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Rpg Iseries

Location:
Crossville, TN
Posted:
December 07, 2021

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Richard J. Reeve Jr.

*** ******* ****

Crossville, TN 38555

Phone: 931-***-****(c)

Email: adpk62@r.postjobfree.com

IT Management:

Responsible for operations and programming staff. Analyzed new technology and implemented as needed. Maintained relationships with many vendors. Purchased equipment, software and supplies. Identified and resolved hardware and software problems. Developed user and technical documentation.

Computer Programmer:

Designed, wrote, tested, documented, and implemented programs using RPG

III/IV/ILE/free, COBOL and SQL (both stand alone and embedded) in banking, health care, insurance, retail, manufacturing and distribution environments. Well versed in IBM's control language (CL) and Unisys' work flow language (WFL). Extensive experience in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including identification of business needs and constraints, collection of requirements, formulation of functional and design specification, programming, execution and documentation of test cases and test plans and implementation.

Staff Training:

Hired and trained operators & programmers. Developed technical and user documentation.

Hardware Experience:

Extensive knowledge of IBM System/38, IBM AS400 (Iseries, IBM I), Unisys B1000, and Unisys 'A' series computers. Used tape drives and maintained backups (both on and off site). Experienced in SST, creating, monitoring, and maintaining subsystems for maximum performance. Broad experience with personal computers. Troubleshoot and resolve hardware issues.

Software Experience:

Solid knowledge of banking, retail, health care, insurance, manufacturing and distribution applications written in COBOL and RPG II, III/IV with some ILE and free. Design and programming of bar code labels. Heavy exposure to IBM's PDM, SQL, DFU, SDA, RLU and Query. Experienced with IBM's control language (CL) as well as Unisys' work flow language. Experienced with many personal computer applications and Hawkeye, Implementer and ROBOT utilities on the AS/400 (Iseries or IBM i). Well versed in Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel (including uploading AS/400 reports and data) and Access.

Work Experience:

Consultant

Tekterra, Atlanta GA (5/2021 – present)

•I was the technical resource for the JCI freight auditing project

•Responsible for design and programming in RPG and SQL (including testing)

Office/property manager

Pinnacle Health Center, Crossville, TN (5/2019 – 5/2021)

•Managed medical practice staff including receptionist, billing analyst and nurse

•Responsible for building and grounds (including doctors residence)

•During this time I was also involved with some open source iseries projects via GIT to keep my RPG & SQL skills current.

o Work done on PUB400 iseries

Real Estate agent (7/2018 – 4/2019)

REMAX Premier Choice, Crossville, TN

•Worked with buyers and sellers to conduct real estate transactions

EDI Programmer (remote) (10/2013 – 7/2018)

Intecc, Inc, Hermitage, PA

•Add new EDI trading partners and map to ERP application

•All programming done in RPGIV on IBM i

Consultant (12/2012 – 10/2013) GreenTree Credit Solutions, St. Paul, MN

•Providing analysis, design, programming and support for a custom written loan and financial package.

•Programs written in RPGIV, RPGLE and RPG/free with embedded SQL

Consultant (10/2012 – 12/2012) Manheim Auto Auctions, Atlanta, GA

•Modified in house written software so that the arbitration piece was driven from Microsoft Dynamics o Programs written in RPGIV/Free

•Used data queues to keep IBM i files in sync with Microsoft Dynamics

Consultant (8/2012 – 10/2012) CINRAM, Lavergne, TN

•Provided design, programming and support to PRMS software package

•Rotated with others on staff for after hours support

Consultant (4/2012 – 7/2012) Community Health Systems, Franklin, TN

•Provided design, programming and support to replace RDARS document management software (which was sunset after v5r4 or the OS) with HMS eArchive o Wrote programs (written in RPGIV and CL) to automate the installation and conversion process.

Consultant (1/2012 – 3/2012)

GreenTree Credit Solutions, St. Paul, MN

•Provided programming and support for a custom written loan and financial package.

•Programs written in RPGIV, RPGLE and RPG/free with embedded SQL

Consultant (4/2011 – 11/2011)

Healthcare Management Systems Inc., Nashville, TN

•Developed and maintained programs critical to new release o Programs written in RPGIV, RPGLE and RPG/free with embedded SQL

(and stored procedures) o Worked closely with product development and QA to ensure timely delivery

Consultant

R.R. Consulting, Riverhead, NY (1/2009 – 12/2010)

•Supported an ERP package called Orders Plus for a small Auto Parts distributor in Deer Park, NY

•Responded to and correct problems with processing orders o Upgraded software to newer release

•Worked with a software company to create interfaces to their software package from Mapics XA and SAP on the AS/400 using RPG and SQL.

