Information Systems and system & application

RESUME OF BEHZAD HOSS

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Posses more than 30 years of system and application development maintenance programming experience encompassing numerous industries from healthcare, manufacturing, retail, to insurance.

Having successfully served in a project leader, consultant, and systems manager.

Have also served in both analytical and technical capacities during the analysis, design, development, and implementation stages of numerous large and small projects.

Technical expertise includes RPG II through RPG IV, ILE, Free Form, CL, Query 400. An efficient self-starter, comfortable working both as part of a team or individually.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Platform: iSeries, Sys/38, PC, DEC/VAX, IBM/1130

Operating System: OS/400, Microsoft Windows win7, Vista, XP

Languages & Utilities: RPG II, III, IV, ILE, Free Form, Basic, CL, DB2 400, Query/400, SQL, DFU, DBU, SDA, SEU, Hawkeye, Abstract, FTP

Applications: PMMS, Kronos, JD Edward World, JDA, GTE2000, ISI, HFMS, GL, AP, AR., Payroll/HR, MSA, Assist, API, Aldon.

PC Applications: Microsoft Office, Project, Power Point, Excel, Visio, Micrografx Flowchart, Quick Books

Other: Token Ring, TCP/IP through Fiber Optic Back-Bone, Asynchronous and Synchronous communication, Client Access Express, AS400 Operation Navigator, Workstation Function, Virtual Printer, and Host Printer as printer session shared folder. Project Management, strong communication and interpersonal skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

UPMC (Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Center) Pittsburgh, PA 04/2017–Present

iSeries/AS400 Application Developer (contractor)

Part of the developer team to merge multiple Partitions into a single Server.

My main responsibilities consists of the system and application security as well

as troubleshooting and resolving any other open application issues which are

running on multiple IBM System I. All the code are written using RPGLE, Module

Programs, imbedded SQL, external procedure, service programs, DDL, indexing

database and trigger programs.

Meadowbrook Insurance Group Southfield, MI 08/2016–Present

iSeries/AS400 Application Developer (Part-time contractor)

Design new Application Programs and Maintaining existing.

Maintain, improve, and support the ASI application which is running on System i.

Assist in coding and testing of the interface programs for the conversion project.

Provide off hours support in the event of any system problems.

Train and mentor the COBOL developer with RPG programing.

Frontier Communication. Richardson, TX 06/2015–06/2016

iSeries Sr. Developer (contractor)

Part of the CABS conversion team, design and code programs to convert the Verizon Data into Frontiers CABS system using RPGLE and SQL statements.

Evaluate the historical data which had been extracted and received from the acquired company. Create the CSR (Customer Service Requests) and Bill images import them into RVI Document Process Application for future references.

Self-Employed. Nashville, TN 01/2015–06/2015

PMMS Research and Development

Gathering and organizing indicators to measure the performance and profitability of the individuals

As well as the Entity for Acquired Medical Clinics / Service Providers. Creating the matrixes to compare the actual vs. projected goals.

Identify, design custom Incentive Program to be integrated into the above matrix.

Medhost Solutions Corp. (Formally Healthcare Management Systems), Franklin, TN 10/2012–01/2015

iSeries Sr. Software Engineer

Design new application solutions and maintaining existing various internal applications.

As a member of integration team responsible for automated HMS software release upgrade process, perform various Aldon programming administrative support such as user setup, maintaining various environments as well as setting up the communication steps using Aldon to deploy necessary objects to the client's servers electronically.

In addition to application and system development, provide technical support and troubleshooting problems on several iSeries machines.

Utilizing RPG (all levels), CL, Query/400, DB2/400, SDA, DBU, DFU, FTP on OS400 V5R4M0 – V7R1M0.

Oreck Corporation, Nashville, TN 04/2008 -10/2012

Industry: Manufacturing / Retail & Supply Chain Distributing

iSeries Senior Application Programmer Analyst

Design new Application Programs and Maintaining existing Assist Financial Application.

iSeries Application / Systems design, programming and Implementing on iSeries 525 Providing the AS400/ASSIST Application and Technical support for the entire Financial, and Order Entry systems, as well as automated real-time credit cards, electronic check authorization and settlement process.

Created partition to separate the development environment from production one.

Created Data purge and archiving process to improve the response time.

Implementing Linoma Crypto Complete Encryption software to protect the sensitive data and to be PCI compliance.

Monitoring and trouble shooting, developing interfaces between various applications.

Identify and communicate the anticipated systems issues and risks to Management at the earliest stage and implement the related solution provided and directed by the Client

Utilizing RPG (all levels), CL, Query/400, DB2/400, SDA, DBU, DFU, Abstract on OS400 V5 R4.

Nukote International, Inc., Franklin, TN 03/2006 –04/2008

Industry: Manufacturing & Supply Chain Distributing

AS400 Senior Application & Systems Programmer Analyst

Design new Application Programs and Maintaining existing JD Edwards Programs.

AS400 Application / Systems design, programming and Implementing on iSeries 810 Providing the AS400 Systems Administration and Technical support, which contains system availability, automated system backup and Disaster Recovery procedures.

