SUMMARY

• Experienced Senior Analyst with excellent technical and communication skills focused onbusiness application development and infrastructure support. 
• Legacy Application Interface Development and Implementation
• Custom Application Development and Implementation
• Purchased Software Configuration and Implementation
• Infrastructure Support for Business Critical Applications

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Primary tools used include: SQL, COBOL, C++, Basic, C Websphere MQ, Message Broker, SAP Adapter, CONNX

DECSet Software Development Tools: Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, and VISIO)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Business Analyst and Software Developer

• Designed with interface team and developed interface between legacy COBOL System and SAP using C++, ApacheDOM XML, Websphere MQ, Message Broker and SAP Adapter.
• Designed and developed interface between legacy COBOL system and Solochain logistics system using JMS interfaced with C++,Apache/DOM XML and Websphere MQ.
• Designed with sales team and developed SQL Server Analysis Database for sales reporting using CONNX to interface with legacy COBOL system and SQL Server. 
• Development included designing and creating SQL Server database and writing all SQL Server procedures.
• Designed with plant manager automation of the updating of the Excel spreadsheet for Bosch field failure tracking. Developed solution by designing and creating SQL Server database and writing all SQL Server procedures.
• Using concept developed by the Director of Engineering, created C# project and SQL server stored procedures for an application to ensure the integrity of data used for product configuration.
• Designed and developed MRP and ATP System in legacy COBOL system.

Sr. Systems Analyst

• Returned to Confidential and wrote more new programs using Basic and FMS.
• Main project consisted of developing a new system of assigning consumers with late payments to collectors based on recommendations from Ford Motor Credit. 
• Wrote a tracking system associated with the new assignment system that provided the basis for an incentive program for the collectors.
• Because the software so fully automated the new assignment method, collection supervisors were able to manage the entire process.

Chief Information Officer

• Wrote software development plan used in a proposal to obtain funding for a new web site.
• Web site would have provided users access to many premium web sites with only one username and password. 
• User interface and advertising revenues would have been based on cable TV model. 
• Web site never became reality because we were unable to secure necessary venture capital for first phase of project.

Software Consultant

• Migrated custom engineering application from VAX to Alpha platform.
• Duties included writing white paper detailing steps required to migrate application, changing documentation and writing installation command procedure.

Sr. Systems Analyst

• Wrote programs in Basic to allow end users to send consumer information to multiple vendors for locating consumers. 
• Programs updated database with new information or sent consumer information to next vendor.
• Wrote program to automatically assign consumers to collectors. 
• Developed visual basic script that provided an interface between the client's Excel spreadsheet and local database to compute payoff amounts. Provided initial training to new programmers.

Software Consultant

• Converted user interface from TDMS to DECForms in custom engineering application.
• Fixed existing bugs and added user requested enhancements using Datatrieve. Performed Intel Y2000 compliance testing of application.
• All changes were documented using Front Page, MS Word, and VISIO.
• After documentation was completed, the manager commented that the application was the most well documented application in his engineering group.

Senior Analyst 

• Installed and configured MQSeries (Level I and Level II) on the VAX/VMS platform.
• Participated in design and development of interface between Scott Paper's mill maintenance application and Confidential purchasing and accounts payable applications using MQSeries middleware. 
• The MQSeries interface included over 100 queues for each site and 20 channels that linked four paper mills with the central Confidential mainframe system.
• These programs were written in C and COBOL.
• Developed plan and lead completion of Y2K compliance project for maintenance application written in COBOL.
• Provided ongoing technical support for maintenance application and consulting support for the VAX/VMS Operating System.

Software Specialist 

• Provided VMS clustering and software development consulting support to Scott Paper Company.
• Provided consulting services including purchased application configuration and implementation, data
• conversion, system tuning and establishment of system management procedures to various Digital clients.
• Was promoted to Software Specialist IV for this work.
• Worked with team of 60 people to create a LIDB application for the telephony industry by leading design
• f database architecture. A new algorithm for finding records in the database was developed. Wrote
• software using C programming language.

System Programmer

• Wrote report programs in COBOL for sales application. Wrote device driver interface for paper tape punch machine using Macro32. 
• Supervised operations personnel and provided system programming support for manufacturer of dynamic RAM and ROM memory products.
• Responsible for the Confidential segment of a worldwide DECNet and PSI network.