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Objective
Experience
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Summary
Version of Resume --(Easy
review of my skills and experiences
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Overview
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| LOCATION: |
8613
Reindeer Moss Dr.
Wake
Forest , NC
(919 ) 562-9185
jisommer@hotmail.com
Authorized to work in U.S.
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| JOB FIELD: |
Information Systems Management
Technical Project Management
Business Process Improvement |
| TYPE OF WORK: |
Permanent |
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| An experienced IT professional whose career has progressed from programmer to IT Director. Experience includes programming, system design, management (as many as 24), project management (many company critical projects), quality, problem solving, continuous process improvement, training, change management, budget management ($280 million in sales with IT budget of $3 million) and IT strategic planning. Managed IT groups with responsibilities for software development, implementations, network, email and desktop support at multiple facilities.
Business system experience in just about every facet of a business (e.g. financial accounting, cost accounting, purchasing, manufacturing, sales, quality, engineering, human resources), which is invaluable while working with customers to improve processes and increase competitive advantage. Other activities beneficial to my understanding and contribution to a business include: Malcolm Baldrige auditing experience, QS-9000 auditor, member of division committee on benchmarking, and a 'tiger team' member with objective to identify and solve systemic issues in one or our business units, et. al. Over 15 years experience in manufacturing industry and recent experience in consumer based training industry.
My experience has prepared me for senior management, consulting, or project management positions in the areas of Information Systems, Organizational Effectiveness, and Training.
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| ERP MANAGER/SAP PROJECT MANAGER |
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Böwe Bell and Howell |
Durham, NC
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04/2004 - present |
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Most recently completed implementation of SAP in role of a co-project manager. Responsibility was as project manager for PP/MM/WM/SD modules, ABAP development and liaison with our outsourcer for Basis support. Also did hands-on work in configuration and some light ABAP programming.
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| Director Enterprise/eBusiness |
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Productivity Point |
Raleigh, NC
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07/2000 - 4/2004 |
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Manager of corporate business systems, which include:
Financial systems,
Purchasing System, Event Scheduling
systems, data exchange with customers,
intranet and Internet site support.
Due to layoffs have also assumed
roles of Analyst, DBA, and programmer.
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| SAP Project/IS Manager |
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TRW, Commercial Steering
Division |
Lafayette, IN
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02/1998 - 07/2000 |
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IS Manager:
Responsibility for Information Systems
department for Division Headquarters
local plant and three remote plants.
The position
reported to the Controller of the
Commercial Steering group.
SAP Project Manager:
My team was composed of representatives
from all of our sites (3) as well
as two
IS people on the core team. My team
had fifteen members and joined the
other
division's team of about the same
number. About 16 consultants/ABAP
programmers.
Modules involved are SD (sales,
shipping), PP (Manufacturing and
Planning),
IM/WM (Inventory Management, Warehouse,
and Purchasing, FI/CO (finance and
costing) and EDI for inbound and
outbound. |
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| QS-9000 Coordinator |
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TRW, Commercial Steering
Division |
Lafayette, IN
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02/1996 - 02/1998 |
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Project Manager for the Divisions effort to gain QS-9000
certification for Division headquarters
and each of the three plants. The
team consisted of plant coordinators,
which lead a local team and a division
headquarters team. I reported to
and my sponsor was the Director
of Quality.
Assumed one of the plant’s coordinators
position when he resigned and worked
with them through some major issues
to gain certification.
Successfully gained certification
for all locations. |
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| Manager Quality System Compliance |
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TRW,
Commercial Steering Division |
Lafayette, IN
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02/1994 - 02/1996 |
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Toward the end of 1994, I was asked to serve on a "Tiger
Team" to investigate some systemic
issues in our Lafayette plant. The
opportunity offered me a chance
to expand my skills and experience
while “living” in the plant environment.
The team identified several areas
needing work, one of which was the
quality system. I was asked to work
with the plant for the next year
and half to address their quality
issues.
· Developed a communication and
tracking method for the plant’s
strategic plans.
· Improved process documentation
system – quality, time to create,
consistency, and usability.
· Training of plant personnel on
process documentation.
· Developed a routing maintenance
system which reduced industrial
engineering processing time in half
(nominated for plant innovation
award).
· Helped the plant to pass a key
customer audit.
· Designed and coded a system for
engineering to enter paint recipe
information which operators used
to select and download data to paint
system. |
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| IS Manager |
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TRW, Commercial Steering
Division |
Lafayette, IN
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11/1988 - 02/1994 |
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Responsibility for Information Systems department for
Division Headquarters local plant
and three remote plants. Reported
to the VP/GM of the Division. Twenty
to twenty-six people have been in
the department of which four to
six reside at remote plants. The
budget for the department is approximately
three million dollars per year.
Business systems utilized an IBM
4381 class mainframe. Areas of responsibility
included: all computerized business
systems, remote communications,
PC systems, EDI, Novell network,
GroupWise email, PBX, voice, video
conferencing and HP UNIX for CAD.
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| Systems Manager |
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TRW, Commercial Steering
Division |
Lafayette, IN
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01/1985 - 11/1988 |
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Responsibilities included the management of the design,
programming, installation, and maintenance
of business system software. Systems
included business areas: planning
and scheduling manufacturing, inventory,
product and manufacturing engineering,
quality, sales, marketing, shipping
and accounting. The position included
management of nine direct and one
indirect employee and reported to
the Manager of Information Systems.
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| Systems Analyst, Programmer |
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TRW, Commercial Steering
Division |
Lafayette, IN
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06/1979 - 01/1985 |
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Responsibilities as Senior Systems Analyst included the
management of manufacturing system
software. The position required
the management of three direct employees
and reported to the Systems Manager.
