Timothy B. Smith

***** *. **** **. *****

Tulsa, OK 74014

865-***-**** (mobile/cell)

adz4xx@r.postjobfree.com (e-mail)

Objective:

Applications area Lead/Manager or other coordination/leadership role in a progressive IBM iSeries/AS400, IBM mainframe, or equivalent Information Systems enterprise or environment.

Summary:

My diverse background has taken me from beginning IBM mainframe programming ventures in the banking industry in Cincinnati, Ohio, to IBM mainframe and iSeries/AS400 experiences in the Knoxville area including academic applications, wholesale distribution, and manufacturing, continuing to a period as a consultant/developer in various contract endeavors. This path has lead to my current role as IBMi/iSeries/AS400 Senior Software Developer with The Mid-Continent Group. in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Within each of these roles, I have manifested skills of applications development and governance, along with prudent judgment, and enterprise system insights necessary to manage/coordinate activities at a level similar to that which I believe you present with your current leadership opportunity. I have consistently found myself being entrusted with aspects of peer motivation, coordination and control of highly visible enterprise activities, manifesting leadership in Application Development Lead, and enterprise ETL endeavors. With this in consideration, I thank you for taking time in evaluation of my attributes, multi-faceted history, and goals.

Skills

Yrs. Experience

IBM iSERIES / AS400

29

RPGIII / RPGIV – ILE (incl. subprocedures, service programs (incl. subprocedures, service programs stored procedures, binding, binding directories )

25

RPG Free-form (incl. subprocedures, service programs stored procedures, binding, binding directories )

7

SQL & Query/400, incl. embedded SQL,

29

ProfoundLogic RPGsp and ProfoundUI WEB/UI Development products

3.0 yrs

XML

1

DB2/ISeries Navigator, iSeries Client Access (including data transfers to iSeries from PC, and from PC to iSeries)

6

CL Programming, DDS, SDA, Report Design Aid (RDA), Report Layout Utility (RLU), Source Entry Utility (SEU)

32

IMS/21 Document Imaging

2

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

4.5

Lifecycle/version and test-script management tools, including ARCAD, SharePoint, Seapines Software/TestTrack Pro (now PERFORCE/Helix ALM), HP-ALM, other internal enterprise - proprietary utilities,

5.0

Implementer source migration tool

6

Turnover source migration tool

1

ALDON source migration tool

2

ABSTRACT impact analysis tool

4

Hawkeye impact analysis tool

2

TL Ashford & Printronix labeling software products

4

ASNA VISUAL RPG.NET & AVR.NET FOR WEB

4

Rational(RDI)/ WSDSc WEBSPHERE

3.5

Sterling Commerce-GENTRAN EDI / EXTOL EDI

6.0

IBM MAINFRAME 360/30XX & OS / MVS & COBOL

10

Education History:

OHIO VALLEY VOC./TECH CENTER, Cincinnati, OH

Data Processing – Entry level programmer Certification from State of Ohio.

Graduated 4/83.

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, Cincinnati, OH

Arts and Sciences '78

Minor-Bus. Administration.

Work Experience (contract emplmt.):

The Kenco Group – Chattanooga. TN

11/14 – 12/14

Employed as iSeries/RPG contract developer thru TEK Systems/Chattanooga – development/enhancement of warehousing

and logistics-oriented applications, including integration with ProfoundUI WEB/browser applications. Development

activities including involvement/integration with IBMi/iSeries Freeform-RPGILE, subprocedures, service programs,

/COPY modules, embedded SQL and stored procedures, Rdi/ARCAD lifecycle/development and change-version

management. (premature end to contract due to rescission of project funding).

