Summary
James Norton is a seasoned Software Development Consultant with over three decades of hands-on experience specializing in Lawson/Infor ERP and financial systems across HP-UX, iSeries, and Windows platforms. He designs and delivers end-to-end Java/J2EE solutions, transforming legacy RPG/Cobol workloads into modern web and service-oriented architectures while also building portals, EDI, and middleware integrations. Comfortable across the full stack—from HTML/CSS/JavaScript front ends to EJB/Hibernate back ends and DB2/SQL databases—he combines deep ERP domain expertise (HR/PR/GL/AP/AR/AM) with practical project leadership and client training. James has repeatedly led complex upgrades and platform migrations (including Lawson S3 to 10.x) and developed code-generation tooling for RPG-to-Java transformations, a less obvious capability that accelerates modernization efforts. Based in Newport Beach, he is a pragmatic problem-solver known for balancing technical depth with clear communication and delivery in demanding enterprise environments.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer