Rpg Contract Consultant
Resume:
Ken Vesey
KEY SKILLS
AS/***
RPG II/III/IV/ILE/400
RPG Free
Embedded SQL
MAPICS
DPI
BPCS
J.D. Edwards
EXPERIENCE
EXERIENCE
Contract Consultant 1986 through Present
The Persimmon Group, Inc., Irving Tx (August 2016 through Present)
EDI Support, Retalix Support, XML-IN, SQL .
Environment – AS400/iSeries RPG ILE, RPG Free, Embedded SQL, Aldon
Costco – UST Global (February 2016 through August 2016)
Primarily Support for Membership Credit Card Tokenization vertical.
Environment – AS400/iSeries RPG ILE, RPG Free, Embedded SQL, Turnover
Bank of America – UST Global (October 2015 through January 2016)
Pre-Boarding of ALS Heloans to Iseries platform
Environment – AS400 RPG ILE, RPG Free, Embedded SQL
Consolidated Communications (June 2014 through February 2015)
Worked on the creation of “Prism”, Consolidated front end replacement for DPI Service Order Entry.
Considerable amount of data conversion, California and Kansas lines acquired.
Environment – AS400 RPG ILE, RPG Free, Embedded SQL
BeautiControl (April 2014 to October 2014)
Mostly modify existing applications, some development, iSeries RPG.
Environment – AS400 RPG ILE, RPG Free, Embedded SQL
Consolidated Communications (April 2013 to February 2014)
Worked on the creation of “Prism”, Consolidated front end replacement for DPI Service Order Entry.
Back end data repository for Service Order and Plant data.
Environment – AS400 RPG ILE, RPG Free, Embedded SQL
NationStar Mortgage (November 2012 to April 2013)
Mostly modify existing applications, some development, iSeries RPG, LSAMS mortgage processing software.
Environment – AS400 RPG ILE, RPG Free
The Persimmon Group, Inc. (April 2010 to November 2012)
Sub contracting, mostly BPCS software.
Environment – AS400 RPG ILE, RPG Free
Consolidated Communications (January 2005 to March 2010)
Team member of large of team with annual ‘Releases’ of conversion effort to combine two different versions of DPI software (due to acquisitions) modified through the years into a single set of applications.
Tenure included:
Conversion team working directly with data mapping programming and high level statistical reporting.
Interface of DPI plant (mostly within SO processing) and non AS400 applications handling internet and television applications.
Plant and Service Order day to day heat ticket resolution, primarily within Plant and SO system.
Used Turnover and Aldon change management software, Hawkeye, APLUS, DBU. All programming in RPG-ILE, RPG Free - on an AS/400.
Frontier Communications (November 2003 to December 2004)
Provided user support for both trouble call and enhancement requests for DPI software (a leading telecommunications application suite) primarily within the ‘Plant’ application. Considerable effort in a ILE environment to standardize user presentations as well specific functional enhancements to streamline overall processing and new access line acquisitions capabilities. Used Turnover change management software, Hawkeye, DBU. All programming in RPG-ILE, Free - on an AS/400.
Suiza/Dean Foods (January 2002 to Jan 2003; June 2003 to Oct 2003)
Develop and implement pre & post feed/receipt and change management of various BPCS data sets to third party warehouses, interface with existing EDI and host BPCS functions via embedded SQL when appropriate. Considerable design and implementation of pricing functions, including ‘Mass Change’ and reporting of pricing by Customer/Ship To. Served as liaison between users and data for both new formal reporting and Ad Hoc reporting requests. Employed tools such as Hawkeye, DBU, SQL and IBM Query for project analysis and testing in a software environment controlled by Aldon Implementer. All programming in RPG-ILE, Free - on an AS/400.
Citizens Communications (September 1999 to December 2001)
Provided user support for both trouble call and enhancement requests for DPI software (a leading telecommunications application suite) primarily within the ‘Plant’ application. Considerable effort in a ILE environment to standardize user presentations as well as to remove number of access line barriers inherent in original software design. Helped Design and develop real-time DPI integration with third-party interactive voice response (IVR) and work force management (WFM) systems using RPG-ILE, TCP/IP, SQL, MQSeries, data queues. Used Turnover change management software, Hawkeye, DBU. All programming in RPG-ILE, on an AS/400.
American Pad & Paper (September 1998 to September 1999)
Designed tools and coded about 2,000 Client Developed Programs, and modified J.D. Edwards programs upgrading from J.D. Edwards Release A5.2 to Release A7.3 (file environments). Used various system tools and third party products such as Hawkeye, DBU, IBM Query and a host of tools I created to determine which files had changed and how. During this process some maintenance to and enhancements of current Client Developed applications. All programming in RPG-ILE, on an AS/400.
