Providing Project Management, Supply Chain Consulting, and IT Support
Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area
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- Owner at Shirey Consulting Services (Sole Proprietorship)
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- Senior Business Consultant at SSA
- Senior Business Consultant at Computer Associates
- Business Consultant at Systems Start Up
- Manager of Systems and Programming at Keeler Brass Company
- IT Team Leader at Amway Corporation
- Education
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- State University of New York at Buffalo
- State University of New York at Binghamton
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David Shirey’s Summary
IT professional with strong business / e-Commerce skills. Have spent the last ten years as a Business Consultant specializing in ERP, Distribution and Supply Chain processing, along with EDI and other e-Commerce initatives. Have solid technical background in the System i world including programming skills for RPG ILE, /Free, etc.
David Shirey’s Specialties:
ERP - Experience in a wide variety environments using traditional MRPII / Lean / Shipment Driven Manufacturing / traditional warehouse / High Volume Distribution / Replenishment Warehouse / Distributor Warehouse.
EDI - Planning, installation, and ongoing support, Traditional EDI, e-Commerce, Inovis Product Suite.
System i and mainframe platforms, Bar Code / Scan applications, XML, RPG ILE, /Free, DDS, CL, DDL, SQL, IT Audits, Security Audits, HA/DR Planning.
David Shirey’s Experience
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Owner
Shirey Consulting Services (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
August 2003 — Present (6 years)
Provide project management and technical support services for a wide variety of industry sectors. Areas of specialization include ERP and distribution systems, (most noteably PRMS), EDI and e-Commerce, and support for the System i platform.
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Senior Business Consultant
SSA
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 4 months)
Work with clients to implement / upgrade PRMS ERP system, assist clients with EDI support in both PRMS and Trusted Link i, assist with technical problems on System i as required.
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Senior Business Consultant
Computer Associates
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1998 — May 2002 (3 years 9 months)
Work with clients to implement / upgrade PRMS ERP system, assist clients with EDI support in both PRMS and Trusted Link i, assist with technical problems on System i as required.
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Business Consultant
Systems Start Up
(Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
Work with clients to implement / upgrade PRMS ERP system, assist clients with EDI support in both PRMS and Trusted Link i, assist with technical problems on System i as required.
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Manager of Systems and Programming
Keeler Brass Company
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Furniture industry)
March 1984 — November 1996 (12 years 9 months)
Supervised five person programming department, performed system design activities, lead projects to install ERP system, EDI functions, bar code system, and miscellaneous systems, coded in Cobol and RPG.
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IT Team Leader
Amway Corporation
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)
November 1978 — November 1984 (6 years 1 month)
Lead project team of 4 programmers in developing and deploying warehouse and distribution systems on the IBM 8100.
David Shirey’s Education
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State University of New York at Buffalo
MS , Operations Research , 1972 — 1973
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State University of New York at Binghamton
1966 — 1970
Additional Information
David Shirey’s Websites:
David Shirey’s Interests:
Cycling (mostly road but some mountain), Working with 'At Risk' Teens
David Shirey’s Groups:
Common User Group (Conference Speaker), Project Management Institute,
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System iNetwork Website & Magazine Forum -
PRMS Alumni
David Shirey’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- getting back in touch
