Bob Altman, Mba Email & Phone Number

Peoria, Illinois Area

Position Overviewo Work with customers and external vendors collaboratively solving business issues.o Manage development teams using Java, OpenShift, VSTS, GitHub, and JIRA.o Development of technology based improvements and software projects from company recommendations.o Data storage, management, and delivery using OpenText Media Manager.o Project management of software and infrastructure.o Product Information Management (PIM) with Windchill and Informatica MDM P360Position Skillso Agile and Waterfall SDLC models. o Informatica MDM P360. o ETL Data management and Storage.o Management of software retirement.o Collaboration with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM).o Oracle Database Skills. Position ProjectsCurrent and previous software projects include the following mission critical applications.• Hosted Caterpillar Product Content – A customer facing mission critical application displaying company product information created with JAVA on Apache Tomcat 8 environment.• Caterpillar Product Content – Internet facing Web Service (WS) functioning as a on demand delivery system of company product information delivered in XML format.• Digital Asset Management (DAM) – Coordinating and management of Caterpillar’s digital asset library application overseeing developers, maintenance, and deployment of continual upgrades. Position also demanded vendor contract analysis, internal customer negotiations, and application architecture design.• Dealer Locator – Oversaw maintenance and functional improvement of the web application and website using external vendor supplied human resources and services. Bing and Google Maps account management.• Informatica P360 – Managed operations, Customer requests, data management, Product enhancement and bug removal.• Development Team Lead – Organized and directed overseas team of developers maintaining and creating customized software.

Working in a collaborative environment and overseeing multiple software projects for customer facing applications I direct and lead a team of offshore developers responsible for maintenance and deployment of web based applications. I am expected to maintain an application SLA of 99.96% or greater availability. Daily responsibilities include interaction with different application customer representatives and company management as well as problem resolution and goal setting with all team members. Current software projects include the following mission critical applications.• Hosted Caterpillar Product Content – A customer facing mission critical application displaying company product information delivered as a functional web site used by the dealer community to promote and sell Caterpillar product• Caterpillar Product Content - An on demand web service providing delivery of company product information available in XML format.• Digital Asset Management – Coordinated and managed Caterpillar’s digital asset library application overseeing developers, maintenance, and deployment of continual upgrades. Position also demanded vendor contract analysis, internal customer negotiations, and application architecture design.• Dealer Locator – Oversaw maintenance and functional improvement of the web application and website using external vendor supplied human resources and services. Bing and Google Maps account management.

In this position I leveraged my unique IT skills, manufacturing knowledge, and business acumen for cost reduction projects. Collectively the projects generated a cost savings in the tens of millions of dollars worldwide. Some of the most significant projects were cost reduction process improvement, calculation of monthly aggregate cost reduction metrics, corporate part number reduction, governance plan preventing design control and part proliferation, and corporate part number alignment. Further responsibilities employed my distinct problem solving talent to craft group consensus of data analysis for information located in disparate legacy systems.• Legacy systems analysis• Directed customized enterprise application integration (EAI) projects• Design, development, and deployment of a new corporate Tire Database• Recognized by top management with outstanding employment reviews over multiple years• 6 Sigma project methodology employed in corporate cost saving projects

I administered daily operations of the Caterpillar Paperless Factory production system at the Mossville Engine Manufacturing Facility. This in house application encompassed automated trolley movement, Oracle Forms, FORTRAN, programmable logic controllers (PLC), and integrated tooling. Further responsibilities included maintenance of 300+ PCs in the factory environment and troubleshooting of daily assembly issues with the product planners.• Designed, coordinated, and managed Windows XP migration project for over 300 workstations• Completed feasibility studies• Computer manufacturing related defect examination and reduction• SQL programming and maintenance for the manufacturing facility operation environment• Managed the conversion effort to Oracle Forms 10g• Automotive manufacturing experience• Support of the 24 x 7 assembly line manufacturing

Worked independently as a consultant and retained by companies to implement changes to automated manufacturing systems, new system development, custom software creation, and process analysis. Major clients included Fujitsu Gresham Manufacturing Division, Candescent Technologies, Diodes Inc, Philips Electronics, and Shanghai Kiahong Electronics. • Created and deployed customized PROMIS Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) to Oracle interface that integrated the factory WIP tracking system to out of country company planning and costing tools• Analyzed company information need and deployment resulting in customized reports and report delivery systems for both on and off site personnel• Analyzed, deployed, and managed integrated factory manufacturing tools with the factory MES• Coordinated fabrication facility computer upgrades and management• Analyzed and designed factory worker procedures for a safer and more effective work environment

A promotion from the previous position held at this company I was moved away from specific factory Manufacturing Execution System (MES) work to project team and project management. These projects were built around the manufacturing process and the integration opportunities of electronic hardware and customization of the MES.• Designed an integrated 3,500 line statistical control program to eliminate 5,000 hard copy documents in response to passing a QS9000 audit• Created a MES hardware switchover procedure to reduce by 70% the duration of system and factory downtime bringing the switch time interval from 40 to 12 minutes• Created team maintenance policy for the MES production databases• Designed and implemented a database tuning procedure with software improving response time by up to 75%• Worked as team member or lead on 90% of updates to the MES functions directly contributing to 0% yearly downtime• Developed customized software to meet internal customer needs• Recovered MES at hardware or software failure• Provided 24 x 7 technical support• Supported computer peripheral devices• Learned and utilized new procedures and computer languages as needed

In this position I managed changes of policy and procedure throughout the Bipolar Manufacturing Complex (BMC) at the company's Broadway and Mesa Avenue facility. I both instructed on oversaw work done on the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) by company and contract employees. My presence was required during software modification, infrastructure changes, and new deployments. • Guided the development of the factory's MES software instructing other programmers and personnel• Created availability strategies for MES software with 24 x 365 production that were deployed and proven in multiple company factories• Wrote a parallel report scheduler eliminating 66% of report generation time from daily reports• Designed maintenance procedures and performed scheduled maintenance• Created interface for MES global translation, resulting in complete translation of 23,000 messages to non-English languages• Performed database tuning, compression, and report generation/development/maintenance• Developed extensive custom code in DCL and coded core PROMIS FORTRAN• Maintained MES system at 0% downtime associated with software failure

• Fully automated the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) costing module eliminating 288 hours of work per year.• Corrected the MES planning module from failure to function, eliminating manual planning resulting in a 50% error reduction.• PROMIS MES support and maintenance• Created MES reports and reporting structure• Supported the Singapore factory's MES application

• Supported company satellite locations• PROMIS support and maintenance• Supported the Manufacturing Execution System (MEX) on a 24 x 7 schedule• FORTRAN and DCL programming

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Graduate Certificate, Business Process Management

The Certificate in Business Process Management provides information systems practitioners and business professionals with the fundamental.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Spanish Language And Literature

Certificate, Latin American Affairs, Political Science