Software Developer
Resume:
John A. Walker
Palatine, IL *****
****@*********.***
http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwalker5
SUMMARY
Solutions-driven and detail-oriented Software Developer with 10+ year track record of proven success. Effectively analyzes, designs, codes, and implements software, including enhancements to existing systems, resulting in new features and process improvements. Experienced in multiple languages and on multiple platforms.
Skills include:
Software Development
Debugging and Troubleshooting
Deployment to Production
Testing
User Training and Support
Documentation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
VIVA USA, contract position for Navistar, Lisle, IL
Applications Analyst Apr 2014 – Nov 2015
Provided analysis, coding, testing, implementation, documentation, and support for software systems through collaboration with business users and team members
Supported business through analysis and by writing code for pricing system.
Implemented Lean processes in a cross-functional team, resulting in increased productivity and better meeting the needs of users by using more efficient tools and eliminating waste, saving thousands of dollars in processing costs.
Identified and remediated program abends, enabling processes to resume and meet the needs of the business.
Created and maintained reports to deliver vital data to users, enabling them to make informed business decisions. Implemented Lean initiative to decrease processing time by eliminating redundant and obsolete reports.
Automated processes, which reduced the need for human intervention, decreased the risk of error, and increased productivity.
CSC, contract position for Sears Holdings, Hoffman Estates, IL
Software Developer Oct 2013 – Jan 2014
Completed project for a large inventory management system to resolve quantity differences and provide net counts to another system for financial and reporting services; accomplished through analysis, collaboration with business partners, coding in IBM z/OS assembly language, and testing. Projected savings are about $900,000 internal margin per year.
EXPERIAN / DIRECT MARKETING TECHNOLOGY, Schaumburg, IL
Senior Software Developer Mar 1997 – May 2013
Collaborated with users, vendors, U.S. Postal Service representatives, and team members on designing, coding, testing, and implementing software solutions to serve client needs. Created documentation and trained users. Provided support and resolved problems for users.
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Completed CASS (Coding Accuracy Support System) certification of address correction software, regulatory process licensed by U.S. Postal Service, within tight deadlines, integrating third-party software into system through communication with USPS and vendor partners. Certification was essential for hundreds of clients and represented millions of dollars of revenue per year.
Using the SAS language, created and modified reports, data files, tags for postal containers, and postal barcodes as required by regulations, ensuring system met user requirements.
Improved processes and reduced cost by moving key postal application systems representing thousands of lines of code from mainframe to alternate platforms. Translated code from IBM z/OS assembly language into C/C++, and rewrote other code. Learned new skills and processes, including Agile Development, UNIX, Linux, C/C++ and AWK.
Created and implemented system which tracked and reported quantities of records processed, providing management with timely and accurate data regarding usage of major software processes. Some of this project was done using SAS.
Maintained software that accessed DB2 tables with embedded SQL code within mainframe assembler applications.
Ensured timely, accurate delivery of output files to clients and prevented revenue loss, by investigating, diagnosing and resolving problems such as program abends and explanations of output data.
Enabled accurate and efficient printing of mail pieces and catalogs by creating and maintaining software that met frequently changing needs.
TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY
Languages
IBM z/OS assembly language, C/C++, Base SAS, SQL, JCL, CLIST, AWK
Software
SyncSort, File-Aid, ISM/Maximo/SCCD, Serena ChangeMan, FileZilla, Control-M, ViaSoft SmartTest, Xpediter, IBM File Manager, IBM Debug Tool, TSO, ISPF, QMF, Microsoft Office, Visual Studio
Systems
z/OS, VMS, UNIX, Linux, Microsoft Windows
Knowledge of
UDMS, FTP, Interactive SAS, Visual BASIC, VB Script, HTML, Git, FTP, COBOL, DB2, REXX, Waterfall model, Agile development
EDUCATION
BPS, Computer Science, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, 2000
AAS, Data Processing, Triton College, River Grove, IL, 1985
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