Project Manager Management

Skip Stein

B*B/EDI Consultant/The EDIGUY

I specialize in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), B2B Transactions, ETL

systems, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and Electronic Business

Flow Management (EBFM) systems that involve many different aspects of

computer technology, including Project Management, Change Management,

Conversion/Migration, ERP implementation and Strategic Planning. I am a

business professional dealing with issues and solutions to problems in the

areas of Information Lifecycle Data Management, electronic business

transaction flow and business intelligence data storage & retrieval. With

a focus on enterprise-wide business analytics I address the institutional

challenges to reform the business processes across the board. I am a

leader in the organizational challenge to move from a siloed approach to

more inclusive information management programs that work across the entire

company.

I provide a complete skill set coupled with a professional business sense

that provides me with the ability to understand complex business situations

and 'pare' them down to achievable action steps. I have the ability to

bounce from technical discussions with engineers to business analytical

reviews with senior management. My drive, enthusiasm and team work skills

allow me to define, develop and implement business process solutions to

complex business problems.

I have worked with most prevalent transaction sets, including ANSI X12,

X12N (HIPAA), Tradacoms (UK), EDIFACT (EU), XML (various) and other

variations. I have applied these transactions in transportation,

pharmaceutical, manufacturing, wholesale/retail, shipping & distribution,

healthcare, electronics and other industries around the world. Please

visit the web site for a list of trading partners and clients!

http://www.erp-edi.net.

As an experienced computer systems professional, I have gained valuable

skills and knowledge by working in a wide range of industries and applying

a varied set of technology solutions to complete project tasks and resolve

client problems. Our employment and consulting history includes such

businesses as Manufacturing/Distribution, Pharmaceuticals, Oil & Gas,

Petrochemical, Telecommunications, Public Accounting, Banking and Finance,

Resort and Hotel Management, and Retail Sales and Distribution. Within

these organizations, I have performed in positions as Programmer Analyst,

Project Manager, Operations Director, Director of Development and Chief

Information & Technology Officer.

I work with ERP/CRM systems with an emphasis on Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-

Pay and the deployment of the EDI interface transactions and third party

systems interfaces. Conversion, migration and integration to third party

systems (shipping, transportation, etc.) are functional areas where I

excel. As experienced Data Architects, I have designed interfaces and

conversion requirements for several company implementations. As a

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA, I also function as an Internal

Controls and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance consultant.

My skills include the ability to take charge of projects and complete them

in a timely manner. Since each task of a successful Project depends on

all previous and subsequent tasks, I have developed Project Management

skills utilizing Precedence and Critical Path Method management

techniques. My experience with various computational frameworks, including

Client Server, Distributed Data Warehousing, and Centralized Mainframe,

provide a basis for the constant learning processes. Most recently I have

worked with Electronic Business Flow Management (EBFM) systems utilizing

EDI and Web Commerce tools to implement business-to-business communications

solutions.

Citizenship: United States of America

Education: B. S. Management

University of Houston, Houston Texas

Certification: CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor

CDP - Certificate in Data Processing

Spoken Languages: Fluent: English (USA), Light: Spanish, German &

French.

Computer Languages: HTML, XML, COBOL, Assembler, FORTRAN, PL/I, C++,

Visual Basic, VISIO, and RPG

EDI Standards: ANSI X.12, EDIFACT, VICS, UCS, ODETTE, TRADACOMS, PIDX

and HIPAA X12N; AS2 Security including Secure FTP,

Softshare, Trailblazer, Boomi, Inovis/QRS, and others.

