Technical Support Project Management

Please Note:

Due to decades of incorporation Only Corp to Corp Tax Terms Will Be Considered. (No W2 or 1099)

Due to a recent corporation relocation Only Remote Projects Will Be Considered. (No On-Site or Hybrid)

EXPERIENCE OVERVIEW:

Over forty-five years of front-line Fortune 500 experience with large scale timely projects, emergency response, short term backfills, and one-man operational history. No task has been too small, and no project has been too big.

Management Experience:

* Management Consulting * Project Management (Technical/Non)

* Operations Management * Technical Support Management

* Implement Consulting * Project Risk Evaluation

* Operations Relocations * Team Leadership

Developmental Experience: (with/without Life Cycle/SDLC, and other Methodologies)

* Data Modeling/Analysis * Application Design

* EDI Mapping & Programming * Requirements Analysis/Specifications

* Data Modeling/Analysis * Application Programming

* Communications Analysis/Design * Communications Programming

* Shop Standards Analysis/Design * Documentation Specialist with Design Skills

* Multi-platform Interfacing * Significant & Expert User Interface Abilities

Technical Support Experience:

* Communications Support * Performance Tuning

* Hardware Evaluation/Purchase * Installation/Troubleshooting

* Technical Support Analysis * Operational and/or Shop Standards

* Communications Hardware * Software Package Installation/Update

* Help Desk Support * Systems Programming

* Security Support * OS Upgrades/PTF Applications

Testing Experience:

* Test Script Design/Writing * Unit/System/Sub-System

Instructor Experience:

* Course Designer/Developer * Professional Instructor

* Lecturer * User Instruction

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

IBM® Hardware: Power Systems (formerly AS/400, iSeries, System i, System p).

System p (formerly IBM RT, RISC System 6000, RS/6000, eServer pSeries, System p5)

S390, 30XX, 43XX, 370, 360, SYS/38/36/34/32,3X Series 1

IBM® O/S: IBM® Power i, (formerly i5/OS and OS/400) AIX, Linux, OS/MVS JES II, DOS/VSE,

EDX, CCP, SSP (Sys/34-36). Latest Version iPower V7R1M0.

IBM® Languages: RPG ((II/III/IV, ILE, Free), COBOL/400

Microsoft® Languages: MS Visual Basic 6

Communications: Asynchronous, Client Express, Bisynchronous, SDLC, X6.2, X12, X.25

TCP/IP, EDI (Premenos, Gentran), GSA, RJE, Remote/5250/Emulation, 3720

Emulation, PCS, APPC, APPN, FTP, ICF, XCom 6.2, RUMBA/400, SMT, VTAM,

SNUF, SNADS, SMARTCOMM, PROCOMM, XTALK, MQSeries (Vers. 5.2).

Utilities: TSO, NetView, ADM, APD, DLU, PDM, SEU, SDA, QUERY, QPNQRYF,

SQL (internal/external), ODBC, Hawkeye, Robot Scheduler (Vers. 9, 10) Abstract Probe, Data Base Utility (DBU) by Prodata, MKS Implementer, Report Mgr. by Gumbo Software (Vers. 1 Rel. 7), Aldon, Turnover, PFE, IBM® LPAR Configuration and Management.

ERP/Case Tools: BPCS, Logistics Pro, AS/SET, SYNON/2E, ADELIA, IMREX, Lawson, Mapics, IPICS,

PKMS, Prism, PRMS, J.D. Edwards, Island Pacific, Infinium, Lansa.

BPCS: ORD, A/R, A/P, PUR, G/L, Shop Floor, BOM, BIL, INV, JIT, CIMPATH (co-authored),

Interfaces to Oracle (Vers. 8.1), Interfaces to MS Server

Lawson LSF9: P.O., H/R, Human Capital Management Suite, Supply Chain Management Suite,

and Enterprise Financial Management Suite

PRISM: Fin. Supt., Res. Mgmt. Cust. Order Mgmt. Warehouse Mgmt. (Rel. 5-1)

(Marcom/SSA) Resource Mgmt. Customer Order Mgmt. (Rel. 7.1), Interfaces to MS Server

