Christopher Flick is experienced in IT and Business Consulting, Systems Analysis, project management and business analys...
CHRISTOPHER SCOTT FLICK SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63011 Home: 636/256-2991 E-Mail:
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PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS
IT and Business Consulting and Systems Analysis Project Management and Business Analysis (PM, Lead, PMP Certified) Operations, Systems, and Service Management (ITIL Certified) Systems and Software Development Conversions (System and Data) ERP Implementations, Integration, Migrations, Support (functional and technical) Disaster Recovery and High Availability SOX, PCI, HIPAA, IT and Security Auditing Enterprise Application Integration IT Strategy Communications, Service Management (ITIL Certified) Accounting, Auditing, and Financials System Engineering and Administration
PROFESSIONAL TRAITS
Demonstrates a passion for project management and track record of delivering business value through successful project management, implementation, and support. Capable of managing multiple projects at any time depending on scope of the projects. Ability to multitask and prioritize work according to demands. Quick learner with an assertive personality who can navigate independently across various functions or business units. Comfortable utilizing and applying, and working with existing and new technologies. Ability to foresee and manage issues/ risks, priorities, and shuffle tasks. Guide, encourage and drive the team to find solutions to business problems.
CORE COMPETENCIES Professional Roles Consultant: o IT and Business Management | Systems and Business Analyst | EDI Analyst | ERP | Senior Functional and Technical Lead, Analyst, PM | Applications Design and Development | Domestic and Int’l | Disaster Recovery and HA | PM | Systems, Operational, Support, and Business Process Improvement Manager: o Project | Operations | Systems | IT Analyst: o Business | Technical | Functional | Systems Engineer and Administration: o Systems
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Skills, Experience, and Knowledge Overview
Assessing, planning, operating, developing, and implementing information systems. Accountant and Auditor education (B.S in Accounting) and working knowledge. ERP, J.D. Edwards World (since 1994); E1 (since 1999) environments. Implementing, customizing, converting, securing, auditing, compliance (SOX), migrating, upgrading, interfacing, and integrating (systems: applications and data): for JDE | Oracle 11i | Software-2000 | McCormack and Dodge | MAPICS | BPCS | PRMS | MACPAC-FINPAC | Peachtree | CA | EVCOR | JBA | learning SAP. IBMi (iSeries, AS/400) hardware | firmware | Operating System | Licensed Program Products | 3rd party software | security (systems, networks, applications, database) | network protocols and integration (TCP/IP; VPN; SSL; FTP) | operations | database (DB2), development (CL, RPG, SQL) | Logical Partitioning (LPAR) | DR and HA (hardware: PowerHA and software: MIMIX based) | Hardware Management Console (HMC) | Internal and External (SAN) Storage | Flash Storage, Backup and Recovery (BRMS). Development and application of IT best practices. IT systems, technical, and applications consultant, both domestic and international. Responsibilities and duties for staff, projects, operations, and budgets. Cross industry functional and technical experience in medical; pharmaceutical; chemical products distribution and manufacturing; grocery products; wholesale and retail distribution; consumer goods manufacturing; financial; insurance; communications; healthcare services; retail store, credit card and back office processing. Continuing and diversified education with experience in: Systems Engineering and Administration; Project Management; Business Operations, Communications, and Time Management; Leadership; Strategic Planning; Financial Management; Security; Databases; Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures. Knowledge and use of software development tools, implementation and project management tools and methodologies, and business process improvements tools and methodologies. Multi/ and cross systems, platforms, and functional implementations; data center and company relocation, consolidation, support, maintenance, and upgrade expertise. Active PMP and ITIL certifications; skilled at managing, leading, and directing projects. Excellent communications skills; work with all levels of IT and business management and staff. And at my best with planning, communicating, and meeting deadlines.
