Sr. AS400 Analyst.

Waseem Zafar

Sun Certified Java Programmer

Sun Certified Web Component Developer

**** *.*.*. ******** Park Blvd.

Deerfield Beach, FL 33441

Phone: 631-***-****

Email: *************@*******.***

OBJECTIVE: Sr. Developer’s Position.

(Expertise: AS/400 iSeries –RPG ILE, Java, eComm Applications)

QUALIFICATIONS

Expert AS/400 iSeries Application Developer (RPG ILE, CL).

Implementation and support Experience with ERP’s: AMS, Solarsoft (CMS), MAPICS and QAD.

Project Lead experience in iSeries Application environment.

Expert in AS/400 utilities, such as Hawkeye, Robot and Implementer.

Experienced in MS Windows, UNIX and OS400 Operating Systems.

Web Services development experience using J2EE and dotNet resources.

Expert Web Developer in Solaris and iSeries platforms.

Experienced in Oracle Stored Procedure development (PL/SQL)

Expert in C, C++, Java, JavaScript/DHTML and UNIX Shell.

Experienced in developing systems integration XML solutions.

EMPLOYMENT

09/2010 – 04/2011 Application Architect( iSeries, dotNET).

Gemaire Distributors

Contact: Ken Plummer (IT Director) 954-***-****

Data conversion to furnish mergers and acquisitions requirements.

Maintaining and enhancing Business Applications of Mincron ERP System.

Supporting and maintaining dotNet/C# based corporate reporting Applications.

09/2009 – 08/2010 iSeries Integration Team Leader.

Bally Total Fitness / Kforce.

Contact: Doug Byer (IT Manager, Bally) 410-***-****

Development in team lead role through complete lifecycle of Application Systems.

Designing and developing Integration Proposals ILE COBOL, J2EE Web Services, JTOPEN and dotNet Web Services.

Creating iSeries Stored Procedures to facilitate external calls to legacy applications.

Monitoring the team progress and allocating resources.

11/2006 – 01/2009 AS/400 iSeries RPG & Java Application Project Lead& Developer (RPG/ILE),

(Development Tools: Websphere DSC/Eclipse & PDM, Hawkeye, Robot and DBU)

IBM Global, Inc.,

Contact: Bob Schneider. (IT Proj. Manager) 508-***-****

Project Leader’s role execution through complete lifecycle of Application Systems.

Designing and developing Business Solutions using RPG ILE.

Maintaining AS/400 based ERP System Solarsoft (CMS) and AMS for Client with Global Support.

Utilized iSeries tools including Implementor, DBU and Robot.

Maintaining Data Warehousing Application (Cognos).

Developing Java interface programs to exchange data between SAP and Legacy Systems.

11/2005 - 04/2006 AS/400 iSeries Application Developer (RPG/ILE),

(Development Tools: Websphere DSC/Eclipse & PDM, Hawkeye, Implementor and DBU)

Rapid Solutions Group. 1000 E. Business Dr., Mount Prospect, IL

Contact: Steve Krol. (IT Proj. Manager) 708-***-****

Designing and developing Business Solutions using ILE RPG.

Using WDSC, integrating the ILE Application with Solaris based Java Server.

Modularizing and optimizing the Application Systems.

Utilized iSeries tools including Implementor, DBU and Hawkeye.

Developing Web based applications for Rapid’s Suite (eLLITE) of Solutions.

01/2005 - 09/2005 AS/400 iSeries Application Developer (RPG/400 & CL),

(Development Tools: PDM, Hawkeye and DBU)

Caterpillar, Inc. Specialty Products BU, PO Box 4000, Mossville, IL

Contact: Dave Dickinson, (IT Manager) 309-***-****

Designing and developing Business applications (RPG III/RPG IV/CL) to support dynamic business requirements. Additionally, supporting ERP systems, including MAPICS, Prism and QAD.

Supporting Systems and Reports issues for global facilities.

Developing Web sites for the Research groups within the CAT family of companies.

05/2004 - 09/2004 Web Developer,

Burlington Coat Factory, 1830 Rte 130, Burlington, NJ

Contact: Joseph Rubino, (Project Manager) 609-***-**** Ext 2559

Note : BCF, a B2C company, needed a web server rewriting resource using database centric development model.

Designing and developing Oracle 9i DDL and DML scripts and procedures.

Designing and coding Web Server Business Processes using Interworld, Java and JSP.

Modularizing page presentation code for future maintenance and support.

Utilizing browser technologies such as JavaScript functions and DHTML.

05/2000 - 10/2003 iSeries Application Developer (RPG/400, ILE, CL Web/eCommerce),

(Development Tools: PDM, Hawkeye, DBU, UNIX VI editor)

MSC Industrial Direct, Inc., 75 Maxess Rd. Melville, NY

Contact: John Fox, (Project Manager) 516-***-****

Developed and enhanced RPG/ILE, plain RPG and CL programs to integrate dynamic business requirements.

Developed RPG ILE / CGI (eServer APIs) code to port the Solaris based Web Server to AS/400 System.

Utilized iSeries tools including Implementor, DBU and Hawkeye.

Developed, tested and migrated applications, written in C and UNIX (Bourne Shell), in order to provide custom web solutions for MSC.

Built and enhanced MSC’s B2B Web Server using InterWorld Commerce Exchange 3.1

Implemented client side technologies, i.e. Java Script, DHTML on frequent basis.

Analyzed and maintained Java code (XML parsers) and recommended code enhancements in order to ensure compliance of XML documents with MSC's business specifications.

Strictly followed Waterfall Software Development Model with standard measurable milestones.

Developed and supported Supplier side solutions for integration with B2B marketplaces, e.g., Ariba CSN, CommerceOne and iProcure, and maintained code as marketplaces evolved. Tasks included developing and integrating handshake and transaction documents using cXML and xCBL schemas, using DOM model for parsing the documents.

As key XML developer and support person, acquired sufficient knowledge of SAX, XPATH, XSLT and XPOINTER concepts.

01/1998 - 05/1998 Y2K Analyst,

TSR Consultants, Inc., 400 Oser Ave., Hauppauge, NY

Contact: Steve Johnson, (Conversion Center Manager) 631-***-****

Analyzing legacy applications coded in RPG and COBOL.

Perfoming impact analysis on fragments using custom tools.

Suggesting appropriate home developed routines to replace the existing date sensitive code segments in order to make the applications Y2K compliant.

Documenting the issues and resolutions that surfaced when dealing with long and short term scenarios.

EDUCATION

1989__1991 Minnesota State University, at Mankato, MN, earned thirtyone credits toward BSCS.

1994__1996 State University of NY, at Farmingdale, NY acquired ASCS.

1998 Acquired Java 1.1 Programmer’s training and certification from Sun Microsystems.

2002__2003 Completed BS in Computer Science through online program.

2004 Acquired J2EE Servlets and JSP training and certification from Sun Microsystems.

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