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Jayson C. Vickmark

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New Castle, Delaware 19720

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Current Position:

November 2012 - Present HCL America, Inc. Kings

Mountain, NC

AS/400 Systems Administration (November 2012 - Present) - Contract

Position

Client - Disney Worldwide

Performing iSeries Systems Administration tasks, as assigned, essential to

migrating existing systems (LPARs) from Columbus, OH facility, to new Data

Center facility in Kings Mountain, NC. This would include assisting and

verifying hardware installs within new data center. O/S 400 Upgrades

necessary to migrate existing LPARs to new LPARs running V7R1M0. Assisting

with loading and applying PTFs where necessary, to bring all LPARs to

consistent levels across the entire client portfolio. Assisting with

resolving day to day issues, as tickets and change requests are assigned

through HP Service Manager.

October 2008 - November 2012 Access Group Inc. Wilmington, DE

Manger, AS/400 Systems Administration (October 2008 - November 2012)

Managed all aspects of MidRange computing for Access Group Inc. - A leading

non-profit organization, providing Student Loan Assistance to individuals

seeking and/or enrolled within college Graduate Programs.

Upgraded IBM Models 525 and 550 AS/400s. Installed brand new M25 AS/400.

Migrated Production Operations to M25 while migrating 550 AS/400 to 570

AS/400.

Migrated Production Operations back to 570 AS/400 and converted M25 to H/A

AS/400 for Disaster Recovery.

Responsible for 10 LPARs which contained 3 Test Environments within each

LPAR.

Responsible for all iSeries Daily Operations for entire company.

Responsible for all MidRange software and hardware installs, including

O/S400, PTFs, and third party software.

Reason for leaving:

Board of Directors for Access Group voted to outsource all I/T Operations.

My services were retained to perform data migration to Out Source Vendor

and hardware decommission. My final Layoff Date (Termination) - 11/16/2012.

Previous Positions:

April 2007 - October 2008 Dover Downs Inc, Hotel/Casino Dover,

DE

AS/400 Administration (April 2007 - October 2008)

Maintained all aspects of MidRange computing for the Hotel & Casino.

MidRange Operations for 500 room hotel and 2700 unit casino.

Upgraded IBM Model 810 AS/400 to an IBM i5 Model 520 AS/400.

Installed new IBM i5 Model 520 AS/400 for Disaster Recovery.

Installed new VisionSolutions iTera application for H/A system between the

two 520s.

Installed new IBM i5 Model 515, for completely isolated Test Environment.

Responsible for all MidRange software and hardware installs, including

O/S400, PTFs, and third party software.

July 2005 - April 2007 IBM Global Services / AmerisourceBergen Account

IT Lead, Data Center Operations (July 2005 - April 2007)

AmerisourceBergen outsourced all of their I/T Services, in a contractual

agreement with IBM Global Services. IBM retained my services, to fulfill

requirements for AmerisourceBergen Computer Operations East Coast Data

Centers. Providing on-site support, as well as, AS/400 Technical Support

for daily operations.

1999 - July 2005 AmerisourceBergen Corporation Chesterbrook,

PA

(Fortune 100 Company)

Data Center Operations Manager (October 1999 - February 2006)

Manager for entire Data Center AS/400 Computer Operations, including

hardware/software installs and maintenance, job scheduling, data base

maintenance, disaster recovery, change management, and all daily computer

operations within the Corporate Office.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to, maintaining 2 Data Center

environments. This would include 4 AS/400s (8 Partitions total), Emergency

Generator Systems, UPS Systems, Fire Suppression Systems, and Physical

Security Systems. Monitor all Server and NetWork environments with 24/7/364

on-site coverage.

Support Services Manager (October 2002 - August 2005)

As a result of company merger, I assumed all responsibilities for

AmerisourceBergen Corporation East Coast Help Desk. This is in addition to

current responsibilities, as Computer Operations Manager.

Train and assist Help Desk Associates, in performing their daily duties to

provide Level 1 & Level 2 support to internal, as well as, external

customers. Specializing in providing support for Web Interfaced Order

Entry Systems.

1987 - 1999 Jennie-O-Foods, Inc Willmar, MN

(Fortune 500 Company - via Hormel Foods)

AS/400 Operations Manager / Systems Analyst (1994-1999)

Manager for entire Data Center SYS/38 and AS/400 Computer Operations,

including hardware/software installs and maintenance, job scheduling, and

all daily Computer Operations within the Corporate Office.

AS/400 RPGIII / RPGIV Programmer/Analyst (1991 - 1994)

Design, write, and implement RPG programs and CLP menus for various

departments. Strong emphasis in writing programs for inventory control,

cost accounting, automated packaging systems, and shipping scanning

systems.

SYS/38 & AS/400 Computer Operator (1987 - 1991)

Responsibilities included daily inventory control maintenance and running

daily inventory reports for all departments.

Ensure proper back-ups to tape are maintained on all company information to

safeguard the companies operating data. (Daily, weekly, monthly)

Overall daily operations of main computer system to maintain user

availability to company data. User support, hardware maintenance, help

desk, data integrity, and system monitoring.

