3516 Oval Hesson Ln, Hassan Farooqi Cel: 678-408-1356 Murfreesboro, TN 37128 [email protected]

OBJECTIVE

Seeking position in a progressive organization as Application Developer on IBM i on Power Systems (AS/400, iSeries, System i)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

- 21 Years of North American experience in Application development on IBM midrange including S38, AS400, iSeries, IBM i - Expert level skills in RPG, SQL, and COBOL - Varity of Domain knowledge from Retail, health care, telephony, and manufacturing. - Canadian citizen with US green card with eligibility to apply for US citizenship - Available to relocate anywhere on a short notice.

PROFILE

Application Development: Expert level professional skills and experience in developing applications on IBM i on Power Systems (AS/400, iSeries, System i) using RPG, RPG IV (with /free), SQL (with Stored Procedures), CL, DB2 and Cobol etc in ILE (Modules, Service Programs, Binder Language). Some QShell scripts and RPG for IFS files

Web Development: Useful side skills in developing application on MS-SQL Server using T-Sequel and some C#. Database Maintenance: Useful side skills in maintaining Oracle Databases using SQL+ scripts and some PL/SQL Stored Procedures.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: Expert Level at RPG, ILE, CL and lot of Cobol. IDEs: RDi, WDSC, PDM. Tools: ISDB, Pathfinder’s Hawkeye, ASC Sequel. Change Mngt Systems: Softlanding’s Turnover, Aldon, MKS Implementor Client Access: CA/400, Rumba, BosANova, Reflection, Exceed Operating Systems: Expert level at OS400 i5, IBM i. Useful skills on DOS. Databases: Expert level at DB2 for i. Useful with T-SQL and PL/SQL. Also used dBase, FoxPro. Platforms: IBM i on Power Systems, System i, iSeries, AS/400, S38, S36, S34, 390, 370, 360. EDI: FTP. Also used SFTP, ProComm Applications: Saville CBP 4.0, Convergys CARE. Also used JDE and JDA Industries Expert in Telecom and Retail business requirements. Also worked in Oil, Paper, Auto Parts, Logistics, Health, Insurance

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EDUCATION and TRAINING

Web Development: Diploma in Web Development from School of Business in 2003 Application Dev: Certificate in Computer Based Accounting Information Systems 1983 Mid Range: Certificates of attendance from I.B.M on S/34 in 1981 and AS/400 in 1989 College: Diploma in Computer Sciences Cobol, , Systems Analysis in 1981 University: Bachelor of Commerce with majors in Accounts in 1978

AFFILIATIONS and RECOGNITIONS

Professional Recognition: International network of AS/400 professionals “AS400 Network” nominated as Pro on Cobol and RPG forums IBM Recognition: IBM Toronto Software Lab has included in their User Center Design to provide feedback on their products at their development stages. Member: Toronto Users Group (TUG) for iSeries (AS/400) and Bay Area User Group (DEBUG)

EXPERIENCE

Sr Designer at Mattel (TCS), El Segundo, California: 01/2016 – 11/2016: (Mattel is the largest manufacturer of toys that include Barbie Dolls, Fischer Price, Monster High, WWE, DC Comics, American Girl etc) - Consolidated different database across multiple IBM i boxes around the world for different subsidiaries, and send them to Oracle based Operational Data Store over TIBCO Enterprise Service Bus, for use by BI and Enterprise Data Warehouse. - Wrote SQL triggers on files to capture delta data. Wrote programs in RPG using TIBCO API’s to transfer the delta data to Oracel - Did Impact Analysis, Risk Analysis, and other project management work

Sr IBM i Developer at Staples (via TCS), Framingham, Massachusettes: 02/2015 – 01/2016: (Staples is the largest supplier of office products, and is taking over Office Depot (2nd largest), after having taken over Office Max (3rd largest) - Help in transitioning support services from former vendor Cognizant Technology Services to Tata Tata Consulting Services, by chalking down existing processes - Perform support services of data in DB2, and programs in RPG - Provide testing support of programs written by previous vendor, and debug/fix programs before it goes to production.

Software Engineer at MedHost, Franklin, Tennessee: 07/2012 – 01/2015: (Formerly Healthcare Mangement Systems, is a fast growing healthcare software company that develops software for community hospitals). Part of the RPG based eArchive group to develop new and maintain existing applications written on AS/400 in RPG IV with embedded SQL, ILE, /free. Some legacy RPGIII as well. Also part of the Java based Document Management Group in helping transition from eArchive to DMS. - Wrote programs in RPG to help produce legacy reports in PDF for DMS using IFS files - Wrote Qshell scripts and RPG programs to maintain IFS files. - Wrote data manipulation programs in DB2 SQL Stored Procedures - Wrote some real light Java utility programs

Analayst/Programmer at Covidien, Mansfield, Massachusetts: 08/2011 – 07/2012: (Covidien, formerly Tyco Health Care, is a fast growing health care provider that has taken over a number of health care companies). Part of the Information Services group to develop new and maintain existing applications Classified - Internal use 3516 Oval Hesson Ln, Hassan Farooqi Cel: 678-408-1356 Murfreesboro, TN 37128 [email protected]

written on AS/400 in RPG IV with embedded SQL, ILE, /free. Some legacy RPGIII as well. Also gathering requirements for integration of systems of taken-over companies. - Analyzed interfaces linking Sales Analysis system to JDE and made modifications needed due to expansion in Sales Analysis tables. - Made changes to programs and tables and unit tested. - Used MKS-Implementer as Change Management System - Used stored Procedures to create and modify tables structures, as well as load and modify tables data.

