Below are the 4 Lawson Programmers, 4 Java Developers & 4 Business Intelligence Developers with Lawson Infor and other systems experience. The Thor Group® also provides database administrators, project managers, solutions architects, cloud specialists, network/systems administrators & Lawson software implementation professionals on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Does a Lawson programmer who is knowledgeable in Lawson S3 Financial System and Lawson Smart Office with experience in agriculture, software and insurance industries pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes Lawson S3 Financial System, Lawson Smart Office, UNIX, COBOL, MUMPS, XML, SQL Server, JavaScript and Crystal Reports. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems (cum laude) and Associates in Accounting (with honors).

Major responsibilities of this Lawson programmer included enhancing and maintaining the Lawson S3 Financial System, general ledger, accounts payable and asset management. Key roles covered providing customer support in all aspects of the Lawson system and utilizing many of the Lawson tools for system modifications; LBI, Smart Notes, ScoreCard, Design Studio, ProcessFlow, ProcessFlow administration tool, Lawson Editor for 4GL, LAUA security, Lawson Reporting Services and MS Add-ins. Enhancements to the existing Lawson reports/ programs through modifications of the 4GL COBOL programs, as well as managing modifications to existing Lawson Screens and addition of new portal screens using Lawson Design Studio comprised other tasks.

Other duties involved developing ProcessFlows to enhance Lawson base functionality, in addition to designing and developing custom Crystal Reports based on user interaction and requirements gathering. The job covered using the FlexForm designer to create and enhance the check printing functionality, along with transforming existing interfaces using ProcessFlow Integrator to develop new interfaces. An additional function consisted of utilizing FTP to retrieve the data from the UNIX environment and JavaScript to manipulate the data into the needed format for SQL to insert the data into the database tables.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a senior Lawson programmer analyst who is skilled in Lawson ProcessFlow, Lawson CASE/4GL and Oracle with work background in business service, IT and construction industries? Technical skills cover Lawson ProcessFlow, Lawson CASE/4GL, Oracle, UNIX, DB2, PL/SQL, AS/400 and LADB. Core competencies include large-scale ERP (Lawson) software development and IT technical project planning/ implementation, as well as training in the methodologies of Lawson software systems analysis, design, development, installation and testing. Educational attainment includes Computer Information Systems.

Main functions of this senior Lawson programmer analyst involved installing Lawson environment and portal upgrade from 9.0.1.7 to 9.0.1.9 and migrating numerous benefit interfaces to new FTP software and new protocol (.pgp encryption). Designing, creating, testing and implementing numerous custom RPG programs were some of the duties. Other roles covered programming to create negative 401K payroll deductions as adjustments for deferred compensation and managing I9 verification system to allow business users access to employee information within their areas/divisions only. Talent Management System interface programs were used to send incremental data to third party vendor. The inbound interface program was used to process 401K election changes and loan changes from third-party 401K management company and outbound interface, sending weekly payroll or demographic data to the same vendor.

Notable tasks included managing outbound interface programs to send incremental payroll and census data to a deferred compensation management company, in addition to designing, creating, testing and implementing numerous custom Lawson ProcessFlow programs. ProcessFlow was also used to create reports showing users and authorities with the AS/400 environment.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this Lawson programmer analyst who is proficient in Lawson BI, Lawson Security and Lawson Design Studio Suite with experience in IT services, software and financial services industries? Technical competencies involve Infor Lawson which includes Lawson Design Studio Suite, Lawson Security and Lawson Business Intelligence (BI). Educational background includes Master of Science in Management Information Systems and Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science.

One of the important tasks of this Lawson programmer analyst included implementing the Global HR (GHR) suite of Infor Lawson software including Talent Management, Performance and Goals in the Cloud. The job entailed working with Infor Configuration Console to personalize GHR screens and working with the Infor Process Automation to create/modify the IPAs to meet business needs. Tasks covered extensively working with the Infor spreadsheet designer to upload and extract Information to and from GHR, as well as actively working on the Infor LMS (Learning Management System) implementation in the Cloud. Various Lawson forms/screens were customized using the Lawson Design Studio Suite to meet business needs.

