About me

In-depth knowledge of international freight forwarding (air and ocean freight, customs clearance) – 12 years with Schenker International, both hands-on in operations and in IT design
Consulted customers on process improvements and software implementations for LTL and TL operations – Abercrombie & Fitch, TrueValue Hardware
Created several warehouse management systems for third-party Logistics service providers, including in-bond materials – Lufthansa Service, confidential Furniture Wholesale Company
Designed and developed custom applications for analysis of international sea/air rates and publication of tariffs – SkyBridge, a subsidiary of Schenker, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
Coordinated operations and IT staff in 4 countries for large outsourcing project of purchasing activities – Petroleo de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA)

Architected solution and lead large development team for creation of an integrated system for global vehicle tracking of over 1 million vehicles exported per year, integrating with various steam ship lines via EDI – Ford Motor Company
Designed and implemented new operational software on PC-LAN/WAN basis in 23 offices in Germany, developed training curriculum and conducted user training – Schenker International, Germany
Developed functional requirements, business processes and software application design for large logistics operation outsourcing project – TNT North America
Created order management application for call-off orders for multi-national construction projects – Bilfinger + Berger, Bremen, Germany & Lagos, Nigeria
Wrote application for automating international trade documentation, including multi-language Panama customs invoice and Container Bills of Lading, integrating with existing purchasing system – Chiquita Inc.

Facilitated information gathering sessions, documented workflow in process diagrams. Analyzed business processes and requirements and designed software solutions – Schenker International (various customers), Celarix Inc. (various customers), Optimum Logistics/Elemica (various customers)
Conducted comprehensive Business Process Analysis sessions, consulted customers on improvements for their supply-chain and logistics processes – Sanmina-SCI (manufacturing), CIBA Specialty Chemicals, Infineum, Abercrombie & Fitch

Implemented Electronic Invoice exchange with Custom House Broker Company – Mercedes Benz
Designed and implemented electronic Ocean freight bookings (EDI X12 300/301), Electronic Ocean Bills of Lading (EDI X12 304/310) and status update messages (EDI X12 315) as well as shipment instructions for Port Handler companies for Automobiles - Ford Motor Company
Implemented Status updates between Airlines and various customers (CARGOIMP standard)
Designed and implemented Load Tender Ocean, Load Tender Motor and Load Tender Response Messages in the CIDX XML standards for different customers
Coordinated implementation of Load Tender (EDI X12 204) and Response (EDI X12 990) as well as Rated Bills of Lading (EDI X12 210) and Status updates (EDI X12 215)
Implemented Freight Invoices in various formats with different freight payment companies

English, German and French, some Spanish
Expert level Microsoft Office Suite including knowledge of Visual Basic for Applications, MS Project, MS Visio, MicroGraphx Flowcharter, OOP, SQL, UNIX, NOVELL, BASIC, Fox-Pro, dBase, MEPAW, SAP (MM, SD), i2 (TMS), Manugistics, Microsoft Great Plains Accounting
X12, EDIFACT, various XML (CIDX, ebXML, xCBL, RosettaNet), proprietary file formats, FTP, VAN

Equivalent to Graduate degree in Logistics. A two-year apprenticeship program of working 3 days and attending specialized business schools for two days each week.
Graduated with special commendation

2001 - IT Project Management Course, American Management Association
2000 - Interpersonal Skills for the Technical Professional, American Management Association
1999 - MS Project Intermediate & Advanced, New Horizons Computer Seminars
1998 - Object Oriented Programming in Visual dBase, Advanced concepts of Visual dBase
1997 - Programming in PICK/Universe
Member, Project Management Institute

Managed all aspects of the implementation of Supply Chain Planning & Visibility and Logistics Execution tools – Converge Inc.
Selected by several companies as Project Manager/Director to manage multi-million dollar Logistics software implementation engagements – Abercrombie & Fitch, Agilent
Conducted Proof of Concept projects to successfully convince client to proceed with larger implementations – Lubrizol, Infineum, Converge Inc.