Lloyd D. Eadie, Jr.

128 Timber Lane

Grasonville MD 21638
410-304-2279 (H)
410-725-4673 (C)
le614704@westpost.net
OBJECTIVE
A senior consultant position supporting Lawson Software
BUSINESS BACKGROUND
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR (Lawson Financials SME) - March, 2009 to present
Serving as the Functional Lead for a 9.0 Financials implementation involving the
AP, CB, EM, and GL subsystems, along with Design Studio, ProcessFlow, Smart Not
ifications, and MS Add-ins (April, 2009 to present)
-Conducted business requirements, as-is/to-be, and fit/gap analyses (AP)
-Designed and configured the modules (AP)
-Established proof of concept (AP)
-Developed the test plan
-Prepared test scripts
-Conducted CRP and Model Office testing
-Developed client-specific user guides (Navigation/AP/GL)
-Delivered client-specific user training
-Acquired acceptance
-Go-live January 1
-Post go-live support (January 1 to present)
Served as the Functional Lead for a 9.0 Lawson Business Intelligence Reporting S
ervices implementation (March - April, 2009)
ISH, INC., Consultant - Sr. Consulting Specialist (Lawson Financials SME) - 2008
to March, 2009
For various clients:
Served as the Lead for implementing the Project and Activity Accounting (AC) and
Billing and Revenue Management (BR) modules
-Conducted business requirements, as-is/to-be, and fit/gap analyses
-Designed and configured the modules
-Established proof of concept
-Developed the test plan
-Prepared test scripts
-Conducted testing
-Acquired acceptance
Served as the Functional Lead for a 7.2 to LSF 9.0 skip upgrade project, involvi
ng the AC, AP, CB, and GL subsystems
-Provided differences training and education
-Reengineered processes for effective utilization of the 9.0 applications
-Developed client-specific 9.0 user guides
-Delivered client-specific 9.0 user training
-Provided in-depth GL Report Writer training
-Particularly proficient with Lawson Microsoft Add-ins
OAO TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, IT Services Provider - Lawson ERP Financial Analyst -
2003 to 2008
-While working under the Vice President and Controller, supported the Lawson Sof
tware Insight Business Management System in its provision of payroll (PR), proje
ct and activity accounting (AC), billing and revenue (BR), accounts receivable (
AR), accounts payable (AP), and general ledger (GL) services to the accounting a
nd finance department
-Helped square away and bring under control accounts payable and accounts receiv
able (to include project and activity accounting and billing and revenue)
-Administered functional support with an eye toward enhancing users' knowledge,
effectiveness, and efficiency
-Investigated, got to the bottom of, and answered "why" and "how come" questions
-Crafted fix-its
-Consulted with users on system configuration
-Used COBOL programming, Microsoft Add-in tools, and Report Writer to provide co
mprehensive reporting
-Executed assigned month-end processes (accruals, reclasses, adjustments, report
s, etc.)
-Resolved account reconciliation issues
-Cleaned and structured data for effective data mining and processing
-Produced actionable finance and process analyses for upper management decision
making
-Recommended solutions for requirements that were not met by existing applicatio
ns
-Developed and delivered training
-Provided process documentation
-Provided project definition and control
-Executed upper-management-directed special projects
MENASHA CORPORATION, Manufacturer - Sr. Business Analyst - 1997 to 2003
UPP BUSINESS SYSTEMS, Consultant - Sr. Consultant assigned to Menasha Corporatio
n - 1995 to 1997
-As part of a two-person team, supported the Lawson Software Insight Business Ma
nagement System in its provision of human resource (HR), benefits (BN), payroll
(PR), personnel (PA), accounts receivable (AR), accounts payable (AP), purchasin
g (PO), and fixed asset (AM) services to Menasha Corporation (employing 6000 peo
ple in 45 divisions)
-Consulted with clients (internal and external) to define business system requir
ements
-Identified and defined application interfaces, enhancements, and conversions/up
grades
-Recommended solutions for requirements that were not met by existing applicatio
ns
-Provided project definition and control
-Coordinated system design, integrating own efforts with those of other experts,
as appropriate
-Used COBOL programming and Oracle SQL tools to provide solutions toward purchas
ed application support, business application development, application enhancemen
t, data file conversion, file and system interface development, report building,
and system configuration
-Coordinated and conducted system testing
-Provided implementation startup support
-Developed and delivered training, as determined by client needs
-Provided process documentation
-Provided "help desk" support
LETICA CORPORATION, Manufacturer - Systems Analyst/Plant Manager - 1985 to 1995
-Managed the systematic growth of Letica Corporation's IT resources in their sup
port of the operations of fifteen facilities in eleven states
-Using Lawson Software applications, instituted the company's first computerized
payroll (PR), order entry (OE), accounts receivable (AR), general ledger (GL) s
ystems
-Using UNISYS' BAMCS application, instituted the company's first computerized in
ventory control system
-Instituted the company's first local area network
-Instituted the company's first EDI implementation
-Responsible for hardware and software specification and procurement, hardware a
nd software installation, database setup, policy and procedure establishment, tr
aining of personnel, COBOL source code modification, reports creation, and long-
term operational oversight, including the development and management of strong t
wo-way vendor relationships
-As plant manager, turned around the Rochester, Michigan flagship manufacturing
facility
BALL CORPORATION, Manufacturer - Project Manager/Market Development Specialist -
1979 to 1985
-Wrote the first-ever documentation of Ball Zinc Products' unique zinc processin
g technology for the purpose of transferring the technology to the Egyptian gove
rnment, involving coordination between Ball Corporation, the U.S. Department of
State, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, and the Egyptian firm targeted for impleme
nting the technology
-Led a team to win a Department of Energy grant to study the feasibility of manu
facturing ethanol
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
Lawson Accounts Payable, 9.0
Lawson Asset Management, 9.0
Lawson Budgeting and Planning, 9.0
Lawson Cash Management, 9.0
Lawson Cost Allocations, 9.0
Lawson General Ledger, 9.0
Lawson Invoice Matching, 9.0
Crystal Reports, Levels 1 and 2
SKILLS
Lawson Software (AC,AM,AP,AR,BN,BR,CA,CB,DS,EM,HR,GL,MSAdd-ins,PA,PF,PR,RS,RW,SN
), Oracle SQL, SQL Server 2005, UNIX, COBOL, UNISYS A-Series, MS Excel, MS Word,
MS Project, Crystal Reports, Project Management, Customer Focus, TQM
EDUCATION
Associate in Applied Science, Human Resources Management, Community College of t
he Air Force, 2007
Masters Certificate in Project Management, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 20
00
Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1970
MILITARY BACKGROUND
U. S. Air Force Retired (Rank: Major)
U. S. Navy, 1970 to 1978 (Highest rank: Lieutenant Commander)