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Karen S. Tschida
Lincoln, CA
e-Mail: **********@*****.***
Cell: 503-***-****
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Resume
EDUCATION
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
Degree: BA in Economics
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA
Major: Business
WORK EXPERIENCE – San Francisco Bay Area
K.S. Tschida Consulting (incorporated in CA; own company): Southern Pacific (1993-1994) IBM mainframe, COBOL, IDMS, ADSO
• Programmer/analyst for the maintenance for a railway fulfillment system. Harper (1991-1993) IBM mainframe and Series 1, COBOL,IDMS, IDMS
• Team leader, programmer/analyst for a freight forwarding and feed to accounting systems.
First Nationwide Bank (1990-1991) IBM mainframe, COBOL, CICS, DB2
• Programmer/analyst for a residential default information system. Southern Pacific (1989-1990) IBM mainframe, COBOL, IDMS, ADSO
• Programmer/analyst for maintenance of a railway fulfillment system. Raychem (1987-1988) IBM mainframe, COBOL, ADSO, IDMS
• Programmer/analyst. for an interface system batch to online accounting system. I.B.M. (1986) Series 1, COBOL
• Programmer/maintenance for an Inventory Automation system. County of San Francisco (1986) IBM mainframe, COBOL, ADSO
• Programmer/ Analyst for a property billing system. Page 2 of 2 Karen S. Tschida Resume
U.S.P.S (1986) IBM mainframe, COBOL, IDMS
• Team leader, Programmer/analyst for a Public Tape Management system. APL (1986) IBM mainframe, COBOL, IDMS
• Programmer/analyst for a freight forwarding system. County of San Mateo (1984-1985)
• Wrote specifications for all Accounting Functions. APL (1984) IBM mainframe, COBOL, ADSO, IDMS
• Team leader, wrote specifications, programmer, user interface, user training for accounts receivable system.
AIM Systems - General Manager for a software development company; provided an end customer billing system (for a cable TV company - Gill Cable). Atari, AMD, Bank of America, Levi Strauss - Data/Business/Programmer Analyst ATD - Financial Analyst
RESPONSIBILITIES
I have worked at many installations during my career. As being a consultant, I have worked at all levels including programming, analyst, team leader, and general manager. I consider myself a team player who contributes on all phases of a project. My experience includes writing specifications, testing criteria, coding, and debugging. ACCOMPLISHMENTS
As a team member or leader, my assignments and tasks have led to successful projects that met or exceeded all expectations.
SKILLS USED
As well as technical skills, I have experience interfacing with user communities to derive definition, requirements, development, testing, user training (providing user manuals, instructions and classes), and project maintenance. SKILLS
Programming: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, ADSO, IDMS, SQL (10+ years)