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• CONTRACT for an ISeries Programmer/Analyst - or - iPhone/iPad developer in Arizona, California, Nevada or telecommuting to any other state
• IBM ISeries, AS/400, iPhone, iPad, System 38, System 36
• Objective-C, SWIFT, RPG ILE, RPG IV, RPG Free, RPG III, RPG II, CL, SQL, QSHL, JAVA
• Aldon Change Management System, LMI, Ad Hoc Reporting Tools, APIs, B-Safe, BugZilla, Client Access, CMD, Commitment Control, Crystal Reports, Database Triggers, DB2, DBU, DDS, DEBUG, DFU, EZVIEW, File Journaling, FTP, FTP Manager, Full Life Cycle, Hawkeye, High Availability, I-Navigator and I-Access, ISDB, iTera, Messenger Plus, MS Word, Excel including macros , Linking/binding in ILE, PDM, Message handling, MPLUS, Project, PowerPoint, Outlook, Multi-occurrence Data Structures, Prototyping, Query, RLU, ROBOT Scheduler, Rumba, SDA, SEU, SEQUEL, Sequel Viewpoint, ShairPoint, Software Development Lifecycle SDLC plus QA Life Cycle and change management methodologies, Sorts, SQL, Stored Procedures, Subfiles, SoftLanding Turnover CMS, Trigger Programs, User-Defined Functions, Websphere Development Studio WDS and Web Services, X-Code
• AM2000, ASSET, CLASS, DMAS, BPCS, InfoPro, J.D. Edwards World, J.D. Edwards One World, MAPICS, Marcam, McCracken, MIMIX, MOVEX, PRISM, ShawWare
• Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Back Office, Bill of Material, Capital Projects System, Cash Bank File Processing, Core Business System, Distribution, Development and maintenance of business and system architectures, ERP Systems, Financials, Food Distribution, General Ledger, High Availability, Insurance Billing and Processing, Inventory Control, Lease Tracking, Lien Processing, Logistics, Lottery, Mail Order Processing, Medical Dental Claims Processing, Medical Staff Tracking, Merchandising, MRP Processing, Order Entry, Order Processing and Management, Payroll, Point of Sale, Prescription Tracking, Precious Metals Mining, Production Planning Scheduling, Purchase Order Systems, Retail Management, Sales Marketing Analysis, Steel Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Warehouse Tracking and Management, Work Order Processing
• Over 20 years practical working expertise on ISeries/AS400 as an application and systems programmer/analyst, multiple implementations and configurations of new, existing and 3rd party software applications to improve work flow and cost performance Recent experience writing apps for iPhone iPad and providing connectivity to enterprise database systems Heavy experience in pure RPGLE modular programming using RPG Free, imbedded SQL, multi-module programs, Service Programs, import/export procedures, functions and data structures, Stored Procedures, commitment control with rollback and journaling, QSH shell programming, IFS folder file manipulation and conversions to/from native DB2 database Proficient in gathering requirements from the user community, performing system analysis for impact of modifications, creating detailed specifications, programming from specs or supervising other developers, installing software with proper security parameters, training users on new enhancements, documenting and supporting go-live scenarios, on-going maintenance and debugging of legacy systems experience with the creation and execution of test cases, FTP scripts, Sarbanes Oxley SOX compliance programming, high proficiency in iSeries CLP/CLLE, RPGIII, RPG IV/ILE including web services and database normalization, System Development Life Cycle SDLC familiarity with System 34/36, RPG II, OCL excellent oral and written communications, time management and problem solving skills.
• Adhesives, Automotive, Chemical, Computer Hardware, Construction, Convenience Store Retail, Building Products, Dental Instruments, Distribution, Food, Insurance, Integrated Circuits, Manufacturing, Medical Device, Materials Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Precious Metals Mining, Retail Sales/ POS/Inventory, Risk Management, Roofing, Rubber, State Lottery, Steel, Waste and Recycling

• Provided custom software development, conversions, package integration and programming enhancements to the following companies as a consultant from June of 1981 to present:
• IBM Glaxo SmithKline Pharmaceuticals

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• Dow Chemical
• CIGNA Insurance
• Kraft Foods Campbell Soup Company
• Colorado State Lottery
• AAMCO Transmissions
• TagHeur, Inc.
• ARCO Chemical Company Wyeth Pharmaceuticals CertainTeed Corporation