Monitoring and troubleshooting, developing interfaces between various applications.

Identify and communicate the anticipated systems issues and risks to Management at the earliest stage and implement the related solution provided and directed by the Client

Utilizing RPG (all levels), CL, Query/400, DB2/400, SDA, DBU, DFU, Overlay on OS400 V5 R2.

ITG, INC., Battle Creek, MI 12/2002 – 3/2006

Industry: Consulting Services

AS400 Senior Consultant (Contractor)

Aggressively recruited to design, direct, develop, and implement the PMMS Application.

AS400 Application / Systems design, programming and Implementing on Customer sites.

Contracted services for other Technical & systems needs for various clients.

Providing the AS400 Systems Administration and Technical support, which contains system availability, automated system backup and Disaster Recovery procedures.

Monitoring and trouble shooting, developing interfaces between various applications.

Identify and communicate the anticipated systems issues and risks to Client's Officers at the earliest stage and implement the related solution provided and directed by the Client

Utilizing RPG (all levels), CL, Query/400, DB2/400, SDA, DBU, DFU, and Hawkeye.

Equifax/Polk Directory, Livonia, MI 9/2000 - 9/2002

AS400 Senior Consultant Technical Support (Contractor)

Key source in installation and implementation of new AS400, 9406, 820.

Complete configuration of TCP/IP and Network Connectivity plus security setup.

Implementation of the Disaster Recovery and Change Management procedure.

Automation of the backup and system administration through the job scheduler to eliminate the need of operators.

Provided the other consultant with the AS/400 technical assistance as needed.

Working as JD Edwards Application Support specifically in the security and access arena as well as AR, GL, Order processing, and Address Book.

Quality Farm & Fleet Stores Corporate, Muskegon, MI 8/1999 - 4/2000

AS400 Consultant (Contractor)

As part of the merger of Central Tractors and the Quality Stores Inc. I

Converted & implemented Sales History system for the Marketing Department from Mainframe to AS/400.

Created new error handling routine and Automation of the maintenance between the JDA system on as/400 and Inventory Management System (IMS) remotely on 350 stores.

Completed the Credit Application Process system.

Provided the client technical users with the AS/400 technical assistance as needed.

Accenture Consulting / Family Christian Stores, Grand Rapids, MI 11/1998 - 8/2000

Senior Consultant (Contractor)

Implemented several JDA Store System major improvements

Automated Date effective store replenishment

House Account Segmentation.

Assist the client (Accenture employees) in technical interview for new hire.

Played a key rolled in project management and Technical assistance in AS/400 arena.

Infinite Potentials, Inc, Grand Rapids, MI 7/1997 - 11/1998

Information Technologies (I/T) Director

Responsible for the entire I/T activities which includes evaluation of hardware (UNIX and Novell Network), software, cost analysis and capacity planning, disaster recovery, maintaining expertise to support the Infinite Potentials Services in the information technologies area.

Eaton Corporation, Marshall, Michigan 3/1996 - 7/1997

Senior Software Engineer

Responsible for the implementation of automated Time and Attendance System on AS/400.

Software & hardware support on AS/400 and the PC network, department Assistant Manager.

Northern Michigan Hospital, Petoskey Michigan 7/1992 - 3/1996

Systems Analyst

Responsibilities are Technical Support and services for The Corporate IT Department.

Installation, and support of AS400 and converted the Mainframe MVS/XA and 2 S/38s into on common platform (AS400).

Set up backup and disaster recovery for entire Hospital.

Performance Analysis and Capacity Planning, applying upgrades and PTFs.

Provided programmers, PC analysts, and operation staff with support by introducing new technology and insuring connectivity / communication among LAN using IBM TOKEN RING, AS/400 and PCs

Systems Manager 3/1988 - 7/1992

Responsible for evaluation, installation, implementation, and interfacing of purchased financial applications, design new systems.

Provide 24 hours technical support for applications on the S/38 which were written in RPGIII and CL.

As the team leader, I managed the team members’ work assignments to meet the commitment to our user clients, based on quarterly and annually programming time allocation.

As project leader, I successfully completed installation and implementation of Human Resource / Payroll and Decision Support projects.

Programmer Analyst 11/1984 - 3/1988

Job duties were to maintain the existing programs, code, and test new on-line or batch applications, which were in RPGIII, and CL on IBM S/38.

Writing downloads and uploads procedures between IBM PCs, S/38, VAX, and IBM 3090.

I successfully set up on-line Nursing policies on S/38 to replace hard copies of the policy books through out the hospital.

EDUCATION:

IBM Management Institute, Chicago, IL

Certification of Project Management I and II, 10/1990

IBM Management Institute, Los Angles, CA

Certification of Effectiveness Skill for I/S Professional, 9/1989

IBM Executive Institute, Los Angles, CA

Certification of Business System Planning, 5/1989

Dale Carnegie institute, Petoskey, MI

Certification Dale Carnegie graduate assistant.

Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI

Bachelor's Degree with Double majors, 4/1984

Computer Science and Chemistry

Delta College, Bay City, MI

Associate Degree Major: Pre-engineering Minor: Mathematics, 4/1983

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