James E. Scharth 
25564 Bechtold Lane 
Dow, IL 62022 
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 [Send email to request phone number] 66-6380 (H) 
618 420-2121 (C) 




Summary: 

Twenty five years experience in information technology working initially in
operations and twenty years as an RPG developer in an AS/400 environment. I have
worked in several industries including manufacturing, distribution, rental and
transportation. 
Analyze Design, Code, Test, Debug and Implement new applications into
production. 
Manage application packages and custom packages through standard development. 
Experience in trouble shooting, technical support, problem solving and
communicating. 


Technical Skills: 

Software: BPCS, MAPICS, ENRICH, ICC, TMW/TL2000, SEQUEL, DBU, QRY, 
SDA, VIEWPOINT, EDI-Inovis Trusted Link, MKS Implementor, 
Oracle Mercury IT Governance, ICOM 400 

Languages: RPGIII, RPGIV, RPGLE, SQL, CLP, COBOL, JAVA, VISUAL BASIC 

Hardware: ISERIES AS/400 DB2, SYSTEM 38 

Microsoft: Windows XP, Word, Excel 


Employment History: 
Hogan Transports Inc January 2007 to December 2008 
Senior Programmer Analyst 
Designed, coded, and implemented batch and on-line programs for this leasing and
transport business. Maintained, enhanced, and supported ENRICH which is the
software product that was used to run their leasing business. Maintained,
enhanced, and supported TMW which is the software product that was used to run
their transport business. Used Viewpoint software to execute Views, Reports, and
Scripts. Supported Billing, Customer Service, Sales, Accounting, Fleet Services,
and Maintenance. Did programming in RPG IV, SQL and CLP in an AS/400 DB2
environment. 


Emerson Tool Company May 1999 to December 2006 
Senior Programmer Analyst 
Designed, coded, and implemented batch and on-line programs for this
manufacturing business. Maintained, enhanced, and supported MAPICS XA version 5.
Served as EDI backup person using the Inovis Trusted Link product. Used MKS
Implementer for version control for AS/400 development. Supported Inventory,
Purchasing, and Accounting applications. Involved in migration of payroll files
from AS/400 to the Oracle Financials applications that Emerson was implementing.
Received training in Oracle Mercury IT Governance Kintana and used this product
to move code into testing, staging and production. Responsible for cell phone
order process and support. 
Did programming in RPG IV, COBOL, SQL, and CLP in a multiple AS/400 DB2
environment. 


Edison Brothers Inc. February 1998 to April 1999 
Senior Programmer Analyst 
Designed, coded, and implemented batch and on-line programs. Worked with manager
to implement and support PKMS warehouse management software. Created,
implemented, and documented procedures for file transfer, movement of spool files
and network files. Set up nightly processing using IBM job scheduler. Set up
monitors over messaging queues using ICOM/400 paging software. Did programming in
RPG III and CLP in an AS/400 environment. 


MLC Technology February 1996 to January 1998 
Programmer Analyst 
Performed contract assignments at Calgon Vestal and Mallinckrodt Medical. 
Developed programs in RPG to create reports for customer service and sales
departments in an AS/400 environment. 


GPX Electronics August 1992 to February 1996 
Programmer 
Designed, coded, and implemented batch and on-line programs for this designer
and distributor of electronics equipment. Maintained and supported BPCS
financials, order entry, billing, inventory and sales applications. Did
programming in RPG IV and CLP in an AS/400 environment. 


Education: 
Lewis and Clark College - Associates Degree in Data Systems. 
Washington University - Certificates in Intro to Java, Intermediate Java, and
Intro to Oracle-1 SQL 
Florissant Valley - Visual Basic 


References: 
Glenn Jansen 
I T Director 
Hogan Transport Inc 
(314) 817-3111 

Dan Obermark 
Systems Analyst 
Emerson Tool Company 
(314) 640-8593 

Pat Wilken 
Senior Programmer Analyst 
Bunge Corporation 
(314) 292-2456