New Alliance Associates, Inc

cont.: David B. Heron

New Alliance Associates, Inc.

181 Howe Street Methuen, Massachusetts 01844

Contact: Patrick Stack phone: (978)681-0677 fax: (978)681-6612

www.newalliance.com

Resume for David B. Heron

SUMMARY:

A results oriented professional with more than 20 yrs experience, (including over 6 yrs experience implementing & upgrading SAP releases 3.0 – 4.6), developing business solutions in the areas of financial analysis, accounting, manufacturing, telephony, construction, credit card processing and operating system software. Experienced in identifying technical solutions, and the use of project management and project life cycle disciplines in their development.

SKILLS:

Tools & Languages:

Management

2/96-8/96
2/7/2000 / SAP - ABAP/4, SAPscript, ALE/EDI, Workflow
UNIX Scripting, PL/1, COBOL, Assembler, RPGII, QMF/DB2,
Insite, TSO, PANVALET, & Project WorkBench
Implemented Project Management disciplines, Quality Assurance and Software Testing procedures, and Project Life Cycle Methodologies. Worked extensively in the development of software applications from inception through implementation.
SAP Partner Academy, Waltham, MA. First evening ABAP/4 course offered.
Course comprised of studies in: System Architecture, Administration, Data Dictionary, Logical Data Bases, Data Interfaces (Background Processing, Sequential Files, Batch Input Processing), ABAP/4 Report Programming, Dialog Oriented Report Programming, Advanced & Special Techniques of Online Programming, Data Base Updating & Locking. Coded an extensive number of ABAP/4 programs using the above tools and techniques.
SAP Partner Academy: Workflow Overview, and Use & Configuration 4.0 BC 600 & BC601. Completed the Work Flow Tutorials on releases 4.0 and 4.6A’s.
SAP Recap: / System Interfaces:
Designed and implemented SAP interfaces to support legacy systems, Gentran servers and remote processing organizations.
For one client, reviewed their EDI server interfaces where IDoc data was being lost. Resolved the problem and proposed a redesign and quick fix.
Developed interface programs for supporting Online Web sales, (SAP Unix to NT dialup server).
1. Established Unix interfaces and scripts for importing & exporting files.
2. Developed ABAP/4 program to use tables for file management and Unix script execution.
EDI, IDocs & Filtering:
·  SAP & Legacy system’s Material Master interface. User-exit modifications & material filtering.
·  Implemented Transportation Mgm’t EDI 219, 220 & 214 documents. Extended IDocs and programmed user-exits to populate the outbound delivery, inbound shipping IDocs and posting, as well as triggering outbound shipping notification IDocs to legacy systems where appropriate. Developed an Auditing Application for tracking delivery to shipping IDOC statuses.
·  Designed and implemented a ChargeBack Rebate Claim application which was comprised of: Contract Tables, Claim Status Database along with user reporting and updating interfaces, and created IDocs to support the use of the EDI 844 Claim, and 849 Claim Reconciliation documents.
SAPscript & ABAP4:
·  Developed a form's utility program for Lexmark International – Printer Manufacturer - that would batch upload forms modified for use on their printers in conjunction with their Optra product.
·  Tailored and implemented customer specific Order Processing forms, Transfer Order documents, Pick List, Bill of Lading, Proforma, Wire Transfer forms, and Customer Statements.
·  Developed a Bill of Materials’ report that also provided Bar Code printing Options.
Enhanced a number of ABAP/4 programs resulting in significant performance improvements. Applied patches upgrades & OSS notes’ fixes.
Implemented Milestone Billing Plan. (SD & FI)
Developed applications for generating Expense & Tax Accrual journal entries. (FI)
Developed a number of ABAP/4 reports: Shipping Schedules, Forecasting by Quarter & Month, Shipping Value reporting,
Developed Functional Specifications for Lockbox, ACH, ProCard (Credit Card charges from all issuers) bank interfaces, and GL Conversion to SAP.
Programmed the following applications using ABAP/4 and UNIX scripts:
·  Bank interfaces for ACH transaction processing.
·  Accounts Payable interface for processing credit card charges, from ProCard.
·  GL conversion programs: converting actual and reallocated monthly transactions and cost center budgeting amounts.
Cost Center budget conversion update program.

EXPERIENCE:

