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Charlie L. Salome
Experience June 1997 – January 2010 Philippine Airlines Metro Manila, Philippines
Position: Systems Analyst III
Planned, designed, developed, implemented and maintained the corporate applications
architecture; and provided technical and project management support to client departments
and external entities in the conceptualization, requirements analysis, evaluation, design,
implementation and maintenance of PACERS II Reservations System and its interfaces with
external systems.
Led a group of programmers in handling new projects, enhancement requests as well as
handling reported problems and developing bug fixes.
Prepared and submitted regular group status reports and project updates.
Handled code review, system integration testing, and preparation of the Software Release Notes
and other necessary documents in accordance with PAL’s Software Development Life Cycle
(SDLC) requirements.
Reviewed and discussed requirements with users for new projects and enhancement requests.
Performed programming requirements necessary for system development and enhancements.
Handled training and conducted performance reviews of junior programmers.
Major Projects Interactive Direct Access with SABRE & INFINI (Jun – Oct 2009): Developed
the EDIFACT Handler for Direct Access connectivity to replace the existing terminal
emulation setup. (Role: Technical Lead/Developer)
Secure Flight Project (Oct 2009) – Provided support for the Advanced Passenger
Information System as required by the USA Homeland Security (DHS) (Role:
Technical Lead)
Philippine Airlines (PR) – Malaysian Airlines (MH) Free flow Codeshare
Agreement (Jun – Aug 2009): Handle program enhancements to support the free
flow codeshare transactions (Role: Developer)
Passenger Name Index Record Migration to TPFDF (Aug 2008 - Nov 2009): A
major technical enhancement to improve the PNI records to address existing
limitations, improve entry response time and enable new features. (Role: Technical
Lead/Developer)
PAL Express Web Storefront (Aug 2008): Prepared program modifications to
support the new PAL Express Storefront (powered by the DATALEX IBE) (Role:
Developer)
Frequent Flyer Database Optimization (Sep - Nov 2007): Performed analysis of
database structure and processing. Restructured the index records and did code
modifications to improve processing time of entries. (Role: Technical
Lead/Developer)
Support change of Internet Booking Engine (IBE) from Amadeus Planitgo to
Datalex TDP (Travel Distribution Platform) (Nov 2006 - Mar 2007): Prepared
program enhancements and system modifications to support the new IBE. (Role:
Technical Lead/Developer)
Interactive Sell with GALILEO (1G), APOLLO (1V), and TOPAS (KE) (May –
Nov 2006): Supervised one Systems Analyst and one Programmer in the
development, testing and implementation (Role: Technical Lead)
Upgrade Direct Sell connectivity with WORLDSPAN from Terminal Emulation
to EDIFACT version 96.2 (Mar - May 2005): Evaluated, formulated technical
design, and supervised one programmer in the development, testing and
implementation (Role: Technical Lead/Developer)
Air Philippines (2P) Hosting (Dec 2003 – Jul 2004): Prepared program
enhancements and system modifications to host 2P, which is the first airline to be
hosted in PACERS II. (Role: Technical Lead/Developer)
E-Ticketing Project (Aug 2003 – May 2004): Be part of the team to implement
E-Ticketing for PR. (Role: Developer)
AMADEUS Access Sell (Jan - Apr 2003): Prepared program enhancements to
handle Direct Connect Sell transactions from Amadeus. (Role: Developer)
Migration from SABREFACT to EDIFACT version 96.2 (Sep – Dec 2002):
Prepared program enhancements to enable Direct Sell transaction for Sabre, Infini
and Abacus using IATA’s EDIFACT message format. (Role: Developer)
TOPAS Direct Access (Aug – Sep 2002): Prepared program enhancements to
allow Direct Access Connectivity by the TOPAS reservations system (Korean Air) to
PACERS II. (Role: Developer)
New Frequent Flyer System (C.R.I.S. developed by Mercator) (Feb – Jul
2002): Introduced new functions in PACERS II such as PNR download to the CRIS
PNR repository upon end of transaction (EOT), manual PNR download, mass PNR
download, and new entries to monitor and maintain those functions. (Role:
Developer)
Migration from ACPDB to TPFDF (Dec 2001 – Mar 2002): Reviewed and
updated all programs and records using ACPDB to TPFDF format and structure.
