FRANK
A. LONG
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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
Master’s Degree: Accounting Bachelor’s Degree: Accounting Graduate Emphasis: Information Systems
IT Operations & Projects
Manager 2007 to Present
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
IT Operations and Projects Manager 2003 to 2007
NANA Development
Corporation /
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IT Management
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Developed and implemented change management
processes (instance management plan, standards for documentation, user signoffs,
scope definitions, functional designs, service authorizations, etc.)
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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
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Oracle – Directed the
following projects:
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Incorporation of
PTO/Vacation accruals into the Payroll system
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Implementation of
Alaska Workers Compensation regulations into Oracle payroll system
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Custom interfaces
between A/P, A/R, and HR modules
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Negotiation for and
implementation of electronic hiring system for HR department.
o
Implementation of
401K provider change into Oracle system
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Deltek Costpoint –
Project Quality Manager
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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.
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Trained project
managers on how to manage their accounting system implementations
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Managed the business
intelligence solutions and consultants for all NANA companies.
Consultant 1999 to 2003
Andersen
Consulting/Accenture,
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SAP Financials–
Planned and implemented the incorporation of Alaska Trade and Transport’s
accounting system (ISP) into British Petroleum (BP)
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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
· 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
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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
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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,
Information Systems Developer / Flight Instructor 1995 to 1999
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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
· 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
Multi-User Systems
Independent Consultants,
· 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:
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Led a team to create a managerial reporting suite
that interfaced with an ERP manufacturing system (BPCS)
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Created a human resources program to administer
and evaluate employee opinions concerning their work environment
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Managed the design and partial implementation of
a reservation and ticketing system for a small airline using SQL server and MS
Access
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Church accountant:
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Real estate acquisition and property management