Dirk Hoag

Current

• Senior Manufacturing Systems Analyst at Schneider Electric
• Hockey Blogger at SB Nation

Past

• Director, ERP Systems Development at Ingram Book Group
• Systems Analyst/Programmer at Alfa Laval
• Programmer/Analyst at Creative Expressions Group

• Hockey writer at In The Crease
• Programmer/Analyst at M-Care

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Dirk Hoag’s Summary

An information systems professional with 15 years of progressively responsible experience implementing and maintaining ERP, warehouse management and health care payer systems. Work history includes a variety of mid size businesses ranging from an HMO affiliated with a university medical system to an international, publicly-traded manufacturing firm. Proven experience working with functional business leaders to define and deliver IT solutions to pressing business needs.

On the hockey front, have written for a variety of websites dating back to the 1990's, and currently author a respected blog (On the Forecheck) which covers the Nashville Predators and digs into statistical analysis of the NHL.

Dirk Hoag’s Experience

• Senior Manufacturing Systems Analyst

  Schneider Electric

  (Public Company; SU; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Multi-platform systems analysis for engineered-to-order manufacturing facility.

• Hockey Blogger

  SB Nation

  (Sports industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

  "On the Forecheck" (www.ontheforecheck.com) provides ongoing coverage and analysis of the Nashville Predators and the NHL, including unique aspects of advanced statistics as applied to hockey.
  
  A member of the SB Nation community of sports blogs, the content from "OtF" can also be found at Yahoo! Sports, CBSSports.com, and CNNSI.com. Specific articles have also been cited in the Montreal Gazette and the New York Times.

• Director, ERP Systems Development

  Ingram Book Group

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Wholesale industry)

  September 2005 — March 2008 (2 years 7 months)

  Technical project management for ERP system, including coordination of user testing, application configuration, management of software installation & maintenance, and training of IT staff. Technologies involved include AS400, Java, and DB2.

• Systems Analyst/Programmer

  Alfa Laval

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ALFA.ST; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

  January 2002 — September 2005 (3 years 9 months)

  Provided analysis and maintenance for multiple BPCS installations supporting Alfa Laval's parts distribution business. Project management duties involved the implementation of Movex v12 to replace BPCS and other applications.

• Programmer/Analyst

  Creative Expressions Group

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Wholesale industry)

  March 1999 — January 2002 (2 years 11 months)

  Supported CEG's Cobol-based ERP (ASI), specifically supporting warehouse functionality. Heavily involved in the vendor selection and implementation of PKMS to replace ASI as the warehousing solution. Technologies used include AS400, Cobol, JCL, and SQL.

• Hockey writer

  In The Crease

  (Online Media industry)

  1996 — 1998 (2 years )

  Online columnist providing NHL commentary, particularly covering the Detroit Red Wings.

• Programmer/Analyst

  M-Care

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Insurance industry)

  1993 — 1998 (5 years )

  Began in data center operations supporting HP3000 environments, and progressed to Programmer/Analyst position working with the AMISYS package.