OVERVIEW:
An
experienced Senior Analyst Programmer / Technical Consultant /
Senior Developer with a strong proven track record in VB6 / VBA
software development using Visual Studio and SourceSafe with
expertise in enhancing the performance and efficiency of
systems.
Excellent Developer
knowledge of DB2 SQL and comparative knowledge of other
databases that use SQL. Have used VBA with Excel and Outlook,
and CICS, COBOL, DB2 on a mainframe, plus RPG400 and Mantis,
Microfocus Cobol, HTML, XML, MQSeries and Database Analysis.
Have done a lot of problem solving, and developing new code.
Experience of VB.NET
includes evaluation of the possibility of changing a VB6
development into VB.NET and trying out VB.NET development to see
how different it was, as well as doing a series of courses
produced by Skillsoft.
Strong leadership,
strategic planning and project management experience and
recognised for having strong skills as a Technical Consultant
and Subject Matter Expert.
Experienced in managing
and training teams, performance management, organisation and
co-ordination, client relationship building, presentation,
streamlining process and procedure, working to deadlines and
budgets, resolving problems and troubleshooting.
CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
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Successfully delivering all
internal and external client projects to timescale and budget
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Significantly reduced waste
space and improved poorly performing programs at TUI
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Demonstrates excellent working
knowledge of client/server interfaces and middleware
CAREER
HISTORY:
To Present:
Gardening
Took courses in
PL/SQL, Sequel Server 2005, Pascal and advanced Access XP
2000
Feb 1998 to December
2005
DEVELOPER / SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERT: [snip]
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Undertook Technical Consultancy
work on an offshore outsourcing project. Taught Indians how
in-house written system was put together.
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Investigated effects &
consequences of decisions to outsource parts of the business
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Helped the outsourcing team to
understand the client service system before handover
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Worked on improving efficiency & developing the customer
complaint system, using Cobol/CICS/DB2 for the Server side and
VB6 for the front end. Added a new Oracle financials interface
to print cheques.
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Analysed and resolved problems
and developed solutions for system integration
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Tailored mainframe/middleware
and VB code and wrote new VB User Interfaces for a Customer
complaint system.
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Successfully put XML
requirements into an e-tail internet system as the Developer,
also looked into adding XML to a web system and investigated the
use of SQL Server in the system. Compared ASP in-house code
with Java/BEA contract system to establish why contract code was
much less efficient.
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Worked in a Team supporting
Resort reps to enable them to track and assign customers and
sell them extra facilities using Cobol, VSAM, UFO.
Apr 1990 to Feb 1998
TECHNICAL CONSULTANT:
[snip] (IT Consultancy)
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Responsible for providing
Technical Consultancy services to client companies
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Worked as Senior Analyst
Programmer, Technical Consultant and Team Leader (as a Team
Leader I ensured that MMT staff were meeting their targets and
MMTs targets)
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Handled major projects at Rank, upgrading their selling system
to work on an AS400 computer using RPG400, Virgin Retail, where
I again developed using RPG400, upgrading their stock monitoring
system, Lloyds Bank, where I used Mantis, DB2, Cobol, CICS, a
bit of PL1 working to automate the sending out of diary events
to various managers, Centrefile, where I helped to build a
software system written in Model204 to select BT customers to
send advertising out, M&S, where I was part of a team writing a
depot stock tracking and delivery system that and helped to
upgrade it later to cope with several European languages and
BUPA, where I worked to download all the data held in VSAM files
using code written in Cobol and assembler to translate it for a
UNIX box using an Oracle database to store the data.
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Involved in full life cycle of projects to ensure delivery
within budgets and timescales
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Performed investigative work
looking at ways to deliver data transfer improvements
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Team Leader handling data
collation and database consolidation for [snip]
Jan 1986 to Mar 1990
SENIOR ANALYST /
PROGRAMMER – TEAM LEADER: [snip]
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Financial Systems
responsibility – AP, GL, FA, CEM, Petty Cash, Payroll &
Personnel
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Led, managed, monitored and
trained a team of 4 Analysts/Programmers
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Analysed performance and
improved efficiency of systems as key DBA team member
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Accountable for Quality
Assurance by ensuring all system changes met with quality
processes for sign-off and user testing
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Implemented dramatic system
improvements to enable data merger with [snip]
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Ensured QA standards were
maintained and worked to improve system performance
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Revolutionised a newly written
Warehouse Stock Movement System to meet SLAs
Aug 1983 to Dec 1985
PROGRAMMER: [snip]
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Responsible for developing
Controlled Circulation and Costing & Accounting systems
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Successfully improved [snip]
Holiday System to make bookings quicker and easier
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Improved a controlled
circulation database to provide better statistics for the
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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Managed the successful
conversion of a DOS/VSE system to OS/MVS
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Used Cobol, CICS, Assembler and
RPG
TECHNICAL /
SKILLS SUMMARY:
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PC:
VB5, VB6, VBA, WinRunner
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Middleware:
Shadow, EDA, MQSeries
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Mainframe:
CICS, Cobol, DB2, VSAM, Selcopy, Easytrieve, SAS, Mantis, Ideal,
Unipay, RPG, RPG400, Filetab, SAS on IBM AS400, larger IBM
mainframes, Amdahl & Hitachi
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Analysis:
Microsoft Project, LDSM
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Internet:
HTML, Java, and XML
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Highly skilled in the QA /
Performance Testing area, Endevor
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Leadership, training, coaching
and development
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Organisation and
time-management
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Analysis and problem solving,
commercially focused
PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING:
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Hoskyns professional
programming course
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3 introductory MSA Accountancy
systems courses
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Data Training's CICS for COBOL
Programmers Course
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Effective Communication, BIS
Data Analysis, MicroFocus PC Cobol
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Scheidegger Business
Administration and Computer Skills course in Java (distinction
achieved)
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Microsoft Project, Learning
Tree VB6 Programming, ‘Upgrade to Access 2000’
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WinRunner Introduction, Oracle
OCP (Bickenhall College) DBA course
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Skillsoft VB.NET, ASP.NET, J2EE
and SQL Server 2000 training
QUALIFICATIONS:
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BSc Joint (Hons) Degree in
Chemistry & Biology
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PGCE Middle School Subjects
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A Level and O Level education
PERSONAL:
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Date of Birth: 16th
July 1958
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References available on request |
