Bob Garrett

Current

COO at JGPHL
CEO at Garrett Consultants

Past

VP Business Development at ISE Global
Oracle Solutions Product Manager at Vertex Inc
Business Process Consultant at Medinet

Business Development at Mindbridge Software
Director IT at Encompass Inc
Oracle Project Manager at Supplyforce.com
Oracle Apps Consultant/Project Manager at Business Solutions Group
Director IT at ACTS
Director MIS at Hansen Group
Manager MIS at Williard Inc
ECM/EWS Tech at USAF

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Education

JD Edwards Training
IBM Data Warehouse College
Arcadia University

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Pennsylvania State University-Great Valley Graduate Center
Sun Valley High School
Drexel University
Miami Dade Community College
Montgomery County Community College
Pennsylvania State University-Erie Campus
Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management
University of Miami

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Recommended

10 people have recommended Bob

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Bob Garrett’s Summary

I am an open networker - send an invite to connect
bobcgarrett@gmail.com
(484) 971-4389

I help companies grow their social network presence.
Please contact me if you are interested.

Linkedin stats
9000+ 1st level contacts
Top 3rd most connected in Tristate area
Top 1000 of all Linkedin members

Twitter
57,000 followers
ranked # 2 in Philadelphia
ranked in the top 1000 of all Twitters

I manage the following Linkedin groups
JD Edwards Experts
JD Edwards Contractors
Oracle Experts
Oracle HCM
Google Chrome
Magento Ecommerce
Jewelry Designers
King of Prussia, PA
Dog Lovers

30 years of experience includes
Oracle ERP CRM Data Warehousing implementation and management
Applications customization and integration
Project Management
Organizational Change Management
Business Intelligence Implementation
Requirements Analysis
Project Planning
Contract Negotiations
P&L Management
Sales / Marketing
Operations / Product Management
Social Networking

Some of the companies that I have been associated with
Godiva Chocolatier - Wyeth - Bally Fitness - Knoll - Encompass
Williard - Turner - Fluidics - Levi Strauss - Accuweather
Arco Chemical -The Ford Foundation - Purolite - Lehigh Portland Cement - Praetorian - JGPHL - Eagleview - Summit Construction -
Toll Brothers - Austin Bridge Company - Realen Homes - US Homes
Hansen Group - Arnold Palmer Golf Management - Sears
Supplyforce - Diversified Engineering - Barclay White -
Business Solutions Group - ACTS - Vertex - Customer Service Review
FIdelity Bond and Mortgage - Mindbridge - Addison Technologies -
Dunckle Associates - CJ Aviation - TJ Maxx - Kmart - Kindercare -
ISE Global - Fidelity Bank - CBR-HCI - Eastern Airlines

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Constructive Confrontation Skills
Time Management Essentials
Microsoft Project Management
Effective Meetings

Steven Burda
Dr Scott Testa

Bob Garrett’s Specialties:

Oracle Ebusiness
JD Edwards - Enterprise One / One World / World
Hyperion - Essbase - Business Objects - Cognos - Plato
Kronos - Visio - Project
Vertex Tax solutions

Bob Garrett’s Experience

COO

JGPHL

(Retail industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

Jewelry Design and Distribution
CEO

Garrett Consultants

(Computer Software industry)

1979 — Present (30 years )

IT consulting to large and small companies
Website development and / Ecommerce
Consulting
Linkedin consulting
JD Edwards consulting
VP Business Development

ISE Global

(Computer Software industry)

January 2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

Responsible for Oracle business opportunity development
Oracle Solutions Product Manager

Vertex Inc

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

2006 — 2007 (1 year )

PAYROLL, SALES AND USE TAX ECM PRODUCT MANAGER Responsible for Payroll and Sales and Use Tax Exemption Certificate Management product lines
Manage all product line issue, internal/external response and update requests
Utilize Agile, RUP, Mercury Quality Center and Use Case methodologies
Develop opportunity assessments for product related solutions
Implement product line Product Management Process methodology
Manage SDLC utilizing RUP methodology
Member of Payroll/ECM product lines Business Strategy Teams

Responsible for overall strategy and roadmap, positioning and messaging for management software and services.

Accountable for over $15M annual revenue.
Business Process Consultant

Medinet

(Management Consulting industry)

2005 — 2006 (1 year )

Develop medical office software implementation and upgrade process
Develop ASP solution offering
Develop market planning for new vertical offering
Implement CRM and issue resolution software
Recommend and implement internet/intranet improvements
Business Development

Mindbridge Software

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

2002 — 2004 (2 years )

Solution sales of Intranet software and hosting services
Director IT

Encompass Inc

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Construction industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year )

Managed $6MM JD Edwards One World installation – Windows 2000
JD Edwards applications included Financials, Distribution, CSMS, Payroll and Human Resources
Integrate JD Edwards with Hyperion financials
Develop Customer Self Service utilizing SQL Data Warehouse engine
Develop Cisco CTI IVR, Fax OCR, PDA integrated with JD Edwards Customer Self Service
Responsible for all network, desktop, PBX, IVR/ CTI and communications operations
Implement and manage Polycom video conferencing sites
Coordinate technology planning for all divisional business units
Develop and responsible for SLA, customer satisfaction surveys and compliance reporting
Implement and manage Help Desk and response team
Implement JD Edwards/Hyperion training and competence center
Member of corporate IS steering committee
Oracle Project Manager

