| Summary: | Experienced in the design and development of retail Point of Sale application software. | |
| Languages: | Visual Basic .Net, SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI), IBM CBasic, C, Visual Basic 6.0, HTML, PHP, Embedded SQL Queries | |
| October 2005 to Present | BEALLS INC., 1806 38th Avenue East, Bradenton, FL 34208Regional Department Store and Outlet chain with over 550 stores in the southern United States. Senior Systems Specialist. Develop and maintain IBM 4690 General Sales Application (GSA) for two chains. Oversee translation of SAP Triversity POS Transaction Log to 4690 GSA format TLOG to maintain a legacy back office system. Assisted with the installation and maintenance of an IBM Credit Card Encryption product to meet PCI requirements. Developed and maintain a private label credit card system featuring "Quick Credit" applications at the POS terminal.Extensive remote store support. | |
| July 2001 to January 2005 | ECKERD CORPORATION, 8333 Bryan Dairy Road, Largo, FL 33773 One of the top four Drug Store Chains operating in the United States with 2800+ stores in 23 states. Subsidiary of J. C. Penney Corporation. Senior Systems Programmer. Technical lead for 5 man IBM 4690 Chain Drug Sales Application (CDSA) team. Projects include Debit BIN Management system, Senior Rewards gift card program, countless store coupon modifications and enhancements. Plourde/Ingenico credit processing modifications with the introduction of Prepaid Mastercard and Prepaid Wireless cards from multiple vendors. Extensive remote store support. | |
| January 2001 to July 2001 | MATRA SYSTEMS, INC., 3355 Breckinridge Boulevard, Suite 120, Duluth, GA 30096 A leading supplier of development services and innovative products to the retail POS industry with offices in the USA, UK and Europe Senior Systems Programmer. IBM 4680/4690 General Sales Application (GSA) POS system and Supermarket Application (SA).. Projects include modifying POS registers as well as controller sales and Price Management to accept Matra Systems FREEDOM ePay product for Cash Cards and Debit Cards. | |
| Sept 1997 to January 2001 | BRADLEES, INC. One Bradlees Circle, Braintree, MA 02184 Major regional department store chain operating 105 stores in the northeast. Filed bankruptcy and closed in 2001. Senior Systems Programmer. Lead programmer for IBM 4680/4690 General Sales Application (GSA) POS system. Projects include maintenance of highly modified POS registers as well as controller sales and Price Management. Host Credit including Cash Cards and Debit Cards. Maintenance of existing store RF handheld systems (Spectrum One) and development of new RF application using Socket Technology. Extensive remote store support. | |