CURRENT POSITION

Independent Consultant - August 2002 to present, Europe

Development of various interfaces for publishing products including the implementation of an ONIX interface (XML) at a publishing house in Berlin, Germany

Reorganization and complex enhancement of the material master for publishing products at a publishing house in Berlin, Germany


Coordination of development tasks during a world wide Roll-out of a European ICC solution for an international corporation in the gases industry in Munich, Germany

Integration of the HomeCare business into an existing ICC solution in the gases industry

Development of on-line transactions for the support of sales processes in the gases industry

Handling of change requests, requirement management in the gases industry

European Roll-out of a German ICC solution in the gases industry

Support for applications in the gases industry

Development of MM / SD interfaces to non SAP applications in the gases industry

Team lead of the development team during the implementation of an ICC solution integrated into MM and SD applications in the gases industry in Munich, Germany


User support, problem analysis, design of corrections / enhancements, and testing for the SD module including custom modifications at a globally operating corporation in the chemical industry, Cologne, Germany



PREVIOUS POSITIONS

President, Volker Hofmann Management Consulting Inc. - April 2001 to July 2002, Fullerton, CA

SAP implementation support, functional and technical, in the food industry

Functional support during SAP release upgrade (6.1G --> 6.1J) and Euro currency implementation; user support at a globally operating corporation in the chemical industry, Brussels, Belgium


Partner, Barton & Associates Ltd. - June 1997 to March 2001, Irvington, NY

Functional and technical implementation support at various SAP R/2 and R/3 clients in the US and Europe

Integration of an acquired company into an existing SAP application in the food industry, full life cycle

Design, development, test, and implementation of functions for the bank profitability analysis (SAP R/3, SEM) at a major bank in Frankfurt, Germany

Technical and application support during conversion 5.0D --> 6.1G for the SAP modules RV and RM

Advisor during the SAP implementation of multiple sales channels in the food industry, full life cycle

Senior Consultant, HJM Consulting, Inc. - Jan. 1994 to May 1997, New York, NY

Design, development, test, and implementation of food industry specific enhancements of SAP applications at a major consumer products company (food industry) in Fullerton, California

Support and training


Consultant, Andersen Consulting GmbH - Jan. 1991 to Dec. 1993, Sulzbach, Germany

Design and development of an inventory control system for the telecommunication industry in Bonn, Germany using SAP R/2

Design and implementation of a claims and dispute management system at a major consumer products company (food) in Hannover, Germany using SAP R/2

Design and implementation of an inventory control system with SAP R/2 (modules RV – sales and distribution, RM – materials management) for the chemical industry in Halle, Germany


Programmer, HoPE Datentechnik GmbH - Oct. 1984 to Dec. 1990, Berlin, Germany

Design and development of an inventory management and billing system for the retail industry



EDUCATION

• Dipl.-Ing. (FH) in technical computer science, TFH Berlin



SAP TRAINING

• Sales and Distribution
• ABAP/4
• Delta Training R/2 --> R/3 Development
• Delta Training R/2 --> R/3 Sales and Distribution



LANGUAGES

• German (native)
• English (fluently, oral and written)