Pansophic: O/E, A/R, A/P, G/L, INV, S/F

PRMS (C/A): OB, A/R, G/L, IN, MRP, A/P (Latest Version Worked On - 8.4)

TECHNICAL SKILLS (Continued):

Infinium: AM2000, H/R, P/R, G/L, OP, AR, SS (*=Certified)

J.D. E. (A7.3): O/E, S/A, A/R, A/P, G/L, INV

J. D Edwards XE: O/E, A/R Conversions, O/E, INV, Interfaces to Oracle

Microsoft® Project: Versions 98, 2003, 2010, 2013 & 2019.

Microsoft® Office: Versions 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 & 2019.

Microsoft® Windows Versions 2, 3, 3.1, 98, XP, 2000, Vista, 7, 8, 10, & 11

PC Server O/S: Microsoft®: Windows Versions NT 3.1 Advanced Server, NT 3.5, NT 3.51, 4.0, 2000,

2003, 2003R2, & 2008.

Server Software: Hibernate XML/SQL (Vers. 3.1), SAP (Interfaces)

Previous Clientele (At A Glance):

Software:

IBM (three different projects) SSA (three different projects)

Infinium (Software 2000) Adesso Solutions, LLC (Two different projects)

Food/Food Services:

Kraft Foods, Inc. (three different projects) Sara Lee Foods (two different projects)

General Foods Con Agra Foods

Bumblebee Sea Foods Panda Express

McCain Foods Tassos

Manufacturing:

Amcor Southern Paper International

Otis Elevator Samsung

R.R. Donnelley ALCAN (formerly American Can)

Drug/Pharmaceuticals:

Abbott Laboratories Baxter International

Retail:

Office Max Walgreen Drug Stores

Sears Dominick’s

Whitehall Jewelers, Inc. Osco Drugs

Non-Profit:

National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The Society of Real Estate Appraisers

Brookfield Zoo, the Chicago Zoological Society

Others:

Alberto Culver Cosmetics Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.

Tenneco Packaging, Inc. Chicago-Tokyo Bank

Helene Curtiss Cosmetics Aon Insurance

Ryan Insurance Combined Insurance

MOST RECENT or CURRENT EXPERIENCE:

T & T, Inc., Application Designer/Project Manager (01/24 - Present)

This application is to develop analytical algorithms for the OTC and Nasdaq markets with data collection,

analysis of data, and projective analysis reporting.

The assignment consists of requirements gathering, project planning, UX (User Experience) and

UI (User Interface) designs. Other areas of responsibility include Architecture of software and management.

of coding the solution. Development is to be initiated on Java version(s): 7.0, 8.0. End target environment

will reside on Java 21 or JDK 2. Tools in use are Microsoft Office 365 (various components), Microsoft Project.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

U. S. Government, Undisclosed Location(s), Systems Analyst (03/15 - 12/23)

This periodic position was both on-site and remote. Responsible for development of functional specifications, communication with development teams, and interfacing with project managers. Participation in

various meetings for design, progress/status, implementation, etc. Administrator rights for access of

several multi-partition IBM i©. Use of Rocket Aldon Lifecycle Manager (IBM i Edition) ©,

Cisco Jabber©, Robot Scheduler©. Environment consisted of a multisystem integrated with a global

network of IBM i© Power systems interfaced to communications with various satellite networks.

This position required my reinstatement of various security clearances and accesses.

Taylor Company, Division of Carrier Commercial Refrigeration, Inc. Rockton, IL,

Programmer/Analyst (01/15 - 03/15)

This was a remote position. Responsible for creating CLLE program that would delete records from

any named file with several days’ parameters passed. Duties included modification requests for

a heavily customized BPCS ERP system. Development was in RPGLE with utilization of standard.

Flexsteel Industries, Inc., Dubuque, IA, EDI Programmer/Analyst (10/14 – 1/15)

Duties included: The development of CLLE for FTP (file transfer) for communication of various EDI.

transaction files, with a Van. Conversion of custom Cobol/400 EDI programs to RPGLE for X12 transactions 830, 850, 855, 856, and 810. iSeries elements included extensive use of IFS facilities and IBM APIs, as well as standard OS/400 utilities.

