Quality Assurance Sales

John D. Reed

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Technical Expertise

. Application Systems

o Retail Applications - JDA Merchandising Management system (MMS),

JDA Retail Ideas data warehouse, EDI, and Team Sales

o Store Systems - XBR (Fraud watch), TRE (Returns Management

system), AccessVia dSign (Store Signage) system, SAP Point of Sale

(formerly Triversity), and RF Scanner applications.

o Financial Applications - Lawson HR / Payroll, Lawson Financials,

JDA Financials and Hyperion Financial Planning & Budgeting system.

o Logistics Applications - Distribution Center Solutions including

PTL (Put/Pick to Light system, GOH (Goods on Hanger), ASG

(Conveyor) and Print & Apply (Label printing) systems, Vendor

Compliance, Transportation, Appointment Scheduling systems, and

heavily customized JDA warehousing system

. Functional Areas

o Purchase Order & Receiving, Data Integrity, Physical Inventory,

Pricing system, HR & Payroll, Replenishment, Planning &

Allocation, Vendor Rebates, Data Warehouse, Assortment & Space

Planning, Accounts Payable / Receivable, General Ledger, Sales

Audit, Inventory Control, Asset Protection, EDI, Inovis Vendor

Catalog system, Firearms Inventory Tracking System (FITS), Coupon

system, and Bank settlement & Reconciliation.

. System Processes

o Problem & Incident Management Review, Release Management, Change

Control Board, Change Approval Board, System Review Board,

Technical Review Board, Architectural Review Board, Design

Review, and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

. Programming Languages: RPG400, RPG ILE & IV, CL/CLE, SQL, Ruby, HTML,

Javascript

. Databases: DB2, Oracle, SQL Server

. Integration Tools: ETL (Oracle Data Integrator, formerly Sunopsis)

. Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access

. Other Software: MS Project, Visio

Professional Experience

Universal Education Supporters, Denver, CO

August, 2010 - Present

Webmaster

. Performed updates and additions to UES website, http://uesdenver.org/ .

This is a volunteer position for a non-profit organization whose primary

purpose is to provide scholarship money to Catholic school families

through volunteer opportunities as contract workers for concessionaires

and companies.

Sports Authority, Englewood, CO

April, 1997 - June, 2010

Application Development Manager/Project Lead/Senior Programmer

Analyst/Programmer Analyst

. Managed and led team of 7 developers responsible for Solutions Delivery

on iSeries and open systems including JDA Merchandising, sales audit,

inventory management, store receiving, data warehousing interfaces,

Lawson ERP financial, accounting, HR and Payroll systems.

. Coached and mentored team members to higher levels of performance.

. Assessed skill gaps and ensured team members were trained to effectively

support our customers.

. Partnered effectively with the business stakeholders, gathering

requirements for enhancements and major projects, translating them into

functional and technical specifications and implementing valuable and

high quality business solutions.

. Managed, coordinated and completed entire cycles with multiple IS teams

using SOA and other leading technology, methodology and best practices.

. Championed SDLC processes and standards, resulting in the building of

reliable, flexible, scalable, and adaptable systems, with increased

quality and velocity of delivery by the enterprise systems teams.

. Certified Scrum Master. Contributed to the successful introduction and

implementation of Scrum and Agile methodologies and development processes

that increased CMMi level maturity from 0.8 to 2.3.

. Maintained CISP/PCI and SOX compliance on all applications, databases,

development standards, and system processes gaining annual audit approval

and signoff.

Major Solutions delivered:

. Implementation of coupon system resulting in improved gross margin and

responsiveness to competitor moves.

. Implemented multiple data interfaces from iSeries platform to proprietary

data warehouse system (Scoreboard).

. Implementation and consolidation of Point of Sale systems (450+ stores)

using SAP POS software (formerly Triversity) on new IBM touch screen

registers and several back end systems ($15 million project).

. Implemented 'pay by scan' (consignment) system with an inventory cost

avoidance of over $10 million in the first year. Pay by scan vendors

accounted for $40 million in inventory reduction at time of my departure.

. Implemented EDI system, including outbound invoices and purchase orders,

as well as advanced ship notices (ASN), resulting in supply chain

efficiencies and labor savings.

. Active involvement in 3 successful mergers: Sportmart in 1998, Oshman's

in 2001 and The Sports Authority (FL) in 2003. Activities included data

conversion and validation, application go-forward decisions and user

training.

Reed Consulting Group, Denver, CO August,

1995 - April, 1997

Owner & Financial Consultant

Formed a business loan brokerage company.

MSSI, Denver, CO February, 1984 -

July, 1995

Senior Programmer Analyst

MSSI writes custom software for trucking companies including accounting,

human resources, operations and EDI applications. During my employment, the

client base grew from 4 to 35.

. Trained new clients and had extensive communication with all levels of

users

. Analyzed client needs, upgraded existing software, designed new programs

and systems to interface with current database

. Supervised work of 2 programmers

. Handled all high-priority critical accounts

Education

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Drake University, Des

Moines, Iowa

Training Programs

. Certified Scrum Master

. How to be an Outstanding Communicator

. The Art of Coaching Employees to Excel

. Communication & Collaboration

. Coaching, Mentoring & Team-Building Skills

. Quality Assurance Techniques & Best Practices

. Management Skills for First Time Supervisors

References

Upon request

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