Ugly Duckling Car Sales (January 1998 to September 1998)
Maintenance and enhancement of in-house software for the Used Car Sales and 'Discounted' Loan Portfolio market using DBU, Hawkeye, and Silvon Implementer. RPG-ILE on an AS/400
Sally Beauty Supply (August 1997 to January 1998)
Conversion of System 36 software systems to AS/400, facilitating Year 2000 compliance in the process.
Tandy Corporation (May 1997 to August 1997)
Modified existing inventory and replenishment systems to separate open/return goods. Added ability to use this quantity after being factored by system percentage in replenishment processing. AS/400.
CompUSA (May 1996 to April 1997)
Provided production support for in-house staff and major projects. Performed problem analysis and priority enhancements outside the scope of major projects. Main objective to free existing personnel from day to day software maintenance facilitating a timely completion of several major project milestones. AS/400.
Cornerstone (January 1993 to April 1996)
An IBM Business Partner selling IBM equipment, and MAPICS manufacturing software. Provided pre & post sale technical support for the AS/400 and MAPICS software.
Sweda (October 1995 to Jan 1996)
Automation of General Ledger and Report Writer functions to handle approximately 800,000 GL accounts. This was for an international company that insisted on a GL account structure not suited for the MAPICS software they had installed. Initial time estimates showed that each month end would require about thirty-six days of machine processing time to produce a single set of reports. Automated GL formatting functions to create format files and to create/modify Report Writer control files as part of reporting steps. Modified GL reporting to produce an unlimited number of reports processing transactional information but once. Processing time for a set of month end reports slashed to approximately three hours.
Cameo Coutures (Jan 1993 October 1995)
A Multi Level Direct Sales Organization (Pyramid) of Lingerie with annual sales of approximately 35 Million. Interfaced a third party written Order Entry and Commissioning system with MAPICS accounts receivable. Involved passing both invoice and payment data as this was a pre pay business. Considerable modifications to AIC and Commissioning system: Pricing computations. Interfaced with Vertex Sales Tax module to perform sales tax computations by zip code. Controlled application of shipping and handling fees. Automated Contest tracking/reporting. Substitution items. Invoiced grouping to remote need for manual sorting. Held orders x days before triggering back order process. AS/400.
Dynamo, Ltd. (March 1987 to December 1992; some lingering support though 1996.)
System Administration and all application design/programming. Dynamo is a gaming manufacturer (Pool, Air Hockey, Soccer, Video) with annual sales of 40 million. Responsible for conversion from System 36 to RS/6000 running OPEN36 software emulating the System 36 environment. Responsible for all aspects of system design, programming, as well as all system administration functions. Also responsible for administration of Novell 3.12 Network. System36 Followed by IBM/RS6000 Running Open36 Product
Designed, coded and implemented the following:
Purchasing System
Cost Accounting System
Bill of Materials
Routings
MRP System/Reporting (Physical Inventory Report)
Inventory Management System
Physical Inventory System
Capacity Planning
Production Planning
Master Scheduling
Pricing Override Approval (Order Entry)
Credit Approval (Order Entry/Accounts Receivable)
Order Routing (Order Entry)
Product Engineering
Standard Costing - Annual Replacement & Monthly Roll UP
Intercompany Costing/Pricing
AP Open Receivers
Cost Accounting System
Contract Production System
Customer Service Problem Call
Sales Analysis
Utilities
Considerable modifications to MAPICS (IBM Manufacturing Software).
Interact, Inc., Project Leader (November 1986 to October 1988)
Interact was an IBM Business Partner selling IBM equipment, and MAPICS manufacturing software. Provided pre & post sale technical support for the AS/400, System 38, System 36, MAPICS, CMAS, DMAS, Spectrum software. Customer base was mostly manufacturing companies with a few distribution companies. Developed/evolved programming tools automating application generation for a variety of manufacturing/distribution customers. Developed Order Entry and Invoicing application for an Auto Parts Remanufacturer.
Krestmark Industries (August 1985 to November 1986)
MAPICS RPG programmer, Systems 34 to 38 conversion.
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Hardware: IBM AS/400, IBM RS/6000, IBM S38-36-34, PCs
Software: OS/400, CL, RPG (II, III, 400), Client Access, TCP/IP, FTP, DPI-Telecommunications
MAPICS, BPCS, J.D. Edwards, Hawkeye, Aldon Implementer, Silvon, DBU, SDA, DFU, Turnover, Documint, PC Support, Access, SQL, Windows, UNIX, Novell, DOS, DATA3, CMAS, DMAS, Spectrum, Word, WordPerfect
EDUCATION
Grayson County Community College
Associate of Applied Science, Computer Science, 1984
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