Experience

Kirlin Lighting

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IT Manager

  • Jul 2015 - Present

  Detroit, Michigan Oversee computer operations, software and hardware infrastructure, and data flows. Solve user problem issues, and implement new solutions and methods.

• ERP Configuration Specialist

  • Oct 2013 - Jul 2015

  Detroit, MI Helping to configure Epicor ERP system, Bill of Materials subsystem, and customized coding to achieve optimum performance.



Prime Team Services, Inc.

• Director Of IT

  • Mar 2002 - Jul 2013

  Troy, Michigan Directed activities and allocated resources of IT dept. for all tasks, for a privately-held data processing and IT services company paying independent contractors for stocking, demos and displays of grocery and other products at military bases worldwide. Analyzed business requirements, prioritized projects and tasks, tracked project progress, found problems and developed solutions, Directed project to create new Vendor Credit Memo system, creating a whole new service to provide to… Show more Directed activities and allocated resources of IT dept. for all tasks, for a privately-held data processing and IT services company paying independent contractors for stocking, demos and displays of grocery and other products at military bases worldwide. Analyzed business requirements, prioritized projects and tasks, tracked project progress, found problems and developed solutions, Directed project to create new Vendor Credit Memo system, creating a whole new service to provide to clients and a new revenue stream, leading to doing VCM processing for 3 large grocery products companies generating 100’s of thousands annually. Directed a project to create new EDI data processing system, with validity and duplication checks on several levels and continuous improvements, capturing potential issues on a regular basis, saving account rep. time and effort, and allowing new clients to be added quickly. EDI Infrastructure refresh; Replaced a Value Added Network with AS2, eliminating the need for the VAN saving $12,000/mo. Also saved costs for the same service for clients. Replaced the old EDI Translator with a more efficient and robust option, capable of handling more data for larger trading partners. Reworked Checks Processing, adding detailed stub info to reduce calls from recipients on what check was for, and improving the process of posting data to master files. Made the process more robust and recoverable, so that if it failed during posting, it could just be restarted and would finish the posting correctly, reducing down-time involved in recovering from errors during check runs. Also added functionality to process payments via Debit Cards and Direct Deposits. Support/Modification of existing SBT & Peachtree accounting systems, custom payment processing & reporting applications, 1099 printing and electronic reporting systems. Improved utilization of SQL, and fault tolerant coding in existing applications to increase efficiency and program reliability. Show less



Lifetime Windows and Doors in AZ

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programmer Analyst

  • Feb 2000 - Nov 2001

  Farmington Hills Michigan Full systems development life-cycle experience for one of the country’s largest privately held interior door manufacturers with 7 facilities with gross revenues in $100M range, enabling mgmt. to more effectively track door production costs, profit margins, inventory levels and material purchasing costs. Responsibility to analyze business requirements, design/code/test new systems, find problems and develop solutions, add performance improvements and auditability/documentation to… Show more Full systems development life-cycle experience for one of the country’s largest privately held interior door manufacturers with 7 facilities with gross revenues in $100M range, enabling mgmt. to more effectively track door production costs, profit margins, inventory levels and material purchasing costs. Responsibility to analyze business requirements, design/code/test new systems, find problems and develop solutions, add performance improvements and auditability/documentation to existing systems, including extensive modifications and enhancements to 18 applications to support new Bill of Materials system. Revision of numerous application systems from VFP 5.0 to 6.0/7.0 Front-ends over SQL Server 7.0 databases via remote views and pass-through queries. Design and Set Up of SQL Server Databases/Tables, Index definition, DTS packages, Triggers and Stored Procedures using T-SQL. Developed SQL Table triggers to update related FoxPro table’s data keeping real time synchronization using FoxPro exec’s. Support/Modification of existing SBT, accounting, inventory, manufacturing & reporting applications. Improved utilization of SQL and fault tolerant coding in existing applications to increase efficiency. Developed and incorporated testing support code into existing applications to make testing and programmer analysis of job performance problems easier and subsequent fixes faster to production. Created a modification install audit system to report back to National office, the status of software/data updates sent to plant locations, which previously might fail without any way of knowing. Invented and created testing support code to enable applications to be run in test-mode more easily, and to help with debugging issues found in testing. Learned Visual FoxPro, VB script and SQL Server on-the-job using available resources, as well as some Visual Basic application coding. Improved company-wide documentation standards. Show less



