Drew White

Senior Iseries RPG Programmer/Analyst/Project Leader

433 Judge Carr Road Whitewright, Tx. 75491
Email: dwf78d2c@westpost.net Phone: (903)364-5310
Objective: Seeking a supporting or leadership role within an Iseries IT shop
Career Summary
* 21 years experience in RPG application development, enhancements and support
* Proven professional career progression as Project Leader, Programming Coordina
tor, Systems Analyst and Programming Manager
Personal Profile
* Delivers results on target with efficient processing, increased productivity,
data integrity and user satisfaction
* Dedicated and highly motivated; a quick study who takes ownership of projects
* Skilled in management of full project
* Query and Open Query File (OPNQRYF)
* Well structured and comfortable functioning in a virtual environment, both ind
ependently and in teams
* Self-disciplined with attention to detail; able to prioritize and handle multi
ple responsibilities
* Well organized job and change control, exhibit project management disciplines
* Strong written and oral communication skills
Qualifications
Skills:
* Job Control: OCL Procedures, CL Programming (CLP) and CLLE
* Languages: RPG II, RPG IV, RPG ILE, RPG Free, SQL; Structured, Modular Design
* Arrays, Data Areas, Data Structures, External Data Structures, API
* Relational Database Design and Normalization
* DB2/400: DDS -Physical Files, Logical Files, Join Files, Data Dictionaries, S
QL Tables
* Screen Design Aid (SDA): Menus, Display Files, Subfile Programming
* File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
* Query/400 and Open Query File (OPNQRYF)
* Security Administration-User Profiles, Authorization Lists, Object Authority
* Operations-Backup & Restore, Print Management, Job Scheduler
Hardware:
* IBM iSeries RISC V5R1-Model 840 (11 yrs.)
* IBM AS/400 CISC (8 yrs.)
* IBM System 36 (2 yrs.)
Software:
* Financial (A/P, A/R, C/R, P/R, G/L), ACH
* Sales (Credit, Order Entry, Scheduling, Invoicing)
* Manufacturing and Warehouse Distribution
* Change Management software (See/Change)
* JD Edwards, ERP, EDI and e-Commerce
Desktop:
* Windows 95/98/NT/XP
* Emulation Software: Client Access, Mocha 5250
* MS Office: Word, Excel, Access
Professional Experience
2000 - 11/2010
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC - Horsham, PA
Platform: AS/400 iSeries RISC
Involved in all phases of project development in conjunction with scheduled on-s
ite meetings for project coordination, requirements gathering and user training.
On-going support is still being provided on an as-needed basis.
Project Highlights:
* Responsible for maintaining, modifying and new development for commercial mor
tgage financial software
* Involved in third party retrofitting and release upgrades
* Wrote interfaces for external client needs
* New development
* Maintained/Modified third party software packages - Addressed complete applica
tion interface and custom programming between McCracken financial package and th
ird party vendors
1999 - Present
Contractor: AS/400 RPG IV and ILE Programmer/Analyst
Fidelity Express - Sulpher Springs, TX (Financial Service Software)
Platform: AS/400 iSeries RISC
Report directly to the IT Director or Project Manager - independently developed
and completed multiple projects from my home office as well as attending on-site
meetings and providing on-site support. On-going support is still being provid
ed on an as needed basis.
Project Highlights:
* Part of initial development of real-time bill pay services
* Converted from S/36 to AS/400 (S/36 environment)
* Development of interfaces and uploads/downloads to government agencies includi
ng dormant account processing
* Development of Suspicious Activity Reporting (SARS) interfaces and uploads/dow
nloads
* S/36 to AS/400 migration
1998 - 1999
Sr. RPG IV and ILE Programmer/Analyst
Centex Homes - Dallas, TX (Home Construction)
Platform: S/36 - AS/400
Worked with a team of five staff programmers on mixed platforms. The work resul
ted in automated processing and increased user productivity in their financial a
pplications, as well as greater module integration and the visibility of busines
s-critical information in real-time. Participated in analysis and development o
f project assignments as they related to departmental and corporate objectives.
Project Highlights:
* Project leader of the Y2K/Native - AS/400 Conversion Project, addressing full
date expansion and converting Legacy RPG II applications to ILE specifications
* Coordinated and developed in-house software
* Supervised programming staff for uniform programming practices
* S/36 to AS/400 migration
1992 - 1998
RPG II, RPG III Programming Manager - Analyst
Peerless Systems - Richardson, TX (Banking and Credit Union Software Vendor)
Platforms: AS/400 CISC (S/36 Environment)
RPG programmer involved in purchase of proprietary credit union software to brin
g in-house and continue to development and maintenance, technical support, hardw
are configuration, system and security administration and various operations fun
ctions. Additional responsibilities included technical support, upgrades and in
terface to both batch and real-time ATM interfaces. Managed programming staff a
nd oversaw multiple projects.
Project Highlights:
* Co-developed ATM interface to credit union system
* S/36 to AS/400 Migration
Achievements:
* Recipient of the 1997 Presidential Award for Excellence

1991 - 1992
RPG III Programmer/Analyst - Technical Writer
Business Records - Dallas, TX (County Tax/Appraisal and Voting Tabulation Softwa
re)
Platforms: AS/400 CISC (S/36 Environment)
RPG Programmer hired to maintain and develop software for county voting and reco
rd tracking systems. Also involved in installation of Unix based system.
Project Highlights:
* Developed technical documentation for county record tracking system
* Involved in over 30 off-site installations
1988-1991
RPG II (S/36 Environment), RPG III Programmer/Analyst
Curtis Mathis - Athens, TX (Manufacturing)
Platforms: AS/400, AS/400 (System 36 Environment), and Baby S/36
Involved in converting video rent to own package from S/36 to AS/400(S/36 Envir
onment) and Baby S/36. Maintained and performed remote support for over 100 re
ntal stores - also involved in enhancement of secondary applications (GL, AP, AR
)

Project Highlights:
* Co-developed order entry/tracking system with automated feed for invoicing
* S/36 to AS/400 Migration
* Consolidated corporate facility and satellite store operations onto one centra
lized AS/400
* Attended numerous IBM seminars including: Data Base Design, CLP and RPG
Education
* Stephen F. Austin State University - 1988 - BS Computer Science/Minor Business
Management
* On-going Technical Training - Mind Leaders On-Line E-Learning
General IT & Desktop in progress