Dick Groth Email & Phone Number

Marion, Iowa

I enjoy driving students K - High School to Linn Mar Schools. It is fun to get to know these students and what them like to do.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

Senior Programmer Analyst – SAP 2003 - 2012• Collaborated with Business Analysts, internal customers, and developers to define required development, provided estimates, project status updates, development, and testing.• Demonstrated leadership in the successful deployment of one of the largest releases of key projects, including Run & Hold and Master Data Conversions.• Engaged in effective teamwork strategies to manage teams that included onsite and offshore development resources to complete projects with aggressive schedules and within budget.• Estimated project resource requirements for multi-developer projects.Run & Hold Project (2010 - 2012): ABAP Technical Project Lead • Interfaced with Business Analyst, Project Manager, customers, and SAP ABAP developers to keep development on track and the team informed on progress. • Managed two to ten developers working on and off-shore over 20 months (10,000 hours). Supplier Performance Project (2009 - 2010): ABAP Technical Project LeadProject interfaced SAP purchasing information with Business Warehouse for portal reporting.• Led three to five developers over an eight month period while working with analysts, developers, and customers on testing.Mainframe Quality Defect & Configuration Management (2007 - 2008): ABAP Technical LeadConverted the Mainframe Process Assurance Data System containing Quality Defect and Configuration Management data to Oracle tables for Defect data and SAP for Configuration Management data. Master Data Conversion (2004 – 2006): ABAP Technical Project Lead Project with a focus on Master Data conversion for companies Rockwell Collins purchased. • Provided conversion edits and files to load into SAP Master Data while collaborating with the Business Analysts. • Managed one to three developers for conversion and development for SAP.Streamline Quality Defect System (2002 – 2003) Enhanced the SAP defect recording system improving shop floor defect collection performance.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

Collaborated with Business Analysts and internal customers to define required development, provided estimates, project status updates, development, and testing. Performed these same activities as Senior Programmer, in addition to a focus on the following projects and initiatives:Shop Labor Time & Attendance (2001 – 2002) • Developed the SAP interface system used to account for the time and labor for shop floor.• Developed Delphi COM objects and Delphi programs.Develop Engineering Budget Reporting (2000 – 2001)• Used Crystal Reporting for developing Engineering Budget reports.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

• Prepared the organization for Y2K from 1998 – 2000. Conducted a major conversion of Process Assurance Data Systems and other systems. Managed a team of four contractors.• Developed and worked as Technical Lead overseeing the work of three to five developers to develop the Process Assurance Data System as a mainframe on-line IMS System. • Collected the Factory Defect and Configuration Management data. • Replaced the manual recording of factory defects and configuration master data on paper and provided an on-line entry of data and reporting.

Computer Programmer, Computer Programming

Data Management Course