Direct Mail Programmer / Manager
Resume:
Oscar Castillo
Hazlet NJ *7730
*********@*****.***
Profile
A collaborative direct mail technology management professional capable of leading and developing people and projects from concept to completion. Strong analytical skills and attention to detail with deadline sensitivity in a fast paced environment. Compatible team player through complete project cycles; planning, testing, quality assurance and final implementation. Excellent communication skills, motivated to succeed, hard worker and fast learner.
Experience
Data Processing Manager/Direct Mail Programmer, Redi-Mail; Fairfield, NJ (9/1995 – 10/2009) (8/2011 – 6/2016)
Manage the data processing and document design departments for the enterprise.
Manage employee’s project schedules, materials and invoices.
Responsible for designing, testing and scheduling fulfillment projects to programmers.
Initiate meetings with clients on new or current projects and make recommendations based on their needs.
Successfully manage the use of outsourced resources as well as internal resources.
Manage workflow between the departments and client service teams. Attended production meetings to interface with sales, customer service and production team to how to best move forward with projects..
Ensure all departmental standards are being followed by all groups.
Conduit for any data processing, programming or report writing related issues for the company.
Investigate and resolve data related issues in deliverables.
Investigate, test and evaluate software and make recommendations based on departmental needs.
Responsible for testing, evaluation, recommendation, and implementation of software products used for data hygiene, postal processing and document design.
Led and trained a team of professionals on data processing standards, as well as, company policies, procedures and USPS regulations.
Actively participate in workflow team project meetings to develop standards for quality assurance and to streamline the workflow process.
Create new standards for changing technologies. Successfully managed the switch over to the Business Objects Postalsoft Suite from Anchor Mirus and Group One products.
Collaborative work style to ensure the development of 10 employees. Provided mentorship as needed.
Utilize SAP/Business Objects Postalsoft Suite, Visual Foxpro, to create custom software in house.
Certifications/Accomplishments
Completed USPS certification process for FASTforward and NCOAlink service provider.
Completed certification for use of Intelligent Mail OneCode Confirm, and ACS.
Incorporated the use of Oce continuous forms printers and Xerox 4135 Docuprint sytems into production by training the production team on proper operation, maintenance and programming.
Certificate of Achievement from Results Performance Consulting's The Basics of Contemporary Leadership Workshop.
Data Processing Manager, Prompt Mailers; Staten Island, NY 2/2011 – 8/2011
Responsible for daily operations of the data and laser production department. Training, reviewing procedures and making recommendations and implementing
Data Coordinator, LOG-ON Computer & Mailing Services; New York, NY 6/2010 – 1/2011
Responsible for the daily processing of client data using BCC Mail Manager, Visual FoxPro and custom in-house dBase tools.
Tasked with finding methods to streamline the data processing department by automating ongoing fulfillment work to increase efficiency and accuracy.
Direct Mail Programmer, Coupon Service Corp; Jersey City, NJ 1995 – 1996
Responsible for data conversion and processing using Mirus List Convert, Merge/Purge, ZIP+4 and Presort. Customized programming using Mirus DoAlls. Document design using Mirus Letterwriter.
Printer Operator/Programmer, MorCom, Inc; Carlstadt, NJ 1994 – 1995
Responsible for queuing production jobs on the mainframe and distributing them across Siemens 2140 and 2240 Pagestream continuous forms laser printers. Troy Micr printer operator and programmer using C.
Skills
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix, DOS
Languages: Python, SQL, HTML, Objective-C, Swift, Unix shell, Applescript.
Tools: BCC Mail Manager Full Service, SAP/Business Objects FirstPrep, DataRight, ACE, NCOAlink, DPV, LACSlink, ANKlink, Match/ Consolidate, Presort and DocuRight, Anchor Deceased Suppression System, Mirus List Convert, Mirus Merge/Purge, Mirus MaxCASS, Mirus DoAlls, Mirus Letter Writer, Mirus Max Print, Group One List Convert, Group One Sort, Group One Code 1 Plus, Group One Gen Select, Group One Merge/Purge, Virtual Systems Mailshop, Mailtech, Microsoft Visual FoxPro, Adobe Creative Suite, Xcode, Mirosoft Office, Apple iLife Suite, FTP/SFTP, Monarch Pro.
EDUCATION
DeVry Tech
Keyport High School
Union Beach Public School
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