Below are the 6 IT Managers & 6 Systems Managers with JD Edwards & other systems experience. The Thor Group® provides JD Edwards SME's, project managers, analysts, developers & software implementers/trainers with your industry expertise on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Would hiring an IT manager with experience working in consulting and food industries help meet the needs of your organization? This IT manager specializes in EnterpriseOne implementations and has excelled in design, testing, technical areas and staff development to support medium to large-scale ERP implementations. Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Major in Mathematics. Software skills include JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. Core competencies involve Enterprise System Processes and Management, System Migrations, Requirements Definition & Analysis and Project Resource Planning.

Acting as an applications specialist in a consulting company, designed and implemented custom JDE Security that provided segregation of duties for business analysts, developers and CNC system administrators for two SOX-compliant clients. Also, designed and implemented custom SQL data extracts for quarterly SOX IT audits which included JDE Security tables, master data tables and financial transaction log tables. Moreover, implemented change assurance reporting that traced changes in the Production environment from OMW logs and package build tables all the way back to the approval of the change by the client. Other duties were acting as first responder for level three software and server outages, 24/7, for all JDE clients, troubleshooting and resolving these incidents in a timely manner without needing assistance from Oracle Support, as well as generating comprehensive how-to documentation for JDE desktop support and managed services.

While working for a food company as a senior manager, provided technical leadership and management for JDE financial systems of a Fortune 500 company. Part of the job was to manage the company’s initial group of offshore IT talent (JDE CNCs based in Chennai, India). Key tasks were writing techno-functional specifications for a suite of monthly and quarterly SOX IT reports that tracked potential segregation of duties violations within JDE Security role assignments among financial users (GL and AP in particular). Furthermore, wrote DB2 SQL scripts to extract and pre-load historical data prior to go-live, reducing the time needed for JDE 8.10 to 9.0 table conversions from over 24 hours to less than eight. All data was loaded intact and properly balanced.

Would a detail-oriented IT manager with extensive work experience in a medical center fit in your organization? Educational background is composed of Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering. Professional certifications involve ITIL Foundation V3. Trainings consist of CCNA Training | Management Skills for Leaders 1 & 2. Software knowledge includes JD Edwards, Lotus Notes, HRIS, Workday, JDA / Manugistics, Remedy, Horizon, eProfiles, Quality Center, Citrix Access, SSL VPN, Taleo, BMC-Remedy, ServiceNow, Concur, WebE GI3, Skype, Adobe Connect, Sametime, Active Directory, Office365, Lotus Notes, Mainframe, AS400, IDP, Hyperion System 9 and Client Access.

Some accomplishments included building a cross-skilled team handling Service Desk, Incident Management, Incident Coordinator, First-Level Network and E-Commerce Support. This model was later emulated by the Department Head with his team. As an IT manager-global support center, developed and implemented performance-based metrics supporting the division’s overall goals and objectives. Key tasks were seamlessly project-managed the department’s service transition to a third-party provider. Also, consistently achieved very low attrition rate at less than 1% over seven years as a manager. This was amidst an industry with an average annual attrition rate of 33%.

Shared expertise by deploying new computers, installation and configuration of network printers HPLaserjet 4100N, 4200N, 9000DN, Intermec 3400, Sedco Ultima 35/45 and Print Server HP Jetdirect J3258B. While working in a medical center as an IT support engineer, completed installation of Cisco 3500 XL switch on IDF panels, as well as performed technical support, maintenance and enhancement of all computer and information technology issues within hospital users. Furthermore, provided full support for LAN problem, Network cabling & termination to IDF panels, maintaining MDF/IDF patch panels, Cisco Switches, Print Server and DEC Server installations.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this IT manager with work experience in health/wellness, outdoor and software industries? Technical knowledge consists of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, MS Dynamics Navision, Create!Form, Create!Archive, dcLINK, Stromberg Time and Attendance, Jenkon j6, Oracle 10g, Microsoft SQL Server, Spiceworks, Power Admin Server Monitor, Jira, Confluence and ShoreTel Director. Key skills include Business Continuity, Cloud, Infrastructure, Virtualization, Solution Design and Delivery, Security, Budgeting, Vendor Management and Project Management.