2/01 - / Sheffield Plastics, Sheffield, MA SAP Development
Drafted requirements for implementing Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI).
Revised & updated a number of dialog programs to support a number of new screen requirements for Intermec’s RF device processing.
9/01 – 10/01 / Uromed Technology, Norwood, MA SAP Development
Implement Milestone Billing Plan. Reconfigured Pricing, implemented OSS notes and modified FI configuration where necessary.
7/01 – 8/01 / NEC Technology Littleton, MA. SAP Development
Designed & Programmed a number of applications for generating Expense & Tax Accrual journal entries (BDC sessions) to designated Business Units. Included simulation capabilities, as well as audit reporting.
10/00 – 6/01 / WorldKitchen Greencastle PA Elmira, NY SAP EDI Development and Support
Legacy Systems Interfaces: Reviewed the existing interfaces and proposed performance enhancements as well as a design that resolved IDoc data being lost. Modified the Material Master IDOC interfaces to enhance the ‘dimension’ data, as well as implemented data filtering to reduce transmission volume.
Worked on a third party vendor’s Transportation Management implementation of EDI 219, 220 and 214 documents. Extended IDocs and programmed user-exits to populate the outbound delivery, inbound shipping IDocs and posting, as well as triggering an outbound shipping notification IDocs to legacy systems where appropriate. Developed an Auditing Application for status tracking of delivery to shipping IDoc/EDI processing cycle. Worked with the vendor in downloading customer and material master core data.
Production support – handled numerous ad hoc IDoc, Workflow and system’s interface problems.
7/00 – 10/00 / Fresenius Medical Lexington, MA SAP Development: EDI Implementation
Worked on a project team in the implementation of EDI and Sterling’s Gentran mapping tool. Designed and implemented a ChargeBack Rebate Claim application which was comprised of a Contract Table, Claim Database, reporting and updating programs, and the creation of IDocs to support the use of the EDI 844 Claim, and 849 Claim Reconciliation documents. Worked with the user community in developing the application’s specification and their training.
4/00 – 6/00 / Fresenius Medical Lexington, MA Feasibility Study.
Performed a Time & Attendance application feasibility study, which outlined alternative approaches for centrally capturing and processing employee’s clocked time from 900 plus locations.
1/00 – 4/00 / Lexmark International: SAP Development
Developed a SAPscript forms utility program for Lexmark’s Printer that would batch upload forms modified for use on their printers in conjunction with their Optra product.
9/99 – 12/99 / Symbol Corporation Bohemia, NY SAP Development
Developed interface programs for supporting Online Web sales by providing customer master and pricing updates to the Internet Provider.
1. Established Unix interfaces and scripts for importing & exporting files.
2. Developed ABAP/4 program to use tables for file management and Unix script execution.
7/99 – 10/99 / Fresenius Medical Lexington, MA Converted and re-wrote a number of reports onto the Oracle DB using SQR.
2/98 – 6/99 / Symbol Corporation Bohemia NY SAP Implementation / Development
·  Developed a number of ABAP/4 & SAPscript programs: Shipping Schedules, Forecasting by Quarter & Month, Shipping Value reporting, Bill of Materials report with Bar Coding Options.
·  Implemented currency conversion standards and program enhancements.
·  Developed utility programs: Program to scan specified programs for key words, and a program for downloading & uploading program source & text.
·  Enhanced a number of ABAP/4 programs resulting in significant performance improvements.
10/97 – 1/98 / Group Schneider North Andover, MA SAP Implementation
·  SAPscript & ABAP/4: Tailored and implemented customer specific Order Processing forms, Transfer Order documents, Pick List, Bill of Lading, Proforma, Wire Transfer forms, and Customer Statements.
6/97 – 10/97 / Chiron Diagnostics Medfield MA. SAP Implementation
·  Developed Functional Specifications for Lockbox, ACH, ProCard (Credit Card charges from all issuers) bank interfaces, and GL Conversion to SAP.
Programmed the following applications using ABAP/4 and UNIX scripts:
·  Bank interfaces for ACH transaction processing.
·  Accounts Payable interface for processing credit card charges, from ProCard.
·  GL conversion programs: converting actual and reallocated monthly transactions and cost center budgeting amounts.
·  Cost Center budget conversion update program.
1/96 - 12/96 / Corporate Software, Inc. Norwood, MA. SAP Implementation
·  Consolidated all users’ reporting requirements for A/P, A/R, FI, IM, WM, and SD.
Researched SAP’s applications for solutions that satisfied these requirements.
·  Developed report functional specifications and tracked their development progress. In addition, developed revenue reports using ABAP/4.
·  Sales Information System – SIS:
- Created SIS information structures for consolidating Sales Return data.
- Developed ABAP/4 tools for reconciling SIS’s information structures.
- Developed batch jobs using Copy Management.
- Coded user-exit routines and tested batch processing updating.
·  Developed and implemented Report Menu Trees.
6/95 – 12/95 / SAP Research & Self Study
11/93 - 5/95 / NYNEX - Mechanized Revenue Group Boston MA
Analyzed Long Distance Carrier’s Billing, Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable application processes. In the course of the review, identified $3.5 million of recoverable funds. Developed functional specifications and coordinated an implementation effort to automate the carrier’s true up and performance settlement process.
6/93 - 10/93 / BayBank Waltham, MA
Assumed project management responsibility for a corporate revenue profitability analysis system. Developed business specifications, coordinated the efforts of multiple departments in the review of design and packaged alternatives.
4/93 - 6/93 / Multitrak Boston, MA
Developed an in-house customer-training course comprised of: a Facilitator's Guide, Slides Presentation, Student Test cases and course schedule.
1988 - 1993 / DMGT Nashua, NH
For this major credit card processor, managed all software acquisition and development.
·  Converted mission critical applications off Wang computers onto Stratus’.
·  Developed and implemented the following systems:
1.  A multi-communication protocol credit card authorization system.
2.  An applications’ performance monitoring system.
3.  An application message processing & logging system.
4.  A communication lines’ monitoring & load leveling system.
5.  An automated depository settlement system.
6.  An automated ChargeBack system.
7.  A disaster recovery hot-site system that insured uninterrupted processing.
8.  An industry unique credit card fraud and detection system.
1986 - 1988 / D. B. Heron & Associates Billerica, MA
As principal and founder of this commercial software and consulting firm, developed PC software applications for the automotive appraisal industry. Performed Consulting engagements for Fidelity Investments and Colonial Management. Programmed Bond reporting applications on Stratus using PL/1 and DEC using RDB.
1979 - 1986 / Keane, Inc. Lexington, MA
Systems Manager - Account/Project Manager responsible for project development on computers ranging from IBM Mainframes, Honeywell DPS6, Wang VS100s, using a variety of languages including: COBOL, MARK IV, PL/1, and a staff of 45 assigned to several client sites.
Prior / Developed and implemented several applications including: payroll, accounts payable, integrated general ledger, financial accounting, and an equipment accounting systems. Implemented applications on IBM Mainframes using PL/1 & Minis using RPGII

EDUCATION

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
BS Finance/Computer Science