Russell Burch
Contract Consulting
MIS Outsourcing Opportunities
Will telecommute worldwide
Will commute on-site 1 hour from I-26/I-85 intersection in SC.
Russell Gregory Burch
119 Silverdale Dr
Spartanburg SC 29301
Phone: (864) 576-1702
E-mail: sales@burchadvantage.com
Web : http://www.burchadvantage.com
Synopsis of Experience
He has worked on IBM S/32, S/36, and AS/400 (in RPG environments)
for the life of these machines. This includes all aspects of
computing from enterprise ownership, through management, design,
coding, documenting, training, field installation work, and
automated software distribution, maintenance and change
management systems. Expert in JD EDWARDS One World Payroll
conversions.
Specifically he has:
Over 8 years experience in manufacturing as a Senior
Programmer Analyst on the AS/400.
Some application areas are:
JD Edwards Conversions
MRP, production tracking, bar coding,
receiving, shop floor, shipping, order billing, general
ledger, PC link to host, cost systems, bill-of-materials
sales management and compensation tracking. Wrote a complete
parameter driven inventory management system for Michelin.
Over 12 years experience OWNING and operating a SOFTWARE
business in a vertical market (EDUCATION) on IBM S/34,
IBM S/36, and the AS/400. This included managing from
5 to 25 employees and meeting the needs of over 100
installation sites involved in a wide range of computer
application needs.
Some application areas are:
general ledger, inventory, warehousing, fixed assets,
human resources, payroll, purchasing, payables,
receivables, fund raising, alumni, registration,
grading, scheduling, billing, archiving, permanent
records, transcripts.
At least 5 years experience TEACHING on the high school,
junior college, and college evels in the fields of
mathematics, accounting, economics, and business.
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Work Experience
1998-pres Burch Advantage Computing Moore SC
Founded a new business to provide outsourcing of all MIS functions
Clients:
University of Chicago
Michelin Aircraft Tires
Delta Woodside Industries
Faucette Law Firm
Reeves Brothers
1994-1998 Reeves Brothers, Inc. (R) Spartanburg SC
Senior Programmer Analyst, AS/400
Multi-plant barcode automation
Automated receiving, inventory control, shop floor, shipping
Automated business plan implementation
1992-1994 Allison Manufacturing (A) Albemarle NC
Senior Programmer Analyst, AS/400
Automated MRP and lot tracking with component inventory
Automated the art production tracking system
Implemented prototype costing system
1978-1991 Innovak International (I) Spartanburg SC
Owner, Manager, Founder, S/34, S/36, and AS/400
Expanded customer base from 1 to over 100 sites nationwide.
Designed/coded software for educational vertical market
Managed 5-25 employees in all software areas
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EDUCATION:
Spartanburg High School
Spartanburg SC
1966 graduate
President of Student Body
Co-captain of football team
Best School Citizen
King-Teen Scholarship to Wofford College
US Senate Appointment to United States Naval Academy
Dobson Memorial Trophy (athletics)
Key Club
National Honor Society
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis MD
1966-1968
Mathematics major
Entered via senatorial appointment
Ranked 9th by company commander
Wofford College
Spartanburg SC
A.B., 1970, Honors Graduate
Economics and Business Administration
Distinguished Military Graduate
Offered a Regular Army Commission (same as West Point)
Blue Key Leadership Scholarship
Battalion S-3 for ROTC
Awarded fellowships to several major universities
University of South Carolina
Columbia SC
M.A. 1973
Economics
Fellowship and assistantship financed education
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EXAMPLES OF THE UNIQUE TYPE OF TECHNICAL RESULTS ACHIEVED:
(I) He wrote a system which AUTOMATICALLY creates RPG file
maintenance programs (Which normally would take weeks to
write) from a "screenpaint" & answering questions.
(I) The file maintenance program, once generated, allows the
USER to add his own screens and fields complete with
edits, security by screen and field, & screen sequencing
ability.
(I) The screens thus added by the USER could be done with NO
programming staff, yet the fields are automatically
available on "special purpose" report writers he also
created.
(I) Both the fields the USER added and those that come
standard with the software could be combined in ANY
sequence and displayed on ONE screen and maintained for
all records in a file that met ANY selection criteria.
(I) He produced a reporting system that enabled all report
cards, transcripts, and reports to be COMPLETELY USER
DEFINED. All "report cards" at all sites were printed
by the same program. This included the ability to
print USER created fields and screens.
(I) He produced a general ledger system which allowed the
USER to define his own account tructure including up to
10 account dimensions by which the USER could create
his own financial reports and audits with NO programming
staff.
(I) He developed and implemented a completely automated
software delivery system to support remote sites with
varying degrees of software levels.
(I) He developed a 1-800 Hotline Telephone support system
which was integrated with accounts receivable and
software delivery systems.
(A) He developed a generic "drill-down" RPG and DDS subfile
processor (for inquiry,update, or other user-defined
purposes) which allows multi-tiered views of data and
related processes, such as manufacturing lot tracking
and quality control. This tool reduces the amount of
time it takes (to develop an RPG program) to roughly
20% of normal. The "drill-down" tool allows for
dynamic and in-depth searches and maintenance of
related data bases without exiting programs (a more
natural way of work flow). This tool allows new
powerful functionality additions with a program
change that takes only minutes.
(R) He produced a barcode printing system which will print ANY
label for ANY purpose through the use of USER DEFINED
AS/400 label formats.
(R) He produced an importing system for creating the USER
DEFINED AS/400 barcode label formats by automating the
process from "drawing" the label on a PC to printing the
label from within an AS/400 program. The result being,
for example, that a new customer's barcode shipping label
could be available to print in less than an hour.
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EXAMPLES OF THE TYPE OF BUSINESS RESULTS ACHIEVED:
(I) Automated the production, distribution, and support of
software products for a software company operating in a
vertical market.
(I) Enabled automatic creation of software changes to be
installed at customer sites.
(I) Enabled the tracking of software changes at customer sites
(I) Enabled the auditing of software changes.
(I) Enabled the automatic installation of software changes at
customer sites.
(I) Enabled the diagnosis of problems.
(A) Automated the tracking and management of art production
for a manufacturer of clothing with licensed art screen
printing.
(A) Enabled everyone in manufacturing and sales to know the
status of art production.
(A) Enabled everyone in the art department to comply with
shipping requirements & schedules
(A) Automated the production and utilization of
"prototype models" for costing of "add-ons" to fabric
for garment manufacturing.
(A) Enabled multi-level controls and features for engineering
department.
(A) Enabled the design department to optionally and flexibly
utilize the models.
(A) Automated MRP inquiry & lot tracking with a "drill-down"
view of component inventory
(R) Automated the barcode system in a multi-plant environment
from radio frequency readers to PC's to a host AS/400.
(R) Enabled the automation of receiving, inventory control,
shop floor, and shipping.
(R) Enabled an operator-unattended AS/400 monitoring and
update system with notify capabilities (freeing the
users to do other tasks).
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Member number:2354
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Copyright(c) 1998 Russell Burch and The Software Contractors' Guild,
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Nottingham, NH USA 03290-0257