Welcome!
At first, for correctness: 'About us" should be 'About me'. mcon solutions is 'my' brand; my name is Heiko Markwart, I am located in Germany; I have been working for Infor and the predecessors for more the 30 years. My contract finished at the age of 67, and beginning on March 1st, 2025 mcon solutions is the start of my second professional life.
I am a specialist:
- for data migration from third party ERP systems to M3 cloud editions and on prem, and
- experienced developer for UI customizations and enhancements, both for the H5 Client and SmartOffice. *)
- enhancements around the finance interface GLS840/GLS850, which allows to process data from other sources like payroll systems, travel expense system, and others.
*) using the H5 SDK with Angular and the Infor Design System (IDS Enterprise), H5 Scripts based on Typescript**), SmartOffice JScripts, C#-Dlls**), C#/WPF-Features, and Mashups (also with JScript enhancements).
**)Typescript for H5 and C# for SmartOffice provides interactive debugging capabilities - first choice for complex customizations!
Beneath this, I developed solutions which can process MS Excel data in M3: As Excel solution with VBA coding, as Excel COM-Add-In with C#-coding, and as M3 H5 SDK or Smart Office Feature application.
My Background
I am a passionate software developer, and programming was always not only my profession, but also a passion. The adoption of new technologies is often time consuming. The bookshelf behind my desk contains more then 20 books about C#, WPF, JScript .Net, Java, Excel VBA, Javascript, HTML5, Angular, Design Patterns, coding best practices, MS Office AddIn development, XML, Talend Open Studio, Pentaho for data integration, and more... I can read and write Movex RPG and M3 Java Code, and of course I am very familar with SQL, Web Services (on prem: MWS, cloud: IPS) and HTTPS/REST interface development, including the OAuth2 autorization scheme
The History
Besides my work for Infor, I have a strong business background: More than 40 years ago, I managed the family business as managing director - a small plant and equipment construction company with 40 employees. As commercial managing director, I was also responsible for IT and organization; I was my own lawyer, tax advisor, accountant, controller and software developer, with very good knowledge of business administration and commercial law.
Since 1998, when I started my professional life at Intentia, the predecessor of Infor's predecessor Lawson, I executed most of the data migration projects in Germany (and some cross-border projects), where data had to be migrated from legacy systems - I developed my first toolbox based on Excel VBA and used it for 15 years, before the high data volume of new projects required a more powerful backbone; the first solution was based on Talend Open Studio with M3 13.x as target, and when the M3 MT Cloud projects started, I developed a new framework based on Kettle Pentaho, aka PDI. This included a high performance REST interface, which can also be used standalone.
Another, important part of my tasks for Infor was the maintenance and development of the SmartData tool, which has been sold to arround 400 customers, and is also used by Infor Services and Infor Customer Support. SmartData processes data which is defined in preformatted Excel sheets, can execute any API and Web Services, and also download data.
From 2003 - 2020, I was also responsible for the GDPdU solution for Infor Germany, which creates data extracts due to the German legal requirements in case of tax audits.