Kevin Tate Email & Phone Number

System Builder / Universe Developer.

Irvine, Ca

Anaheim, Ca

T8T Consulting group provides a wide variety of consulting services, including software / web development, IT support and management. T8T Consulting Group specializes in supporting legacy systems and providing custom enhancements to the Pick / Multi-value environment. Platforms supported include Dataflo, Avante, ManFact, Manage 2000, Prelude) Provide support and modifications to AdvancedWare’s applications.

AdvancedWare Corporation provides a comprehensive set of Products and Services to companies using Rocket Software's UniVerse, UniData, RedBack (U2 WebDE) or Mits products. AdvancedWare is an Epicor partner that develops applications (AwForms, AWMail,AWWebStart, AWWebStore, AWFedEx, AWSalesTax,AWUps) that integrate with several Epicor ERP Systems (Avante, Dataflo, ManFact, M2K). AdvancedWare also develops custom modifications and applications for customers. Worked as a software developer using the following tools (Unidata/Universe, UniBasic, MS Visual Studio / Vb.net, ASP, VB Script, Redback, WebDE) for the following platforms (DataFlo, Manage 2000, Avante, ManFact, InfoFlo). Developed several commercial products for AdvancedWare (AWFedEx, AWSalesTax, AWDhl). I was the primary tech support contact for the following products : AWForms, AWMail, AWUPS, AWFedEx, AWSalestax, AWWebStore, AWWebStart and all web related products) I consistently received customer feedback ratings of over 90%.

Santa Fe Springs, Ca

Central Garden & Pet Corp. (NASDAQ CENT) has annual sales exceeding $1,000,000,000. The company is composed of several divisions encompassing distribution and manufacturing. The Central Pet division has 17 distribution and manufacturing centers across the United States. The western region’s annual revenue of $80,000,000 is spread between four distributions centers in Santa Fe Springs, CA, Sacramento, CA, Houston TX and Algona Washington.• Reduced IT expenses by over $500,000 per year.• Modified distribution system to consolidate 4 distribution centers into the Santa Fe Springs facility• Converted seven separate computer and software platforms to Prelude Advanced Distribution System in 16 months. This was accomplished four times faster than Prelude’s normal installations. • Consolidated three servers in the Western Region to one.• Installed Progress DBMS and 4GL to improve access to legacy data and systems.• Designed, wrote and installed a Data Warehouse written in Progress to facilitate and reporting from multiple systems.• Redesigned and converted EDI for entire pet division. Consolidating all EDI transactions to one server and reducing EDI costs by over $50,000 per year.

Jun 1991- July 1997 LFP Publications, Inc. Beverly Hills, CADirector of Information SystemsLFP is a national magazine publisher and distributor with over one hundred active titles. Responsible for all corporate IS, IS operations, network services, telecommunications and Internet Connections. • Converted Magazine Distribution system from Alpha Micro to Progress / VAX.• Converted Retail Display Allowance system from Alpha Micro to Progress / VAX.• Converted Advertising Receivable from Wang to Progress / VAX.• Designed implemented and managed 200 node PC, Macintosh and VAX network.• Relocated the data center and entire network• Reduced IS budget by $400,000 / year• Reduced Month End Processing time by 50%.• Reduced IS staffing by 40%.