STEPHEN L. TIMMONS

**** **** ******** *** ***** • Shelbyville, IN 46176

317-***-**** • ab84bm@r.postjobfree.com

C areer Profile:

Over twenty-seven years of experience in Information Technology and Project Management, specializing

i n the automotive manufacturing industry. Wide range of expertise in IT with a deep knowledge base of

I BM Midrange Systems (IBM i, iSeries, AS /400, and System36). Adept at project management,

p rogramming, documentation, training end users, and streamlining Information Services. Ability to

p rovide comprehensive IT support to all functional areas due to breadth of experience with various

software and hardware.

AREAS OF STRENGTH

Project Planning Project Management System Design

Programming Process Documentation Process Testing

Team Training Implementation Planning User Support

Reporting Applications Continuous Improvement Data Integrity

RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RYOBI DIE CASTING (USA), INC., Shelbyville, IN December 2001-February 2013

Project Lead/EDI Coordinator & IT Manager of the IBM Group

Charged with two critical roles: project lead and programmer for conversion of the manufacturing business software

from B&L Information System’s BLIS ERP software to Epicor/Solarsoft’s iVP ERP software and IBM Group Manager

responsible for developing Information Systems to provide the functionality required by the organization.

Maintained and supported software for the following: Enterprise Resource Planning, Electronic Data

Interchange, Data Collection and Time & Attendance, Barcode Labeling, and IBM iSeries Operating System.

As IT Manager for the IBM Group, reduced annual costs an average of $54,000 per year over 4 years.

Developed, tested, documented, implemented, and trained end users in an integrated shop floor data

collection and on-demand bar coded container identification system for 5 company departments.

Successful project completion enabled company to comply with Automotive Industry Action Group

(AIAG) Materials Management Operation Guidelines mandated by the Ford Motor Company.

Developed, documented, tested, and deployed an integrated iSeries EDI solution, replacing a stand-

alone PC-based EDI system. Implementation of this system allowed us to exchange EDI documents

with Honda and to send serialized label information in our Advance Shipping Notifications.

Completion of project entailed: learning to use GXS/Inovis EDI mapping software, working with the

B&L Information Systems support staff to correct the BLIS EDI module, partner with customers to

ensure that documentation adhered to guidelines, mapping documents, and creating and

documenting process changes necessary for systems integration.

Trained the Shipping, Accounting, and Production Control Departments in usage of new system.

BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Solon, OH December 1997-Novemeber 2001

Project Manager

Provided extensive Project Management consulting services for client sites.

COMPLIENT CORPORATION, SOLON, OH (JANUARY 2000-NOVEMBER 2001):

Managed a team of Developers and Database Administrators to solve production help desk issues for an

internet-based compliance management team.

Oversaw a team of technicians responsible for developing, maintaining, and supporting a Training

Management Software Package developed by employer.

Designed, developed, and implemented an Inventory Interface between a proprietary Training Management

Software package and the ERP Inventory Control Modules of MAS 90 and Infinium, utilizing Microsoft Access,

IBM AS/400 Client Access and the AS/400 programming language CL.

Developed user reports utilizing Query/400, RPG/400, CL/400, SQL, Crystal Reports, and Microsoft Access.

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IBM AND THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (NOVEMBER 1997-DECEMBER 1999):

Project and Technical Lead for multi-million dollar Y2K Readiness project for Goodyear’s corporate-deployed

AS/400 and System36 ERP applications, utilizing IBM’s Transformation/2000 Methodology.

Upgraded OS/400 and MAPICS and traveled to Goodyear sites to create baseline test scripts, inspect data,

modify files and programs, and develop programs necessary to implement all Y2K modified code.

Developed a Process Guide and Users’ Guide for a Date Inspection and Aging Tool developed by Y2K Group.

DETROIT STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC., Morristown, IN December 1993 - November 1997

Management Information Systems Manager

Responsible for the development, maintenance, and support of the following: Future Three EDI Software, MAPICS

Manufacturing Software, OS/400 Operating System Software, all AS/400 Hardware, a Token-Ring LAN for forty plus

users, various P.C. software and hardware products, electronic mail software, and automated data collection hardware

and software.

Installed and configured Pegasus Mail for Windows, to interface with Client Access/400 for Windows ’95 and

Windows 3.x, and with the local Internet provider, to provide internal and external electronic mail capability for

the forty plus users of the Token-Ring Network.

Served as the project manager and programmer for upgrade of the manufacturing and financial business

software, from a highly modified version of MAPICS/DB at modification level three, to MAPICS/XA at release

two. As part of this upgrade Material Requirements Planning, Capacity Planning, and automated Shop Floor

Reporting (elapsed time and quantity produced through each operation), were also successfully implemented.

Eliminated the Operator position within the MIS Department by automating the receive and send functions of

EDI, documenting the EDI daily tasks, and distributing the report and forms printing to the end-users of each

department.

Developed complete documentation for all areas of MIS including a Management Information Systems

Contingency Plan to ensure QS 9000 and ISO 9000 certification.

Served as a project manager and programmer for the upgrade of the Future Three Automotive

Release/Electronic Data Interchange Software from release 9.5 to release 11.0.

Served as project manager for upgrade of an AS/400 model B45 to an AS/400 Advanced Series model

300/2041 and from OS/400 version 2 release 3 to OS/400 version 3 release 1.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Electronic Data

IBM i/iSeries/AS400 RPG/400; CL/400; Query/400

Interchange

Solarsoft iVP ERP SQL; COBOL; JCL

Automated Data

BLIS-400 ERP Crystal Reports; FRx

Collection

MAPICS ERP MS Office; Project; Visio; Access

Direct Part Marking

TrustedLink EDI

Rockwell Automation MES Process Documentation

TL Ashford Barcode

EDUCATION & RECENT CONTINUING EDUCATION

DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHICAGO, IL, Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems (1985)

STEPHEN R. COVEY’S THE FOUR DISCIPLINES OF EXECUTION (2013)

SOLARSOFT IVP ERP SYSTEM TRAINING (2010, 2011, & 2012)

B & L INFORMATION SYSTEMS USER GROUP AND BLIS ERP SYSTEM TRAINING (2007)

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION FACTORY TALK PRODUCTION CENTRE PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE TRAINING (2007)

STEPHEN R. COVEY’S THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE (2005)

B & L INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONTAINER INVENTORY MANAGEMENT TRAINING (2004)

AIAG CRISIS MANAGEMENT TRAINING (2004)

T. L. Ashford Barcode Labeling Software (2003)

GXS/Inovis/Harbinger/Peregrine TrustedLink EDI Mapping Software Training (2002)

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