John Loughnan

Senior Systems Analyst/Programmer

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Mobile Number: +353(0)86 2610892 Email: acym4e@r.postjobfree.com

September - 2016 January 2017 Senior Developer Ergo/Revenue

Commissioners

Identified and clearly documented root cause to faults in MicroFocus COBOL programs

and UNIX scripts in support of Revenue ITP system.

Developed Code solutions to faults and provided support to development team to ensure

successful delivery.

February - 2014 July 2016 Analyst/Programmer Johnson Brothers Ballymount

Dublin.

Supporting the legacy systems written in COBOL on a vax alpha Included Invoicing,

Sales and Purchase orders, inbound and outbound ftp and edi files. Oracle SQL and

Microsoft SQL scripts.

Supporting their ERP system Microsoft Dynamics AX. Responding to user queries and

problems. System configurations.

March 2013 January 2014 Programmer Premium Power Balbriggan Ireland.

Modifying and correcting existing JAVA code and was exposed to Spring, Hibernate and

Tomcat. Changing and adding JavaScript and html files.

Made modifications and upgrades to SQL tables.

Carried out testing of changes made by other developers.

1995 - January 2012 Analyst/Programmer Wang Laboratories / Getronics 10-B-1140,

Brussels, Belgium

1990 1992

Provided support and upgrade development and testing of bespoke Logistics system, based

alternately in Brussels and Limerick.

Provided support and upgrade development and testing for bespoke Field Operations system.

This system logged and allocated work orders to engineers and produced invoices for both

maintenance contracts and charge call billing.

Provided support and upgrade development and testing for bespoke European Repair Shop

package.

Provided support and upgrade development and testing for bespoke Traffic Administration

System.

Project Manager and team lead in the upgrade of Logistics & Field Operations to Y2K and

Euro compliance involving over 1500 programs overall. Involved in all aspects of testing

this upgrade.

Customised the Logistics System for the companies European Business.

Modified and enhanced Dell Logistics for European, Asian and South African Business to

continually evolving requirements.

Seamlessly migrated Getronics from this application to their new Systems.

Responsibility for liaison with Getronics business managers and Dell (external) to ensure the

Logistics system, as used, met with their requirements.

Managed migration of system from WANG operating system to operating under Linux on Dell

PowerEdge Server including responsibility for parallel testing and evaluation of the system

response.

Liaised with Dell customers (NCR, UPS and others) in order to upgrade the Logistics system

to automate processing of orders including production and dispatch of parts orders.

Sole provider of 24/7 on-call support for out of hours issues.

Developed a subsystem to automate receipt (via ftp) of Break Fix business for analysis and

subsequent allocation and despatch of necessary parts to the appropriate engineers.

Managed all aspects of testing required to ensure delivery of defect free software.

All work was done using COBOL 74, COBOL 85, PACE HLI and PROCEDURE

Language.

1993 - 1994 Analyst/Programmer Burford Management Systems, London,

UK

Developed bespoke Systems for Telex and Banking.

Maintained Funds Transfer System connected to S.W.I.F.T

Provided Systems Support to Deutsche and Lloyds Banking IT Systems.

All work was done using COBOL 74, PROCEDURE Language and CLIPPER.

1988 - 1989 Analyst/Programmer/Consultant Chase Manhattan Bank, London England

Member of a team which implemented a Debt Re-Financing System developed in London

(Chase Manhattan Bank) in the Central Bank of Nigeria in Lagos.

Set up and tested systems and upskilled staff to required standards.

All work was done using COBOL 74 and PROCEDURE Language.

1987 1988 Analyst/Programmer Ford Motor Company, Brentwood Essex,

England

Member of team which was responsible for the development of a System to manage ex-

company cars

Responsible for Price Reconciliation and Management Reporting

All work was done using COBOL 74 and PROCEDURE Language.

1986 - 1987 Analyst/Programmer La Manga Club/European Ferries,

Murcia, Spain

Developed a Reservation System for Hotel Rooms and Apartments.

Designed, developed, tested, installed and maintained a Questionnaire Survey System, a

Construction Control System, Purchase Ledger and Payment System.

All work was done using COBOL 74 and PROCEDURE Language.

1986 Analyst/Programmer Wang Deutschland Gmbh. Frankfurt.

Produced Suspense letters and Roster Suite of Programs from Functional Specification.

All work was done using COBOL 74 and PROCEDURE Language.

1985 - 1986 Analyst/Programmer Primlaks Financiers Limited, Nigeria

Designed, developed and implemented a Management Information System in COBOL on NCR

IMOS IV Systems

1984 - 1985 Analyst/Programmer Chase Manhattan Bank, London

England

Participated in a team which set up and developed a system to facilitate Debt Refinancing by

the client company using COBOL and Procedure language.

Previous Employment

Data Logic Limited Team Lead/Programmer 1983-1984

Hill Price Davidson Programmer - 1982-1983

Baric Computing Services Programmer - 1980-1982

Falcon Computer Bureau Programmer 1978 -1980

COBOL was used as the development language for all of the above jobs.

Skills and Additional Training

Diploma in JAVA programming 2012 - 2013

Certificate in Computer Programming Waterford Regional Technical College 1997 - 1998

Introduction to Systems Analysis, Oracle and 4GL Certificate - University of Westminster

1993

Skilled in developing and executing Test Plans

Extensive knowledge of COBOL 74, COBOL 85, PACE HLI, Procedure, CLIPPER.

Experienced in cross-platform migration

Strong work organisation and prioritisation skills

Ability to build and maintain strong client relationships

Excellent verbal and written communication, problem solving, troubleshooting and analysis

skills

Hobbies and Interests

Hold full, clean driving licence

Interested in sports mainly Rugby, GAA, Football and Golf.

Reading.

References: Available on Request

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