Atkor International/Allied Tube & Conduit, Harvey IL, Programmer/Analyst (6/13 – 9/14)

The assignment involved support of Mapics XL financial and manufacturing applications utilizing all flavors

of RPG, Sql (embedded and external), OS/400 utilities (PDM, OPNQRYF, SDA, etc.). Support was extended to

Fast Fax (Quadrant Software), and Trusted Link EDI (Innovis) applications include mapping, developing, testing, and debugging communication errors. MKS Implementer was the change management tool used.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE (Continued):

Amcor Flexibles, Mundelein IL, Documentation Analyst (1/13 – 6/13)

It was my assignment to interview developers, analyze RPGLE (Free) source code, design, and document the workings of two SAP (Version 11.2.0.3.0) to PRMS (Version 8.4) interfaces utilizing MS Word and Visio Premium 10.

Office Max, Naperville IL, RPGLE Developer (10/12 – 1/13)

Having been brought on board already two weeks behind schedule the project objective was still met by modifying the Office Max (rarely modified) price engine “Race 5.0” utilizing CLLE, RPGLE with binding objects, service programs, stored procedures, SQL, create unit test script, along with the usual OS/400 utilities. Another assignment was interpretation, documentation, preparation, and execution of the Office Max semi-annual catalog price rollover with the afore mentioned high level language and OS/400 utilities.

National Merit Scholarship Corporation, Evanston IL, Data Analyst (08/11 – 09/12)

The As a data analyst on a team for this project it was my responsibility to provide data design, business,

rule(s) extraction and documentation from Hibernate XML SQL modules, and data flow definitions. Significant

analysis of various forms of RPG on the IBM© System i (AS/400/iSeries) utilizing OS/400 utilities and Hawkeye. Support of new IBM© Power i System, as only consultant experienced to do so.

Tassos Enterprises, Oakbrook Terrace IL, Support Technician (03/10 – 07/11)

The objective of this assignment was to update hardware and/or software to “automate” the office environment as much as possible. Requirements included the review of network server configuration, including server software and research, configure, purchase, install a new Windows 2008 network server, investigate and purchase routing software for Tassos product delivery, configure, purchase, and initialize PC desktop and laptop computers, consolidate PC hardware, purchase additional “BlackBerry’s”, link management “BlackBerry’s” to

the organization’s email and computers. Upgrade Intuit’s Quick Book Vers. 9.0, Vers. 10.0 And Vers. 11.0.

Chicago Metallic Corporation, Chicago IL, Systems Analyst (04/09 – 07/09)

The objective of this assignment was to design a system that was destined to replace a multi-platform process determined by the client to be difficult, antiquated, and too time consuming to be practically worked with while producing the company’s customer price books. The new design was required to replace processes involving MS Excel, Gateway Queries, and VB6 programming. The new process was to incorporate all facets, both new and old, to be totally housed on IBM iSeries ®. Investigation while designing the new process involved a search for a third-party software vendor that would manage and integrate the client’s parts illustrations into the new price book process. Data extractions were designed based on PRMS (Vers. 8.4), PKMS, with analysis in Synon/2E, Infinium (Software 2000).

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE (Continued):

World Wide Fittings, Niles IL, Programmer/Analyst (04/08 – 04/09)

This client required a programmer/analyst that had knowledge of RPGII for conversion of key programs to RPGIV. Also, extensive knowledge of OCL (SSP – Operation Control Language), and S/D type specifications for System III type screen format definitions. OCL was converted to CL (Command Language). RPGII was converted to RPGIV, Screen S/D specifications were converted to DSPF definitions, and internally described files were redefined as external DDS (Data Definition Specifications). This project was performed on site and mostly remote.

Omya Inc., Proctor VT, Programmer/Analyst (02/08 - 04/08)

A marble and granite global company headquartered in Switzerland required modifications to programs in BPCS (Vers. 8.2). All programs were modified utilizing RPG ILE, RPG IV, & RPG III. Modifications were made to programs such as ORD139, ORD895, DRP550, BIL550, and various custom programs requiring modification/s. An additional assignment given was to design a custom Change Management System utilizing Synon/2E to create prototypes. Project was canceled by the newly hired C.I.O. This project was performed on site and remotely.

