3427 Pestalozzi Street, Saint Louis MO, 63118
(314) 412-5035 - edkulash@yahoo.com
SKILL SUMMARY
Languages:
C, C++, C#, PowerBuilder, Visual Basic, Visual Basic.Net, ASP, ASP.Net, PHP, Java, JavaScript.
Operating Systems:
Windows 3.0, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server.
Applications:
Microsoft Office, InstallShield, TopView, Visual Studio, Dynamics AX
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tubular Steel, Inc
May 1998 - Jan 2007
System Analyst
Hired to evaluate and upgrade existing legacy system to a client server system. Therefore, designed and proposed:
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Locator - a universal menu system for all company personnel that intergraded accessibility of programs and database availability from any computer or thin client in the entire system.
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Multi tiered server batch system that used custom windows services to distribute the batch system operations to multiple servers. Included a failed batch detection program that prevented dependent runs from executing.
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Created the Test Reporter program which was written in Visual Basic 6 and is used by the Product Department to process Test Reports attained from vendors. Test reports are documents that detail the specifications of the steel tube lots purchased by Tubular Steel.
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System that integrated text documents and images into single image documents which could then be directed to remote printers, emails or distributed as faxes.
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Help desk system that tracked trouble tickets from first call to resolution. To gather information to provided historical solutions for ongoing tickets and documentation for end users.
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Designed, developed and implemented commercial web page for Tubular Steel (www.tubularsteel.com), TSI Holding (www.tsiholding.com) and MetalCraft (www.metalcraft.com). Also designed, developed and implemented an internal website for Tubular Steel that used XML/XSLT to display daily morning reports.
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Created a daily blog site for the internal website that incorporated a creation program written in Visual Basic and a blog page that incorporated XML/XSLT and ASP code in order to allow the site to change daily but still be reviewed at any time. Converted the ASP code to PHP
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Initiated, Designed and Managed the creation of the External Website for Tubular Steel which is primarily a static HTML site.
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Redesigned the MetalCraft website incorporating common components from the other sites for ease of maintenance.
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Created and implemented the HelpDesk program which was written in Visual Basic 6.
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Wrote a Print Processor program in Visual Basic 6 that runs as a background task on the Print Server in the data center.
Project Manager
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Interviewed and hired four programmers as direct reports.
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Created business requirements and design documents for approved projects.
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Participated in implemented of all designed projects through programming teams.
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Continued ongoing support for help desk program through modification and feedback from Help Desk team.
Product Manager Financials
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Conducted financial business analysis with the Business Controller at user level in order to convert existing finance system to new ERP (Microsoft Dynamics AX).
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Developed extensive user requirements, functionality requirements and productivity analysis in order to design specific enhancements to the Existing ERP Package.
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Defined TSI Holding end to end financial processes as a separate but integrated company function. Enabling TSI Holding to become fully functional on the new ERP system, without constraints from other departmental deadlines or delays.
MasterCard International
June 1989 - May 1998
Consultant
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Technically designed and implemented Macintosh workstations providing banking customers with instant documentation for replacements of lost or stolen credit cards.
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Created coding database command line programs and applets to run on the client systems.
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Participation and expertise resulted as a permanent employee position for the Quality Control department.
Computer Technician - Quality Assurance
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Responsible for the testing of a wide range of computer applications ranging from mainframe applications to pc products.
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Created test scenarios and automated testing scripts
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Built detailed regression testing documents
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Initiated the development of, and produced an automated regression testing scripts running a Dbase IV program (compiled in Clipper). Resulting in significant decline of man hours required for script writing while ensuring consistency in testing procedures.
Programmer/Designer
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Proposed an in-house technical solution to eliminate a DOS based product provided by an outside consulting firm. Resulting in significant financial savings for MasterCard.
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Constructed business requirements, Design documents, Implementation and Testing Documents.
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End result provided a multi level image processing/network delivery system distributed world wide for Chargeback document request and response systems.
Senior Software Engineer/Analyst
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Led team that further advanced the MasterCom product to include advanced functionality and further cost savings.
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MasterCom is an Image Request/Retrieval system used by financial institutions. Essentially, when a card holder bank (Issuer) needs a proof of a charge from a merchant service bank (Acquirer), they make a request for a receipt through the MasterCom network. The request becomes a record on the Acquirer's MasterCom desktop computer, and the Acquirer locates the charge slip, scans it into the MasterCom system, matches the image to the request record and the image is electronically sent to the Issuer bank.
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Proposed and developed in Visual Basic (Version 5) program that streamlined the Acquirer Service Centers request for credit card documentation. The program created text files that listed all of the requests from the MasterCom system to a given affiliate bank. The program would then fax the request to the affiliate bank that was holding the documentation. The system also received and processed the images that were faxed back from the affiliate.
Education
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 1970 - 1972 General Studies, Major in Anthropology
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 1974 - 1977 Engineering
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Saint Louis University 1996 - 1998 Computer Science