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Hardware IBMi (AS/400, iSeries, eServer, through Power 7+ and HMC models) | HP | Dell | Sun | LTO (linear tape) | VTL (virtual tape) | DS8870 (SAN). Operating Systems i5OS (thru V7R1 TR10, LPAR, SAN, VM, and VIOS Technologies) | Windows. Languages/Databases RPG II/III/400/IV/ILE/SQLRPG | COBOL | DB2 | dBASE | Visual BASIC | Lotus Notes | Microsoft (SQL, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote) | HTML | DHTML | Java | MQ. ERP Software Packages J.D. Edward's/PeopleSoft/Oracle World (A5.1-A9.2 with Web Enablement, UPK) OneWorld (B732.1-B733.3 (Xe) Oracle E1 – 9.0) | Oracle 11i | Software-2000 | McCormack and Dodge | MAPICS | BPCS | PRMS | MACPAC | FINPAC | Peachtree | CA | EVCOR | JBA | Manhattan PKMS | learning SAP. Communications TCP/IP | Fiber Channel | Routers, Hubs, Switches | SNMP | Telnet | SMTP | SNTP | DDM | VPN | NETBIOS/Windows Network Sharing | FTP, FTPs, sFTP | HTTP, HTTPS | GHX | AS2 | Firewalls | Encryption | Authentication | SSL, TLS. Software Utilities/Products IBM PowerHA, Vision HA/DR (OMS/400, ODS/400, SAM/400, Director, Vision Solution Portal (VSP), MIMIX Professional) | iDoctor | BRMS | HAWKEYE | DBU | QUESTVIEW | Lotus SmartSuite | Microsoft (Word, Project, Exchange, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote) | IBM Sterling, DNS/Premenos (EDI/400)/GENTRAN),GXS-Inovis-Harbinger TrustedLink (V3-V6), EXTOL (EDI mapping/translation) | Sequel | ShowCase | RUMBA RevSoft, MPlus (message monitoring) | ROBOT (Job, Scheduling, Reports, Network, Save) | IBMi Navigator and Access for Windows | Net Soft | Macro-4 (Performance and Disk Management) | Visio | TL Ashford | ZEBRA | MarkMagic | Percon | Templar | Chameleon | AS-SET, SYNON, X-ANALYSIS (Case Tools) | Broderick | CreatePrint/Fax | FastFax | Vertex (Tax) | Oracle/JDE/PeopleSoft World and E1/OW ERP software, WorldVision, Seagull J/Walk GUI, Oracle Web Enablement with JDE World | Alliance FTP and PGP Manager (IBMi) | Network Communications | Brio | Business Objects (OLAP Reporting Tools-Crystal and Webi) | Compleo (Output Management) | Bsafe, NetIQ, PowerTech Interact (Audit, Security, Syslog) | SkyView Risk Assessor and AllOut SOXLock (SOX-Security-Audit) | Jaros (BI Tool for Oracle) | C-CO (Check/Credit Card Authorization) | Manhattan-PKMS (WMS) | Service Now | Implementer, Turnover, and Aldon(CMS/LMe/LMi) (LifeCycle/Change Management) | RJS (WebDocs).
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PROFESSIONAL HISTORY Contractor, Sub-Contractor, or Employee (1099 and W2) on multi-concurrent projects working directly or through various firms and business partners, for the following roles: (entity) and duration/dates:
ERP and IBMi PM and BA (Jarden Branded Consumables)
7/15 – present
PM and BA supporting ERP migration from JBA to SAP and JD Edwards. Liaises between the business and IT projects and applications. Supporting JBA ERP module functionality to current and future processes, providing key input to technical strategic, tactical planning, design specifications, and testing. Environment: IBM Power7 and iOS (V7R1, TR10), ERP JBA.
Functional Technologist/PM/BA (Charter Communications)
PM and BA driving enhancements and new technology related to Mergers and Acquisitions projects. Liaison between the business and IT projects and applications. Applied JDE ERP module functionality to current and future processes, provided key input to technical strategic, tactical planning, design specifications, and testing. Key role in successful migration upgrade project to new hardware (enterprise servers - IBM Power6 to P8) and iOS (V5R4-V7R2), ERP platform (JDE E1 8.97-9.1).
