Dennis Westlake
106 Carmel Court
Cary, NC  27511
 [Send email to request phone number] 68-8637
Dennis.Westlake@yahoo.com
linkedin.com/in/denniswestlake
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Seasoned IT professional with 19 years experience implementing, developing and
administering a variety of information systems.  Skilled at delivering clean
programs in an efficient manner by leveraging effective analysis and
communication.  Areas of expertise include time & attendance, invoicing, querying
and report writing.

Platforms:	IBM iSeries, AS/400 which utilizes DB2 (Relational 
                Database Management System)

Languages:	RPG IV, RPG III, RPG II 

Tools:		Highly proficient with IBM utilities SQL, SEU, SDA, 
                Query & PDM.  Fluent with third party
                software tools RDA (Report Design Aid by Gumbo),  
                DBU(Data Base Utility by ProData), Pathfinder 
                Software (Hawkeye), Job Scheduler (ROBOT) & 
                S/Compare (Aldon).  Familiar with MS Office and 
                Lotus Notes.

Professional Experience
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Programmer / Analyst	                                  1998 - 2009
Croscill, Durham, NC

	Able to create and use the following member types within the 
        AS/400 environment:  CL, CLLE, RPG, RPGLE, DSPF, PRTF, PF, 
        LF & CMD.
	Responsible for designing, compiling, troubleshooting and 
        debugging everyday product changes and supporting existing 
        systems on the AS/400. 
	Experienced with report programs, update/maintenance 
        programs, inquiry programs and the ability to design 
        subfiles and utilize embedded SQL.
	Third party software packages supported include Time & 
        Attendance (KRONOS), MRP (Infor/KBM), PkMS (Manhattan 
        Associates), and Financials (Infor/Infinium).
	Developed monthly and yearly reporting processes to capture 
        inventory figures for auditing purposes.  Data retrieved 
        from MRP & pick ticket management software systems. 
	Part of team responsible for making data files and programs 
        Y2K compliant.
	Developed invoicing process that takes shipping figures from 
        our pick ticket management system (PkMS – Manhattan 
        Associates) and updates our MRP system (Infor/KBM), 
        relieving processed quantities while incrementing shipped 
        totals.  Process also feeds sales figures into A/R system 
        (Infor/Infinium) and EDI generation software 
        (TrustedLink/Inovis) for transmission to customer.  EDI 
        documents generated include the 211-Motor Carrier Bill of 
        Lading, 215-Motor Carrier Pick-up Manifest, 810-Invoice and 
        856-(Advance) Ship Notice (ASN). 
	KRONOS Time & Attendance (iSeries Central) software package.
        •	Key member of the implementation team.
        •	Administrator responsible for performing upgrades 
                and making programming enhancements for users.
        •	Developed interface to feed ADP payroll provider.
        •	Developed performance based subsystem for 
                calculating incentive payments for manufacturing 
                employees based on production volumes and the 
                department they work in.  Results feed into payroll 
                through the Time & Attendance software.
        •	Developed nightly process to update employee master 
                information in KRONOS with employee information from 
                the payroll system (prior to ADP).
        •	Developed program for Human Resources department to 
                generate bar codes containing employee ID’s which 
                are applied to badges for purposes of swiping at the 
                time clocks.
 
Programmer / Analyst	                 	          1996 - 1998
Purolator Products Company (Mark IV subsidiary), Elmira, NY

	Key member of implementation team that installed AS/400.  
        Had previously used remote access to systems at corporate 
        offices.
	Solely responsible for migrating payroll, benefits and 
        tooling software from corporate system to ours.
	Part of implementation team for MRP, physical inventory, 
        A/P, O/E and A/R systems which were taken and modified from 
        other Mark IV subsidiaries.
	Responsible for making data files and programs Y2K compliant.
	As the only on site IT staff I was responsible for nightly 
        system backups, designing, compiling, troubleshooting and 
        debugging everyday product changes and supporting existing 
        systems on the AS/400.  All software systems created by 
        Purolator or Mark IV.

Programmer & Programmer / Analyst		          1990 - 1995
Mark IV Industries, Buffalo, NY

	Part of implementation team for home grown automated 
        warehouse system at multiple locations.
	Responsible for designing, compiling, troubleshooting and 
        debugging everyday product changes and supporting existing 
        systems on the AS/400.  All software systems created by Mark 
        IV.

Education
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Associates Degree in Computer Information Systems, Erie Community College,
Buffalo, NY

References
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Available upon request.