Grant Phifer Email & Phone Number

United States

Albany, Or, Us

Lebanon, Or, Us

Lebanon, Or, Us

Paris, Ile-De-France, Fr

Hired as Project Manager to upgrade JD Edwards World Software A7.3 to JD Edwards OneWorld. Led teams of internal and contract employees to implement/upgrade several business software applications.♦ Led the technical component of the firm’s strategic ERP review; implemented a change in strategy to transition from JD Edwards to Sage 500 ERP, saving $1 million over the planned JD Edwards upgrade and an ongoing savings of $500,000 annually thereafter.♦ Supported all modules of Microsoft Dynamics AX and other third-party applications that required continuous problem-solving and troubleshooting to address issues with system configuration, approval workflows, core financials, and general technical support.♦ Managed a test issue process used to translate user-requested application changes to actionable projects for the development team. Upon completion of development, completed coordinated User Acceptance Testing (including QA and Change Management) with the clients who requested the change(s) to ensure desired functionality was delivered.♦ System administrator for Sage FAS Premier Depreciation, Imerys’ fixed assets software. Responsible for completing annual upgrades, business unit migrations, annual disaster recovery exercises, and maintaining application configurations.♦ System administrator and developer for KnowledgeSync, an ODBC-based application that reads multiple data sources to generate email notifications to internal and external recipients.♦ Project Manager for a Sage 300 ERP upgrade at the company’s Mexico plant and an SAP-to-Microsoft Dynamics AX implementation at the Willsboro, NY plant.♦ Project Manager for Sage 500 ERP-to-Microsoft Dynamics AX migration for all North America locations.

Houston, Texas, Us

Business Analyst and Project Manager during upgrade of JD Edwards World A7.1 to JD Edwards World A7.3.♦ Led transition for core financials and accounts payable. Performed design, testing, QA and rollout of new laser AP checks.♦ Led project to create a direct interface between shipping point scale systems and ERP system which allowed truck weights to be loaded directly into the ERP.

Business Analyst for project to migrate from legacy Wang system to JD Edwards World A7.1.♦ Wrote technical documentation for custom Product Management software created to interface with JD Edwards World A7.1 and conducted training for Subject Matter Experts and end users.♦ Traveled to Bangalore, India (Infosys Technologies) to work directly with the development team for the Product Management portion of the project; wrote context-sensitive help text for entry into the application code.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Piloted and commanded aircraft modified to conduct air sampling missions for military surveillance and air analysis surveys.♦ 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew extensive air contaminant analysis missions in Europe following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.♦ Awarded Southwest Asia Service Medal for missions flown in support of Operation Desert Storm.♦ Air Force Aircrew of the Year twice for missions supporting the 1963 Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Bachelor Of Science, General Engineering / American & Military History

Diploma, Science & Math