Part of the key roles involved building automated workflows called ProcessFlow in Lawson to automate various processes in journal entry approval, and requisition approval using the business process automation tool called the ProcessFlow Designer and Integrator. Lawson Benefits Enrollment Employee Self-Service pages were customized to fit business needs. The Employee Manager Self-Service pages were customized in Lawson to fit business needs. Responsibilities covered installations, modifications, upgrades and troubleshooting Lawson Programs, including user training and support.

What can a Lawson programmer analyst with specialization in Lawson and Oracle, as well as work background in business services, technology and insurance industries bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve Lawson, Oracle, Sybase, Informix and Crystal Reports. Educational attainment includes Business Computer Information Systems.

Working with areas such as Lawson administration and carrying out programming activities on Lawson versions 8.0.3 and 8.1 were part of this programmer’s work experiences. An additional duty covered working on Lawson Financial and Procurement suites.

In other jobs, responsibilities consisted of managing Lawson Procurement Systems including PO, IC, RQ, MA, AP and GL, in addition to developing and maintaining custom Lawson interfaces. Apart from installing patches, the Lawson software was maintained. Updates and patches to the Vertex tax software were installed. Lawson Security was maintained by adding/ deleting user and maintaining security classes. Tasks included troubleshooting issue on a daily basis related to Lawson software, ProcessFlow administration and Design Studio maintenance. Lawson logs were monitored for issues and various activities. Key roles consisted of developing and maintaining procedures for documenting changes to Lawson 8.0.3 application and custom programs. Lawson programs were tested and debugged. This individual modified and created Lawson programs to handle “custom” request (reports, screens, interfaces). Other developers were trained in using Lawson CASE tools, database structures and Lawson environment. Areas of expertise included software design, programming, as well as providing support or project leadership in a variety of mainframe and client/server based environments, with some years focused on the methodologies of Lawson Insight software and Lawson’s Application Development Toolset.

Could your organization use a senior Java developer who is knowledgeable in Lawson and Oracle with experience in IT, financial services and manufacturing industries? Technical proficiencies cover Lawson, Oracle, Java, JSP, Spring, iBatis, Struts, Servlets, SOA, WebSphere Server and UNIX. Educational background includes Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science. This programmer has several years’ IT experience in design, architecture, and development testing.

Primary tasks of this senior Java developer included requirements gathering, as well as preparing SRS and technical design document. Aside from getting involved in the architecture design of all interfaces, specifications were defined using Rational Rose through use cases diagrams, behavior diagrams (sequence, collaboration) and class diagrams. Key roles covered designing/ developing XSDs and WSDLs to create web services used to interact with ERP Systems like Oracle Applications and Lawson. The job consisted of developing and publishing Web Services using SOA. A monitor page was developed to check the health of the web services. Web tier was developed by using Spring, JSP, AJAX, Angular JS and HTML.

Contributions involved deploying web services in secure domain to provide authentication and developing iBatis mapping files in integration with Spring Framework to connect to Oracle database to execute stored procedures and retrieve data. The Eclipse RCP administration application was developed. Business rules were converted into pure WMB message flows using different IBM primitive nodes. Experience in developing Web Services using SOAP, WSDL and RESTFUL was applied. Challenges like using the preexisting connection pooling for database connectivity and extensively using LOG4J for debugging the application were successfully completed.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a senior Java developer who is skilled in Lawson and Oracle with background working in software, financial services and retail industries? Technical competencies involve Lawson, Oracle, IBM Rational Application Developer (RAD 6.0), WebSphere 6.1, Java, J2EE (JSP, Servlets, EJB, JDBC) and Teamprise. Advantages include 10+ years of software engineer experience that includes requirement elicitation, design, development, integration, deployment, maintenance and support of web based/ standalone/ client server-based applications. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science in Computers and Master of Computer Applications.

Main functions of this senior Java developer included working in a collaborative team environment with developers, business analysts and product managers to ensure successful implementations of new services, as well as analyzing application modules. Estimation and project planning were all part of the duties competently performed on an ongoing basis. This individual provided high level and low-level design documentation of the application. New features in the system were designed using UML. Apart from mentoring team members, the job involved ensuring that reverse feed batch jobs get the data from Lawson & Pacman financial systems and feed the I2 database.

Tasks covered providing impact analysis on the system for the changes that were made as part of enhancements and administering construction using Spring batch, Java, JDBC and Junit. Duties involved identifying solutions for the issues, in addition to building and configuration management. Key roles included building and configuration management using MSTFS & TAD. Code reviews of code written by junior members were efficiently handled.

