John M. Sura
La Porte, Indiana 46350
Residence: 219-***-****
Cellular: 219-***-****
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http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsura
SUMMARY
Analytical, results-oriented Information Technology professional with
expertise in design, analysis, programming and technical problem solving.
Works well independently and in a team environment to achieve company
goals. Coordinated system installations at international sites.
Experienced in BPCS ERP System, JDE Enterprise System and Web programs.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Hamilton sundstrand / sullair corporation, Michigan City, IN 1987 to
2009
Subsidiary of United Technologies, a global manufacture of rotary screw
industrial and portable air compressors and related products.
Information Systems Advisor (2001 to 2009)
Independently performed IT project management responsibilities through all
phases from analysis, design, programming, testing to implementation
planning. Insured system quality and conformance to recognized IT
standards.
. Developed workflow processes for parts service and sales technicians,
engineering check sheets, human resources temp employee requests and
IT project requests.
. Performed duties of acting IT manager from June 2006 to June 2007.
. Developed and assisted five colleagues with conversion programs from BPCS
to JDE software.
. Coordinated training processes of JDE system before conversion start up.
. Coordinated and ran conversion process of data from BPCS to JDE.
. Helped support JDE during installations at Sullair's international sites.
. Created standard work documents for IT processes.
. Worked on Optio forms for credit customer statements to improve
processing time from 7 hours to 30 minutes.
Program Analyst Staff Specialist (1998 to 2001)
. Developed, scheduled and completed the Y2K upgrade on systems at
headquarters and Sullair Shenzhen, China.
Senior Systems Project Leader (1992 to 1998)
. Coordinated installation of BPCS software at Sullair Europe in
Montbrison, France.
. Instructed users at Sullair Europe on BPCS modules.
. Developed and coordinated installation plan of IBM AS/400 computer system
and BPCS software at Sullair
Shenzhen in Chiwan, China.
. Instructed users at the Sullair Shenzhen site on BPCS modules.
. Supported the international sites on all computer problems.
. Implemented machine history analysis processes.
. Coordinated and implemented remote site data transfer.
. Converted company intranet to be up-to-date on design functions to
increase user interaction with system
requests.
Systems Project Leader (1989 to 1992)
. Team leader for coordinating projects for two senior programmers.
. Coordinate BPCS system upgrade implementations.
Systems Analyst (1988 to 1989)
. Managed vendor performance project.
Senior Programmer (1987 to 1988)
. Designed, coded, tested and documented programs in a coordinated effort
with four other programmers to establish standards and specifications.
Roundy's Supermarkets (formally Viking Foods), Muskegon, MI 1980 to 1987
Programmer / Analyst
Performed routine and intermediate analysis and design, researched
supportive data, wrote, coded, tested and debuged computer programs.
Monitored program implementations, determined optimum capacity of computer
hardware / software and designed programs accordingly. Major programmer on
installation of new payroll system.
. Assisted in coordination and conversion from IBM System 3 to IBM System
38.
. Converted and rewrote all on-line programs to increase processing speed
and performance.
. Developed and coordinated installation of financial and inventory
systems.
Jones transfer cOMPANY, Monroe, MI 1978 to 1980
Computer Operator
Operated and monitored programs processed by an IBM System three computer.
. Designed inventory program for the computer paper used by the system
printers.
EDUCATION
Associates of Business Administration, Computer Science Technology, Bowling
Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio, 1978
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AS/400 Advanced RPG Programming and Web Boot Camp
Demand Flow Technology and Business Strategy Workshop
BPCS Just-In-Time
AS/SET Architecture and Applications
LANSA Fundamentals and Web
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Michiana Mid-Range Users Group
Sullair Fire Brigade
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Database Management
End-User Software Applications
Hardware & Software Troubleshooting
Technician/Analyst/Specialist
Web Applications, Web Server Administration
Business Process Analysis
Software Development
User Support, Analyze User Applications
Software Coding/Testing
CL, Optio Forms programming
C#.Net, C++ Programming
AS/SET Programming
ASP.Net programming
AS/400 Systems Operations
BPCS ERP System
JDE ERP System
Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005
Vignette Content Management
JDE Object Management Workbench
RPG, RPG III, RPG IV programming
Microsoft: Project 2003, Visual Basic 4.0 and Access
Web Programming: ASP.Net, Front Page, HTML, SQL, and Java