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Electronic mail: paul_stephanis@bigfoot.com |
Post Office Box AN |
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Facsimile: (609) 279-2132 |
Princeton NJ 08542-0119 |
· Results oriented. Confident in making project related decisions.
· Reputation for a strong sense of professionalism; dependable, reliable, remains calm and works well under demanding conditions.
· Strong interpersonal and communications abilities.
· Maintains project focus, productivity, and momentum.
· Skilled in translating complex requirements into accurate specifications and technical solutions.
· 15+ years experience in complex systems development.
· Successfully communicates with disparate teams to guide project schedules and deliverables.
· Directs programmers to complete tasks within a project deadline.
· Skillfully employs PM techniques to increase batch throughput, and performance.
· Precisely estimates programming effort for management of projects: development options, programs, resources, etc.
· Manages complete SDLC on fixed T&M basis.
· Technical liaison with vendors for outsourced project portions, including reconciliation with internal development.
· Manages upgrades of system software tools: Telon, Sync Sort, Abend-Aide, etc.
· Prepares guidelines for project implementation including on-site UAT support.
· Analyzes business requirements to produce detailed programs, database and process specifications.
· Specifies program/process requirements across multiple platforms,
· Details new or changes to programs to incorporate functionality into complex legacy systems.
· With customer service in mind, evaluates software tools from vendors against enterprise requirements.
· Employs solutions that have repeatedly and drastically improved response times.
· Successfully employs analytical skills to revisit and solve long-standing production and process problems.
· Develops programs that interact in real time with multiple platforms: Internet technologies, Unix, other DBMS, other mainframes.
· Has written: 20+ database conversion programs; application conversion programs under extreme deadlines, template programs used to develop a complete sub-system.
· Develops/maintains, and remediates sub-systems in entirety on fixed T&M cost basis.
· Setup, and supports complete test environments, including all batch, ftp jobs. Supports developers with problems on application, as well as system software.
· Configures, sets up application development products. Increases online response time over 95%. Increases batch job throughput system wide
2002
– Present Telecommunications Company Consultant
1998
– 2001. Avnet, Inc. Consultant
(via Telecommute)
1998 Keane Consulting. Technical
Consultant
1997
– 1998. Experian Credit Data. Consultant
(via Telecommute)
1996
– 1997. Levi Strauss & Co. Technical
Consultant
1995
– 1996. Marshall Industries, Inc. Consultant
1993
– 1995. TRW Credit Data. Consultant
1992
– 1993. ARCO Petroleum Co. Consultant
1991
– 1992. Avnet, Inc. Consultant
1989
– 1991. Scottish Widows Insurance. Contractor
1986
– 1988. Infoplan Consulting. Senior
Analyst/Programmer.
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Abend-Aide |
15 yrs |
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TSO/ISPF |
12 yrs |
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MS Office |
5 yrs |
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COBOL |
15 yrs |
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Expediter |
10 yrs |
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Microman Project |
3 yrs |
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File-Aide |
15 yrs |
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COBOL II |
8 yrs |
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MS Project |
3 yrs |
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IMS DB |
15 yrs |
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Panvalet |
8 yrs |
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Roscoe |
3 yrs |
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IMS DC |
15 yrs |
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DB2 |
7 yrs |
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!DB Explain |
2 yrs |
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JCL |
15 yrs |
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Data Vantage |
6 yrs |
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Endeavor |
2 yrs |
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Sync Sort |
15 yrs |
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CICS |
5 yrs |
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Librarian |
2 yrs |
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Telon |
12 yrs |
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IMS-Expert |
5 yrs |
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Smartest |
2 yrs |