•Worked with another consulting firm to configure and implement SalesForce.com

Project/Account Manager

Four-Soft USA, Melville, NY (8/2008 - 1/2009)

•Managed 4 strategic accounts. Ensure timely response to support issues

•Create detailed designs for enhancements/new development. All programming done off-shore

•Oversee unit and integration testing of all modifications/new development. Verified integrity of all testing and production environments

•Wrote programs (CL) to re-populate testing environments

Coordinate changes across environments

•By communicating with customers was able identify new opportunities for revenue

Consultant

R.R. Consulting, Riverhead, NY

Welcome Wagon International (11/2006 – 12/2007)

Reverse engineered system in anticipation of moving the entire custom developed system to a different platform

Analysis of current system (Iseries)

Software written in RPG (III, IV with some ILE and embedded SQL) and CL

•Created technical specifications and documentation that meet the current business model and requirements Audiovox Corp. (7/2006 – 11/2006) Assisted client with backlog of EDI requests.

•Analysis, design, coding and testing of modifications to EDI programs (both inbound and outbound) that used JDE World data.

Electrograph Systems Inc. (11/2005 – 7/2006)

Assisted client with backlog of user requests

Analysis, design, coding and testing of modifications to RPGIV and CL programs running on an Iseries computer.

Bausch and Lomb (4/2005 – 11/2005)

Assisted with conversion from American Software (COBOL) running on

Iseries to Peoplesoft running on a Unix server

•Analysis, design and coding of conversion programs to Peoplesoft

•Provided user support including after hours

Universal Television Network (1/2004 – 3/2005)

Assisted with conversion to NBC.

Analysis, design and coding of conversion programs to the

Infinium software package running on an Iseries system Provided user support

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont (11/2001 – 12/2002)

•Assisted with integration of Legacy software to PowerMHS (Phase 1) Analysis, design, programming (CL, COBOL and RPG on AS/400) and testing (validated with application as well as DFU, SQL and Query)

•Enhanced some legacy applications to be HIPPA compliant

Andin Jewelry Manufacturing (11/2000 – 10/2001)

•Assisted in conversion of a smaller company that was acquired by Andin. Package was custom written in CL and RPGIV with some ILE and interfaced to infinium’s financial package.

•Analysis, design, programming (CL and RPGIV on AS/400) and testing – Unit & integration (validated with application as well as DFU, SQL and Query)

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Riverhead Building Supply Corp. Riverhead, NY (4/1999 –10/ 2000)

•Tailored Daly dot Commerce’ ERP package to work as designed by employer.

•Supported RF scanners

•Analysis, design, programming (CL, RPGIII and RPGIV on AS/400) and testing – unit and integration (validated with application as well as DFU, SQL and Query)

•Modified many in house programs to be Y2K compliant

•Monitored system performance and tuned accordingly

•Filled in for system admin as needed

Consultant

R.R. Consulting, Snellville, GA (12/1996– 4/1999)

U.S. Filter, Vineland, NJ

•Analyze and design modifications to American Software (ASI) and Software 2000 (now known as Infinium) packages

•Program modifications using CL, COBOL and RPGIII

•Tested modifications (validated with application as well as

DFU, SQL and Query)

•Provided on-site user training of the American Software package

•Provided technical (hardware (AS/400) and software) and user support 24 x 7.

•Assisted in OS/400 PTF selection and application

•Provided guidance to system admin in remote location

•Monitored system performance and suggested adjustments to improve throughput and response times

London Bridge (Formerly CheckFree), Norcross, GA

•Modified LSAMS (mortgage processing software) package written in CL, COBOL, RPG/III and RPG/400 on the AS/400 for new release of software.

•Tested modifications (validated with application as well as DFU, SQL and Query)

Consultant

McKinley Group Inc., Front Royal VA (1994 - 1997)

•Worked as a consultant to manufacturing and distribution companies utilizing the AS/400. Assisted in the implementation and support of American Software's ERP package. Modified packaged programs (CL and COBOL) to meet client needs. Provided support to clients technical and user staff. Designed, coded, tested (utilizing application, DFU, SQL and query) and implemented subsystems to enhance ASI's base system. Served as a programmer analyst, business analyst, system analyst, and technical leader. Worked closely with the user community to create technical specifications from functional specs.

•Assisted with unit/acceptance/integration testing. Responsible for keeping Core environments (test/acceptance/production) properly maintained for the core product at UPS WorldWide Logistics.

•Client list

UPS WorldWide Logistics, Atlanta, GA

Marathon Electric, Wassau, WI

TOPCO, Chicago, IL

Roller Bearing, Hartford, CT

Erickson Cellular, Lynchburg, VA

Education:

University of Southern Indiana

Major: Computer Information Systems

Suffolk Community College

Major: Computer Information Systems



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