Computer Software: MVS/XA, SNA/VTAM, UNIX, OS/400, IBM i 6.1, PICK OS,

Oracle, DB2, MS/SQL, MySQL, MS/Access, Open Office Suites,

Windows 2003/2000 Server, Windows Vista/XP/2000,

Microsoft Sharepoint, MS Office,MS Project, Access,

Internet TCP/IP, MS SQL, Oracle, Informix, Novell, Sterling

Software's Connect: Direct (NDM), Sterling Gentran,

Inovis/Harbinger/TLE/Premenos, IPNet, Boomi, Softshare,

1EDI Source, TrueCommerce, and other EDI Transaction

Mapping Systems,

Computer Hardware: Intel based Servers, DEC, HP, IBM System Z, IBM

Power Systems, iSeries (AS/400), 3090, Intel and compatible

PC's, SUN Microsystems, Point of Sale Systems, CBX Systems

ERP & Other Systems: Oracle, JD Edwards Enterprise One (JD Edwards

(XE/World 9.1/ERP 7.3 - 8.12), Peoplesoft HR, JDA, Oracle,

Ross (Gembase), SAP, Cimcase/MTMS, Lawson, TriZetto Erisco,

FreightDATA, AccuPlus

Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce

Project Summary

Full service, USA based and staffed EDI remote support service.

Implemented and automated the Procure to Pay Purchasing Department EDI

integration with key suppliers for a Mid-South Refinery. Designed

electronic commerce (EDI) transaction specification, standards and business

processing procedures. Worked directly with suppliers to coordinate and

test full purchase functionality for blanket ordering, stock and non-stock

items controlled by the JD Edwards ERP system.

JD Edwards 8.12 integration remediation. Coordinate business process

enhancements across all business units. Revise and implement new business

practices to deal with newly installed JD Edwards ERP system. Plan

integration process and electronic transaction processing for Order to

Cash, Procure to Pay and banking/financial integration.

Managed the establishment of EDI Services for a West Coast transportation

company; establishing EDI operations with both in-house (Boomi) and

outsourced transaction management companies. Integrated accounting and

transportation systems to third party billing and transportation scheduling

companies using PowerTrack, FreightDATA, and other systems.

Design and implement inbound EDI three way invoice matching processing for

a large distribution company. Worked the procure to pay business cycle and

re-engineered procurement and invoice payment processing. Establish

electronic payment processing to replace 'paper checks' to expedite payment

processing. Set up JD Edwards to accept inbound EDI invoices for documents

EDI 110, 210 and 810. Initiated remittance advice transmission to

suppliers (EDI 820) for invoice payments.

Conducted an analytical review and developed a requirements plan to migrate

a national manufacturing company from a heavily modified JD Edwards XE

system to Oracle Enterprise One 8.12 (JDE). In addition the electronic

processing interface was analyzed and the immediate production failures

were temporarily remediated; with a plan for a more permanent solution to

be implemented with the migration to E1 8.12.

Coordinate and manage the conversion of EDI resources and Order to Cash

processing from a JD Edwards World to Oracle Enterprise One ERP system.

Worked with deployment team to configure all E1 options and configurations

for manufacturing, distribution and finance. Developed comprehensive data

analysis and mapping for all transaction processing. Configured shipping

and labeling systems in conjunction with Data Systems International (DSI)

programs.

Developed an internal Accounts Receivable (A/R) processes to enable the

receipt of ANSI X.12 EDI remittance advice transactions (RA820) into the JD

Edwards OneWorld Accounts Receivable system for a leading manufacturer of

windows, doors and molding products. The project included building

interfaces to J D Edwards (JDE) OneWorld Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

A/R system for trade customer payments and remittance data, implementing

automated cash application processes for JDE OneWorld A/R and training

internal resources for executing the necessary manual A/R cash application

activities. The EDI interface was implemented utilizing INOVIS/IPNet

Solutions data communications tools and Mercator transaction set mapping.

