Mr. Zalatar is an independent consultant who possesses a solid background in Information Technology specializing in B2B integration and EDI implementations, consulting, designing, developing and maintaining systems in various platforms.Working extensively in the integration space, Mr. Zalatar has designed B2B architectures and process flows, scoped and managed projects, gathered and analyzed requirements, coordinated with trading partners, translated functional requirements to technical requirements, completed EDI, Flat Files, SAP IDOC and XML interface mappings in different standards such as ANSI X12, UN/EDIFACT etc. using various EAI Tools such as webMethods 7.1.2, Gentran for Mainframe/AS400, Gentran for Unix, Gentran for Windows, Mercator (now WTX), IBM MVS DI 2.1, GXS AI, Altova MapForce, Softshare ECS/Delta and others. He has implemented integration solutions that interfaced a number of ERPs such as SAP, JD Edwards, Oracle and others.He has extensive knowledge and worked on numerous EDI transactions such as 850, 855, 810, 856, 832, 852, 867, 820, 823, 875, 880 for retail/grocer industry and 300, 301, 315, 322, 310, 210, 204, 404, 410 for the shipping/rail/trucking industry. He has implemented EDI integrations and partnerships using different communication methods such as VAN, EDIINT As1, AS2, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SFTP and others.Mr. Zalatar has a very strong understanding of systems development, analysis, and quality concepts. He possesses exceptional technical, communication, and inter-personal skills.Specialties: EDI, EAI, B2B, XML, XML Schema, XSLT, XPath, Gentran 6.2, webMethods 7.1.2, Mercator 5.0 (now known as Websphere DataStage), EDI Mapping, EDI Standard, X12, EDIFACT, ANSI, VAN, 850, 855, 810, 856, 832, 852, 867, 820, 823, 875, 880, 300, 301, 315, 322, 310, 210, 204, 404, 410, EDI Implementation, Trading Partnership, Sterling Commerce, Trading Networks, Gentran Mainframe, Gentran Unix, Gentran Server