Who We Are

D&D Solutions, Inc.’s President and Chief Consultant, Dave Clasen, has been involved with EDI for over 20 years.  While working as a software engineer for a niche ERP systems provider, Dave gained his first EDI experience when he helped a client become the first vendor in a particular industry to achieve full EDI compliance with their largest customer (approximately 75% of their business!).

Dave Clasen is a highly skilled EDI professional with a proven track record of implementing custom solutions for his world-class clients.  He has successfully implemented EDI solutions utilizing a variety of standards, such as –

  • X12
  • HIPAA
  • EDIFACT
  • TRADACOMS
  • XML
  • IDoc
  • Proprietary

Dave has successfully integrated with a variety of ERP, manufacturing, distribution, and accounting systems, and he has over 15 years’ experience with SAP® integration.

World-class clients include:
  • 3Com® (Chicago, IL)
  • Accenture * (Chicago, IL & Atlanta, GA)
  • Acco™ Brands (Chicago, IL)
  • Alliant Foodservice (Chicago, IL)
  • Alstom Power (Windsor, CT)
  • Americo (New York, NY)
  • Arden Companies (Detroit, MI)
  • AT&T™ (Atlanta, GA)
  • AttainMed (Atlanta, GA)
  • BancTec (Irving, TX)
  • Bayer Healthcare (Pittsburgh, PA)
  • Bloomberg * (New York, NY)
  • Blount International * (Portland, OR)
  • Brightpoint® (Indianapolis, IN)
  • Capital One * (Wilmington, DE)
  • CDW (Chicago, IL)
  • Citibank (Charlotte, NC)
  • Club Monaco (New York, NY)
  • CNH Case New Holland * (Kenosha, WI)
  • Coca Cola (Atlanta, GA)
  • Columbus Foods (Hayward, CA)
  • Corporate Resources * (Cincinnati, OH)
  • Demar Logistics, Inc. (Chicago, IL)
  • Domtar (Raleigh, NC)
  • DR1V Automotive (Lake Forest, IL & Detroit, MI)
  • Drive Medical (Port Washington, NY)
  • Ebony Magazine (Chicago, IL)
  • EnPro Industries (Charlotte, NC)
  • Estee Bedding (Chicago, IL)
  • Federal Mogul (Lake Forest, IL & Detroit, MI)
  • First Citizens Bank (Raleigh, NC)
  • Fifth Third Bank (Cincinnati, OH)
  • FirstEnergy Corporation® (Reading, PA)
  • Fram (Lake Forest, IL)
  • Fujitsu (Chicago, IL)
  • General Electric (Windsor, CT)
  • GGB Bearing Technology (Thorofare, NJ)
  • Graphic Packaging International (Atlanta, GA)
  • Hancock Whitney Bank (New Orleans, LA & Gulfport, MS)
  • Harris Corporation (Melbourne, FL)
  • Hospira * (Lake Forest, IL)
  • idhasoft (Atlanta, GA)
  • Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Downers Grove, IL)
  • ING Direct * (Wilmington, DE)
  • Ingram Micro (Indianapolis, IN)
  • Kao (Cincinnati, OH)
  • La Senza (New York, NY)
  • Lightwell (Columbus, OH)
  • MAG Giddings & Lewis (Detroit, MI)
  • MCO (Beverly Hills, CA)
  • Mead Johnson Nutrition (Evansville, IN)
  • Metabyte (Fremont, CA)
  • Michael Foods (Minnetonka, MN)
  • Miracle Software Systems (Detroit, MI)
  • Moore Business Forms (Lake Forest, IL)
  • Motorola (Chicago, IL)
  • MSC (New York, NY)
  • Neudesic (New York, NY)
  • Nutramax (Lancaster, SC)
  • Orchid International (Racine, WI)
  • Oregon Products (Portland, OR)
  • Perot Systems® (Detroit, MI)
  • Prysmian (Columbia, SC)
  • Rescue Pest Control (Spokane, WA)
  • Reef (Carlsbad, CA)
  • Regent L.P. * (Beverly Hills, CA)
  • Rockport (Boston, MA)
  • Roman, Inc. (Chicago, IL)
  • ScanSource * (Greenville, SC)
  • Shire Pharmaceutical (King of Prussia, PA)
  • Sirius (New York, NY)
  • Source HOV (Irving, TX)
  • Source Interlink (Chicago, IL)
  • SMS Seafood Marketing Specialists (Middletown, RI)
  • Sterling Commerce (Various)
  • Takeda Pharmaceutical (Chicago, IL)
  • Tekoa ERP (Spokane, WA)
  • Tenneco Automotive (Lake Forest, IL)
  • Trinity Health * (Detroit, MI)
  • TrueValue (Chicago, IL)
  • UCI-Fram (Lake Forest, IL)
  • United States Department of Treasury (Washington, DC)
  • US Foodservice™ (Chicago, IL)
  • US Robotics® (Chicago, IL)
  • Wrigley (Chicago, IL)

* = Multiple Engagements

Industry experience includes:
  • Agricultural and Construction Equipment
  • Automotive Manufacturing
  • Automotive Aftermarket
  • Banking
  • Cellular Devices
  • Communications Services
  • Confections
  • Consulting
  • Distribution
  • Fashion
  • Federal Government
  • Food & Beverage
  • Foodservice
  • Healthcare
  • High Tech
  • Logistics
  • Manufacturing
  • Media
  • Nutrition
  • Office Products
  • Packaging
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Power Generation
  • Publishing
  • Rail Transportation
  • Retail
  • Supplements

Specialties Include:
  • Analysis of EDI Requirements and Suggested Solutions
  • Solution Definition
  • Hands-On Knowledge of Several EDI Applications, Including—
    • IBM PCM Community Manager
    • IBM PEM Engagement Manager
    • IBM Connect:Direct®
    • IBM Sterling B2B Integrator (B2Bi)
    • IBM Sterling Control Center
    • IBM Sterling File Gateway
    • IBM Sterling Integrator®
    • IBM Sterling Secure Proxy™ (SSP)
    • IBM Gentran Integration Suite (GIS)
    • IBM GENTRAN:Server™ for UNIX
    • IBM GENTRAN:Server™ for Windows
    • IBM WebSphere®
    • GXS TrustedLink® Enterprise (TLE)
    • Liaison Softshare Delta®
    • Liaison Softshare ECS©
    • Trinary EDI WINDOWS™EDI Mapping
  • EDI Trading Partner Configuration
  • EDI Testing / Implementation
  • EDI Application Installation & Configuration
  • EDI Documentation
  • EDI Troubleshooting
  • BPML (Business Process Modeling Language)
  • MFT (Managed File Transfer) Implementations
  • SQL (Structured Query Language)
  • ODBC / JDBC
  • UNIX (AIX, HP-UX, LINUX, SCO, Solaris, SunOS, etc.)
  • UNIX Shell Scripting
  • Daily Production Support
  • Various Communication Protocols
  • FTP
  • SFTP
  • AS2
  • HTTP
  • HTTPS