DERRICK F. FRANCIS

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Marietta, GA 30064 404-***-****

SUMMARY An Information Technology professional with over 20 years of experience designing,

developing and implementing information systems. Over the years, I have proven success

in network installation and maintenance, ERP design, development and implementation and project management. I’ve implemented business processes that brought direct cost benefits to the organizations.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Aug 1th 2016 to Basic Solutions Inc. Atlanta, GA

Present Independent Software Development Consultant

Basic Solutions is a privately held company that assist major corporations with

business development ranging from software needs to business processes.

Upgrade client’s ERP Software.

Modify software to allow new functionality to the client’s specification.

Apr 1st, 2011 Virgin Islands Lottery St. Croix, VI

Feb, 22nd, 2016 Director of Information Technology

The Virgin Islands Lottery is a government agency that promotes and regulates various

lottery games in the Virgin Islands.

Managed and maintained Wide Area Network throughout the Virgin Islands.

Designed and developed the Point of Sale (POS) System for the Lottery (PVX Plus Nomads/Visual Studio C#).

Created and integrated database(SQL Server) with financial software.

Created critical reports and dashboards for the executive staff.

Managed financial software (Microsoft Dynamics GP).

Managed and regulated national and regional Lottery Games. (Powerball, Megamillion, etc.)

Performed quality assurance testing on the software for lottery terminals.

Managed and regulated Video Lottery Machines throughout the Virgin Islands.

Feb 9th, 2010 Basic Technology Systems St. Croix, VI

Mar 31st, 2011 Managing Partner

Basic Technology Systems is a privately owned company that develop computer software

and provides Information Technology Services to public and private agencies.

Designed and developed Resource Management Software using Providex/Visual Studio (VB.Net/C#).

Created databases and reporting tools for government agencies.

Implemented computer software.

Designed and configured computer networks.

Managed Information Technology Infrastructure.

Jun 6th, 2006 to Basic Solutions Inc. Atlanta, GA

Dec 31st, 2009 Software Development Consultant

Basic Solutions is a privately held company that assist major corporations with business

development ranging from software needs to business processes.

Designed and implemented PROVIDEX/NOMADS based software to fit the business’ model.

Integrated or converted information systems of companies acquired by our client.

Automated major production processes.

Advised executive level management on best business practices to increase revenue.

Designed and implemented work-flow processes.

Created data warehouse to store and backup critical data.

Jun 3rd, 2002 to TopForm Software Norcross, GA

May 26th, 2006 Software Development Manager

TopForm Software is a subsidiary of Global Docugrahix that develops software for the

business form Industry.

Employment History (continue)

Converted Topform’s character base software to a Graphical User Interface base software using Providex Nomads.

Installed and trained customers on new modules developed.

Developed new modules such as EDI, Contact Management, and others.

Converted customer’s data from competitor’s software.

Advised perspective customers on hardware needed to implement our software.

May 8th, 2000 to Associated Hygienic Products Duluth, GA

May 31st, 2002 Information Technology Manager

Associated Hygienic Products (AHP) a subsidiary of DSG International (DSGIF on the

NASDAQ) manufactures disposable soft good products. AHP is known for the Fitti and

Cuddles brand baby diapers, and the Certainty brand adult briefs. My role was to manage

the Information Systems infrastructure and E-commerce for AHP and Allcares.

Integrated Manufacturing ERP Software (Impact Encore) with Sales Analysis, Accounting, and Purchasing.

Contributed in the development and management of Allcares (an e-commerce entity of AHP).

Assigned projects to the IT department on a weekly basis.

Assessed and purchased computer equipment to meet the company’s needs.

Established and maintained an EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) partnership with customers such as Walmart, Walgreens, Supervalu, and many more.

Negotiated software and telecommunication contacts.

Maintained video conferencing with other DSG entities in Hong Kong, Australia, U.K, and Malaysia.

Aug 22nd, 1994 Wilen Products Inc. Atlanta, GA

Mar 10th, 2000 MIS Director (08/97 to 03/00)

Wilen Products an entity of Katy Industries (KT on the NYSE) manufactures janitorial

supplies for commercial and retail sales. Total reliability and integrity of the Information

System for Wilen in Atlanta, and Phoenix was my responsibility.

Made decisions on Information Systems development, system upgrades, and hardware and software purchases.

Developed and maintained the Local and Wide Area Windows NT Network.

Converted and managed major ERP systems SSA (BPCS) and JD Edwards (Inventory, Distribution, Manufacturing, and Financial)

Developed and maintained all EDI transactions for Wilen.

Integrated Information Systems and developed Wide Area Network with 6 sister companies.

Negotiated Information Systems and Telecommunications contracts, and maintained our IT budget.

Installed and maintained full e-commerce and website for Wilen.

Software Development Manager (3/94 to 8/97)

Delegated all programming assignments to my software development team.

Designed and developed business applications using Business Basic, Visual Basic 5.0, Access, Active Server Pages, and Visual FoxPro.

Converted non-relational data files to Access and DB2 SQL Database.

Strengths Achieves objectives, strong goal commitment, strong team player, and strong leadership

and management skills. Proficient in many ERP Systems (JD Edwards, SAP, Encore),

Data Base Systems (Oracle, MySQL, Db2, Infiniti, SQL Server), Data warehousing,

Programming Languages including Visual Studio (VB, C#, .Net), HTML, PHP, Java, SQL, Providex, Business Basic, XML and more.

EDUCATION Southern Polytechnic State University Marietta, GA

Masters of Business Administration in Operations Management

Southern Polytechnic State University Marietta, GA

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

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