J.H. Capron

Experience

• 

  US Army

  Aug 1964 - Jul 1967

  Surgical Technician: Military⎜Healthcare⎜Surgery⎜Combat Trauma⎜Combat Medic⎜Intensive Care

  I trained at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX, and the Walston Army Hospital at Ft. Dix, NJ. I was assigned to William Beaumont General Hospital, El Paso, TX. My last assignment was with the 121st Evacuation Hospital/160th Medical Detachment, near Inchon, Korea, where I gained significant experience working with combat trauma cases.

• 

  Georgia-Pacific LLC

  Jan 1967 - Jan 1970

  Mfg Team Member: Paper Mill⎜Paper Machine⎜Manufacturing

  I was a member of the manufacturing team in the production of printing paper.

• 

  Faxton Hospital

  Jul 1967 - Nov 1967

  Surgical Technician: Healthcare⎜Surgery⎜Hospital⎜Scrub

  I was a surgical scrub, assisting surgeons during major surgical procedures. I. was a vital member of the surgical team.

• 

  Kraft Foods

  Jan 1970 - Jan 1974

  Mfg Team Leader: Food Industry⎜Pasteurization⎜Chill Roll⎜Scheduling

  I was the team leader in the pasteurization and chill roll operations.

• 

  Philips

  Jan 1977 - Jan 1979

  I was responsible for managing people, materials, and schedules. Worked with the cost accounting process with the finance cost accounting team. I was responsible for modeling the data required for shop floor scheduling and inventory management.

  • Manufacturing Supervisor: Team Management⎜Materials Management⎜Scheduling⎜Cost Accounting

    Jan 1978 - Jan 1979

  • Production Data Analyst: Data Modeling⎜SFC⎜Inventory Management

    Jan 1977 - Jan 1978
• 

  Mid-Hudson Chapter of APICS, Inc.

  Jan 1979 - Jun 2019

  I performed the development, maintenance, and administration of the website for the Mid-Hudson Chapter of APICS. The site was Search Engine Optimized (SEO), with a responsive design, and collected visitation data; website development was performed using RapidWeaver, Stacks, Joe Workman’s Foundation/Eclipse/Jack, and a collection of third-party add-ons. The site was hosted with GoDaddy, the administration was performed using cPanel. Analytics was performed with Google Analytics and Quicklytics. All development work was completed in a macOS environment. Show less The Mid-Hudson Chapter of APICS was incorporated as a 501(C)3 Corporation, with all the rights and fiduciary responsibilities defined by the Federal Internal Revenue Service. As President of the corporation, I managed an energetic team of Vice-Presidents comprising the Board of Directors and provided thought leadership. We supported our local affiliates in the Hudson Valley with professional development meetings and production & inventory management education offerings. Our local affiliates were individuals working for multiple companies within the Hudson Valley of New York State. Software used were: iContact, Asana, RapidWeaver, cPanel, Evernote, Parallels, Quicken, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Skype, data.com, Quicklytics, Google Analytics, Google Docs, and Apple’s Numbers, Pages, Keynote, and Prezi. The operating systems used were: macOS, iOS, and Windows 10. The concept executed for website design was SEO. My role also required me to work collaboratively with twenty-nine other Presidents of the individual APICS corporations within the Northeastern United States, from Northern New Jersey to Maine. Show less

  • Webmaster: RapidWeaver⎜SEO⎜Google Analytics⎜cPanel⎜macOS⎜Quicklytics⎜Responsive Design

    Sept 2002 - Jun 2019

  • President: Non-Profit⎜Education⎜Professional Association

    Jan 1979 - Jun 2019
• 

  Philips

  Jan 1980 - Jan 1990

  I supported corporation-wide VM/MVS-based ERP implementations. Provided consulting guidance and expertise. These assignments required me to leverage my knowledge of manufacturing enterprise-wide business processes and requirements engineering skills. I was responsible for materials management: material requirements planning, capacity requirements planning, shop floor scheduling, and inventory management. I was a critical player in the sales and operations planning for the division. I was a vital player in the cost accounting process with the finance cost accounting team. I was responsible for modeling the data required for material requirements planning, capacity requirements planning, shop floor scheduling, and inventory management. I was responsible for material requirements planning, capacity requirements planning, shop floor scheduling, and inventory management. I was a vital player in the cost accounting process with the finance cost accounting team.

  • ERP Senior Consultant: ERP⎜Consulting⎜Requirements Engineering⎜Business Processes

    Jan 1983 - Jan 1990

  • Section Manager, Materials: S&OP⎜MPS⎜MRP⎜CRP⎜SFC⎜Inventory Management⎜Cost Accounting

    Jan 1982 - Jan 1983

  • Systems Operations Planning Analyst: Data Modeling⎜MRP⎜CRP⎜SFC⎜Inventory Management

    Jan 1981 - Jan 1982

  • Material and Production Control Supervisor: MRP⎜CRP⎜SFC⎜Inventory Management⎜Cost Accounting

    Jan 1980 - Jan 1981
• 

  Origin Technology in Business

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1991

  ERP Senior Consultant: ERP⎜Consulting⎜Requirements Engineering⎜Business Processes

  I provided consulting guidance and expertise on ERP implementation projects. These assignments required me to leverage my knowledge of manufacturing enterprise-wide business processes and requirements engineering skills.

