John is an avid reader, reads physics and mathematics books for pleasure. He is blessed with a wonderful sense of humor.
The following is taken from his resume.


Certified Public Accountant with 20 years of experience in project leadership and development using cutting edge technologies. Proven track record of delivering practical economical system solutions to continually changing business needs in a challenging and uncertain environment.

Three years experience building web based enterprise applications using Java J2EE, XML, Oracle/JDBC, JSP, servlets, BEA Weblogic application server, JBuilder, Vitria, object oriented design using Rational Rose and UML, and Rational Unified Process (RUP).

Sixteen years hands on experience in the development and implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems on a variety of platforms (Unix, HP, IBM, NT, and Dec) and languages (C, Java, Cobol, PL/SQL, and Cognos). Expert in Oracle database technologies. Developed and managed a staff of 5-12 professionals.

EXPERIENCE

Currently with Key Bank, Cleveland, OH

2004 to 2007 Noteworthy Medical Systems Systems Engineer

1-03 to 2004 Compuware Inc. J2EE consultant

1996-2002 BP Oil Company – London UK Senior Developer/Team Leader
Specially selected member of a small elite team of US senior developers expatriated to London in order to work alongside 100+ world class system professionals to develop and enhance BP's enormous bespoke ERP system. Although already installed in 40 countries, the system required significant enhancement in order to handle US business.

Responsible for upgrading the rudimentary, Euro-centric tax and pricing modules to handle the subtle and complex US business scenarios. Analyzed requirements, proposed many innovative and practical solutions, wrote detailed technical specifications, coded and implemented significant and fundamental changes to the system using C/ProC, Oracle, Uniface, and Unix shell scripting.

Seconded to Oracle Corporation for over a year as part of a deal allowing them to develop Oracle Energy Downstream (OED), a marketable integrated application system for the oil business based on BP's bespoke ERP system. Again, I was one of two senior developers handpicked to work alongside Oracle's application developers to generalize the functionality and to change from character based screens to GUI using Oracle tools including Developer 2000, Designer 2000, C/ProC and PL/SQL.

Conceived, obtained business sponsors, designed, and led the development of a J2EE web service to calculate all sales and excise taxes applicable to sales transactions and product movements for 28 different countries accessible by web applications as well as legacy ERP systems. This was one of four "showcase projects" selected by senior management to prove BP's new transformation program, a strategy to integrate BP's ERP with SAP and JD Edwards using J2EE components and Vitria middleware. The strategy addressed the heterogeneous system mix resulting from BP's rapid acquisitions of Amoco, Arco, and Castrol.

Seconded to Commerce One in Ann Arbor, Michigan US for the first phase of this project to function as Senior Developer/Team Leader for a group of five J2EE developers and was the only BP employee on-site throughout this highly visible project. Obtained in-depth experience in building web enabled enterprise applications using Java J2EE, XML, Oracle/JDBC, Unix, JSP, servlets, BEA Weblogic application server, CleareCase, JBuilder, Vitria including custom java connectors, object oriented design using Rational Rose and UML, and Rational Unified Process (RUP).

1986-1995 BP Oil Company – Cleveland, OH Manager Central Accounting Systems
Technical Manager of a staff of 5-12 programmers in development and support of various General Ledgers and assorted front end systems, Fixed Assets, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Sales and Excise Tax, Property Tax, Inventory, and Master Files using a variety of languages and platforms. Hands on experience in all phases of project life cycle throughout this period. Respected by clients for my business insight and by staff for my technical expertise and project management abilities. Ten year record of success which includes:

Promoted to Team Leader of a group of 5 developers for an important project after being an EDP auditor with the company for only one year. This highly unusual advancement was the result of providing findings and recommendations that significantly improved the success of their projects.
Team leader for a large project to migrate mainframe systems acquired by the Gulf acquisition to an HP mini-computer environment in a short period of time. Developed applications using Cobol, Cognos products, and HP Image databases.
Selected to be a member of a special task force commissioned to address inventory control problems. Proposed an automated method for controlling inventory for all of BP as a result.
Recognized as a "fast-tracker" by my performance on the task force, was selected for BP's Corporate Assessment Program which is designed to target individuals for rapid advancement.
Project manager of 10 developers on a huge project to migrate BP's mainframe systems to a new ERP system which was based on the systems we wrote for the Gulf migration. Developed applications on a Dec VAX cluster using Cobol, DCL, Datatrieve, RDB, FMS, and TDMS.
Worked closely with Price Waterhouse to convert General Ledgers and front ends, Fixed Assets, and Accounts Payable systems to the Oracle Financial systems. Defined and developed Business Object universe for users to perform adhoc reporting of financial data.

1984 Standard Oil of Ohio – Cleveland, OH EDP Auditor
Developed EDP audit plans and performed general control reviews, application reviews, and new systems development.

1980-1983 Stokely-Van Camp – Indianapolis IN Internal Auditor
Performed financial and operational audits. Conducted physical inventories. Audited sale of subsidiaries. Performed EDP audits of business application systems.

EDUCATION
1975-1979 Indiana University – Bloomington IN
Bachelor of Science in Accounting.
2001-present University College London (UCL) – London UK
Currently taking night courses for a B.Sc. Physics degree.
OTHER
Dual US and UK citizenship.
Certified Public Accountant.