Oak Lawn Marketing
Oak Lawn Marketing was my door into my corporate IT career. I discovered what it was like to be thoroughly engaged, and see how your actions can directly impact business outcomes. I remember thinking that - I bet had I played team sports in high school I could've learned some of these teambuilding skills, but that's OK because I'm just 26 years old and I get to learn these lessons now.
Extract from my résumé
Oak Lawn Marketing Group Nagoya, Japan April 1999 – March 2001
IT Leader / Database Programmer / Project Manager
Project: IBM AS400 Implementation
In preparation for company's IPO, a requirement to report on sales by shipping rather than orders, implemented an ERP System based on AS400.
- Acted as primary project manager for the acquisition of AS400/ERP System
- Developed New Sales reports based on new logistics requirements (Using AS400 and MS Access)
- Technologies used: MS Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, AS400
Project: DRTV Data Warehouse
Worked to migrate legacy MS Access reporting tools to modern data warehousing tools.
- Developed Data Warehouse and Reporting cube (using MS SQL 7 and Cognos PowerPlay)
- Technologies used: MS SQL 7, Cognos PowerPlay
Project: Expatriate Database and Property Management Database Driven Web Application
Created an easy to navigate real-estate property database for x-pats in Japan, with a backend system for managing existing relocation services clients.
- Acted as primary project manager for the system (Using Excel)
- Provided Application Support Including Bug Fixes (Using PHP and MySQL)
- Technologies used: MS Access, Excel, PHP, MySQL, ODBC