Russell Barnett

3117 Knox Lane Knoxville, TN. 37917

(865) 414-3351 rb534ece@westpost.net
Proactive Systems Analyst/Consultant with vast transferable skillset, proven
ability to assimilate new concepts, and demonstrated expertise in the
implementation, and integration of robust information systems
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
* Track record of advancement and growth as a System Architect, EDI technical e
xpert, and B2B Consultant.
* Industry experience encompassing distribution, manufacturing, automotive, util
ities, publishing, pharmaceuticals, staffing, and transportation.
* Technical Subject Matter Expert behind major IT projects for Toyota Boshoku,
Hanes Brands, , US Foodservice, Smithfield Foods, John Morrell, General Cable,
Therma-Tru., Iberia Tile, Miami-Luken, Totem-Ocean, Nautilus and other high-prof
ile organizations.
* Technical skills in hardware/software integration, reinforced by demonstrated
ability to identify business requirements; direct multi-disciplinary teams throu
ghout project life cycle; bring projects in on-time and under budget; and apply
vision, and experience in aligning technology solutions with organizational obj
ectives.
* Self-motivating leader, strategist, and relationship builder who can establish
credibility with key decision makers; gain A-level approval; launch products an
d services internally and externally; prioritize multiple tasks under heavy dead
line influence; and implement strategies that reduce costs and increase producti
vity, and profitability.
* Team building qualifications that bring a total team concept to problem-solvin
g.
* Detail-oriented, with excellent communication, presentation, and analytical sk
ills.
* Skilled in broad range of platforms, hardware, ERP packages, tools, programmin
g languages, and EDI translators/transaction sets. (See Technical Skills Invento
ry.)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Project Management Time/Resource Management
User Training/Support Change Management
Requirements Gathering Systems and Data Integrity
IT Consulting Process Construction/Improvement
E-Commerce System analysis, creation and testing
Barcoding/interfacing applications Team building

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Russell Barnett Consulting/First Phoenix Consultants (Client: Toyota Boshoku Ame
rica), (June 2008-April 2010)
Sr. EDI Consultant
Served as technical EDI Developer/ process architect for EDI team.
Wrote SQL scripts to access SQL 2005 databases in order to glean backend system
s information to produce necessary X12 documents. As Oracle interface replaced S
QL and Future 3 as the mainstay of the TBA backend systems, interacted with Orac
le consultants to provide maps and business processes to complete handshake.
Ran the supplier EDI project that brought Trim Masters suppliers into complianc
e.
Developed highly organized business processes that carried on business between
Toyota Boshoku Mexio and GM.
 Successfully developed business processes communicating between SQL server 2005
databases and TBA needs for customers/business partners such as Johnson Control
s, Toyota Tsusho, Toyota Bohsoku Canada.
Successfully developed 80% of all business processes created and identical perc
entage of maps that moved data needs through the facility.
Teksystems (Client: Trim Masters Inc.), Louisville, KY. (Feb. 2008-June 2008)
Sr. EDI Consultant
Served as Sr. EDI Developer for EDI team.
Successfully taught Gentran Integration Suite essentials to existing staff.
Successfully Installed Gentran Integration Suite 4.3(twice) to bypass sunsettin
g of 4.1 release of GIS.
Made use of perimeter server protocols to ensure stability/protection of new
GIS 4.3

First Phoenix Consultants (Clients: Hanes, Totem-Ocean, Nautilus), Cincinnati,

OH. (June 2006 April 2010)
Sr. EDI GIS Subject Matter Consultant Remote mapping and Business Process creati
on/enhancement
Wrote successful business processes as dictated by business concerns.
Served as developer for project manager consultant who turned over such duties
to me.
Wrote and installed EDI maps to ensure business needs met on timely basis. End
ed all remote work on a successful basis.
Successful in developing tools allowing Totem-Ocean to move into land shipping
scenarios as well as ocean freighting.
Built more sophisticated business processes for Hanes.
Interactive Business Systems (Clients: Therma-Tru, Miami-Luken, John Morrell/Smi
thfield), Cincinnati, OH.(March 2006-Oct.2007)
Sr. EDI Consultant
Wrote and install ed EDI maps to ensure business needs were met in timely manne
r.
Wrote SQL and RPG programs to establish a complete integration with Miami-Luken
databases.
Successfully contacted Miami-Luken customers which had been demanding EDI for c
lose to a year.
Successfully established great rapport between Miami-Luken and their trading pa
rtners.
Developed program to trade 211 document for ThermaTru.
Wrote business processes , maps that made the connection to remote Oracle datab
ase more streamlined. Wrote maps that established business relations to third pa
rty logistics.
Presided over the Gentran side of EDI transactions while Smithfield transitione
d to GXS.

