: OS/400, Windows, Oracle Database

Software Utilities: IBM PDM, IBM SQL400, IBM Query400, Questview, DFU, Citrix

JDEdwards: JDEdwards World, JDEdwards One World XE, JDEdwards 8.12, JDE 9 JDE DREAM Writer, JDE Debug, JDE SDA & RDA, JDE SVR, Report Design Aid, Form Design Aid, Object Management Workbench, Financial Reporting, CNC WebSphere, EDI, Event Rule

Platforms: Windows XP/2000/NT, Websphere, Sharepoint

Networking: TCP/IP FTP, Windows Server

Processes: SOA, Software Life Cycle

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Managed preparation of IT portions of RFI, RFP and proof of concept documents as well as all technical evaluation efforts including interviewing potential vendors and assisting business team with final recommendation
• Very technical role responsible for such tasks as analyzing and documenting data models, business processes, writing technical program specifications to solve complex problems with database file merges, developing and executing test plans, technical troubleshooting
• Managed and maintained strong interaction with end users, development teams, and management to establish application and defining business requirements. I followJDEsoftware standards for procedures, techniques and best practices. I have performed troubleshooting, gap analysis, Z-File processing, created test scripts, table conversions, business use cases (BUCS), system use case (SUCS) to capture the needs of the user environment in JDE Enterprise One.
• Advance Pricing for major Manufacturing and Distribution focus on process enhancements (sales & Puirchase Orders)
• Maintain and optimize the EnterpriseOne technical foundation (OneWorld XE, iSeries & Windows servers). Manage and undertake all JD Edwards system upgrades, updates, package builds, development, performance tuning

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Application Manager

Responsibilities:

• As a liaison between functional and technical teams job entailed the following: analyze requirements, develop functional and system design specifications, review and make recommendations related to proposed solutions.
• Manage QA team efforts and timely resolution of issues.
• Mentor members of both functional and technical teams on JDE Functionality and programming standards/process
• Provide project leadership on numerous SharePoint website projects, including budget control, production timetable, status reporting, client/project team coordination and quality assurance.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Information Technology Manager

Responsibilities:

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• Responsible for the detailed analysis of a highly complex merging of people, processes, databases and integrated software.
• Completed reengineering of the Purchasing Module to accommodate third party purchasing vendor for multi-million dollar renovation projects
• Reduced costs of manual data entry and increased the efficiency of processing invoices for payment.
• Migrated client’s requirements into functional specs, allowing the creation of custom interfaces into JDE
• Sarbanes & Oxley Lead for IT compliance, including JDEdwards user compliance (proper segregation of duties)
• Ensured proper migration of custom objects, implementation of new software, and proper change control
• Trained newly hired AP, AR, GL and Purchasing Managers on the functionality of the JDE Enterprise One

Confidential, Woodland Hills, CA

JD Edwards Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Increased efficiency of the accounting department by remodeling the month end close process
• Implemented automated batch approval to increase efficiency of month end processing
• Trained newly hired AP Manager on the functionality of the One World System
• Established financial management standards and implemented a computer based inventory and accounts receivable tracking system
• Analyzed and debugged major accounting issues

Confidential, San Gasbriel, CA

JD Edwards Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Guided the implementation of JDEdwards One World ERP 8 workflow for accounting, sales and purchasing departments.
• Executed extensive accounting and sales system enhancements to allow the company to get invoices out to clients for payment.
• Automated a very labor-intensive business approval process.
• Analyzed and debugged numerous accounting issues, helping the post implementation process to complete on time.

Confidential, Pasadena, CA

Lead JD Edwards Developer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Technical Project Leader for HR and Payroll Applications within JDEdwards.
• Led the custom application development of payroll, human resources and job cost/billing modules during the AR conversion from JDE World to One World XE.
• Rsponsible for enhancing system reporting and batch processing capabilities.
• Built interfaces linking various 3rd party software with JDE
• Wrote custom UBE and ERWs for accounting, payroll and job cost modules
• Prepared process and cost analysis for the installation of WebSphere on AS/400 iSeries and Intel-based platforms, reducing labor and new hardware costs
• Created a compare/contrast document in regards to moving off the AS/400 to a windows platform.

Confidential, Los Angles, CA

Lead JD Edwards Developer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• As Technical Project Leader, spearheaded a JDEdwards/EDI implementation.
• Supervised 2 junior consultants. Key Functional/Technical consultant for reengineering and clean up of mismanaged JDE implementation.
• Training of financial personal on JDE functionality and processing techniques.