MATT DEAN

Applications Consultant
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About MATT DEAN

Mr. Matt Dean is a Purdue University graduate with over 15 years professional consulting experience helping companies implement complex large scale custom software system projects. He is a hands on technical manager with the ability to mentor staff and share with them real world approaches to solving business problems through the use of Information Technology. Mr. Dean is known for his breadth of knowledge from legacy mainframe systems to modern programming environments and platforms. Prior to the year 2000 he founded a company that produced a programming language and reverse engineering tools that helped thousands of companies around the world mitigate the impact of Y2K. He has been an employee of high-caliber firms like Price Waterhouse and ADP-GSI. It was through working on substantial projects throughout the United States and Canada that he was able to develop a keen work ethic and a strong business accum. Below you will find a list of projects that Mr. Dean has been involved with and the technologies that were used.

1993 - Customer Information System/Commercial Power Billing Project

  • Designed and developed billing programs for co-generation, Power Authority State of New York, and Hourly Pricing during a Power Billing System Implementation at Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation in Syracuse, NY.
  • Conducted Joint Application Development sessions with users, analyzed tariffs and hourly billing calculations to develop the design for the Hourly Integrated Pricing programs.

    Technologies Used 

    DB2 CICS JCL COBOL CLIST File-Aid Xpediter Strobe VSAM dBASE MVS

     
     
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    1994 - Customer Information System/Billing System Project(s)

  • Programmed Billing and Service Order modifications during a Billing System Implementation at Piedmont Natural Gas in Charlotte, NC.
  • Developed client-server programming components during a CIS Implementation at South Carolina Electric and Gas.

    Technologies Used

    DB2 CICS JCL COBOL CLIST File-Aid Xpediter Strobe VSAM dBASE MVS

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    1995 - Customer Information System/Billing System Project(s)

  • Audited and assisted in technical programming areas during a CIS Implementation at Consolidated Natural Gas in Cleveland, OH.
  • Led a 6-member data conversion team and conducted Joint Application Development sessions with users during a CIS Implementation project for Consumers Natural Gas in Toronto Canada.
  • Re-write of high volume bulk faxing Clipper application for Parafax.

    • Technologies Used

    DB2 CICS JCL VSAM COBOL Sybase Powerbuilder Clipper AIX MVS

     
     
       
     1996 - Data Center and Applications Outsourcing Project(s)
  • Migration and data conversion of client systems to companies during corporate buyouts.
  • Development of sophisticated interfaces between Unix and IBM Mainframe systems.

    Technologies Used

    DB2 AIX Informix SunOS Solaris C/SQL X Windows/Motif C Shell Bourne Shell AWK

     

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     1997 - Data Center and Applications Outsourcing Project(s)
  • Informix Database installation, configuration, and tuning for clients.
  • Management of contract programming resources.
  • Applications development and maintenance of C/C++ Motif systems.

    Technologies Used

    DB2 AIX Informix SunOS Solaris C/SQL X Windows/Motif C Shell Bourne Shell PeopleSoft

     


    DESKWARE
     
    1998 - Founded Y2K Start-up Company

  • Co-Founder of Deskware, Inc.
  • Designed the CobolScript programming language - U.S. Patent & Trademark #: 2407077-75599013.

    Technologies Used

    C Visual C++ Lex/Yacc Linux FreeBSD AIX SunOS IRIX CobolScript

     
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    DESKWARE

    1999 - Founded Y2K Start-up Company

  • Developed, marketed, and sold a COBOL reverse engineering tool - VACE.
  • Licensed technology to companies involved in legacy COBOL maintenance.
  • Developed interfaces from legacy insurance data sources to QuoteSmith.com's web system. The first company to sell insurance via the Internet.

    Technologies Used
    C Visual C++ Lex/Yacc Linux FreeBSD AIX SunOS IRIX CobolScript

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    2000 - Fuels Management System, Financial Systems Upgrade

  • Developed Coal Quality Adjustment Reporting during the implementation of the Energy Softworx Fuels Management System. These reports and data warehouse interfaces are adjustments on over $1 Billion dollars worth of fuels contracts annually at the TVA.

  • Programmed custom modifications during the upgrade of the TVA's Walker Financials System. I was responsible for coding/testing modifications to the Check-writing, Purchasing, Receipts, and Fuels Invoicing modules. Also worked on interfaces from the TVA to the US Treasury.

