4 Villa Verde #320
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
847.398.6890
Email: career at kkq.com
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Education and Qualifications____________________________________________________________
| Education | B.G.S., Computer Science |
| Roosevelt University | |
| Chicago, IL 60605 | |
| Hardware/Software | |
| Hardware | IBM PC, IBM Mainframe |
| Operating Systems | OS, DOS, UNIX |
| Languages | COBOL, COBOL II, CICS/MVS, BAL, Progress, SAS, APL |
| Database | DB2, Spufi, QMF, Platinum |
| Software | IBM utilities, Software Development Life Cycle,VSAM, JCL, MVS/XA, TSO/ISPF, |
| PC Skills | MS Office – Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook; WordPerfect, Photoshop, |
| Illustrator, ABC Flowcharter, FrontPage, QuickBooks Pro, HTML, C | |
| Quality Background | Team leader of management quality team. |
| Attended Philip Crosby Quality Education System | |
| 10 week program. Use system development | |
| methodology for all tasks. | |
| Other Achievements | Fellow, Life Management Institute, 1990 |
| Member of the Helping Hands Committee - Allstate | |
| Dean's List: 1987, 1988, 1989 | |
| Listed in The National Dean's List, 1987 and 1988 | |
| Listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges | |
| Listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students | |
| Member of MENSA since 1983 |
Employment History___________________________________________________________________
| March 2010 - Present | Allstate Insurance Company |
| Northbrook, IL 60062 | |
| Database Specialist | |
| Run Business Objects and Microsoft Access to track New Business policies broken | |
| down into meaningful categories. Create spreadsheets for upper management relating | |
| findings. Identify and correct compliance issues related to Property & Casualty lines | |
| of business. Run Business Objects queries to identify and maintain documentation | |
| related to non-compliant policies and monitor corrective actions taken. Insure that net | |
| gains are realized in re-rating policies. | |
| June 2003 - December 2009 | Planet Power, Inc. |
| Lake in the Hills, IL 60156 | |
| Independent Consultant | |
| Project manager in charge of internet development. Cultivated new sales leads, | |
| as well as overseeing a staff of web programmers. Ran queries and compiled | |
| data for management related to in-house business and competitor intelligence. | |
| Used disciplined approach to understand, define and document business and | |
| functional requirements. Used tools to map processes and identify opportunities | |
| for improvement and streamlining. Managed scope of business requirements | |
| keeping a focus on project benefits and delivery. | |
| November 1998 - May 2003 | Ultra Stores, Inc. |
| Chicago, IL 60602 | |
| Independent Consultant - 11/98 to 5/02 (Employee) Sr. Applications Developer - 6/02 to 5/03 |
|
| Managed small scale projects utilizing the system development lifecycle (SDLC) | |
| methodology. Assembled cross functional teams, facilitated meetings to define | |
| scope and requirements. Project leader in charge of development and maintenance | |
| of a Unix-based inventory system written in Progress 4GL/RDBMS. | |
| February 1998 - October 1998 | Alliant Foodservice, Inc. |
| Deerfield, IL 60015 | |
| Independent Consultant | |
| Project leader of a technical support team. Fielded calls from in-house personnel | |
| and quickly resolved technical issues. Programmed in COBOL II and Ideal on a | |
| Tandem system. | |
| September 1996 - December 1997 | Allstate Insurance Company |
| Northbrook, IL 60062 | |
| Independent Consultant | |
| Analyzed, designed, coded and installed a COBOL II interface | |
| for Cybertek's Cyberlife and an existing Allstate System. | |
| Extensive utilization of system development life cycle (SDLC), | |
| Xpediter for COBOL, and JCL. Created and executed test plans and test cases to | |
| ensure results were consistent with business requirements. | |
| November 1995 - September 1996 | Caremark Insurance Company |
| Lincolnshire, IL 60069 | |
| Independent Consultant | |
| Project leader of an On-line CICS Mail Order client server | |
| system. Programming in COBOL II utilizing DB2. Problem | |
| analysis of critical production processes. Use of | |
| Xpediter for CICS, Platinum for DB2. | |
| November 1993 - November 1995 | Trustmark Insurance Company |
| Lake Forest, IL 60045 | |
| Systems Analyst | |
| Project leader responsible for design, implementation | |
| and coordination of a DB2 premium calculation system. | |
| Team leader of our management quality team. Training in | |
| management, workforce empowerment, and interaction | |
| management. Programming in Napersoft, Easytrieve, | |
| COBOL, COBOL II, and SAS. | |
| November 1987 - October 1993 | Allstate Life Insurance Company |
| Northbrook, IL 60062 | |
| Senior Systems Programmer | |
| Project leader on many projects. Extensive work in design, | |
| implementation and coordination of business functions. | |
| Attended a one-week training module on project management. | |
| Programming in Assembler, COBOL, SAS, Easytrieve, and APL. | |
| November 1985 - November 1987 | Cybertek |
| Northbrook, IL 60062 | |
| Applied use of JCL, Panvalet, IDCAMS, IEBGENER, | |
| and IEBCOPY. Programming in Assembler and COBOL | |
| at Kemper Life. | |
| June 1985 - November 1985 | Chicago-Soft, Ltd. |
| Chicago, IL 60610 | |
| Extensive user contact monitoring the progress of | |
| software trials. Designed and implemented a | |
| customer info system for inhouse use. | |
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