Sole IT project and support resource for all aspects of our transportation management and accounting applications providing process solution design, issue resolution, and implementation. Gather, analyze, and document project requirements. Formulate and execute project plans. Identify training needs for new and existing users. Conduct business process reviews for continual improvement and maximized business efficiency across multiple business units that operate autonomously. Implement enterprise standard software solutions for new business units and acquired companies including data conversion and migration from legacy applications.Delivering reliable integration with peripheral invoicing and A/P workflow systems. Provide business critical data feeds for cloud based BI solution.

Leading IT initiatives relevant to business development and process engineering for all North American CEVA freight management operations. Research business needs to develop and document business requirements and detailed functional specifications. Facilitate the IT design, development, testing, and deployment of software enhancements utilizing onshore & offshore technical resources. Provide risk assessment and impact assessment to business leaders of proposed process changes. Serve as a subject matter expert on freight management operational processes as they relate to IT applications. Establish ROI based project priorities. Work with business leaders to identify upcoming IT demands. Coordinate IT resources across multiple teams to support business projects. Leverage technical experience and business knowledge to bridge the gap between business functional requirements and technical approach. Apply expert level systems knowledge to analyze business data in support of critical KPI's. Provide exemplary IT customer service to internal and external business customers alike.

Expanded responsibilities from the previous IT Manager I role to include all North American freight management and supply chain/WMS solutions. The technology footprint encompassed a wide variety of software products from large in-house custom packages to vendor supplied software packages across multiple platforms & architectures supported by a team of 40 developers under my supervision.

Successfully managed EGL's core U.S. domestic freight forwarding system for North America which was used to operate the Company's largest revenue making segment.- Delivered freight status integration with EGL's global shipment track and trace solution.- Assumed responsibility of Director reporting to the CIO for all North American operations applications during organizational restructuring.- Implemented TMW Suite as a standard solution for the new ground transportation division (Select Carrier Group).- Provided business support for IT application issues and enhancement requests.- Responsible for S-Ox compliance via change control protocols and application change management processes.

Responsible for rating, billing, and collections solutions. Led team of senior Synon/2E developers to deliver the following significant business solutions:- EGL's first and most complex fuel surcharge autorating. - Centralized customer billing & rating for North America.- Centralized 3rd party collections solution integrated with custom freight forwarding application.- Custom pickup & delivery autorating solution.- Led global integration project to facilitate the acquisition of Circle International.- Provided business support for IT application issues and enhancement requests.- Responsible for S-Ox compliance via change control protocols and application change management processes maintaining a 100% compliance rating.

Led the Y2K remediation project for the custom JD Edwards based Product Support System (Parts Distribution). Obtained IBM AS/400 Professional Certification.

Responsible for the corporate PeopleSoft based HR and payroll system, Software2000 corporate accounting system, served as IT security auditor, provided 24x7 internal support for WAN network communications infrastructure, and managed data center operations. Successfully migrated a regional data center from California to Texas without incident to reduce IT costs. Upgraded the HR and payroll systems to enhance functionality and improve performance. Trusted with highly sensitive and corporate confidential information required to perform assigned tasks.

On-site and dedicated to Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift's product support applications. Responsible for leading the completion of several custom parts distribution modules in a JD Edwards environment including parts pricing, market zone and dealer specific price book production, inventory control, sales support, and sales and marketing forecast reporting. Developed an engagement specific project & task tracking tool to help manage team allocations and track time allocation against projects.

Managed all aspects of the AS/400 platform that consisted of 4 regional data centers and 6 item capture sites. Implemented disaster recovery practice utilizing data center redundancy to exceeding regulatory requirements. Developed daily transaction file build programs and batch job streams for item captures. Provided operations training for document capture procedures. Setup and support of all LAN and WAN infrastructure as well as automated dial-up communications that were prevalent in the banking industry at the time. .

Initial duties included System/36 Lead Operator, Novell NOS Administration, Citrix Administration, & Desktop Support. Progressed from operator/administrator to Jr. Programmer utilizing OCL, RPGII, & RPGIII on System/36 platform. Advanced to Programmer/Analyst responsible for data conversions from various platforms resulting from acquisitions utilizing OCL, RPGII, & RPGIII on System/36, RPGIII on AS/400, and RPG/400 on California Software's Baby/400. Taylor Medical participated in leading edge network & distributed computing technologies being pioneered by Compaq Computers. April 11, 1995 - Physician Sales and Service Inc. said yesterday that it had agreed to acquire the Taylor Medical Company, a medical equipment and supply distributor, for $45 million in stock and $20 million in assumed debt. Taylor, based in Beaumont, Tex., had revenue last year of about $122 million. The company operates 5 distribution centers and 20 sales offices serving 23 states. Physician Sales, a distributor of medical supplies and pharmaceuticals based in Jacksonville, Fla., operates 55 service centers serving 48 states. Its stock rose $2.25 yesterday, to $37.25, in Nasdaq trading. The companies would have had combined sales last year of about $340 million, Physician Sales said.

IBM System/36 operator, item processing, desktop PC support, ATM machine technician.Sabine Bank became a branch of BankOne in October of 1990.

Custom mobile electronics & high-end, award winning mobile sound systems.