Technical PM, IBMi/iSeries Sys Engineer, Admin, Lead (Caleres)
2/15 – 7/15
7/08 – 2/15
Designed and executed solutions/projects to improve the IBMi environment, and system administration, and integration with other IT platforms. Migrate/upgrade iSeries to IBMi on Power 5 – 7+, V5R4-V7R1. Evaluated Operations and Technical Services procedures to identify inefficiencies, security exposures, procedural problems, system performance, and make recommendations. Vendor management to plan and execute system upgrades and improvements, Hardware, operating systems and utility software, security, connectivity solutions. Trained Operations and Technical Services staff members. Aided in the daily management of Power Systems running IBMi OS, and provided integration with advanced technologies, such as MQ, HA and DR. Performed Hardware, OS upgrades, PTF application. Worked with application teams to test system modifications in test LPAR’s prior to production implementation. Used MIMIX MOVE for critical systems migrations. Supported PCI Systems (Credit Card Authorization) and components for support, audit, compliance, and certification, which included setup of secure VPN tunneling. Assisted with conversion to SAP. PM for SAP QA/DR Environment Relocation to 3rd party data center. PM for distribution center setup, relocation, closing, merging, and expansions, using PKMS Warehouse Management System, and interfaced to SAP. 20+ LPAR’s, MIMIX and Power-HA for DR and HA, IASP configurations. Use of HMC, SAN devices (DS8870) with Power 7+ systems (770) running IBMi,. Aldon Change Management, ConnectDirect, Robot Scheduler/Network. Converted from LTO-3, to LTO-4, then to VTL (Virtual Tape Library). Managing 3-10 person project teams
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JDE PM and Business Systems Analyst (Jarden Team Sports)
9/13 – 02/14
Liaison between financial areas, internal audit, and IS/IT organization by planning, conducting, directing, supporting, and documenting the usage and integration of the ERP systems. Assisted project management in leadership of cross-department teams, directing tasks, activities and workflow of the project team, and leading communication during projects. Determined financial needs and analysis for transition from one corporate entity to another. Responsible for understanding the financial department’s needs and translates into functional requirements and specifications for Financial and Reporting application. 2 separate JD Edward E1 environments covering 2 separate business units, Used Discoverer and Business Objects (Crystal and Web Intelligence) for reporting and dashboards.
Business Systems Analyst BI (Spartech Inc.)
11/10 – 04/14
Contributed to the support, configuration, enhancement, development, OS upgrade and implementation of JD Edwards World (JDE). Delivered business system solutions enabled by JDE, custom systems, integration and interoperability, through defining requirements, performing analysis, designing and testing systems, and working with business users across the organization and IT staff, and providing end-user support. Using JDE A7.3 and A9.2 running on IBMi V5R4-V7R1. Service Now, Turnover for Change Management. Installed/configured JDE Web Enablement and Oracle UPK.
JDE PM and Business Systems Analyst (FBN/KPS)
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1/10 – 10/10
IT relationships management by planning, conducting, directing, and documenting the analysis of Oracle and Data Warehouse applications. Assisted project management in leadership of cross-department teams, directing tasks, activities and workflow of the project team, and leading communication during projects. Responsible for understanding the customers’ business needs and translates into functional requirements and specifications for Financial and Reporting application. Oracle 11i environment, Discoverer and Business Objects (Crystal and Web Intelligence) for reporting and dashboards. Support for JDE A8.1 and PRMS V8.4.
Sr. JDE Functional and Technical Training (Martin Dawes/Aircell) 7/09 – 7/09
For Martin Dawes via JDETips for their client Aircell. Prepared reference materials/functional documentation based on requirements gathered through a process/series of remote interviews with key business and management personnel at Aircell and client interface with Martin Dawes. Conducted on-site, hands-on, class room training with client personnel. JDE A7.3 and iSeries V5R4.
