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System Engineer

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Strongsville, OH, 44136
Posted:
August 20, 2010

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SUMMARY

Over ** years experience in computer systems software engineering,

application design and development. Performed requirement analysis, design,

coding, testing, integration, conversion, migration, maintenance,

production support and documentation efforts on many complex systems

development projects. Experienced in designing and implementing object-

oriented client-server applications, database systems and microcomputer

based embedded real-time control systems. Over 15 years experience in

design and development of Client-Server applications using

Powerbuilder/Oracle/Sybase. Over 20 years experience in

C/C++/Assembly/Unix application and systems design and development.

SKILLS

Languages/ Software Tools: PowerBuilder, C/C++, Oracle, Sybase,

EAserver, DB2, PL/SQL, SQL Developer, TOAD, PowerBuilder Foundation

Class (PFC), Eclipse, Tomcat, HTML, XML, Java, PowerBuilder Web

Deployment Kit, Popkin System Architect, Erwin, S-Designer, Rational

Software tools, SQL Plus, SQA, SQR, Cyrano, J2EE, MS Studio

Professional (Visual C++, Visual Basic, MS SQL Server, MFC), MS

Windows SDK, IBM Assembler, Pascal, Fortran, ADA, BASIC, DCL, Ingres,

Watcom, Gupta, ADABAS, NATURAL, ISPF, JCL, FoxPro, Smalltalk, ONSPEC,

GENESIS, MS Office Professional, Lotus Suites.

Hardware: IBM PCs, IBM 3083, IBM 370, IBM 360, VAX 780, VAX 850, VAX

8600, Micro VAX 2000, MicroVAX 4000, Vaxstation 3100, HP 3000, PDP

11/70, PDP 11/45.

Operating Systems/Networks: UNIX, HP/UX, Linux, MS Windows

XP/NT/2000/98/95/3.11, MVS, VMS, Ultrix, MS DOS, OS/2, Novell LANs,

DECNet, Ethernet, Pathworks.

EDUCATION

Masters of Science, Electrical / Computer Engineering, University of

Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 1986

Bachelors of Science, Chemical Engineering., University of Akron, Akron,

Ohio 1979

EXPERIENCE

ConsulTech, Cleveland,

OH March 2006-

present

Senior Consultant

@Sherwin-Williams, Cleveland, OH

Mar 2006 - present

Design and development of Inventory Management, Transportation Planning,

Customer Order Maintenance, Pallets Tracking, and Load Maintenance modules

of AWCS application (Automated Warehouse Control System) using PowerBuilder

Enterprise (10.0 - 10.5.1), Oracle 10, PL/SQL, TOAD, UNIX/COBOL/C,.

Analysis and conversion of AWCS Legacy system to PowerBuilder MS Windows

based, Client/Server environment. Performed SQL optimization and fine

tuning., requirement analysis and specification, system testing and builds

and production support.

Hudson Global Resources, Oakbrook Terrace,

IL September 2004- Dec 2005

Senior Consultant

@Blue Cross Blue Shield, Chicago, IL

Sep 2004 - Dec 2005

Assist in the design and development of enhancements to the Accounts

Maintenance and Premier Providers Maintenance applications using

PowerBuilder Enterprise 8.0-9.0, PowerBuilder Foundation Class (PFC), IBM

DB2, Windows XP, IBM CICS, IBM ISPF, MagnaX, PVCS, DB Navigator and IBM

Cobol.

TEKsystems, Hanover,

MD February 1998 -

April 2004

Senior Consultant

@ Genesco Corporation, Nashville, TN

Sep 1999 - April 2004

Assisted in the design, development and commissioning of a multi-tier

client/server Order Management and Processing system (OMNIA) and Sales

Force Automation System (Selling Edge) using PowerBuilder Enterprise 5.0 -

7.0, PowerBuilder Foundation Class (PFC), Windows NT 4.0, Oracle 7 - 9

database servers, C/C++, Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle Stored Objects (Stored

Procedures, Functions, Triggers and Packages), IBM MQ Services and PVCS

Tracker. Performed requirement analysis, code, test, debug, support,

maintenance and enhancements to the system stored objects and applications

libraries. Designed objects & modules, stored procedures, triggers &

functions. Fixed production bugs in Order processing, Rules management,

Invoicing, Products management, Inventory management, Customer maintenance,

EDI Processing, Sales force automation, and Reporting system. Used PVCS

Tracker for applications modules access control, version control, and

configuration management.

@ Morrison Knudsen, Cleveland, Ohio

Feb 1998 - July 1999

Performed Migration of Cost System applications suite from PowerBuilder 4

to PowerBuilder 5 to PowerBuilder 6.5 and to PowerBuilder 7.0 under Windows

NT 4.0. Used SQA testing tools for verification of system functionality.

Redesigned PowerBuilder objects. Modified existing PowerBuilder scripts.

Designed 32 bit Dynamic Link Library (DLL) using C++. Designed new objects

and Sybase stored procedures. Debugged and tested the existing code.