Contributed to the organization’s success by managing a department of IT operations pros, application developers, and consultants. While employed in a health/wellness company as an IT manager, responsible for determining and executing the company’s overall IT strategy while actively engaging in development and support roles. Key accomplishments were reducing physical server footprint, maximizing service uptime, and enabling service scaling by designing and deploying a highly available infrastructure built on IBM SAN storage with VMware and protected by Veeam. Also, empowered the company to expand internationally and modernized applications by managing the migration from an iSeries legacy platform to a Windows platform that integrated solutions from JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on Oracle Technology Foundation, Create!Form, Create!Archive, dcLINK, Stromberg Time and Attendance, Jenkon j6, Oracle 10g, and Microsoft SQL Server.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by increasing the brand’s market exposure and access to capital by working with management and users across the enterprise to establish multi-company operating procedures, empowering the business to convert the company to a subsidiary company. Serving in an outdoor company as an information systems manager, increased revenue by managing systems integration tasks related to the acquisition of multiple companies that added 5 brands resulting in a 300% increase in annual sales. Furthermore, increased the productivity and modernized applications by implementing Accpac Enterprise 500 and managing the migration from MAPICS to Accpac.

Is impacting your organization with an IT manager who worked in manufacturing, distributing and food industries a current business consideration? Educational background consists of Bachelor in Computer Science and MBA in Project Management. Professional certifications involve CPIM-Certified in Production and Inventory Management. Technological know-how consists of development in JD-Edwards Functions, reports and applications, debug, as well as SQL and PL-SQL. Has solid experience supporting and implementing Finance modules as well, such as Accounts Payable, Receivable, General Ledger, Job Costing and Manufacturing Costs, having one implementation for each of those, and Fixed Assets module, having two implementations.

While employed in a bicycle manufacturing and distributing company as an IT manager, performed global migration from JD Edwards 9.1 to 9.2 release, and helped with retrofitting impact analysis, retrofitting, full cycle testing, go-live and post-go-live support. Additionally, did implementation and support of multiple EDI Interfaces using X12 standard, through Oracle Fusion Middleware. Moreover, performed global implementation and support of Transportation Management System (TMS) for Import Processes. Similarly, completed global migration from JD Edwards Xe to 9.1 release version.

Part of the job as a JDE techno functional distribution consultant in a food company was to implement a Global Project, an integration between JP Morgan and JDE EnterpriseOne 8.0, to reconcile futures operations in Chicago Market and BMF in countries such as Brazil and Mexico. Also, responsible for purposes creation on processes of Fixed Assets, to attend a Brazilian Requirement (CPC/IAS16) about Depreciation Rules and in Procurement, to standardize processes the company in Venezuela.

What contributions could a sr. IT manager with experience working in fashion, IT services and systems solutions industries bring to your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Production Engineering (BE). Professional certifications involve Certified in Sales Order Management EnterpriseOne administered by JD Edwards; JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Supply Chain Management: Distribution-Oracle Implementation Champion; JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Distribution-Oracle Presales Champion and PMP (Certified Project Management Professional). Skills in JD Edwards include JDE World and EnterpriseOne : Advanced Pricing, SOM, Sales Flex Accounting, IM, POM, PDM, SFC, Forecasting & Material Planning, CSMS, Quality Management, AR, AP, GL, Adv. and Warehousing Transportation. Has extensive experience in IT working with ERP (JD Edwards & SAP), Data Management (IBM Optim) and associated systems (Salesforce, 3rd party Reporting tools, BI) implementations, post-production support, upgrades and Project Management.

