MICHAEL P. GRECCO

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Jupiter Florida, 33478

Home: 561-***-****

Cell: 561-***-****

Email: lpkai7@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

IT professional with diversified experience in systems design, implementation, and deployment of technology solutions. Strong customer service with demonstrated success in providing support for various systems. Comprehensive background, results and detail oriented with strong leadership skills in managing developers and support personnel. Excellent supervisory and analytical skills: troubleshooting, problem solving, designing, coding, testing, debugging, and implementing. Ability to write technical and user documentation. Global International experience.

TECHNICAL

Hardware: IBM Mainframe, 3270 Terminals, PC & Compatibles

Mainframe: Cobol, Easytrieve, Changeman, FTP, DB2, SQL, JCL, IBM Utilities, TSO/ISPF, Spufi,

Syncsort

PC-Software: Visio, Excel, Word

Server Tools: SQL-Developer, Toad, Changeman-DS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OFFICE DEPOT CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, Boca Raton Florida 1998 - 2008

Senior Developer, Merchandising and Replenishment Group (2004 - 2008)

Programming and documentation in support of various projects.

* Provided Mainframe and Dashboard Power Builder support, which resulted in approximately 75 hours of CPU and RUN time savings. Managed SQL code execution, within Mainframe programs and within Power Builder applications, to reduce CPU and RUN times. Used Cobol and Easytrieve to facilitate required additions of and or changes to programs for problems encountered by users.

* Assisted in successful implementations of Demand Forecast and Management System applications, part of a suite of RETEK software solution applications, primarily using Cobol, Easytrieve and DB2-SQL. Installation of the Forecasting application resulted in cost savings of $3m, and maintenance costs of $20k per year.

* Aided in testing and debugging Advanced Inventory Planning joint application venture between Office Depot and Retek. Tasks consisted of using Cobol and Easytrieve to formulate data, FTP to transfer data to the Oracle database server, Shell scripts, to (FTP) get data from the Mainframe, and to run server batch jobs to prepare data for the Oracle platform.

* Maintained useable code via Changeman DS software for RETEK applications.

* Finalized and completed business requirements, functional and technical design, coding, testing, debugging for the Purchase Order conversion as part of a Purchasing sub track of the Oracle business suite of applications.

Developer II, Sales Reporting Group (1998 - 2003)

Programming and documentation of sales reporting.

* Maintained and enhanced Sales reporting functions, using Cobol, Easytrieve and DB2-SQL.

* Formulated sales data for interaction with EssBase an online analytical processing solution.

* Collaborated in the successful integration of sales data with Teradata applications.

BLOCKBUSTER ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, Fort Lauderdale Florida 1989 - 1998

Manager Corporate Systems Development (1997 - 1998)

Managed Programmers in application, scheduling, and completion of projects.

* Provided advice on languages and documentation in accomplishing tasks, and training necessary to meet project production requirements.

* Recommended and implemented techniques to improve application processing, maintained professional

standards, and reviewed work for effectiveness and performance.

* Interfaced with Operations to make provisions for timely and orderly processing of updates, changes, and modifications to production applications and programs.

Manager Corporate Systems Services (1995 - 1996)

Help desk, training and documentation, and department statistical analysis projects.

* Selected, reviewed, tested, and installed Corporate Help Desk software geared at quick turnaround, and most likely to succeed in generating required results for corporate users.

* Analyzed, tested, procured and disbursed Laptop PC’s and Printers for all field Directors, District Managers, and Franchise Operations Managers for review and management of sales.

* Created department news letter to be published for corporate users, providing information on New Technology, Software, and available System Services, as well as department personnel names, duties and phone numbers for reference.

Manager Corporate Data Services (1993 - 1994)

Provided data and reporting for all corporate user information requests.

* Prepared weekly Activity reports containing:

- percentage of increase current -vs- prior month

- maximum/minimum number of requests

- average number of requests

- top 15 department request types and counts

* Extracted Information from the Mainframe and multiple AS400’s with JD-Edwards software, using Cobol, QMF, SQL, Easytrieve, Query, DBU and IBM utilities.

* Managed Mainframe DB2 tables for country applications and AS400 Coupon Promotions for Video stores.

* Provided standards and reference documentation for Mainframe and AS400 naming conventions.

Project Manager Corporate IS (1989 - 1992)

Design, development, installation, and user training of business applications.

* Evaluated, installed, and trained users on a PC based Platinum Purchase Order System.

* Aided in installation of Inventory Transfer Control and Accts Payable Invoice Matching.

* Managed Design/1 software, for file/field relationships between AS/400 and Mainframe.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

BRISTOL-MYERS CORPORATION, New York City, NY

Senior Project Manager, Headquarters International Group

Managed Programmers in application, scheduling, and completion of projects.

* Provided advice on languages and documentation in accomplishing tasks, and training necessary to meet project production requirements.

* Recommended and implemented techniques to improve application processing, maintained professional

standards, and reviewed work for effectiveness and performance.

* Interfaced with Operations to make provisions for timely and orderly processing of updates, changes, and modifications to production applications and programs.

EDUCATION

Computer Technology, Programming Languages and Concepts

Auburn Community College, Auburn NY

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Various IBM Classes and Seminars,

On Line SkillSoft courses: Intro to UNIX, UNIX Shell Scripting Tools

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