6444 West 65th Street		      	  [Send email to request phone number] 88 0981
Chicago, IL 60638   	     	[Send email using form at bottom]

Stephen E. Whittaker


Objective	Part time / short term development and support projects utilizing my
extensive experience in managing the development and technical support of
financial information systems and business solutions.

Areas of expertise	IBM I5 (AS/400) CL, RPG, DB/2	- over 20 years
		Lawson ERP system – V8 (AP GL AR AC) – over 14 years
		Crystal Reporting V10 – over 10 years
		ASP, VBscript , XML – over 5 years
			 

Experience	October 1998 - Current	
A major Commercial Real Estate company – Chicago, IL
	Director, Corporate Financial Systems

•	Led the technology portion of establishing internal audit controls and
documentation for compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley act.
	Provided technical leadership for the deployment of self-service
financial reporting on the Lawson ERP system.  
	Managed an out-sourced development project for the implementation and
deployment of client/server revenue collection applications running on Windows/NT
and SQL server.  
	Developed the corporate technology disaster recovery plan.
	Directed technical support staff of 10.

July 1993 - August 1998
A Gaming Resort company - Joliet, IL			
	Corporate Director of Information Systems
	
	Developed the staff and infrastructure to provide technical services
for a regional network of riverboat casinos.  Managed a staff of 30 technical
professionals in 2 states. 
	Led the technical design team in selecting and adapting a property
management system to be suitable for the unique requirements of casino and hotel
operations.
	Designed and managed the development of player club system collecting
real-time gaming information and awarding bonus points.
	Provided technical support for Lawson ERP system, introducing the
receiving and inventory system and performing version upgrades for finance and
human resources.  Managed the outsourced development of interfaces to Kronos time
and attendance system, the Stratton Warren purchase order system and Micros point
of sales system.

December 1983 – April 1993
A Real Estate Syndication company - Chicago, IL			
Vice President - Manager of Technical Services

•	Planned the installation and managed the on-going operations of a network of
AS/400's and System/38’s with several hundred on-line terminals and personal
computers.  
•	Managed project planning and resource allocation of programming and operations
staff of 25 professionals with a budget of over $2.5 million.  
•	Coordinated the restructuring and integration of information technology
departments of acquired companies.
•	Developed and managed a real estate syndication financial system.




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