CHARLES R. BEARD

P. O. Box ******

Nashville, TN 37221

SUMMARY

Information System Specialist focusing on support of business functions including accounting, payroll, manufacturing and logistics. Worked in mid- to large-sized companies in various industries such as insurance, manufacturing and distribution. Optimized and analyzed existing systems, interfaced disparate systems and ported legacy systems. Solid reputation for meeting deadlines and working with and leading teams to successful project completion.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SELF-EMPLOYED D.B.A. BEARD CONSULTING, Nashville, TN June 2009 to Present

Information Technology Consultant (currently, in Baltimore, MD)

Developing test cases and performing Unit and Integration Testing for major national corporation, to assist in conversion of existing systems to AcuCOBOL by third-party company.

STATE VOLUNTEER MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Brentwood, TN 2003 to 2009

Programmer Analyst

Developed and maintained customized programs for interface with all Accounting, Underwriting and Claims systems.

 Saved 12 machine-hours per month-end processing period and ensured greater data integrity by consolidating and optimizing many processes.

 Created and updated reports going to outside underwriting and state regulatory authorities.

 As part of team, ported custom system from HP COBOL II and Cognos Powerhouse on HP platform to a VB and SQL Server on NT platform for business continuity.

 Served as sole programming support for users on HP 3000 during final twelve months of transition

INGRAM BARGE COMPANY, Nashville, TN 2000 to 2003

Financial Applications Systems Analyst Programmer - Lead

Created and maintained customized programs for interface of Accounting, Payroll and Claims. Supported HP applications, MS Access 97 offshoot databases, and supported AS/400 users for sister division.

 Saved six man-hours per pay period and 20 additional man-hours per month and ensured greater data integrity by streamlining many payroll processes.

 Modified system to allow for rules governing union-represented associates.

 Attained quicker divisional payroll interfaces to PeopleSoft payroll system by porting custom interfaces from Cognos Powerhouse to VB, PL/SQL, Oracle 8i on NT.

 Created and maintained processes for reports to outside authorities for check processing and outside agencies, including IRS, for compliance.

ROHM ELECTRONICS, USA, LLC, Antioch, TN 1997 to 2000

Programmer Analyst

Wrote and maintained programs for all major in-house systems and customization of third-party financial and logistics package and EDI conversion of data in that package. Utilized Microsoft platform to create business-based solutions.

 Reduced administration costs by creating an electronic forms system, allowing universal access, centralized administration, and workflow routing.

 Reduced costs and increased timely input of branch office payroll by creating an electronic timesheet application utilizing VB Script, MS Access and MS Outlook/Exchange.

INGRAM BARGE COMPANY, Nashville, TN 1996 to 1997

Programmer Analyst

Wrote and maintained programs for all major in-house systems and customization of Collier-Jackson package to suit current business needs.

 Supported Accounting departments, including Claims for liability self-insurance

 Converted multiple Cognos dictionaries on different versions into one better documented dictionary in latest version for Y2K project. Supported users on HP.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LOCKHEED MARTIN ORDNANCE SYSTEMS, Milan, TN

Data Processing Systems Specialist

Supported Personal Computer hardware and software, including build, set-up and troubleshooting

AMERICAN HOME SHIELD, Memphis, TN

Programmer Analyst

Wrote and maintained programs for all major systems, including Claims and Accounting in HP 3000 COBOL and Third-party tools

DALTON INDUSTRIES, Lexington, TN

Information Systems Manager

Supported hardware and software for HP 3000, Personal computers and network – including installation, programming, upgrades, backups, Microsoft Office

WANG’S INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED, Memphis, TN

Business Applications Programmer

Wrote and maintained programs for all major systems in HP3000 COBOL and Third-party tools

NETRON, INCORPORATED, Jackson, TN

Programmer Analyst

Wrote and maintained programs for all systems using proprietary 4GL tool to generate COBOL on a Wang’s VS system

EDUCATION

Union University, Jackson, Tennessee

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics (Minor in Computer Science)

TECHNICAL TRAINING

Microsoft: VB 6, Visual Studio, MS SQL Server 7.0 Administration and Database Setup, VB .Net Windows-Based Client Development

Miscellani: Crystal Reports 10

Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL, Oracle 8 Backup and Recovery Workshop, Complex Modeling and Relational Database Design

AS/400: RPG/IV Programming. Basic Operations, Advanced Programming in RPG 400, SQL Database Design (DB2), Command Language

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

 Hewlett-Packard 3000 MPE/ix, HP Turbo Image, Image/SQL, COBOL II

 Hewlett-Packard 3000 internal utilities for files and system management (KSAMUtil, DBUtil, DBSchema, NMManager, etc.) and third-party utilities for databases, files and indices (e.g., DBAdager, VESoft, Minisoft ODBC, ManMan, Spoolmate, Omnidex, etc.)

 Cognos Powerhouse BI/Reporting tools through v. 7.29

 Financial and Logistics Packages from SATCom, Collier-Jackson (aka GEAC) including Payroll release 3.02 and Multi-View (using Oracle)

 AS/400

 Visual Basic

 Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Word)

 Oracle 8 and 8i; PL/SQL

 Crystal Reports 8 - 10

 SQL Server 2000 - 2005

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