SUMMARY:

• Strong combination of JD Edwards Functional / Technical / Project Management Consulting as well as International Manufacturing and Distribution Industry expertise.
• Track record that spans over 20 years as director, senior ERP consultant, project manager and IT security / governance expert.
• Subject - matter expert on JD Edwards World A6.3 through EnterpriseOne 9.2 applications since 1995 (World) / 1998 (Xe/E1) including: GL, AR, AP, Fixed Assets, Job Cost, Time Entry, Advanced Cost Accounting, Sales Order Management, Inventory, Procurement, Advanced Transportation Management, PDM, Discrete Manufacturing, Repetitive Manufacturing, Material/ Resource Planning, 1099 processing, international localization, sales/vat/use/ excise tax, Cost Accounting, Warehouse Management and more
• Experience with various Implementation methodologies.
• Outstanding training and coaching skills along with an ease of communication with all levels of management. Expert-level knowledge of UPK Developer.
• Ability to accurately assess goals and requirements quickly and follow through with knowledgeable planning, implementation, testing and training leadership.
• Over 15 years’ experience as Sr. Applications Consultant, Client Manager & Project Manager
• Experience within Multi-GAAP environments (US, CAD, EURO, MEX, and Romania).
• Allan has a deep understanding of both Business and system requirements. I could always count on Allan to find effective solutions to an issue. He loves the challenge and is very adept at guiding the client to the proper conclusion to ensure a successful out for the business. I will gladly have Allan as a resource on any project
• ERP Manufacturing Maestro is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about Allan. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Allan for four years, during which we have worked together to advance and modernize of Confidential 's systems. Above all, I was impressed with Allan’s ability to engage functional business leaders and lead large projects to successful completion. And, of course, his dedication and sense of humor makes him a true pleasure to work with on those stressful ERP projects. Allan would be a true asset for any positions requiring ERP IT leadership experience and comes with my utmost recommendation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior JDE Functional Manufacturing Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Work with client on JDE 9.2 Implementation Repetitive Manufacturing into Multiple US and Mexico based plants.
• Focus on resolving scheduling challenges related to Repetitive Manufacturing - Reconfigured Shop Floor for Repetitive Rate Schedules
• Provide Guidance for Business process re-engineering in support of better utilization of JDE throughout the SCM process
• Design Go Forward Implementation Plans for two remaining facilities in Mexico and USA.
• Provide Data conversion logic to bring client data from 2 separate legacy systems
• Implement Shop Floor, PDM, Planning for Mexico and US Plant. Implement Shop Floor Discrete for US distribution Center custom retail packaging.

Confidential

Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Work with client on JDE upgrade from 8.12 to 9.2. Client is heavily customized in 8.12, upgrade includes moving client to use JDE standard functionality. Areas of responsibility include, P2P, Q2C, and Transportation.
• Consulting with all business areas with the Client to assist in the design of EDI transactions to support new business goal of using 3PL’s for all USA distribution.
• Brought on board with project and functional area behind schedule by 4-6 weeks. Within two weeks all priority one configurations and concerns were addressed. Within 2 months all open P2P task required for Go Live were complete.
• Specific Role assigned to review PDM settings related Planning and Manufacturing

Confidential

Director IT

Responsibilities:

• Work with Global Executive leadership to facilitate bringing global business units together as a single Brand of Brands
• Overarching goals are to reduce operating expenses and headcount while building a stronger partnership with business unit leaders in solving business problems
• Oversee day-to-day IT activities as well as operational and capital budgets of IT organizations in Texas, North Carolina, Ontario, Canada, and Mexico City. Lead a team of 25 IT professionals including 6 direct reports and a $6.9 million budget
• Partnered with offshore firms for additional staffing and support.
• Turned around a challenged relationship with business units and leveraged the trust to develop efficiencies and to solve business problems. C
• oached IT team to in corporate a customer service focus into the culture
• Negotiated with hardware and software vendors of existing ERP systems (Oracle/Infor) to migrate systems to new hardware in order to reduce risk and to facilitate faster transactions. Improved transactional performance by 20% and increased business efficiencies to allow users greater access to data and analysis. This has enabled rapid executive decision-making and greater understanding of the business at an executive level.
• Led business process reengineering effort in two manufacturing facilities leveraging lean principals to reduce product picking and packing flows by 15% in the first 30 days.
• Functioned as technical lead for the design and implementation of DSI data Collection solution in support of Distribution/ Manufacturing processes including the new implementation of PDM interfaced to Distribution, Sales and Production at the Global Level
• Strategized and led, the reimplementation of the Oracle Sales Cloud (CRM) in the U.S. driving user’s adoption and behavior through the development of key metrics for executive team to monitor and measure performance in the field.
• Provided technical guidance as Oracle Sales Cloud was rolled out to our remaining global BU’s over a 14-month period. Worked closely with Oracle internal technical teams to identify and resolve cloud technology issues, which were severely impacting performance for our global users.

