MARCIA J. RIPATTE
941 PALM DRIVE
BELLEAIR BEACH, FLORIDA  33786
727.595.3957
MARCIA@ONSHOREWORKS.COM

PROFESSIONAL
OVERVIEW

         Broad range of information technology experience in the manufacturing and service sectors.� Initial exposure as a computer operator in a cooperative work experience program while attending college.� Accepted increased responsibilities in progressively more complex technical environments with multiple operating systems.

         Twenty years of experience as a business analyst matching business requirements with effective technical solutions for financial and business software.� Analyze existing business processes, establishing business requirements and applying systems evaluation, design and implementation expertise.� Define scope of work and project deliverables.� Develop and document functional specifications, data structure diagrams and program specifications.� Create test plans for quality assurance and integrate finished systems into business processes.� Support go-live implementation activities and perform change management control.

         Project team leader designing and implementing business applications.� Provide technical guidance to team, advise in usage of best practices, guide team work efforts, and coordinate project tasks.� Determine task priorities, resolve issues and document progress for reporting status to upper management.� Estimate work effort and costs.� Establish and track project metrics, actual versus forecast costs and produce project billing.� Setup project help desk.� Select, train and supervise project teams of three to 25 members.

         Experienced application programmer/analyst using business application development life cycle methodologies.� Skilled in midrange and client server application development, design, construction, testing, implementation and review for a wide variety of applications including Order Entry, Invoicing, Inventory, EDI, Shop Floor Control, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, MRP, Credit Returns and Warranty, Fixed Assets and Sales Reporting.� Install software package upgrades and enhancements mapping user requirements to package features.

SKILL
SET

Hardware/OS

         AS/400, UNIX, client/server

         Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP

Software

         DB2, SQL, ODBC, RPG, COBOL, CLP, DDS, ILE.

         MS Office, MS Project, MS Access, MS Powerpoint, Visio.

         HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop, Front Page, Flash and Cold Fusion.

         Lotus Approach, Lotus Notes, Lotus SmartSuite.

         J.D. Edwards, BPCS, MAPICS, KRONOS, SMS, Premenos, EDI

Certification

         Master Certified Internet Webmaster Designer, St. Petersburg College, Clearwater, Florida


EDUCATION

         Bachelor of Business Administration, Nazareth College, Kalamazoo, Michigan

         Associate in Applied Science Degree in Data Processing, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, Michigan

WORK
EXPERIENCE

1/91 to 10/01��������� Senior Consultant, Business Solutions Integration

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young U.S.

Tampa, Florida

 

5/89 to 1/91����������� Programmer/Analyst

BIC Corporation

Clearwater, Florida

 

5/88 to 5/89����������� Senior Programmer Analyst

������������������������������� Aero Technical Services, Inc.

������������������������������� Fort Walton Beach, Florida

 

7/81 to 5/88����������� Lead Programmer

������������������������������� Coachmen Industries, Inc.

������������������������������� Middlebury, Indiana

 

7/80 to 7/81 ���������� Computer Operator, Work Experience Program

������������������������������� Kalamazoo Valley Community College

������������������������������� Kalamazoo, Michigan

 

4/78 to 7/80����������� Quality Assurance Consultant

������������������������������� Health Education Labor Projects, Inc.

������������������������������� Kalamazoo, Michigan

 

11/76 to 4/78��������� Assistant Store Manager

������������������������������� Century Housewares, Inc.

������������������������������� Kalamazoo, Michigan