Manager Software

Jim Biwer

Work Experience

Kestrel Consulting, Edina, MN 10/11 – Present

Mortenson Construction, Minneapolis, MN 10/11 – Present

Programmer/Analyst

- AS/400 support for financial and estimating systems. Support Oracle interfaces and conversion.

- Environment: iSeries, SQL/400, RPG IV and ILE, CL/400, iSeries Client Access,

UNIX / Oracle SQL Developer, Toad, FileZilla FTP, PuTTY,

IRIS Consulting Corporation, Minnetonka, MN 5/11 – 10/11

Polaris Industries, Medina, MN 5/11 – 10/11

Programmer/Analyst

- Multinational environment

- Development projects to create new or change existing financial/manufacturing/distribution programs.

- Environment: iSeries, SQL/400, RPG ILE, CL/400, Aldon, Infor/Mapics, SharePoint.

Anagram International, Eden Prairie, MN 10/10 – 2/11

EDI Developer

- Multi-company environment.

- Develop, test, and support new EDI documents. Receive purchase orders, send ASNs and invoices.

- Add edit/audit reports for better data quality.

- Environment: iSeries, SQL/400, RPG ILE, CL/400, Turnover.

Maven Companies (Consulting), Colorado Springs, CO 7/10 – 10/10

Rural Community Insurance Service, Anoka, MN 7/10-10/10

Programmer/Analyst

- Transmit data to USDA for mandatory reporting. Send insurance policy data, receive edit reports.

- Environment: iSeries, SQL/400, RPG ILE, CL/400.

Simacor Consulting 11/08 - 6/10

Minnesota Twins Baseball Club, Minneapolis, MN 2/10 - 3/10

Programmer/Analyst

- Assist with ticketing system conversion.

- Automate interface with Tickets.com.

- Edit downloaded files for quality control.

- Develop ticket package tracking system with bar code technology.

- Generate management reports.

- Environment: iSeries, SQL/400, RPG ILE, CL/400.

Cardinal Glass Industries, Eden Prairie, MN 11/08 - 1/10

EDI Programmer/Analyst

- Provide EDI programming and operation support to 30+ systems.

- Develop EDI paper map documentation. Interface with trading partners and internal users.

- Work with remote locations and trading partners to develop, test,

and support new EDI documents. Processes purchase orders, send ASNs and invoices.

- Environment: AS/400, SQL/400, RPG (II, III, 400, IV, free), GIS EDI,

JD Edwards Enterprise One (E1) ERP, Microsoft Windows, SharePoint.

Cemstone / TCC Materials

Mendota Heights, MN 4/04 – 7/10/08

Programmer / Analyst

- Used Windows, eBridge EDI, MAS500 ERP, MS SQL Server, SSRS Reporting Services, VB6, C#, OnBase, SharePoint. Developed new WebFOCUS reports.

- Installed eBridge EDI software with Sterling Commerce VAN.

- Coordinate, implement and support all EDI activities. Processes purchase orders, send ASNs and invoices.

- Provide IT software production support. Interface with trading partners an internal users.

Progressive Beauty Brands

Chaska, MN 12/01 – 12/03

IT Manager / EDI Specialist

- Coordinate, implement and support all EDI activities.

- Provide IT hardware and software support, systems analysis and design.

- AS/400, Inovis TrustedLink/400 EDI, Daly.Commerce / Infor A+ ERP, SQL, RPG/400

then converted to Microsoft Great Plains and True Commerce EDI.

Minneapolis Community & Technical College

Minneapolis, MN 1/99 – 12/01

Computer Careers Instructor

- Microsoft Windows, C++, Visual Basic, SQL, HTML, AS/400, DB2/400, CL RPG/400, RPG IV

Hayden and Associates, Bloomington, MN 10/98 - 1/99

Consultant - Harmon Industries

Programming and operations support (AS/400)

Supported hardware, software, data comm, help desk

Used RPG II, RPG III, RPG/400, SQL/400, CL

NordicTrack, Chaska, MN 8/95 - 10/98

International Exercise Equipment Manufacturer

Senior EDI Analyst

- Coordinate, implement and support all EDI activities. Receive purchase orders, send ASNs, invoices, etc.

- Communicate with trading partners, VAN's and internal users.

- Coordinate Harbinger EDI/400 software upgrades and support. Interface with JD Edwards ERP.

- Test new systems, verify data quality, troubleshoot and resolve problems.