Also served as Technical Project
manager and Training manager for
ERP implementation. |
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| Teacher and Chairman Math Dept |
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St. Joseph High/Divine
Heart Seminary |
South Bend, IN
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09/1971 - 06/1979 |
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Responsibilities included the teaching of mathematics
and physics, chairman of the math
department, and coaching duties.
Key Accomplishments:
- Design and implementation
of new advanced mathematics
program
- Development of computer center
for the school. I learned about
computers through this experience
- self-taught.
- Wrote a first draft of a textbook
on pre calculus. Used it for
two years in my classes to refine
the content. Left teaching before
I could finish.
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Experience level |
Years |
| AUTHORING TOOL |
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Macromedia Dreamweaver |
Moderate |
1 |
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Macromedia Fireworks |
Moderate |
1 |
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Microsoft FrontPage |
Intermediate |
3 |
| BUSINESS |
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Business
Plan Writing |
Intermediate |
5 |
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Business
Process Analysis and Design
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Expert |
20 |
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Business
Process Reengineering |
Expert |
20 |
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Competitive Analysis |
Intermediate |
5 |
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Forecasting |
Advanced |
15 |
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Inventory Management |
Advanced |
20 |
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Project
Management |
Expert |
10 |
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Quality
Assurance/Control |
Advanced |
5 |
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Workflow
Analysis and Design |
Expert |
20 |
| COMPETENCY |
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Problem
Solving |
Expert |
15 |
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Project
Management |
Expert |
10 |
| CREATIVE ACTIVITY |
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User
Interface Design |
Advanced |
20 |
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Web
Design |
Intermediate |
2 |
| FINANCIAL |
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Budgeting |
Advanced |
15 |
| INFRASTRUCTURE SOFTWARE |
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CA-IDMS
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Intermediate |
10 |
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IBM
MVS |
Moderate |
15 |
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MS-DOS
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Advanced |
20 |
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Microsoft SQL Server (Admin) |
Intermediate |
2 |
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Microsoft Windows 2000 |
Intermediate |
2 |
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Microsoft Windows 98 |
Advanced |
3 |
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Microsoft Windows NT |
Intermediate |
5 |
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Novell
Netware |
Intermediate |
5 |
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SyncSort
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Moderate |
10 |
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UNIX
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Beginner |
3 |
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VSAM
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Moderate |
10 |
| MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION |
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Market
Analysis |
Intermediate |
5 |
| NETWORKING AND SECURITY |
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EDI
(Electronic Data Interchange)
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Intermediate |
10 |
| OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE |
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Microsoft Access |
Advanced |
10 |
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Microsoft Excel |
Advanced |
10 |
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Microsoft Office |
Advanced |
10 |
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Microsoft PowerPoint |
Advanced |
5 |
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Microsoft Project |
Advanced |
5 |
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Microsoft Word |
Advanced |
10 |
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Visio
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Advanced |
6 |
| SOFTWARE |
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Crystal
Reports |
Advanced |
2 |
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Lotus
Notes |
Intermediate |
3 |
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Microsoft Exchange |
Intermediate |
2 |
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Microsoft Outlook |
Intermediate |
2 |
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Novell
GroupWise |
Moderate |
5 |
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SAP
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Moderate |
2 |
| SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT |
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COBOL
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Intermediate |
15 |
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DHTML
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Beginner |
1 |
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GUI
Development |
Advanced |
10 |
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HTML
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Moderate |
2 |
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JCL
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Intermediate |
10 |
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JavaScript |
Beginner |
1 |
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Microsoft Visual InterDev |
Moderate |
1 |
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Microsoft Visual SourceSafe |
Moderate |
1 |
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SQL
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Intermediate |
3 |
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Visual
Basic |
Intermediate |
5 |
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Visual
Basic Script |
Intermediate |
2 |
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XML
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Intermediate |
1 |
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XSL
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Moderate |
1 |
| SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY |
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ADO
(ActiveX Data Objects) |
Moderate |
1 |
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ASP
(Active Server Pages) |
Moderate |
1 |
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ODBC
(Open Database Connectivity)
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Moderate |
2 |
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VBA
(Visual Basic for Applications)
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Intermediate |
3 |
| OTHER |
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Auditing
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Advanced |
5 |
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CAD/CAM
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Intermediate |
10 |
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CRM
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Advanced |
5 |
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Development Life Cycle |
Advanced |
20 |
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ERP
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Expert |
20 |
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Engineering Systems |
Advanced |
20 |
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Event
Scheduling |
Advanced |
2 |
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Lean
Manufacturing |
Intermediate |
5 |
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Order
Management |
Advanced |
20 |
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Purchasing |
Advanced |
20 |
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QS-9000
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Advanced |
3 |
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Quality
Systems |
Advanced |
5 |
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Training
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Expert |
15 |
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| Indiana University |
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Bachelor's, Mathematics
GPA: 3.5 |
Bloomington, IN
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1971 |
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| Indiana University -South |
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Master's, Secondary Education
GPA: 4.0 |
South Bend, IN
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1976 |
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| PMI Certification |
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Successfully Passed PMP Certification Exam 2000
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Lafayette, IN
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2000 |
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PMP Certification |
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| APICS Certification |
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Certification, CPIM
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Lafayette, IN
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CPIM certification |
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| ASQ Certification |
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Certification, CQA CQM
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Lafayette, IN
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Certified Quality Auditor
Certified Quality Manager |
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| Woodworking |
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I
make furniture for my home and friends
specializing in Mission style. |
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| Running |
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Started
running about 3 years ago with the
goal of running in a marathon. |
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Reading |
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I
enjoy reading mostly non-fiction
books such as biographies, mathematics
history, creativity, quality, business.
I also enjoy some fiction such as
Clive Cussler's books. |
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