Business Analyst on the Project Team (development) for VF Workwear in Nashville, TN - a coalition of VF Corp.I manage Digital & Technology project development and implementation within the Sales Chain and EDI/B2B portfolios.

Sterling Commerce GIS and Gentran, BPML, Inovis TrustedLink, X12, EDIFACT, VAN communications, FTP, AS2, XML, XPath, VPN, Remote Desktop, FileZilla, Wireshark, MQ-Series, Connect:Mailbox, HTTPS, SOAP messaging Software, Languages, Applications and UtilitiesJava, Eclipse, Virtual Source Safe, COBOL, DB2, SQL, Ultra-Edit, Easytrieve-Plus, JCL, MVS, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, I-Series PDM, CL, I-Series Navigator, CICS, FTP mainframe, INSYNC, MS Office, Geac Financials (Dun and Bradstreet) - HR:M, AP:M, Millennium; Developed and maintained systems to support EDI trading with our domestic and international customers. Responsible for the functionality and integrity of electronic ordering systems encompassing a multitude of file formats and communication protocols on numerous platforms. Developed and maintained directory structures, file sweepers, AS2 configuration, MQ-series, EDI translation maps, mailboxes, Value Added Network interfaces, and in-house edit programs. Served as Level 2 customer support, including 24/7 on-call responsibilities, to resolve problems and insure minimal impact to Production processing. Participated in disaster recovery testing and simulation. AccomplishmentsParticipated in the development and implementation of a Java-based front-end ordering application utilizing SOAP messaging and SFTP protocols.Developed EDI inventory position applications to provide customers with full and incremental inventory feeds throughout each day.Project Leader for the migration of a large group of customers from VAN file delivery to AS2 file transmission.

Advanced Analyst/Programmer in the EDI/B2B group at Ingram Book Company. Responsible for development and maintenance of EDI trading partner relationships and business critical EDI ordering systems.

Developed and maintained information systems utilizing Geac/Dun & Bradstreet M:Series Human Resources, Payroll, and Employee Benefits software packages. Enhanced and supported the payroll and year-end processing, tax compliance, disaster recovery planning, and annual enhancements to benefits and incentive bonus modules. AccomplishmentsProject Leader - Employee Commissions System RewriteLed core team composed of 6 - 12 members from IT and client areas; managed the process from definition to post-implementation; monitored product quality and delivered the enhanced system on schedule Project Leader - Year 2000 upgrade of HR/Payroll/Benefits System Led core team composed of 5 - 7 members from IT and client areas; Developed comprehensive system test plan and monitored plan execution; Monitored product quality and delivered the enhanced system on schedule Converted payroll checks for processing on high-volume laser printing system. Customized check print process to interface with Xerox system for up to 40,000 checks weekly which resulted in a significant cost savings and processing time reduction. Presented an overview of this customization at the DBS international users' conference

Held various IT positions from Programmer/Analyst to Sr. Project Manager. Spent a number of years as the primary Project Manager for HR/Payroll/Benefits systems and related Financial interfaces.

Point Average 3.925 on a 4.0 scaleNashville State Technical Institute Major: Business Data ProcessingAssociate of Science Degree, June 1986 Grade Point Average 3.126 on a 4.0 scale