Commodore Business Machines

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Developing apps for iPhones and iPads in Objective-C and Swift while utilizing XCode IDE, latest SDK versions, Storyboard, Interface Builder, Cocoa, UIKit, SpriteKit, category bit masks, enumeration using blocking, Blocks, Queues, GCD, ARC, UI/UX design, Apple HIG, HTML5, GIT, physics engines, physics bodies, particle systems, data archiving and retrieval using: Encoding Decoding. App Settings, User Defaults, iCloud, RESTful, RESTKit, SQLite, XML read-only SAX DOM/Rapture write using XSWI. Experience in provisioning and publishing apps in iTunes/App Store with working knowledge of Apple Publishing procedures and App Review process. Successfully published 5 apps currently for sale in iTunes store.

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Working as senior analyst/programmer supporting several projects: OS upgrade to V7R1 performed analysis for impact and completed programming changes, modified FTP Manager plus custom scripts, eliminated DDM files where necessary, re-configured Robot Scheduler jobs and dependencies, eliminated one Iseries and migrated all software to another plus modified interfaces, heavy modifications to existing InfoPro and AM2000 software for lockbox processing, company split/merge databases, lien processing, sales transaction detail, Lawson interfaces, mass uploads through data queues, FTP SSH and encryption communication setup and configuration, re-writing SQL views, indexes, UDTs, functions and stored procedures for performance enhancement, heavy modifications to invoice generation, High Availability pre-installation analysis for MIMIX, installation and support of HA, Bank files send/receive and processing.

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Developing apps for iPhones and iPads plus interfaces to enterprise database systems using Objective-C, Cocoa, SpriteKit, XCode, xib files and storyboards with experience coding table views, web views, XML JSON importation, segues, navigation controllers, tab navigation bars, application settings, data persistence, dictionaries, plists, object archives, SQLite3, core data, iCloud and collections, Inheritance and component-based game architecture, RESTful web services, JSON/XML data structures, querying against relational databases, CoreData, CoreAnimation, experience using development tools and processes, source control, versioning, branching.

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Working as senior analyst/programmer supporting legacy retail systems, debugging problems, coding and installing enhancements, developing a new custom system to handle sales, inventory, and point-of-sale information. All coding done in a combination of RPG Free with embedded SQL using APIs, procedures functions, sub-procedures, stored procedures, service programs, binding directories and modular/bound programming techniques.

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ISeries and AS400s from installing actual boxes from IBM to customization for user and multiple package use provided training to client programmers on ISeries languages, operating systems and utilities providing programming support for the installation of a back-office package to the Colorado Lottery using RPGIII, RPGIV, RPGILE, SQL . Performed analysis and designed, programmed, tested custom modifications, interfaces and enhancements to original package.

Confidential

Supply Chain and Warehouse Management system support for a chemical manufacturer using PRISM, JDE World 7.3 and custom applications. Subsequent client supported was a medical device manufacturer Synthes USA, West Chester, PA running JDE World 7.3 where similar tasks were performed. Prepared documentation and test plans in accordance with Software Design Life Cycle Methodology SDLCM .

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an insurance company client using USSI software completing custom modifications and enhancements as well as developing new programs to comply with each state's Department of Insurance requirements for the notification of policyholders of policy and rate changes.

Confidential

Programming in RPG II, III, IV, ILE, CLP, SQL using utilities SDA, Subfiles, DFU, Query, DBU, Aldon Change Management System, Group One, McCracken Financial package running in System 36 mode on an Iseries, Lotus Notes. Managing group of five programmers and personally programming 40 of the time designing and coding system to create invoices for Physician's Medical Malpractice insurance policies including installments, Direct and Agency type billing, Capital Contributions, Doctor Fees, Taxes, Excess and Surplus Fees, Commissions, Agent Fees.

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- a worldwide manufacturer of adhesives. Programming in RPG IV, ILE, COBOL, CLP, SQL using all standard ISeries utilities on BPCS package. Led group of seven technical support specialists coordinating the physical move or shutdown of twelve data centers to consolidate to one center on multiple AS/400s running partitioning to accommodate various environments. Migrated both custom-coded systems and ERP And Supply Chain packages from one system to another.