    Technologies Used
    COBOL Assembler DB2 Oracle PL/SQL BMC Utilities MVS ASP MS Access Walker Financials 

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     2001 - Supply Chain System Implementation
  • Managed the TVA's reporting team during the implementation of the Indus PassPort Supply Chain system and conversion from numerous in-house legacy systems. Developed reports to balance the real-time inventory system to the corporate G/L system (FERC 154).
    Technologies Used
    COBOL DB2 Oracle PL/SQL BMC Utilities ReportSmith MVS Indus PassPort

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     2002 - Custom Software Development Project(s)
  • Development of custom Java software to track Dam Safety instrumentation data for all of the TVA's Dams. Converted data from hundreds of spreadsheets and other data sources to create a consolidated data source for instrumentation data and a single application for engineers to use to maintain, manipulate, graph, and export data.
  • Custom Java software development and implementation of a Nuclear Work Planning system for the TVA's Browns Ferry Nuclear Restart project. Reduced work-plan creation time from 25hrs to 7hrs per work-plan.
    Technologies Used

    Java J2EE SP Sitraka Adobe FDF Toolkit  Oracle PL/SQL ANT Websphere

     

     

    • Privately Held

    Corporation

     2003 - Custom Software Development Project, B2B Project(s)

  • Development of a custom Shipping/Logistics system to interface with GE's SupplierNet Electronic Packing Slip system via the Internet.
    Technologies Used
    MS SQL Server VB.NET XML

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    Privately Held

    Corporation

     2004 - Receiving Systems Project, Bar-Coding, Wireless Scan Guns

  • Worked with all steel suppliers to bring their current bar-coding standards on-board and implement a Raw Material Receiving and Notification system.
    Technologies Used
    MS SQL Server VB.NET Intermec IPL Symbol Crystal Reports
     

      

    Privately Held

    Corporation

     2005 - Pricing Systems Project, AIAG Bar-Coding, Bar-Coding, Wireless Scan Guns

    Implementation of AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group) compliant bar-coding to enable new business with Alabama automotive customers.
  • Development of a custom Steel Purchasing system with market price guides established by management quarterly for buying various types of steel.
  • Worked with all steel suppliers to bring their current bar-coding standards on-board and implement a Raw Material Receiving and Notification system.
    Technologies Used
    MS SQL Server VB.NET Intermec IPL Symbol Crystal Reports
     

     

      

                                    Privately Held Corporation

     2006 - Supply Chain System and G/L Interfaces, Custom Software Systems Project(s)

  • Consulted during the Indus PassPort Supply Chain system upgrade, specifically in the area of reporting and balancing the real-time inventory system to the G/L.

  • Development of a Raw Material, WIP, and Finished Goods tracking system that uses wireless Radio Frequency scan-guns.
    Technologies Used

    MS SQL Server VB.NET Intermec IPL Symbol Crystal Reports Indus PassPort COBOL DB2

     

      

    Privately Held Corporation

     2007 - EDI Interfaces and B2B Project(s)

  • Development of custom Internet based EDI interfaces with companies like GE, Frigidaire, Whirlpool, Copeland, and Carrier for the exchange of order requirements and advanced shipping notifications.
    Technologies Used
    MS SQL Server VB.NET XML Crystal Reports     

     

     

    Privately Held

    Corporation

    2008 - MRP and Floor Planning Project(s)

  • Development of a Materials Requirements Planning system that utilizes real-time Raw Material, WIP, and Finished Goods levels to increase inventory turns and reduce inventory on the floor.
    Technologies Used

    MS SQL Server VB.NET Intermec IPL Symbol Crystal Reports

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    2009 - Project Manager for Mainframe Sunset Projects

  • Project Manager for the Mainframe Sunset Project supporting the IBM Maximo Supply Chain and Work Management Implmenetation Project at the Tennessee Valley Authority.

  • Responsible for managing several project teams tasked with rehosting Mainframe applications. These project teams migrate systems to Unix platforms with Oracle databases as well as develop new Informatica interfaces to feed data to and from these systems.

    • Oracle PL/SQL Informatica

     

    “I personally worked with Matt on this project and found his work excellent. Great guy to work with. Skip Stein”

     

    November 23, 2005

    Skip Stein
    worked directly with Matt at ADP-GSI

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

    “Matt is an exceptional engineer who has the uncanny ability to make the difficult look simple. Matt is also a technology visionary who possesses a strong strategic and entrepreneurial streak. I’d be hard pressed to name someone whom I would count on more to help ensure a technical project's strategic and tactical success.”

     

    September 25, 2005

    Chris Berkin

    worked directly with Matt at Price Waterhouse, Public Utilities Group

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

    “Matt worked for me for five years. He had leadership roles in a number of large scale implementation projects we conducted for TVA. He also was a key developer in many custom system development projects. Matt is a self-starter, independent worker, valued team member, and major contributor. I highly recommend Matt.”

     

    May 29, 2009

    George Farris , President , Package Software Associates, Inc.
    managed Matt at Package Software Associates