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Mark L Trainer OBJECTIVE: I am looking for a senior software engineering position in company that is committed to developing quality, bug-free software. QUALIFIED BY:
EXPERIENCE: 10/95 - Present Greenbrier and Russel, Schaumburg, IL (847) 706-4000 Senior Developer / Systems Analyst First Union / Wachovia (2001 - present) Merger and migration project. Assisted with the conversion of several hundred stored procedures from Informix 7.2 to IBM DBII for the internal Data Warehouse Group. Developed testing strategies. Unit test, system test, and parallel run hundreds of C/Shell/Stored Procedure job streams using the new IBM DBII Database new hardware. Troubleshoot conversion issues, verify data integrity. Used dbaccess on the Informix Side, and IBM DBII Stored Procedure Builer and Control Center. Extremely aggressive deadlines, project is on target for a late June completion. American Medical Association (1999 - 2001) Senior developer on AIMS physician load process, a high-visibility effort that involved writing a table driven Informix database load from records provided by hospitals, schools, and state boards. Developed a data-driven C/C++ program to load a master Informix physician database on a Sun 10000E system using CORBA objects and embedded SQL. Represents the core logic of the business of the AMA. CNA Insurance (1999) Business Analyst/Developer, Rapid prototype of a ASP product for IE and Navigator that allows a reinsuring companies to make contract bids online through the Internet. Also allows documents to be securely exchanged through a upload/download process. Trans Union (1997-1999) Senior member of a five year re-engineering effort at Trans Union to rewrite an existing mainframe credit processing system in AIX/C for IBM SP/2 systems using Data-Parallel techniques. Site manager for three years. Conducted classes, mentored junior programmers, designed and developed Word List API, Address Processing API, developed file analysis tool that looks for patterns in raw data streams, wrote a library of awk and shell scripts. APAC (!996) Performed system / data analysis for multi-dimensional data warehouse project for America's largest telemarketing corporation, using HP-UX C, syncsort, and Oracle PL/SQL on HP9000. Delivered a data warehouse prototype in 3 months. Trace Miller (1997) Senior developer on a Rapid Application Development project on Win32 NT web-based airline reservation system developed for America On-line. Was released it was the 2nd product available in the U.S. for making airline reservations over the internet. Developed using Microsoft Visual C/C++ v4.0. Wrote a multi-threaded API using RPC (Remote Procedure Calls) for handling individual threads of execution for each user on the system (scalable to thousands of simultaneous users).
03/94 - 12/94 I-Concepts, Dallas, TX (214) 956-7770 Unix Applications Programmer Primary responsibility was to provide Unix programming, administration, and consulting services for twenty one British Consulates located throughout North America, as directed by the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. I was a key member of the in-house development team that created a proprietary Unix mail-exchange network that linked the British Embassy with all other British Consulates in the U.S. and Canada, using shell, AWK, C, and AT&T Unix S5R3 UUCP tools. Traveled extensively teaching classes in Uniplex, IBB, and Informix. Completed database conversion project in Toronto, Canada. 04/90 - 03/94 Geac, Commercial Systems Division, Dallas, TX (214) 490-3482 Operating System Support Programmer Responsible for developing new code and modifying existing corporate financial programs for large Unix installations in the U.S. and Canada by using a combination of Thoroughbred BASIC and Unix Greenhill C. Provided second level operating system and networking support for a client base of 500+ systems including IBM RS6000/AIX HP 9000/HP-UX, and Motorola w/ AT&T S5R3. Was given responsibility to redesign and recode the existing Geac telecommunication software to use Unix UUCP subsystems for the Omni Hotel Corporation in Hampton, New Hampshire. Provided on-site diagnostics, evaluations, and code maintenance services for this client’s hotels in cities across the nation. Assisted in the system conversion process during the takeover of the Hyatt Suites in Chicago by the Omni corporation, providing a level of on-site service that warranted a personal letter of commendation (and one free week at any of their hotels) by the Vice-President of Information Systems at the Omni Management Corporation. Delivered yearly Unix System administration presentations at User Conferences in Dallas and San Francisco. 12/88 - 03/90 Southern Technical College, Shreveport, LA Programming Instructor Responsible for teaching structured programming principles to students pursuing an associate degree in computer science. Prepared and taught morning and evening classes in COBOL, RPG II, C, BASIC, Systems Analysis, Networking, and Mathematics. Served as system administrator for a laboratory consisting of 40 PCs and a IBM System 38. EDUCATION: Louisiana State University in Shreveport Received Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in1988. Tuition paid by working as an assistant in the school computer laboratory, and senior year as a night operator on a IBM 370 4361 Model II. REFERENCES: Professional references provided upon request. PERSONAL: I'm 38 years old, a non-smoker, and married with three children. I play the piano and keyboard, and run the very popular web site www.yamahaS80.com, which is dedicated to the Yamaha S80 88-key synthesizer. I have a radio controlled airplane (Big Stick 40), and consider myself a model railroader as well. I have 20 years of solid development experience (I used to code in 6510/6502 Assembly Language on my C64) and a long history of successful projects at some of the biggest and best companies in Chicago. I am looking forward to working for a employee-oriented company that will provide me with an opportunity to grow. |