RESUME' OF QUALIFICATION
Name David D. Bunch
Address 13726 Cedar Ridge Ave
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70817
Telephone [Send email to request phone number] 53-1928
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
September 2006 Present Unisys LMMIS Baton Rouge
Title QA Systems Analyst
Responsibilities write detailed test plans in order to accomplish quality
testing of new and modified computer
Systems and programs. Conduct QA testing.
Conduct User Acceptance Testing. Write User Acceptance documents. Some
programming involved and use of many programming tools including Expediter and
EZTrieve.
June 1998 September 2006 Techsys Advanced Resources
Title Systems Consultant
Responsibilities supported a variety of tasks for Pacific Life in support of
the Cyberlife System. Main scope was annuity statements and billing. Participated
in the design and programming of a new system for listbill reporting (MCR
Multi-life Case Reporting) which interfaces with a web based system. Handled many
production support tasks. Wrote many specialized programs. Set up a quality
assurance environment for the MCR (Multi-life Case Reporting) subsystem.
October 1995 June 1998 Unisys
Title Senior Programmer Analyst/ MARS Manager
Supported the Louisiana Medicaid Management Information
System.
Supported and improved their MARS (Management And Reporting System). This system
produced a variety of management reports
Also supported the Group 1 zip code software which allowed Unisys to mail out
large correspondence mailings at the lower postage rates.
August 1995 October 1995 Independent programming consultant for Guaranty
Income
Life. Improved commission reporting on the ALS system.
Converted programs into the PC based versions.
November 1991 - July 1995 CYBERTEK, a division of Policy Management Systems
Corporation (PMSC).
Title - Systems Engineer
Earned two professional designations
FLMI Fellow, Life Management Institute
ACS Associate in Customer Service
Responsibilities - maintain the CYBERTEK software system
for client companies in an IBM OS/MVS environment. Responsibilities
included installing and testing release
upgrades , special programming, end-user support,
and production support. Two major clients supported were
United Companies of Baton Rouge and Pacific Mutual of
Newport Beach, California.
March 1990 - November 1991 United Companies of Baton Rouge
Title - Senior Programmer/analyst
Responsibilities - wrote and tested conversion programs
to convert United Companies from the LIFECOMM software system in a
DOS/VSE environment to the CYBERTEK software system in an OS/MVS operating
system. Played
a major role in the success of the final conversion to
the production environment and the ongoing production
support and clean-up.
August 1984 - March 1990 Baton Rouge Bank
Title Assistant Vice President
Responsibilities - managed the entire computer operation
Systems Programming, Application Programming,
Computer Operations, and ATMs
Attended Bankers School for Supervisory Training at USL
Title - Senior Systems Analyst and Systems Programmer
Responsibilities - maintaining the IBM DOS/VSE operating
system and the Florida Software Banking package. Installed
Florida Software's General Ledger application interface and
Florida Software's Proof of Deposit system. Installed an
on-line MICR sort system.
August 1981 - August 1984 Goudchaux's of Baton Rouge
Title Project Manager
Managed other programmers to complete new projects on time. Major role in the
Maison Blanche store conversions
Attended a special project management course at UNO
Title - Senior Systems Analyst
Responsibilities - converting new stores to a UNIVAC 1100/60 operating
system. Maintain in-house software
systems.
July 1970 - August 1981 Louisiana National Bank (now Premier)
Title - held every position from computer operator to
Senior Systems Analyst
greatest accomplishment was developing a turn-key
integrated banking package in conjunction with a team
of IBM consultants. Converted banks from various
environments and software systems to this package. This product was
called BAS/8 internally, but was marketed by IBM as CBAS.
July 1966 - July 1969 United States Army
Attained the rank of First Lieutenant
Served with the First Infantry Division, Di An Vietnam.
Citations include : The Bronze Star Medal, The Army
Commendation Medal (twice), The Vietnam Gallantry
Cross, The Vietnam Campaign Medal, The Vietnam
Service Medal, and The National Defense Sevice Medal.
MAJOR STRENGTHS
Well-rounded knowledge of a variety of hardware systems, operating systems,
programming languages, and job control laguages.
Ability to adapt quickly to new and varied environments.
Well skilled in program debugging.
Great interpersonal skills for working with end-users.
Well skilled in customizing systems to meet special needs.
MAJOR WEAKNESSES
Family life is very important and must be balanced when jobs require too much
overtime.
REASONS FOR LEAVING
Louisiana National Bank wanted to expand salary base and technical
horizons.
Goudchaux's wanted more benefits and holidays.
Had friends in Human Resources.
Chance to get into systems and hands-on
small-shop environment.
Baton Rouge Bank was bought by an English businessman.
Layoffs were certain. After I left, all my
colleagues, including my boss, were laid-off.
United Companies after the conversion to the CYBERTEK software,
United Companies decided to lay-off the staff
and let CYBERTEK do the programming maintenance. CYBERTEK hired me
on to stay
and support the United Companies contract.
CYBERTEK when the contract between CYBERTEK and
United Companies expired, I was given the
choice of moving to Dallas or travelling to
client sites. I opted to travel rather than move.
I travelled 125,000 miles in six months. The
stress on my family and home life was too great.
My sons were still in high school and I needed to be
at home with them.
UNISYS A great opportunity opened up for me at Techsys Advanced Resources.
TECHSYS Contract did not get renewed after 8 years.
PERSONAL DATA
Date of birth September 26, 1948
Place of birth Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Height 6' 1"
Weight 220 lbs
Race Caucasian
Marital Status Married with two married sons
EDUCATION
Associate of Science Degree Shawnee Community College, Ullin, Illinois
78 semester hours Louisiana State University
Certifications Fellow, Life Management Instute (FLMI)
Associate, Customer Service (ACS)
SPECIAL SCHOOLS
IBM assembler language
IBM COBOL
IBM DOS/VSE operating system internals
IBM DOS JCL
IBM DOS/VSE JCL
IBM OS/MVS JCL
CICS tuning techniques
All Florida Software application schools
Project Management and control - University of New Orleans
Bankers School for Supervisory Training University of Southern Louisiana
(Lafayette)
REFERENCES
AL Eltiste Account Manager (601) 594-1069
CSC
129 Beaver Bend
Canton, MS 39046
Ron Dees Partner (214) 742-1068
Techsys Advanced Resources
1412 Main St
Suite 2000
Dallas, TX 75202-4087
Dale Beneke Unit Manager (434) 385-1855
Pacific Life (434) 525-0374
1114 Smoketree Dr Forest, VA 24551
Steve Morris Manager (949) 672-8834
Pacific Life
26642 Towne Center Drive
Foothill Ranch, CA 92610-2808
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