William J. Ripa
St Helena Island, SC 29920
acqlfw@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
Twenty seven years of experience in information technology as a developer, analyst, team leader, consultant, and manager.
Twenty years of experience with SAP/R3.
Seven years experience with the Army and Navy ERP systems.
Eight SAP project implementations (two full lifecycles).
Configuration and programming knowledge in SAP MM, IM,WM,SD,PS,QM,PLM HR, EH&S, ABAP, and Workflow.
Possesses excellent communication, analytical, programming, business process design and modeling, and problem solving skills.
Possesses a strong commitment and dedication to both team and customer success.
Extensive experience in combining multiple SAP instances and combining legacy systems into ERP processes.
Several years of experience in logistics (shipping/receiving/warehousing/process improvement) and manufacturing.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Intellex Consulting Services January 2013 to Present
U.S. ARMY Logistics Management Program – Marlton, N.J.
SAP PLM/QM/MM/SD Senior Consultant
Primary Solution Delivery technical consultant for PLM (MM, DMS) and EH&S.
Developed purchase requisition release strategy configurations.
Interface with government customers to analyze requirements and develop specifications.
Lead developers, technical writers, and other analysts in the fulfillment of requirements.
4M Research February 2012 to January 2013
U.S. ARMY (AESIP) – Picatinney Arsenal Wharton, N.J.
Principle Enterprise Application Product Expert (SAP Consultant)
Business Process/system design consultant for a portal material processing system.
Technical Lead in the following areas: System Architecture, Workflow, UWL, DMS, Content Server integration, and ABAP development.
Configuration of SAP Modules: HR, DMS, and MM.
Dickinson & Associates February 2011 to February 2012
U.S. NAVY ERP – Norfolk, V.A.
SAP WM/IM Senior Consultant
Business Process Consultant.
On site (OSS) support lead for warehouse management (WM), Barcode/RFID technology and implementations, hazardous materials (EH&S), SD, purchasing, materials management, and inventory management.
Instructor – Warehouse Management and Physical Inventory.
Stango & Associates March 31,2008 to February 2011
U.S. ARMY Logistics Management Program – Marlton, N.J.
SAP PLM/QM/MM Senior Consultant
QM/PLM architect, developer, analyst, and functional consultant.
Interface with government customers to analyze requirements and develop specifications.
Lead developers, technical writers, and other analysts in the fulfillment of requirements.
PLM Functional Testing Coordinator (HP Quality Center), ECATT automation lead.
Computer Sciences Corporation October 2007 to March 31, 2008
United Technologies/Pratt and Whitney – Aftermarket Business Unit
SAP Project Systems Functional/Technical Consultant
Production support, corrections, and redesigns to existing PS/QM master data and production systems.
Rewrote the Object Oriented Production Engine Scheduling workbench (project systems toolset).
Enhancements to the Quality Inspection workbench.
Special projects in the areas of IM, MM, PS, and QM.
All of these activities were crucial to Pratt and Whitney’s Engine Centers and had high VP visibility.
Clark University Framingham, Ma.
Part-time Instructor May 2007 to July 2007
Graduate Management School - Instructor in Information Technology
Waters Corporation, Milford, Ma.
SAP PLM and Workflow Consultant October 2004 to October 2007.
Implemented SAP EasyDMS, barcoding integration (RFC’s), QM and HR functions (travel management, ESS, reporting), ABC Analysis (custom report).
Primary workflow consultant who was also involved in production support, business consulting (analysis and recommendations), and project management.
Prototyped a new Services Oriented Architecture for PLM using a QNOTE template.
Datamatics Consulting - Pratt and Whitney, Windsor, Ct.
SAP Functional MM/PP Consultant April 2004 to September 2004.
Lead Analyst for SAP MM migration (4.5 to 4.7).
MM/PP production support.
Alti Consulting - Textron Systems, Wilmington, Ma.
Senior Consultant September 2003 to March 2004.
