Mark

PROFILE

I am a hard-working individual with strong problem-solving skills. I am quick-thinking but like to understand all aspects of a problem before I present a solution. I can see multiple viewpoints into situations and can respond with a solution that is mutually beneficial for all involved. I am able to communicate with all levels of the company including IT, Business Users, and Management.

EXPERIENCE

Sur La Table – Seattle, WA

Programmer/Analyst – 2007 – Present

  • Analyze and develop small projects using a system development life cycle
  • Participate on large project teams as a Developer
  • Share business knowledge with team by maintaining a shared knowledge-base
  • Program in RPG and CL on the iSeries platform using both native and Eclipse-based development tools
  • Mentor and train additional staff
  • DB2 and MS SQL Server experience
  • Document i5 programming standards
  • Document procedures and processes
  • Create procedure to send store distributions to warehouse
  • Automate nightly store sales processing jobs
  • Manage deployments to test and production environments
  • Monitor production environment processes
  • 24/7 support

Costco Wholesale; Issaquah, WA

Programmer/Analyst – 2003 – 2007

  • Analyze and develop small projects using a system development life cycle
  • Participate on large project teams as a Developer
  • Share business knowledge with development team
  • Program in RPG and CL on iSeries platform using both native and Eclipse-based development tools
  • SQL DB2 experience on iSeries platform
  • Document procedures and processes
  • Implement SOX security procedure around general ledger transactions
  • Perform all duties of Technical Specialist
  • 24/7 support

Technical Specialist – 2001 – 2003

  • Provide second-level software support by working active tickets and providing knowledge-base information
  • Develop troubleshooting skills by analyzing problems down to their basic components, testing those components
  • Provide customer support by working with help desk staff and business user community
  • 24/7 support
  • Code fixes and small projects using RPG and CL on the AS/400

IS – Technician – 1999 – 2001

  • Entry-level computer programming position
  • Code individual programs and screens using RPG and CL
  • Increase project teamwork skills by working on a corporate PO system project

Help Desk Technician – Costco Corporate – 1998 – 1999

  • Support AS/400 systems
  • Support warehouse hardware and desktop computers
  • Resolve customer support issues by working closely with other technical, corporate, and warehouse staff

Cashier / Sales Auditor – Costco, Atlanta GA -1997 – 1998

  • Develop customer support experience by working a register and by helping Costco members throughout the warehouse
  • Audit sales for the warehouse
  • Transferred from Atlanta warehouse to corporate office

EDUCATION

O’Reilly School of Technology Online – 2009

  • HTML/CSS – Complete
  • Javascript 1 – Complete
  • Javascript 2 – Currently Enrolled
  • PHP 1-3 – Upcoming

University of Washington; Seattle WA – Java Programming Certificate 2004-2005

  • Object-Oriented Design
  • Java Programming
  • Eclipse

North Metro Technical Institute; Acworth GA — Computer Programming – 1997

  • Visual Basic
  • C++

SKILLS

  • Html, CSS, Javascript, JQuery
  • WordPress
  • Proficient in RPGIII, RPGIV, CL, and SQL
  • Excellent problem solving skills
  • Analysis and Design
  • Communication skills: able to write documentation for different levels of technical expertise
  • iSeries experience with ASC Sequel, ILE Debugger, Hawkeye, Ezview, Infinium Fixed Assets, Island Pacific, CommercialWare, Websphere Developer Studio
  • Java experience with Eclipse
  • Microsoft experience with Office, SQL Server, and Visual Studio