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Project Manager/Senior IT Analyst (Wachovia Securities)
4/08 – 7/08
Managed projects through the entire project management life cycle, and for some analyst type tasks using ITIL standards. Provided team management for effective resource utilization with defined roles and timely feedback. Developed and maintain project plans, issue tracking, resolution and escalation to ensure project delivery. Provide direction and set priorities to deliver to plans/budget and resolve day-to-day project team issues. Collaborated with senior level business and IT resources to ensure that the strategy, planning and delivery approach will achieve the desired end results. Adhered to PCI standards and compliance. Producing statements of work (SOW) and engaged with outside resources, IBM and Fortuitous, for testing facilities and services. Managed 5 – 30 person projects.
JDE Project Lead/Data Conversion Consultant (Rawlings)
JDE and iSeries PM/ Systems Consultant (Spartech)
1/08 – 11/08
Led Data conversion from Frameworx using a Progress Database running on Unix environment to JDE using a DB2 Database running on iSeries OS V5R4. Managed data conversion and testing efforts through implementation. Applied functional and technical subject matter expertise, to IT and business sectors, for iSeries platform and J.D. Edwards World (A7.3) ERP system. Led 5 – 15 person projects.
11/04 – 8/09
Scoped, planned, staffed, and performed System and Data Center move and migration from one organizations infrastructure to another. Integration and systems support for dual iSeries/eServer and ERP environments sites, hardware and software upgrades. SOX compliance (planning and testing) and Disaster Recovery (planning, testing, and implementation with Sungard). Security and Risk assessment and management. Data analysis and mining for PRMS and JDE data conversions to Oracle 11i Manufacturing Suite, through business process migration and data mapping. Performed JDE Business Analysis, Systems Programming, JDE development, Crystal reporting, and Web development. Used JDE/PeopleSoft/Oracle World ERP (A8.1) software and Inovis TrustedLink iSeries 6.1 for EDI with Financials, Sales Order Management., Purchasing, Inventory Management., supporting Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Transportation modules running on an AS/400 (V5R3), and PRMS SSA Global ERP (V8.4), DcLINK (barcoding and RF), TL Ashford (Labeling), Create!form (forms overlay/fax), Crystal Reports (reporting), Bsafe (Audit, Security), SkyView Risk Assessor (Security) and AllOut SOXLock (SOX) Seagull Software (Web Development), Vertex (Sales and Use Tax), Aldon (Change Management), BRMS (Backup and Recovery). Managed 3-25 person projects.
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From 2007 and prior: JDE and iSeries PM/SOX Security Consultant (Thermadyne)
1/07 – 8/07
JDE and iSeries Project Lead/System Migration Consultant (PMSI) 6/07 – 7/07 Management Consultant – JDE & AS/400 (MMS Medical Supply) 5/94 – 12/06 Project Manager/iSeries Programming Consultant (Magellan)
5/04 – 10/04
JDE ERP/EDI PM/Consultant (Dorel Juvenile Group)
12/03 – 7/04
JDE Senior Development & ERP Consultant (Charter)
8/01 - 09/03
JDE Senior Development & ERP Consultant (Crown Packaging)
11/01 - 7/02
JDE Senior Development & ERP Consultant (KV Pharmaceuticals) 11/01 - 1/02 JDE ERP & iSeries Sr Technical & Appl Consultant (Big River Zinc) 5/01 - 12/01 JDE ERP Lead/Senior EDI Consultant (McKesson) JDE ERP & iSeries Sr Technical & Appl Consultant (Rawlings)
2/00 - 5/01 6/00 - 12/00
PM/Lead EDI & iSeries Consultant (Centric Group)
1/00 - 6/00
JDE Sr Technical & Applications ERP Consultant (W.L. Gore)
1/00 - 2/00
JDE Sr Technical/Appl’s ERP Consultant (Alliance Tubular Steel) 10/99 - 1/00 JDE ERP Business Systems & AS/400 Consultant (Mallinckrodt)
9/97 - 9/99
Management Consultant & AS/400 (AON)
8/96 - 8/97
Management Consultant & AS/400 (Save-A-Lot)
1/96 - 7/96
Sys Mgr (S/38-AS/400) (Retail Merchants Assoc., Greensboro, NC)7/84 - 12/95 AS/400 Systems Manager (MEMC)
5/92 - 5/94
AS/400 Systems Consultant (Enterprise Rent-A-Car)
5/90 - 4/92
AS/400 Systems Consultant (MetLife, formerly General American) 1/90 - 5/90 AS/400 Systems Engineer & Systems Consultant (IBM, AIC) AS/400 Systems Consultant (Giant Food)
