Qualifications:

·               36 successful years working across a diverse array of environments and industries.

·               Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills

·               Profound ability to acquire and utilize technologies quickly and effectively across multiple platforms.

 

Professional Background:

 

Bank of America

Charlotte, NC                                                                                               2016

Consultant  Infrastucture Engineer

Performed as an infrastructure engineer consultant working with the IBM MQ Series and Weblogic Application Server.

Project design  architecture, and analysis.

Environment:  MQ Series, Weblogic, Apache, Linux.

 

Rotech, Inc.

Winter Park, FL                                                                                        2012 - 2015

Websphere / MQ Series Administrator

              Performed as a WebSphere Administrator working with WebSphere Application Server 6.1 & 8.0 / 8.5, and Oracle.

Also provided MQ Series 6.1 administration . Completed WebSphere migration from V6.1 to both 8.0 & 8.5 environments.

Responsible for deployments in DEV, QA and PROD environments as well as any environmental changes.

Environment:  WebSphere Application Server & WPS 6.1, 8.0, 8.5, MQ Series 6.1, Oracle, Informix, AIX, Linux

 

Disney Inc.

Lake Buena Vista, FL                                                                                2011-2012

Independent Consultant

              Performed as consultant working to set up a new Support Center with concentration on WebSphere Application Server,

              JBoss, UC4, Oracle integration.

Environment, Oracle, WebSphere Application Server,  JBoss, Tomcat, Linux, UC4

 

Manpower, Inc.

Milwaukee, WI                                                                                        2011

Independent Consultant

              Performed as a technical field consultant working with WebSphere Application Server, JBoss, Direct Office.

Environment:  Direct Office, DB2, WebSphere Application Server, JBoss, Tomcat, Linux.

 

 

ClearBlade, LLC

Austin, TX                                                                                               2009-2011

Senior Consultant

Performed as a technical field consultant working with the IBM Rational tools as well as WebSphere Application Server.

Environment:  MVS, JCL, COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, TSO/ISPF, Rational Business Developer, Rational Team Concert,  CICS Web Services, WebSphere Application Server, Tomcat, Linux.

 

 

Perficient, Inc.                             2007- 2009

Austin, TX

Senior Consultant

Performed as a technical field consultant working with the IBM WebSphere Portal. The work consisted of system installation/integration/configuration, product migration, and application deployment.

Environment:  DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, Linux, Sun Solaris, AIX.

 

Fidelity Information Systems

St. Petersburg, FL                                                                                   2005-2007

WebSphere Administrator / Supervisor

Performed as a technical field consultant working with the WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Application Server product lines. The work consisted of system installation/integration/configuration, product migration and architecting solutions.

Environment:  DB2, Oracle,  WebSphere Application Server, AIX, TCP/IP, HTML, XML, J2EE.

 

Ascendant Technology

Austin, TX                                                                                              2003-2005

Senior Consultant

Performed as a technical field consultant working with the WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Application Server product lines. The work consisted of system installation/integration/configuration, product migration and architecting solutions.

Environment:  DB2, Oracle, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal, Linux, Sun Solaris, AIX, TCP/IP, MS Windows, 2000, NT, HTML, XML, J2EE.

 

Ciber, Inc.

Tallahassee, FL                                                                                         2003

Consultant

Completed migration for VisualAge Generator, VisualAge Smalltalk, and WebSphere Application Server.

Tasks included deployment of Web Transaction application and use of WebSphere Studio.

Environment: MVS, CICS, DB2, VisualAge Java/Generator, VisualAge Smalltalk, WebSphere Application Server,

WebSphere Studio, DB2 Connect, CICS Transaction Gateway, Windows 2000, 2003 & XP.

 

Teamsoft, Inc.

Jacksonville, FL2002-2003

Consultant / Technical Sales

As a small company, Teamsoft provided the opportunity to work with all facets of the business. I performed all stages of the consulting process from lead generation, sales calls, proposal and statement of work preparation, project management, technical consulting, and invoicing/receivables.

Environment:  MVS, JCL, COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, TSO/ISPF, VisualAge Java, VisualAge Generator, WebSphere Studio, Host Access Transformation Server (HATS), WebSphere Application Server 4.0, MS Windows, 2000, NT, XP.

 

Perficient, Inc.                             1998-2002

Austin, TX

Senior Consultant

Performed as a technical field consultant working with the IBM VisualAge and WebSphere product lines. The work consisted of system installation/integration/configuration, product migration, and application development.

Environment:  MVS, VSE, VM/CMS, JCL, SPUFI, COBOL, CICS, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, DB2, Oracle, C++ , VisualAge Java, VisualAge Generator, WebSphere, MQ Series, MQSI, WebSphere Commerce, WebSphere Edge Server, Linux, Sun Solaris, AIX, TCP/IP, MS Windows, 2000, NT, HTML, XML, J2EE.

 

R. H. Birklund & Associates1994-1998

Downers Grove, IL

Independent Consultant

Began developing relationships and building a base of clients. Performed tasks related to infrastructure/configuration, help desk activities, PC workstation/server build/repair/upgrade.

Environment:  MS Windows, Windoews NT, MS-DOS, Lotus Notes, Netware 4.x, MVS, JCL, TCP/IP

 

National Data Services               1993-1994

Roselle, IL

Programmer Analyst

Worked in a fast paced job shop environment creating pre-sorted mailings and form letters with MS FoxPro.

Environment:  MS-DOS, MS-Windows, FoxPro, Lantastic, Netware 3.11, TCP/IP

 

Arjo-Century                       1993

IL

IT Supervisor

Provided network support for approximately 75 users along with investigating software solutions for the Accounting and Customer Service applications.

