Work History Experience

Systems Analyst / Project Leader
(Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation)

Team Leader

• Facility Project Leader - responsible for coordinating activities of both Technical and Functional Human Resources in the implementation of TruTrack Time Management System. Architect of internal training structure to direct efforts prior to and during the rollout / implementation phases
• Facility Project Leader for the implementation of the SSCC Corporate Initiative SAP General Ledger System.  Specilizing in analysis of bi-directional interface requirements between existing legacy feeder systems and the new SAP GL. Coordinated the efforts of both Technical and Functional Human Resouces as well as the local Facility on Corporate Implementation teams
• Managed all aspects of migration from AS400 CISC to AS400 RISC platform, including all data migration, security structure, hardware upgrades and real-time conversion of production applications systems
• Member of the SSCC Pontiac Facility Y2K Conversion Committee which oversaw the successful planning and conversion of all computer related systems within the Pontiac Facility, including Process Control and Business Applications platforms

Systems Support

• Responsible for all aspects of Systems Administration for applications resident on an IBM AS400 Mid-Range Business System including Payroll, Product Inventory, Shipping, Purchasing, Inventory Control, Maintenance Management and Accounts Payable
• Provided user support and operational management for Win Server environment, user support for MS Office Professional Suite desktop applications including Outlook, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Access, FrontPage 2002 and user support in an MS Exchange e-mail environment within a Corporate structured LAN/WAN infrastructure
• Provided user support for a Facility-wide Novell Netware Token Ring Network
• Operational activities included client installations, installation of hardware and software in a desktop environment, management of the local ITD budget, coordination of activitiews for contractors and consultants on out-sourced applications
• Instructed users on operations of standard platform software as well as internally developed application software

Systems Development

• Responsible for the conception, analysis, programming and deployment of an automated Disaster Recovery / Business Continutiy planning system using MS Access
• Responsible for the devlopment of various custom data base applications to manage audit requirements for Certificates of Insurance, Data Archival Repositories, Data Harvester/Migration Utilities, Labour Reporting and Benchmarking
• Experience in systems integration techniques using ODBC connectivity using MS Access to provide Front End capabilities over disparate data base platforms
• Support for and participation in the deployment of MS Sql Server data base applications

Functional Analyst / Programmer
(Department of National Defence)

• Analysis and programming of personnel management information requirements in the Canadian Forces Personnel Information retrieval System, including training users in the use of interactive systems, preparation of training manuals, representing end-users in system evaluation and providing programmer assistance to Personnal Group programmers
• Development, testing and implementation of software for the Canadian Forces Personnel Movements Costing System under the supervision of the Project Manager