Professional Background
Mr. Savage is an Independent Consultant with significant experience in the planning, design, development and implementation of business information systems.  He has developed and applied his knowledge in the utilities, medical, chemical manufacturing and distribution, and consumer products industries. With an educational and professional background in the field of Information Technology, Mr. Savage possesses the analytical and technical skills necessary to provide business solutions combined with a firm understanding of the necessary requirements to productively and effectively implement business applications.  Mr. Savage has held positions with responsibilities ranging from individual contributor to project leader on major projects. In addition to his full time responsibilities, Mr. Savage taught college level classes relating to computer information systems.  Mr. Savage has proven knowledge of strategic systems planning, software evaluation and selection, process evaluation and design, system development and configuration, integration testing, education and training, implementation planning and execution, and post systems implementation enhancements and support.  
In the more recent years of his career, Mr. Savage has played critical roles on successful implementations of the SAP R/3 application software.  He has extensive experience in the functional areas of Production Planning and Materials Management.  In addition, Mr. Savage has varying levels of experience and knowledge with SOP, LTP, Flexible Planning, DM, MRP, ATP, Production Execution, Procurement, Subcontracting, Inventory Management, Batch Management, Sales and Distribution, Finite Scheduling, WM, and Logistics Execution.  From a non-functional perspective, Mr. Savage has an excellent understanding of landscape requirements for project development and support and useful knowledge of tools and transactions within the ABAP Workbench. 

Employment History

Independent SAP Consultant         2006 - Prsnt
Perot Systems â?“ Senior Consultant  2005 â?“ 2006
Ashland Inc. â?“ Sys. Analyst, Sys. Engineer, Sr. Sys. Engineer, Project Manager    1989 â?“ 2005
Lexington Community College â?“ Part Time Instructor   1996 - 1999
The Compucare Company/St. Joseph Hospital â?“ Systems Analyst   1987 â?“ 1988
Kentucky Utilities Company â?“ Programmer Analyst   1986 â?“ 1987



Professional SAP R/3 Implementation Experience

Consumer Products in Printing Industry, Sidney, NY	Nov 2006 - Psnt 
As an independent consultant, Mr. Savage was chartered with evaluating and reengineering planning strategies, ATP configuration, and overall business processes in this MTO and MTS environment as part of a sustainability project started six months after the initial SAP go-live.  This facility is one of Mead-Westvacoâ?™s largest manufacturing facilities generating over $600 million in revenue and operating up to defined 150 work centers.  Mr. Savage resolved inconsistencies between the forecasts in APO/DP and R/3â?™s DM as well as ATP confirmation issues related to finished good materials used in the manufacturing process for kits and displays.  He assisted with the blueprinting and configuring an ATO strategy for the MTO business and continues to provide configuration, testing, documentation and user training.

Metals Fabrication and Distribution, Omah, NE	Oct  2006 - Nov, 2006 
As a consultant for Perot Systems, Mr. Savage was PP team lead in the two month blueprinting phase of a discrete MTO and MTS production environment for Owen Industries.  In this short time frame, Mr. Savage was defined and documented all business process scenarios related to planning and manufacturing.  In addition, he defined all work centers, shifts, shift sequences and field parameter values relevant to work centers, work center formulas, routings, standard values, and BOMs.  

Consumer Product Components in Media Industry,  IL, KY	May 2006 - Sep, 2006 
As a Senior Consultant for Perot Systems, Mr. Savage provided training, readiness testing and go-live support for a successful July 1 go-live of 4 plant locations for Mead-Westvaco.  Responsibilities included process review, documentation development, user training, readiness testing, and go-live support for this fast paced MTO printing business with 1 to 2 day turn around from point of sales order entry to sales order delivery.  Mr. Savage was the primary go-live support of planning and production for the Louisville facility.  Other areas of support included procurement, subcontracting, sales and distribution, and process tuning.   

Metals Manufacturing, Fabrication and Distribution, Warren, OH	Dec., 2005 â?“ April, 2006 
As a Senior Consultant for Perot Systems, Mr. Savage served on project team chartered to identify, develop and implement system improvements in areas related to production planning for the Corus Groupâ?™s Thomas Steel Strip division.  The primary focus was on integration points between SAP, a custom legacy shop floor application, and an external planning application.  Mr. Savage provided analysis, design specification documentation for technical staff, configuration, development support, testing, training and implementation support. 

Granular Activated Carbon Manufacturer, Pittsburgh, PA	Oct., 2005 â?“ Nov., 2005
As a Senior Consultant for Perot Systems, Mr. Savage served as a member of a project team responsible for a isolating a segment of the companyâ?™s business within the SAP R/3 4.6B environment in preparation for a divestiture of a business segment for Calgon Carbon Corp.  This was accomplished through the creation of a new company code.  Mr. Savage was responsible for configuring and testing the Materials Management and Production Planning areas.  The comprehensive configuration requirements were from definition and assignments of the highest level of organizational objects down to the shop floor control areas of the IMG in a repetitive manufacturing environment.

Ashland Inc, Columbus, OH	Apr., 2004 â?“ Aug., 2005
Mr. Savage served as an employee and member of a project team responsible for a global implementation of the primary SAP R/3 modules for a $6 billion leading supplier and distributor of chemicals, plastics, and composite materials serving industries including automotive, adhesives, composites, metal casting, merchant marine, paint, paper, plastics, watercraft and water treatment.  The project was designed to facilitate the consolidation of multiple independent divisions, and operations within the chemical sector into a single company using SAP R/3 4.7 Enterprise.   The project followed the ASAP implementation methodology in of which Mr. Savageâ?™s primary responsibilities lay in the areas of Production Planning and Production Execution.
Mr. Savage developed and presented, to senior staff, the process designs and functional designs related to SOP, LTP, DM, MRP, and Production Execution (Production Planning for Process Industries) during the blue print phase of the project.  In the realization phase, Mr. Savage configured, tested, and developed Business Process Procedures (BPPs) and batch jobs for these areas.  Mr. Savage developed support documentation and procedures for user training material.  Additionally, Mr. Savage supported other team members in the development of Batch Management, Inventory Management, Master Data and Finite Scheduling.  With a solid understanding of product costing, logistics execution, and master data, Mr. Savage played an integral role in integration testing on this project.
     