Environment:  Netware 3.11 & 4.x, AS/400, MS Windows, BDAM

 

HPD, Inc.1989-1992

Naperville, IL

IT Manager

I was brought into this position to assemble an IT department from the fragments that were there. HPD was an engineering company spending 300K per year and not realizing any productivity from the monies spent. I reduced the expenditures to approximately 100K in the first year there and revived the network and brought about the needed connectivity to the VM mainframe. Also created was a help desk and the hiring of personnel to run it.

Environment:  VM/CMS, SQL/DS, REXX, Netware 3.11, MS Windows

National Computer Systems1988-1989

Englewood, CO

Quality Assurance Administrator / Development Manager

National Computer Systems was involved in developing and maintaining a student loan processing and tracking product for banking institutions. Originally proposed as a Quality Assurance position, it was changed to include direct management of the development staff. This was a short lived position as the company decided to close its doors and sell the intellectual property to another software company.

Environment:  MVS, JCL, COBOL, CICS, TSO/ISPF, MS-DOS, VSAM

 

 

 

Pansophic Systems1984-1988

Naperville, IL

Quality Assurance Representative

I joined Pansophic to perform quality assurance testing in the form of test case creation, execution, documentation proofing and reporting. This process also required systems programmer knowledge to complete multiple product installations across various IBM mainframe environments including MVS, VSE and VM/CMS.

Environment:  MVS, VSE, VM/CMS, JCL, COBOL, CICS, TSO/ISPF, PANVALET, GENER/OL, LCS/CMF, TELON, OWL, EASYTRIEVE, VMLIB, DB2, SQL/DS, VSAM, IMS DB/DC

 

International Harvester  1983-1984

Bellwood, IL

Programmer Analyst

Admittedly a poor move taken here. Performed mainly maintenance on COBOL and PL/1 programs. This company fell on bad financial times soon after my arrival. I made the best of this opportunity and made the decision to move on.

Environment:  MVS, JCL, COBOL, PL/I, CICS, TSO/ISPF, ISAM, VSAM

 

Harris Bank1981-1983

Chicago, IL

Programmer Analyst

Harris Bank exposed me to the applications in the banking and finance arena. This was also my first large scale environment with over 200 programmers. I worked with my first software package that controlled time reporting, created an online reporting application utilizing CLIST to access background COBOL programs, and was lastly introduced to the mainframe 4GL product TELON.

Environment:  MVS, JCL, COBOL, CICS, TSO/ISPF, CLIST, ISAM, VSAM, IMS DB/DC, DB2, PACII

 

Halo Lighting1980-1981

Elk Grove, IL

Programmer

In this position I was exposed to the mainframe environment as well as the Datapoint environment. I worked coordinating batched input from multiple international sites so that they could be fed into the mainframe applications of Forecasting, Inventory Control, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable. This position also required some travel to each of the sites for regular software application upgrades and configuration. 

Environment:  MVS, JCL, COBOL, CICS, TSO/ISPF, Datapoint

 

Magnetrol International1980

Downers Grove, IL

Programmer

I began my career in this entry level position with a manufacturing company performing maintenance programming tasks utilizing BASIC.

 

Education

College of DuPage                              Glen Ellyn, IL

Western Illinois University                Macomb, IL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Client List

 

Clearblade

·   City of Atlanta – Atlanta, GA

·   Citigroup -  Toronto, Canada

·   AT&T – Dallas, TX

·   City of Chesapeake – Cheasapeake, VA

·   BART  - San Francisco, CA

·   CMHC -  Ottawa, Canada

·   Alpha Insurance – Birmingham, AL

·   Visiting Nurses – New York, NY

·   Santa Fe College – Gainesville, FL

·   Kaiser Permanente – Portland, OR

·   NYC HRA – New York, NY

 

Ascendant Technology

·   Mercury Insurance – California

·   ITESM – Monterrey, Mexico

·   Blue Cross Blue Shield – Jacksonville, FL

·   Circuit City – Richmond, VA

 

Ciber

·   State of Florida

 

Teamsoft

 

·   Meadwestvaco - Charleston, SC

·   Canal Insurance - Greenville, SC

·   Vital Processing - Columbus, GA

 

Perficient

 

·   American Express - Phoenix, AZ

·   Vital Processing – Columbus, GA

·   Ohio Mutual Insurance – Bucyrus, OH

·   Sweetheart Cup – Baltimore, MD

·   Ball State University – Muncie, IN

·   Kirkwood Community College – Cedar Rapids, IA

·   Univision – Denver, CO

·   Meadwestvaco – Charleston, SC

·   Belk Stores – Charlotte, NC

·   State of Florida – Tallahassee, FL

·   Blue Cross Blue Shield – Chicago, IL

·   CSX – Jacksonville, FL

·   USAA – San Antonio, TX

·   Norwood – Austin, TX

·   Integral – San Francisco, CA

·   EDS – Denver, CO

·   Pioneer Seed – Des Moines, IA

·   Canada Trust – London, Ontario

·   Bahamas Customs Department - Bahamas

·   New York Life – New York City, NY

·   University of New York – New York City, NY

·   Merrill Lynch – Princeton, NJ

·   Dell – Dallas, TX

·   City of Chesapeake – Chesapeake, VA

·   HSA - IL

·   Metropolitan Utilities District – Omaha, NE

 

 

R. H. Birklund & Associates

 

·               Ameritech – Westchester, IL

·               Rockford Powertrain – Rockford, IL

·               JMS Environmental – Westmont, IL

·               Servicemaster – Downers Grove, IL

·               Sprint – Rosemont, IL

·               Jewel-Osco – Oakbrook, IL

·               McDonald’s Corporation – Oakbrook, IL

·               Sperry & Hutchinson – Hillside, IL

·               Montgomery Ward – Chicago, IL