Experience

Solü Technology Partners

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Scrum Master

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  Victor, New York, United States



M&T Bank

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Scrum Master

  • Sep 2020 - Mar 2021

  Farmington, New York, United States

• Technology Team Lead - Consumer Lending

  • May 2016 - Sep 2020

  Farmington, New York, United States Technology Team Lead for several business systems analyst and several application development analysts.



Muller Quaker Dairy

• IT Project Analyst

  • Aug 2015 - May 2016

  Batavia, New York • Business Analyst and Project Manager for the Finished Goods Project Enhancements and Fixes. This project entailed 34 smaller system fixes and enhancements which have been implemented in a phased approach. Working with contract business analyst, we determined requirements and performed all necessary SDLC steps. I also performed the project management responsibilities for the bug fix implementations. • Business Analyst and Project Manager for the Raw Materials Warehouse Management System… Show more • Business Analyst and Project Manager for the Finished Goods Project Enhancements and Fixes. This project entailed 34 smaller system fixes and enhancements which have been implemented in a phased approach. Working with contract business analyst, we determined requirements and performed all necessary SDLC steps. I also performed the project management responsibilities for the bug fix implementations. • Business Analyst and Project Manager for the Raw Materials Warehouse Management System implementation between SAP Business One and Accellos within a budget of $275,000. This project included the documentation of over 190 requirements incorporating all areas across Raw Materials including contracts, purchasing, receiving, scheduling and planning, production, inventory and finance. This project also includes an upgrade from SAP Business One 8.8 to SAP Business One 9.0. Also included in this is the removal of an existing software (BatchMaster) which is a bolt on module for SAP Business One 8.8 and incorporating the modules functions into the upgraded version of SAP Business One 9.0. • Worked with the Maintenance department on the E-Maintenance system for analyzing the current Preventive Maintenance Program and determining changes and enhancements that would make the process more efficient. • Assigned Project Manager responsibilities for transferring the manufacturing plant to the new owners, Dairy Farmers of America. • Assigned IT Manager responsibilities for final closure of the company.

• IT Business Analyst

  • Apr 2014 - Jul 2015

  Batavia, New York • Business requirement and root cause analysis for systems including the planning, requirements documentation, development coordination, test script creation, testing and implementation. • Manage system related projects to coordinate the necessary changes to systems within the site. • Establish, implement and monitor Software Development Life Cycle process. • Lead BSA and Project Manager for a very successful major upgrade from SAP Business One 8.8 to version 9.0. Worked closely with… Show more • Business requirement and root cause analysis for systems including the planning, requirements documentation, development coordination, test script creation, testing and implementation. • Manage system related projects to coordinate the necessary changes to systems within the site. • Establish, implement and monitor Software Development Life Cycle process. • Lead BSA and Project Manager for a very successful major upgrade from SAP Business One 8.8 to version 9.0. Worked closely with and managed three vendors. Documented and coordinated all three rounds of testing. Performed initial review of over 100,000 pieces of data. Coordinated user secondary review of data and tracked changes to ensure proper implementation at cutover. Also incorporated Unit of Measure changes across over 75% of the items which impacted inventory, costing and bill of materials.



CooperVision

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Business Systems Analyst

  • Oct 2012 - Apr 2014

  Scottsville, NY • Systems Project Manager for CVML (CooperVision Manufacture and Lathe application) implementation for 4 product families. This project also incorporated the addition of Red Prairie and ConnectShip applications to the Scottsville site for shipment of these products directly out of Scottsville to the customer instead of through the normal Distribution Center. • Business requirement and root cause analysis for systems including the planning, requirements documentation, development… Show more • Systems Project Manager for CVML (CooperVision Manufacture and Lathe application) implementation for 4 product families. This project also incorporated the addition of Red Prairie and ConnectShip applications to the Scottsville site for shipment of these products directly out of Scottsville to the customer instead of through the normal Distribution Center. • Business requirement and root cause analysis for systems including the planning, requirements documentation, development coordination, test script creation, testing and implementation.. Testing includes both modular as well as full process testing. • Develop and/or modify systems training documents for the necessary changes. • Manage system related projects to coordinate the necessary changes to systems within the Scottsville site.

