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OBJECTIVE 1
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE. 1
Best Business Open System Services	April 2001 to Present 1
Continental DataGraphics, Inc.	September, 1997 to April 2001. 1
ConAgra Foods, Inc., Hunt Wesson	July, 1997 to September, 1997. 2
PCS Health Systems, Inc.	November, 1996 to July, 1997. 2
Comm-Base Technologies, Inc.	June, 1996 to November, 1996. 2
Kaiser Permanente	February 1996 to June 1996. 2
Toyo Information Systems, Inc.	August 1994 to December 1995. 3
Experian / TRW	February 1993 to June 1994. 3
May Department Stores	February 1990 to February 1993. 3
Memorial Medical Center	November 1983 to July 1990. 4
Smith/Kline Beckman	February 1983 to November 1983. 4
Southern California Edison	April 1982 to January 1983. 4
Westlands Bank	February 1981 to March 1982. 4
Wyle Laboratories	June 1979 to February 1981. 4
Long Beach Memorial Hospital	May 1975 to June 1979. 4
Professional Summary
Technical Summary
Education

OBJECTIVE

Software Developer / Programmer / Technical position involved with enterprise level data integration, designing, developing , and coding software systems, initiating process improvements, solving engineering problems, serving as a liaison with business and technical staff

QUALIFICATIONS

25 plus years of experience in programming with expertise in analysis, providing solutions to complex problems, writing code in various computer languages, and managing projects from conception to completion ensuring end user satisfaction.

EXPERIENCE

April 2001 to Present Best Business Open System Services (Integrated Systems) Carlsbad, California BUSINESS OWNER / CONSULTANT

Involved in business computer operations and programming services primarily based with Microsoft systems.

September, 1997 to April 2001 Continental DataGraphics, Inc. subsidiary of Boeing Aircraft Corporation (Aerospace) San Diego, California SENIOR PROGRAMMER

Programmed and contributed to the creation of a new and enhanced commercial jet catalog system using Windows NT4 workstations, and (HP/Compaq) Tandem Himalaya s74000/7000 ServerNet computers.

• Built and tested (nm/85) COBOL and Visual Basic 6.0 with Tandem C, Tandem pTAL, Visual C++ 6.0 programs, and RSOM, OLE DB, and ODBC components.
• Created and maintained database table structures using SQLCI and Transact-SQL until project version completion.
• Developed TACL (JCL) run programs; integrated ODBC RSC and MS SQL utilizing dynamic and embedded Stored Procedures.
• Adapted various 3rd party vendor products with mixed alliance into Catalog system.
• Originated the communications network concept and the Data Base Administrator (DBA) foundation role with assistance from management.
• Achieved OLTP distributed (back-out) data solutions combining Tandem SQL/MP, Oracle 7.3, SQL Server 7.0, and Access 97 databases.
• Provided Application Analysis utilizing Word 97 documents and Power Point 97 slides to document Industry Standard Organization ISO 9000 requirements.
• Assisted in Database Analysis using Excel and Visio 5.0 for charting DB schemas, data modeling, Entity Relationships, Data Flow Diagrams, and Normalization Layouts. 
• Inspired the upgrade towards an Intranet application called T-FILE for the manufacturing and supplier sub-system utilizing Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Services). 
• Accelerated for speed and formatted for quality the coding of DATALOADER an ETL (Extract/Transform/Load) product using OSS (UNIX) FTP. 
• Unveiled a GUI tool called Tandem Development Suite (TDS) based on Borlands C/C++ 5.2 including Visual Inspect (debugging) primarily for non Tandem developers.

July, 1997 to September, 1997 ConAgra Foods, Inc., Hunt Wesson division (Food Distribution) Fullerton, California CONTRACT CONSULTANT through International Management Systems Marina del Rey, California

Aided in the production of weekly paychecks for non-exempt employees located nationwide using the IBM ES9000 Mainframe Computer.

• Involved in all facets of automated payroll: wages, taxes, employee deduction benefits, and Yearly-Quarterly-Weekly, Accounting, and General Ledger reporting.
• Created new program reports, finished maintenance including Y2K conversions where appropriate and enhancements within the contracted three months.
• Coded IBM ES9000 mainframe computers in CICS, COBOL II, COBOL, DB2, and OS/MVS utilizing ISPF/TSO development software.
• Completed additional assignment setting up procedures for handling payroll benefit policies for all industrial plants via BMS/CICS v4.1 programming online screen maps. 

