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Don McFarland Business Consultant, Procurement Suite Lawson Software, Inc. Summary Don has 30 + years in the Materials Management/Supply Chain business. Eleven of these years have been in implementation and project management of ERP Systems. Don has over six years of Lawson implementation experience of the Lawson Procurement Suite in multiple versions and presentation applications. Specific certifications include Inventory Control, Purchasing, Requisitions, Requisition Self Service, Receiving Self Service, Mobile Supply Chain Management and PO Matching. Wide range of experience, in the Public Services, Healthcare, Education and Retail Industries, present an adaptable view of best practices and implementation skills. Lawson Experience • Lead Project Consultant in Lawson Procurement Suite for a large County in Texas. Implementation includes Purchasing, Inventory Control, Warehouse, Requisitions and Requisition Self Service. • Assessed, advised and presented client with needs analysis. Adapted analysis results to meet client's business goals of establishing a Corporate Centralized Procurement and Negotiations Department for expense procurement. Development included identifying, documenting, advising and standardizing administrative and operational policies, procedures in coordination with implementation of the Lawson Procurement Suite in a National Retail Outlet Chain. Departmental client base consisted of Corporate Offices, Multiple Distribution Centers, Store Locations in 38 states (totaling 190 Stores), Regional and District Offices. Suite implementation included Purchasing, Vendor Agreements, Requisition Self Service, Requisitions, Receiving Self Service and Inventory Control. • Lead Project Consultant in Lawson Procurement Suite implementation of K -12 School District in central Texas. Implementation included Purchasing, Inventory Control, Warehouse, Requisitions and Requisition Self Service. As lead consultant Don was called on to work with multiple, transitioning, third party consultants and project managers to perform as conduit for consistency and stability throughout the implementation. • Consultant for the beta implementation of the Procurement Suite for a large National IDN. This implementation included multiple hospitals, physician groups, and associated businesses. Don's responsibilities included Quality Control, Training, Data Validation, Conversion consulting, and CRP Development • Functional Training, process consulting, process design, Quality Control, Application Exploration and CRP for a National Hosted Buying Company with a multi - national client base using Lawson Software Engine for processing. • Task force assignment to address Process Analysis /Comparison for a large IDN, located in the Midwest, in preparation of converting to Lawson Software Procurement Suite. • Actively involved in training of the Procurement Suite on all versions of 7X -8X and upgrade training. • Lead Procurement consultant for Large Southwestern Hospital. • Certified in Lawson's Mobile Supply Chain Management and Surgery Instrument Management applications. He was a key participant in the first Lawson launch program, beta and initial implementations for this product. Professional Experience Prior to joining Lawson Software, Don spent 5 years employed at an ERP software development/implementation company where he began as an Operational Consultant for the Materials Application and working into the role of the West Regional Project Manager. Prior to this position he held the position of Materials IS Administrator /Business Analyst for a large Houston based Tertiary care facility. In this position he was responsible for day -to -day transaction analysis, implementation rollout, and process design and training. Lawson Software - Confidential 37