Summary of Qualifications
- Information Technology professional with over 17 years experience working in an AS/400 and PC environment.
- Strong technical and managerial skills gained over these years.
- Exceptional skills as an innovator that continually provides new technology based solutions, providing a positive impact to the profitability of an organization.
- Highly capable and meticulous in understanding business problems, undertaking an approach that is highly energetic towards resolution.
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Computer Skills
· IBM AS/400: - RPG ILE, RPG IV, RPG 400, CL, PDM, SEU, SDA, SQL, Subfiles, DBU, Data Queues.
· IBM PC: - Client access, Visual Basic, Delphi, Access, Dbase and Clipper, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, NT, 95/98.
· Novell: GroupWise Email and Novell Netware.
· Packages: J.D Edwards, Architect2000, Lotus Notes.
Professional Experience
Cascades Boxboard Group June 2004 - Present
Montreal, Canada
Project Leader
- Responsible of the administration and the exploitation of all the AS/400 in the group.
- Responsible of the IT compliance audit at the plants.
- Lead a team for ongoing support of all the internal created systems.
- Planned and implemented many projects: AR, AP, Business continuity plan, site management, Sarbanes Oxley, time attendance, US Customs.
- Assisted in the implementation and ongoing support of the shop floor system.
- Developed many interfaces in Delphi and developed several tools to automate procedures.
- All the development performed on an AS/400 using RPG IV/ILE, RPG/400, CL and Delphi.
Cascades Inc. June 2000 – June 2004
Montreal, Canada
IT Site Manager
· Lead a team for ongoing support of all AS/400 systems, servers and PC’s support.
· Responsible for the hiring, reviewing, and direction of all Information Technology staff.
- Responsible for budgeting of the entire Information Technology department requirements.
- Responsible for strategic planning and implementation of a corporate wide networking solution. Platforms that are utilized in the solution include multiple AS/400 systems, Novell NetWare and GroupWise servers.
· Involved in major phases of development/maintenance of the internal home-made systems.
- AS/400 Database administrator.
- Responsible of the AS/400 upgrades.
- All the development performed on an AS/400 using RPG IV/ILE, RPG/400, and CL.
Pierre Belvedere Inc. March 2000 – June 2000
Montreal, Canada
Independent contract Senior Programmer/Analyst
- Designed, wrote, and implemented new systems.
- Custom modifications to JD Edwards’s programs. Major modification to JD Edwards invoicing and shipping to meet client specifications.
- Conversion of existing systems to JD Edwards’s system.
- Assisted and implemented JD Edwards’s system.
- Wrote and maintained interfaces between client applications and JD Edwards.
- Setup and maintain client EDI process with several Trading Partners.
- Modified and wrote various reports and inquiries.
- Database administrator.
- Lotus Notes administration.
- Performance Tuning and Security Officer Functions.
- All the development performed on an AS/400 using RPG IV/ILE, RPG/400, CL and JD Edwards.
STA & Associés Inc. September 1998 – Feb 2000
Montreal, Canada
Senior Programmer/Analyst Consultant
Lead programmer for a consulting company with clients in many different industries.
Clients: Pierre Belvedere Inc, BEA Assurance, Belron, Copply & Randall
- Coded, tested, and implemented various custom projects related to JD Edwards, Bar codes, EDI, Labels, invoicing, Order system and Order reception, Buyers guide, catalogues, statement of accounts, shipping system.
- Coded, tested, and implemented various custom projects related to Year 2000.
- Designed and developed an Access program for receiving consultant times and automatic clients invoicing.
- All the development performed on an AS/400 using RPG IV/ILE, RPGIII, RPG/400, CL, JD Edwards, Architect2000 and Access.
GBSYS January 1996 – Dec 1997
Algeria
Independent Senior Consultant
- Coded, tested, and implemented various custom projects for clients in many different industries.
- All the development performed on an AS/400 using RPG/400, CL, and on PC’s using Visual Basic, Clipper and Access.
Network Technical systems August 1993 – January 1996
OPGI October 1990 – July 1993
Algeria
Programmer Analyst
- Coded, tested, and implemented various custom projects.
- All the development performed on PC’s using Visual Basic, Clipper, FoxPro, DbFast and MS Office.
Education
University of Annaba, Algeria
Computer Science Engineer 1985 – 1990
Advanced English courses 1990
Programmer Analyst 1998
College of du vieux Montreal, Canada
Novell Netware administration 2001
Multihexa College, Montreal
Novell Groupe Wise administration 2001
Multihexa College, Montréal
Advanced English courses 2002
Val Horizon, Montreal
Delphi 7 Knowledge Base 2003
Delphi 7 Advanced Database 2003
Scoop Enterprises, Montreal
Managing Projects PM01 of PMI 2005
The George Washington University (U.S.A)
& UQAM University (Canada)
AS/400 Security 2005
Scoop Enterprises, Montreal
Managing Projects PM02 of PMI 2006
The George Washington University (U.S.A)
& UQAM University (Canada)
Managing Projects PM07 of PMI 2007
The George Washington University (U.S.A)
& UQAM University (Canada)
Project manager associate