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EXECUTIVE/PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

OVER TWENTY YEARS OF PROVEN EXPERIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND PROJECT/PROGRAM MANAGEMENT,

WITH A STRONG EMPHASIS IN INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN.

IN THE PAST TEN YEARS CONCENTRATING IN THE AREA OF E-COMMERCE AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

SENIOR LEVEL EXPERIENCE WITH KICKING OFF AND MANAGING NEW LARGE SCALE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND

INTEGRATION PROCESSES.

EXPERIENCED IN PROVIDING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ESTABLISHED COMPANIES TO MAKE THEM MORE COMPETITIVE

IN THE FAST-PACED MARKET OF E-COMMERCE TECHNOLOGY.

CONSULTED BRICK AND MORTAR COMPANIES (RETAIL AND MANUFACTURE) TO MOVE TO THE E-COMMERCE SPACE.

PROVIDED EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES TO SUPPLIERS AND CLIENTS TO JOIN AND INTEGRATE IN THAT SPACE.

EXCEPTIONAL PROBLEM-SOLVER AND EXPERT IN DEFINING BUSINESS PROCESSES FOR IMPROVEMENT, NEW DESIGN,

DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS AUTOMATED SOLUTIONS.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

LEADERSHIP AND MENTORING * SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION * PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

PROJECT/PROGRAM MANAGEMENT * VENDOR AND PRODUCT DESIGN * INVENTORY AND PROCESS CONTROL PROGRAM

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT * SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT * NETWORK COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS WORKFLOW ANALYSIS

* PROCESS REENGINEERING * REQUIREMENT GATHERING AND ANALYSIS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DIRECTOR OF E-COMMERCE/EDI - TECHNICAL OPERATIONS/SOLUTION ARCHITECT

VCOMMERCE CORPORATION - PHOENIX/AZ, OCTOBER 2009 TO PRESENT

MANAGE THE EDI TEAM WHICH SPECIALIZES IN E-COMMERCE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE RETAIL AND INTERNET

MARKET.

DESIGN AND DEVELOP APPLICATIONS, PROCESSES AND FUNCTIONS WHICH MAXIMIZE AND STANDARDIZE THE

PROCESSING OF DATA/INFORMATION AND ITS DELIVERY OF PRODUCTS FOR THE CLIENTS.

DEVELOP THE TECHNICAL, FUNCTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF CLIENTS (INTERNAL AND

EXTERNAL).

TRANSLATE REQUIREMENTS INTO SOLUTIONS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED AT GLOBAL SCALE AND WITH MODULARITY AS

WELL AS WITHIN A SPECIFIC TIMETABLE.

MANAGE A TEAM OF INTERNAL DEVELOPERS AND AS WELL AS THIRD PARTY TESTERS.

A PORTION OF THE PROJECTS ARE DEVELOPMENT OF WHERE-TO-BUY PROCESSES/PROGRAMS CONSISTING OF

DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSFORMATION/MAPPING OF DATA AND ASSESSMENT/ANALYSIS OF THAT DATA SO

THAT IT CAN BE DELIVERED ACCORDING TO REQUIREMENTS. ANOTHER PORTION OF PROJECTS ARE DEVELOPMENT AND

IMPLEMENTATION OF DATA PROCESSING INCORPORATED INTERNALLY TO MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY AND SPEED. THE MAIN

SOFTWARE UTILIZED IS IBM STERLING B2B INTEGRATOR. THE B2B INTEGRATION HAS ITS OWN LANGUAGE FOR

PROCESSES NAMED BPML. THE PLATFORM IS LINUX BASED. LARGE DATA SETS RUNS THROUGH HADOOP USING PHP.

SQL, JAVA, PERL, AND SHELL IS USED FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES. INTEGRATION WITH HTTP(S), AS2,

GPG/PGP (ENCRYPTION) PROCESSES ARE DEVELOPED AND UTILIZED. ORACLE IS THE DATABASE USED BY THE TEAM FOR

THE INTEGRATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATIONS ALTHOUGH MYSQL AND POSTGRES ARE OTHER DATABASES USED WITHIN THE

VARIOUS SYSTEMS OF CHOICE.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE APPLICATIONS AND THE UPGRADE OF THE EDI SYSTEMS LED TO THE EDI GROUP MANAGING