Supplyforce.com

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

2001 — 2001 (less than a year)

Responsible for $4MM JD Edwards One World installation - Sun Solaris Unix/Oracle
JD Edwards applications included Financials, Distribution, Human Resources and CSMS
Managed JD Edwards Distribution integration with Requiste catalogue
Managed JD Edwards CSMS integration with Cisco IVR
Managed PWC, Perot, EDS, JD Edwards and Oracle consulting resources
Managed Web Store development contractor
Investigated Ariba and Commerce One integration requirements
Member of QA and Change Management Process teams
Member of web performance and ASP hosting service (Digex) infrastructure teams
Develop SLA, cusomter satisfaction surveys and complince reporting
Oracle Apps Consultant/Project Manager

Business Solutions Group

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year )

Managed Data Warehousing Proof of Concept project for a Fortune 100 client
Implement Showcase/Essbase upgrade for national fitness center client
Manage JD Edwards implementation for division of a Fortune 500 client
Develop Showcase/Essbase Proof of Concept for manufacturing/distribution client
Support JD Edwards and Business Intelligence sales team
Director IT

ACTS

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

1993 — 1997 (4 years )

Implemented and managed IBM AS/400 JD Edwards World applications
Implemented Kronos time collection integrated with JD Edwards Payroll
Implemented Maximo Predictive/Preventive Maintenance integrated with JD Edwards
Managed patient billing and health care applications integrated with JD Edwards
Implemented distributed Windows LAN/WAN
Implemented and managed 2 Help Desk support center
Developed and managed 2 Desktop training centers
Managed and upgraded multiple PBX systems
Developed and implemented disaster recovery plan
Member of IS Steering Review Committee
Responsible for operational and capital budget
Beta test customer for JD Edwards One World Financials
Director MIS

Hansen Group

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Construction industry)

1987 — 1992 (5 years )

Implemented and managed IBM AS/400 financial applications
Implemented and managed IBM 9370 MSA mortgage servicing applications
Implemented and managed distributed Novell network
Managed T1/VSAT communication network
Implemented and managed disaster/recovery plan
Developed and managed desktop training center
Member of IS steering committee
Managed operational and capital budgeting process
Manager MIS

Williard Inc

(Construction industry)

1983 — 1987 (4 years )

Managed IBM hardware and software solutions
Implemented Novell network in 24 states
Introduced first PC - IBM XT
ECM/EWS Tech

USAF

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

January 1968 — January 1972 (4 years 1 month)

Supported ECM (Electronic Counter Measures)
EWS (Electronic Warfare Systems)

Supported F4 Ds Es
F111's EC 121 EC 130 B 52H
Air Force One

Top Secret Security clearance
Viet Nam era veteran
Korea

Bob Garrett’s Education

JD Edwards Training

1993 — 2002

Activities and Societies:

World - One World (Enterprise One)
Financials - Distribution - Payroll - HR
IBM Data Warehouse College

Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence 1999 — 1999
Arcadia University

IT Programming 1983 — 1994
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Organizational Dynamics 1984 — 1985
Pennsylvania State University-Great Valley Graduate Center

BS , Operations Management , 1976 — 1976
Sun Valley High School

1963 — 1969
Drexel University

IT Applcaitions
Miami Dade Community College

General Studies
Montgomery County Community College

IT Applications
Pennsylvania State University-Erie Campus

BS , Not Erie but State College
Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management

IT Applications
University of Miami

IT and Accounting

Additional Information

Bob Garrett’s Websites:

Bob Garrett’s Interests:

Family ERP CRM Data Warehousing Social Networking Creating a Foundation/Group Home for the Disabled and Verterans Golf

Bob Garrett’s Groups:

Data Shaping Certified
Founding member Lower Providence Historical Association
Member of Habitat for Humanity
Co founder of JGPHL - Jewelry design, Simply Hired

PartnerPoint - An Online Community of Microsoft Partners
On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
Networlding
OpenNetworker.com
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server - 2007, 2010, ...
The Penn State Alumni Association
TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
eRecruiting
Oracle HCM Users Group - OHUG
Leading International Open Networkers (LION)
Philadelphia Interactive Marketing Association
GroupLinked.com
Hyperion
InvitesWelcome.com (Open Networkers)
Vertex Professionals
Magento Ecommerce
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Jewelry Designers
JD Edwards Experts
Dog Lovers
Tweeple
Oracle Experts
Penn State-Smeal College Of Business
Construction Management
Arts, Antiques & Aficionados
J.D. Edwards NorthEast User Group
Quest International Users Group
Jewelry Designers...2
Philadelphia Networking Group
JD Edwards OneWorld & EnterpriseOne Functional/Business Analyst Professionals
Mid-Atlantic Oracle Applications Users Group
Estate Appraisers Marketing & Networking
IT Jobs in Philadelphia Metro Area
JD Edwards Contractors
Wordpress Experts
500+
Career Change Central
ORACLE PROFESSIONAL GROUP
Twittering
The Linked CXO / President, CEO, COO, CIO, CTO, MD, VP, Director 's
Lynxster.com - matching job seekers with recruiters and employers
The Job Hunter Group
Linked Local in Southampton, PA
SocNetInt - Social Networking International
Oracle Business Solution Group
Small Businesses and Self Employed Group - Getting Clients, Building Business and Making More Income
Social Media Experts
InvitesWelcome.com - I Welcome Invites!