General Cable Corporation – Highland Heights, KY

11/13 – 03/14

Employed as iSeries/RPG contract developer thru Corporate Resources in Cincinnati, OH – Responsible for

development of RPG-freeform WEB-service programs in construction of XML datastreams - subsequently

integrated with front-end .Net applications/procedures, for accessibility via corporate website-portal

applications. Usage of iSeries RPG-freeform/ILE, DB2/SQL, WSDSc/RDi, XML

UST-Global/COSTCO, Plano, TX iSeries QA Developer

9/13 – 11/13

Contract assignment through AdGlobal360 Consulting Group – analysis/development/testing activities employing IBM iSeries AS/400 Midrange System. Involved in global conversion of legacy applications, adapting for subsequent conversion to SAP. Usage of RPGIV/ILE, embedded SQL, service programs, binding, binding directories, subprocedures.

Things Remembered, Inc. Cleveland, OH iSeries Software Engineer/Developer

2/13 – 6/13

Temp/Contract assignment through Global Information Technology, Inc. SDLC activities employing IBM iSeries AS/400 Midrange System, RPGIII, RPGIV/ILE, RPG-Freeform, SQL, ALDON source/implementation management, LAWSON Financial Software Environment. Projects included compilation transmission of Govt. W4 tax data utilizing iSeries free-form RPG, FTP, iSeries IFS, CLP in extraction of .PDF document transmissions, converting to .csv files and ultimately extracting stream data to create individual iSeries W4 document file records. Also involved in various general system enhancement and application performance improvement activities.

Kaiser Aluminum, Kalamazoo, MI iSeries Software Engineer/Developer

8/12 – 10/12

Temp/Contract assignment through Netstar Corporation, Bloomfield Hills, MI. SDLC activities employing IBM iSeries AS/400 Midrange System, RPGIII, RPGIV/ILE, RPG-Freeform, COBOL400(marginal), SQL, Turnover source/implementation management, TestTrack ALCM software. Projects included conversion of numerous legacy DFU facilities from various application systems, to more comprehensive multi-functioning subfile selection/maintenance processes (emphasis on user-interfaces/extensive HELP screens), primarily involving RPG-freeform, SQL (embedded-extensive cursor-processing usage), DDS/DSPF enhancement/development processes. Also involved in various general system enhancement and application performance improvement activities.

FedEx Ground, Pittsburgh, PA iSeries Software Engineer/Developer

1/12 – 06/12

Contract assignment through Pyramid Consulting Group, activities employing IBM iSeries AS/400 Midrange System. Projects included conversion of goods routing/delivery system data transfer from FTP to SFTP/NuBridges Software transmission, involving CL, RPG program reengineering, and FTP to NuBridges Data command translation and reformatting. Utilization of RPGIV(freeform)/ILE, embedded SQL, service programs, binding, binding directories, subprocedures, IFS.

Steel Technologies Corporation, Louisville, KY

Software Engineer/iSeries-EDI Administrator

7/11 – 11/11

Contract assignment through TEK Systems, Incorporated. Security/system administration on IBM iSeries AS/400 Midrange System. Administration/management of system and user security issues and applications and dissemination of Help Desk issues and activities. Also analysis/administration of (GENTRAN) EDI issues and development of document transactions for steel-industry customers/partners. Documents included: 830, 846, 850, 856/ASN, 861, 863, 997 (F/A). iSeries/AS400 facility utilization including CL, SQL, Query, RPG, System security/administration CL & commands.

Work Experience (Permanent-fulltime associate):

Mid-Continent Insurance Group – Tulsa. OK

07/15 – 10/18

Employed as iSeries/RPG contract developer thru SpringPoint Technologies/Tulsa – hired as F/T associate after 2-month

period – projects included upgrade of high-impact, high-volume Ratabase insurance-ratings software to current version.

Process involved evaluating and modifications to 50 database files and establishment of field-reference file methodology to

reduce redundancies in definition, etc., as well as resolving encountered inconsistencies between current work files and

any outdated archive files to keep them effectively synchronized. Additionally, responsible for, and involved in,

enhancement of iSeries-based RPGIV/ILE and freeform-RPG programs which interface with the Ratabase software,

including all modifications and accommodations, for any and all calculations and routines within associated applications.

