John S. Hill
jshill@pobox.com


Summary:  IT professional with 20 years of experience, the last 6 years on SAP projects emphasizing integration aspects.  Wide ranging design and programming experience in banking, insurance, retail, and manufacturing applications. Broad background in systems analysis, design  and construction.  In-depth experience with various hardware, software, and operating systems. Proven ability in management of technical and professional staff. Demonstrated skill in oral and written communication.

Technical Expertise: SAP R/3 Versions 4.6B 3.1H and 2.2G, ABAP, DB2, COBOL, Programming, Analysis, Design 
Familiarity with: BDC, EDI, ALE, IDOCS, UNIX, RFC, CATT

November 2000 - December 2001: Independent Consultant, FMC
ABAP Developer
Wrote the following progams:
- Net Analysis Using pricing conditions, net pricing was reported by customer / invoice.
- Open Receivables / Open Payables Reports with drill downs to source documents
- Project Management Reports similiar to SAP provided reports with additional drill down capablilities
Performed maintenance on various reports including: modifying SAPScript Forms for Invoicing and Pick List, User Exits for customer related fields, Performance tuning of various reports

October 1999 - October 2000: Independent Consultant,  Atofina
SAP R/3  Version 2.2G to Version 4.6B Conversion

Converted various ABAP programs and sub-systems to the new release including railcar management and portions of the variant configurator. Exposure to SD, MM modules.

March 1995 - October 1999: Independent Consultant,  Atofina

Constructed Railcar sub-system  to interface to  third party vendor for railcar fleet management and tracking. This included creation of tables, UNIX files and interactive reports.
Designed and programmed a Sales Extract sub-system  for a subsidiary which included new and changed sales orders.
Designed Material characteristics sub-system to support variant configurator simulator which included creation of new tables. Wrote the update programs and coordinated the usage of the tables by other applications.
Maintained and enhanced  various financial interfaces from legacy to SAP including budgets, costing and G/L summary information using BDC sessions.
Participated in the implementation of an 810 EDI transaction  using Mentor in a UNIX environment.
Designed and programmed various programmer utilities.
Exposure to SD, MM, FI and CO  functional areas.

March 1994 - March 1995: SmithKline Beecham

Successfully designed and programmed a Sales Reporting system which determined the bonuses of the Sales Force. This was programmed using DB2 and Cobol  and used data supplied from a third party vendor.

1993-1994: Independent Consultant,  Sun Company
Facilitator for  project management team during a large scale implementation of  DBS GL system. Constructed various extract programs from DBS GL System
including the Journal History process.


1992-1993: Independent Consultant, ELF Atochem
Implemented programs to enhance DBS AP System including direct deposit and 
intercompany  balancing. 
1992:  Independent Consultant, Mellon Bank
Wrote conversion programs for the Installment Loan System of bank being 
taken over by another bank. 
1985-1991: Independent Consultant, Arco Chemical
 Disaster / Recovery Coordinator. Created the Information Services 
Contingency Plan and selected software for maintenance of the Plan. 
Negotiated the Hotsite Contract and performed tests at the Hotsite. Made 
numerous enhancements and modifications to American Software's Material 
Management System. Designed data base and reports for new Material Purchase 
system; developed daily, monthly cycle update programs.  Coordinated 
Hazardous Communications system testing between different geographic 
locations on existing communications package.  Structured Order processing 
system reports for a multi-company environment; generated reports for 
products which crossed company boundaries. 
1983-1985:  Independent Consultant, Pennsylvania Blue Shield
Technical Coordinator of eight systems professionals for Payable and 
Control System Expansion (PACSE).  Acted as primary customer liaison. 
Developed, coordinated, and implemented software releases. Performed DBA 
functions. 
 Designed, constructed, and implemented batch and online efforts for the 
Table Maintenance subsystem of the financial reimbursement application. 
Supervised the efforts of two programmers; designed all user reports. 
Recent SAP 4.x Training 
CA610 - CATT
WT520 - Performance Tuning
D40AW - Delta ABAP Workbench
CA960 - Customizing and Transport
CA210 - EDI Interface
CA910 - Application Link Enabling
BC621 - SAP IDOC Interface