Richard J. Beck

OBJECTIVE

I am seeking a position with increasing responsibility in software design, development, programming and implementation or systems administration, programming and troubleshooting. I am willing to work with any level of hardware platform required.

This document only exists as a current record of qualifications and a new position is not currently being sought.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

During my eleven years of experience I have been called on to perform a wide variety of tasks. These tasks range from end user support to PC, mini, super-mini, and mainframe programming to database application development and administration to systems administration and executive software support. In those tasks I have taken part in preliminary research, design, development, testing, user education, maintenance and troubleshooting duties.

WORK EXPERIENCE

April 2000 - present

Ralcorp Holdings

St. Louis, MO

Title: Principal Technical Consultant

Position: Application and system design, development, troubleshooting and architecture.

This position started the same as the one listed for Cap Gemini below.  I left consulting and took a permanent position with the client.  My role has expanded however.  In addition to my duties listed below I'm now part a technical services team that provides general supplement support to other Unix based teams like our data warehouse and logistics systems.  The team also has a hand in strategic planning and direction.  I've also been involved with intranet application development. I most recently was part of the configurable network computing (CNC) team for the rollout of and conversion to the JDE Oneworld ERP 8.0 software suite to Ralcorp's Nutcracker, Ralston Foods and Bremner divisions. I co-designed and coded Ralcorp's in house developed Sarbanes-Oxley compliance diagnostic toolset. In addition, I'm a member of Ralcorp's security team.

Hardware Platforms/Workstations: HP T,H,N,4440 and 8410 series servers, SGI Indigo,  PCs.

Operating Systems/User Interfaces: HP-UX 9.04, 10.x, 11, 11i Windows 95, NT, 2000 and XP, HP-VUE, HP-CDE. Some experience with Red Hat Linux.

Desktop Application Software: Lotus Notes, Microsoft Word and Excel. Minimal exposure to the rest of the Miscrosoft Office suite.

Database Systems and Tools: Oracle 7.x,Oracle Consumer Package Goods (including Oracle Financials and System ESS),  SQL*Plus, Developer 2000, SQL*Forms 3.0,4.0, and 5.0, SQL*Reports 2.0 and 3.0, SQL*Loader, Server Manager and other utilities. PeopleSoft's JDE Oneworld Suite.

Languages: C, SQL, PL/SQL, HTML, various shell scripting languages (Korne shell, C shell, etc.).

February 1998 - April 2000

Cap Gemini America

St. Louis, MO

Client: Ralcorp

Title: Consultant

Position: Oracle/Unix shell programmer plus other duties.

I am currently working on a maintenance project for logistical and financial software suite (Oracle Consumer Packaged Goods aka CPG)  for a major foodstuff producer.  This position requires research into the interfaces between the various application subproducts, shell and SQL script programming, development of custom add-on programs as well as some database and system administrative tasks.  I also participated in the implementation efforts of CPG as part of the clients mainframe downsizing program.  Our team was the first in the United States and the second in the world to bring Oracle CPG into full production.

Hardware Platforms/Workstations: HP T500 series computers, PCs.

Operating Systems/User Interfaces: HP-UX 9.04, 10.10, Windows 95, Windows NT, HP-VUE.

Application Software: Lotus Notes, Microsoft Word and Excel. Minimal exposure to the rest of the Miscrosoft Office suite.

Database Systems and Tools: Oracle 7.x,Oracle Consumer Package Goods (including Oracle Financials and System ESS),  SQL*Plus, Developer 2000, SQL*Forms 3.0,4.0, and 5.0, SQL*Reports 2.0 and 3.0, SQL*Loader, Server Manager and other utilities.

Languages: C, SQL, PL/SQL, various shell scripting languages (Korne shell, C shell, etc.).
 

December 1997 - February 1998

Computer Data Systems, Inc.

St. Louis, MO

Client: US Army Logistics System Support Center (LSSC)

Title: Senior Information Management Specialist

Position: Y2K analyst

During this time I was on a team researching the impact of year 2000 on the Army's Commodity Command Standard System. The position require researching the thousands of program modules within the system and how they interact.