(Role: Technical Lead/Developer)
Support ABACUS Group Product (Feb 2001 – Jan 2002): Handled program
enhancements to provide support for the ABACUS group product. (Role: Developer)
NAR/NCO Project (Nov 2000 – Jan 2001): Prepared program enhancements to
conform to the new AIRIMP procedures for advice of ‘arrival’ and ‘continuation’
segments in teletype messages with other airlines. (Role: Developer)
Auto Imposition of Ticketing Time Limit for Teletyp e Bookings (Aug – Oct
2000): Prepared program enhancements to enable the system to automatically
assign a ticketing time limit on all teletype PNRs without ticket information. (Role:
Developer)
Passenger Final Sales (PFS) Project (May – Aug 2000): Enabled PACERS II to
handle incoming Passenger Final Sales (PFS) messages from DCS which will in turn
be processed by the PROS system to maintain accurate control over actual joining
load at each point of departure of a flight in comparison with the booked joini ng load
(passengers and blocked-off seats) so as to insure maximum capacity utilization at
downline stations and updating Reservation Control Center records as may be
necessary. (Role: Developer)
Migration of INFINI to the SABRE system (Sep 1999 – Nov 2000): Handled
modifications needed for the migration of INFINI to the SABRE system. (Role:
Developer)
Y2K Project (Jun 1998 – Feb 2000): Tested and modified as necessary, all online
and offline programs for Y2K compliance. (Role: Developer)
ALCS Migration from Ver. 1.1 to Ver. 2.2.1 (Feb – Apr 1998): Prepared
program modifications to support the upgrade of PAL’s Airline Control System from
version 1.1 to version 2.2.1. (Role: Developer)
Hemingway Project – Migration of ABACUS from WORLDSPAN system to
SABRE system (Jan – Apr 1998): Handled modifications needed for the migration
of ABACUS to the SABRE system. (Role: Developer)
Programming IBM Mainframe:
Environment MVS/ESA, OS/390, z/OS, TPF/ALCS, S/370 Assembler Language, TSO/ISPF/PDF,
TPFDF, T2SE, MQ Series, JCL, TN3270 Emulators.
PC:
Knowledgeable in C# programming using .NET framework.
Past programming experiences in C, FoxPro, Pascal, Cobol, Fortran, and Basic.
Trainings & Microsoft Project Training – Oct 2008, Phoenix One Technologies, Makati
Seminars Service Leadership Training – Apr 2008, PAL Learning Center
Human Resources Management Workshop – Mar 2008, PAL Learning Center
Basic Project Management Training – May 2007, PAL Learning Center
TPFDF Database Administration Workshop - Apr 2007, DATALEX
Effective Software Engineering Practices – Aug 2006, In-house
MQ Series --> Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) – Jun 2006, IBM
Airline Management Overview Workshop – May 2006, PAL Learning Center
ALCS Users Group Conference (AUG) – Mar 2006, Cebu
z/OS 1.4 Programmer's Environment Refresher Course – Feb 2006, In-house
Legacy Applications Transformation feat. HATS Studio – Oct 2005, IBM
Presentation Skills Workshop – Jun 2005, PAL Learning Center
HP Open View Service Desk Training – May 2005, In-house
TPF Turbo Scripting Engine (T2SE) Workshop – Sep 2003, Datalex Solutions
Millennium Manager Course: Team Management – Sep 2002, PAL Learning Center
Millennium Manager Course: Service Personality – Aug 2002, PAL Learning Center
MQ Series Familiarization – Oct 2001, Datalex Solutions
TPFDF Basic Assembler Programming Workshop - Oct 2001, Datalex Solutions
ALCS Application Problem Determination Workshop - Jul 2001, Datalex Solutions
Millennium Manager Course: Management 101 – Jun 2001, PAL Learning Center
ALCS Version 2.2.1 Concepts & Applications Class – May 2000, IBM UK Center,
London
IBM Independent Study Program – Aug 1999, IBM Manila
Integrated Reservations Course Basic – Nov 1997, In-house
ALCS/MVS/XA Programming – Nov 1997, In-house
TSO in ISPF/PDF – Oct 1997, In-house
IPARS Programming – Oct 1997, In-house
ACP Programming – Oct 1997, In-house
System/370 Assembler Programming – Jun 1997, In-house
Education 1992–1997 Ateneo de Zamboanga University Zamboanga City, Philippines
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.
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Graduated Cum Laude.
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Personal Info Full Name: Charlie Latoja Salome
Date of Birth: 14 November 1974
Civil Status: Married with two children
Nationality: Filipino
Languages: Fluent in English, Filipino, and Bahasa Malaysia
Sports: Badminton, Tennis, Chess
Hobbies: Playing Guitar, Rubik’s Cube, Reading, Computers