6/88 - 12/89 6/88 - 5/90
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Ralston Purina Corporation
8/86 - 6/88
Project Manager/Staff Analyst - Eveready Battery
Requested by Eveready Battery Company to join its newly created Systems Consulting Department. Eveready Battery Company was purchased by Ralston Purina from Union Carbide in June 1986. Responsibilities were to relocate domestic systems from Danbury CT to St. Louis MO and international data centers; provide systems consulting to select and implement cost effective computer solutions, which reduce costs through timely and accurate information reporting, and which met the needs of local management, while conforming to consolidation reporting requirements. Tasks included: project management, reviews, recommendations, system plans, system proposals, financial analysis, creating standards and procedures manual for the International Systems Group and Export/Import Services, and install a systems development methodology for international use. Assisted in migration of Union Carbide systems running on an IBM S/38. Managed 3 – 50 person projects.
International Systems Consultant - Ralston Purina International
Key areas of responsibility were Export, Sales, Marketing, and Telecommunications. Principal functional responsibilities were to participate in feasibility studies, gather data for analysis of problem areas within the scope of assigned project, prepare project proposals for management approval, perform system analysis and design as necessary, document systems design, design program logic, perform coding and testing, prepare system and program documentation, define test data requirements, consult with country locations as needed, keep abreast of pertinent new developments in the field of information processing, and coordinate system development and implementation, training and all other necessary activities with all countries for the assigned applications. Key result areas were the analysis, design, development, implementation and maintenance for information processing systems. Systems administrator for IBM S/38 used by the division.
From 1986 and prior: Various positions: Developer, IT Analyst
7/84 - 6/86
With Keene Corp. Independent Developer
Various positions: Accounting, General Accounting, Internal Audit 6/80 - 7/84 With Swift Premium, Conoco Oil, Keene Corp.
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EDUCATION
Washington University, St. Louis MO, Masters Level Courses towards an MS degree Washington University, St. Louis MO, Bachelor of Science, 1987, Information Systems Missouri State University, Springfield MO, Bachelor of Science, 1980, Accounting University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, Microcomputer Program o Chancellor’s Certificates in: NT Administration, completed 1997 o Web Development/Design with HTML/DHTML, completed 2000/2001 o Data Base Technology (Server and File Based), o Windows Security (Workstation, Server, Internet, Active Directory) PMI, PMP Exam Prep Course, completed Oct. 2013 MindLeaders Series, eLearning, completed 2007 Project Management Professional Certification 2005, o Project Management, Fundamentals of Business Management, Time Management Fundamentals, Effective Business Communications Villanova University, Online o Masters Certificate in Project Management, May 2010 - Jan. 2011 University of Notre Dame, Online o Executive Certificate in Leadership and Management, April 2011 - Sept. 2011 University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, Graduate/Executive Level: o Financial Management Course, July 2011 o Strategy Formulation Course, June 2012
ORGANIZATIONS/USERS GROUP MEMBERSHIPS
PMI (Project Management Institute), National Organization; St. Louis Chapter, (PMP). Project MEGSSS (Math Education for Gifted Secondary School Students), BOD. COMMON, National (an IBM Users Group) Gateway/400 Group, Local (IBM i/Power Systems User Group) American Management Association Estates at Westchester Farm, former Treasurer, Board of Directors Coaching Certification, Level 5 (USA Hockey) Kirkwood Youth and Rockets Hockey Association (former Head and Asst. Coach) Parkway South High School Varsity, JV, C Hockey Teams (Head Coach/Asst. Coach) Parkway South High School Orchestra Parents Organization (former Vice President)