Would a senior Java developer who is proficient in Lawson with experience in automotive, retail and media industries help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover Lawson, WebLogic, J2EE (EJB, JMS), Servlets/JSP, JDBC, XML, Java and Swing.

Making a positive difference with managing cross-tier development from client-side Swing and JSP GUI to servlet-based middleware and EJB based business logic was one of the key focuses. Responsibilities covered managing the proprietary server-side Java vehicle configuration engine and handling HTTP interactions with the client HTML pages almost transparent to the user. The Swing application was used to monitor and graphically display the state/ internal instrumentation of the live configuration servers. The enterprise application integration was carried out, along with architecting and implementing a messaging system to automate the flow of data between various enterprise applications (CRM, Fulfillment, Lawson Financials). The system consisted of application-specific “Adapters” a JMS messaging implementation and an MQ-Series hub. The PricingModeler, a Swing application tool for authoring lending rates in a multi-lender environment, was also used. Focuses were on WebLogic, J2EE (EJB, JMS), Servlets/JSP, JDBC, XML and Swing.

Another job called for working as a Java engineer on the development team and working through numerous projects and accomplishments to the final position of director of R&D. Functions consisted of developing a networked furniture kiosk system in Java, utilizing the company’s patented 2.5D rendering technology and developing a fully functional, WIN32 (compiled Java) application for the design and photo-realistic simulation of fabrics.

Does your organization require the expertise of a senior Java developer who is adept in Lawson and Oracle, with work background in financial services and retail industries? Technical knowledge involves Lawson, Oracle, J2EE Technologies (JSP, Servlets, JSF), Java, PL/SQL, HTML and CSS. Educational attainment includes Bachelors of Engineering. Strengths include several years of extensive experience in designing/ developing distributed and client-server applications using object-oriented analysis, Java, and J2EE. This individual obtained certifications in PR 101 J2EE Programming, PR 201 J2EE Programming, basics of CPG and Introduction to Retailing.

Key roles of this senior Java developer included analyzing legacy applications and designing a new application on similar line for the store with mainframe legacy system that received EDI documents (T17-SNM system for EDI 856 and Lawson host system for EDI 810). In addition, this individual handled onsite-offshore coordination involved teams. Requirements gathering and preparing the requirement documents were completed, if needed. Contributions consisted of designing new features in the system using UML and prototyping application screens using HTML. Download functionalities and SQL was efficiently managed.

Functions involved administering Queries using Java, Java EE, EJB, JSP, Spring framework and Ibatis, in addition to testing the modules then fixing the bugs during system testing and UAT. Skills brought to the table covered integrating modules, using VSS for version management and supporting any activities by other teams that impacted the application. Environments: Java EE, JSP, HTML, Spring, Ibatis and WebSphere.

What can a senior business intelligence (BI) developer with specialization in Lawson BI, Lawson WebSphere and Oracle who is experienced in technology and manufacturing industries do for your organization? Technical competencies consist of Lawson Business Intelligence framework, Lawson WebSphere platform, Oracle, Toad, SQL Server, PL/SQL, BusinessObjects and Cognos. Educational background includes Master of Science in Mathematics as well as Oracle Certified Course on Development.

Key roles of this senior BI developer were composed of creating data warehouse environment using SQL server 2000 and 2005 (SSIS) ETLs pointing to various databases like Oracle 10g ( P/L SQL and SQL as data transformation queries), AS/400, DB2 (SQL as transformation queries ) and Access. Duties involved developing business centric reports, dashboards, data requests, metrics and other tools using the Lawson Business Intelligence framework, as well as representing IT, HR and the finance department in fostering and developing relationships with other business units requesting business intelligence services.

This individual documented the data management processes/ procedures, as well as provided input to the creation of data definitions, business rules and data access methods. Other functions included designing, developing, coding and writing stored procedures/ functions using SQL Server reporting capabilities on the Microsoft platform toolset along with Crystal Reports XI. All functionalities of Crystal Reports was utilized, such as using labels, templates letters and dashboard features. Other responsibilities were implementing schedule and maintaining published reports in Lawson WebSphere platform. The job required being part of a project team that facilitated the launching of Lawson production system upgrades. This involved implementing successfully about 200 reports for HR and Finance, along with payroll related reports into the production environment.