GATX Corporation, Chicago, IL Programmer/Analyst (11/07 - 01/08)

Rail car maintenance and leasing corporation required a “front-end” overhaul to their legacy applications.

system in order to conform to the A.A.R.(American Association of Railroads) standard for railcar maintenance

job codes. This project required extensive analysis and coding in mostly RPGII. Programming and analysis

was required in an OS/400 (V3R2M0) environment utilizing all the standard utilities of this operating system.

including SEU, SDA, OPNQRY, etc. This project required a significant level of self-sufficiency and the ability to work independently, as it was mostly on-site and partially remote. This project had an extremely rushed deadline.

Panda Restaurant Group Inc, Rosemead, CA Programmer/Analyst (08/07 - 10/07)

Home of Panda Express, Panda Inn, and Hibachi-San Japanese Grill, this project consisted of converting.

Lawson (Vers. 7.2) RPG to Lawson RPGLE (Vers. 9.0). Some special analysis was required in Synon/2E and

PKMS. Programming and analysis were required in an OS/400 (V5R4M0) environment utilizing all the

standard utilities of this operating system including SEU, SDA, SQL, etc. This project required a high level of

self-sufficiency and the ability work independently, as it was remote.

Equity Residential Properties, Chicago, IL Programmer/Analyst (07/07 - 08/07)

Analysis requirement to determine impact of new BAI (Bank of America) transactions for their J.D. Edwards based interface on the IBM iSeries. This requirement required review of current RPG Free & ILE programming, as well as the standard OS/400 utility type software associated with this platform. Client also requested documentation and walk through to ensure quality.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE (Continued):

Dental Network of America, Oakbrook Terrace, IL Programmer/Analyst (08/06 - 03/07)

DNOA (a subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois), was primarily involved in the management of

dental plans with associated applications. It was my responsibility to support these applications in an IBM

iSeries environment. Duties included analysis, estimating, developing, and testing in support of DNOA’s ISR

(I.T. Support Request) system, including estimates, time reporting, project reporting, etc. All development

was performed in RPGLE, RPGIV, RPGIII, and RPGII. The usual and standard OS/400 utilities were used,

along with MKS Implementer and Hawkeye.

Brookfield Zoo (Chicago Zoological Society), Brookfield, IL – Programmer/Analyst (06/06 – 06/06)

Perform analysis and resolve erroneous condition found in J.D. Edwards (JDE/400 8.1) check reconciliation interface with a Chicago bank. The engagement required a review of current “in place” user procedures, reproduction of the error condition in a test environment, identification of the cause of the error with the users, and a walk through of the proposed resolution with the user community.

Alberto Culver USA, Inc., Melrose Park, IL – Programmer/Analyst (10/05 – 03/06)

Responsibilities included the development of eleven (FTP driven interfaces between IBM ® iSeries and MS Server. The interfaces exchanged data between Alberto Culver’s SSA’s Prism (Vers. 7.1) in Culver’s manufacturing group and a third-party logistics firm. Project documents such as requirements specifications, project definition and monitoring spreadsheets utilizing MS Excel were created by myself. Data mapping was primarily focused on the Resource Management and Customer Order Management modules. Developed programming utilized RPGLE, as well as standard OS/400 utilities, i.e., SEU, SDA, Query/400, and CL programs. Direct interfacing with both the division and 3PL IT managers (Mexico) was required.

Adesso Solutions, LLC, Arlington Heights, IL - B/A & P/A (1/05 – 12/05)

Client requesting me by name for a return engagement to work with SSA’s BPCS (Vers. 8.1. Duties include

writing data extraction programs in RPGIV/ILE, CL, and SQL. Utilization of standard OS/400 utilities, i.e.,

SEU, SDA, RLU, Query/400.Was responsible the design and creation of all of the application’s

documentation. Initial requirement was to set up a VPN connection with their well-known west coast client to

work remotely and writing FTP programs to transmit the extracted data. Analyze data from Adesso’s client

utilizing MS SQL Enterprise Manager (Vers. 8.0). Data mapping to Adesso tables., creating/altering database

content and definition, while searching, scanning and sorting of data utilizing SQL/400 & Trans-Act SQL.