Koyo Steering, Vonore, TN. (Dec. 2005-March 2006)

EDI Coordinator
Koyo systems brought me onboard with the intent of bringing GIS in-house. That
plan failed. I did manage to establish a better working relationship between Ste
rling Commerce and Koyo.
Successfully installed the latest version of Gentran NT.
Supported the Japanese ERP system by utilizing several software offerings to in
terface with Harbinger Trusted Link enterprise. Minor interface with J.D. Edward
s accounting package.
Knack Technology (Clients: Iberia Tile, General Cable), Lyman, WY. July 2005-Dec
. 2005)
Sr. EDI Delivery Consultant
I brought Iberia tile from a non-communicating, stand-alone MRP system to a fun
ctioning entity with Gentran iseries. This allowed Iberia to complete their EDI
requirements with Sears and become a viable supplier. I resurrected my RPG/CL sk
ills to accomplish this.
Consolidated Freight need education along the lines of making Gentran Integrat
ion Suite a viable tool in their environment. Taught the IT department head and
EDI coordinator the essentials and left with their gratitude.
General cable was into getting iseries data to GIS when I created business proc
esses that made use of the GIS mappers expertise. Taught their iseries personnel
GIS needs, business process creation and left with successful installs.
Provided Sterling Commerce, Knack being a preferred business partner, with anot
her highly qualified consultant to bring value-add into their finance stream.

Teksystems(Client: U. S. Foodservice), Greeneville, SC. (March 2004-July 2005)

EDI Gentran Contractor
I was brought into U.S. Foodservice to be the subject matter expert in Gentran
UNIX. I lead a team consisting of a more knowledgeable UNIX script consultant, a
Gentran NT consultant, and myself.
The team presided over daily issues, in which I became more immersed in NT, sup
plied needed system flows and mapping support to the GIS consultants.
And, learned Gentran Integration Suite 3.1 along with more sophisticated UNIX s
cripts which I was able to create.
Gentran UNIX, Gentran NT platforms handed over to GIS operational schedules on
time.
Oxford Consulting (Clients: Serono Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly), (Sept. 2002-S
ept. 2003)
Sr. EDI Consultant
I brought Iseries Gentran up to compatible version to be utilized daily until G
IS could be brought up to speed. Converted maps into successfully operating maps
so that data could be assimilated into the upcoming Oracle installation.
Helped in decision making that brought Gentran Integration Suite into the faci
lities at Serono. Gentran UNIX was considered also.
I successfully developed IDOC translation documents for Eli Lillys transition i
nto 5.0.
Thoroughly indoctrinated into Lilly culture I helped eliminate a somewhat non-c
ompatible environment between Harbinger translation piece and Sterling Commerce
interface.

Teksystems Consulting (Clients: Texas Utilities, CDS Book distributors, Teksyste

ms Headguarters), (Feb. 2000-Sept. 2002)
Sr. EDI Consultant
I was brought onboard TXU to learn an EDI software offering known as STC Egate.
The EDI background was the only criteria. Project closed due to other software
solutions being more ingrained.
Teksystems headquarters asked me to bring my UNIX Gentran experience and help t
hem increase their EDI experience. EDI was being looked at as a tool to streamli
ne their consultant time reporting between their customers and them. Successful
ly started up the project. Supplied growing SQL and peoplesoft SQR expertise whi
le waiting on project approval.
Established relationships between CDS and EDI partners, educated staff in EDI p
rocedures/policies that I formulated and won approval from I.S. manager for ongo
ing standards.
Mahle, Morristown, TN. (Jan. 1999-Oct. 1999)
EDI Coordinator
Brought Gentran Server for As/400 into compliance with SAP implementation goals
.
Served as the Gentran Subject Matter Expert in SAP implementation, and greatly
aided in the design of the interface.
Was the main educational point in bringing the EDI department into the Gentran
arena from their previous Gentran Director environment.
Cemented the relations with Mahle Meta-Levi and General Motors Brazil and thus
changed an adversarial relationship into a fruitful one for both parties.

Harbinger Software Irving, TX. (Nov. 1998-Jan. 1999)

EDI Delivery Consultant
Single-handedly installed 4 major installations of Harbinger software in 4 stat
es in 2 months. This being extremely crucial to Harbinger who was trying to join
Sterling Commerce in their SAP position as favored business partner.
Aided in supplying quite a few objects in a software development vein (RPG, CL)
to assure that Harbinger had the customers interests foremost.

