MICHAEL WARD 240 NORTH 25TH STREET
ARKADELPHIA, AR 71923
MIKEWARD@SUDDENLINK.NET
[Send email to request phone number] 10-5091
OBJECTIVE
Programming position that will utilize my decades of experience in writing
object oriented code in various languages and environments.
SKILLS
JBOSS, TOMCAT, ECLIPSE, NETBEANS, JCREATOR, ANT, J2EE, JAVA, SWING, C, C++,
VISUAL BASIC, PERL, CORBA, CURL, SOAP, EJB, JSP, JAVASCRIPT, VBSCRIPT, PHP, JDBC,
SERVLETS, HTML/XHTML, XML/XSL, CGI, ADO, SHELL, ORACLE, SQL SERVER, MYSQL, DB2,
PL/SQL, CRYSTAL REPORTS, ALL WINDOWS, HP/UX, AIX, TRU64, RED HAT, FREEBSD,
SOLARIS, XENIX, ALL MS WINDOWS SOFTWARE, Z/OS, OS/390, MVS/ESA, MVS/XA, MVS/SP,
TSO, JES2, CICS, VTAM, SMP/E, DB/2, IMS, TOP SECRET, RACF, CA-1, CA-7, CA-11,
SAS, SMF, OMEGAMON, SYNCSORT, DFSORT, COBOL, ASSEMBLER, FORTRAN
EXPERIENCE
Solutions Developer September 2004 – Present
Acxiom Corporation, Conway, Arkansas
Senior participation role for design, development, and documentation of work
management application utilizing PEGA Rules Process Commander (PRPC) for P&C
Insurance pre-fill solution in multiple TRU64/JBoss server environment. Also
responsible for Java and C++ coding of legacy pre-fill solution utilizing TCP and
Curl connections to multiple vendor sources.
Self Employed (Consultant) January 2002 – September 2004
Self Employed, Conway, Arkansas
Provided custom programming and networking solutions for small businesses in the
local area.
Project Manager (Consultant) July 2001 – January 2002
Hall Kinion/American Express, Mesa, Arizona
Responsible for production management of international point-of-acquisition
solution for Tier-1 markets, including continuous process improvement, review and
establishment of third party vendor SLA, tracking QC metrics, and establishing
and updating production schedules.
IT Manager - Senior Programmer/DBA May 1999 – May 2001
Prospective Health/iMcKesson, Scottsdale, Arizona
Responsible for management of small programming and DBA staff for high-volume
prescription management service utilizing TCP, Oracle, and SQL Server in multiple
SUN/Solaris and Windows server environment. Also responsible for installation,
maintenance, customizations, debugging, tuning, and security of multiple Oracle
8.x and SQL Server 7 databases. Also responsible for installation, maintenance,
customizations, debugging, tuning, and security of multiple Sun/Solaris and
Windows servers. Also responsible for programming, debugging, and maintenance of
C and Visual Basic product code. Also responsible for code and product updates
for Y2K compliancy.
Senior Systems Programmer (Consultant) August 1998 – May 1999
Bass & Associates/Aquila Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska
Responsible for installation, maintenance, customization, debugging, and
security of multiple Y2K compliant OS/390 operating systems in large service
provider environment. Also responsible for conversion of existing Top Secret
security system to Y2K compliant RACF security system.
Senior Systems Programmer September 1997 – August 1998
PKS Information Services, Omaha, Nebraska
Responsible for installation, maintenance, customization, debugging, and
security of multiple Y2K compliant OS/390 operating systems in large service
provider environment. Also responsible for conversion of existing Top Secret
security system to Y2K compliant RACF security system.
Staff Consultant October 1993 – September 1997
DST Systems, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri
Managed a staff of fifteen programmers and consultants for server-side
development effort for an automated work management and imaging solution. Also
responsible for installation, maintenance, customization, debugging, and security
of multiple Windows NT Server and Workstations. Also responsible for porting
application code to AIX, HP/UX, XENIX, and AT&T System V platforms. Also
responsible for customizing, configuring, and implementing software at multiple
client sites. Designed and developed client/server testing tool to simulate
client workload for benchmarking performance of above-mentioned operating
systems.
Software Systems Specialist November 1992 – October 1993
Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, Missouri
Installed, customized, maintained and debugged multiple MVS/ESA operating
systems and support software (JES2, VTAM, SMP/E, TSO, CICS, DB2, IMS, compilers,
etc.) in a multi-mainframe environment. Also installed, customized, maintained
and debugged third party software products (Top Secret, CA-1, CA-7, CA-11, SAS,
Omegamon, Syncsort, etc.) in above-mentioned environment. Monitored and tuned
above-mentioned systems utilizing SMF, Omegamon and SAS utilities. Wrote,
debugged and maintained system exit routines.
Senior Systems Programmer February 1992 – November 1992
DST Systems, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri
Installed, customized, maintained and debugged multiple MVS/ESA operating
systems and support software (JES2, VTAM, SMP/E, TSO, CICS, DB2, IMS, compilers,
etc.) in a multi- mainframe environment. Also installed, customized, maintained
and debugged third party software products (Top Secret, CA-1, CA-7, CA-11, SAS,
Omegamon, Syncsort, etc.) in above-mentioned environment. Monitored and tuned
above-mentioned systems utilizing SMF, Omegamon and SAS utilities. Maintained
in-house report print management system written in Assembler.
Systems Programmer April 1988 – February 1992
Acxiom Corporation, Conway, Arkansas
Installed, customized, maintained and debugged multiple MVS/XA operating systems
and support software (JES2, VTAM, SMP/E, TSO, CICS, DB2, IMS, compilers, etc.) in
a multi-mainframe environment. Also installed, customized, maintained and
debugged third party software products (Top Secret, CA-1, CA-7, CA-11, SAS,
Omegamon, Syncsort, etc.) in above-mentioned environment. Monitored and tuned
above-mentioned systems utilizing SMF, Omegamon and SAS utilities. Wrote,
debugged and maintained system exit routines.
Senior Computer Operator June 1987 – April 1988
Baptist Medical Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Operated IBM 3090, IBM 4381 and IBM 4341 computer systems. Responsible for
scheduling, change control implementation and training of new operators.
Lead Computer Operator June 1986 – June 1987
Affiliated Food Stores, Little Rock, Arkansas
Operated IBM 4381 and IBM 4341 computer systems. Monitored and maintained DASD
subsystem for optimal performance. Responsible for scheduling and training of
new operators.
Lead Computer Operator March 1983 – June 1986
Data Documents, Omaha, Nebraska
Operated Honeywell 6640 Computer System. Responsible for scheduling, change
control and training of new operators.
Computer Operator February 1980 – March 1983
United States Air Force, Omaha, Nebraska
Operated multiple Honeywell 6080 and Univac 1100/40 computer systems in Top
Secret/ESI environment.
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