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Allen Fox

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

Seeking a where my AI Expert Systems expertise, project management skills, vast leadership experience and technical knowledge may be utilized in providing state of the art but practical solutions that meet or exceeds business expectations.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Able to perform well under pressure and strong ability to coordinate effectively with all levels of management (enjoy working with colleagues); innovative problem solver (able to “get the job done”), and excellent team builder. 

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

20+ years of IT experience, managed Data Centers, builder of AI Expert systems, PMO of numerous ERP/Supply Chain systems.   Good understanding of Agile/Scrum, waterfall, ITIL, etc… Successfully completed many integrations (Oracle to SAP and SAP to Oracle as well as integrating many ancillary systems such as Doors, Agile, Customer Service, AWS, business mappings). 

TECHNOLOGIES

WAN/LANS, ERP expert (Oracle), TOAD, Artificial Intelligence based systems, EDI, B2B Applications, WANs, LANs, WEB Applications, E-commerce, Sharepoint,Jira, Cognos, MS BizTalk,PL/SQL,Oracle SQL, Siebel, SQLPlus, Developer 2000, Visual Basic, Data Warehousing, Agile, MS Office Suite, …

JOB EXPERIENCE

January 1999 to May 2017 – ALE USA Inc (a Telecom Company)

Programmer/Business Analyst, BI Developer, Manager

Responsible for worldwide ERP, Agile application and customer service applications for all North American developed systems (“ Supply Chain”, GL, AP, AR, Order Entry, WEB, Sales, Engr, Mfg, FA, PO, Customer Service, Sales Force Automation, Logistics,WIP, E-commerce…). Developed hundreds of managerial SQL and Cognos reports.  Setup Agile parts, ECOs, Related Docs, etc… Directed a team of 20 contractors,  programmer/analyst/managers locally and 4 others in various parts of the US and Europe in system upgrades, B2B with SAP IDOC, and support activities.  Responsible for build/buy decisions – examples are purchases of Doors, Agile, Oracle packages, Sun Hardware, End-User computers.  The Oracle Application suite is a centralized system supporting all US locations (in most states) as well as operations in Europe, South America, and Asia.  Project leader and architect for Alcatel’s award-winning Direct Order Fulfillment (DOF) Expert AI supply chain system (for outsourced manufacturing). This system was picked by Alcatel corporate Audit team as a model for best practices.  Project lead in implementing SOX compliance processes. 

September 1997 to January 1999 – PHARMANEX, INC.                 

Director of Information Technology

Responsible for all IT functions.  Implemented the full suite of Oracle Applications.  Consultant to all levels of management.  Pharmanex provided natural drugs from China (Ginko Biloba for example). I started out solo and then added a programmer.  I did all the hardware/software contracts, buys, budgeting, installations, data base maintenance, LAN services, WEB services, EDI and help desk support.  I also set policies and procedures and ran the Information Technology council until it was subsequently sold to NuSkin and moved the operations to Utah.

March 1995 to September 1997 – XIRCOM CORPORATION          

Applications Project Manager

Managed a small team of programmer/analyst and implemented Oracle Applications worldwide (Belgium, Malaysia, US).  Analyst for the financial applications – designed and supported EIS system for the financial department.  Purchased and installed Agile application to handle engineering changes.

August 1990 to March 1995 – MICROPOLIS CORPORATION        

Technologies Manager and Senior Applications Consultant

Managed computer operations, networks, telephony and desktop operations – also was applications project manager for Oracle ERP.  Implemented video conferencing and Oracle financials worldwide.

EDUCATION and CERTIFICATIONS

MA and BA degrees in Mathematics from California State University at Long Beach and University of California at Los Angeles.  Graduate Fellowship at University British Columbia.  Numerous extra-classes in programming, management, technical writing, and network technology. 

Certifications in Inventory Control and Production Management (APICs - CPIM) and Data Processing Management Association (DPMA), Classes in CMMI Best Practices