TRW Rogersville, TN. (May 1996-Nov 1998).

EDI Coordinator for the Rack/Pinion Division
One of the lead EDI personnel in the SAP-EDI team(a team gathered from EDI coor
dinators from all over TRW), I was instrumental in selection, implementation of
Sterling Commerce Gentran Unix for its interface capability with SAP.
I was selected to be one of the few to learn the SAP language ABAP as a sidelin
e to my EDI tasks.
I was successful in bringing my barcoding expertise into the manufacturing proc
ess to identify manufacturing throughput and to aid in streamlining the entire p
rocess.
Raised TRW to compliance with OEM standards and averted major catastrophe since
TRW had been out of compliance for several months when I came onboard.
First exposure to UNIX scripting, I provided scripts to enhance the backend to
EDI/SAP implementation chores.
Keane Consulting, Atlanta, GA (Oct. 1995- May 1996)
AS400 National support personnel
Assigned to the database queue on the national AS400 support line for IBM, I wa
s considered the top support personnel among my group.
Received high commendations for my quick learning on the job, and received a hi
ghly favorable report from all customers which I had assisted.
Bike Athletic, Knoxville, TN (Nov. 1979Aug. 1995)
Systems Analyst/ EDI programmer
Successfully implemented barcoding which reduced inventory record keeping inacc
uracies to less than 1%.
Successfully implemented EDI transactioning with suppliers which reduced data c
ontent issues in inventory records.
EDI and barcoding washed through the entire company-cutting inventory times, ai
ding in successful B2B communication.
Brought on increased automation in all aspects of manufacturing floor operation
.
Served as technical manufacturing analyst/programmer on successful implementati
on, daily operation, and cost savings/reduction experiences with self-modified M
APICS, and CA PRMS MRP packages.

TECHNICAL SKILLS INVENTORY

Platforms: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, AS400, S38, S/3 , IBM 370-S390, HP5000-90
00, SUN SPARC/1000E
ERP Packages: BPCS, SAP, CA PRMS, ACS Shopfloor, MAPICS, PeopleSoft, JBA, MAC-P
AC
Tools: Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, SQL, Oracle,
Languages including OS: UNIX, COBOL, HTML, XML, RPG IV/ILE, CL, DOS/VSE JCL, So
me MVS JCL, Some TSO, HP-AUX, JAVA, SQL, peoplesoft SQR
Communications: FTP, VPN, TCP/IP, AS2, Async, Bisync, EDI INT
EDI/XML Translators: Gentran UNIX, GENTRAN iseries, Gentran Integration Suite,
Harbinger Trusted Link, Application Integrator, Director, STC Egate.
EDI Transaction Sets: 180, 270, 271, 211, 214, 276, 277, 278, 812, 820, 824,
830, 834, 835, 837, 850, 852, 856, 857, 861, 862, 864,
865, 867, 894, 940, 945, 947, 997, 210, 310, 410, 944,
888, 204, 810, 880, 204, 214, 753, 754, 315, 304, 322,
300, 301,
DELFOR, DESADV, DELJIT, INVOIC
EDUCATION: A.B.S. Degree (Computer Science) 3.44 GPA.
Knoxville Business (Now South) College 1976
Continuing education:
International Business Machines COBOL, RPG I-IV,ILE
S/38,AS/400 OS,
S370 VSAM, CICS,
DOS/VSE JCL,
S390 MVS JCL
Electronic Data Interchange
Radley CARAS system
Sterling Commerce Mentor, Server 5.2-6.0 for UNIX
Sterling Commerce NT Server
Sterling Gentran Integration Suite Mapping
Business Process Modeling Language
Sterling Commerce Server 2.0-3.4 for AS/400.
Harbinger Trusted Link AS/400,
Trusted Link for Windows(STX)
STC E*gate developer courses.
Manufacturing Resource Planning systems
G.M.D. MAPICS,
Computer.Associates. PRMS,
Apparel Computer Systems shop floor control.
Enterprise Resource Planning S.A.P./ EDI interface,
SD/MM/PP configuration
ABAP/4 application
development
MILITARY: U.S. Navy Petty Officer (E6) - Honorable discharge with
Reenlistment recommendation.
Keywords: Information Technology (IT), Systems Analyst, Information Systems (IS
), EDI, AS2, ERP, Project Management, Change Management, Process Improvement, C
ost Reduction, Testing, Analysis, barcode, MRP