JAMES FEICHTL
*******@*****.***
SENIOR PROGRAMMER/ANALYST
Creative and self-motivated Senior Programmer/Analyst with extensive
experience combining project leadership with technical design and
development in the Health Insurance, Warehousing/Distribution and
LTL/Transportation industries. Delivers systems and applications that
improve working environments for the business. Strengths include:
Defining Business Requirements Accuracy and Attention to Detail
Analyzing Existing Systems Quick Learner
Finding and Fixing Defects Speed to Delivery
Flexible team member who takes initiative to improve processing and
increase efficiency. Expert on analysis, maintenance and conversion of
legacy systems. Effective in communicating ideas to customers, business
partners and others within IT.
SYSTEM EXPERIENCE
Software:
IBM : JCL, TSO, JHS, CoolGEN: (aka Avantage:GEN or CA:GEN), QMF,
QMF for windows,
DB2, SQL, SAS, AFP
TANDEM/HP Nonstop: Cobol, Scobol, Basic, TACL, Enform, SQL, Pathway,
Pathaid, Pathcom,
Batchcom, Netbatch, Inspect, FUP, SCUP, PUP, TMF,
TMFcom, Enable, Edit, Tedit,
IXF, FTP, Backup/Restore, DSAP, DCOM, Peruse, Spoolcom,
Guardian, DBaccess,
KLIST, CONTROL
Other : Elixir DesignPro Tools for AFP, Microsoft WORD, EXCEL,
PowerPoint, Project,
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Windows XP, TeamPlayer,
Symphony, Peregrine Service
Center, Mercury Quality Center
Hardware: IBM, Tandem, HP Nonstop
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cook Systems International, San Jose, CA (working at FedEx Freight)
01-04/2009
Senior Programmer Analyst
Provided production system support and new development, mainly focusing on
the Accounts Receivable and Invoicing applications.
. Completed project for correctly handling refunds generated by the Canada
business unit.
. Requirements & design work to consolidate 2 regional Operating Companies
into one
FedEx Freight, San Jose, CA (formerly Viking Freight)
2003 to 2009
Senior Programmer Analyst
Provided production system support and new development, mainly focusing on
the Accounts Receivable and Invoicing applications.
. Contributed to the combining of the separate East and West operating
companies to use a common Freight Processing system. Converted FedEx
Freight West from its own custom written, Tandem-based Freight Processing
system to the FedEx Freight East custom-written, IBM-based system.
. Designed, coded and implemented a new system for providing exception
processing for special invoices (Past Due, Corrected, Balance Due, etc.)
on a customer by customer basis. This allows the business to better meet
the customer's billing requirements.
. Analyzed, designed and implemented modifications for printing invoices in
US Dollars, Canadian Dollars or Mexican Pesos to allow the addition of
two new business units located in Canada and Mexico.
Viking Freight-Contractor, San Jose, CA
1995 to 2003
Senior Programmer Analyst
Provided production support for Legacy custom-written Tandem-based Freight
Processing system in areas of Payroll, Terminal Operations, Rating,
Accounts Receivable and Invoicing.
. Developed multi-step TACL jobs to extract data from the Tandem
mainframe and transfer it via FTP to another platform for processing
by 3rd Party Payroll, Accounts Payable and General Ledger programs.
. Resolved several legacy system program issues after they had been
analyzed by other developers without success.
. Lowered processing time on one program from 8 hours to 5 minutes by
changing the logic to utilize an existing index.
. Streamlined the process for implementing a company-wide general rate
increase. Documented the procedures, programs and jobs used to
increase efficiency in future rate increases.
The Sosnick Companies, Santa Clara, CA
1984 to 1995
Senior Programmer Analyst
Part of 3-person team to design, code, test and implement a custom-written
and integrated warehousing/distribution system, including modules for order
entry, purchasing, invoicing, picking lists, reporting, system
administration and interfaces to a 3rd Party General Ledger system.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
DesignPro Tools for AFP - Basic Training
Applications & Database Seminars I & II
Software Requirements Analysis and Software Design
Battelle Seminar on Managing Computer Projects
Training in Tandem Computer Utilities
Certificate in Computer Programming
BFA-Painting - Kutztown State University, Kutztown, PA
AWARDS
FedEx IT Hall of Fame Award for changes to enable FedEx Freight Canada
Extra Mile Award for work on Common Invoicing
All-Star Award for special programming for Accounting
Commendations for Project Leverage and Project Alliance