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PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

To apply the skills gained through experience and education toward a position in Software Design, Development and Support for existing iSeries installations. Desire a contract or contract-to-hire position with interesting and challenging tasks.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Over twenty-five years experience in Information Technology with a proven record of quality, completeness, timeliness and effective communication

Proven experience in planning, organizing, coordinating and verifying the quality of the activities of software development

Personnel management experience in training, developing and evaluating analyst, programming and support personnel

Skilled at gathering and defining user needs and implementing creative solutions to ensure satisfaction

Successfully completed and implemented techniques of high profile computer applications

Possess extensive experience in application design and programming

Interact well with individuals from diverse backgrounds and skill levels

Work well as a team player, with or without supervision

Proficient in the use of all versions of RPG, CLLE, CL, PDM, RDI, embedded SQL, Query, FTP, iSeries APIs, Aldon, Turnover and Vault source control, OS/400, MS-SQL, Visual Studio, .Net, Visual RPG.Net, VB.Net, Source Safe, PDF creation, MS Office, Visio.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Designed and programmed automatic remote site monitoring system and automated data upload and processing for international bank’s problem ticket processing

Designed and programmed Windows based billing system with full search and print functions for the State Bar

Designed and programmed interactive sales entry and upload, billing and collections system for magazine sales company

Designed and programmed generic back office system for word processing, email, database management, calendaring and communications for integration into existing customer’s applications

Designed and programmed system for automatic upload/download and tracking of customer spool files for Technical Support department of printer manufacturer

Programmed source recovery facility of display file’s DDS members for international bank

Designed and programmed Windows facility for automatic updating end users’ client machines with the latest version of application DLLs and EXEs from a central server

Programmed various utilities for identifying missing source and objects for the consolidation of multiple iSeries into one large iSeries for national distribution/shipping company

Designed and programmed iSeries spool file management system

Programmed extensions to iSeries tape management system to facilitate reporting and ad-hoc inquiries

Redesigned week-end and month-end sales and inventory processing for better performance for international pharmaceutical manufacturer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008 to 2010

FARM CREDIT BANK, Austin, TX

Systems & Applications Programmer/Consultant – Rewrote iSeries and Windows server communications transport. Wrote interface programs to the Robot job scheduler. Wrote dynamic database trigger program. Wrote user profile maintenance and dynamic menu creation system. Performed various other tasks as assigned by the project managers.

RPG, CL, DDS, DDL, PDM, RDI, APIs, SQL, Visual Studio.

2004 to 2008

ASNA-BLUEPHOENIX, San Antonio, TX

Systems & Applications Programmer/Migration Engineer – Responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing proof-of-concept and pilot projects for potential and current customers. Coordinated with staff and customers to ensure that all objects and source members are available and correctly matched. Migrated iSeries POC and pilot projects/applications to the Microsoft .Net platform including master pages, style sheets and third-party controls, fixed exiting application bugs and added user-interface enhancements. Migrated over fifty sample applications. Performed and assisted with migration of complete applications. Performed onsite training for customers. Wrote technical and end user documentation. RPG, CL, SDA, APIs, SQL, Visual RPG.Net, VB.Net, Visual Studio, MS-SQL.

2002 to 2004

CALIFORNIA STATE BAR, San Francisco, CA

Systems & Applications Programmer/Consultant – Redesigned and programmed iSeries lawyer billing system onto Windows platform. Combined multiple interactive programs without edit functions into one cohesive interface with immediate feedback as the user entered data or inquired into the database. Redesigned the iSeries database to accommodate new facilities. Created an interface to the online (web) payment system to automatically scan, edit and upload data to the iSeries. Created search facilities to scan the native uploaded files and iSeries billing/customer database. Allowed each user to uniquely customize the color, size and locations of all application windows. Reduced printing process from six steps to pressing one function-key. Reduced the peak entry and processing time from twelve days to three days. Reduced the number of temporary hires from four to zero; department workload increased 10-15% each year. Worked with end users to develop requirements documents. Mentored other programmers in programming techniques. Wrote technical and end user documentation. Trained end users. RPG, CL, SDA, APIs, Visual RPG, Visual Studio, MS-SQL.

2000 to 2002

BANK OF AMERICA, Concord, CA

Systems & Applications Programmer/Consultant – Wrote source code recovery utility to retrieve “lost” DDS source members. Redesigned and rewrote system for monitoring and uploading data from numerous remote sites. The redesigned application reduced CPU usage from 30% to less than 1%, eliminated the requirement for a special recovery process (in case of system or application failure) which previously took 2-3 hours to complete on a dedicated system, automatically detected application failure and performed automatic restart of the application. Created facility which allowed remote sites to be added, changed and deleted with a simple database maintenance program, and allowed system operators to monitor and control the application interactively. Worked with end users to development requirements document. Mentored other programmers in programming techniques. Wrote technical and end user documentation. Trained end users and system operators. RPG, COBOL, CL, SDA, APIs, SQL.

1999

UNION BACK OF CALIFORNIA, San Francisco, CA

Applications Programmer/Consultant – Y2K conversion of Midas application. RPG, CL, SDA, COBOL, APIs.

1998 to 1999

TENNECO PACKAGING, Rochester, NY

Systems & Applications Programmer/Consultant – Created suite of utilities to facilitate the combination of multiple iSeries to one large iSeries. Created utilities to identify mismatched objects and source code, missing objects and source code, unused objects, “old” objects and duplicate objects. Performed enhancements to Warehousing application. Mentored other programmers in designing ILE applications and programming techniques to facilitate conversion and modernization of existing RPG/400 applications. RPG, CL, SDA, APIs.

1996 to 1998

WESTERN READERS, Danville, CA

Systems & Applications Programmer/Consultant – Designed and programmed iSeries customer inquiry/maintenance application, designed and programmed iSeries debt collections application, added numerous iSeries functions to improve user productivity, designed and programmed Visual Basic application for sales entry in remote sales offices and upload to iSeries. Worked with end users to develop requirements documents. Wrote technical and end user documentation. Trained end users and system operators. RPG, CL, SDA, APIs.

1995 to 1996

STORAGETEK, Louisville, CO

Systems & Applications Programmer/Consultant – Designed and programmed spool file management application, designed and programmed application to consolidate all iSeries database commands into a single user interface to use in conjunction with the tape storage and management application. Worked with end users to development requirements document. Wrote technical and end user documentation. . RPG, CL, SDA, COBOL, APIs.

PERSONAL PROFILE

Highly motivated – Creative – Resourceful – Problem Solver – Goal Oriented – Intuitive – Energetic – Committed to Excellence – Manages Time Well

REFERENCES

Available upon request

CONTACT

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Cell: 925-***-****

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