Performed Conversion of Cost System databases from Sybase 4.9 to Sybase

11.0 and to Sybase adaptive server 11.5. Used Cyrano testing tools under

Windows NT and HP UNIX. Developed custom testing tools in Unix shell

scripts and rewrote some stored procedures. Performed Y2K compliant testing

and modifications for the Cost System.

@ GE Lighting, Cleveland, Ohio

Oct 1998 - May 1999

Designed and developed an object-oriented client-server toolkit, RIP Rack

ToolKit (RRTK), to facilitate material handling and material consumption

for the GE manufacturing processes Used PowerBuilder Enterprise 7, PFC,

PL/SQL 2.1, and Oracle 7.2 stored procedures / triggers under HP

UX/Windows 98.

Designed and developed a reporting application, Resource Detail Reporting

system (RDR), using PowerBuilder Enterprise 7, PFC, PL/SQL 2.1 and Oracle

7.2 stored procedures, HP UX/Windows 98.

Dynasoft Incorporated, Cleveland,

Ohio December 1994 - December 1997

Systems Consultant / Independent Consultant

@ LCI International, Dublin, Ohio

Jul 1996 - Dec 1997

Assisted in the design and development of an object-oriented client/server

system, International Routing Operations Support System (IROSS) using

PowerBuilder Enterprise 5.0 under Windows NT 4.0, Unix C/C++ and Oracle 7.2

database server. Performed functional requirements analysis created

Software Requirement Specifications document. Prototyped and coded the

system. Used latest PowerBuilder GUI features, TreeViews and Tab objects

and Oracle PL/SQL Stored procedures and Triggers.

Assisted in the design and development of a multi-tier client/server

system, Centralized Commissioning system (CCS) using PowerBuilder

Enterprise 5.0, Windows NT 4.0, C/C++ and Oracle 7.2 database server.

Performed functional requirement analysis, created Software Requirement

Specifications document. Prototyped and coded the system. Used latest

PowerBuilder GUI features, TreeViews and Tab objects and Oracle PL/SQL

stored procedures.

@ RELTEC Corporation, Elyria, Ohio

Nov 1995 - Jun 1996

Led the design and development of a multi-tier client/server system, IMPS

(Installation Material & Power Systems) using PowerBuilder Enterprise 4.0,

PowerTool 4.0, Sybase and Watcom database servers. This application

converted part of RELTEC's existing Engineering Bill of Material processing

system from HP3000/UX COBOL into client/server architecture. Performed

functional requirements analysis, created Functional Requirement

Specifications, performed data analysis/modeling and created Software

Requirement Specifications document.

@ Invacare Corporation, Elyria, Ohio

May 1995 - Nov 1995

Led the design and development a multi-tier client/server application, IPC

(Invacare Product Configurator) using PowerBuilder 4.0, Oracle 7.0 and

Watcom database servers. Along with the development, wrote the Functional

Requirement Specifications and rapidly prototyped the functionality of the

existing HP3000/UX Image database system (COBOL) into client/server

architecture.

@ Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Cleveland, Ohio

Nov 1994 - Apr 1995

Designed and developed a client/server system for automatic inventory

replenishment using Powerbuilder 4.0, MS DOS/MS Windows 3.1, MS C/C++ 7.0,

STX EDI package, and Symbol Technologies Barcode readers. This system

facilitates replenishment by sending EDI purchase orders automatically to

Pioneer Standard. Developed Handheld Barcode Reader terminal program

modules to perform parts picking and receiving from the warehouse floor.

Claremont Technology Group, Cleveland,

Ohio July 1994 - November 1994

Senior Technical Architect

USAF Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio:

Studied the current IBM 3090/MVS-plug compatible mainframe environment and

the associated legacy applications. Analyzed and documented the current

system and recommended alternative client/server solutions. Used

PowerBuilder 3.0, and Watcom database server to develop a Windows based

analysis tool to store current system applications profile data.

CAP GEMINI AMERICA, Cleveland,

Ohio July 1988 - July 1994

Senior Systems Consultant

Assisted CGA clients in implementing control systems applications,

client/server applications, database systems and factory floor automation

applications. Assisted in proposal preparation, functional and software

requirements analysis. The following paragraphs provide a brief description

of these projects.

@ Allen Bradley, Cleveland, Ohio Jan. 1994

- July 1994

Designed and developed real-time objects and classes for use with POLARIS

process control system package. Utilized MS Windows Software Development

Tool Kit (SDK), MEWEL (MS Windows emulation library), Rational System's

DOS4GL, Watcom C/C++ Compiler to create real-time MDI

objects for process parameters monitoring and GUI displays. Created 32 Bit

Windows compliant DOS based executables to be run under OS/2, Windows NT or

extended DOS environment.

