Project Manager Software
Resume:
Neil Robertson
El Cerrito, CA *****
****.*********@*******.***
Mainframe Developer
Results-oriented mainframe developer, software designer and project manager with 20 years
experience designing and implementing ERP software for Fortune 500 sized corporations plus 10
years designing and building systems software solutions. Skills include Cobol and Assembler
programming, CICS, DB2, z/OS, JCL, and JavaScript.
Professional Experience
Independent Consultant, El Cerrito, CA (2/2005 Present)
I have been providing contract services primarily, but not exclusively, on the Walker ERP system.
Highlights include:
Programmer/Analyst for Liberty Mutual, using Cobol, Assembler, JavaScript, and
Walker tools to help implement an aggressively scheduled credit card extension to their
billing system. Highlights included interfacing to an Interactive Voice Response system,
interfacing to web based services from CICS/Cobol, hard work & long hours (up to 80
hours a week) and a focus on Production Implementation. This was a fun project and it
was exciting to work on a Walker system that actively used the browser front-end.
Project Manager for IBM Services, driving the pilot project for a complex software
conversion to successful completion, requiring analysis of assembler code and the JCL
for around 2,000 batch jobs.
Memphis City Schools, Memphis TN: I have been hired for 7 separate projects by
MCS, indicating their satisfaction with my services. Projects included:
o Project Manager for implementation of a web based front-end to their
Procurement system
o Migrating ERP Software & forward fitting customizations to the latest release
o Building custom extensions to their ERP system in Cobol
Various: Cobol and Assembler coding in CICS, DB2, z/OS environments
Senior Technical Consultant, Walker Interactive, San Francisco, CA (4/1999 2/2005)
Providing consulting services to Fortune 500 sized companies throughout the US, Canada,
Europe, and Asia, billing out at around $160 per hour. My main strength, outside of a deep
understanding of the Walker software and the environment it was run on, was an ability to
perform a wide variety of roles. For example, I:
Helped customers tailor the Walker software to their specific needs
Designed and built additions to the Walker software in Cobol and Assembler
Designed and taught various classes (including setting up web-based services)
Provided pre-sales support (building demo systems to a prospect s requirements and
acting as a technical resource on sales calls)
Installed mainframe software, including DBA and Systems Programming tasks in CICS,
DB2, VSAM, z/OS environments
Installed, tuned, and benchmarked the Walker system at IBM in Poughkeepsie, achieving
183 transactions per second on a G4 processor
Provided onsite support for Essbase based (multi-dimensional database) financial
applications
Customers included: New Centuries Energy (NCE); Canadian Forest Products; Liberty
Mutual; Memphis City Schools; Shopko; Johns Manville; Orange & Rockland; UCLA; SAKS;
RHB Bank; Food Lion; APL; Milliken
Software Development Manager, Walker Interactive, San Francisco, CA (7/1989 4/1999)
My group was a development SWAT team, responsive to Sales and Marketing. I:
Started the group and pioneered methodologies that enabled a 6 month software
development life cycle, compared to the 18 month life cycle of the full Walker product line
Brought seven products and features to market
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Pioneered the use and distribution of 3 Party Software as a VAR
W as a hands-on manager whose roles included Project Manager, Business Analyst,
Technical Coder, Technical Writer, QA, and Instructor.
W rote the most technically complex routines (Cobol and Assembler)
Our products were primarily mainframe but they also included middleware based on EDA/SQL
and financial reporting tools based on Essbase. My people were primarily employees but I also
managed contractors and off-shore resources.
Early adopters included Western Resources, Canadian Forest Products, Central Illinois Public
Service, The Smithsonian, Memphis City Schools, Tennessee Valley Authority, and the US Postal
Service.
Senior Technical Consultant, Walker Interactive, San Francisco, CA (11/1987 7/1989)
Customers were a variety of Fortune 500 sized companies throughout the US and Canada.
Projects included: Software Installation; Teaching; Designing and coding product enhancements;
Migrating customers to new releases.
Customer Support Analyst, Walker Interactive, San Francisco, CA (11/1985 11/1987)
I was responsible for the most technical aspects of the software, the database and TP monitor
interfaces written in Assembler.
Product Manager, Walker Interactive, San Francisco, CA (5/1984 11/1985)
I was the Technical SME for a new division tasked with selling Walker s software development
tools and methodologies as a stand-alone development platform.
Systems Software Developer, G.T. Software, Atlanta, GA (5/1983 5/1984)
I designed and built a query system based on GT Software s 3270 screen painter
Systems Programming Consultant, Rendeck Software, Atlanta, GA (1982 1983)
Contract systems programming of DOS/VSE and VM/CMS systems.
Systems Software Developer, Altergo Software, London, UK and Boston, MA (1976 1982)
Technical support and development of Shadow II (a TP monitor). I wrote assembler code and
specialized in programming and debugging local and remote 3270 protocols (most interesting
was persuading hardware manufacturers that their 3270 compatible equipment wasn t).
Systems Programmer, Unichem Ltd, London, UK (1973 1976)
I started as an operator, then a programmer/analyst, and ended as a Systems Programmer.
Computer Operator, British Insurance Ass., London, UK (1972 1973)
In my brief tenure at the B.I.A. I learned all about operating their 360/30 and absorbed most of the
360 Principles of Operation, to the extent that I could write programs directly in machine code.
Education
I went to St. Andrews University in Scotland to study Pure Physics and Applied Math (1969
1970), which is where I was introduced to computers. This was before Universities offered
Computer Science degrees, so I started in the computer business as a trainee computer operator
instead.
Extra Curricular Activities
I help to teach Scuba diving and I find it nicely balances teaching software.
I m a guest lecturer on Marine Ecology at City College of San Francisco, which helps me practice
public speaking.
I maintain my websites with nothing more complicated than Notepad, writing my own HTML,
CSS, and JavaScript as a way to learn those languages. If you would like further details of my
career to date, please visit http://neilland.net. My personal website is at http://neilland.com.
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