November, 1996 to July, 1997 PCS Health Systems, Inc. (Health Care Management) Scottsdale, Arizona SENIOR PROGRAMMER ANALYST

Enhanced, maintained, developed, and upgraded the pharmaceutical adjudication and order system called RECAPS.

Assigned specifically to develop programs on the IBM ES/9000 9021-982, Tandem Himalaya K20,000 / 14, and Windows 95 workstation PCs.

• Wrote programs in COBOL85, nskSQL, RSC (Remote Server Call) in place of SCOBOL utilizing TACL, GUARDIAN, PATHWAY, SQLCI, DDL, and INSPECT debugging tools.
• Wrote programs in COBOL II, DB2, CICS/ESA on the IBM mainframe utilizing OS/JCL, BMS, SPUFI, DCLGEN, DATA-EXPERT, EXPEDITER, ABENDAID, and LIBRARIAN.
• Wrote programs in VB 4.0 using COM/DCOM ACCESS DAO/RDO/OBDC on desktop Windows WFW 3.1 PC’s.
• Employed along with 400+ MIS personnel in various project and production management activities
• Completed a combination of eight SCOBOL/COBOL85 PATHWAY requestor/server network programs to facilitate physician offices, pharmacies, hospitals, medical laboratories, and distribution outlets in response to drug performance from information contained in an nskSQL Database.
• Engaged in a series of six online CICS Command COBOL DB2 reporting programs to capture statistics on drug interactions, drug substitutions, drug usages, and drug diagnostics. 
• Assisted in the analysis, programming, upgrade and integration of a Universal Provider sub-system consisting of physician’s name, UPIN, location, practice, and specialty into the very complex Managed Care RECAP system.
• Participated in the design analysis and enhancements to existing and new DB2 and nskSQL data base stores utilizing System Architect to document data flow diagrams, data modeling, and normalization charts.
• Assisted in launching a new ability to create pharmaceutical purchase requests via transactions from Visual Basic 4.0, VisualAge (ooCOBOL), and Tandem COBOL85 programs using IBM’s MQ series transport software.

June 1996 to November 1996 Comm-Base Technologies, Inc. (Computer Solutions and Training) Irvine, California ENGINEER

Assigned position of assisting management and staff in establishing a Computer Based Solutions and training center for public accommodations. 

• Introduced Microsoft Windows based systems and Graphical User Interface applications as part of the first training courses.
• Served in company marketing and expansion ventures while Engineering the creation of a computer learning and training laboratory.
• Formulated and advised in promoting newly established educational facility using SYBASE 11 (Powersoft) reseller products with optional training through the Internet.
• Acquired quality upgrade and repair knowledge of PC Workstations hardware and Server technology comprised of hardware peripherals, memory, circuit components, CPU's, mother boards, Hard Drives, Monitors, CD-ROMs, Modems, Network adapters, Video adapters, PnP Cards, network cabling and practical vendor software tools and products.
• Performed as a Purchasing Agent requiring pricing research, analysis, and procurement of computer equipment.
• Managed installation, testing, and Quality Assurance of various vendor software products.
• Participated in Sybase PowerBuilder 5.0, Optima++, S-Designer CAD products, and SQL Adaptive Server Anywhere training classes.
• Participated in Sybase “How to be a Sybase trainer” for computer based training (CBT)” classes. 
• Attended several Sybase Open Solution seminars including specific Partner product Boot Camps.

February 1996 to June 1996 Kaiser Permanente (Medical Care Services) Pasadena, California CONTRACT CONSULTANT through Staffing Management Services, Inc Sherman Oaks, California.

Contracted as a Senior Programmer Analyst assigned to enhance the Staffed Doctors and Member Patients Out-Patient Appointment and Scheduling system called OPAS.