- Supervise staff of three programmer/analysts. RPG III, RPG/400

SSA/Elke, Golden Valley, MN 2/94 - 8/95

International Software Company

Technical Consultant

- Responsible for coordinating custom enhancements and data conversions to Main/Tracker application software package (AS/400). RPG II, RPG III, RPG/400.

Knott's Camp Snoopy, Bloomington, MN 3/92 - 11/93

Amusement Park in Mall of America

Information Systems Manager

- Installed three multi-user systems within five months to meet grand opening deadline.

- Coordinated MIS staff and vendor support for all systems training, hardware, software and data communications to increase productivity and efficiency.

- Streamlined software interfaces and enhanced reporting to provide timely, accurate management information.

- Investigated and resolved operational problems for hardware, system software and application software to minimize downtime in retail environment.

- Responsible for developing and successfully managing MIS budget.

- Recruited and supervised support staff for 24 hour, seven day a week support.

- Multiple platforms: AS/400, UNIX, Novell, Microsoft Windows PC, RPG III, RPG/400, Lawson ERP, InfoGenesis POS.

Keane, Inc., Rochester, MN 4/91 - 2/92

National MIS Consulting Firm

Senior Consultant

- Supervised a highly recognized group in the national IBM Customer Support Center in Rochester, MN. As a team member, resolved IBM midrange [S/38, AS/400] customer inquiries and problems by database research and coordination of IBM software developers and support staff.

CSC Partners, Minneapolis, MN 11/90 - 3/91

National MIS Consulting Firm

Senior Consultant

- Designed a system for the State of Minnesota, Department of Revenue to automate the collection of tax reporting data for the $1.2 billion lawful gaming industry. Using bar coding, inventory tracking and electronic filing, the system design/data model was designed to increase tax revenues and improve the accuracy and

timeliness of reporting.

Trammel Crow Company, Minneapolis, MN 4/89 - 11/90

National Property Management and Development Company

Management Information Systems Manager

- Managed hardware/software installation/conversion and data center relocation on schedule, with no down time.

- Supervised staff, managed budget, and directed all areas of information technologies using packaged accounting / real estate software in and IBM AS/400, Novell LAN environment. RPG II, RPG III, RPG/400.

- Coordinated hardware, software and data communications support for seven offices in three states to maximize efficiency of computer usage.

Vacation Properties Network, Minneapolis, MN 1985 - 1989

National Real Estate Company

Director of Management Information Systems

- Created the MIS department for a start-up company. Managed hardware/software acquisition and support for four regional offices and 40 branch offices.

- Responsible for the design, installation and support of a fourth generation relational database (PACE) within six months to meet grand opening deadline. COBOL was also used.

- Supervised system planning, data center operations, application development and data communications.

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN 1980 - 1985

International Medical Manufacturer

Senior Systems Analyst (83-85)

- Managed installation of midrange hardware/software and developed a patient registration / inventory tracking system to meet FDA requirements for the heart valve manufacturing company.

- Initiated flexible daily management reporting system for divisional management using Express, a decision support system, resulting in more timely operational information.

Systems Analyst (80-83)

- Managed software development project to allow streamlined financial reporting for international operations.

- Developed multi-platform sales reporting system for domestic marketing team resulting in increased awareness and timely access to sales data.

- Responsible for development and support for MAPICS interfaces and custom software for twenty sites world-wide for Corporate Distributed Systems Group. [S/36: RPG II]

Education

Master of Arts in Management - St. Mary's University, Winona, MN, 1996

Master of Science in Software Design and Development - University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 1988

Business/MIS Studies - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1980-1985

Bachelor of Arts in Marketing - University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Fall, IA 1973

Contact: Jim Biwer / 19212 Joseph Curve, Eden Prairie, MN 55346 / H: 952-***-**** / Web site: www.biwer.net

Keywords: EDI, AS/400, RPG, COBOL, CL, SQL, DB2, Access, Windows, Visual Basic, VB, PC, C/C++, teacher, trainer, instructor, IBM, Microsoft, Linux, iSeries, analyst, manager, POS, ERP, manufacturing, distribution, Mapics, Lawson, JD Edwards, Daly Commerce, Great Plains, Inovis TrustedLink, True Commerce EDI, eBridge, WebFOCUS, Reporting Services, Expression Web,

SSRS, Infor, SPSS, OnBase, MS Office, Microsoft Project, Visio, ETL, EDI Notepad, SharePoint,

Oracle BI Publisher, i5. Turnover, JBA.

Resume overview/introduction: http://www.visualcv.com/jbiwer

Contact this candidate