Challenges like being responsible for a team of direct reports including off-shore resources and consultants were welcomed and successfully completed on a regular basis. While employed in a fashion company as a sr. it manager, ERP and BRM, acted as JDE ERP Application owner, and IT Business Relationship Manager for all corporate departments. Major achievements were implementation of new HRIS Cloud Platform, new SAS based system for Legal department, ERP enhancements, implementation of Fixed Assets, BI reporting, Ad-Hoc Inquiry interface tool for Business, EDI enhancements and on-going Applications support for corporate business systems.

Shared expertise by consulting to various clients as sr. architect, implementer, and project and program manager roles. As a sr. principal-JD Edwards, EBS and IBM Optim in an IT services company, some of the projects included JDE upgrades for consumer retail goods company and a food service manufacturer, JDE Implementation for a security systems company, Data Archiving (at an Entertainment studio and Hardware technology company), North America JDE Rollout (at a Real Estate Major), and EBS ERP enhancement project in a manufacturing environment.

Would it be beneficial for your organization to employ an IT manager/JDE developer with work experience in packaging, manufacturing and automotive industries? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Professional certifications include PMP, Oracle SOA Infrastructure Implementation, Siebel Customer Certified Consultant, Oracle Database Administrator, Six Sigma Green Belt, MS Project and ITIL. Technical skills involve Enterprise Applications: JD Edwards, Siebel, Cloud (SaaS) Salesforce, Mobile, Oracle DB, SQL, PL/SQL, T-SQL, SQL Server, DB2, Cloud (PaaS, IaaS), Oracle Fusion Middleware, SOA, Weblogic, Oracle BI, MS Access, Shell Scripts, Oracle VM Manager, VMWare, Unix, Linux, Citrix, and Cisco.

Serving in a packaging company as an IT manager /JDE developer, directed IT projects with internal and external participants (infrastructure and Software). Some of the tasks were working on multi-phase MES implementation – PLC, Historian, Factory 4.0, IOT, Sensor technology (Smart Factory). This professional identified, prioritized, budgeted, and performed risk analysis, issue tracking/resolution, and go-live. Also, worked on JD Edwards E1 9.2 – manufacturing, distribution, accounting, procurement and developer toolset.

As a technical manager in a manufacturing company, worked on JDE 9.2 upgrade. Key duties were directing project organization, documentation, and resource planning for infrastructure/hardware, disaster recovery, and all integrations, conversions, and reports. Similarly, created all documentation, naming standards, and business requirements capture protocols. Furthermore, provided management-level documentation including project timeline, complete software development life cycle (SDLC) process flows, status reports, issue tracking, decision tracking, cutover document and PMO SharePoint management folder structure.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this systems manager who worked in automotive and construction industries? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Engineering in Operations Management and Masters of Business Administration in Management of Production and Operating Systems (MBA). Software expertise consists of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, SAP, Profit 21, Viewpoint, APICS and Fourth Shift. Professional certifications include Certified Purchasing Manager and Certified Project Manager.

Contributed to the organization’s success by managing a team of 10 operations managers on a program rollout, including overseeing the overall project scope, integration, and training. While employed in an automotive company as a systems manager, overall responsible for parts personnel and customer service representatives including parts ordering and returns to ensure proper parts tracking and credit returns. Key Achievement was completing a $2M project roll-out 3 months early and 20% under budget.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by leading the training of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Home Builder Solution from land acquisition, land development, purchasing, sales/design, home building, conveyance, and warranty. Serving in a construction company as a senior manager/program manager, reviewed all cost codes, chart of accounts, business units, and purchasing strategies, as well as implemented the E1 at 25+ locations nationwide, completed the pilot in Dallas, and moved to remote implementation in all other locations. Furthermore, met with the steering committee to update the C-Suite regularly; $50 mil project budget. Key achievements were attaining 50% people efficiency gain after deploying one integrated ERP system, reached MRP home order accuracy up 25%, as well as integrating Salesforce to E1.

How can a systems manager with experience working in real estate, construction and computer wholesale industries help your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Commerce, Major in Accounting. Professional certifications consist of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financial Management Certified Implementation Specialist and Project Management Professional (PMP). Software knowledge consists of JD Edwards and Oracle Financial.