Systems Analyst at AT&T, Alpharetta, Georgia: 04/2005 – 08/2011: (AT&T Mobility is the leading provider of wireless services with an Unix/Oracle/Java based system Telegence as the primary billing software) Part of the Production Tables Support team.

09/2008 – 08/2011 – Lead Database Analyst - Maintained AS/400 RPG based billing application CARE until sunset towards the Unix/Oracle/Java based application Telegence. Used RPGIV (/free format), ILE (Modules, Service Programs, Binder Language), SQL(with Stored Procedures), DB2 UDB and Cobol. Also used Softlanding’s CMS Turnover, Client Access Rumba, Mail Server Microsoft Outlook. - Modified tools written in T-Sequel on SQL Server-2005 to link AS/400 with other platforms, to now link Oracle based Telegence with other platforms. - Additionally wrote scripts and stored procedures in Oracle to produced reports. Used SQL+ and Aqua Data Studio. - Wrote VBA scripts behind MS-Excel to produce templates for Data Analysis. 04/2005 – 02/2008 - RPG Programmer - Designed and developed tools to automate table maintenance processes. Used RPGIV (/free format), ILE (Modules, Service Programs, Binder Language), SQL(with Stored Procedures), DB2 UDB and COBOL. Also used Softlanding’s CMS Turnover, Client Access Rumba, Mail Server Microsoft Outlook and some Websphere as Client Access and Java/400 subroutines. - Wrote tools in T-Sequel on SQL Server-2005 to link AS/400 with other platforms and applications such as the Unix/Oracle based applications SAVVION and OASYS, and Unix/Sybase based application for Toll/Roamer.

Systems Analyst at Nike, Beaverton, Oregon: 02/2008 – 09/2008: (Nike Retail is the retail division of leading designer/manufacturer of sportswear and sports equipment) Part of the team to integrate AS/400 based price optimization software Island Pacific with Oracle based ERP SAS thru a middleware developed in Informatica. Involved in gap analysis and system design as well as the AS400 side of programming in RPGIV (/free format), ILE (Modules, Service Programs, Binder Language), SQL(with Stored Procedures), DB2. Also used some Websphere as Client Access and Java/400 subroutines.

Systems Analyst at Dey Labs, Napa, California 11/2004 - 04/2005. (Day Labs is a member of Merck family and manufacturer of respiratory medicine e.g. Accuneb, Duoneb, Epipen). Developed AS/400 based Business Intelligence Data Warehouse applications for interface with BI application using Cognos.Platform. Used language RPGIV (/free format), ILE (Modules, Service Programs, Binder Language), DB2 UDB and SQL(ASC’s Sequel). Also used CMS Aldon, Mail Server Lotus, Client Access CA/400, tracking software Abstract Plus, iSeries Navigator etc.

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Systems Analyst 11/01 – 01/03 - Solcorp, Mississauga 02/03 - 09/04 (Solcorp is a Canada based international developer of Insurance software with branches in UK and Japan). Ported IBM/390 Cobol applications to AS/400 Cobol and RPG. Also converted Cobol/ILE applications to RPG/ILE as well. - P.L. Snacks, Mississauga 11/01 - 01/03 Setup I.T. department. Buy all necessary hardware and software and setup. Setup JDE on AS/400 and MS-Office on PCs. - IBM Software Development Lab Evaluated their proto types including WDSC, RDi etc

Systems Analyst at Lincare Inc. Clearwater, Florida between 10/99 - 10/01 Designed, developed the Customer Survey System for accreditation (first JCAHO then CHAPS) and maintained the Account Receivable System. Converted AS/400 legacy programs from RPG-III/400 to RPG- IV/ILE for performance. Programmed in RPG-IV/ILE and SQL under QMQRY for maintenance and new development on AS/400. Used CAS-Templates as development tool, CA/400 as client server, ISDB and ILE- DEBUG as source debugger, Turnover and Hawkeye as Change Control, and MS-Outlook as e-mail.

Systems Analyst Saville Systems Edmonton between 03/97 - 06/99. (Saville Systems is a Canada based largest developer of billing software for telecommunications companies with branches in Toronto-Canada, Boston-USA, Gallaway-Ireland, and Singapore) Worked in core team as Analyst/ Programmer developing their billing software CBP 3.2 on AS/400 using RPG and Cobol. Used RUMBA & Reflection for client server, ISDB for debugging, and Turnover for change control

Systems Analyst James River Canada, Toronto on contract between 05/95 - 03/97 (JRC (formerly Canada Cup and now Forte-James) was a Richmond-USA based Fortune 500 Co. and manufacturer of disposable crockery like Dixie) Maintained and developed systems on S/38 using RPG. Provided backup to S/38 operator, PC Tech Support on Novell and Windows platform), and the PC programmer using MS-Access and Visual Basic. Helped convert data from S/38 to WAN SAP.

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