Story by TrueCommerce Consultant
Editor’s Note: This is one in a series of stories about the work performed by Remedi EDI consultants, the value they bring to organizations, and the satisfaction their work brings them.
My Career Path: At one time, I was pre-med. I made great grades in high school and had high scores on my standardized tests, but after two years I decided it wasn’t for me and I took a break. After a series of entry-level jobs in banking and insurance, I audited a computer programming course at my community college and answered a question that had stumped the class. I was hooked and enrolled in the next term. After graduation, I accepted an offer to go into consulting with one of my professors.
My Breakout Project: Even before I got involved with EDI, my clerical jobs had shown me that it wasn’t efficient for Company A to print and mail their invoices to Company B, only to have Company B re-key it into their system. After a few years, an outerwear company approached me to write an EDI system and business rules for them because they needed to do EDI with a national department store chain. I jumped on the opportunity even though I had no experience with EDI up to then.
My Greatest Satisfaction: I’ve built a career as an independent EDI consultant around a technology that’s mature yet continues to evolve. I’ve gone from teaching myself EDI to engagements like monitoring and optimizing TrueCommerce and Microsoft Dynamics 365 environments. I do this because I like solving puzzles. And every day with EDI is a different puzzle. How do you make it work efficiently? How do you make it work effectively? I love working backward through the error chain to see which operation failed and then understand why it failed.
What’s the Next Chapter in Your Story?
Looking for your next consulting gig? Consulted before and thinking about transitioning back from a permanent position? Considering a move to consulting but want a better idea of how it works. In any event, we’d love to connect. Drop us a line at staffing@remedi.com with your resume and let us know the kind of work that brings you the most satisfaction.
