Professional Summary

. Accomplished, multi-faceted IT professional with over 27 years of

experience in iSeries (AS/400) application development, systems analysis

and system administration.

. Flexible and focused contributor, recognized for consistently delivering

projects on time and under budget.

. Experienced AS/400 RPG analyst, designer, coder, documenter and tester.

. Experienced AS/400 System Administrator.

. Operating System and HMC upgrades.

. System configurations.

. Install & configure third party software on the iSeries.

. Enthusiastic person with good communication skills and work habits.

. I seek to establish a good rapport with co-workers and the user

community.

Experience

AmerEquip Corp.

Kiel, WI

Consultant iSeries Programmer/Analyst: Feb 2014/Mar

2014

Jul 2014/Jul 2014

. Application Development in RPGLE & RPG FREE for EDI Order Processing.

. RPG Embedded SQL.

. BPCS ERP

. Report Modifications and DB2 analysis.

American Foods Group Green

Bay, WI

Consultant iSeries Programmer/Analyst: Mar 2013/Dec

2013

. Application Development in RPGLE & RPG FREE for a Meat Packing Corp..

. RPG Embedded SQL.

. Documentation via Web Based Share Point software.

Hamilton Scientific, Inc.

Two Rivers, WI

iSeries Programmer/Analyst

June 2011/Feb 2013

. Application Development in RPGLE & RPG FREE for a Laboratory Work Station

manufacturer.

. RPG Embedded SQL.

. Focus on Purchasing, Billing and Order Entry of BPCS ERP.

. Created and maintained Bar Code Labels via TL Ashford.

. Forms design: Purchase Order, BOL, Invoice via inForm Decisions Software.

Polar Ware/Stoelting LLC

Kiel, WI

Consultant iSeries Programmer/Analyst/Administrator: Mar

2011/Apr 2011

. Developed interactive programs using RPGLE & CL for entering data in a

PRMS Order Entry Application.

. Developed Menu Options with PRMS Menu Maintenance Utility.

. Extensive Data Base Analysis to discover inefficiencies regarding DASD

usage.

. BRMS Analysis and Configuration to replace original backup programming.

Created Daily, Weekly and Monthly backup with BRMS.

. Created a test environment refresh program that also reorganized all data

files in the production systems.

Jacobus Energy, Inc.

Milwaukee, WI

iSeries Programmer/Analyst/Administrator:

May 2006/Feb 2010

. Developed communications applications using RPGLE & CL with remote serial

devices that tracked quantities of fuel tanks, quantity pumped and

performed pricing changes.

. Used embedded SQL for dynamic record selection.

. Converted DDS Files to DDL Tables to increase performance.

. Obtain charge card data via FTP and update iSeries A/R and A/P data base.

. Federal, State & County Tax Programming for Fuel Distribution throughout

United States.

. Data transfer programming of tax data to individual States.

. Profitability reporting of fuel distribution using RPGIV Built in

Functions.

. Automate monthly backups via BRMS.

Johnson Polymer, Inc.

Sturtevant, WI

Consultant iSeries Programmer/Analyst: Feb 2006/May

2006

. Programmed Data Warehouse & Order Entry native systems using RPGLE,

RPGIV, RPG Free, COBOL & SQL.

Manpower Professional, Inc.

Milwaukee, WI

Consultant iSeries Systems Programmer/Analyst:

Mar 2005/Aug 2005

Analyzed and programmed a native iSeries Security Menu-driven application

in CLP, RPGIV, RPG Free and RPG/ILE to allow ID Management personnel to

create and maintain iSeries User Profiles within various legacy

applications.

. Used Procedures, Prototypes and Application Program Interfaces (API's).

. Used MS/Word and MS/Visio to document the project.

. Modified backup procedures via BRMS to include the development I created.

St. Paul Travelers, Inc.

Sheboygan, WI

iSeries Programmer/Analyst:

Jan 2004/Feb 2005

. Performed COBOL, RPG Free, RPG/ILE and RPGIV development and maintenance

programming for native Insurance Applications and Systems.

. Created Data Flow documentation via MS/Visio.

. Project lead and mentor for converting Legacy COBOL Programs to ILE.

. Lead RPG programmer for Premium/Loss Data Feeds via FTP & EDI to

corporate headquarters.

Virtual Care Provider Inc. / Extendicare Health Services

Milwaukee, WI

iSeries Programmer/Analyst/Administrator:

1988/2003

. Lead programmer of the A/R Application where I developed native

Application Programming of Interactive & Batch processing using DOS,

ProComm Aspect, CLP, SQL, RPGIV, RPG Free and RPG/ILE.

. Mentored programming staff in using Open Query CL commands for dynamic

record selection.

. Taught usage of Implementor Change Management software to Q/A personnel.

. Billing programs for Medicare and Medicaid as well as state tax

programming.

. Converted Medicare and Medicaid charges and payments, from tape

processing to EDI via ProComm software.

. Other Applications I worked on include A/P, G/A, Purchasing, Budgets,

Benefits, Payroll & Dietary.

. Was responsible for remote monitoring of daily and end of month

processing of A/R legacy system.

. Participated in decentralization of data entry using Progress and UNIX

programming languages to interface remote PC's to the corporate AS/400 by

converting uploaded ASCII data to the DB2 format.

. Installed & configured Client Access and MKS Change Management Software.

. Improved annual purge performance by removing and re-creating data access

paths.

Trostel Packings

Lake Geneva, WI

System 38 Programmer/Analyst:

1986/88

. Programmer/Analyst in a System 38 environment.

. Performed RPG III development and maintenance of native Production

Control Applications including Order Entry, Bill of Materials and Work in

Process

Areas of Expertise

SKILLS

Platforms: OS/400 on the iSeries (AS/400)

Languages: RPG IV/ILE, RPG 400, RPG III, RPG Free, SQL, CL, DDS, Progress,

PHP.

Database: DB/400, DBU

Software: PRMS & BPCS ERPs, Aldon, Implementor, Turnover, Hawkeye, Robot,

ICOM400, OS/400, PTF's, Client Access, iSeries Navigator, Lotus Notes,

BRMS, TAATools, Laser Vault, New Look, Forms Print, Keyes Mail, Keyes Fax,

MS Word, Excel, Visio, TL Ashford, Flash Form, iMap, iDocs, Rational.

Hardware: IBM/AS400/iSeries/I5, Model 520, IBM/3570 Magstar Tape Drive,

IBM/3580 & 3581 Ultrium4 Tape Drive, HMC with 3 Partitions.

Industries: Manufacturing, Insurance, Long Term Health Care, Employment,

Oil & Fuel Distribution.

ver Lake College Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Education

1987 Bachelor of Business Administration - MIS UW/Milwaukee

Professional Training

2003 - IBM Certification as AS400 System Operations V5R1.

2002 - IBM Certification as AS400 System Administrator V4R4.

2001 - IBM Certification as AS400 System Administrator V4R2.

1996 - Progress Programming Language Course

1990/1995 - U.W./Madison Extension Outreach Business Courses in Systems

Analysis and Data Driven Development

Advanced RPG/400

1985 - Milwaukee Business Training Institute.

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