Ashland Inc./Valvoline Inc. , Lexington, KY	Jan., 2000 â?“ Mar., 2004
Mr. Savage was actively involved in the complete life cycle of a SAP R/3 implementation for a $1.3 billion leading marketer, distributor and producer of branded automotive and industrial products and services.   This division was a component of a $6 billion leading supplier and distributor of chemicals, plastics, and composite materials. 
Using the ASAP implementation methodology for implementing the 4.6B version of R/3, Mr. Savage was primarily responsible for MM with secondary responsibilities in area of PP-PI. He designed and developed an Access database that was used as the repository and cleansing tool for the master data.  Mr. Savage performed configuration, testing, and documentation in areas related to Purchasing, Subcontracting, Consignment, Inventory Management, Production Execution (PP-PI), and Logistics Execution.    
Mr. Savage provided support for the 15 plant go-live.  The production facility in Houston, TX, the location where Mr. Savage resided at go-live, was later used as a model for best practices for the other facilities.  Mr. Savage developed best practice documentation and implemented these procedures across the other plants during the stabilization phase that followed go-live. 
Mr. Savage provided continued support for this implementation through individual contributions as well as management of direct staff and pooled resources.  Mr. Savage played an integral role in upgrading the system to 4.7 Enterprise.  

Professional Systems Implementation Experience

Ashland Inc./Valvoline Inc., Lexington, KY	Jan., 1989 â?“ Dec., 1999
Mr. Savage succeeded in a wide variety of increasingly responsible systems implementation positions for a $1.3 billion leading marketer, distributor and producer of branded automotive and industrial products and services.  This division was a component of a $6 billion leading supplier and distributor of chemicals, plastics, and composite materials.
Mr. Savage served on many teams and committees to direct the divisionâ?™s information systems.  He was greatly involved in the ERP software evaluation and selection process to replace the legacy Order Management, Product Costing and Inventory Management and Production systems.  He helped to guide the RFID solution mandated by Wal-Mart.   In addition, Mr. Savage prepared and presented cost benefit analysis studies on procuring and implementing a WMS for the automotive division and a combination of both the automotive division and the $3.2 billion chemical distribution division.
Mr. Savage was the Project Manager on a successful Y2K project for the divisionâ?™s 15 production and warehouse facilities.  He led the team to ensure Y2K preparations were completed for the divisionâ?™s legacy Inventory Management and Production system which was named VIPS.  Tasks included modifications to the inventory applications, interfaces, remote servers, and desktop operating systems.
Mr. Savage was heavily involved in the full life cycle of the divisionâ?™s Inventory Management and Production system which was called VIPS.  Mr. Savage participated in the design, development, and implementation of the system and later became the Project Manager responsible for system support involving software enhancements and hardware infrastructure.  This system was a client server design using COBAL, CICS, DB2 and OS/2.   Mr. Savage later led the team to convert the system from OS/2 servers and workstations to NT servers and Windows 3.x workstations.  Other significant enhancements, included the development of cycle counting, VMI, dial-up access by facilities without servers, Token Ring to Ethernet conversion, and implementation in subcontracting locations. 
As a Systems Engineer, Mr. Savage played a critical role in the divisionâ?™s EDI project by developing the programs to evaluate and create customer orders from inbound trading partner data primarily using ANSI X12 mapping rules.
 As a development team member of the divisionâ?™s Order Management System project, Mr. Savage developed the interface between the mainframe and the 3270 emulation software used to print shipping documents at the remote distribution facilities.  

Compucare Inc./ St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY	Jun., 1996 â?“ Dec., 1988
As a Systems Analyst, Mr. Savage performed systems development and support for the St. Joseph hospital in Lexington, KY.  He led an interface development between the Patient Index system and the Patient Bed Control system.  Mr. Savage was responsible for maintaining the Patient Bed Control system and the Pharmacy system.  He also developed a Radiology Information Systems. In addition, Mr. Savage made enhancements to the accounting systems in the areas of discharge receivables and bad debt accounts.  These systems were developed using COBOL, CICS, and various random access and sequential files. 

Kentucky Utilities, Lexington, KY	 Jan., 1986 â?“ May, 1987
Mr. Savage was a member of the project development team to develop and implement the customer information system.  His responsibilities included the customer bill calculation in the batch environment and the cash deposit and balancing portion of the on-line environment. The system was developed using COBOL, CICS, and IMS. 

Other Professional Experience

Lexington Community College, Lexington, KY	 Jan., 1996 â?“ Dec., 1999
Mr. Savage held a position as a Part-Time Instructor at the Lexington Community College.  The courses taught by Mr. Savage included Database Manage Systems and Introduction to Computer within the Computer Information Systems curriculum.  Emphasis was placed on the relational database design model with concepts and skills applied using MS Access. 

Education

Mr. Savage is a graduate of the Eastern Kentucky University.  He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration majoring in Computer Information Systems in 1985. 
Mr. Savage has taken SAP-provided training courses in the R/3 system that include MM Configuration, Procurement, Inventory Management, WM, MRP, SOP/Flexible Planning, LIS Reporting, Finite Scheduling, Production Execution, Master Data, Process Industries, and Sales and Distribution.