Robert C. Knight
*** ******* ******, *****, ***** Carolina 29651
864-***-**** (Cell)
abiegv@r.postjobfree.com
Senior Software Engineer
SUMMARY:
Seeking position with quality company that will benefit from my over 20
years experience developing, validating, implementing and maintaining
software applications in many industries, environments and platforms.
Proven results in a timely manner. Areas of expertise include:
Software: HP/UNIX, AIX/UNIX Scripting, PL/SQL, ORACLE SQL/ORACLE DEVELOPER
HYPERION/ESSBASE (REPORTS, Scripts, ANALYZER, CUBE Development)
MICROFOCUS COBOL, COBOL, COBOLII IBM JCL (360,390, MVS, VSE), TSO/ISPF IBM
UTILITIES, CICS, IMS
RPG, SYNSORT, WINDOWS, MS OFFICE
Platforms: Windows Servers, HP/UNIX and AIX/UNIX Servers, IBM MAINFRAMES
(360,390, MVS, VSE)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
DENNY'S CORPORATION, Spartanburg, SC 05/04/2009 - 05/29/2009
Contractor:
Documented upgrade to v9.3.1 Hyperion/Essbase modifications.
DENNY'S CORPORATION, Spartanburg, SC 12/02/2008 - 12/31/2008
Contractor:
Worked with Hyperion team on upgrade of Hyperion/Essbase from v6.5.5 to
v9.3.1 and move to new server. Updated and recompiled ESSCMD scripts that
load and calc, also modified Perl scripts to point to new server. Tested
and validated new cubes.
DENNY'S CORPORATION, Spartanburg, SC 05/2000 - 09/2008
Senior Software Engineer:
(2001-2008) Responsible for following systems:
Sales Verification System.
Enhanced and maintained existing software, including unit and integration
testing and debugging and user training. Wrote SQL and Unix scripts to
create interfaces to other systems. Data was polled from over 1500 stores
each evening and loaded into Oracle tables using PL/SQL. User interfaces
was Oracle Forms.
Hyperion/Essbase OLAP.
Designed, tested, assisted in user validation, and implementation of
multiple cubes, created interfaces, and wrote calculation scripts and load
rules. Once in production, was responsible for modifications and
maintenance. Created Hyperion reports and analyzer reports for users.
Modified perl scripts to call esscmd scripts and move data from Unix
servers to windows server for essbase processing
Payroll Transaction Reports.
Provided support and requested modifications as deemed necessary. This
system collected hourly payroll information from stores, loaded information
into Oracle tables. SQL is run against tables to create exception reports
that were emailed to users.
Remedy.
Supported this purchased package used to track customer complaints.
Upgraded software as needed and assisted in trouble shooting user problems.
This is an Oracle based product.
(2000-2001) Responsible for following;
Part of team converting Legacy systems from IBM Mainframe to Unix servers.
Legacy systems were written in COBOL, CICS, IMS using JCL on IBM MVS and
VSE mainframes. Cobol programs were rewritten in MICROFOCUS COBOL and
Lawson Cobol. JCL was converted to UNIX scripts.
AHOLD CORPORATION, Greenville, SC 1998-2000
Software Engineer/Business Analyst
Maintained Warehousing system.
The bulk of this system was on IBM mainframe, using COBOL, CICS, IMS, JCL
and IBM utilities. I also maintained portions of the system on UNIX using
MICROFOCUS COBOL, PL/SQL and UNIX scripts.
PROGRESS LIGHTING CORPORATION, Spartanburg, SC 1996-1998
Lead Programmer Analyst
Led development/support team responsible for maintaining and supporting
company systems. All programs were MICROFOCUS COBOL on a UNIX platform.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, Spartanburg, SC 1993-1996
Programmer Analyst
State of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC
IBM mainframe, MVS, JCL COBOL, IBM utilities, IDMS
Conso Corporation, Union, SC
AIX UNIX systems using MICROFOCUS COBOL
MICHELIN TIRE CORPORATION, Greenville, SC 1980-1993
Plant Analyst (1991-1993)
Managed Information Systems at Michelin's plant in Lexington, SC
Acted as liaison with Corporate IT and manager of plant computer operations
and PC support.
Programmer Analyst (1981-1991)
Developed and maintained warehouse system. This system received, stored
and picked tires from warehouse based on FIFO. This was on an IBM
Mainframe (MVS) and all programs were written in COBOL.
EDUCATION:
B.S. in Business Administration, Lander University, Greenwood, SC
A.S. in Industrial Engineering Technology, Piedmont Technical College,
Greenwood, SC