Rod Ritchie Email & Phone Number

Milwaukee, WI

• Long-term engagement to decommission legacy business applications, including the archival of associated data, in the event of future litigation. Responsible for migration from Proof of Concept environment to a.
• Decom Execution Analyst and Decom Tools Support resource for a team of five, ultimately responsible for the decommissioning of approximately 800 legacy applications.
• Performed application and data analysis to develop an application decommissioning strategy, and associated data archival plan.
• Interacted with application stakeholders to obtain approval of the decommissioning and data archival plans.
• Coordinated IT resources and managed the formal change process for the removal of applications from the production and supporting environments.
• Worked with DBA resources to perform legacy data capture, validation, and final archival, including the assignment of data retention rules.

Chicago, IL

• IT Director
• 1990 – 2006Managed all aspects of the Information Technology department, supporting $75-million in annual sales for wholesale sporting goods distributor. Responsible for company-wide needs analysis, requirements.
• Technical lead in all aspects of application design, development, implementation and support
• Instituted a full-featured EDI program in support of major retailers such as Sears, Target and Meijer.
• Spearheaded committee of user representatives in the development of a RFP, which served as the template for selection of a $2.5-million commercial ERP software solution.
• Served as liaison between the software vendor and corporate department heads, facilitating the design and development of $500,000 in Informix-based software modifications.