Extensive real-world experience with a wide variety of mission-critical business solutions. Ability to design, develop, document, manage and support complex business solutions for large or small companies. Team leadership both domestic and offshore. Excellent written, verbal and multimedia presentation skills. Focus on delivering value, return on investment, and helping your company gain competitive advantage.

SUBJECT EXPERTISE
Supply Chain, Logistics, Shop Floor Control, Packaging, Manufacturing, Distribution, Inventory, Accounting, Air Charter Management, Intl Freight Forwarding, Collaboration Portals, Reverse Auction Systems, eCommerce, Law Enforcement, Healthcare.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Advanced Level SQL Server 2000-2008, Visual Studio 2003-2008, ASP.NET,C#, VB.NET, AJAX, WCF, LINQ, Web Services, T-SQL, JavaScript, VB6, ASP. Experience with Oracle 10g - PL/SQL, Automated testing systems. Microsoft Certified in Windows, Windows NT, VB, Access, Networking. Proficient with Office productivity tools such as Visio, MS Project, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Component tool sets extensively used: Infragistics, Telerik, DataDynamics

Noteworthy Project Development Experience

eCommerce - Online Restaurant Order Management & Delivery
Re-architected and developed a high volume online restaurant ordering system with complex time and delivery zone constraints.  Converted existing VB.NET 1.1 on SQL2000 To C# .NET 3.5 on SQL 2008.  Requirements gathering, business logic coding, T-SQL stored procedures, partner coordination and strategies, hands-on team leadership of 6 offshore resources. (OrderNetwork.com - Chicago, IL)

Supply Chain Visibility & Collaboration - Designed and delivered dozens of supply chain visibility, execution and collaboration systems. Web based collaboration tools for inter and intra-company product pipeline management. Features unique automated premium freight authorization system (TakataLogistics.com) and vendor managed global product and packaging catalog (packaging.TakataLogistics.com). Built-in RFQ and online response system, data mining tools and role based visibility. XML and EDI interfaces for carriers and legacy systems. ASP.NET / SQL server. Recently rewritten in ASP.net 2.0 with ADO 2 and VB.NET. (Takata Restraint Systems, LaZboy Furniture)

eCommerce - Online Storefront
Consulting, Design, Artwork, Photography, Data Migration and training for web storefront & shopping cart system. SEO optimization, Google Adword research and campaign setup. Volusion storefront customization.
(TinaRoma.com - Chicago, IL)

Reverse Logistics - Deployed large-scale order management, shop floor control and inventory management systems for global provider of aftermarket repair services. Involved pre-sales, business process analysis, gap analysis, use-case diagrams, statements of work, software development coordination, release management, project planning, documentation, user training and training material development.  (ClickCommerce.com / Celestica)

Transportation - Hands-on team lead of 3 developers to design and build an enterprise heavy-haul management system with an online bid-quote system for carrier collaboration. Informix / SQL Server (Artisan Associates - Detroit, MI)

Forward Logistics - Designed, wrote and deployed a system for 3PL high speed order entry, mode selection, Carrier selection, tracking, tracing, and settlement ? Foxpro / SQL Server
(National Logistics Management - Detroit, MI)

Premium Freight - Designed, developed, deployed and supported an expedited ground management operations system. Features color-coded, status-oriented shipment status monitoring with mapping capabilities.Visual Basic / SQL Server / Mapinfo (Top Flite Express - Detroit, MI)

Air Charter - "Transman" - Developed a premium air charter management system for Daimler-Chrysler Aviation and Exel Logistics. The system was designed for high speed order entry, route-rate-equipment optimization, broadcasting of charter bids and accepting quotes via the web. High speed desktop interface combined with web interfaces. VB / SQL Server / ASP / Mapinfo / XML-FlightView. System also purchased and used by: Reliant Logistics, Murray Air, IFL Group, TST Logistics, AirNow, Northern Air Cargo, MillionAir.com, Leading Edge Air Logistics (now Exel), Ameristar Jet Charter, SkyLink USA

Ocean Freight Forwarding - "Transport Explorer" designed, developed and sold to several international freight forwarders and NVOCCs. This system was one of the first 100% web based forwarding systems allowing full broker/agent/3pl/customers collaboration. ASP / SQL Server (Peter Wittwer Gmbh, Reich Logistics)

eProcurement - (spot buy systems) Designed, developed and deployed several fully automated online passenger and cargo air charter brokerage systems used by Fedex Custom Critical Services, Menlo Worldwide Logistics, Exel and others.. Users from the web can request basic specifications for a flight and reach hundreds of carriers instantly using a full qualified double-opt-in email list of carriers. Includes dynamic web monitoring interfaces with audible and email alerts. XML, EDI. (Exel, AirNow, NLM)

Audit Rating and Billing - Developed several systems for shipment rating, carrier selection and bid package. Used complex rate and location matrix logic to derive least-cost-routing and to audit carrier invoices. (Tyco Industries, Exel, National Logistics Management)

Yard Control - Under contract with National Logistics Management (nlmi.com) Designed, developed, deployed and trained union staff on a wireless yard control management system using Norand handheld devices communicating with a touch-screen interface at the guard shack. Foxpro, SQL Server, Norand proprietary programming language. (Ford Motor Company).

Network & Systems Deployment - Under contract for Keane Consulting. Worked as a project coordinator and customer relations liaison between AAA Michigan corporate and 52 statewide branch offices involved in the transition of each office from mainframe terminal connections to synchronized Windows servers. Direct responsibility at each branch for deployment team scheduling, local management communications and corporate status updates.

Health Care - Under contract with Disc Consulting,PM with a team of 6 developers at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Objective was to design and integrate enhancements to a Critical Care Management System (cmms) operated by a team of nurses in an inbound call center.

Government / Law Enforcement - Designed and developed a system for the Detroit Police Dept. to track, predict and plot crime trends on a digital map. Featured on Fox TV (VB / SQL / MapInfo), Incident tracking and parking meter violation tracking for City of Milford, MI Police Dept. , City of Marshall, MI

In-Bond Warehousing - Wrote in-bond warehousing system, tracked inbound and outbound shipments, created international documents for TransOverseas, Inc, Romeo, MI.

Christopher DuFour
63 E Lake Street
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 550-3860
email: Me@ChrisDuFour.com