Summary
Jonathan Steel is an independent JD Edwards EnterpriseOne consultant with over 25 years of deep on-prem and cloud ERP experience, having led product launches, scalability engineering and global migrations since joining J.D. Edwards in 1996. He has architected large-scale EnterpriseOne implementations and upgrades (including multi-thousand-user stress tests and migrations from AS/400/DB2 to Oracle and cloud platforms), introduced Citrix to the OneWorld install base, and founded the Scalability Group and the first outsourced OneWorld ASP. Comfortable at both tactical CNC level and executive strategy, he has driven architecture, compliance (SOX) and SDLC improvements for Fortune-class customers and managed cross-functional teams and multi-million dollar deals. An early adopter of AWS for sandboxing and a proponent of virtualization, he authored influential whitepapers that helped shift customer and vendor thinking about virtualized and cloud-hosted EnterpriseOne. Based in Kansas City, he also applies entrepreneurial operational skills as the founder of a successful local boardgame café, reflecting an ability to blend technical leadership with real-world business operations.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Enterprise Network Management, MSc Enterprise Network Management at Sheffield Hallam University