OBJECTIVE:

Leadership / Technical Consultant position focusing on utilizing technology to deliver business solutions.

SUMMARY:

• 20+ years of increasing levels of responsibility in IT management, development and support.
• Experience in telecommunications, financial services, banking, manufacturing, and consulting industries.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware:

IBM Mainframe: (MVS/JES, IBM 370, 43xx)

Minicomputers: HP 9000 ‘800’ Series, Confidential & Confidential /NCR, IBM RS/6000, HP/3000, DEC Vax, Sun, Honeywell, Burroughs, NixdorfMicrocomputers HP, IBM, Compaq, Dell, Gateway/2000

Operating environments:

Mainframe: OS/390, MVS, OS/VS1, VM, DOS, TSO, related JCL and utilities.

Minicomputer: HP - UX, HP MPE, Unix SVR4 ( Confidential & Confidential, SCO), DEC Ultrix, Sun OS & Solaris, Honeywell, Burroughs, Nixdorf

Microcomputer: Windows XP, NT, Unix, Novell Netware (NLM)

Network environments:

Has developed systems utilizing the following networks: Confidential, NT, Novell, Microsoft network, mainframe asynch and bisynch, SCSI/SCSI II/F&W SCSI, FDDI, OS/2 peer-to-peer. TCP/ Confidential, IPX, Netbios/Netbui, SDLC Multidrop, ‘Bus&Tag’ and ESCON channel attach.

Development environments:

Mainframe: Cobol, Focus, ISPF (macros), Panvalet, Librarian, JCL (including procs, Clists, REXX), FTP, ‘IEB’ utilities

Minicomputer: Unix Cobol, SQL, C, Focus, shell scripts, Oracle Forms, utilities

HP/3000: HP Cobol, Transact, Image/TurboImage, V3000/View, Inform, Query, Ask, Quiz, Supertool

DEC Vax: Cobol, Oracle Forms

Microcomptuer: MS Access, Powerbuilder, Cobol (PC, Microfocus), SQL, Visual Basic, Business Basic, Paradox (DOS & Windows), Oracle Forms, PC Assembler, PC Focus, C, DBase, Lotus Notes, Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, Crystal, MS Project, MS Word, Word Perfect, BAT files, related utilities

Data management environments:

Mainframe: IMS, ISAM/VSAM, Focus DB, DB2

Minicomputer: Oracle, Image, Informix

Microcomputer: Oracle, MS Access, Powerbuilder, Focus DB, worksheet files

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed medium sized projects enhancing Confidential & Confidential ’s DSL Order Management System.

Confidential

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Supervised a 7 person team of developers that delivered customized financial services solutions to telecommunications companies.
• Initial business and technical requirements for customer service, billing, A/R, and collections packages
• On - going requirements for subsequent upgrades to packages.
• Developed and presented release implementation plans.
• Scheduled and managed resources to complete release projects.
• Supervised a 4 person team to support implemented software solutions Confidential Telcos.
• Functioned as technical expert for all project teams.
• Unix, NT network environment. Cobol, C++, Focus, SQL software. Oracle, MS Access, Lotus Notes DBMS.

