programmer

JERZY PLACHY *** Driscoll Court

Highland Park, IL 60035

Phone: 847-***-****

E-mail: *******@*******.***

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform with a strong background in design, development, analysis, implementation, and testing of computer software for scientific or commercial applications. Experienced in technical process improvement and cycle time reduction. Extensive experience in personnel management and employee training.

EXPERTISE: MS DOS: FOXBASE, FOXPRO, dBASE III+, Clipper ‘87, CA-Clipper 5.2

MS WINDOWS 3.1/95/98/NT4.0/XP: MS Office, MS Visual Foxpro 5.0/9.0, Sun Java 1.2

Six Sigma Green Belt trained, Project Management trained, MCTS – Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Implementation and Maintenance – in progress

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1993 – 2009 CLEAN TECH BUFFS, Inc., Zion, Illinois

Industry supply company

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Responsible for shipping and receiving, inventory control, scheduling, processing, testing,

packing, and quality control of $3M of inventory. Helped transition the company from manual

to computer controlled processes by developing, testing, documenting and maintaining all of the

machine code. Managed 3 employees. Responsible for hiring and training new employees.

1991 - 1993 FREELANCE PROGRAMMER, USA

1988 - 1991 COMPUTER SCIENCE SERVICES, Bielsko-Biala, Poland

Developer of customized computer systems and standard software packages.

GENERAL MANAGER/PARTNER

Responsible for marketing, design and installations of computer systems and

software based on MS-DOS platform with dBASE III+ and Clipper modifications.

Coordinated customer services including maintenance and personnel training. Hired

new employees and trained new programmers. Author of seven (7) software packages for

manufacturing, inventory, accounting, and personnel applications.

1984 - 1988 LABO - LANG GmBH / joint Austrian Polish venture, Bielsko-Biala, Poland

Manufacturer of computers and synthetic materials utilizing chemical waste.

SENIOR PROGRAMMER

Supervised a software engineering team. Responsible for running, maintenance,

and service of the company’s computer system as well as development, testing, and

installation of software utilizing dBASE III+ and Clipper modifications. Conducted

personnel training in areas of data entry, processing, and data analysis. Additionally,

designed software packages for sport team tracking applications.

1974 - 1984 FSM (FIAT) Bielsko-Biala, Poland

Manufacturer of passenger cars; a license of Fiat, Italy.

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Designed and developed computer software packages utilizing the WANG 2200 system

to cover needs of engineering department as well as needs in plant modernization and

production improvement programs. Performed complex engineering calculations and

analyses.

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER

Designed manufacturing processes to meet volume and quality requirements.

Analyzed manufacturing defects and tracked down their sources and implemented process improvements. Collected and processed data for production line balancing and manpower

utilization.

EDUCATION: BSME, Technical University of Lodz, Bielsko-Biala, Poland, 1974

Certification: - Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, Prometric, 2002

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