Dennis Warn

Newberg, OR

currently: Open for projects


Answers from Dennis

What kind of job are you looking for?

I am seeking a position to use the skill set and natural abilities that I possess as a software designer and developer in the Portland, OR area.

I have architected, designed and developed Oracle database systems for 10+ years using Oracle Designer and Developer (Forms and Reports) and PL/SQL
as stored procedures, functions and packages. I have also designed and developed SAP R/3 reports for 4+ years and SAP BW systems for 1+ years. I have with MM, SD, FI and HR SAP modules.

I have been a software manager, designer and developer experienced in the creation of new applications and their support though their life-cycle. I have established a good reputation as a problem-solver, analyst and innovator while serving as a manager, lead and team player. Having a skill set that gives me a system view and module knowledge has produced successful projects using many development environments.
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Work history

Countrywide Financial August 2006 to the present
Software Designer/Developer - Contractor

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How would you describe your time at Countrywide Financial?

Software analyst and developer. Creating periodic reports and on-line quick look capability for upper management.
* Create periodic reports using SQL Server, MS Access, Excel and PowerPoint. Reports present upper management with table data and graphical representation of company financial trend
analysis for volume and risk.
* Designing an on-line quick look capability for upper management to access trends with drill-down functionality.
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Monsanto (formerly Seminis Vegetable Seeds November 1998 to March 2006
Software Designer/Developer

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How would you describe your time at Monsanto (formerly Seminis ...?

Software architect, lead, analyst and developer. Created major systems necessary to the management of company assets and products worldwide. Served as a technical bridge between the SAP and the Oracle systems within IT department.
* Updated and enhanced the Resource Management System using an
Oracle database and PL/SQL packages that created dynamic HTML code to manage employee data.
* Designed and developed the COVAR system by leading, designing and developing to manage the product description repository and life-cycle promotion system used worldwide by our breeders, sales force, product managers and others. The system is implemented using an Oracle database systems using Oracle 9i, PL/SQL packages, procedures and functions, with Oracle Forms and Reports and Excel on the web. Interfaced with end users to define upgrades and related requirements to development team. Created the functional specification to document the interrelationships of the database elements.
* Provided strategic, analytic, operational and tactical information toward the best design.
* Implemented many conversion packages to import legacy data into new SAP Oracle database.
* Experienced with SAP ABAP Reports and Dialogs. SAP modules include MM, SD, FI and HR. Created User-Exits, developed using ALV, and performed performance tuning.
* Created SAP BW systems: data extractions, translation and loading (ETL) using infoObjects and infoSources into infoCubes and ODSs to gather data from many in-house systems for integrated reporting. Gathered master and transitional data into Star schema database.
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western data systems May 1996 to November 1998
Software Designer/Developer

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How would you describe your time at western data systems?

Oracle database software designer, analyst, developer and integrator. Technical lead for development team.
* Designed, developed and integrated an Oracle 7.0 RDBMS-based contract management system as part of a team. Interfaced with users and management to create the functional specification
from which the development team implemented the system.
* Architected, designed and documented the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) with two other leads, which was an expansion of CompassCONTRACT, the main WDS product. Technical lead with two others for a group of 30 software developers. Design was performed using Oracle Designer 2000 and the development using Oracle Developer 2000 (Forms and Reports).
* Provided strategic, analytic, operational and tactical information toward the best design.
* Augmented the system with many stored packages, procedures and functions written in PL/SQL.
* Developed printer interface using C language in support of SCMS.
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ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS May 1995 to February 1996
Software Designer/Developer

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How would you describe your time at ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT CONC...?

Software designer, developer and integrator.
* Managed the enhancement and customer support of the US Navy NEXTSTEP SADS application developed while with ManTech.
* Developed SADS as a graphical display system utilized for planning a naval exercise to aid in planning, conducting and
reconstructing the exercise.
* Normalized input to SADS system by developing an Ethernet interface using TCP/IP protocol to receive data from many sources and processing the data using a multi-threaded architecture.
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mantech international February 1988 to April 1995
Software Manager/Developer

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How would you describe your time at mantech international?

Managed development team, designed and developed mission-critical software and acted as liaison with the customer.
* Built and managed a team of five to six developers and interfaced with the civil service personnel to deliver software system with necessary functionality ensuring the Mobile Sea
Range (MSR) could perform their duties. Created the functional specification from which the team implemented the system.
* Architected, designed, developed, implemented and served as customer support of the US Navy's Strategic At-sea Display System (SADS) created to provide for safe open-ocean live fire naval operations.
* Provided strategic, analytic, operational and tactical information toward the best design.
* Successfully used the system prototype in an at-sea exercise less than three months from startup because of good planning, use of CS strategies and the leverage of the NEXTSTEP development environment.
* Developed system with Objective-C, enforcing an object-oriented design. The display system is used to plan a naval test scenario including: pre-exercise, exercise, and post-exercise functionality.
* Participated with team members in the support of MSR personnel as they deployed every four to six months for naval exercises.
* Implemented last-minute, admiral-driven functional requirements prior to commencement of the exercise meeting defined requirements.
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Education

california lutheran university September 1972 to June 1974
MBA in Business

How would you describe your time at california lutheran university?

Earned an MBA at resident center at Pt. Mugu
university of la verne September 1970 to June 1972
Math

How would you describe your time at university of la verne?

Major in Math at resident center at Pt. Mugu

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