Confidential

Engagement Manager

Responsibilities:

• Upgrade of operating Systems - AIX, Linux, Microsoft, OS400
• Data bases - Essbase, Oracle, DB2/400
• Server technologies - WebLogix (net new)
• ERP Systems - JD Edwards World, JD Edwards E1
• Single Sign On applications and Protocols
• Hyperion Financial Planning/Reporting
• Vertex tax reporting
• Interfaces to custom BI data warehousing
• Design road map to allow client to implement custom JD Edwards ERP solution to 5 countries within Europe. Plan requires upgrading existing custom objects to allow multi-currency transaction as well as providing ability to meet specific country legal reporting requirements while continuing to comply with US GAAP.

Confidential

Senior Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with new client to work through existing issues list to resolve all issue on the list.
• Worked with managed services clients to solve day-to-day JD Edwards applications issues covering, Finance, Distribution, Manufacturing, PDM and Transportation.
• Wrote DSI data capture scripts based on client recommendations.

Confidential

Practice Leader

Responsibilities:

• Providing project leadership and governance for Global implementation of JDE, primary effort included the implementation of JDE ERP solution into the European central distribution center.
• PMO oversight of timelines, budgets and adherence to global configuration standards of the ERP solution.
• PM leadership over the ERP design and implementation for client’s Romanian manufacturing facility.
• Designing a financial model solution to allow client locations to properly report financial information in the format required for US GAAP while maintaining the ability to meet regulatory reporting requirements within Romania.
• Managed and led the development of global configuration standards for Finance, Distribution, Manufacturing, PDM, Equipment Maintenance, Fixed Assets, Service Warranty in addition to Shop floor control and Standard Costing solutions (which included standardized definition of cost components).
• Project management and oversight during migration of client’s current ERP systems from a non Unicode AS/400 environment to a Unicode AS/400 machine.
• Ensured client’s network infrastructure was sufficient to provide necessary bandwidth to support the requirements of the new ERP systems.
• Management oversight to budgets and staff utilization and requirements of both onshore and offshore resources.
• Advised clients on possible business transformation opportunities, which would allow the client to recognize a greater return on investment within their technology investments.

Confidential

Project Manager Implementations

Responsibilities:

• The application support organization was a startup group within the business at the corporate level, requiring the development of project management tools and documentation standards
• Work with subsidiary business units to define and determine management and operational reporting requirements in an effort to develop standardized reporting
• Provided project leadership for the global implementation of JD Edwards E1 9.0, Core modules included, Finance, Distribution, Manufacturing and APS finite scheduling
• Provided leadership for an implementation of JD Edwards E1 8.11 in subsidiary manufacturing facility in Malaysia
• Project team model consisted of both onshore and offshore resources for technical and functional skill sets
• Worked with client in recent post go-live environment, managing the implementation of solution options for areas of concern, including Finance, SOM, Manufacturing and TMS. Managed the redeployment and design of Advanced Transportation Management system with new configuration that better supported the business needs in relation to freight accruals and load tracking along with in-transit inventory. Analyzed setup issues within advanced pricing and provided solutions to resolve the issues while maintaining clients pricing structure. Provided support at the Confidential level for Server/process mapping and response time concerns, deployed 3rd party TMS application interfaces.
• Primary responsibilities included working with client to setup E1 8.12 Advanced Transportation Management system including interfaces to Sales Order Management system as well as Purchase Order Management. Worked closely with client’s internal IT staff to resolve AS/400 performance issues, provided guidance in stress testing network configurations and evaluations of the test results. Advised senior management on possible infrastructure changes, which would provide increased performance on the network with little to no increase in current budgets. Provided back up Confidential duties, resolved setup issues and server/business function mapping issues.
• Managed project to integrate Lawson financial system to JD Edwards OW XE GL. Provided analysis, which included conflict resolution, foreign currency and intercompany settlements. Provided complete conversion of fixed asset schedules along with depreciation ledgers and schedules into JD Edwards.
• Designed and developed interfaces, which extracted transaction detail from Lawson General ledger into a flat file, which was sent via FTP to the remote system where it was evaluated, and processed a conversion of chart of accounts from Lawson to JD Edwards.
• The transactions were then loaded into the F0911Z1 for processing into the JD Edwards GL.
• Provided analysis and design to convert completed interface to function with JD Edwards OW E1 8.12 Advanced Cost accounting.
• Led integration project to provide seamless data flow between JD Edwards, Kronos, and Micros POS systems in a retail hospitality environment. Project required that all new employee numbers be assigned by JD Edwards address book next numbering sequences.
• Was responsible for all Confidential activities, including the deployment of new app servers, user security, business function mapping and DB resource leveling.
• Performed duties as the AS/400 system administrator and security officer while also managing support staff responsible for the network infrastructure, telephony and email servers.
• Worked with senior management to development of a formal disaster recovery plan and to migrate the organization to a high availability environment, which would ensure technology uptime to support global operations starting in Australia.
• Provided technical support for client’s procurement process on World A73 version of JD Edwards.
• Designed and coded enhancements, Developed project timelines for enhancement projects, providing greater visibility to trading partners through EDI process flows.
• Documented and provided analysis to convert current functionality to new install of One World E1 8.12