SUMMARY:

Eager to apply my over 25 years IT extensive experience, excellent programming / analyst skills and in - depth AS400 platform knowledge to create profitable and well-received computer software products in a timely manner. Thorough understanding of accounting, manufacturing, and distribution IT environment. Strong organizational skills. Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Close attention to details. Hands-on involvement of full life-cycle projects.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages/Programming: COBOL, RPG \III\IV\LE\Free, C, C#, DOT.Net, SQL, CLP, DDS, DDL, SQL, iSeries Query, SDA

Systems: AS400, UNIX (Solaris/HP-UX), Windows, MS-office tools+Access,Excel, Visio

Communication & Networking: IBM WebSphere MQ, Client-Access, TCP/IP, FTP, NT

Databases: DB2, DB400, AS400-DDS, MS Access, Sybase, Ingress, Oracle

ERP: BPCS, SAP-B1, AS400 Based in-house dev.

Web Skills : Basic HTML, basic XML, Basic EDI

Toolsets : Hawkeye, DBU, Aldon ACMS, ROBOT Scheduler

SDLC : Agile-Scrum, Iterative, Waterfall

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Programmer / Analyst, Indiana

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• For a major financial organization based in Indiana with branches all across the US, Programmer/Analyst responsible for the design, development and implementation of AS400 based financial information software system.
• Utilizing projects life cycle methodologies (SDLC).
• Utilizing all AS400 tools including QEURY, CL and EMBEDDED SQL.
• Utilizing Aldon ACMS and ROBOT Scheduler.
• Programming in COBOL and RPG.

Programmer/ Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As a leading Programmer/Analyst consultant I am responsible for the in-house developed iSeries AS/400 platform based ERP system.
• The system integrates all facets of the group's operation, including product planning, development, manufacturing, sales and marketing.
• Among others, I am incorporating user needs into cost-effective, secure and user-friendly solutions.
• COBOL and RPGIII\IV & RPG\LE\Free,QEURY, CL and EMBEDDED SQL.
• Development and maintenance of front end modules in AVR based C#/.NET.
• I am considered the authority in the maintenance and upgrade of the AS400 and the ERP system.
• Engineered software products, handling complex analysis and intricate programming.
• Handling multiple records display - in my programs extensive use of sub-files.
• Recycling RPG programs as Stored Procedures.
• Utilizing MQSeries for AS/400, V5.1 to enable application programs to communicate with each other between different platforms.
• Maintenance of XML and EDI mapping tools.
• In my programming code I make an extensive use of subroutines, block structures and for and while loops.
• This Structured programming method aimed at improving the clarity, quality, and development time.

Programmer / Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As a leading Programmer/Analyst I was responsible for the design, develop and implementing the AS400 ERP system.
• Utilizing projects life cycle methodologies (SDLC).
• Incorporated user needs into cost-effective, secure and user-friendly solutions.
• My solutions are known for scalability and durability.
• I was utilizing all AS400 tools including QEURY, CL and EMBEDDED SQL.
• Utilizing Aldon ACMS and ROBOT Scheduler.
• Programming in COBOL and RPGIII\IV & RPG\LE\Free. Manufacturing, financials and inventory management modules.
• I offer the best of both worlds: extensive experience and knowledge of the business needs, as well as the technological aspects.

System Manager, New York

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led the design & development of Confidential Ecommerce transactions between the Alliance and its wholesaler and retailer.
• This included communication and file-transfer between the AS400 platform and external systems.
• Working with BPCS AS/400.
• Drove continual improvement to system architecture in financials, marketing and inventory modules.
• As part of this task I led the development of automated and batch functionalities to replace manually operated jobs.
• Developed user friendly programs to free system managers from tedious production & maintenance tasks.
• Refactoring old legacy code.
• Applying rivers-engineering to learn internal programs' logic and re-writing code to improve performance and efficiency.
• Collaborated with product and engineering team members to define and develop new product concepts.
• Managed and improved the road map for product design and development.
• All work done in AS400 environment with PC emulation & communication.

Programmer/Analyst, New York

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Participated and led computer projects for a number of financial and business companies in New York City
• As part of my role I was responsible for developing, maintaining and supporting application programs for administrative and banking systems using C, Oracle, Ingress, and related tools. Analyze code for system testing and debugging; creating test transactions to find, isolate and rectify issues; driving continual improvement to system architecture by refactoring old legacy code. Updated, modified and expanded existing software programs.
• Developed communication and networking platforms for file transfer and emulation between remote computer systems.