• Americas PMO Test Analyst

  • Jun 2010 - Oct 2012

  Fairport, NY • Monitor and manage all system change requests and orders from inception through completion within the Agile application. • Manage and track both unit and integrated testing for major initiatives within the company including a 24 month project to implement 17 BAAN service packs which included over 26,000 changes with a successful implementation. • Originated and maintain a resource planning software for assigning and tracking development and testing resources for over 130 global system… Show more • Monitor and manage all system change requests and orders from inception through completion within the Agile application. • Manage and track both unit and integrated testing for major initiatives within the company including a 24 month project to implement 17 BAAN service packs which included over 26,000 changes with a successful implementation. • Originated and maintain a resource planning software for assigning and tracking development and testing resources for over 130 global system change requests and orders across 75 different resources. • Project Manager for Global Infrastructure projects. • Work within a Global PMO office. • Daily work with Business Systems Analysts, developers, testers, outside customers and across all functions within the Americas region and when projects dictate working with these same groups across regions. • Working with a team to implement a new change management system for CooperVision globally which is scalable based on risk and complexity utilizing Service Now. • With a team, helped to design, test and implement Sharepoint and MS Project Server.

• Manufacturing Business Analyst

  • May 2004 - May 2010

  Norfolk, Virginia Area • Designed, developed and implementation of the BAAN ERP System for the Assemble to Order Process which includes order placement, assembling of product, quality control, shipment and invoicing of sales orders and stock orders to other CooperVision sites and customers within and outside of the United States. • Working with problems or concepts to clearly define business needs and develop/support the project management plans to meet those needs such as the Norfolk Planning Engine which… Show more • Designed, developed and implementation of the BAAN ERP System for the Assemble to Order Process which includes order placement, assembling of product, quality control, shipment and invoicing of sales orders and stock orders to other CooperVision sites and customers within and outside of the United States. • Working with problems or concepts to clearly define business needs and develop/support the project management plans to meet those needs such as the Norfolk Planning Engine which supplies all necessary information to the Planning Department to determine appropriate scheduling for manufacturing. • Unit test and End to End testing for all CooperVision BAAN changes as well as standard BAAN changes issued via service packs. • Develop and/or modify training documents and Standard Operating Procedures for the necessary changes. • Train all levels of employees within the facility. • Effectively and efficiently interfaced systems within the Norfolk site and with external sites. • Work with the Program Management Office to ensure and validate that changes are within the scope of the current directives from the Executive Steering Committee. • Coordinate and manage the necessary changes to systems within the Norfolk site for all new product launches and product transfers including item setup within the systems and necessary system modifications for new processes. • Design, develop and maintain reports within Crystal Reports 10.0. • Design, develop and maintain Access Databases, SQL Databases, SQL queries, DTS packages and SQL Stored Procedures.



Perdue Farms

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior IT Manager

  • 2000 - Sep 2003

  Prince George, VA • Managed the Information Technology department consisting of 7 salaried associates. • Provided production support for Operations of a 360,000 square foot replenishment center. • Upgraded and maintained four Unix servers and six NT servers. • Designed, developed and negotiated with vendors regarding system modifications to enhance the efficiency and productivity of the facility. • Managed a one million dollar Warehouse Management System, system software for running an OSSID 5010S… Show more • Managed the Information Technology department consisting of 7 salaried associates. • Provided production support for Operations of a 360,000 square foot replenishment center. • Upgraded and maintained four Unix servers and six NT servers. • Designed, developed and negotiated with vendors regarding system modifications to enhance the efficiency and productivity of the facility. • Managed a one million dollar Warehouse Management System, system software for running an OSSID 5010S Weigh, Price and Label system and a material handling conveyor software system. • Diagnosed problems and implemented changes in the system that caused major operational issues. • Planned, tested and implemented SAP in the Replenishment Center for the following interfaces: customer master, material master, customer orders, carrier master, an inventory summary and inventory movements. • Created an internal website for the MARC. Worked with customers to design, develop and implement a full website including providing reporting capabilities as well as data entry.

• Senior Programming Analyst

  • 1998 - 2000

  Salisbury, MD • Designed, developed, tested, debugged and implemented programs on an MVS mainframe system utilizing Adabas Natural Language. • Worked with TSO, SAR, CICS and Unix platforms. • Responsible for EDI Mapping and Transmissions regarding orders from and invoices to the customer.



Dow

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Programmer Analyst

  • 1990 - 1998

  Midland, MI • Designed, developed, tested, debugged and implemented a Records Retention Application in Microsoft FoxPro for storing, tracking and retrieving of records within a 200,000 square foot facility. • Worked with records management team to ensure that all records were being retained for the appropriate length of time and handled the appropriate destruction of those documents once they met their requirements. • Supervised three salaried associates and three co-op associates. • Updated and… Show more • Designed, developed, tested, debugged and implemented a Records Retention Application in Microsoft FoxPro for storing, tracking and retrieving of records within a 200,000 square foot facility. • Worked with records management team to ensure that all records were being retained for the appropriate length of time and handled the appropriate destruction of those documents once they met their requirements. • Supervised three salaried associates and three co-op associates. • Updated and implemented changes to the Records Management Manual. • Conducted Records Management Audits within the company. • Hosted and conducted multi-company records management forums. Show less