Rsum of John Douglas TRENDALL, BSc, MBCS, CITP 1013 Cardigan Loop NW

March 23, 2010

Olympia, WA 98502,
Tel:- Home tel and FAX: (360) 705-8632. Cell: (360) 350-2239. Magic Jack: (253
) 214-5866
Email: jt321453@westpost.net
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS SUMMARY
9 months Conversion Project Pilot study ASCII (ACOB) to Universal Compiler (UCO
B) Conversion.
Wrote C#.Net Windows Application program to auto-convert ACOB to UCOB statement
s. Data analysis of performance of 20 chosen Pilot Study converted pr
ograms performance for runtimes and SUPs
SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Microsoft Certified Workshop. Test C#.Ne
t Converter.
5 years of Data base migration experience programming and analysis for batch, on
line, service,
support and web-based applications, accessing SQL Database and Data Warehouse. L
egacy Database and System Migration to SQL and VB, C# & COBOL.Net. Database
records repair. Visual Studio NET using VB.NET & Cobol.NET, C#.NET with WPF, VB
Script & JAL (with TIDAL & 24x7 Schedulers). SQL Data base Load/unload programs.
Data Analysis: Vehicles and Vessels data base field size expansions. Extraction
of records for Microfiche and CD media from Unisys 2200 Data base to IBM Mainfr
ame files. Adjust key ranges algorithm for even spread. SQL Queries and Scripts
on Data Warehouse. SQL programming. ACCESS PC apps. Openview, Microsoft Project
, CMM. Imaging. Risk.
5 years Development experience C#-, VB-, COBOL-, ASP-.NET, XML, HTML, ADO.NET,
testing .NET
Framework and SQL Server. Enterprise Manager, SQL Db, SQL Scripts, Front Page,
Microsoft Access. Mainframe Migration inventory for .NET/SQL. Processes Swim-La
nes.5 years Microsoft Visual SourceSafe source control install/maintain, Configu
ration management. CMM, QA Concepts, PeerReview, FolderMatch, Tidal Scheduler, T
eam Foundation exposure.
10 years Unisys 2200 ClearPath Mainframe: COBOL, TIP, DMS, IQU, LEMS, USAS, UNI
S.
20 yrs Sperry Univac UK, then 10 yrs Univac Contracts & 1 year Design, then 9 yr
s WA State.
EMPLOYMENT TIME-LINE
Nov 17, 2008 to present: BuildWebsites for my Internet home business w/ .Net,
C#, SQL, HTML.
Team of 1, but assisted by various Business partners, coaches and mentors
Feb 2008 - Nov 16, 2008: DSHS/DCS 9 months Temporary Back-fill position, WA
State Government.
Team of 1, but assisted by DBA, Webmaster, C# Mentor, Statistics & Operations
Depts.
Wrote C# COB-Converter for COBOL Conversion. Identify changes, benefits, snags.
Design the method for the conversion. Management Reports on Conversion Pilot stu
dy. Develop Conversion specification. Code/test the C# Windows COB Auto-converte
r. Compile Dynamic/Static links, flowchart runs w/Visio.
July 2007 Oct 2007: Reallocated ITS4 to ITS3:
Member in Team of 3, but assisted by LAN Support, & Operations Depts.
Job was reallocated ITS4 to ITS3 by DOP generic reallocations of job classes a
ppealed.
Duties as below: September 05-July 07; resigned from DOL 10/10/07 after 9 yrs Pe
rmanent ITS4.
Sep 2005 July 2007: ITS4 Dept. of Licensing (DOL), WA State Gov.
Member in Team of 4, but assisted by LAN Support, & Operations Depts.
Team members from different DOL departments e.g. Vehicles, Drivers: different s
kills.
VB/ASP/COBOL.Net, Source Control Visual SourceSafe. TIDAL/24x7 Schedulers, VBSc
ript, SQL/ Query Analyzer, OpenView, XML, Access, ExecECL, Unisys 2200/ClearPath
, ECL, COBOL/ VB/C#/ ASP/ADO.NET, Visual Studio, CM Support. On-call via Blackbe
rry: Emergency Requests & Monthly IT Releases, all IS Depts. forward requests to
NSS, reply to customer. Manage Compile Areas + SourceSafe databases. CM committ
ee.HP OpenView & HEAT Call-logging, run QA SQL Scripts, Compiles, TFS.