@ Reliance Electric, Euclid, Ohio

May 1993 - December 1993

Designed, developed and delivered a client/server based Motor Order

Management Prototype application using MS Windows 3.1, PowerBuilder 2.0,

Sybase, Gupta, Borland C/C++, Novell NetWare, Remote LAN node (RLN), and

pLAN.

@ Stouffer Foods, Solon, Ohio

October 1992 - April 1993

As a technical team leader, assisted the project team with writing

specifications, design, development and commissioning of a Cookstand

Operator Interface Terminal (OIT) data acquisition system. This system

acquired Cookstand Operator Inputs via DEECO Touch Screen terminals and

stored the data into an OS/2 database for trends analysis, report

generation, graph generation. Used ONSPEC Data Acquisition and Control

System, Touch Assist software to create and build Touch Screen displays and

to program interactions with DEECO terminals. Used Microsoft C/C++ under

OS/2 EE 2.0 to develop the programs. Utilized OS/2 Communication Manager

Services and Database Manager Services.

@ DOW Chemicals, Freeport, Texas

August 1992 - January 1993

Performed requirements analysis and prepared Functional Requirements

Specification document for a Chemicals Compatibility Database System

(CHEMPAT). Created high level design and prepared Software Requirements

Spec for the CHEMPAT system. Developed a working prototype for the CHEMPAT

system using INGRES Database Management System under VAX/VMS using VAX C++

programming language.

@ Reliance Electric, Euclid, Ohio

April 1992 - May 1992

Assisted with the debugging, integration testing and commissioning of an

Air Knife control system set point management. Utilized GENESIS Data

Acquisition and Control System package to gather data, to specify setpoints

for devices, to alarm the operator and to perform other control functions.

Used Microsoft C under DOS operating system to develop this program.

@ Hygenic Corporation, Akron, Ohio

April 1992 - August 1992

Designed and developed a recipe management program for a Latex Sheeting

Manufacturing Line to create, update, save, restore, download and upload

recipe setpoints to the controlling PLCs and discrete devices. Utilized

ONSPEC Data Acquisition and Control System package to gather data and

control the latex sheeting line devices. Used ONSPEC RPL (Pascal) language

and concurrent DOS to implement the recipe management program. Performed

onsite integration and acceptance testing.

@ Caterpillar Industrial Inc., Peoria, Ill

July 1989 - April 1992

Prepared software requirements specification, designed, developed and

commissioned a client/server based Self-Guided Vehicle (SGV) supervisory

control system (DIAL - DECNet Interface Application Layer) using C/C++

programming language under VAX/Ultrix operating system. Designed the system

as a server-based operating system, using client-server architecture, with

multiple manufacturing cell controller client processes residing on a

DECnet network requesting SGV material handling services. Used DECNet non-

transparent heterogeneous task-to-task communication mechanism and real-

time system programming techniques to support multiple client processes

while maintaining rapid response times. Tested and installed the system in

many client sites. Also wrote specification, designed, developed and

commissioned a Self-Guided Vehicle (SGV) based Internal Cell Control system

(ICC), using C/C++ programming language under VAX/VMS operating system.

This client/server supervisory SGV control system managed a fleet of Self-

Guided Vehicles for material handling within Caterpillar manufacturing

plants.

@ Clifton Phones, Cleveland, Ohio

May 1989 - July 1989

Wrote software requirements specification and high level design document

for an operating system for an intelligent digital switching system. Used

VAX/VMS and C programming language.

@ Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

November 1988 - May 1989

Designed and developed a pressure control subsystem for an automated tire

building machine. This program calculated and downloaded pressure

regulators setpoints to the PLCs. The software was written in Microsoft C

and Microsoft Assembly for use on a STD bus computer.

@ Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

July 1988 - November 1988

Wrote specification, designed and developed a time and project management

system, utilizing an INGRES database management system, VAX/VMS, embedded

SQL and C. Designed, developed and integrated a data acquisition program to

gather laboratory data from Rheometers, Viscometers, and temperature and

pressure sensing devices. Used INGRES database management system and C.

FORD AEROSPACE AND COMMUNICATIONS, CS, CO July 1984 -

April 1988

Senior Software Engineer

As a lead software engineer, designed and developed an automatic satellite

maneuver detection and identification processing system for Space Defense

Operations Center (SPADOC) project. Used IBM Assembler H, FORTRAN,

ADABAS/NATURAL, JCL. Also, led the design and development of a real-time

transaction tracking system for the Control subsystem segment of the SPADOC

program. Used IBM Assembler H, ADABAS/NATURAL, JCL.

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, Colorado Springs,

CO 1980 - 1983

Systems Engineer

Officer in charge of software engineering, requirements analysis, and

development of software test plans and procedures for verification of

software systems safety, security and functionality.

CHEMSTRESS CONSULTANT COMPANY, Akron, Ohio

1979 - 1980

Systems Engineer

Assisted in the design and development of computer programs for process

equipment sizing, instrumentation specifications, and process control using

IBM 360 mainframe, PRIME computer system, BASIC and FORTRAN programming

languages.



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