Project responsibilities concluded with being instrumental in testing, documenting processes and appropriate implementation

for production process alignment and synchronization with production Ratabase Software processes, and subsequent

documentation of the overall upgrade effort. Other project involvement areas – CLAIMS, Customer Service, BONDS,

Accounting processes utilizing PROFOUND UI product, SQL and trigger involvement. Project management via corporate

Sharepoint system.

Beaulieu of America. Dalton, GA

04/14 – 10/14

iSeries/RPG developer /EDI Specialist – Responsible for all monitoring, management/coordination of corporate

EDI systems for carpet and floor covering product ordering, distribution, invoicing, shipping, etc., using EXTOL EEI

(green-screen) product. Coordination of adding B2B customers and vendors to system processes, evaluation and

analysis of work order tickets, troubleshooting document transmission issues, communicating with user departments,

VANS, and trading partners, in relation to issues or opportunities. iSeries/RPG application analysis/programming/mapping

for following X12 documents: 832-Price Catalogs, 850-Purchase Orders, 855/870 - Purchase Order Acknowledgements

Order status documents, 810-Invoices, 856-Advance Shipping Notices (ASN’s), other miscellaneous documents. (departure

result of global, cost-reduction workforce reduction) .

21st MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Knoxville, TN

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

6/06 – 12/10

System development/ support on IBM AS/400 Midrange System, generally in mortgage, financial application areas. Senior/lead in development of major manufactured housing dealer / manufacturer lnventory Finance System, employing iSeries, RPG free-form, RPGIV/ILE, and ProfoundLogic RPGsp (SmartPages) WEB-development software product, also iSeries database administration via SQL and SQL scripts. Also prolific usage of CL programming, ABSTRACT impact analysis, FTP, Query400. (departure as part of general cost-reduction workforce reduction).

DENSO MANUFACTURING TENNESSEE, Maryville, TN

Advanced Specialist/ Information Systems

3/99 – 6/06

System management/development/ support on IBM AS/400 Midrange System. Management/coordination of Help desk/Problem-Resolution area, SME/lead development/support/mentoring and coordination of contract staff and conversion activities in application areas including Corporate Procurement/Purchasing, Spare Parts Tooling/Inventory system, and Corporate Accounting. Additional experience in design / development / deployment using .NET and ASNA Visual RPG programming in corporate Purchasing, and plant Physical Inventory applications areas. EDI systems support utilizing GENTRAN software product. Proficiency in usage of CL programming.

SEA RAY BOATS, INC., Knoxville, TN

Systems Analyst

4/97 - 3/99

System management/development/ support on IBM AS/400 Midrange System. Managing development/support activities in the areas of Boat Order Report processing, Finished Goods Inventory, and Materials Management systems. Control Language Programming, RPGIV/ILE, CLP (with emphasis on OPNQRYF), Query, SQL, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft EXCEL.

ANDERSON NEWS COMPANY, Knoxville, TN

Programmer/Analyst

3/92 - 4/97

System development /user support on IBM AS/400 Midrange System, utilizing both RPGIII/IV and COBOL . Responsible for regional support of magazine wholesale distribution systems in remote multi-user environment; experienced in CASE tool usage.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Knoxville, TN

College of Education - State Testing and Evaluation Center

Sr. Programmer

7/85 - 3/92

Utilization of COBOL, RPG II, and SQL on IBM AS/400 midrange, IBM System 34/36, IBM 370/3081 and 370/4381 mainframe systems, and IBM PC. Coordination of development and support for all processing phases of Tennessee Proficiency Test and Knoxville-based Tennessee Career Ladder Educator/Administrator Merit Scoring and Evaluation System.

ents utilizing IBM 370/3033 and 3083 mainframes. Expeitor, METACOBOL, LIBRARIAN, EASYTRIEVE, VOLLIE, TSO/ISP

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