Resume

Darren Ricciardi

EXPERIENCE 2/2002 - Present

Advanced Logistics Consulting

Denver CO
  Senior Director, Technical Development
  Technical Consulting and technical project leadership.  Research & Development and problem solving to meet customers needs.  Current tasks build upon the foundation laid by previous employment responsibilities.  Projects include enhancements to Pick Pack & Ship, Advanced Warehouse, Transportation, Advanced Pricing, Inventory, Sales, Preference Profile. Projects also have included Real-Time Web Site Interfaces, Performance Increase Modifications, and Windows Programming with the OneWorld API.

 

  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 develops software outside of and beyond the scope of the OneWorld 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
Consulting for JDEdwards software products OneWorld and World. Technical Project Leader for Baxter Perfusion Services.

Lead technical consulting team in the implementation and 'go-live' of JDEdwards' OneWorld ERP software at Baxter Perfusion Services. Played pivotal roll as a resource for nearly all software correction, modification and enhancement. Prevented the entire project from suffering excessive delay and loss of revenue.


4/1997 - 11/1998 JDEdwards Consulting Costa Mesa, CA
Senior Technical Consultant
Provided technical assistance, analysis and programming solutions across multiple platforms, AS/400 World and PC based OneWorld. Environs include AS/400, HP9000, x86 NT. Databases include DB/400, Access, Oracle, SQL. 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 initial implementation of JDEdwards' OneWorld ERP software. Advised client 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 OneWorld implementation at Clarion Inc. Critiqued software development and advised PWC on development standards and software enhancements. Wrote additional custom modules to assist PWC. Involvement insured the project completed on-time and on-budget.


7/1993 - 4/1997 JDEdwards Corporate Development Denver CO
Programmer/Analyst
Specialized in Distribution Software development, specifically Sales Order Processing and Advanced Pricing.

One World: 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 OneWorld application authoring tools (OneWorld 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 old 'AS/400 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 it's continued growth, maintenance and consistency of quality. Worked under extremely high pressure and tight deadlines. Completed each phase of the project on time. 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 'AS/400 World' software product. Worked under very aggressive project schedule. Wrote more than 30,000 lines of code in less than 6 months to meet deadlines. Insured the product's integrity and consistency of quality. Wrote numerous documents and designs that insured the continued growth of the product. Garnered experience with multiple products within the JDEdwards' Distribution suite. 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

  1/2002- present Regis University US-CO-Denver
  Graduate Degree in progress
  Master of Computer Information Systems

SKILLS Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience
OneWorld Application Development Expert Currently used 6 years
OneWorld UBE Development Expert Currently used 6 years
OneWorld BSFN Development Expert Currently used 6 years
C Programming Expert Currently used 6 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 6 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.