THE MAJORITY SHARE OF PROCESSES THAT NEED TO BE PERFORMED FOR CLIENTS. ALL THESE WERE BUILT WITH

MODULARITY IN MIND AS TO ALLOW EASY FLOW TO CHANGE REQUESTS AND MANAGEMENT. THIS INVOLVES UPGRADING THE

SERVERS, UPGRADING THE ORACLE DATABASE AND IMPORTING ALL ITS TABLES AND DATA, UPGRADING THE IBM B2B

INTEGRATION SUITE AND IMPORTING ALL THE PROGRAMS, PROCESSES, SCHEDULES, MAPS, BPML REQUESTED AS WELL

AS DEVELOPING NEW PROCESSES WHICH THEN IS FOLLOWED WITH ALPHA/BETA TESTING AND RUNNING QUALITY

ASSURANCE. THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROCESSES AND EDI PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATIONS RISE THE EDI TEAM

EFFICIENCY TO THE POINT THAT IT PUT THE TEAM IN THE POSITION TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ON MORE PROJECTS IN RELATION

TO THE CORE FAST GROWING PRODUCT LINES.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE MOVED OUR NETWORK AND ALL ITS HARDWARE

(DEVELOPMENT SERVERS, QA SERVERS, AND PRODUCTION SERVERS TO THE CLOUD (AWS).

LEAD EDI/E-COMMERCE DEVELOPER/SOLUTION ARCHITECT

VCOMMERCE CORP. - SCOTTSDALE/AZ, DEC 1999 - SEPT 2009

RESPONSIBLE FOR EDI AND E-COMMERCE INTEGRATIONS FROM START TO FINISH WHICH INCLUDES COORDINATION,

INSTALLATION, CONFIGURATION, IMPLEMENTATION, MAPPING/DATA TRANSFORMATION, AND NEW INFRASTRUCTURE

DEVELOPMENT. CONNECTED, SETUP, AND IMPLEMENTED OVER 400 PARTNERS INTEGRATIONS TO CORPORATIONS

NETWORK. ESTABLISHED SYSTEM STANDARDS FOR THE COMPANY. ADDITIONALLY ESTABLISHED SPECIFICATION STANDARDS

AND REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTIPLE DOCUMENT SETS AND TYPES.

E-COMMERCE/EDI TECHNICAL CONSULTANT, PEOPLE UNLIMITED CONSULTANTS, INC. 1998 TO DEC 1999

RESPONSIBLE FOR EDI AND E-COMMERCE INTEGRATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR VARIOUS INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

PROJECT MANAGER, DIGITAL CONCEPTS, INC. - PHOENIX/AZ, AUG 1997 - AUG 1998

PROJECT MANAGER REPORTING TO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS FOR DCI, A COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN HIGH-

TECH EDUCATIONAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE K-12 ENVIRONMENT, WITH RESPONSIBILITY OVER THE DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS

WEB-ENABLED PRODUCTS USING OBJECT ORIENTED TECHNOLOGY.

TECHNICAL MANAGER, RAM AMNON LTD. ISRAEL, DEC 1992 - AUG 1997

TECHNICAL MANAGER FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING COMPANY WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEVELOPING SOFTWARE

FOR THE COMPANYS FINANCE, CONTRACTS, BIDS, ADMINISTRATION, SYSTEMS AND TECHNICAL SERVICES. DESIGNED AND

IMPLEMENTED ELECTRICAL AUTOMATION SOFTWARE SYSTEMS FOR THE HEAVY INDUSTRY ACCORDING TO CLIENTS'

REQUIREMENTS.

SKILLS

LIST OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES, SCRIPTS AND SOFTWARE TOOLS USED DURING LAST 2 YEAR:

VISUAL BASIC, XSLT, HTML, XML, PERL, PHP, C, SQL, LINUX - SHELL SCRIPTING, BPML, JAVA, MS

PROJECT, VISIO, AND COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS - (AS2, SFTP, FTPS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS).

FLUENT IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND HEBREW.

AS SON OF PRESENTLY RETIRED UNITED NATIONS SENIOR EXECUTIVE, I LIVED AND TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY IN ASIA,

EUROPE, AND THE AMERICAS, GAINING WIDE EXPOSURE TO LOCAL CULTURES AND BUSINESSES.

AWARDS, PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR IS/IT PROFESSIONALS - APRIL 2012

GIS (GENTRAN/IBM B2B INTEGRATION SUITE) ADMINISTRATION - AUGUST 2008

GIS (GENTRAN/IBM B2B INTEGRATION SUITE) BUSINESS PROCESSES DEVELOPMENT - JULY 2008

NORTH ATLANTIC COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE (NACC) ALL AMERICAN IN FENCING: SILVER TEAM MEDAL, BRONZE

- 1985

INDIVIDUAL MEDAL

EDUCATION

MBA (GENERAL/INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS), GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY, PHOENIX, AZ

BSC (COMPUTER SCIENCE), PACE UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK

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