Ford Motor Company

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Software Operations Specialist - Ford Motor Co.(working as Contractor)

  • May 1997 - Nov 1999

  Ford: Allen Park & Dearborn Michigan (through Ajilon: Troy, Michigan) Full software development life cycle experience. Managed and prioritized multiple concurrent projects, putting in extra effort to learn new skills exposed to (MVS, Focus, CA7 & 11, DB2, Panvalet, COBOL for MVS, CICS, working under service level agreement, function point counting). Analysis, Design and Implementation of new interface between mainframe mfg. application and Oracle client/server mfg. system to more efficiently pass labor data. Learned Skels/Panels/C-List while programming… Show more Full software development life cycle experience. Managed and prioritized multiple concurrent projects, putting in extra effort to learn new skills exposed to (MVS, Focus, CA7 & 11, DB2, Panvalet, COBOL for MVS, CICS, working under service level agreement, function point counting). Analysis, Design and Implementation of new interface between mainframe mfg. application and Oracle client/server mfg. system to more efficiently pass labor data. Learned Skels/Panels/C-List while programming this and still met implementation deadline. Modified 5 COBOL/FOCUS application systems and interfaces to corporate accounting systems to support requirements of new Peoplesoft installation under deadline pressure. This lead to consolidating/obsoleting 3 of these applications resulting in savings of thousands of dollars in machine processing time, data storage, and user involvement/review of applications. Conducted Y2K impact assessment, code modification and test plans for 18 mainframe systems (COBOL 1/2/370 and DB2) resulting in no Y2K problems at year change. Personally tested 5 applications, and directed the activities and reviewed the test results of many testing specialists not familiar with the applications. Scrutiny of C-Mill Y2K analysis/change product results led to my catching potential code problems missed or not fixed by its scans, and special recognition from C-Mill project coordinators for identifying this flaw in their program. The fixes made to the tool helped ensure more complete remediation efforts using this tool company-wide. Modified systems to use Mobius InfoPac report mgmt. system. Conducted testing of Mobius InfoPac autoprinting at the system level with Graphic Arts department, to develop and set up FORD company-wide procedures for converting applications to the use of this new product. System/User/Customer support for prod. abends, usage difficulties, data & report reruns, special job runs, data maintenance for 10 automotive manufacturing systems. Show less



Ryder System, Inc.

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programmer/Analyst II - Prog/Analyst I - Field Support Representative

  • May 1985 - May 1997

  Troy, Michigan & Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Full software development life cycle experience including analysis, design, coding, testing, implementation and support of logistics, shipping, billing, inventory, EDI and reporting systems for World’s largest Automotive Transport Carrier on mainframe and PC/LAN networks, for locations in U.S., Canada, Mexico, Argentina. Worked on systems interfacing with GM, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Mazda, VW, Hyundai, Honda, & Nissan. Developed project/test plans, managed/prioritized multiple projects while… Show more Full software development life cycle experience including analysis, design, coding, testing, implementation and support of logistics, shipping, billing, inventory, EDI and reporting systems for World’s largest Automotive Transport Carrier on mainframe and PC/LAN networks, for locations in U.S., Canada, Mexico, Argentina. Worked on systems interfacing with GM, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Mazda, VW, Hyundai, Honda, & Nissan. Developed project/test plans, managed/prioritized multiple projects while meeting deadlines. Developed field system purchased by Chrysler for Windsor plant to handle rail loading, EDI and reporting of 10 transaction types. Team leader for system installation and support after the sale, responsible for maintaining system reliability and customer relations with Chrysler. Special recognition of high quality planning and execution of testing for this project. Developed database reorganization system to perform backups, purges, archiving, sorting and packing of databases and rebuild of indexes leading to proactive solution of potential data related problems and increasing max. system performance. Created a method to automatically schedule and execute this system. Designed new shipping feedback/billing edit/EDI system for Chrysler traffic that dramatically reduced shipment-reporting errors, which earned Ryder a public commendation as Chrysler's carrier-industry standard for being lowest in reporting error frequency. Modified system to use “Smart Logic” to auto-correct edit errors and transmit data with next cycle. Re-designed End-of-Day data collection process into smaller job stream modules with scheduling/execution dependencies to accelerate data throughput & dissemination from multiple remote facilities and to multiple manufacturer entities within mfg. deadlines. Developed new confidential driver drug testing; random selection, data storage & government reporting system including I/O interface with SAMI drug testing clinic organization. Show less