Confidential

Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Developed End User Computing Group and managed a team of Confidential professionals that:
• Implemented and supported Confidential, LANs, and UNIX platforms for Confidential corporate and Confidential locations.
• Developed, presented, and managed an annual budget of $2MM.
• Participated in executive strategy and long-range planning sessions. Presented technical analysis and future directions.
• Planned and managed multiple end-user projects simultaneously.
• Projects included client-server data warehouse, productivity data capture and reporting, interactive voice response, implementation of departmental packages, package evaluation and recommendation.
• Created ‘End User Computing’ as a department. Wrote departmental standards and procedures. Wrote job descriptions and conducted interviews. Coordinated the activities of 4 ‘Project Specialists’ in implementing department-sized systems in 6-12 weeks.
• Created a Technical Purchasing Group reporting to my department, with dotted line to Purchasing. Standardized technical purchasing to reduce configuration and maintenance overhead, and consolidate buying power. Wrote departmental procedures. Personally wrote the Group’s Powerbuilder purchasing package as proof of concept.
• Wrote technical standards and job descriptions for PC/LAN Support Group, EUC, and Technical Purchasing.
• Set, authored architectural direction, standards for client-server environments.
• Set, monitored security and control standards for Confidential and LANs. Introduced automated inventory and control techniques. Moved MBC LAN/WAN environment from a bank examiner finding of ‘Adequate with Issues’ to ‘Excellent’ in 2 years.
• Provided technical consulting, hardware, and software evaluation services.
• Configured and demonstrated rapid application development environment using relational and object-oriented technologies. Developed prototyping methodology and integrated with existing standards.
• Created inter/intranet presence for the bank.
• Oversaw operations and vendor management of $500,000 in technical purchasing per month.
• Also developed applications in Powerbuilder, MS Access, Lotus Notes and Oracle in Unix, Novell environments.
• Unix, IBM mainframe, Novell and NT network environment. Cobol, Focus, SQL software. Oracle, MS Access, Lotus Notes, DB2 DBMS.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Headed up a client-server design team integrating Unix platforms, PC LANs, and mainframes to achieve business solutions.
• Evaluated and recommended technologies for inclusion in corporate architecture.
• Managed data warehousing project to port mainframe reporting data to RAID array and Unix processing.
• Managed project to replace mainframe compiling with Confidential .
• Developed corporate architecture and technical purchasing standards.
• Channel-attached connection between mainframe and Unix platform, fiber FDDI ring, 150 Gbyte RAID array, second-level commit distributed database, Oracle implementation on a Unix platform.

Manager of Systems Administration

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed support group responsible for 600 user WAN of Household Mortgage Services.
• Coordinated package upgrades and support for Mortgageflex Application Processing and CPI Mortgage Servicing software packages.
• Implemented and supported ad-hoc financial services reporting. Developed ad-hoc data dictionary.
• Implemented and supported ad-hoc Marketing Group reporting. Implemented AI system to consolidate demographic databases, client locations, and credit guide scores to target mailings and enclosures. Implemented response tracking and reporting system.
• Developed Confidential ’s first IT Service Support Agreement and IT Support Satisfaction Survey.
• Wrote Confidential corporate LAN/WAN support standards.
• Sat on Confidential IT Data Security Committee, authored PC/LAN controls standards.
• Developed on-line WAN performance monitoring and uptime software tools.

Project Manager/Consulting Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Evaluation and deployment of new technologies including Oracle, Unix, laptop, and pen based systems.
• Interfaced Novell network with Melita and Davox Autodialer systems for Card Services Marketing Groups.
• Designed database and ad-hoc reporting for results analysis.
• Implemented the system, presented to senior management, and trained end-users Confidential three regional locations.

Confidential

Consulting Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed MIS and marketing information systems.
• Developed ‘shareware’ pre-qualification system in 3 weeks for Mortgage Services Marketing Group to distribute Confidential trade show.
• Presented demonstrations and ‘manned the booth’ Confidential National Realtors Convention.
• Implemented and supported first ‘client-base’ ad-hoc analysis for Retail Services Marketing.
• Designed end user training, implemented, and trained users Confidential 6 remote locations.
• Unix, IBM mainframe, Novell network environment. Cobol, Focus, SQL software. Oracle DBMS

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed team of Confidential professionals in application project development. Implemented minicomputer based systems in:
• Order Processing
• Production Scheduling
• Production Optimization and Control
• Inventory Control
• Logistics Control
• Freight-car Optimization systems.
• Used heuristic procedures to optimize production scheduling, cutting, loading, and shipping resulting in a savings of $3.2MM per year.
• Pioneered shop-floor data collection and manufacturing station interface to business systems.
• Participated in technical standards and methodology review committees. Primary author of Confidential ’s minicomputer and SQL technical standards.

Senior Analyst/Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Increasing levels of responsibility in turn-key plant automation systems development.
• HP 3000, IBM mainframe, Novell network environment. Cobol, Focus, SQL software. Oracle DBMS