Working with challenging issues such as leading workshops to define business needs, and designing process flows to optimize use of existing applications, and defining gaps, as well as preparing functional specifications to details development efforts needed were part of this specialist’s work experience. As a financial enterprise systems manager in a real estate company managed, prioritized and approved development and change requests to ensure effective and consistent performance and optimization of the system. Additionally, participated in retail management system selection process comparing JD Edwards, SAP Retail, Retek and JDA applications to assess best fit for the organization. Moreover, managed, developed and implemented regular training sessions, training materials, and manuals for all new users of JD Edwards applications, as well as led ongoing training and education sessions for any new applications or system changes.

With a “can do approach” in the area of helping clients implement and maximize the value from their ERP investments in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. These included multiple business and system changes in a variety of industries. As a senior project manager & ERP specialist in a consulting company, implemented many functional areas in JD Edwards including electronic commerce and payment initiatives, EDI, various allocation models implementations, chart of account reorganizations, fixed asset implementations, multi-currency reimplementation, and multi-company implementations. Furthermore, participated in the scoping and project planning numerous upgrades and implementations of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.

Would hiring a corporate systems manager with work experience in aggregates, access equipment and software industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of BA Business Information Systems. Trainings attended include IBM Cognos 10.2.2 Administration, Oracle Hyperion Planning 11.1.2 Create and Manage Applications, Oracle WebLogic Server 12c – Advanced Administration and Install and Administer EnterpriseOne Web Server. Software knowledge consists of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (Hyperion), Oracle Weblogic and Cognos BI. This professional led EnterpriseOne requisition self-service implementation which achieved 30% cost savings and system migration with estimated $450,000 cost savings.

Acting as a corporate systems manager in an aggregates company, directly managed a team of four business analysts/developers in all areas of EnterpriseOne development, integration and maintenance. Also, oversaw peripheral systems that integrated to and from E1 such as Oracle IPM document imaging. Other duties were performing change request reviews and assignments for the team and set objectives that were in-line with the business needs, as well as responsible for seeing that proper change management policies and procedures were followed and documented throughout the system development life Cycle (SDLC). In addition, fully responsible for the technical and architectural management of the EnterpriseOne ERP system. Moreover, maintained the IBM AS/400, along with IBM WebSphere 6.1 and several other ancillary systems such as the Oracle IPM document management system.

While working for an access equipment company as a senior business manager, provided support for the roll out of EnterpriseOne across the organization. Played an integral role in the go-live support provided level 4 support to the organization on various areas of E1 as the company continued the rollout throughout the organization. Furthermore, played an integral role in the consolidation of 2 instances of EnterpriseOne into a hybrid system methodology that combined Brazil and China instances to EnterpriseOne 9.0 with tools release 8.98.4.7. This configuration consists of shared central objects, system and dedicated control table schemas business data schemas. The infrastructure consists of a Windows 2008, UNIX, Oracle 11g, and Weblogic 10.3.

Is impacting your organization with a systems manager who worked in communication services, retail and transportation industries a current business consideration? Educational attainment is composed of General Management Diploma, General I.T. Management courses and Computer Programming Diploma. JDE courses completed were Basic foundation, Security, Order entry, Payroll and System Management. Knowledge in JD Edwards includes JD Edwards World Version and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software development and support in the following modules: Order Entry, Invoicing, Distribution, Shipping, Accounting, Sales Analysis and Payroll. Other skills involve JDA Software, iSeries, AS/400 and s/38 platforms hardware/software, operations and connectivity. Fluent in RPGII, RPGIII, RPG400, RPG-ILE, COBOL, CLLE, CLP, SDA, Query/400 and SQL400, as well as experienced with AS400/iSeries Operational Support, Job Scheduler, and Error Messages.

