James Edward Wells

**** **** ***** **, ********, Tennessee 37341

Cell phone 423-***-**** Email: acf79l@r.postjobfree.com

Qualifications

Dedicated IT professional with 19 years practical experience in

Project Management managing Supply Chain, Labor, Back Office,

and loyalty implementations

Strong Account Management, technical and analytical skills,

coupled with the ability to easily assess conditions and

implement appropriate intervention. Experienced with managing

vendor and supplier activities to ensure compliance with

budgets, schedules and quality standards.

Movio/ Vista Entertainment, Los Angeles, Ca 2014-Present

Director Project Management

. Director Project Management North America - Responsible for

ensuring the success of all aspects of the Project

implementation. This includes managing development tasks between

New Zealand and US offices, consulting with internal and

external vendors on business needs, managing the client

relationship with the cross functional teams to ensure all

project commitments are met

. Implementations managed

Regal Cinemas, Knoxville, TN

Marcus Theatres, Milwaukee, WI

National Amusements, Dedham, MA

JDA/RedPrairie/Bluecube, Alpharetta, Georgia 2007- Jan 2014

Senior Project Manager

. Senior Project Manager - Skilled at managing multiple software

implementations, strategic projects, client relationships, and

mentoring other Project Managers. Serving as an escalation point

for numerous clients and liaison between JDA and the customer so

the project team can deliver a solution that meets the

customer's needs on time, on budget and at the required return

on investment

. Implementations managed

Tesoro, San Antonio, TX,

Speedway, Enon, OH,

Murphy Oil USA, El Dorado, AR,

Hess Newark, NJ, Sheetz Altoona, PA,

Chevron, Concord, CA,

Pilot/Flying J, Knoxville, TN,

Boston Market, Golden, CO,

Canadian Tire, Toronto, CA,

Gilbarco, Greensboro, NC,

Northern Tier Retail (Super America), Minneapolis, MN,

O'Charley's, Nashville, TN,

Alltel/Verizon Wireless, Little Rock. AR,

RDS (Five Guys/Fire House/Maui Petroleum, Sprint Foods),

Marietta, GA,

Radiant Systems- Alpharetta, GA

Radiant Systems/NCR, Alpharetta, Georgia 2005-Oct-2007

Account/Project Manager / Sales Engineer

. Provide expert knowledge of Radiant Systems to gain account

loyalty, with proven long-time partners and provide the

technical edge to win new clients.

. Senior Leader Integrated Fuel Solutions / Architecture

Worked with R&D to help promote and integrate Tiger forecourt

fuel controller.

. Consulting Project Manager

Developed strong client relationships, provided technical

consulting and subject matter expert knowledge on a variety of

Radiant solutions to include fuel configuration, back office

integration to third party back office (Blue Cube, PDI) POS

authoring, configuration, solution set testing, QA and

implementation.

Ability to unify diverse groups of people behind a common goal

(On-Time On-Budget)

. Responsible for staffing, budget analysis, and forecasting for

many client teams

Ahold Information Services, Greenville, South Carolina 1998-2005

Developer POS Systems

. Project Manager for all C-Store applications

. Provide top level support for back-end pharmacy applications

. Develop permanent fixes to enhance POS applications

. Responsible for reducing POS errors through better training and

documentation

. Establish best practices for next generation pos

Retail POS Systems Manager Convenience store division

. Establish guidelines for outside vendor services.

. Managed capital expenditure processes and annual budget analysis

for POS support services totaling approximately $250K.

. Responsible for reducing POS maintenance contracts 15% annually

. Negotiate price per transaction points to reduce overall

operating costs

. Implemented technical and best practice guidelines for POS

maintenance and daily operations for 138 stores.

. Supervised and scheduled companies' in-house technical support

personnel for 24 hour/7 day call out service.

USAF, Patrick Air Force Base, FL 1993- 1997

Liquid Fuels System and Controls Specialist

. Introduced state of the art Corrosion control coating which

extended Pipe Line maintenance by 45%.

. Responsible for 24 hour/7 day uptime for all base fuel systems.

. Assisted with Civil Engineering Annual budget for fixed systems.

. Participated in National Readiness Drills and exercises.

. Security Clearance for contained systems.

Education

Electronic Computer Programming College, Chattanooga, TN

Brevard Community College, Melbourne, FL

Cleveland State community Colelge, Cleveland TN

USAF, Technical Training Wichita Falls, OK

Technical Skill Highlights:

Project Management

Account Management

Loyalty Marketing

Vendor Management

Sales

Client Technology Consulting

Strong problem solving and troubleshooting

Software and Hardware implementations

Client end user training

ERP implementations

JDA Enterprise software suite

RedPrairie Enterprise software suite

Vista Entertainment POS

IBM 4680-4690 POS

Tech RX Pharmacy Application

Radiant POS

Blue Cube Enterprise

PDI Professional Data Solutions Inc.

IBM 4680-4690 Supermarket Application

Tech RX Pharmacy Application

Verifone Ruby Super System Installation and Service

Cathodic Protection Testing, Installation and Service

Gilbarco G-Site Installation and Service

Gilbarco Dispenser Installation and Service

Veeder-Root Tank Monitor Installation and Service

Emmco Electronics Tank Monitor Installation and Service

Client Technology Consulting

Software and Hardware Implementation

Enterprise Hosting Implementation

Trainer for End-Users and Train the Trainer

Network Administration

Courses completed: RPG I, RPG II, RPG III, Cobol I, Cobol II, Cobol III,

Visual Basic I, Visual Basic II, Visual Basic III, Basic I, Basic II, Basic

III, C++I, C++II, Data Base

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