Rick Benson Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Provide ERP and Web Site Development and Support.

Provide Professional Services. Help transition to SAP system.• Provide on 24 hour on call support.• Monitor Progress Database performance.• Data extracts from legacy Progress System (WDSII) to SAP.

Provide Professional Services for over 700 clients worldwide using the InsiteShip Shipping Software package.• Designed, Developed and Deployed the InsiteShip system which is integrated with several ERP’s. ERP’scurrently supported are Syteline, Vantage, Epicor, Visual, Trend, SX.enterprise.• Design, developed Custom Modifications to InsiteShip Shipping software.• Developed Custom EDI interfaces for customers.• Developed XML exports that feed from either a Progress or SQL database.• Developed Crystal Report Forms, Labels and Worksheets.• Work with Management on supplying Budgets and Department requests.

Provide computer consulting services.Negotiate contracts with customers. Daily business paperwork.

St Paul, Minnesota

Lead Prometric’s data conversion from legacy system (MAS90) to SQL database.• Developed, deployed and maintained SQL DTS Packages for both conversion and parallel efforts.• Lead the development of a phased conversion approached to bring new components live when ready.• Designed, developed, documented and deployed DTS packages for scrubbing and loading data for new SQLServer utilizing TSQL and VB Script.• Designed and developed integration between legacy system and SQL database.• Designed and developed feeds to the PeopleSoft system.• Managed a team of 3 consultants.• Modified the MAS90 system to allow for the extraction of data.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Responsible for building an EDI Team to deployed new and updated maps.• Created system to manage and track inbound and outbound EDI documents. (EDIPP).• Lead a team of 3 employees in developing the EDIPP system.• Designed, developed and supported over 200 EDI maps.• Supported the Glass Management System (GMS) system. GMS was an Order Entry system for smallercustomer to create glass orders for Harmon and create EDI documents sent to Harmon.

Responsibilities included developing custom solutions for customers within the WDSII package.• Designed specs for customer custom modifications.• Created custom modifications for customers using the WDSII package.• Troubleshoot and fix problems with WDSII standard package.

Responsibilities included developing the Synergistic Outdoor Advertising Package (SOAP).• Designed, developed, documented and deployed a SOAP integrated with MAS90 Account Package.• Installed SOAP in over 20 markets all over the country.• SOAP was used by the biggest Outdoor Companies at the time. Neagle Outdoor, Adams, OSI, POA, Collins,Skoglund.

B.S, Computer Science

Electrical Engineering