Sales Insurance

Kenneth J. Wartko

. *** Lilac Lane . Chalfont PA. 18914 . 215-***-**** . *******@*****.***

Experienced Project Leadership; Technical Leadership/Developer;

Detail Oriented; Strong Communication Skills

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

A seasoned IT professional capable of managing technology projects from concept to completion with remarkable deadline sensitivity.

In depth knowledge of retail systems including Merchandising (JDA) Allocations Point of Sales Promotions and Markdowns.

Excellent leadership skills

Strong technical & analytical skills with experience in object oriented programming techniques.

Processing experience encompassing full project life cycle work

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Highly motivated, excellent leader, team player

Recommended by superiors, piers and subordinates.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

TERADATA: SQL, TRIGGERS, STORED PROCEDURES, BTEQ, FASTLOAD, EXPORT

DB2: SQL, MACROS, TRIGGERS, STORED PROCEDURES

LANGUAGES: SQL, MQSERIES, COBOL, CICS, RPGII JCL, MVS/TSO, MVS/UTILITIES,

TOOLS: IBM UTILITIES, SYNCSORT, TSO/ISPF, OS/MVS, FILE-AID, ABEND-AID, XPEDITOR

PC: WINDOWS, MS ACCESS MS EXCEL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Supervisor/Manager The Joe Ventresca Group 06/2015- Present

Oversee Jobsites consisting of Commercial and Residential Renovations

Manage Subcontractors Carpenters/Electricians/Plumbers from start of Projects to completion assuring all work is performed within specifications, time constraints and Budget.

Detail Oriented with all customer requirements assuring work is performed to required specifications and Highest standards.

Business Analyst National License Compliance Group (NLC Group) 05/2011-06/2015

Overseeing the business results of NLC Group a company offering License and Appointment management services to the insurance industry. NLC Group services includes a cloud based SaaS software product providing clients with 24X7 access to license and appointment compliance status across the enterprise.

Designed, developed and installed a web based system which tracks Renewal of Current Licenses, Appointments, CE Tracking, Real time Compliance Status

Business Owner English Interior Hatboro Pa. 03/2008 – 05/2011.

Owner of Retail Sales Flooring Business managing 3 full time employees and coordinated services with multiple subcontractors for the installation of Carpet, hardwood, laminate and tile.

Performed all Sales/Estimates and coordinated installation of goods with Clients.

Consulted for numerous small business planning, developing and upgrading websites for their retail operations.

Consulting work performed for small businesses to increase operational and financial efficiencies

Technical Project Lead Charming Shoppes Inc. Bensalem, Pa.

Led a team of 4 associates in the design development and implementation to collect data on demand 24/7 from a chain of 2400 stores. When data was received immediate updates were performed and accessible to the corporate merchandise inventory system.

Developed and implemented with a team of 6 associates conversion of a corporate merchandise inventory system from vsam to teradata. All systems were then converted from COBOL to SQL.

Led a team that implemented, maintained and installed all enhancements and customization of a third party allocation/replenishment system (JDA). All data was retrieved and formatted from teradata.

Managed and maintained total life cycle of all inventory, merchandising, promotions, point of sales, and markdowns for a chain of 2400 stores.

Senior Programmer Analyst Harte Hanks Direct Inc Langhorne, Pa.

Responsible for the analysis, design, development and implementation of health care insurance systems with a team of 6 members. These systems were developed and installed for a major health care firm. All programming done using CICS and COBOL2.

Senior Programmer Analyst Charming Shoppes Inc. Bensalem, Pa.

Led responsibilities in the management, design, development and implementation of a deal pricing and promotion system. This system manages the promotions for a chain of over 1400 stores. Managed a team of 4 members. Development utilized Micro Focus Cobol, Intersolv's aps tool and CICS.

Led the effort in the design and implementation of the corporate merchandise inventory system. This resulted in improved performance & controls while adding major functionality for the business clients.

Conducted the maintenance and enhancements of all merchandise systems. Duties included trouble shooting current system problems & improving the performance of existing systems. Directed team members in the analysis and maintenance of all merchandising production systems.

Responsible for the analysis, design, development and implementation of a merchandise markdown system. This system controls & monitors price changes (markdowns) for a 1400 store chain & monitors the stores execution of these price changes, including maintaining the current selling price and inventory at each store and at the corporate level.

Staff Consultant Professional Support Inc. Fort Washington Pa.

For a major engineering firm, responsibilities included leadership in consolidation/migration systems conversion from the Denver corporate offices to the Philadelphia site consisting of 20 systems using IBM 3090 OS/MVS/XA, TSO/ISPF, CICS, and COBOL.

For a Large retail chain, provided analysis, trouble shooting, Problem resolution and post installation enhancements for a merchandising system on an IBM 3090 OS/MVS/XA, CMS,TSO/ISPF

Programmer Analyst Carter Wallace Inc. Cranbury, NJ.

For manufacturing firm responsibilities included rewrite and installation of a Purchase Order Maintenance System. All programming was done on an IBM 4341 DOS/VSE using CICS.

Staff Consultant Delphi Systems Malvern, Pa.

For a manufacturing company, responsibilities included design and implementation of a system to apply maintains operational history data of various types of steam traps. All programming was done on an IBM 4341 using CICS, COBOL, IMS DC and VSAM.

For a manufacturing company, responsibilities included conversion of a batch renewal parts system from an IBM system 3/15D to an IBM 4341 (RPGII). Conversion of all OCL to DOS/VSE. Rewrite of a bill of materials system on an IBM 4341 COBOL utilizing VSAM and COPICS IMS DC.

Education/Training

Teradata Courses 2007

Relationship database management system

Massive parallel processing

Basic Teradata query

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