Joe Jacobs
Forreston, IL *****
acz23j@r.postjobfree.com
WORK EXPERIENCE:
PEARL VALLEY FARMS Pearl City, IL
Senior Programmer/Analyst
June 2015 – April 2017
November 2010 – August 2014
I designed, coded, and maintained Microsoft desktop, web, and UWP applications using VS 2017, TFS 2017, C#, VB.NET, XAML, Blend, WCF, Entity Framework, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Dev Express 2016 tool suite, Crystal Reports, and SQL Server 2012, using features such as Transact-SQL (T-SQL), stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined table types. I also created several data interfaces between the central data repository and their ancillary systems using SSIS. The major business areas in which I worked were market-based pricing, production, processing, and inventory.
SOUTHERN IMPERIAL Rockford, IL
Data Analyst
September 2014 – June 2015
CRATE AND BARREL Northbrook, IL
Senior Programmer/Analyst
July 2005 – March 2010
I performed full SDLC work on numerous projects, as well as completing a myriad of fixes, enhancements, and modifications to Infor’s Infinium product suite. The business areas I worked with include A/P, G/L, H/R, Payroll, Fiscal Budget, Fixed Assets, Taxation, Income Reporting, and Account Reconciliation.
I worked on an IBM iSeries developing and modifying RPG application programs. I also created many data interfaces using ETL practices, which made use of dynamic FTP scripts to import and export data files to and from the IFS and QDLS folders. Some of the tools I used while at Crate & Barrel were Aldon CMS, DBU, Hawkeye, Interactive SQL, and ROBOT Job Scheduler.
CENTRAL DUPAGE HEALTH Winfield, IL
Business Analyst/Programmer Consultant
April 1998 – July 2005
While at Central DuPage Health, I was the primary programmer for several software packages, including Lawson Financials, First Coast Surgery Scheduling, and AAI’s Transcript Advantage. These products were modified by me and other in-house programmers. In addition to supporting these products, I performed many program fixes, modifications, and enhancements to them. I also completed several projects on HBOC Series 2000, their health information management system.
Major Projects Completed:
Upgraded Lawson Financials from an AS/400 platform to an AIX Unix platform using Oracle and retrofitted the client’s program modifications. I also wrote several Unix-AS/400 data conversions and interfaces.
Upgraded Transcript Advantage to a Y2K-compliant version and retrofitted the client’s code modifications, and led the project to remediate the client’s Surgery Scheduling software for Y2K compliancy.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL
Computer Science A.A.S. Degree
June 1988
Whiteside Area Vocational Centre, Sterling, IL
Computer Programming Certificate
June 1985