David S. Plowman

Summary Senior level OpenVMS systems administrator, programmer,

technical analyst and project leader of more than 25 years

experience. Skilled in design and implementation of

technical solutions, installations and upgrades,

troubleshooting and problem analysis, writing scripts,

clusters, performance tuning, capacity planning, disaster

recovery, security and more.

Skills Languages: Digital Scripting language

(DCL), JavaScript, HTML, BASIC,

FORTRAN, Assembler, Pascal

Databases: Oracle RDB, Microsoft Access

Operating Systems: OpenVMS, Unix, Windows (various)

Networks: TCP/IP, DECnet

Hardware: VAX, Alpha, Charon, clusters,

windows servers, routers

July, 1998 to April, 2014 Fidelity National

Experience Financial Chicago, IL

Systems Analyst

As part of a team of four, performed technical analyst and

system administration duties for a network of 80 mission

critical OpenVMS VAX, Charon and Alpha systems around the

USA and Canada and over six thousand users from off-site

location. Designed and wrote scripts to automate many of

the duties. Lead projects to handle operating systems and

software upgrades, disaster recovery, performance tuning,

improve system security, etc.

Wrote scripts to automatically update a windows-based event

monitor with OpenVMS events and to track records

transmitted to a data repository. Demonstrated excellent

communications skills writing technical documentation and

emails for internal use as well as external vendors, and

assisting key users in the field over the phone. Other

duties included troubleshooting of technical problems,

performance tuning, capacity planning, supporting Oracle

RDB databases, etc.

Note: Worked as a consultant from July, 1998 to December,

2004, and then was hired on as a full-time employee.

March, 1997 to July,1998 University of Chicago

Hospitals Darien, IL

Senior Specialist

As part of a team of two, responsible for system

administration of critical medical computer systems - three

running Digital UNIX and three on OpenVMS systems.

Supported communications interfaces from the medical

systems to hospital instrument interfaces. Acted as

liaison between the users and the vendor of Sunquest, a

Mumps based hospital application package. Upgraded the

application, which required detailed planning and close

communication with all involved in this critical

environment. Also acted as Lotus Notes Administrator and

supported the Sun Ultra 1 UNIX server.

David S. Plowman (Continued)

July, 1995 to March, 1997 Landata, Inc. of

Experience Illinois Arlington Heights, IL

(continued) Operations Manager

Coordinated construction of new data center. Moved entire

company's applications from a VAX in downtown Chicago to an

Alpha OpenVMS cluster in a new data center in Arlington

Heights without loss of data or production uptime. System

administrator for the OpenVMS systems. Replaced a Fox Pro

system with a Microsoft Access and Access Basic system to

track workflow, wrote other Access systems.

January, 1988 to July, 1995 Baxter Healthcare

International Deerfield, IL

Technical Consultant

As senior member of a team of two, lead technical projects

and provided systems administration for a network of 20

OpenVMS systems around the USA and Canada. These essential

systems ran conveyor belts and managed the inventories of a

number of distribution centers nationwide which processed

over $1.1 billion in annual sales. Managed vendor

relationships for build-outs of computer rooms and cabling

at seven distribution centers. Designed and wrote scripts

to automate backups, disk defragmentations and other

systems activities. Wrote technical documentation

including a manual of more than 300 pages.

October, 1986 to December, 1987 Barnes and Reinecke

Elk Grove Village, IL

System Manager

Technical support and systems administration of the

company's computer systems. Read and translated computer

tapes received for military engineering projects.

Programmed accounting and general ledger applications in

VAX Basic. Supervised staff of two people.

July, 1983 to October, 1986 North Park

University Chicago, IL

Systems Analyst

Designed, wrote and installed applications in VAX Basic and

Digital's scripting language (DCL), including a menu-driven

system of over 120 modules to track $2.8 million in annual

donations. Supervised a staff of two people and trained

student programmers.

Education Masters of Business Administration (MBA)

Loyola University; Chicago, IL 1987

Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science and Business (BA)

North Park University; Chicago, IL 1983

Bilingual English/Spanish - can speak, read and write

Spanish at an intermediate level.

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