Tony Toscano
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
*******@*********.***
Summary
Focused IT Specialist with a proven record of contribution in technical leadership, systems
analysis, design, development and implementation. Over twenty-five years of IT experience
supporting various assignments within the Retail Supermarket Industry.
Industries Distribution – Retail Supermarkets
Project Domain Systems Integration, Application Development, DB2
Database Administration
Hardware IBM Mainframe, RS/6000, PCs
Operation Systems z/OS, UNIX, AIX, Windows
Computer Languages Cobol, CICS, REXX OS/390, Gener/OL, DYL280, QMF,
PERL, SQL Plus, UNIX Shell Scripting
RDBMS DB2 7.1, Oracle 9.0
HDBMS DL/1
Access Methods VSAM
Development Tools FileAid DB2, InterTest, TSO, JCL, ISPF, SPUFI, DB2I,
AbendAid, TOAD
Library Management SCLM, SCCS, Panvalet
Applications Worldwide Chain Store Systems, Lawson Merchandising,
Microsoft Office, Lotus SmartSuite
Work Experience
IT Specialist, IBM Global Services, Carteret, NJ 12/91-present
• Technical lead in a multi-year installation and customization of Worldwide Chain Store
Systems application (a DB2 CICS Merchandising, Distribution & Warehousing, and
Labor Management system) for Pathmark Stores, Inc.
• Performed as Development DBA for several projects utilizing DBA skills of physical
design, object maintenance, data availability, locking and concurrency, backup and
recovery.
• Exhibited strong DBA skills in the areas of access path selection while debugging many
performance problems by reading and understanding EXPLAIN and DB2PM output.
• Technical Lead responsible for developing the strategy to identify Y2K exposures of
2,500 programs, as well as coding, testing and implementing the solutions.
• Commended as Team Leader and mentor, receiving IBM’s Mark of Excellence Award in
both 1994 and 1999.
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Work Experience continued
Senior Programmer/Analyst, Pathmark Stores, Inc., Woodbridge, NJ 06/77–12/91
• Excelled in all aspects of applications development, including designing, coding, testing
and implementing Merchandising, Distribution & Warehousing, Financial and Store
Systems applications.
Education
B.A. Mathematics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