greg murray

Increased productivity in this ten-store retail chain by researching, analyzing, identifying and documenting business needs, and implementing business rules within applications that better match and support business processes. Improved competitiveness by redesigning strategic applications to adapt to changes in the flooring retail market and providing management with higher quality data to support decision-making. Controled costs by consolidating hardware, simplifying system design, reducing system downtime and timely user support. Implemented system security using group profiles and a master menu that controls access to all functionality by user function. Designed cost effective disaster recovery strategy using scheduled backups and transfer of saved data and application programs to remote AS400 (i5) with identical configuration.

Summary: Consultant providing business analysis and programming services to ARCO Chemical in Newtown Square. Primary resource supporting 3rd party Preventative Maintenance application. Environment: Networked iSeries, OS400, SQL, OPNQRYF, RPG III and IV, Subfiles, Windows NT Server, ODBC, MS Access, Lotus Notes.

Summary: Project lead for new on-line pricing module. Support Amkor's custom enterprise billing system with system design and coding responsibilities. Resolve major performance issue restricting system availability. Significantly improve performance of overloaded US computer by recommending and implementing system tuning modifications. Traveled to Korea to assist them in system tuning. Assist in conversion of System 38 to a more powerful AS400 to support both Amkor and Electronics Boutique who both used the same computer. Support manufacturing and billing applications. Project Lead for new on-line pricing module for use by Arizona based sales office, with interfaces to factory in Korea and Accounting in Pennsylvania. Environment: Networked AS400s, OS400, SQL, OPNQRYF, RPG III, Subfiles, Windows NT Server, ODBC, MS Access

Supervise a staff of two who performed data entry and computer operations functions. Continue to improve upon our implementation of the new System 38 computer and function as Security Officer. Train operations in use of System 38 and required maintenance. Train programming staff how to design for performance, create relational databases and perform application debugging. Continue to support manufacturing systems. As programmer/analyst, design and code manufacturing applications. Assist in writing programming standards and a development methodology of IS Department. Assist in conversion of System 34 to System 38 and system tuning.

Summary: Participate with a team of business analysts, developers and quality assurance testers in the creation of efficient solutions to a variety of software defects and new custom software upgrades. Convert Functional Specifications into well documented technical solutions, code the solution, unit test and provide guidance to the System Administrators for establishing an appropriate test environment. Heavy use of SQL including Stored Procedures and User Defined Functions. Refactor SQL procedures to gain performance of up to 300%. Part of a team that reduced user prioritized backlog 30% last year. Re-architected inbound/outbound FTP file process to improve security and maintainability. Multiple LPAR iSeries environment utilizing MKS source control software and SDLC procedures.

Senior RPG developer for Financial Systems