While employed in a communication services company as an information systems manager, established, directed, implemented and coordinated the activities, policies, procedures and goals of the IT Department in a multi-site iSeries (AS/400) environment. Also, ensured the computing community’s needs were serviced by delivering responsive, reliable and available business systems by the most efficient means possible and preserving the security of computing assets and the safety and integrity of business data. Moreover, managed the IT Department with a staff of 7, as well as provided hands on support to the end-user community as required. Similarly, oversaw the smooth running of JD Edwards World and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne development and support in the following modules: Order Entry, Invoicing, Distribution, Shipping, Accounting, Sales Analysis and Payroll.

Part of the job as a sr. technical analyst in a law society, did analysis, design, implementation and maintenance of designated Law Society computer systems on an iSeries (AS/400) environment using RPGII, RPGIII, RPG400, RPG-ILE, COBOL, CLLE, CLP, SDA, Query400 and SQL400. In addition, worked with JD Edwards World and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software in the following modules: Order Entry, Invoicing, Accounting and Payroll. Furthermore, led assessment of system requirements, recommendation regarding system feasibility, significance and scope of related projects, management of systems and application design, modifications and upgrade initiatives.

What contributions could a systems manager with experience working in IT services, aerospace and communications industries bring to your organization? Software skills involve JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, JDE OneWorld, Oracle DBA, Red Hat Linux AS3.0, AS4.5, DB2 on Windows, Oracle Application Server 10.1.2 (OAS), Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.5 and SQL Server. Educational attainment is composed of BS Marketing.

Challenges like managing services position using the SAAS delivery model in which clients subscribe on a unique basis for DBA support and the main legal case management software application called “Relativity” were welcomed and successfully completed on a regular basis. Relativity software uses technologies such as data analytics, DataGrid, NoSQL, and advance searching using a gateway into artificial intelligence methods. Acting as an application systems manager in an IT services company, performed SQL Server 2014 & 2016 Infrastructure support. Also, managed 1.7 Petabytes of data between SQL databases and Windows File Shares.

Shared expertise by debugging of JDE application and parsing the SQL query within the SQL Index Tuning Wizard, as well as developing and maintaining database functionality to support multiple JD Edwards SQL databases. As a director of IT in an aggregates company, worked on ETL processes including migrating data from an AS400 DB2 database to SQL Server and other JDE toolset techniques. Other duties were using stored procedure in a backup and restore process to copy data from Development node to a production node, as well as supporting enhancements and installing bug fixes following proper scheduling. Furthermore, installed and managed IBM WebSphere 6.0 and Oracle Application Server 10.1.2 running on Red Hat Linux AS 3.0 and AS4.5 (Oracle Enterprise Linux), as well as successfully upgraded company’s ERP software product OneWorld Xe to the Enterprise One release of 8.11 SP1 8.96.1.

Would it be beneficial for your organization to employ a systems manager work experience in entertainment, plastic and food industries? Educational attainment is composed of MBA. Professional certifications involve Certified in JDE OneWorld Xe Accounts Payable, Certified in JDE World Software Technical Foundation and Certified in Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3. This MBA and JDE software developer has years of technical lead, applications, and programming experience at world class entertainment and automobile companies. Also, has expertise in Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and EnterpriseWorld.

Serving in an entertainment company as systems manager, collaborated with user community to produce business requirements documents, functional designs, and user acceptance test scripts. Some of the tasks were developing and customizing OneWorld interactive applications, batch programs, and event rule business functions, as well as developing and customizing World RPG interactive applications and batch programs. Other duties were using standard debug tools to assist in developing OneWorld and World programs, as well as working closely with the EDI group in receiving and sending customer transactions into and out of JDE.

As a JDE consultant in another entertainment company, developed E1 9.2 to Workday HR conversion for financials, as well as created General Ledger interface between E1 and Workday. Part of the job was to create new and modify existing reports in the JDE payroll module, as well as develop and maintain ADP Interface. Moreover, supported payroll department with W2 processing, as well as provided payroll reporting for employee movements between companies. Furthermore, supported vendor on-boarding custom application built on MS SQL Server.