How can a lead business intelligence developer who is knowledgeable in Lawson ERP and Hyperion systems with background working in technology, aerospace and restaurant industries fit within your organization? Technical specialties cover Lawson ERP, Oracle, Hyperion system, SQL, ASP, ASP.NET and Crystal Reports. Educational attainment includes Master in Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. This individual obtained Certifications in Scrum Master and in Maya Animation Level 1.

Duties of this lead Business Intelligence developer covered architecting web systems and creating a custom in-house online store system (B2B) with $650+ million in sales that integrated with Lawson ERP. Working with cellphones and custom warehouse management system with Wi-Fi scanners was done to provide near real time data to track inventory for finished goods (over a billion cigars/year) and parts systems. An Account Manager web application was used, enabling customers to view their orders, invoices, and customer balance sheets, as well as other applications (Inventory Reports, Budgeting, Emailed Invoices, EFTDraft, Sales Administration Reports, Local Promotions, Export system, emailed reports, Sales Contests, Product Search, Customer Search). Responsible for Active Directory Security and Database Administration on Web and BI Systems (5,000 + users). This individual designed, built, and maintained over 20 databases for systems built with SQL/ASP/ASP.NET.

As a lead for business intelligence systems, tasks included managing corporate sales statistics (Hyperion System) (30 million rows of data). The job included leading efforts with consultants to migrate from Hyperion to Microsoft SSAS and creating the Translation Engine to migrate 63 Siebel Reports from Sybase to Microsoft SQL.

Does a senior business intelligence analyst who is skilled in Lawson and Oracle, as well as work background in education, technology and business services industries pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes Lawson, Oracle, SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint, C#, ASP.NET, XML and ProClarity Analytics.

Primary functions of this senior business intelligence analyst included prototyping and developing a SharePoint 2010 based portal using PerformancePoint Services, Reporting Services, Microsoft Analysis Services and Microsoft SQL Server. Aside from creating reports as needed for HR, this specialist retrieved data from the SQL Server as well as applied knowledge in Oracle and Lawson. Implementing PowerPivot instances for “guided” self-service reporting and evaluating student data for the research division were some of the responsibilities. Tasks covered developing and implementing a WCF-based service to retrieve student data from a third-party application and presenting for use in DPS specific applications. The job covered implementing a SharePoint 2007 based portal and dashboard, using Reporting Services, ASP.NET and ProClarity Analytics for principals or administrators of all levels of K-12 institutions.

Other jobs called for developing and presenting training materials for Cube Development, Pyramid Analytics, Power BI, Data Visualization, Star Schema, Dimensional Modeling and Best Practices. Key roles involved architecting and implementing a full data warehouse system for an educational analytics software and platform-as-a-service (PaaS and SaaS), along with leading teams of local/ off-shore development efforts for SSIS ETL and ASP.NET Services. SQL Server and Analysis Services were implemented with PowerPivot integration. Core competencies covered innovation of technology via research and development, business intelligence and software engineering.

What can your organization gain with the help of an associate BI developer who is proficient in Lawson and Oracle with experience in the software and hospitality industries? Technical skills cover Lawson, Oracle, Microsoft Business Intelligence (MSBI), Microsoft BI Suite SSIS, SSRS and SSAS. Educational attainment includes Master of Science in Business Information Systems and B. Tech Electronics & Communications Engineering. This individual obtained certifications as Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and as Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP).

Main duties of this BI developer consisted of analyzing requirement/design documents and the functionality of both source and target systems, as well as developing SSIS packages according to the ETL specifications for the staging area and warehouse data loading in SQL Server. Functions covered creating SSIS packages to import source tables from the old databases, formatting, cleansing and loading data into target new tables. SSIS packages were created for incremental data load. This specialist developed an SSIS package that would load data to EDW at end of each day, closing all accounts for current day and sending the notification mail.

Notable tasks included implementing event handlers for handling errors, auditing and debugging for the existing SSIS Packages, in addition to rewriting existing reporting capabilities using SSRS functionality. One of the key roles involved creating jobs, SQL Mail Agent, Database Mail, Alerts and schedule SSIS packages on a daily basis using SQL Server Agent. Identifying performance bottlenecks and handling performance tuning of packages were also completed.