• Developed programs on the IBM ES9000 (MVS/ESA) and Tandem Himalaya K10,000 (D30) hardware with Novell Netware communication products.
• Accomplished the creation of dynamic "Edit Control" capabilities into the VL (Very Large) SQL DB for OPAS.
• Demonstrated Visual Basic 4.0 client/server technologies with member staff using Windows WFW 3.1 PC workstations (Windows 95 was also available).
• Modified, tested, and debugged Eight COBOL85 embedded SQL PATHWAY server programs and Fourteen SCOBOL requestor programs consisting of about 16,000 lines of code. 
• Utilized Tandem Utilities SCUP, FUP, DDL, INSPECT, ACCELERATOR, SQLCI, TMF, and EDIT xvs (IBM ISPF was also utilized in source code editing).
• Taught a class to MIS group members on "How to enhance your Network Enterprise". 
• Developed VB 4.0 DEMO programs utilizing Novell Netware networks standards to communicate to the IBM Mainframe and Tandem computers.

August 1994 to December 1995 Toyo Information Systems, Inc. (Information Services) Torrance, California SENIOR SYSTEMS ANALYST Contract to Hire DPRC Newport Beach, California

Performed systems administration, application programming, and information services for a Japanese satellite company for the purpose of marketing innovative Smart Phone technology Internationally.

• Installed Tandem Himalaya K100 D20.02 / CLX C30.09 hardware upgrades, performed systems maintenance, and documented shutdown/startup procedures for the off site IBM and VAX computer systems.
• Participated as an engineering team member comprised of Six employees and Eight administrative office personnel.
• Performed on site Marketing and Programming Analysis as a Consultant at BANCO SERFIN a large commercial bank in Mexico City in an effort to promote Smart Phone technology.
• Accomplished the full-scale deployment of a Smart Phone Enterprise system built by Toyo Information Systems for BANCO SERFIN. 
• Developed front-end client and back-end server programs in connecting the Forval FP-500 smart phone with code written in Microsoft C 7.0, Tandem COBOL85/SCOBOL, and VAX/COBOL for health care and banking customer clientele.
• Performed Computer Engineering (CE), Systems Programming, and Technical Network Operation maintenance and performance on the Tandem / IBM / VAX and related PC extension systems.
• Used the HP4959 Data Scope and ElectroDyne MLT-2400A tap device tools for data transmission tuning.
• Configured and secured Track II credit card processing with password / access encryption modules.
• Debugged x.25 communication software and Toyo’s special proprietary Multi- Access network communications protocol called “TIS-SP" utilizing ProComm 3.1.

February 1993 to June 1994 Experian / TRW (Financial Credit Services) Orange, California CONTRACT CONSULTANT through Comm-Base Technologies Irvine, California               

Responsible for the Design and Development of a Credit Verification application as special interest service to Exxon, Inc. and affiliate credit card members.

• Developed programs using the Tandem COBOL85, TACL, with embedded nonstop/SQL and the IBM MVS with Remote Job Entry (RJE), NDM, EASYTRIEVE, and IBM Communication Enterprise (ICE) software.
• Utilized MENLO FOUNDATION Vista a Computer Aided Designer System for building SQL Data Base Tables, application documentation, and data flow diagram presentations using a MACINTOSH ci, CAD computer.
• Enhanced and added new features to a Print formatter / server hub system utility program and implemented it as a newer upgrade version. 
• Awarded special recognition within the development department for helping to achieve $1 million in new account revenue earnings for the fiscal year for work done on the Exxon project.

February 1990 to February 1993 May Department Stores (Retailer) North Hollywood, California SENIOR PROGRAMMER ANALYST Contract to Hire through Rosetta Technologies West Lake Village, California

Assigned to write, maintain, enhance and integrate programs using Hardware and Software products for the Tandem CYCLONE, VLX, TXP, CLX SCOBOL/COBOL85/SQL PATHWAY; IBM 3090 series COBOL II, COBOL, CICS 4.1, IMS DB/DC, with EXPEDITER, ABENDAID, PANVALET, DB2 utilizing DATA-EXPERT, SPUFI, DCLGEN, BMS data base utilities.