Alcan (American Can), Chicago, IL – Programmer/Analyst (10/04 -12/04) and (8/05 – 9/05)

Update the client’s manufacturing ERP (Data/3) security to SOX: 4 procedural standards. This project required taking verbal specifications, design “on the fly”, coding, and the unit testing of all programs. Required technical skills included subfile programming in RPGIV, SDA, CL programming, and debugging. The departure comment from the client supervisor was, “My ability to work with little/no supervision was greatly appreciated”.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE (Continued):

Adesso Solutions, LLC, Arlington Heights, IL - B/A (8/04 –9/04)

Analyze data from Adesso’s client utilizing MS SQL Enterprise Manager (Vers. 8.0). Data mapping to

Adesso tables from end client’s AS/400 and Cognos databases, creating/altering database

content and definition, while searching, scanning and sorting of data utilizing Trans-Act SQL.

Extraction and importation into databases were performed with DTS (Data Transformation Services).

Quality Logistics Systems, Elk Grove, IL – Business Analyst (5/04 – 6/04)

Aid in the downsizing of one warehouse through planning and execution. Responsibilities included

planning, inventory control assessment, scheduling of inventory shipments, coordination of warehouse

workers/locations, interfacing with vendors, and occasional movement of stock by forklift.

Whitehall Jewelers, Inc., Chicago, IL – Project Leader (Hands On) (9/03 – 12/03)

Responsible for leading and directing four programmer/analysts in direct support of all application’s helpdesk

calls in a retail corporate headquarters. Duties included initial analysis of all helpdesk calls, user interface

(where required), assigning the calls to myself or programmer/analysts, and follow-up with status reporting.

Given OS/400 Security Officer rights was administrating system security (user profiles, object security, etc.)

Application software included J.D. Edwards (Security, DD, SVR, Dreamwriter, Menus, etc.), Report Manager

(Gumbo Software), Merchandise Mgmt.. (IMC), and “Alert Monitor” (FrontRange Solutions). Applications

involving EDI, POS, and FTP were heavily supported as well.

Con Agra Foods, Inc., Omaha, NE – Senior Programmer/Analyst (11/02 – 6/03)

Participated in the Nucleus project (conversion from SAP R2 G/L to Oracle G/L database). Duties

included developed technical designs for conversion, interfaces, program modifications to BPCS programs.

Schedule and hold “sign off” meetings for designs. Acted as project database administrator creating files, and

making modifications as required. Coded and tested all conversion programming. Performed update to

production files with post update support. All executed without erroneous event. Modified and tested various

RPG and ILE programs in BPCS applications of AP/GL. Conducted technical interviews for staffing.

Walgreens’, Deerfield, IL – Senior Programmer/Analyst (07/02-11/02)

Responsible for development of the WITS (Walgreens Internal Tax System) batch process. Duties included

coding of programs in Cobol/400. Acted as project database administrator creating files, and making

modifications as required by design change requests, development of conversion programs for data migrated

from IDMS mainframe database.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE (Continued):

Sara Lee Foods, (Ball Park Brands), Cincinnati, OH – Senior BA/PA (02/02-07/02)

Responsible for creating requirements, design documents, specifications and test plans for conversions, with various interfaces from Between Infinium’s OP and J.D.Edwards (XE) on the AS/400 Advanced Series.

Interfaces were developed for BPCS (SSA), Lawson, Prism (Marcam), PKMS (Manhattan Associates) for inventory transactions, sales, and purchasing files to J.D.Edwards. Analysis included other Sara Lee corporate divisions (Best Kosher/State Fair) data for conversion. Working “hands on” as a programmer analyst developing in MQ/Series, RPG/LE, SQL, DDS, CL, and most common OS/400 utility type functions.