Sep98 Sep 2005: ITS4 DOL
Member in Group of 11 and Team of 3, but assisted by LAN Support, & Operation
s Depts.
Dual roles of a) Configuration Management and Source Control; b) VB & COB Devel
opment
VB, .Net, Fujitsu COBOL.Net, SQL Db programs, SourceSafe/ TIDAL & 24X7. Migrate
legacy m/frame
DMV: Unisys COBOL/HP3000 to COBOL.Net. Code/test Microfiche suites: Unisys/IB
M 40
programs. Develop algorithm to fit Tx data to Microfiche on IBM /CD. Builds: C
OBOL,VB,C#.
Maintain Vehicle DMV UNISYS DMS/TIP COBOL System. Lead monthly Release preparat
ion.
Y2K bug Convert, Unisys to .NET COBOL, JAL to VBScript, test/run. FTP to IBM & r
un JCL/fiche.
97-98. Contract COBOL Programmer, DSHS WA State Gov.
Member in Group of 11, and in Team of 4, under Technical Team Manager
My Role was Development and Testing with permanent staff
Y2K Convert code, run & test SSPS Application. Unisys 2200 COBOL, TIP. DMS, E
CL, QLP. Test PC
apps. FTP to IBM. Test SSPS System (UNISYS 2200 and PC-based applications).
95 -96. COBOL Programmer NYNEX Phone Co. Boston
Member in Chief Programmer Team of 3.
Team Members brought different skills to the table, e.g. Comms, Database, Assem
bler, COB
Unisys 2200 642ES, TIP, DMS, CMS, TELCON, IBMPC, Excel, Lotus Notes, DBA duties,
maintain PREMIS DMS Customer Name/Address (NY & New England) database with Geo
& Error data - 75 gigabyte. Performance monitoring of UNISYS 2200 Real-time CMS/
DMS Database transactions. Program development/test Management Reports, Hotline
, list Unisys documentation for the site Inventory. Create & FTP Management repo
rts.
94-95. Contract COBOL Programmer/Analyst, TN Bureau of Investigation, Nashvi
lle.
Member in Worldwide Chief Programmer Team of 5 of Unisys staff.
Pre-Sales project to customize/install Message Switch Software (LEMS2200, based
on USAS Airlines). Interface remote hosts: hot-files, NCIC, NLETS, links for Po
lice System generations. Change-control.
Pre-95. Programmer FORTRAN, Assembler: Unisys/Sperry Univac, USA contracts w/
UII Corp.
Member of various pre- & Post-Sales Projects, on-site or in-house Univac Mainf
rame Teams.
LA,GA,MN,TN,WA. PRC Inc.: Singapore COP/SAFEST Technology Transfer- Fixed Price
Contract, YOURDON methodology. BEA/British Airways Realtime OS/Test Harness. Lu
fthansa
Airlines: Contract CONRAC Communications. Pitney Bowes, Ronaldsway Aircraft: U
NIS, London Police: USAS, London Hospital:418-3, NEDO, Royal Navy:494 (Bath), Ro
yal Airforce (Gloucester).
IT Software and Applications Systems in Private and Public sectors: State/Local
Government., Manufacturing, Airlines, Military, Medicine (2 Hospitals), simulat
ion languages :GPSS2 and SIMULA, Project Management (PERT/CPM/OPTIMA), Law Enfor
cement (USAS & LEMS Law Enforcement Message Switch & interface to NLETS, NCIC,
FAA, III, Interpol, and local DMVs).
Committees: VB standards . Configuration Management. Peer Review. Safety.
Diversity. Stress Reduction. Management/Union Bargaining. -at Dep of Lic
ensing(DOL), WA. Wellness -at DSHS/WA.
Instructed: Univac 418-3 Assembler & Realtime On-line Operating System RTOS.
Univac 494 OS: SEERX/TEST, CONTORTS/REX/OMEGA Operating System (Airlines). Softw
are Releases at DOL.
Professional Bodies: Member of British Computer Society (MBCS). Chartered IT P
rofessional (CITP).
Past Member of British Society for Production and Inventory Control: BPICS (UK s
ister body to APICS).
Personal: British, London. US Citizen. Martial Status: Married, 1 son (he gra
duated from WSU 09) .
Education: College Degree: BSc. Kings College, London University, UK: Math, Ph
ysics. Graduate 67.
Unix/C Course: Liverpool University, UK; Computer Science Department: UNIX Certi
fied 92.