Manager Project

Dale W. Garman _ __

P. O. Box ** **********@*******.***

Dry Ridge, KY 41035 859-***-****

Objective

To obtain a project management position where I can contribute strong leadership and client

liaison skills, as well as applicable experience, in an effort of guiding corporate IT initiatives

Professional Profile

Enthusiastic, continuous learner with extensive information technology and data

processing-related experience;

Exposed to all phases of software development life cycle (SDLC) throughout career as a

COBOL programmer, system analyst, database administrator, and supervisor;

Experienced leader of conversion-oriented projects involving coordination of supervised

personnel, users, clients throughout all phases of SDLC;

Dedicated, self-motivated individual committed to project success and integrity;

Competent communicator with proven consultant/client liaison skills;

Proactive enforcer of solution accuracy with high attention to detail.

Highlights of Professional IT-related Experience and Accomplishments

Accustaff of Albany, Albany, NY

Enhanced existing NYS-Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance Microsoft Excel/Access/Word

applications to use automated Microsoft Office functionality via Visual Basic for reducing operator

input and affording ease of maintenance;

Seminole Community College, Sanford, FL

Developed Microsoft Access database with front-end Visual Basic GUI forms and processes for

in-house editing of extracted student and facility information prior to sending to State of Florida

Division of Community Colleges in an effort to reduce transmission / acceptance of data

turnaround time;

Converted existing job stream for transmitting / receiving electronic records transferred

between the college and state agencies from an IBM SNA RJE interface to a Unisys WFL / FTP

interface;

CBSI, Farmington Hills, MI

Coordinated and supervised technical personnel (7+) employed by CBSI for Y2K remediation

projects for the Michigan Department of Treasury and City of Lansing;

Served as liaison between CBSI personnel and Michigan Department of Treasury / City of

Lansing personnel especially concerning user requirements, application maintenance, IT

standards enforcement, version control enforcement, and testing activities ;

Capital One, Glen Allen, VA

Worked closely as a programmer with an analyst on a project involving consolidating and

centralizing data flows from several company interfaces for affording ease of data tracking and

production control;

District School Board of Hernando County, Brooksville, FL

Involved with all SDLC functions and activities while serving as Student Database Analyst for

the school district, including during a platform conversion from a Unisys A6NS mainframe to an

IBM AS400;

Served as liaison between IT department and district program administrators concerning user

requirements and state-mandated data collection compliance;

Coordinated and supervised technical personnel (2+) assigned to the Student Database

system operation for the school district; also, managed user training of data entry personnel

employed by the district;

Pasco-Hernando Community College, Dade City, FL

Participated in Burroughs B1990 to Unisys A6F mainframe migration;

Taught two semesters of credit/non-credit classes titled Introduction to Microcomputers ;

Hernando County Information Resources, Brooksville, FL

Participated in Burroughs B1865 to Unisys A3 mainframe migration.

For on-line resume & supplemental info, go to www.dgpskmc.com Dale W. Garman

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Technical Experience/Exposure

Environments: Unisys B1865, B1990, A-Series, and Clearpath; IBM AS/400

Databases: Unisys DMSII and CASTS; Microsoft Access; DB2

Operating Systems: Unisys MCP; Windows 98, NT, XP, Vista; Unix

Languages (primary): COBOL, Unisys-specific (DMSII, WFL, COMS, LINC), Visual Basic

Languages Unisys-specific (ALGOL, DCALGOL, XGEN), SQL, Ada, C, C++, html

(secondary):

Other Applications: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Project, PowerPoint), Lotus Notes,

AmiPro, Lotus 1-2-3, Quattro Pro, WordPerfect, QuickBooks, OCE Repro

Desk

Professional Experience/Job History

Associate, Miami Dry Ridge LLC, Dry Ridge, KY, 2/2009 to Present;

Business Owner, DGPS, Dry Ridge, KY, 4/2009 to Present;

Assembly/Quality Control Technician, Dana Corporation, Dry Ridge, KY, 3/2007 to 9/2008;

Assembly Technician, Leslie s Pools, Hebron, KY, 5/2006 to 3/2007;

Information Technology Specialist, NYS-Higher Education Services Corporation, Albany, NY,

1/2006 to 5/2006;

Associate, Accustaff of Albany, Albany, NY, 11/2004 to 1/2006 (primary assignment with

NYS-Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance);

Office Manager/Reprographics Technician, Brooksville Blueprint, Brooksville, FL, 9/2004 to

11/2004;

System Analyst, Seminole Community College, Sanford, FL, 10/1999 to 6/2003;

Manager, CBSI (now known as Covansys), Farmington Hills, MI, 1/1998 to 5/1999;

Mainframe Programmer, Capital One, Glen Allen, VA, 2/1997 to 11/1997;

System Analyst/Database Administrator, District School Board of Hernando County,

Brooksville, FL, 1/1991 to 2/1997.

Education/Certifications

Attained MCAS (Using Microsoft Office Access 2007, Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, Word

2007) certifications, 2010;

Master of Science in Information Systems (Software Engineering Management), Strayer

University, Florence, KY, 2009 to Present, GPA 4.0, anticipated graduation date of 2013;

Bachelor of Science in Information Systems, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL,

1995, graduated cum laude;

Associate of Arts, Pasco-Hernando Community College, Brooksville, FL, graduated cum

laude.

Additional Education & Professional Experience:

Burroughs/Unisys courses completed:

o B1000 DMSII Usage;

o COMS Application Programming;

o A-Series COBOL74 Extensions;

o Large System Workflow;

o B5000/6000/7000 A-Series ALGOL;

Involved with all phases of SDLC for Unisys mainframe resource usage tracking system

using COBOL, DMSII, and SUMLOG manipulation in conjunction with a senior project

assignment while attending University of South Florida;

Exposed to various testing methodologies throughout professional career

o Usage of parallel testing methodology during Burroughs B-Series to Unisys A-Series

migrations;

o Usage of regression testing and negative testing;

o Usage of ad-hoc report generators (DMSII Inquiry, CASTS View, Ursa) for sampling

data for test cases;

o Usage of run-time testing tools (COBOL DEBUG facility, Unisys TADS utility,

LINCLITE).

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