• Employed as one of 600+ MIS employees nation wide in four data center retailer operation locations with ROBINSON/MAY, FAMOUS BARR, LORD & TAYLOR, FILENES and other trade names.
• Served with fashion and retail market authorities to automate and supply the public with the latest trends in brand names, assorted apparel, vendor stock, intrinsic values, selling environments, flexible access, and attentive customer servicing.
• Assigned to develop and maintain retail department store computer systems including: Merchant Communication (MCS), FASHION, Inventory Usage, Cash Register Point of Sale (POS), and Human Resource Time & Attendance (TA).
• Acquired Apple Macintosh ci desktop knowledge during Three month Menlo Foundation certification course utilizing new skills to document existing systems.
• Supplied Technical Services and Quality Assurance Support as Highest-level ON CALL technician (LEVEL 4) for the Retail Merchant System a ten-division store enterprise at 4 major data centers nation wide.
• Enhanced and installed upgrade versions of the Retail Fashion system in four data centers involving combined IBM and Tandem applications. 
• Discovered, resolved and fixed complex timing error anomalies found in the Merchant Communication System saving the company approximately $100,000+ a year in recovery down time.
• Acted as Project Leader for the Computer On-line MSA Payroll / HR / TA interface. 
• Built 6 online “green screen” PATHWAY interface requester programs consisting of 10,000+ lines of code written in Screen COBOL (SCOBOL) for the HR/Payroll project.
• Built 10 dynamic COBOL85 server programs consisting of 25,000+ lines of code in conjunction with requestor screen programs including router transaction generator and dispatch driver programs.
• Implemented and trained User Community with the completion and turn over of a new front-end MSA Human Resources Time and Attendance system Payroll System.

November 1983 to July 1990 Memorial Medical Center (Hospital) Long Beach, California INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR through Vantage Systems Signal Hill, California

Assigned to maintain and enhance Health Care (Hospital, Patient A/R, Medical Records, Insurance Contract, and Billing) Systems and convert them from exclusive Batch processing to dynamic Online/Batch processing systems. 

• Transformed an old archaic and limited in scope Control Data Corporation (CDC) 3300 computer system to a Command Facility Tandem Non-Stop II and AS/400 system.
• Created Tandem Online front end SCOBOL/COBOL74 programs on the Guardian/PATHWAY OS using COMINT FUP DDL EDIT(xvs) development software. 
• Assisted in the conversion development of AS/400 COBOL and RPGIII programs on the OS400 Batch processor using CL DDS PDM SEU software facilities. 
• Integrated new insurance contract with government compliant processing into Hospital Admissions system.
• Utilized DOS based Aston Tate dBase III and MicroFocus COBOL for PC Workstation software development.
• Helped establish a Unix based LAN Billing Charges, Payments, and Adjustments (CPA) data entry sub-system utilizing IPX/SPX (Novell) communication software.
• Built an active (real-time) interface program connecting state-of-the-art Application Program Interface (API) programs in to handle Time Card mechanical devices for Payroll System.

February 1983 to November 1983 Smith/Kline Beckman (Manufacturer / Distributor) Brea, California INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR through ICS GROUP, Inc. Torrance, California

Created and developed complex IBM CICS command and macro COBOL programs utilizing ISPF, Capex OPTIMIZER, and OLS-InterTEST for the Online Order Entry, Online Warehouse, Lot Maintenance, Lot Chase, and Online Accounts Receivable application Systems utilizing an IBM 4341 under OS/MVS machine.

April 1982 to January 1983 Southern California Edison (Utility Supplier) Rosemead, California INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR through Compact Data Inc. Sherman Oaks, California

Created and developed Material Resource Planning (MRP) IBM 3033 OS/MVS COBOL and TSO (CLIST) programs. Convert existing fixed length VSAM files to dynamic variable length VSAM with variable resource storage file system (similar to what DB2 and SQL products are in today’s technology) and applied application enhancements.

February 1981 to March 1982 Westlands Bank (Commercial Banker) Santa Ana, California PROGRAMMER ANALYST

Designed and implemented On-Line Escrow system using IBM 4341 OS/JCL CICS. Programs were built using Command COBOL and TSO (TONE) development systems. Data General II and Data Point 6600 machines were also utilized.

June 1979 to February 1981 Wyle Laboratories (Parts Distributor) Huntington Beach, California PROGRAMMER ANALYST

Designed and Implemented CICS Command COBOL programs. Converted Macro Assembler CICS Electronic Parts Distribution application into On-line O/E A/R System using IBM 3033 DOS/VM CICS Command Psuedo-Conversational and CICS Command Conversational COBOL under CMS operating system. Modified, tested, and built other programs using Assembler, DL/I, PL/1, Fortran, and DYL280 programming languages.

