Mike Whittall


Business Analyst and Programmer specialising in Oracle e-Business Suite. Experienced with large global instances of Oracle Apps 11i. My technical & functional skills have developed over fifteen years maintaining business systems for Government Departments, Military Institutions, World Class Laboratories, Manufacturing and in large and small IT houses.

My skills and knowledge include business analysis, software delivery, full project life-cycle management, testing, UAT, support, upgrades, maintenance, development & end-user and peer training on numerous technologies.

Specialised in Oracle 11i & R12 Financials, Purchasing with good exposure to Oracle Projects, HR & CRM plus a good background in other database tools such as Crystal Reports.

Recently attained certification: Oracle E-Business Suite Implementation Champion

Contact me for availability for freelance IT work.

Project History
Organisation

Project

Role

From

To

Period
Ministry of Justice

www.justice.gov.uk

Post Implementation Support of Oracle 11i ERP - Financials, Purchasing, Human Resources, CRM, Order Mgt, Inventory, Manufacturing & Learning Mgt.

Business Systems Performance Improvement Project.

Senior Applications Consultant & Support Mentoring

Discoverer Reports, 6i Reports, Workflow, jDeveloper, PL/SQL & AIM.
2007



2009



3 y

Now
Part-time


Ministry of Defence

www.spva.mod.uk
Post Implementation Support of Oracle 11i HRMS


Discoverer Reports Developer & Support Mentoring

Discoverer, SQL, PL/SQL & AIM

2006


2007


9 m


National Physical Laboratory

www.npl.co.uk

Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Implementation - Financials, Purchasing & Projects.

4 Major Upgrades, Interface Development & Discoverer Reports Development.

Implement i-Expenses, i-Procurement, Exchange/Punchout & Workflow,
Business Systems Development Manager

Discoverer, Workflow, PL/SQL, SQL, Oracle DB 7 to 10G & AIM.

Web Page/Intranet Design. User Training.

ISO9000, ISO27001 & Prince 2
2002




2006



4 y




National Physical Laboratory

www.npl.co.uk

LIMS Implementation Project - Develop a system based on the Matrix LIMS system for controlling and progressing laboratory sales contracts and delivery management.
Project Implementer and System Manager

Involved in all aspects of full project lifeycle.

Matrix LIMS, Crystal Reports, Discoverer, SQL, ODBC, MS Office VBA, VBS, MS Access and Oracle 7 - 10G.

Web Page/Intranet Design. User Training.

ISO9000, ISO27001 & Prince 2

1998



2002



4 y



GP Software Ltd

Laboratory Database (LIMS) Solution Implementation

Implementation Specialist

Matrix LIMS, Crystal Reports, MS Access, MS SQL Server 6, ODBC and Oracle 7.

GLP, GMP, 21 CFR Part 11 & ISO9000
1997

1998

12 m

Revlon International

LIMS Implementation Project

Laboratory Systems Manager

Matrix LIMS, Crystal Reports MS Access & ODBC.

GLP, GMP & ISO9000
1993

1997

4 y

Technology Experience

Application

Version

From

To

Period
Level

Oracle E-Business Suite

11.5.2 ~ 11.5.10.2

Release 12
2000
2009

9 y

Senior Professional
Functional and Technical
Development, Support, Implementation, Upgrade and Training
Financials, Purchasing, HR, Projects, CRM plus many more modules!
Oracle Discoverer Reports

4i
10g
2002

2009
7 y
Senior Professional
Design, Deployment, Tuning & Training

Oracle Enterprise Database

10G
9i
8
7
1997


2009



12 y



Senior Professional
Developer (Closet DBA!!! ;-)

Crystal Reports

5 ~ 10
19942007
13 y
Professional
Design, Deployment, Tuning & Training

Matrix LIMS

1 - 5
1994
2007
13 y
Professional
Design, Deployment, Tuning & Training
MS Access

2000
2003
1994

2007

13 y

Competent
Occassional use in smaller projects.
HTML, CSS, and MySQL


Various




1993




2009




16 y




Competent
Knowledge of numerous web languages, web applications and tools gained though developing and hosting website on a semi-professional basis.

Training Delivery

Course

Summary

Oracle E-Business Suite Self-Service Web Applications

Formulated and Delivered Introductory training sessions for i-Procurement, i-Expenses, i-Time Workflow and basic navigation and use of the Oracle system for NPL New Hires.

Oracle Discoverer Reports


Formulated and Delivered business user training on create their own Discoverer reports from Oracle Financials and LIMS databases at NPL.

Oracle Discoverer Performance Tuning

Delivered series of workshops for advanced SQL and report design and performance improvement for MOJ.
Crystal Report Design for Matrix LIMS

Developed and Delivered specialist customer training sessions for creating and integrating Crystal Reports for the LIMS database at NPL.
Implement and Configure Matrix LIMS
Customer Training Course on the setup, use and maintenance of the Matrix LIMS system


In Service Training

Business & Soft Skills

Technical Courses
Oracle Training

Prince 2 Overview

MS Project

Financials & Purchasing R12 Functional Implementer
ISO27099

MS Visio

Implement OLM Learning Management
Train the Trainer Overview

MS Visual Basic (C&G)

Extend OEBS with jDeveloper & OA Framework
ISO9000 Auditor

Crystal Reports Intro & Advanced
6i Reports Developer
E-Records & E-Signatures (21 CFR 11)NT Server Admin
PLSQL

MIS Scope, Implementation & Risk Management
Microsoft Office:
Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access inc VBA
Workflow


Web Design and Hosting Clients

www.the-old-anchor.co.uk
www.language-base.co.uk
www.torpedointernet.co.uk
www.the-vic-torremolinos.co.uk
www.44regentstreet-tenerife.co.uk
www.nottsbigwoodgymnastics.org.uk

Contact me for availability for freelance IT work.

Swansea | Cardiff | London

Oracle 11i | 11.i.10.2 | R12

Crystal | Access | VB | MySQL

Analyse | Consult | Configure | Develop | Test | Implement | Discover | Upgrade | Perform | Support | Train | Tune
Mike Whittall