ROCKY D. DECKARD

**** *********** **** • Amarillo, Texas 79109 • 805-***-**** • ab0l54@r.postjobfree.com

SENIOR SYSTEMS ANALYST/ PROGRAMMER / ADMINISTRATOR

Human Resource Systems / Financial Systems / Payroll and Time and Attendance Systems

Respected, results-oriented senior systems professional, interface expert with proven Global 500 experience in:

• Partnering with internal and external department heads to modify systems to support growth, including

interfaces to new systems to support growth, expansion, and new lines of business

• Leading teams that are responsible for mission-critical applications 24/7/365

• Optimizing processes for maximum efficiency including ones that involve PeopleSoft

• Human Capital systems such as Personnel, Benefits, Payroll, Time and Attendance, General Ledger

• Deadline-related processes to both internal and external entities

• Electronic data transmissions, including large amounts financial data to key entities

• Highly confidential data and systems, and the related supporting processes

• Commitment to providing service on-call by carrying and being responsive to a pager

• Proactively seeking continuous business process improvements, making recommendations, and

programming/leading improvements for maximum uptime and efficiency

• Maintaining a healthy work-life balance, while continuing my education

• Designing user-based solutions that are secure, easy to use and provide efficiency

• Managing the full scope of projects across all business areas, phases, stakeholders and process areas

• Building and guiding cohesive/productive work teams, and motivating users to learn/use new systems

• Fostering relationships with management, vendors, and internal customers to coordinate overall

information system efforts including partnering with business operations to achieve objectives

• 18+ years of COBOL and JCL experience

Team Leadership Confidential Data Business Systems

Processing Improvement

Technical Unit and System Stakeholder Management

Requirements Testing

Project Closure Business Cycle Project Management

Reporting

P ROFESSION AL E XPERIENC E

CIBER/Loisianna Workforce Commission – Baton Rouge • May – July 2012

USDOL Data Verification on Populations 1, 3/3a, 4, 9 and 10 using Cobol/EasyTrieve Plus

Texas Farm Bureau/IPS – WACO • Consultant, Sept. – Nov. 2011

Worked on converting the legacy interface programs from VSAM to DB2

MCLANE COMPANY, INCORPORATED – Temple, TX • www.mclaneco.com

LEAD ADMINISTRATOR AND PROGRAMMER ANALYST, 1996 – 2009

As the team lead in Production Support area for McLane’s primary revenue-producing area, my role consisted both

of managing team of four people as well as providing hands-on systems work. My team was responsible for the

most security-sensitive systems in the company, including payroll, personnel, benefits (including retirement), time

and attendance, taxes, and more. Implemented new systems to support the expanding business in new distribution

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centers and departments. Made multiple improvements over time due to awareness of the overall business and

systems processes, combined with knowledge and skills. Trusted to solve problems and maintain business continuity

and confidentiality. Routinely interfaced with systems and people from banks, the federal government, employee

retirement systems/vendors, and more. Wrote and supported interfaces between these financial entities and McLane.

Consistently trusted and accountable to maintain systems and solve whatever problems arose. Security and access

administrator for Millennium Financial Systems in the company.

Environment:

PeopleSoft (some modules), Millennium (most modules), and most Microsoft software applications

z/OS COBOL, TSO, CICS, VSAM, PDL, ISPF, DB2, SQL, Princeton Softech, INSYNC, REXX,

Linux/Unix, INFOPAC, JCL, ViewPrint report writer, EasyTrieve Plus, Control-M, Changeman

Selected Contributions:

• Innovative idea in the Accounts Receivable processing resulted in 150% improvement 365 nights per

year.

• Hold six professional documented recommendations from respected and accomplished McLane

colleagues.

• Improved run time and CPU cycle efficiency by 90% in Accounts Receivable communications

processes.

AFFILIATED FOODS, INCORPORATED – Amarillo, TX • www.afiama.com

PROGRAMMER / ANALYST, 1991 – 1996

WAREHOUSE OPERATOR / SUPERVISOR, 1987 – 1991

As Programmer/Analyst, I was responsible for installing, testing, and maintain a variety of mission-critical systems

to run the business. Wrote “RoadShow” routing interface to support the Transportation Department’s need to support

sales at trade show conferences and interface with order fulfillment to ensure product was shipped promptly. Trusted

to maintain, test, and support Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Personnel, and Payroll systems.

Responsible for simultaneously maintaining, testing and supporting the systems for the Grocery, Food Service and

Bakery billing and delivery functions. Wrote the interface from the legacy mainframe application platform to the

newer AS/400 platform, enabling business growth, improved processing, and enhanced reporting. Working in the

warehouse from 1987 – 1991, my duties included loading and spotting trucks, supervising warehouse personnel,

producing labels and load documents, and running computer operations systems.

Selected Contributions:

• On-call 24/7 for Financial Systems and in rotation on-call for all other system applications.

• Created an audit process to ensure the company did not pay rebates on returned merchandise

T OOLS /S YSTEMS /L ANGUAG ES

CMS, VM, ICCF, AS/400, Natural, Predict, Construct, DOS/VSE JCL, Larson

FTP, Connect Enterprise, AUTOFTP, PGP encryption, National Automated Clearing House Association

(for Direct Deposit), Electronic Funds Transfer

System applications including General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Fixed Assets, Billing,

Transportation/distribution, Order Fulfillment, Time and Attendance and more

3207 Mockingbird Lane • Amarillo, Texas 79109 • (805-***-***** • ab0l54@r.postjobfree.com

E DUCATION / C REDEN TIALS

Saint Leo University: AS General studies

Bachelor of Science in Information Systems, WGU-TX, anticipated December 2014

Professional Development:

Franklin-Covey: Time Management, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Being Our Best

Zenger-Miller

I NTERE STS

Health, wellness, active lifestyle, family, community, continuing education

3207 Mockingbird Lane • Amarillo, Texas 79109 • (805-***-***** • ab0l54@r.postjobfree.com

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