Ramón Bultó

Past

Project Manager, International POS Development at Toys R Us
Project Manager, International POS Development at Toys R Us, Inc.
Store Systems Consultant (Self-employed)

IT Director at Trans(x)tar
Manager - Store Systems at Toys R Us
IT Assistant - Programmer at TEA Cegos
Assistant at Editorial CPD

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Education

Instituto Joaquín Turina

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Ramón Bultó’s Summary

Long experience working with IBM's 4690 Store Systems. From 1991 until 2008 I have held several positions at Toys"R"Us: Initially I worked for TRU in Spain (1991-1997 and 1998-1999), then in the US (1999-2003) and after that back in Spain, working for the International Division, reporting directly to the US from 2003 to 2008.

I have been coordinating the development of the POS and back-office applications, designing them at a high level, making sure the development resources meet the goals and deadlines. I have done on-site implementations of new versions of POS applications around the world, in countries where TRU operates (Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Japan, Hong-Kong, Australia, Turkey...)

Good experience working with AS/400 systems.

Programming skills in Visual Basic, PHP, Perl, Cobol, Java and Web technologies such as XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, having created many websites just for fun.

Ramón Bultó’s Specialties:

Point of Sale and retail back-office applications
Project Management
Web technologies
Languages spoken: Spanish - English - French - Portuguese

Ramón Bultó’s Experience

Project Manager, International POS Development

Toys R Us

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

June 2003 — January 2008 (4 years 8 months)

After my return to Spain my responsibilities were almost the same to the ones I had in the US.

The major projects I worked on were:

- Japan Tax to Vat conversion. Japan changed the tax law, so the retail prices had to be tax included. A conversion process was done and all the tax-related features of the POS applications had to be adjusted.
- Australia Tax to Vat conversion. Australia also changed tax law, so most of the code could be reused. The Australian systems had to be updated to the latest OS version and POS application.
- Turkish Lira conversion. Turkey authorities devaluated the currency by 1,000,000, so one million old Liras would equal one new Lira. The code put in place long ago to support large retails had to be reverted, and dual currency support was required.
- Research and evaluation of new POS Technologies, mainly touch-screen user-friendly interfaces that could support the current POS applications, covering impact, compatibility and integration analysis.
Project Manager, International POS Development

Toys R Us, Inc.

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)

August 1999 — May 2003 (3 years 10 months)

During the almost four years I worked at the Toys R Us headquarters in the US as Project Manager – International POS development, my main responsibilities were:

- Managing development projects for POS Applications, coordinating with business analysts and other groups.
- Coordinating testing before a new application was delivered to the countries.
- Coordinating level 3 support for the countries where the applications were running.

The major challenges during my tenure at TRU Int’l were:

- Development and testing for Y2K compliance.
- Euro conversion. All POS terminals had to be ready to accept a new currency. Integration of the Euro-ready EFT packages, which were provided by third parties.
- Conversion of the POS application to meet the requirements of a new supply chain application implemented in Japan. This project required many changes at the POS application. The Japanese language itself was a challenge.
Store Systems Consultant

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 1998 — July 1999 (9 months)
IT Director

Trans(x)tar

(Package/Freight Delivery industry)

May 1997 — October 1998 (1 year 6 months)

Main projects I managed at Trans(x)Tar are:

Deployment of Internet and e-mail access on all of the group's local offices.

Development of a new communications interface between the local branches and the head office to update the status of shipments.

Creation of the company's website, being one of the first companies that at that time allowed customers to check online the status of their shipments.

Other tasks involved managing IT Support, application design, development and deployment, defining applications standards, budget, planning and analyzing market trends to keep up with the most up-to-date technologies.
Manager - Store Systems

Toys R Us

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

May 1991 — April 1997 (6 years)
IT Assistant - Programmer

TEA Cegos

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

January 1991 — April 1991 (4 months)
Assistant

Editorial CPD

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

December 1986 — November 1989 (3 years)

Ramón Bultó’s Education

Instituto Joaquín Turina

COU, Science, 1981 — 1986

Additional Information

Ramón Bultó’s Websites:

My Website

Ramón Bultó’s Groups:

Friends of Spain / Amigos de España
Joomla! Professional Users Group
Retail Industry Professionals Group
Retailers Industry Management Group: Merchandising, Finance, Supply Chain, E-commerce, IT Technology
Toys"R"Us/Babies"R"Us Alumni
IBM Retail User Group. Get Connected - Stay Connected
Open Source Universe