CHRISTINE M. SHAUGHNESSY

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Senior IS/IT Financial & Distribution Project LEADER

15+ years award-winning performance in Information Services leadership

Sony DADC Canada Sony Music Canada Tambrands/Proctor & Gamble Scholastic Publications

High-performance Information Services leader skilled in building and developing top-quality service driven IS functions. Award-winning track record for driving project results, generating significant bottom-line cost savings, and optimizing IT investments to enable business growth. Well balanced leadership experience in Financial/ERP System implementation, technology infrastructure, service and support, and applications improvements for the IBM AS400 iSeries. Innovative professional with a track record for developing, maintaining new and existing sytems. Areas of expertise include:

Strategic IT Planning & Implementation

Security Administrator, Design Menus, User Access

Financial Management & Financial Systems Cost Reductions & Improved Processes & Services Server Administrator, Designer, Supervisor, Compleo, MapForms

IBM AS400 iSeries Programming - RPG/ILE, DDS, CL, SQL, FTP AS400 Conversions, Data Migrations/System Interfaces Team Leadership & Project Management

Professional Experience

sONY dadc cANADA, Toronto, Ontario 2005 – 2012

(Corporation formed in 2005 after Sony Music and BMG merged and all IT, Manufacturing & Distribution was split from Sales & Marketing and put under the DADC division of Sony)

Senior IT Project Leader Financial Systems, Distribution, Server Administrator, Security Administrator

Responsible for the development, support and enhancement of Sony DADC’s ERP System (JBA Software). Sole Server Administrator for Symtrax software (Supervisor, Compleo, MapForms). Security Administrator for Sony DADC staff US/Canada. Specific contributions include: Responsible for all financial applications for Sony DADC Canada and Sony Music Canada. Federal and provincial taxation updates. Provide excellent IT support and service for Sony DADC and Sony Music Canada Responsible for all financial audits whether internal or for provincial governments. Responsible for Returns Processing System, Claims System. Designed and implemented a substantial upgrade for Sony Music to track customer returns and their return privileges.Server Administrator on Windows server utilizing Symtrax software for automated electronic output management and archiving for all AS400 iSeries reporting. Lead the implementation and updates. Design and maintain all company forms (invoices, waybills, returns) using Symtrax Compleo/MapForms software as a cost savings. Set up Automated AS400 outqueue monitoring for automated report distribution. Creating and maintaining mailing/distribution lists.Security Administrator on the IBM AS400 iSeries using JBA ERP software. Add/remove/change user id’s. Design menus for JBA for Sony DADC Canada and Sony Music Canada. Maintain user menu access.Design and maintain all barcode labels utilizing TL Ashford Barcode software on the AS400 iseries. Create a mass multi-purpose barcode system for the Distribution Division.Participated in moving distribution center to new buildings. Configured 2 warehouses for their user workstations and printers on the AS400 and in JBA environment. Re-configured Sony Music printers for their move to new building. Major changes to firewalls, secure FTP, etc. Security for Sony was high priority. AS400 system conversions to new platforms/iSeries.Lead the Canadian IT team in a new Cross Docking Shipping implementation for Sony Music to reduce warehouse requirements and at a substantial cost savings. Responsible for all daily, monthly and yearly processes. 24/7 remote support.