Newark Electronics, Chicago, IL - Project Leader (09/00-10/01)

Performing as a hands-on project lead. Involved in all stages of the development cycle. Duties

included user interface, development of conceptual designs, technical designs, and various forms of

documentation. Consolidated shipping designed, coded, installed with interfaces to BPCS/Logistics Pro

in forty-five days. This position required significant people skills as well as technical abilities. Position

also required strong knowledge of BPCS (Vers. 6.0) with AS/SET (Vers. 6.02). with significant code creation.

Fujisawa Pharmaceuticals, Deerfield, IL – Senior Programmer /Analyst (5/00-7/00)

Analyze, code, test, and install the interface between Sales (A/R) and General Ledger (G/L) in

C/A’s version of PRMS (Vers. 8.4). The project required development of several test environments

while extracting and balancing production data to test against. A significant user interface was required to insure accurate G/L balancing prior to live start-up.

Mc Cain Foods, Oakbrook, IL – Senior Business Systems Analyst (10/99-04/00)

Responsibilities included applications support in all areas of a customized version of PRMS

(Vers. 3.0). Applications include inventory management, credit, purchasing, shop floor,

MRP, MPS, etc. Functions included analysis of problems logged by a help desk, user interface,

problem determination, developer direction, and issuing of work requests/specifications

designed to produce the correct solution to production problems on the IBM AS/400.

Hendrickson International, Woodridge, IL - Programmer Analyst (5/99-9/99)

Client required the conversion of human resource history from a MS Dos based human resource

system (Abra) to the IBM AS/400 based Infinium H/R 2000 system. Functions included analysis of

the PC based files, file transfer, creating RPG data parsing/conversion programs, actual

conversion of data, and post conversion verification. Responsibilities required me to interact with

many Hendrickson site personnel, as well as Hendrickson’s software Vendors.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE (Continued):

Chicago Faucet Company, Des Plaines, IL - Programmer Analyst (2/99 - 6/99)

Responsible for the development of custom sales analysis reports attached to the J.D.Edwards (JDE/400 A7.3)

order entry application, various sales files, and utilizing various utility type functions within J.D. Edwards. Duties included interpretation of specifications developed by Whitman-Hart personnel, coding the programs in RPG III, testing the programs in a controlled environment, and getting user sign off.

Infinium (Software 2000), Oakbrook Terrace, IL - Technical Consultant (10/98 - 2/99)

Attend classes and become certified in Infinium AM2000 (Application Menus and system controls), H/R (Human Resource), P/L (Payroll/Ledger), G/L (General Ledger) packages. Travel to Infinium client sites and perform consulting services as required. Duties included custom modification to Infinium software developed in RPG IV. Design, code, test, and debug custom interfaces and conversion programs. Provide suggestions/solutions on various questions/issues confronting new or first time IBM AS/400 users.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Y2K Program, Willowbrook, IL - Senior Programmer/Analyst (03/98 - 10/98)

Active participant in setting procedures and processes (definition). Code manipulation,

compilation, and packaging for external vendor transfer. Handling millions of lines of code from

forty-three sites to ten internal AS/400s (Cisc/Risc) for staging baseline, verification, and Y2K

compliance testing. Duties included interfacing with vendors, Donnelley’s site personnel and

external renovators (vendors). Code handling required high level knowledge of Cobol, RPG (all

versions), S/36 SSP utilities, S/38, Lansa, Lawson, BPCS, Prism, PKMS, Synon, to perform mentioned actions, as well as quality assurance Pre/Post testing. Travel to Donnelley’s sites to aid in project initiation.

Tenneco Packaging, Evanston, IL, - AS/400 Support Technician (11/97 - 2/98)

Responsible for nationwide support of sixty-two IBM AS/400s Support of hardware and communications in definition, also troubleshooting. File transfer (FTP) between platforms. Multi-system object/office security. Performance tuning, DASD analysis, configuration of hardware for support and for purchase. Software included Lawson, BPCS, and other packages. Interface with IBM and other hardware/software vendors.