• 

  NYNEX

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1993

  ERP Senior Consultant: ERP⎜Consulting⎜Requirements Engineering⎜Business Processes⎜Showcase Account

  I provided consulting guidance and expertise on ERP implementation projects for NYNEX's manufacturing clients. These assignments required me to leverage my knowledge of manufacturing enterprise-wide business processes and requirements engineering skills. Partnered with IBM to deliver an IBM Showcase Account using AS/400 hardware with an OS/400 operating system for a Cooper Industry company.

• 

  Keane

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1995

  ERP Senior Consultant: ERP⎜Consulting⎜Requirements Engineering⎜Business Processes

  I led the ERP software selection process for Keane's clients. These assignments required me to leverage my knowledge of manufacturing enterprise-wide business processes and requirements engineering skills. Provided consulting guidance and expertise on ERP implementation projects. Designed and executed the recovery of a top-tier client account's failed revenue management project.

• 

  IBM

  May 1995 - Mar 2012

  I led a manufacturing applications support team in an SAP-centric environment that interfaces with 40+ business applications critical to billions of dollars in annual revenue across the following locations: Poughkeepsie, NY; Rochester, MN; Charlotte, NC; San Jose, CA; Singapore; Shenzhen, China; Fujisawa, Japan; Dublin, Ireland; Montpellier, France; Vac, Hungary. Processes were documented using business process modeling. I created and executed the software upgrade methodology for the worldwide hardware manufacturing SAP instance. My team used software tools from IntelliCorp and the Volere Requirements Engineering Methodology, taking it from Release Level 3.1 to 4.7 with no interruption to worldwide business processing and no major severity issues. Show less I managed an IT development team supporting the implementation of SAP in Poughkeepsie, NY; Fujisawa, Japan; Dublin, Ireland; and Montpellier, France. Created and executed the software merge methodology, using IntelliCorp software and the Volere Requirements Engineering Methodology, for the Poughkeepsie and Fujisawa SAP instances, with no interruption to business processing for any manufacturing locations and no major severity issues. I used the Volere Requirements Engineering Methodology. I performed Mind Mapping analyses with Mindjet’s MindManager application to develop and deliver a real-time QA application running across the IBM hardware manufacturing operations with no significant severity issues. Show less

  • Technical Team Leader: Software Development | Volere | SAP | Multinational Team Management

    Jan 2002 - Mar 2012

  • Development Manager: Software Development⎜SAP⎜Volere⎜Mind Mapping⎜Multinational Team Management

    Jan 1998 - Dec 2001

  • Technical Team Leader: Software Development⎜SAP⎜Requirements⎜Multinational Team Management

    Jun 1997 - Dec 1997

  • ERP Senior Consultant: ERP⎜Consulting⎜Requirements Engineering⎜Business Processes

    May 1995 - May 1997
• 

  OnceAnArmyMedic Publishing

  Apr 2012 - now

  Author/Writer: Non-fiction | Fiction | Books | Articles

  I write non-fiction and fiction books and articles. I’m an intensive user of Apple hardware platforms: iMac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch. Applications I use are: Scrivener for all my writing/research projects. Scapple for outlining. ProWritingAid for editing. ChatGPT for project research and content analysis. PixelmatorPro for artwork and cover development. Publisher Rocket for market research. Kindle Direct Publishing for publishing and sales management. AmazonAds Campaign Manager for marketing planning and execution. OnceAnArmyMedic Publishing is the umbrella I publish and manage my literary products with. This includes e-books, paperback, and hardcover books. I’m involved in the following publishing processes: developing content, content layout design, cover design, editing, marketing, and sales. Show less

• 

  Mount Saint Mary College

  Jan 2014 - May 2022

  I lecture on effectively using LinkedIn® to select students in the Mount Saint Mary College MBA program each semester. With over 740 million profiles of professionals worldwide, it's essential to understand what they should be doing to make their own profiles discoverable, visually exciting, and effective. Adjunct instructor in Mount Saint Mary College's International Business Program. The focus is on project management for international students, blending theory with real-world execution. The program has a heavy emphasis on communications skills, which are vital in project management. Students work in teams that must assess business case studies and present their findings.

  • Guest Lecturer: LinkedIn | Lecturing

    Sept 2015 - May 2022

  • Instructor: Project Management⎪International Students

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2016
• 

  Danbury Chapter of APICS (ASCM)

  Sept 2019 - Feb 2021

  Webinar Manager: Webex | Remote Presentations | Webinars | Teleconferencing

  I managed webinar presentations for the Danbury Chapter of APICS, part of the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM). This gives the chapter the flexibility to have remote presentations from speakers located anywhere in the United States. The webinar application I used was the Cisco-owned Webex.

• 

  American Thinker

  Jul 2020 - now

  Freelance Contributor: Writing | Human Events

  Freelance writing on topics of interest to the American Thinker audience.

• 

  ASCM Danbury Forum

  Feb 2021 - now

  VP of Information Systems: Website Design | LinkedIn Group | YouTube Channel | E-Blast Management

  Responsible for the management and design of the ASCM Danbury Forum's website, LinkedIn® page, YouTube channel, Twitter account, advertising emails, and webinars. Software applications used are StarChapter, Webex, Zoom, Keynote, Pages, and Numbers.