Sony Music Canada, Toronto, Ontario 1994 – 2005

Senior IT Project Leader Financial Systems

Responsible for the development, support and enhancement of Sony Music Canada’s ERP System (JBA Software). Server Administrator for Symtrax software (Compleo, MapForms). Security Administrator for JBA Menu Management. Specific contributions include: Spearheaded the data merger of Sony Music and BMG Music. Extracted all sales data and manufacturing data from the JBA ERP system and created another company called Sony DADC Canada. This was achieved without any business disruption. Create an interface between JBA Customer Master and Accounts Receivable to be sent to SAP system.Integrated the manufacturing system CMS into the JBA financials for invoicing.Participated in the new Global Royalties System (GRS) project for Sony Music Canada. Design and interface all Royalty data collected from Accounts Payable to GRS. Create a new Royalty Taxation extract for Revenue Canada for the artists and publishers. New system provided flexible reporting, data tracking, artist and publisher payments.Create a new Customer Claims Database. Interface the new Claims Database throughout the JBA ERP financials, returns processing so that the claim could be traced from start to end.Implement electronic output management system using Symtrax software (Compleo, MapForms, Supervisor) to distribute AS400 iSeries reports. Convert AS400 spool file reports to Excel, PDF, Excel automatically. Set up automatic monitoring of outqueues for automated report distribution. Archive reports. Server Administrator.Implemented Gelco (T&E software). Interfaced data into the AS400 Financial system.Create an A/P data extraction process so that Sony Music Canada could participate in the Global Netting process for the procurement of foreign currencies. This extraction would be sent via FTP and could save the company millions of dollars by being able to purchase foreign currencies with one transaction per currency.Create a data extraction process from the JBA General Ledger (G/L) in a file format to be sent to JD Edwards G/L for a monthly corporate feed. Design & modify all financial applications (G/L, A/P, A/R, Cash Management, Purchasing, Requisitions, Hyperion).Create a G/L extract for Hyperion G/L reporting and provide monthly transfer via FTP to Sony Music New York.Create a data extraction process to remove all of the Royalty data that resided on Honeywell Ultimate mainframe system. This data was transferred to the AS400 iSeries and then transmitted to the Global Royalty System. This data was used to perform many financial audits requested from the music artists.

JD Edwards - ERP Software, Toronto, Ontario

(Canadian office, IT Division)

Consultant – IT Developer – 6 month contract 1994 – 1994

Successfully completed Basic Training, Technical Foundation and Advanced Programming and Skills courses provided by JD Edwards in-house. Provided IT support to existing customers (Estee Lauder, Barrie Utilities, etc)

TAMBRANDS / PROCTOR and GAMBLE, Toronto, Ontario

(Tambrands was bought by Proctor and Gamble in 1984 and the name Tambrands was dissolved)

I.S. Manager/Project LeaderSenior Programmer Analyst 1992 – 1994

Senior Programmer Analyst 1990 – 1992

Intermediate Programmer Analyst 1988 – 1992

Junior Programmer/Operator 1985 – 1988

Started as a junior in the IS Department and received several promotions throughout the years. My employment ended due to downsizing when the Canadian business was transferred to the US and finally the Canadian office was closed. I participated in the data transition to the US systems. Monthly travel to the US was required. I was offered a position in the US office, but declined. I closed down the IT division in Canada and moved on with my career. Noteworthy contributions include:Created on-line order entry, inquiries and reports.Implemented a Transportation Logistics system for the Barrie warehouse.Integrated JD Edwards software with financials.EDI interface using Premenos software (X12) Responsible for the daily, montly and yearend process.System migration – AS400 B50 to E60Implement GST and QST into the financial systems and order processing

Scholastic Publications, Richmond Hill, Ontario 1984 – 1985

Computer Operator on IBM System 38. Assisted in documenting all technical processes in the IT Department.

City of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario 1982 – 1984

Contract programmer within a variety of departments for the city using dBase II and some BASIC.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Highlights

Herzing Institute – Toronto, ON Computer Programming & Business Systems

Kenner Collegiate – Peterborough, ON OSSGD

JD Edwards Training Center – Toronto, ON Basic, Technical Foundation, Advance Programming

Hartford Graduate Center – Hartford, Conneticut RPG Programming, DDS, PDM, Security

IBM Common Conferences

TUG Conferences (Toronto User Group)

EDI Council of Canada Introduction to X12

Data Tech Institute

20/20 Learning

Marcam Prism – Boston, Mass COM, Customer Order Management

Symtrax – Webex & Toronto, ON Compleo, MapForms, Supervisor

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