RPG Programmer

Resume – Vinu B Kurian

Objective: Design, enhance, fix, develop, and write applications & programs for the IBM-i platform.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Bachelor Degree in Commerce/Accounting/IT

Master in Business Administration (MBA IT)

AS400 Training from Duke Star

Diploma in computer application

Keywords:

AS/400, IBM-I, I-Series, RPG, RPGIV, RPG-FREE, Service Programs, Modules, AS400, RPG/400, DBU/400, DDS, SQLRPGLE, WEB-Service, XML, JSON, REST-API,EXCEL-VBA, CLP, CLLE, MS-DOS, J-MAGIC, MARKMAGIC, System-Link, Power-Link, MAPICS, SQL, SQL-400,Stored Procedure, SQL-Cursors, SQL-Functions, EXCEL-MACROS, IFS, HTML, Modernization, Automation.

Client History

Daikin North America LLC Jan 31 ‘18 till date

Parsons Services Company Sep 10 ’16 Jan30 ‘18

Ettain Group Jun 08 ’15 Sep09 ‘17

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P Feb 02 ’15 Jun05 ‘15 Goodman Manufacturing Company,L.P. Apr 22 ’13 Jan16 ‘15

Tata Consultancy Services Jan03 ’12 Apr19 ‘13

NDVOR IT Solutions Aug04 ‘09 May27 ‘11

Systems & Software Jul30 ’07 Jul30 ‘09

Reliance info streams Jun05 ’03 Jan14 ’05

B P L Mobile cellular services Mar02 ‘02 - May31 ‘03

Rotomech Engineers Jun 98 - Nov 31 ’00

SUMMARY

AS400/RPG professional with well rounded experience in all facets of AS400 solutions delivery. Vinu specializes in AS400 project delivery, AS400 project implementation and the best use of RPG as a solution provider.

15 plus years of focused IT experience in which 11 years of AS400 and 4 years of experience in management information system, Customer service, workforce management and accounting.

Third party system development, application system analysis, design, programming, and technical management on many applications and application categories

AS400 projects and solutions implementation in RPG, AS400 and CL for various projects where Vinu has been involved in all phases of a SDLC life cycle in the capacity of a developer, Solutions Architect, Tech Lead and SME.

Proved ability to quickly identify issues and provide viable issues add move the project to successful implementation and conclusion within budget. Able to drive issues and accelerate resolution inside AS400 and RPG.

Excellent fine tuning and troubleshooting skills to enhance and scale up performance of existing system and CPU performance including multithreading techniques and code optimization using pathfinder tools like Hawkeye.

Automation of several projects to minimize manual intervention to help companies to cut down costs.

A good understanding of hybrid or web based products interacting with AS400 system like .Net and Java.

Strictly adheres to client coding, style, and documentation standards on all projects to ensure maintainability and continuity of all code produced

Modernization of legacy code and techniques including optimization, conversion and maintainability to suit the modern needs of the company.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

Experienced is using the most modern and latest RPG programming techniques including a very good understanding of legacy systems and coding techniques.

Experienced in CL programming, monitoring batch jobs and supporting and analyzing bottle necks in implementation

Expert in Screen Design Aid (SDA): Menus, Display Files, Sub-file Programming

Proficient in DB2/400: DDS-Physical Files, Logical Files, Join Files, Data Dictionaries

Conversion of printer reports into pdf’s, spread sheets and email them to a distribution list with help of RPG API’s/Java 400 API’s and mark-magic tool to save thousands of dollars as savings.

Expert in SQLRPGLE techniques including latest free format usage of static and dynamic cursors including scroll cursors for various projects.

Expert in Enterprise Integrator, Excel Macros and Mapics applications like Power-Link.

Using mark-magic software to create reports with graphics including converting existing reports into pdf’s which could be emailed which resulted in saving of thousands of dollars for the company.

Experienced in supporting for a web based product including writing stored procedures, meta-search queries and other complex queries MS-SQL 2005.

Acquaintance and understanding of with new AS400 tools like MIMIX promoter, care promoter, jobs scheduler, FTP, PGP encryption, NDM and Robot Implementer.

Proficient is using HP quality control to monitor defects, raise requests and verify status for project implementation.

Enhanced many complicated applications for performance improvement and user friendliness.

Knowledgeable of web based technology including .NET, JAVA and Oracle.

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