Mr Steel's was a OneWorld Technical Launch Manager for the JD Edwards European Division (SUMAH).  In that role, he helped architect the JD Edwards OneWorld Product, educating both future JD Edwards OneWorld consultants and customers who were trying to understand how to implement the new software across Europe and Asia.

During his tenure at JD Edwards, he helped manage a number of high profile Global projects and implementations.  In 1997, Mr Steel moved to Denver, Colorado to help create the Worldwide Advanced Technology group in JD Edwards Corporate office – a group that spearheaded how implementations were to be performed, and methodologies that customers used to create successful installations of the ERP software.

Mr Steel worked closely with customers to advocate their needs and requirements back to Development, and was a founder member of a team that created the JD Edwards Implementation Approach methodology - adopted by the majority of customers and partners as a standard method to correctly implement OneWorld and JD Edwards products.

Mr Steel also founded the Scalability Group - a department that provided Test Benchmarks to show how OneWorld scalability and stability could be measured at customer sites.  His role was both project manager and architect in this team - and many successful whitepapers and benchmarks were published.

In 2001, Mr Steel returned as an independent OneWorld Consultant and Technical Architect.  He specializes in Upgrades as well as Technical Troubleshooting and providing advice on complex architectures from JD Edwards, and has managed several major Projects at various client sites across the US.  Many of these projects were large in size - often in excess of 1000 concurrent users, and always with significant transactions.  

Mr Steel has experience both with the Toolset and the Business Applications as well - being able to create complex business requirements and often being able to provide solutions with detail to developers.  

With more than 15 years of experience in Networking, Small and Mid-size systems, Enterprise Database systems and ERP systems, he is well adapted to help create strategic direction for your ERP Implementation.

Mr Steel holds an MSC in Enterprise Network Management from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK.

Mr Steel has consulted for many large companies and has managed entire project lifecycle of the following ERP implementations :

American Medical Response – OneWorld Xe Upgrade from B7331.   Created and published a new upgrade methodology for JD Edwards OneWorld.  First ever OneWorld Xe Upgrade in the US.

Praxair Inc – A very complex, 2500 custom object OneWorld B7331 to Xe upgrade.  Managed this multi-language project plan and completed initial technical upgrade successfully in 9 days.

Physician Sales and Service – Large, complex Upgrade from B733 to Xe.  2500 modified applications including a complete re-write of Purchasing.  This project also included complex interoperability to components such as Siebel and i2 through MQ Series.  Mr Steel completed a custom upgrade in 3 weeks, and assisted with the development from B733 (in production) to Xe go-live over 6 months.  Before Mr Steel joined as Technical Lead, PSS had only rolled out 10% of the company over 3 years.  Over the next 12 months, an additional 70% of the company was rolled out onto OneWorld.  Mr Steel helped train staff on the Rollout, Administration and Support team, and created techniques to ensure the smooth running of their ERP system.

Mayer Electric Company – Large live complex upgrade from B733 – Architecting the JD Edwards technical architecture and managing interoperability projects to Haht Software and Vertex.

Timken Super Precision – During this smaller, manufacturing go-live, managed the OneWorld/Citrix project plan and rollout and helped train support staff and resources.

-         Leading Technology specialist, Project Manager and Architect

-         Creation of World Wide Advanced Technologies Scalability Group

-         Design and communication of Technical architecture and documentation to company and customers

-         Management of a number of large scale implementation projects helping Big5 and JDE Branch consultants understand the Implementation Methodology

-         Benchmarking and Stress-testing for both internal and external purposes

-         Change and Design of the OneWorld product through Liaison between Customer and Development

The following are a list of major projects and roles during his time in Denver:

  Pacific Steel - Lead Proj. Manager - B7.32 on DEC Alpha/SQL

  Gowan - Lead Tech Cons. - B7.32 on Intel/SQL

  Gateway 2000 I - Project Manager - B7.321 on AS/400 DB2

  Skandia Life - Lead Tech Cons. - B7.321 on S/390 DB2

  Tamro - Lead Tech Cons. - B7.32 on AS/400 DB2

  JR Simplot - Lead Tech Cons. - B7.322 on Compaq/SQL + AS/400

  GM Benchmark - Project Manager - B7.322 on RS6000/Oracle

  Waste Management - Lead Tech Cons. - B7.33 on AS/400 DB2

  Gateway 2000 II - Project Manager - B7.33 on AS/400 DB2

The following are a list of major projects and roles during his time in the UK:

  British Sky Broadcasting - Lead Tech Cons. - B7.13 on HP9000/Oracle

  Warner Music UK - Lead Tech Cons. - B7.13 on HP9000/Oracle

  AIOC, Azerbaijan - Lead Tech Cons. - B7.14 on Compaq/MS Sql Server

  Software Resources, EIRE - Lead Tech Cons. - B7.14 on DEC Alpha/SQL

  EDS, Japan - Lead Tech Cons. - B7.31 on Compaq/SQL

  Yokogowa Engineering - Lead Tech Cons. - B7.311 on HP9000/Oracle

  Royal Data Japan - Lead Tech Cons. - B7.311R on RS6000/Oracle

  Medtronic - Lead Tech Cons. - B7.312 on RS6000/Oracle + AS/400

  Easons, Eire - Lead Tech Cons. - B7.312 on DEC Alpha/Oracle