SAP 4.6C (Aerospace and defense) analyst, developer, and project management. Analysis and design in Project systems, Finance/Costing (Earned Value Management System/General Ledger), Foreign trade, QM, MM, PP, and legacy conversions. Additional knowledge of QADB, Rev-Trac, Test Director, and ALV programming.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – continued
Clark University Framingham, Massachusetts.
Graduate Student in Information Technology September 2002 – September 2003.
Autodesk Inc., Manchester, New Hampshire.
Information Technology Consultant, 1998 – August 2002
Project manager/lead developer for SAP/ITS web interfaces (Order status, License Inquiry, and Account Statement).
Technical lead for purchasing and distribution interfaces (Ariba). Designed and developed several interfaces between Ariba and SAP. Additional responsibilities included SAP (materials and purchasing) configuration, project management, writing technical and business specifications, business analysis, upgrade management, and the design, development, and maintenance of rfc's, function modules, and customized database tables.
Consultant for third party (integrated to SAP) software evaluations for HR, mobile integration, and denied party screening.
SAP consultant (configuration and programming) for HR, SD, and MM.
Aearo Company, Southbridge, Massachusetts
IT Group Leader, 1998 - 1998
Global Project leader for the SAP upgrade from version 3.0D to 3.1I. Managed a global development team, including functional and programming resources. This was a heavily customized instance of SAP, which featured several integrated interfaces (i.e. Vertex, Rapistan). This project was delivered on time and under budget.
Programmed ABAP reports and ABAP queries in the MM/PP/FI areas of SAP. Developed new jetforms documents for Spanish and Italian sales offices. I also performed several basis functions (transport configuration and processing, user and profile account administration) in support of the migration activities.
Polaroid Corporation, Needham, Mass.
IT Consultant/Manager, 1996 - 1998
Participated in the SAP upgrade from 3.0D to 3.0F.
Designed, configured, and coded Batch Management in SAP 3.0F. This helped capture thousands of items that expired by date, saving the company thousands of dollars.
Analysis, design, coding, and implementation of direct shipping and vendor consignment initiatives.
Project manager for Polaroid's shipping, warehousing, and transportation departments (Spanned SAP MM, SD, and WM modules, interface to Pitney Bowes transportation system, batch jobs for document production, and reports (year-end, quarter end, etc). I managed a team of two consultants in maintaining the continuous operation of Polaroid's U.S. Distribution operations.
Digital Equipment Corporation, Northborough, Massachusetts
Corporate Purchasing - IM&T Senior Information Systems Specialist, 1988 - 1990
DBA and technical programmer for the company’s incoming inspection system.
Designed, developed, and implemented a series of military sampling standards (mathematical sampling) within this system.
Digital Equipment Corporation, Northborough, Massachusetts
U.S. Distribution - Information Management Project Manager, 1985 - 1998
Managed the U.S. distribution’s Eastern Operations Tool Set. In this function I was responsible for the ongoing support and development of 5 applications (written in LISP, Cobol, 4GL (focus), and Fortran), the programming, support, and business resources (5 resources) as well as the hardware (backups etc) and budgets.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – continued
Digital Equipment Corporation, [Westborough, Massachusetts]
Distribution Manager, 1980 - 1985
Managed the PC distribution warehousing activities in eight separate buildings across two states. Coordinated and established inventory and cycle counting programs.
Managed throughput activities in the main warehouse (receiving, order picking and configuration, and shipping).
Managed the second shift cross-dock function in Digital’s main warehouse. This involved supervising a dozen individuals, receiving freight, storing it, and picking orders for customer shipments.
EDUCATION
Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts
BS, Computer Science, Minor: Mathematics, 1989
Masters Degree in Information Technology Clark University Worcester, Ma. 2007
Graduated with a 4.2 GPA
SAP Training (multiple modules – (SD,QM,MM,PLM,ABAP)
SeeBeyond Training.
Computer Career Institute, Framingham, Ma. (JAVA certificate)
CompTIA Security +
Certificates: OPENSAP HANA and Mobile Development.
SAP HPI BPMA (Business Process Modeling and Analysis)