Ensure scheduled jobs are run and complete normally.

Education

1979 - 1980 St. Petersburg Jr. College St.

Petersburg, Florida

Major - Business Administration

1980 - 1983 Dakota State College Madison, S.

Dakota

Major - Business Administration

Minor - Data Processing

Software

IBM OS/400 - RPGIII, RPGIV, RPG ILE, CLP, QRY

IBM BRMS - Backup and Recovery Management System

IBM OnDemand - Optical Storage System

IBM WebShere - Web Applications tailored to our Web Order Entry

Help Systems - ROBOT Automated Systems for AS/400

Broderick Data Systems - Spool File Management System

Hawkeye Information Systems - PathFinder Cross Reference System

Peregrine - Service Center for Help Desk

LAWSON - Accounts Payable System (AS/400 & PC Client)

NonStop Solutions - SCORE Replenishment Applications

SoftLanding Systems - TurnOver for Change Management

Vision Solutions - Data Replication / High Availability Systems

LakeView Technology - MiMiX for Data Replication / H/A Systems

KRONOS - Time Tracking Systems

SPSS ShowCase Query / Data Warehouse Reporting

MicroSoft - Windows 2000, XP, Excel, Word, OutLook, Access

FEU / Pro - File Edit Utility Professional Database Tool

H/P Service Manager

MKS - Development Change Control

SpiceWorks - Help Desk Solution

Hardware

AS/400 i5 520 (2 AS/400s using Visions iTera H/A solution)

AS/400 i5 515

AS/400 iSeries 870 LPAR, V5Rx (2 AS/400s using MiMiX H/A

solution)

AS/400 Advanced 830

AS/400 810

AS/400 740

AS/400 720

AS/400 530

AS/400 S20

AS/400 525

AS/400 550

AS/400 570

AS/400 M25 (Converted to 520 via IBM conversion solution Dec

2011)

IBM System/38

IBM System/36

IBM 3584 tape library (Housing 10 - LTO 5 Tape Drives)

IBM 3494 tape library (Housing 10 - 3590 Tape Drives)

IBM 3995C48 Optical Library

IBM 3570 tape drive

IBM 9348 reel drive

IBM 3592 tape drive

IBM 3590 tape drive

IBM 3490 tape drive

ADIC Scalar 100 Tape Library

IBM TS 3200 LTO 4 Tape Library - Fiber Attached Multiple LPARs

IBM TS 3310 LTO 4 Tape Library - Fiber Attached Multiple LPARs

IBM TS 3500 LTO 5 Tape Library - Fiber Attached Multiple LPARs

Summary of Duties and Qualifications as

Computer Operations Manager and/or Systems Administrator

Manage data processing operations to ensure accurate and timely information

to all user departments. Responsible for on-site preparation of system

hardware, designing, installing and maintaining a voice and data

communications network, and implementation of a disaster recovery system.

Work with the systems area to plan, configure, implement, and maintain

highly sophisticated programming systems requiring the highest degree of

knowledge and technical skills on all of the data processing equipment.

Ensure the smooth and continuous operations of the system and related

hardware to provide timely flow of reports to management.

Schedule, run, and print all company payroll. Ensure the highest degree of

confidentiality when processing and printing payroll. Work closely with

Accounting Department in resolving discrepancies. (Jennie-O Foods)

Communicate with all user departments to satisfy their report and

information needs.

Ensure proper back-up files are maintained on all company information to

safeguard the company's operating data.

Maintain software program libraries to ensure proper documentation and

usage. Responsible for end state, change management and program

implementation.

Work with Technical Services to configure, install test, and maintain the

operating system software on the AS/400 computers and large-scale servers.

Responsible for the configuration, and programming of many subsystems,

including the daily operation of the AS/400 System.

Work with NetWork Services to design, develop, install, and support

computer communications systems and networks.

Physical site planning and installation of hardware and hardware changes

for the AS/400 and PC and/or server systems for Primary Data Center and

Disaster Recovery Center.

Solve computer performance problems and all hardware problems including

peripheral equipment such as PC's, terminals, printers, etc.

Write special programs that require high technical competence. Implement

changes and/or additions. (RPGIII, RPGIV, CLP, QRY)

Aide the Vice President, Director of Operations and Technical Support in

evaluating technical advances in hardware and software.

Responsible for the correct and efficient operation of the AS/400 computer

hardware, data communications, and computer networking each day as well as

the testing, and implementation of software and hardware changes.

Works with Technical Services to plan, generate, install, and test

operating system software.

Work with Technical Services, NetWork Services, and Server Engineering to

design, develop, and install the data communication systems to connect

computers within the network. Have knowledge of the hardware components,

their set-up options, and the knowledge of all the software components, set-

up parameters, and control tables.

Responsible for the AS/400 recovery plans covering the mission critical

applications and data for Primary Data Center, as well as, the Disaster

Recovery Site.

Responsible to design, write, and implement highly technical programs

required for specific applications related to the operation of the

AS/400(s).

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