 May 1975 to June 1979 Long Beach Memorial Hospital (Medical Care Management) Long Beach, California PROGRAMMER

Programmed and Managed Bi-weekly Payroll production system with full benefits using CDC 3300 COBOL to generate paychecks, Personnel reports, Payroll reports, General Ledger, Presto (an across the board salary increase system and salary projection application), and other financial, government and accounting reports.

Professional Summary

Professional standing in Management Information Systems and Information Technology with over 25 years experience in Electronic Data Processing and Business Automation.

Titles include working as a Computer Engineer, Systems Administrator, Business Analyst, Data Base Analyst, Software Programmer, Computer Operator, and Quality Assurance Technician. 

Involvement in the computer industry includes uniting a variety of employment opportunities in Business Services, Aerospace, Retail Marketing, Manufacturing Distribution, Financial Banking, Power Utilities, Health Care, and Information Systems.

·         Highly trained in the Field of Structured Analysis and Application Systems Design. 

·         Quality knowledge of On-line Communication Environments, Client/Servers, and Data Base networks. 

·         Product and Systems Developer experienced in several Computer Languages and Machine Operating Platforms. 

·         Proficient in Coordinated Development, Systems Integration, Project Management, and Production Maintenance.

·         Good-natured, energetic, and talented with excellent interpersonal skills able to interact effectively with management, team participants, and individual contributors.

Technical Summary

DEVELOPMENT PC: Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows NT 3.51/4.0, Windows 95/98, Windows XP, WFW 3.11 / DOS 6.22, FrontPage 2002, Visual Studio 6.0 (Visual Basic, C++, Tools, FoxPro, InterDev, SS, and J++), Visual Studio .Net 2003/2005 (VB, C#,CR,XML) ASP.NET, Framework 1.1 / 2.0, HTML, Office XP (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), Office 97, BackOffice Server 4.5 (ms SQL Server 7.0 2000/2005, Site Server 3.0, TS 2.0, Exchange Server 5.5, IIS 4.0/5.0, SMS 2.0), SQL 2000, Microsoft C 7.0, COM/DCOM, Borlands C/C++ 5.2, Sybase SQLAnywhere, S-Designer, Optima++, dBase III, Procomm 3.1, Macintosh Word, MicroFocus COBOL, Visual Age/ooCOBOL, System Architect, Menlo Vista, Visio.

COMMUNICATION Software:  TCP/IP, FTP, ICE, TIS/SP, Novell Netware IPX / SPX, MQ series, SNAx, X.25, NDM, BCOM/BINT, IXF, RJE, RSOM, RSC, ODBC (Access, SQL Server, Oracle, nskSQL/MP), OLE DB                 Terminal Emulators: Outside View, EM3270, SOFTERM, WIN6530, MacUWS

IBM MAINFRAME: MVS / ESA ES9000, OS/MVS 3090 series, CICS v4.1, COBOL II, DB2, SPUFI, BMS, DCLGEN, TSO/ISPF, DATA-EXPERT, IMS DB/DC, VSAM, DYL280, EASYTRIEVE, EXPEDITER, ABENDAID, PANVALET, LIBRARIAN, Capex OPTIMIZER. IBM MIDRANGE: AS/400 CL DDS PDM SEU COBOL RPGIII

HP/Compaq/TANDEM: S74000 Guardian Non Stop Kernel D48-G09, OSS (UNIX), DSM/SCM, SQL/MP (DB2), SQLCI , DATALOADER (ETL), COBOL85, PATHWAY, ACCELERATOR, nmCOBOL, C, nmC (C++), pTAL, SCOBOL, SCUP, TACL, FUP, TEDIT, XVS, INSPECT, ENSCRIBE, BIND, DDL, SCF, TDS, NDM, TMF, ENFORM, ENABLE, PERUSE. HP/Compaq/DEC/VAX: VAX cluster 7610/6410 Open/VMS Pathworks COBOL DCL Eve

Education

Associate Science Degree in Data Processing, Control Data Institute, Anaheim, CA

DB2/SQL: Concepts and Facilities

Certificate of Recognition, Computer Assistance, Inc.

Foundation Vista / Translator Computer Aided Design

Certificate of Completion, Menlo, Inc.

Structured Analysis and Design Training

Certificate of Achievement, PCS Health Systems, Inc.

Microsoft Visual Basic Intermediate and Advanced Programming

Certificate of Completion, Application Developers, Inc.

Tandem Development Suite Workshop,

Certificate of Completion, Compaq Computer, Inc.