Experience

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  Deloitte & touche

  Jun 1983 - Dec 1986

  Consultant

  • Implemented the Bill of Materials, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Sales and Order Entry, and Routings modules of a packaged software solution for a leading US boat manufacturer.• Wrote a telecommunications strategic plan for a large city/county government in the Southeast US.• Gathered the business requirements and created functional specifications for a custom developed client management system for the Vocational Rehabilitation Department of a large state government in the Southeast US. • Conducted an operations review of the membership and billing functions of a major US insurance carrier. • Re-created the programming/system flow for the physical inventory system of a catalog showroom retailer based in the Southeast US. Despite little documentation, few experienced staff, and tight timeframes, the JCL statements and COBOL programs were re-constructed and successfully executed prior to the critical pre-holiday ordering activity. Show less

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  The coca-cola company

  Dec 1986 - Jan 1999

  • Directed the implementation of EDI Pick Ticket, Shipment, and Inventory Movement transactions to streamline Order Entry and Inventory Control processes for the Non-Carbonated Beverage group. • Improved internal controls in the Non-Carbonated Beverage group by implementing accurate production models as well as initiating security profiles across manufacturing and financial applications. Developed numerous queries and reports to ensure accurate prices, discounts and customer records to support the order fulfillment process• Directed the implementation of a new General Ledger chart of accounts and financial reporting structure. Show less • Managed an information engineering-based General Ledger and Financial Reporting project; converted Chart of Accounts, cleaned up General Ledger legacy data, evaluated packaged software, and constructed custom solution. • Evaluated re-engineering alternatives for order entry, billing and accounts receivable within Coca-Cola USA. Identified and recommended opportunities for dramatic changes in the way CCUSA goes to market with bottlers, wholesalers, and retail customers to senior management. Show less • Conducted technical evaluations of existing financial systems in support of a strategic information systems planning project.• Managed a staff of programmers to improve accounting controls and enhance reporting capabilities relative to syrup production by implementing a Purchase Price Variance and Bottler Sweetener system. • Gathered business requirements, evaluated packaged software solutions, defined business processes, created functional specifications for conversion programs, wrote test plans and executed tests for the implementation of an Accounts Payable software solution integrated with Purchasing.• Gathered business requirements and created the functional design specifications for a custom developed Cost Accounting system. Show less

  • Business Systems Analyst II

    Jan 1996 - Jan 1999

  • Olympic Planning Specialist

    Jan 1995 - Jan 1996

  • Business Systems Manager

    Jan 1994 - Jan 1995

  • Financial Systems Project Manager

    Jan 1991 - Jan 1994

  • Operations Accounting Manager

    Jan 1990 - Jan 1991

  • Senior Systems Analyst

    Dec 1986 - Jan 1990
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  The home depot

  Jan 1999 - Dec 2003

  Chief systems engineer

  • Managed a team of 14 analysts, programmers, and consultants, designing and constructing a web-based business planning and forecasting solution using SAP’s SEM module and BW data warehouse. • Managed a team of 30 analysts, programmers, change management specialists, and consultants during the requirements gathering and prototyping phases of an SAP software implementation of General Ledger, Controlling, Asset Accounting, Project Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Treasury, Business Planning, and Business Consolidations for the US and Canada. • Managed project teams though multiple upgrades of SAP finance and accounting software. • Managed the requirements gathering activities for Finance/Accounting for the implementation of an SAP software solution in Chile. • Designed, configured, and tested the Project Accounting solution for capital and expense projects for an SAP implementation in Argentina. Show less

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  Racetrac petroleum

  Jul 2004 - Oct 2005

  Special projects manager

  • Realized numerous process efficiencies in the Inventory Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Financial Accounting, and Central Services Departments through the implementation of Excel macros, Access Databases, Showcase and Cognos queries, and additional functionality within the existing JD Edwards Financial applications.• Coordinated the department’s participation in the implementation of the enterprise-wide Lawson Payroll and VoiteQ Store and Warehouse implementations.• Documented the business requirements, then configured the General Ledger solution for a Lawson Payroll implementation.• Coached other project managers in the principles and best practices of project management during the course of their own projects. Show less

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  Oversight systems, inc.

  Jan 2006 - Dec 2009

  Knowledge engineer

  Responsible for creating and maintaining extraction and mapping logic, integrity checks, reports, and dashboard charts in commercially available continuous controls monitoring software used to identify potential errors, misuse or fraud within various ERP systems (Peoplesoft, Oracle, SAP, Lawson, and JDE) across multiple business threads (e.g. Procure to Pay, General Ledger, P-Card, T&E, etc.).

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  Modis

  Feb 2010 - Jul 2014

  It project manager/business analyst

  Contracting as a Business Analyst at The Home Depot (May 2011 - July 2014)- Implemented a new user interface, InstallConnect, constructed using custom Java and Siebel open UI, for all Home Depot service providers to manage their installation jobs- Implemented multiple new releases of functionality for Home Depot’s web-based Installation service provider partner portal, HDConnect, on a Sharepoint foundation.- Implemented multiple new releases of functionality for the Siebel-based lead tracking system for Home Services- Re-implemented the Home Services 1-800HomeDepot Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solution utilizing a Siebel-based foundation as a data repository for service provider phone numbers and zip code coverage areas, and Ab Initio as the ETL tool. - Completed a feasibility assessment of implementing SAP's BCM product with THD's existing SAP CRM implementation Contracted as a Project Manager/Business Analyst at Beazer Homes (Feb 2010 - Apr 2011)- Led a project to define departmental business continuity plans for the loss of Corporate Headquarters and New Home Contact Center scenarios.- Led the IT disaster recovery test for 2010. - Led a project to implement a Storm Water Management Information System to track and report storm water management inspections and corrective actions to satisfy compliance reporting required by the EPA. Show less

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  The home depot

  Jul 2014 - Sept 2021

  Senior software product manager

  - Implemented functionality to support associates through the COVID health emergency (Kronos) o Delivered emergency sick/personal time off (PTO) hours to most associates, and additional hours to associates 65+. o Eliminated the restrictions on the carryover of vacation time o Assisted Finance with reclassifying cross-clocked hours for MET and Store associates working in Supply Chain Distribution Centers- Complied with new rest premium pay laws in Chicago and Philadelphia (Kronos)- Implemented a dozen new labor drivers for stores that reduced the labor schedule forecasting error percentage by .5% (FaST), which equates to hundreds of thousands of hours of Store labor - Implemented a Leave of Absence (LOA) Status page that reduced LOA inquiries to the HR Service Center by 6% even as the number of associates on LOA increased.- Implemented a new login page for Employee Self Service that reduced assistance calls to the HR Service Center by 75%.- Implemented a Candidate Self Service application that allowed candidates for hourly positions to answer a series of screening questions on mobile, tablet, laptop, and desktop devices, eliminating the need for awkward and lengthy IVR based telephone interviews. 2017 Winner of the Orange Promise Award for best HR application.- Led HR Data Privacy work streams for i9/eVerify, Imaging, and QueWeb (HR call center tickets)- Implemented re-designed web-based Pro customer registration and maintenance pages as part of the Single View of the Customer (SVOC) project, which created a new customer master file- Implemented an eCommerce solution that allows large institutional customers to submit merchandise orders electronically from their own procurement systems. The customer can either pick up the order at the store of their choice, or the order will be delivered by the store closest to the customer’s location. Show less

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  Retired

  Sept 2021 - now

  Retired