Progress Programmer; Syteline; Data Migration

Omar Hall
300 Lenora St. #131
Seattle, WA. 98121
Phone: (206) 661-4344
E-mail: hall_omar RemoveThis @hotmail.com

Objective: To secure employment as a Programmer/Analyst, Network
Technician/Administrator, I.T.
Helpdesk, or Data Migrator.

Education/Training:
GUI PROGRAMMING IN PROGRESS September, 1999.
CHUI PROGRAMMING IN PROGRESS June, 1993.
Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51 August 1996.
Introduction To PowerBuilder 4.0 September 1995.
Netware v3.x System Manager January 1994.
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
- 9 units MIS Graduate studies, 1992
Bachelors of Science, Business Administration 1986.
Major: Management Information Systems.

Software & Application Skills:
Progress v6 - v8(GUI/CHUI), SYMIX Syteline v3.5b01a, Cobol,
Datatreive,
dBase III PLUS, Turbo Pascal, "C", DCL, Clipper, Reachout, ProComm
Plus, Smarterm, AutoSys Scheduler, Visual Source Safe, TCP/IP,
MS-Access, MS Excel, MS Office97, SQL, PowerBuilder V.4.0, Turbo
Basic, OCL.

Operating Systems:
Windows Vista/XP/95/98/NT/2000, H.P. Unix, Unix V.5, SCO UNIX,
Arcserve 4.02,
MS DOS, OS/2, VAX/VMS 5.5-2, VM/XA, SSP Novell NetWare 3.12 Windows
NT
3.51

Professional Experience:

Seattle WA. Admin. Assistant. October 2007 to Present.
Non-career related desk job.

Seattle, WA. March 2003 to July 2006.
Provide onsite computer hardware upgrades and repairs to fulfill Dells
computer warranty agreements.

Independent Software Consultant, with various clients below; 1996 to
present.

* = Contract employment

* Sydney, Australia. January 2001 - June 2001.
Contract Assignment. Using Progress v8 CHUI, developed report
generating applications which list call data error records. Performed
mass program modifications, to reference archive databases. Modified
GUI/CHUI programs, to accurately assign user/group application
permissions.


* Edison, NJ. December 1999 - May 2000.
Contract Assignment. Developed GUI windows, to facilitate maintenance
of tax processing rules, for event reversal and reapplication towards
investment instruments. Implemented business and tax rules, applied
in instances of recurring fund contributions towards investment
instruments. Developed several generic, external record retrieving
procedures and incorporated references to them in multiple programs,
in order to minimize code duplication. Designed & developed GUI
windows, to facilitate modifications of detailed pending and
historical investment transaction records. Designed a methodology to
optimize processing of scheduled batch jobs, using Platinum's AutoSys
scheduler. Developed Autosys JIL programs, on a UNIX platform.

* Rockford, IL. Nov. 1998 - July 1999.
Contract Assignment. Developed progress programs which migrate data
into a Symix Syteline v.3.5b01a database. Cross-referenced Bill of
Material, Routing(operations), Purchase Order, Job Order & some
Inventory attributes, between new and legacy systems. Populated cross-
reference key tables, using meta- schema. Worked closely with
engineering to optimize methodology by which to import legacy system
data into a Syteline DB. Created Syteline background queues, downed
brokers and ran background progress jobs on a H.P. UNIX & Win 98'
platform.

* Los Angeles, CA. July 1998 - September 1998.
Contract Assignment. Using Progress v.8, developed ancillary report
generating SYMIX programs which list company clients, client product
purchase information, company vendors, vendor product offerings, as
well as internal product manufacturing labor hours, materials and
costs.

* Dallas, TX. Dec. 1997 - May 1998.
Contract Assignment. Migrated data from two heterogeneous databases
to a single Progress Database. Worked closely with client I.T. staff
to cross-reference DB attributes. Designed and created normalized
Progress tables. Continually refined the cross-reference process for
accuracy, using meta-schema. Coded, tested and debugged Progress v8.2a
programs to populate cross-referenced DB attributes with legacy data.
Performed DB Admin tasks for the conversion team.

* Memphis, TN. July 1997 - Dec. 1997.
Contract Assignment. Developed, converted, maintained and tested
report generating CHUI programs, for insurance claims tracking system.
Developed program specifications outlining, but not limited to,
program purpose, logic, anticipated record selection and expected
results.

* Kansas City, MO. November 1996 - May 1997
Contract Assignment. Collaborated with users, programmers, and
systems analysts to design, develop & maintained a customer service,
marketing, routing, scheduling, inventory, & forecasting related
system. Analyzed, designed and developed General Ledger Tax reporting
programs, using COBOL.

Programmer/Analyst; ,; Tucson, AZ Mar. 1993 - Oct. 1996.
Performed network hardware/software configuration & installations at
local & remote sites. Developed, maintained & documented SDLC/ASYNC
data transfer & customer service system, using ProComm. Provided
company wide, remote & local hardware/software support for up to 60
client sites, on a daily basis. Configured & implemented a video
conferencing system.

Help Desk Support; , Tucson, AZ. March 1992 - March 1993.
Provide campus wide computer hardware and software user
recommendations & support, to college faculty, staff and students.
This was a student position.

Programmer; Mtn. View, Ca. Nov. 1988 - April 1990.
Performed software design, coding, testing, debugging, implementation,
maintenance, and documentation for a DCL & Datatrieve coded cost
accounting system. Performed computer operational tasks. Developed
automated transfer scripts, using ProComm. Setup VAX user accounts.
Performed batch processing & provided user support.

Programmer; Santa Clara, CA. Nov. 1987 - Nov. 1988.
Performed hardware and software(COBOL, dBase III+) modifications,
support, upgrades, maintenance and Computer Operations tasks, on IBM
SYS-36 and PC's. Designed & developed Route Auditing System using
dBase III PLUS and Clipper.

Programmer; , Tucson, AZ. May 1986 - September 1987.
Performed data transfers, designed, developed, tested, debugged,
implemented, documented, and maintained a medical education DBMS, in
Dbase III+. Maintained and monitored a medical student microcomputer
lab. Assembled IBM PC workstations; performed hardware modifications,
diagnosis and upgrades. Developed a nutritional analysis system using
Pascal. This was a student position.

References Available Upon Request.