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Cliff Akers

Resume 05/27/2008

abplvr@r.postjobfree.com

www.cliffakers.net

Louisville, KY US

Summary

Approximately 4 years programming and application development

experience. Ability to drive all phases of the project life-cycle, from requirements

gathering through successful product launch. Objective

A position in Application Development allowing me to use my analytical abilities, programming knowledge and design skills.

An opportunity to become a Senior Architect or Senior Developer in a challenging company that offers opportunities for professional growth and continuing education.

The opportunity to work with web development or

science/engineering research projects is also desired.

Languages/Databases/

Platforms/Products

VB.NET, VBScript, VBA, SQL, SAS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, ASP.NET, COBOL, JCL,

Java, C, C++, PHP, Prolog, Lisp, Assembly Language (Intel Based Computers), DB2,

Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Access, MySQL, i5/OS, Microsoft Windows XP,

Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Team Foundation

Server, Microsoft SQL Management Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio Professional Edition, Microsoft Office, iSeries Client AccessExperience

Application Developer

2005 - Present, Frankfort, Kentucky

Company Background

Kentucky Retirement Systems is responsible for the investment of funds and administration of benefits for over 267,000 state and local government employees in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. KRS is 80th in asset size of all U.S. Pension Plans, 150th in asset

size of all plans worldwide.

Primary Responsibilities

Data Conversion Developer - Design and develop system to extract existing TIFF images,

COLD documents and associated metadata from the IBM Content Management System. Research

the existing system to determine all metadata files needed for extraction and meaning

of the fields on the metadata files. Analyze metadata and images to determine the

existence of anomalies and develop a strategy for handling anomalies. Coordinate

and collaborate with external agency to develop a method for reconciling all images

and metadata.

START Project Developer - Assist in the design and development of the new pension

administration system. This includes the core bearing point pension administration

system as well as additional supporting applications such as Issue Tracker Site

and custom FileNet applications. Research new ideas and create a proof of concept

when necessary. Answer questions that come up in requirements and design sessions

either verbally or through additional research and programming. Learn all new technologies

being utilized in the START project.

Mainframe Developer - Design, development and maintenance of mainframe code. Develop and compile data to test programs. Test programs and verify results. Write specifications for the development, maintenance and modification of programs.

Communication - Analyze user requests and work with users to develop or modify existing programs. Conduct training and presentation sessions. Correspond with outside agencies. Coordinate and integrate the work of other programmers.

Examples of Solutions

Image Extraction System (VB.NET, SQL) - System to extract, filter, log and reconcile

TIFF images and COLD documents during conversion (images are converted from IBM Content Manager to FileNet).

Issue Tracker ASP.NET Integration with TFS (VB.NET) - Web service that integrates the ASP.NET issue tracker website with Microsoft Team Foundation Server.

iSeriesDOC (VB.NET) Retrieves and formats iSeries spooled files into a Microsoft Word document.

Screen Pop Solution (COBOL, VB script) Integrates the Avaya call center software with the iSeries.

Data Cleansing Auditing System (COBOL) Allows users to track and update the status of errors.

Extensible Authentication Library (C#.NET, C++.NET) Custom authentication library

for FileNet.

Report Generator (VBA) Retrieves multiple reports from the iSeries IFS and merges them into a word doc.

eMars file Transfer (HTA) Transfers files from the integrated file system (IFS) to a shared network drive.

Projects, Application Developer The $22 million dollar Start Project is a comprehensive conversion from the current legacy system to new hardware and software. Responsible for extending the capabilities of the new software and creating new applications.

Correspondence Project, Membership team leader Responsible for retrieving, converting, analyzing and cataloging all documents produced by the iSeries. Responsible for coordinating membership resources.

Data Cleansing Project, System Development Developed custom data cleansing auditing system for auditing database files and tracking the status of data errors. Presented system to management for approval. Conducted training sessions for the system.

Data Conversion Project, Extraction Lead Developer - Developed several programs to extract over 13,000,000 images to an encrypted external hard drive. Created custom SQL tables in SQL server 2005 as well as SQL statements to filter images, log any changes to metadata and reconcile converted images.

Statistical Forecast Analyst

2003 - 2004, Bowling Green, KY

Background

150 year old clothing company that was purchased by Berkshire Hathaway for $835 million

Primary responsibilities

Developed SAS programs to predict sales for FTL using a variety of methods such as the Least Squares Method.

Retrieved and formatted data from an Oracle Database for upper management using SAS and SQL.

Created VBA applications to automate reports in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.

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