Samsung (Construction Equip. Div.), Rolling Meadows, IL, - I.T. Specialist/Project Leader (02/97 - 11/97)

Project lead on system start-up, including conversion. Technical support in all facets, as well as

support and interface with LAN (Novell 4.1), voice mail, and telecommunications. Travel to Samsung’s various dealer locations to evaluate dealer software. Design complete system for web site intranet access to AS/400 applications by Samsung dealers (data entry/retrieval). Responsible for directing outside vendors and consultants regarding new office expansion (drawings, wiring, cabling, fiber optics, new computer room, etc.). Responsible for all applications support and new development utilizing RPG/400, DB2/400, and remaining OS/400 (V3R7M0) functionality. Administrative support in all areas of AS/400 functions (database admin., security officer, and all other operations).

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE (Continued):

Uarco, Inc. Barrington, IL, AS/400 Systems Programmer/Technical Support (02/96 – 12/96)

Responsible for nationwide (single-handed) support of twenty AS/400s, which included support of their environments, applications, and users. Duties included were: Upgrading multi-CPUs operating systems (OS/400 V3R1M0 & V3R2M0). Support of hardware and communications in definition, also environments. File transfer (FTP) between platforms. Multisystem object/office/user security. Performance tuning, dasd analysis, configuration of hardware for support and for purchase. Interface with IBM and other hardware/software vendors. Updating CPUs with the latest PTF packages, releases, and updating of CPU Licensed Programs. Development of DASD analysis and object management utilities. Participation in the IBM “Early” program.

Gotoh Dist. Service, Inc. Itasca, IL, Systems/Programmer Analyst (08/95 - 12/95)

Performed high level business analysis and system documentation utilizing data flow and action diagramming. Development of detailed specifications for programmers. Supervision of an additional programmer during development phase. Development of programs using RPG/400, CL/400, and Screen Design Aid for subfile development on an IBM AS/400 with OS/400 (Vers. 3.1). DBU (Vers. 4.1) was utilized during testing and implementation.

Follett Campus Resources, River Grove, IL, Communications/Programmer Analyst (11/94 - 9/95)

Responsible for software development of a custom system software product for Follett client stores. Development of detail specifications required for other interfaced platforms. Creating a file transfer procedure/package utilizing RPG/400 (by Asna), RPGII, and OCL under a SSP operating system.

Interfacing through an IBM RS/6000 running AIX (Vers. 3.0.)

Trase Miller, Oakbrook, IL, Project Manager (6/94 - 11/94)

Project Manager for the planning and implementation of an automated airline ticketing system. Included design and development through all phases of the life cycle. Provided system installation services at two locations on three different platforms and directed a project team of seven. The following was utilized: Cobol/400, OS/400. OS/2, PC Support/400, REXX, Easal (Ver. 3), Lanyon Gateway (R4, Ver. 2), Microsoft Projects (Vers. 5.0), Visio (Vers. 2.0), Excel (Vers. 5.0). WordPerfect (Vers. 6.0).

Thomas Havey & Co., Chicago, IL, Programmer Analyst (10/93 - 6/94)

Involved in the design and development of a Chicago based accounting firm dealing primarily with labor union accounting and membership processing. With the AS/400, analyzed, coded and maintained RPG/400 programs with significant subfile development. RPGII/OCL for System/36 environment.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE (Continued):

UDL Laboratories, Rockford, IL, Communications/Programmer Analyst (11/93 - 2/94)

AS/400 Start-Up Consulting: Served as a Management Consultant in various areas of AS/400 initial requirements. Project Leader to programmers. Responsibilities included Bisynchronous/ICF designing, defining and development for EDI and processing. Developed security and back-up procedures and trained technical staff.

AHI Corporation, Des Plaines, IL, Communications Technical Support (2/94 - 2/94)

Defined all required AS/400 communications to support Remote PC 5250 Emulation. Responsibilities included installing and configuring PC 5250 Emulation and modem to modem communications. Tested/debugged emulation link until unfailing performance was obtained. Interfaced with user community and support personnel and provided user training on a functional level.

Precision Universal Joint, Chicago, IL, Communications/Programmer Analyst (1/94 - 2/94)

Analyzed remote hardware and software requirements. Reviewed company's product usage,

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