Deployed a trading partner system for a major electronics company that

electronically supplies a comprehensive set of data and information to the

Strategic Supplier/Partners. The Strategic Supplier/Partner utilizes this

data to establish an optimized supply chain and replenishment strategy for

each item to be supplied to the electronics company. The model is based on

a mutually beneficial "partnership". The Supplier/Partner is allowed

certain latitudes in setting up the strategic and tactical deployment

methodologies and is measured on the overall success of the model versus

the more traditional customer/supplier methods and metrics. The two prime

objectives of the business model are increased inventory turns while

increasing the Customers' schedule flexibility in a zero stock-out, and

Supplier managed MRP environment utilizing EDI and electronic commerce. The

overall program objective is to share vital information with the

Supplier/Partner to allow for the transitioning of the decision-making

process from within the electronics company to the supply chain link with

the greatest degree of control and flexibility; the electronics

distribution channel. The system was implemented utilizing Inovis/IPNet

eBizness( Transact for NT and Inovis/IPNet eBizness( Map in conjunction

with Oracle 8.16 and MTMS E.R.P.

Managed the deployment of a food service company's implementation of Server

Based SAP EDI for the application interface to a wholesale distribution

chain. Coordinated the IDOC interface with Inovis TLE, EDI translation

software, for Purchase Order, Order Confirmation and Invoicing. Managed

the application and user dialog interface to ensure accurate translation

and subsequent order processing and distribution. Also coordinated the EDI

processing for inter-company order fulfillment and distribution on a linked

AS/400

Developed internal Accounts Receivable processes for an international

household appliance manufacturer and distributor encompassing activities

currently provided by a third party service. Implemented Inovis TLE EDI

interfaces to A/R for trade customer payments and remittance data;

established trade customer lockboxes, built an automated cash application

process for A/R, and staffed/trained internal resources for executing the

necessary manual A/R cash application activities. Project included banking

lock box interfaces be developed with electronic funds transfer processing

and automated remittance advice processing utilizing EDI X.12 standard

transaction sets (820 & 823) with adjustment activity reported on EDI X.12

(812) transactions.

Completed a migration to Oracle based ROSS ERP systems and full

implementation of Sterling Gentran NT Server EDI interfaces to national

retail chains for processing purchase orders and invoicing. The project

required setup and testing with multiple large national retail chain store

operations and order entry systems for the manufacturing, shipment and

delivery of drug and pharmacological products.

Implemented EDI capabilities and training in Europe for an International

Pharmaceutical company on AS/400 platform and EDI translation software via

a value added network and corporate WAN. Interfaced ERP software systems

to European based warehouse operations and locally developed warehouse

management systems. Trained project team in EDI functionality and

interface standards and assisted in the development and deployment of the

bridging application systems implementation. Acted as liaison project

manager to USA based EDI support and development team throughout the

deployment process.

Install, configure and implement Gentran Server for a large East Coast

Pharmaceutical wholesale drug manufacturing company with interfaces to

Oracle EDI Gateway. Established value added network (VAN) connectivity and

completed trading partner mapping and processing for Oracle ERP/Financial

System processing. Trained the staff in usage of Gentran mapping

components and requirements to upgrade maps to X.12 4010 standards.

Implement Gentran Server for a large beverage bottling company. Manage the

migration from AS/400 Inovis to Gentran in preparation for ERP

implementation of SAP R3. Develop mapping interfaces utilizing current

versions of X.12 and VICS standards to major retail outlets. Train local

personal in utilization, mapping and management of the system. Assist in

the development of application systems interfaces to legacy systems for

interim processing with a planned migration path to SAP IDOC format.

Established full Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) services for an

International Pharmaceutical company using Inovis EDI/400 and TrustedLink

Enterprise (TLE) services. This included the interface to existing AS/400

distribution systems and the Financial and Distribution systems at multiple

international locations. EDI services were established in support of both

intra-company and external trading partner relationships. Full sales

order, purchase order, receipt and manifesting processes were supported as

well as shipping and delivery interfaces with international freight

forwarders. Both ANSI X.12 and EDIFACTS standards were utilized.

Analyzed the accounting and sales order entry system for a national

manufacturing and distribution company of petroleum-based products to

establish trading partner electronic interfaces. Selected and installed

electronic data exchange (EDI) software to interface to DEC/VAX based

accounting systems to map order entry and sales information to standard

ANSI X.12 EDI transaction sets. Developed the necessary programs and

procedures to map the trading partner transaction sets to acceptable input

data formats for input into the company's accounting systems.

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