FRANK A. LONG

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510 San Juan Circle, Ste 3, Anchorage, AK  (907) 230-6955    

Frank_A_Long@hotmail.com

 

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

·         History of successful IT project management

·         Large scale enterprise information systems management

o        Oracle, Deltek Costpoint, SAP, JD Edwards

·         Strong accounting experience and education

 

EDUCATION

Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University

Master’s Degree:        Accounting                  Bachelor’s Degree:     Accounting                    Graduate Emphasis:    Information Systems

 

IT Operations & Projects Manager                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2007 to Present

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation

  • Managed the technical services group for a 1.5 billion dollar corporation
    • Managed the Oracle applications custom development support team
    • Managed the DBA team for both SQL server and Oracle databases
    • Managed the internet development team
    • IT Projects Manager

 

 

IT Operations and Projects Manager                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2003 to 2007

NANA Development Corporation /Anchorage, Alaska

·         IT Management

o                    Developed and implemented change management processes (instance management plan, standards for documentation, user signoffs, scope definitions, functional designs, service authorizations, etc.)

o                    Responsible for the communication of projects’ status to all stakeholders

o                    Negotiated contracts and managed efforts of outside consulting service vendors

o                    Responsible for meeting project deadlines and budgets as well as fiscal year budget forecasting

·         OracleDirected the following projects:

o                    Incorporation of PTO/Vacation accruals into the Payroll system

o                    Implementation of Alaska Workers Compensation regulations into Oracle payroll system

o                    Custom interfaces between A/P, A/R, and HR modules

o                    Negotiation for and implementation of electronic hiring system for HR department.

o                    Implementation of 401K provider change into Oracle system

o        Deltek Costpoint – Project Quality Manager

·         Responsible for initiation and planning phase of project. Developed individual project plans for subsidiary companies that included scope, schedule, cost, communication, HR planning, risk assessment, and procurement.

·         Trained project managers on how to manage their accounting system implementations

·         Managed the business intelligence solutions and consultants for all NANA companies.

 

Consultant                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1999 to 2003

Andersen Consulting/Accenture, Chicago, Illinois

·         SAP Financials– Planned and implemented the incorporation of Alaska Trade and Transport’s accounting system (ISP) into British Petroleum (BP) Alaska’s accounting system (SAP).  Coordinated the handoff of the accounting functions of the personnel from the two departments. Developed MS Access programs to accommodate data conversions

·         MS Access Custom Development- Modified preexisting and created new MS Access solutions to accommodate tracking of capital expenditures and labor allocations for BP Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay Unit

  • SAP Financials– Designed, planned, and implemented the custom SAP solution for BP Alaska’s Payroll/Labor/Time distribution system.  Worked with the client and managed the ABAP development team to create functional designs for electronic interfaces to pass data from Peoplesoft to SAP.  Designed MS Access applications to accommodate data conversion.  Documented and tested the interfaces.  Trained the client to use the new system
  • JD Edwards Financials – Acted as liaison and English / Spanish translator for the Castrol Oil Americas division controller and the Mexico City accounting Staff. Trained the Mexico City Accounting department on month end closing procedures using JDE World product
  • JD Edwards One World Fixed Asset Configuration for myHomeKey.com
  • Created Andersen Consulting’s instruction manual for implementing JDE fixed assets and implemented configuration settings for Andersen’s JDE Fixed Asset Rapid Implementation offering

·         JD Edwards One World Financials Configuration—Configured Accounts Receivable & Fixed Assets for a startup company, Dekor Inc.  Designed & managed the implementation of custom programs to interface the GL & Cash receipts with the POS/Inventory management system (JDA).  Provided client support for JDE Accounts Payable module.  Configured and supported EDI 

·         SAP Materials Management  EDI -- Developed the Shipping notification, Purchase Order Confirmation, & Warehouse Delivery EDI transactions for Nortel Networks. Duties included coding and testing the EDI transactions in the SAP language (ABAP) as well as testing the data maps from the client to customer systems

·         SAP Financials Reports--Reviewed and tested financial reports for Clariant Chemical during their upgrade from SAP version 3.0 to version 4.6.  Additionally, developed a fixed assets accumulated depreciation report that accounted for changes in tax laws over the past decade

 

 

Consultant                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1999 to 1999

Devon Industries, Paducah, Kentucky

  • Created and implemented software to coordinate billing and maintenance of over 600 convenience stores using MS Access
  • Created and implemented a data system interface used to interpret data received from a DTN satellite system, create flat files, and then upload data into applications used for accounts payable and electronic payment processing using Visual Basic
  • Managed EDI implementation between the company and its major vendors           
  • Managed Y2K changeover

 

Information Systems Developer / Flight Instructor                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1995 to 1999

Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah

·         Designed an entire accounting and operations management system for flight schools that operate under special FAA 141 government regulations using MS Access and VB language

·         Flight instruction to students of all level

 

 Corporate Pilot / Applications Development                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1993 to 1995

Devon Industries., Paducah, Kentucky

·         Wrote computer programs to account for maintenance billing of gasoline stations and tracking of maintenance inventory

·         Chief Pilot-- on call 24 hours/day, 7 days / week           

·         Responsible for overseeing upkeep of aircraft 

 

Consultant                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1990 to 1993

Multi-User Systems Independent Consultants, Paducah, Kentucky

·         Designed applications to track daily transactions, accounts receivable, and insurance billing for medical offices

·         Designed software to perform accounting functions for clothing manufacturing and law firms

·         Designed software to perform accounting functions for law offices 

·         Acted as liaison between system developers and end-users

 

INDEPENDENT

WORK EXPERIENCE:       

·         Led a team to create a managerial reporting suite that interfaced with an ERP manufacturing system  (BPCS)

·         Created a human resources program to administer and evaluate employee opinions concerning their work environment

·         Managed the design and partial implementation of a reservation and ticketing system for a small airline using SQL server and MS Access

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE:     

·         Volunteer work: Lima, Peru from 1988 to 2000 (Became bilingual Spanish/English)

·         Church accountant:  Anchorage, Alaska from 2003 to present – managed the handling of cash, expenditures, and membership records

·         Real estate acquisition and property management