Resume

Darren Mario Ricciardi



PROFILE



Twenty years of experience leading departments, teams and meeting deadlines for mission critical projects.  Have held a variety of IT Titles, including director, manager, technical advisor, analyst, and programmer for multi-million dollar international and domestic ERP software implementations.  Experienced team leader, team player and mentor in:

     Software Development                Problem Solving                      Project Leadership
     Customer Service & Support        Interface Development            Analysis/Design

Technical Skills:
     E1 Developer Tools    Object Management Workbench    Enterprise Report Writer
     C/C++                      RPG/400, ILE                               Java
     Javascript                  DB2/400                                     SQL
     J.D. Edwards World    Software Integration


EXPERIENCE 2/2002 - Present

Oracle, Inc


  Instructor, Oracle University
  Lead instructor in Advanced Pricing, providing support to Oracle University for all EnterpriseOne releases.


EXPERIENCE 2/2002 - Present

Advanced Logistics Consulting

Denver CO
  Senior Director, Technical Development
  Technical Consulting and technical project leadership.  Responsible for analysis, design, coding, and testing of modifications and custom add-ons to the J.D. Edwards EnterpriseOne software. This includes requirements gathering, creation of design documents, and performing design walkthroughs with Project Leaders and key Business Analysts

•    Provide project management, including: weekly client manager meetings, created custom specifications, delegated work to programmer team, and reviewed completed programs to ensure accuracy and adherence to quality standards.
•    Projects include enhancements to Pick Pack & Ship, Advanced Warehouse, Transportation, Advanced Pricing, Inventory, Purchasing, Sales, Manufacturing
•    Projects also have included Real-Time Web Site Interfaces, Performance Increase Modifications, and Windows Programming, 3rd Party Software Integrations
•    Notable Customers: Cargill, Land O Lakes, Trek Bikes, Lindt & Sprungly, PSS Pharmaceuticals, United Technologies, Wausau Paper, Covidien Healthcare

 

  1/2000 - 1/2002 Somera Communications Denver CO
  Director, Software Development
  Department manager overseeing all Enterprise software development. Design and implement software modules or components that complement the business paradigm.

•    Recommend and develop software outside of and beyond the scope of the EnterpriseOne ERP product. This requires the ability to write and integrate independent software into the ERP system.
•    Provide Object Oriented analysis, knowledge of design methodologies, Relational Database design, and GUI design and development.
•    Produce high quality and thoroughly tested commercial quality code. Make independent and effective design decisions with a strong focus on the end user of the product.


11/1998 - 1/2000 The Implementation Partners Denver CO

Principal Technical Specialist

One of only two Principal level consultants.  Lead technical consulting team in the implementation and 'go-live' of JDEdwards' EnterpriseOne ERP software.

•    Consulting for JDEdwards software products EnterpriseOne and World. Technical Project Leader for Baxter Perfusion Services. Played pivotal role for nearly all software correction, modification and enhancement. Provided project oversight and leadership over all programmers performing data conversions, and custom programming.


4/1997 - 11/1998 JDEdwards Consulting Costa Mesa, CA

Senior Technical Consultant

Analysis, design, coding, testing, and user training for modifications, custom add-ons, and installation and upgrades to the J.D. Edwards (JDE) software. Provided team leadership for numerous projects/implementations.  Provided technical assistance, analysis and programming solutions across multiple platforms, World and PC based EnterpriseOne. 

•    Consulted to international corporations including; Matshushita Avionics, Paricom Electronics Inc., Baxter Healthcare, Inc., Playmates Toys Inc.
•    Provided sole technical support to Memtek Inc. for their implementation of EnterpriseOne software. Advised on software modification.  Performed modifications, enhancements and corrections. Also, insured that all technical application issues were resolved resulting in an on-time, on-budget 'go-live'.
•    Provided technical support to PriceWaterhouseCoopers(PWC) during their EnterpriseOne implementation at Clarion Inc. Critiqued software development and advised PWC on development standards and software enhancements. Wrote additional custom modules to assist PWC.


7/1993 - 4/1997 JDEdwards Corporate Development Denver CO

Programmer/Analyst

Specialized in Distribution Software development, specifically Sales Order Processing and Advanced Pricing.

EnterpriseOne: JDEdwards Client/Server product.
Project Leader and author of Advanced Pricing Re-design. Duties include: Application System Analysis and Design, software development, Team Leader. Designed, wrote, and maintained multiple Business Functions written in C. Designed, and maintained multiple applications written with the EnterpriseOne application authoring tools (EnterpriseOne Tool Set). 'System Owner' of Advanced Pricing.
•    Lead the Advanced Pricing Module re-design team at JDEdwards Corporate headquarters. This project enhanced the product's performance by as much at 30% over the World product.
•    Wrote numerous designs and enhancement documents and thereby insured the growth and continued viability of the product for many years.
•    Retained sole ownership of the entire pricing module and insured its continued growth, maintenance and consistency of quality.  Mentored and trained numerous employees.
World Software: AS/400 RPG III software product.
•    Primary programmer and technical resource for both the Standard Pricing and Advanced Pricing enhancements to the World software product. 
•    Wrote numerous documents and designs that insured the continued growth of the product. 
•    Corrected hundreds of software errors throughout the Sales Order Processing system resulting in intimate knowledge of the entire Sales Order system.

EDUCATION 6/1993 Colorado State University US-CO-Fort Collins

Bachelor's Degree

Computer Information Systems

  Graduate Degree in progress
  Master of Computer Information Systems

SKILLS Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience

OneWorld Application Development Expert Currently used 20+ years

OneWorld UBE Development Expert Currently used 20+ years

OneWorld BSFN Development Expert Currently used 20+ years

C Programming Expert Currently used 20+ years

C++ Programming Intermediate Currently used 3 years

RPG III Expert 1 year ago 4 years

OS/400 Intermediate Currently used 6 years

OneWorld Tools Expert Currently used 20+ years

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION JDEdwards' Outstanding Achievement Award in Software Development. Cover art for many international chemistry journals including Angewate Chemie, Inorganic Chemistry, and Accounts of Chemical Research.