TIMOTHY J SPADONI

**** * ***** ***

NILES, IL *0714-2937

Phone: 847-***-****

Cell: 630-***-****

E-mail: acem41@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications

Skilled at problem identification, description, documentation and

resolution. Especially effective at building relationships between and

within business units, departments and vendor development staff to

identify and correct problem areas. Adept at enhancing software to extend

functionality. Excellent computer skills with Microsoft Office suite.

Professional writer with experience creating documentation in hard copy

and online formats. Video and audio creation and editing skills with

experience creating video training segments utilizing screen capture and

audio synchronization.

Work Experience

Programmer/Analyst (7/2007 - 4/2011)

VILLAGE OF NILES, NILES, IL

Member of a team of designers and programmers responsible for the

creation and management of multiple municipal software systems. Directly

responsible for system documentation, training videos, end-user

requirements, and staff training sessions.

. Compiled user requirements for multiple municipal systems

. Trained users on municipal budget system and GIS systems

. Created HTML system documentation, training materials and created end-

user reports

. Responsible for end-user field support and Web page authoring

Project Manager (4/2003 - 7/2007)

Glenbrook High Schools District 225, Glenview, IL

Supported the multi-school student system (SASI), implemented the special

education system (Clarity), and supported numerous district-wide sub-

systems on the SQL database platform.

. Extensively designed special education forms and related documents

. Trained end-users on all major systems, sub-systems and product

enhancements

. Created system documentation and training materials

. Responsible for product presentation and selection

. IT liaison to multiple vendors and contractors

Project Manager (11/2002 - 4/2003)

Blue Cross Blue Shield, Chicago, IL

A contractor responsible for coordinating the development of the

following projects:

. A multi-year data warehouse Federal Trade Commission data extraction

. The vendor evaluation for a corporate-wide balanced score card analysis

system

. Modification of systems to comply with national security requirements

Systems Manager (1/1997 - 11/2001)

Airlines Reporting Corp, Morton Grove, IL

Systems Manager reporting to the Director of Applications Development.

Managed department operations and systems development staff.

. Managed system design, programming, testing, and disaster recovery

procedures on a multi-client worldwide, airline sales accumulation and

inventory maintenance system using standard SDLC practices along with

Microsoft Project

. Managed all vendor system service negotiations and agreements

. Managed team budgets and performance reviews

. Recovered $50,000 of erroneous third processor billing by reviewing

billing reports and identifying faulty processing charges

Lead Analyst/Programmer (11/1990 - 1/1997)

Rand McNally, Skokie, IL

Responsible for development efforts on multi-customer COBOL/IDMS order

entry, order fulfillment mainframe systems.

. Managed programming and design changes on the multi-airline relational

database Ticket Airlines Inventory Processing system using SDLC

methodology

. Managed the transition of a 250 million dollar airline sales processing

system from an in-house processing center to the Acxiom-hosted mainframe

processor

Lead Analyst/Programmer (11/1983 - 1/1990)

Railroad Retirement Board, Chicago, IL

Responsible for analysis and programming several COBAL based systems on a

relational database mainframe platform.

. IT liaison to Booze-Allen & Hamilton contractor lead redesign and

system replacement efforts.

. Successfully resolved several hundred system programming issues

remaining after contractor term expired and implemented the new employee

earnings system.

Education

Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Bachelors of Science

Additional Qualifications

I work with a number of local library and community groups in the areas

of music and performance. I am comfortable speaking to various size

audiences on a number of topics.

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