FERMIN F. IDUATE

Career Focus:

Fourteen years of experience in the field of finance, accounting, planning and financial systems. Almost eight years of application of business knowledge within the information technology industry in the consulting, training, knowledge transfer, and business development areas. Specialization in the area of corporate planning and financial systems. Research and interest in the direction of expert systems and artificial intelligence in the management of global enterprises. Extreme interest in the integration of Digital and Analog Media channels, and secured collaborative environments which consolidate Intellectual and Capital Property and create value growth.

Education:

M.B.A. Masters in Int'l. Business , Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, Exec. M.B.A.1989

B.B.A. Management, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, 1982

Undergraduate studies in Business, Univ. of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA 1978

Publications:

Software Magazine, June 1994 Colleen Fry

Experience:

Chairman & Founder, Centerchannel.TV , Centerchannel.net Miami, Florida

2001 - Present

Accomplishments:  Owner/developer of Equity Island intranet infrastructures and collaborative marketplaces.

2003 - Present

Accomplishments:  Pre-Sales support, Business Intelligence Architect for demo support, Certified Netweaver ambassador. Business Intelligence Specialist, Latin American Bsn Unit.

2001 - 2002

Accomplishments:  Certified Technical Portal Consultant. Established Sandbox portal for consultants integrating DB, Business Intelligence, Content Management, and other Web Applications.

Business Intelligence Specialist , SAP International, Inc. Miami, Florida

2000 - Present

Accomplishments:  Participated in landmark implementation integrating SAP BW with Commerce One's Marketplace transactions for Orders, Change Orders and Order Response (Confirmation) documents.  Architect in mapping of xCBL3.0 xml fields via Business Connector (WebMethods) middleware serving as a source system for the Business Warehouse collection of marketplace transactions.  Designed and built consolidated Operational Data Store sourcing multiple client view of information via the web, accessing on line queries relative to their authorized data.

FI/CO Quality Control & Training Specialist , SAP International, Inc. Miami, Florida

1997 - 2000

Accomplishments: Currently part of BW Internal rollout team, Have taught customer courses BW205,(1)BW210 and BW Partner Academies TABW10(3) & one TABW20 in Brazil. Executed in Spanish, various SAP Programmed training courses: AC010, AC040, AC250, AC205, AC405, as well as other courses. Quality Control on course materials. Training conducted in Mexico, Venezuela, and Colombia. Recruiting efforts at Universities.

Client Manager , SAP America Atlanta, GA 30328

1995 - 1997

Accomplishments: Completed 2 1/2 mos. of Jump-start Training Aug. 18, 1995. Customer Support as Client Mgr. with Centre Re, W.R. Grace Corp., Burger King Corp. and Georgia-Pacific Corporation. Participated in Global Implementation Team Roll-out with W.R. Grace and partner P.W.. Teaching experience: Co-taught JSF10, JSF30 Extended G/L Demo Experience: Financial Information System FIS, and OIW Spreadsheet.

Skill-sets: R/3 FI, (Config., A/P, A/R, Consol.), ISP system, CSP Help desk, OSS system, MLP system, Excel, OIW, FIS, HTML Internet Language, SAP Internet Strategy, all MS office products, OLAP Product Powerplay from Cognos. Fluent Spanish and English, familiar with FASB 52 and 8 reporting requirements.

Director, Financial Planning & Systems , The Wackenhut Corporation Coral Gables, FL. 33146

1988 - 1995

• Implementation of Client/Server Systems (i.e. Decision Support, Financial)
• Supervision of Corporate Accounting Mainframe applications
• Coordination of Corporate Planning Process
• Five Year Financial Planning
• Financial Analysis of Investments and Acquisitions
• Lease/Buy Analysis
• Management Report of Operations
• Development of Fin'l. Analysis tools and Concepts

Accomplishments: Implemented Contract Decision Support PowerplayTool by Cognos. Built Decentralized Journal Entry input system using Lotus 1-2-3 and MS Access uploading to mainframe G/L. Member of Senior Planning Review process. Evaluated various planned corporate acquisitions. Participated in implementing a lease program of over $3.0 million realizing a net present savings of over $200,000. Established and standardized Monthly Management Report of Operations as a management tool to review various aspects of financial and operational performance. Lotus 1-2-3 Based Model created for budgeting over $700 Million of business, and establishing "one time data entry" facility with information being uploaded onto Mainframe application. Established Weighted Average Cost of Capital for the Corporation and incorporated IRR analysis into Investment Acquisition Process. Held position of Accounting Manager of International Operations, Consolidated results of operations of over 30 countries and implemented accounting systems at remote facilities in Africa, and S. America. Worked on RFP development and pricing for US Embassy contracts. Established Lotus based consolidation model for translation and consolidation of foreign subsidiary financial statements.

Manager, Budgeting & Analysis, Cigna Corporation, Coral Gables, Florida 33134

1981 - 1988

• Managed annual budget process for 20 Latin American Entities
• Performed financial and operational analysis of Latin American operations.
• Prepared Annual Reports for Insurance Operations in various Caribbean countries.

Accomplishments: Developed and implemented Lotus 1-2-3 Budgetary System for processing and consolidating $130 Million in revenues. Member of Strategic Planning team for the Latin American Region. Held other positions as Accounting Analyst, Statutory & Tax Accountant .