KENNETH T. SUMMERS, PMP
133 Carolina Ridge Drive, Columbia SC 29229
 [Send email to request phone number] 94-3340								     
Kenneth.T.Summers@gmail.com
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SUCCESS FACTORS

•	Extensive experience as Consultant and Programmer Analyst using APS, CICS,
DB2, IMS, COBOL, COBOL II, Endevor, Xpeditor, TSO, MVS/ JCL, Smarttest,,
Dumpmaster, QMF and Micro Focus COBOL within a diverse set of business
disciplines.
•	Experienced developer of high quality requirements, design documentation, user
documentation and training materials.   
•	Trained and mentored new users of the Control II Inventory Management System.
•	Excellent organization and time management skills that result in consistently
met milestone dates on multiple simultaneous projects and work requests.
•	Proven ability to implement and manage a broad range of system applications
that significantly improves operating performance and bottom line revenues.
•	Dependable, creative and hard working.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Programming		 	Technical Lead				System Design
Mentoring / Training		User Documentation			Quality Assurance Testing
Business Analyst		Load Testing				Technical Reviews

PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina, Columbia, SC		                    
         2007-Present
(Leading provider of health insurance coverage and services) 

Contractor 	

•	Technologies Used:  Mainframe, TSO/ISPF, APS, CICS, Smarttest, JCL, IBM
Utilities, DB2, IMS, Endevor, Dumpmaster, MQ

•	Tools and Methodologies: MS Office (Word, Excel) 

•	23 months of application design and programming experience with TRICARE
Military family health insurance.

•	7 months of application programming, design and leadership experience on
various claim processing re-engineering projects.  

Lowe’s, Inc., Mooresville, NC						                              2005-2007
(Home improvement Retail Company ranked 42nd on the FORTUNE® 500 with earnings
over $40B and over 1,300 stores in 49 states) 

Senior Systems Analyst 	

•	Technologies Used:  Mainframe, Access, TSO/ISPF, COBOL II, JCL, VSAM, IBM
Utilities, FTP, DB2, SQL, Librarian, Xpeditor, FileAid, Access, Loadrunner,
Project Office

•	Technology Exposure:  Intel, AIX, Shell Scripts, Cron, Samba, NAS

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•	Tools and Methodologies: MS Office (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio),
SDM  (Requirements, Design, Program Specifications, Unit Testing, System Testing,
User Acceptance Testing,  Regression Testing, Implementation Planning), Weekly
Project Status Reporting

•	Coordinated infrastructure enhancements with the 2 primary vendors and
business users along with Lowe’s communication, database, space management, AIX
engineering and Intel engineering groups.  Performed load testing using
Loadrunner.  

•	Technical Lead for the implementation of a Retail Revenue Management System
that automates the setting of retail prices.   

General Nutrition, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA					                 1988-2005
(A leading retailer of nutritional supplements with sales over $1B and over
5,000 stores worldwide) 

Applications Project Lead  	

•	Technologies Used:  Mainframe, Access, TSO/ISPF, COBOL II,  JCL, VSAM, IBM
Utilities, FTP, DB2, SQL, IMS, VSAM, Endevor, Librarian, Xpeditor, FileAid,
Access, Assembler

•	Technology Exposure:  Neon, Microfocus COBOL, Dialog, HTML, EDI, BMC DB2
Utilities, XML, .asp, Visual Basic, Java, Perl, Java Script

•	Tools and Methodologies: MS Office (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio),
SDM  (Requirements, Design, Program Specifications, Unit Testing, System Testing,
User Acceptance Testing,  Regression Testing, Implementation Planning), Weekly
Project Status Reporting, Lotus 1 2 3, Word Perfect, JAD
 
•	Converted a manual sales reward system for GNC franchisees and vendors to an
automated system that utilizes accurate pricing and sales data.  Interfaces with
the accounts payable and accounts receivable systems to provide quick
reimbursement and billing.   This new system added considerable flexibility in
the types of promotions that could be offered by the vendors.  The accuracy and
accessibility of the data improved the relationship between GNC and its franchise
operators and vendors.  

•	Project Lead for a two-year replacement project to convert a legacy IMS and
CICS system with a Control II inventory management system utilizing Windows front
end to define product, customer and vendor data, capture/calculate distribution
center inventory levels, vendor purchases and store/customer orders.   The new
system saved the company $66,000 a year in maintenance costs and it provided
powerful data analysis for GNC users.  

•	Instructed an IMS class for 9 programmers to develop the skills needed for an
upcoming project.  

•	Provided ongoing overview training in a group setting for the logistics
programming team.  Training covered applications that we were responsible to
support.

•	Implemented an Internet based product ordering system allowing franchisees
from 29 countries to order product from domestic based distribution centers while
tracking product registration/orders, allocating real time inventory and deciding
best shipping methods.   


•	Provided on call support for warehousing, franchising, purchasing and
transportation. 





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•	Converted a basic vendor programmed convention pre-ordering system to an
in-house, Internet-based system.  Directed software vendor activity to improve
pre-existing registration and ordering system accuracy though utilization of FTP
and XML to pass enterprise data to the convention ordering/registration system.  
This new system improved operational efficiency and increased the amount of
pre-convention ordering from $1.4 million to $4 million in the first year.

 

EDUCATION

BA in Music Education, State University College at Potsdam,	 Graduated Cum Laude
     


CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Professional,	 2005