RPG Programmer
Resume:
Gary J Roberts
Winter Haven, FL 33884
*************@*****.***
SUMMARY
Extensive experience in programming and application development.
Experienced in various business systems including Supply Chain Technology, inventory
m anagement and distribution, financial accounting, medical industry and human resources.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• ILE RPG (with embedded SQL); RPG/400; ILE CL; CL; DDS; subfiles.
• WebSphere Development Studio Client (WDSc)
• SQL; Query/400
• FTP; IFS (Integrated File System)
• i5/OS; OS/400
• HAWKEYE; IMPLEMENTER change management system; PDM; DBU; EZVIEW.
EXPERIENCE
2013-2014
Programmer Analyst
Randstad Technologies (under contract to PharMerica, Tampa, FL)
PharMerica has a network of pharmacies located throughout the USA that provides phamaceuticals
f or Long Term Care (LTC) Health facilities.
• Primary responsibilities include secondary support for issues reported by customers via
h elp desk. Resolve issues that could not be handled by primary support personnel.
I dentify and report root cause of issues within programs.
• Modify programs to correct issues where root causes have been identified.
2006-2013
Programmer Analyst
Contec, Schenectady, NY
Contec repairs and refurbishes cable TV set top boxes and cable modems.
• Enhanced and maintained in-house applications including Parts Entry and Sales
R eporting.
• Worked on programs that used the IFS to produce reports on the iSeries, convert to
r equired format such as .csv and transmit via e-mail to customers.
• Utilized a package which produces Excel spreadsheets within RPG programs. This
p ackage used the Apache POI-HSSF java application for the Excel ’97 file format.
• Some experience with the MAPICS/XA package utilized by Contec.
• Provide after-hours support for AS/400 applications.
1996-2006
Senior Programmer Analyst
Advance Auto Parts, Roanoke, VA
• Responsible for developing and maintaining a variety of applications on the iSeries
r elated to Supply Chain including: store order generation, purchase orders, financial
a ccounting, inventory control, vendor returns, store returns (to warehouse), store on-line
o rdering.
• Information gathering from users and IT personnel for new applications or enhancements;
p repare project specifications and signoffs; develop and test new applications
• Provide after-hours support for Supply Chain applications including host and Warehouse
M anagement Systems.
• Developed an automated process to build files, members and data for new facilities.
• Developed a process where users could identify truck routes and stores assigned to those
r outes. A cutoff time could be set up for each route so that shipping personnel would
k now that no more orders could be processed for stores within the route so that orders
a lready processed can be packaged, loaded on trucks and shipped.
Programmer Analyst 1 988-1996
Concord Management Systems, Tampa, FL
CMS developed and marketed accounting software for the construction industry.
• Enhanced existing applications including job costing, accounts payable, accounts
r eceivable, inventory management and payroll. Applications written using RPG II and CL
f or AS400 and System 36.
• Design and code application to provide year-end payroll income tax data on magnetic
m edia (diskette or tape) required by state taxation departments.
Programmer 1 985-1988
Self-employed, Tampa, FL
• Provide customers with programming and analysis on System 34 using RPG II and OCL.
Programmer/Analyst 1 982-1985
Johnson Drug Company, Tampa, FL
JDC was a wholesale distributor of pharmaceuticals and sundry products.
• Designed, developed and implemented a year-end physical inventory system. Involved in
t he modification of inventory, billing and sales analysis and reporting systems.
Programmer 1 982
Gulf Abstract and Title, Inc., Ft. Myers, FL
• Designed, coded and implemented an accounts receivable system. Work performed on an
A LPHA-MICRO computer (AM-410) using the BASIC language.
Senior Programmer 1 980-1982
Medical Engineering, Inc., Ft. Myers, FL
MEI developed software for hospitals.
• Primary responsibility was working on a hospital pharmacy package on a System 34 using
R PG II. Involved in the modification, enhancement and maintenance of pharmaceutical
s ystem modules including admissions, discharges, transfers, drug order entry, narcotic
i nventory usage and billing.
• Responsible for assigning tasks to three programmers.
Programmer/Operator 1 974-1980
Glens Falls Hospital, Glens Falls, NY
• Involved in the modification, enhancement and maintenance of inventory, accounts
r eceivable, accounts payable, payroll, medical records and financial accounting. RPG II
o n IBM System 3 Model 15D.
E DUCATION
1973-1974
Adirondack Community College
Queensbury, NY
• Data Processing Certification (One Year program)
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