Charles Milligan
Jack of all trades
Dubuque, IA 52001
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In retirement, I find I would still like to contribute my abilities to a productive job helping those less fortunate than myself.
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Lumber and Building Materials Associate
Menards - Dubuque, IA
November 2021 to September 2022
provide purchase orders for lumber and building materials stock product adjust prices. Amazon Warehouse Associate
Amazon Warehouse - Richton Park, IL
April 2021 to September 2021
sort product place it designated locations
Truck Driver Class A
J B Hunt - Chicago, IL
June 2016 to December 2017
Moved freight cross country.
Truck Driver Class A
USA Truck - Van Buren, AR
April 2015 to July 2016
Moved freight cross country.
Forklift Operator
Andrews Staffing - Bolingbrook, IL
October 2014 to April 2015
Responsibilities
Unload trailers, store product in specified locations, maintain the battery area for forklift operations and any paperwork assigned to these tasks. Current assignment is Neovia in Joliet Il. Transportation Associate
Union Pacific Railroad - Chicago, IL
2006 to August 2014
Training in the field of railroad transportation, duties consist of operating locomotives and the handling of railroad
equipment to build trains for transporting goods to other locations in the United States.
Conductor Trainee
CSX - Riverdale, IL
February 2006 to May 2006
Conductor Training
● Training through AMDG for position as conductor in the Railroad /Transportation industry with CSX
Technical Analyst
TransUnion LLC - Chicago, IL
May 1994 to November 2005
Support Transform Application in the Data Acquistions Department using a wide variety of skill sets requiring detailed involvement with all levels of internal and external customers including management.
● Review and maintain ACF2 security for the Marketing Services Department in cooperation with our internal security group.
● Ensure the integrity of all production and test systems with associated libraries.
● Review, test, and install all upgrades of third party software.
● Review and authorize the purchase of DASD for my departments.
● Serve as liaison with Acxiom on conversion to SMS managed data
● Provide technical assistance in COBOL, ASSEMBLER, SAS, EASYTRIEVE, and C languages.
Senior Programmer Analyst
AON Corporation - Chicago, IL
November 1988 to December 1993
Responsible for writing specifications on projects and release enhancements to production environment.
● Installed release 4.08 of XYCOR using CICS, COBOL, and ASSEMBLER languages.
● Implemented VSAM tuning project resulting in $180,000 reduction in operating costs for fiscal year 1992.
● Hosted training session for DIALOG MANAGER,
XPEDITER, PATHVU/RETROFIT(Compuware),
PM/SS(Adpac Corporation), N5500(Nichols Company), and DOCUTEXT.
● Converted Development Support Center(DSC) mainframe storage to use DFHSM resulting in $50,000 annual savings.
● Designed, programmed, tested and implemented
ISPF/DIALOG Management system used by DSC and conducted training sessions for the use of the DSC processing tools.
Senior Application Specialist
FACS - Kalamazoo, MI
August 1987 to November 1988
Installed, modified, debugged and supported HOGAN
financial software using CICS, COBOL and ASSEMBLER.
● Prepared feasibility/ROI studies for XPEDITER and CA-OPTIMIZE software resulting in their purchase which I installed.
● Designed, programmed, tested and implemented major projects including Problem Tracking System, VSAM Tuning, departmental ISPF/Dialog panels and Management
Reporting System.
Experience Hardware
Mainframe: IBM 370, 3033, 3081, 3084, 3090
PC: IBM PC, XT, PS/2
Software
Mainframe: MVS, ESA
PC: MDOS/DOS, Linux, Windows various levels
Development Tools
PDF/ISPF, SDSF, IOF, PANVALET, FILEAID, AbendAid, CA-1, CA-7, CA-11, CA-Librarian, SyncSort, Visio, WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, Word
Networks/TP
VTAM, CICS
Databases
IMS/DB, DB2
Additionally I have exposure to SQL, PVCS, Microsoft Access, Power Point, Desk Top Publisher and many other tools on multiple platforms.
Education
Bachelor's in Economics and Political Science
Illinois State University Normal - Normal, IL
August 1975 to June 1977
Bachelor's in Economics
Illinois State University - Normal, IL
August 1975 to June 1977
Skills
• DB2
• COBOL
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Visio
• Commercial driving
• SQL
• MySQL
• XML
• Linux
• Java
• Application Development
• User Interface (UI)
• Business Requirements
• Unit Testing
• Yard jockey
• Tractor-trailer
• Warehouse experience
• Forklift
• Pallet jack
• Order picking
• Materials handling
• Shipping & receiving
• Heavy lifting
• Packaging
• Order picker
• Cherry picker
• Reach truck
• RF scanner
• Load & unload
• Picking & packing
• Clamp truck
Certifications and Licenses
Certified Forklift Operator