TANDEM SOLUTIONS

SENIOR BASE24 DEVELOPER/CONSULTANT

Accomplished software development specialist with 12+ years of experience in the design and implementation of applications and utilities. Provides candid and timely recommendations on opportunities to improve system performance and measurably improve the functionality and efficiency of complex, multi-site operations. Advanced programming skills employed to create highly stable, error free code that complies with all standards and best-practices methodologies. Articulate communicator with fluency in two languages, sustains strong, collaborative working relationships with colleagues, staff, clients and third-party vendors.

CORE KNOWLEDGE AREAS

Systems Development Life Cycle Project Management Methodology Business Needs Assessment Specification Development Project Scoping Workflow Mapping

Coding Debugging Test Case Design Unit & Integration Testing Technical & User Documentation End-User Support Team Leadership

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

SR.APPLICATION DEVELOPER 2006 - Present Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto, Ontario Inscribe to add specialized expertise to the upgrade and development of systems solutions to improve the security, integrity, efficiency and functionality of the institution’s transaction processing systems.
Accountabilities: Project manages multiple simultaneous re-engineering, conversion, upgrade and enhancement projects, project scoping and workflow mapping, through to programming, testing, roll-out, and post-implementation support. Translates business needs into detailed functional and technical specifications. Relied upon to handle programming requirements for high complexity applications, with hands-on involvement in the design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation. Serves as a primary point of liaison and problem-solving collaboration between team members, end-users, other system departments and external service providers. Establishes performance standards based on best-practice methodologies.
Project Management Achievements: Implement upgrades of both ATM and POS transaction processing system to EMV/CHIP base processing from Magnetic Strip transaction processing. Spearheaded the development of production system monitoring tools. Convert the transaction processing software from NSK S72000 to NSK Itanium processing.
TANDEM SOLUTION DEVELOPER 2001 - 2006 TD Canada Trust, Toronto, Ontario Recruited to contribute specialized expertise to the design and development of solutions to improve the efficiency and functionality of the institution’s transaction capture and processing systems.
Accountabilities: Project manages multiple simultaneous re-engineering, conversion, upgrade and enhancement projects, playing an instrumental role from initial needs assessment, project scoping and workflow mapping, through to programming, testing, roll-out, and post-implementation support. Translates business needs into detailed functional and technical specifications Relied upon to handle programming requirements for high complexity applications, with hands-on involvement in the design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation. Serves as a primary point of liaison and problem-solving collaboration between team members, end-users, other system departments and external service providers. Establishes performance standards based on best-practice methodologies.
Project Management Achievements: Re-engineered the IMN and Draft Capture Spearheaded the conversion of voice authorization legacy systems to TCP/IP HISO processing. Led the upgrade from Visa Access Point (VAP) to Visa Extended Access (VEA).
PROGRAMMER/ANALYST 1997 - 2001 Global Payment Systems, Toronto, Ontario Retained by one of the world’s largest third-party payment processing providers the manage the maintenance and support of on-line and off-line programs in an IMN/Base24 Systems/Tandem Environment.
Accountabilities: Provided direction and guidance to two junior programmers for the development of a Tandem-PC interface using Visual Basic. Configured IMN/Base24 applications, and managed implementation of Y2K code fixes while preserving the integrity and performance of the system. Designed and developed programs and macros to improve the efficiency and stability of Tandem Operator, and provide functionality for querying databases and gathering transaction statistics. Tested, certified and activated Point-of-Sale merchants, and provided configuration and troubleshooting support for PC’s within the corporate LAN. Developed clear, concise user documentation for system utilities and applications.

EDUCATION & SPECIALIZED TRAINING

BACHELOR OF COMMERCE, Management of Information Systems Concordia University, Montréal, Québec
Project Management Professional, PMP Project management Institute
Project Management Certificate Program Humber College, Toronto, Ontario
Business Communication Studies Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario
Java Programming,Tandem TCP/IP and Security Management TD Canada Trust ITEC, Toronto Ontario

COMPUTER & TECHNICAL SKILLS

Utilities Languages Databases, Servers & Networking

Scup, Fup, Pathway, Enform, Ncpcom, Spoolcom, Peruse, Tss Acimake,Pathcom, Tso, Scf, Debug, Inspect, Visa/Vts3, Ixf Bind, Vtail Tal, Tacl, Cobol, Scobol, Base24 5.3/6.0, Nontop-Sql, Enscribe Tcp/ip, Ftp, Sna, Imn

LANGUAGES

Fluent Oral & Written ENGLISH & FRENCH

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