Hardware Platforms/Workstations: PCs, AMDAHL 5390, Sun Sparc 2000.

Operating Systems/User Interfaces: Windows 95, OS/MVS, TSO/ISPF.

Application Software: Microsoft Word and Excel. Minimal exposure to the rest of the Miscrosoft Office suite.

Languages: COBOL, SQL and JCL.

June 1996 - December 1997

Computer Data Systems, Inc.

St. Louis, MO

Client: US Army Aviation and Troop Command (ATCOM)

Title: Senior Systems Development Specialist

Position: Systems Administrator

I am currently a systems administrator for a network system for 450+ users. My duties include system troubleshooting, hardware setup, software installation and maintenance, e-mail configuration, user interface configuration, system maintenance, utility programming, user handling and system security. I also continue to do Oracle application development and database administration as well as provide assistance to end user support (see previous position). In addition I do some research for the Command's current platform/site migration efforts.

Hardware Platforms/Workstations: HP 755,877,897, I70 series computers, PCs, HDS and HP Envizex Xterminals, Silicon Graphics Indys.

Operating Systems/User Interfaces: HP-UX 9.05, Irix 5.3, DOS, Windows 3.1, HP-VUE.

Application Software: Clarity Rapport, Excalibur EFS, Synchronize, Mosaic, Netscape, Microsoft Word and Excel. Minimal exposure to the rest of the Miscrosoft Office suite.

Database Systems and Tools: Oracle 7.1.3, SQL*Plus, SQL*Forms 3.0 (some 4.0), SQL*Reports 1.1 (Some 2.0), SQL*Loader, SQL*DBA, and other utilities.

Languages: C, SQL, PL/SQL, various shell scripting languages (Korne shell, C shell, etc.), HTML.

March 1994 - June 1996

Computer Data Systems, Inc.

St. Louis, MO

Client: US Army Aviation and Troop Command (ATCOM)

Title: Senior Systems Development Specialist

Position: Programmer/Analyst

During this period I primarily did design and development work for Oracle Applications, some data base administration and programming system utilities for a user community of 500+ members.

Hardware Platforms/Workstations: HP 755,877,897, I70 series computers, PCs, HDS and HP Envizex Xterminals, Silicon Graphics Indys.

Operating Systems/User Interfaces: HP-UX 9.05, Irix 5.3, DOS, Windows 3.1, HP-VUE.

Application Software: Clarity Rapport, Excalibur EFS, Synchronize, Mosaic, Netscape, Microsoft Word and Excel.

Database Systems and Tools: Oracle 7.1.3, SQL*Plus, SQL*Forms 3.0 (some 4.0), SQL*Reports 1.1 (Some 2.0), SQL*Loader, SQL*DBA, and other utilities.

Languages: C, SQL, PL/SQL, various shell scripting languages (Korne shell, C shell, etc.), HTML.

August 1993 - March 1994

Computer Data Systems, Inc.

St. Louis, MO

Client: US Army Aviation and Troop Command (ATCOM)

Title: Systems Engineer

Position: Help Desk

During this period I provided end-user support to a user community of 500+ members. My duties included PC troubleshooting, software/hardware installation and configuration, virus detection and elimination, application/systems documentation and user instruction. I also did some utility programming.

Hardware Platforms/Workstations: PCs, Sperry minis.

Operating Systems/User Interfaces: DOS, Windows 3.1, UNIX.

Application Software: Microsoft Word and Excel, Lotus Freelance Graphics.

Languages: C and some DOS batch programming.

August 1993 - March 1994

Computer Data Systems, Inc.

St. Louis, MO

Client: US Army Systems Integration Management Activity (SIMA)

Title: Systems Engineer

Position: Programmer/Analyst

During this period I took part in a project analyzing, designing, developing, testing, documenting and maintaining a large-scale financial system for the US Army. I also wrote and maintained PC-based programs for office automation, special project support systems and automated cost estimations systems for use with contract proposal development.

Hardware Platforms/Workstations: AMDAHL 5890, IBM 4341, PCs, Sperry minis.

Operating Systems/User Interfaces: DOS, Windows 3.1, OS/MVS, TSO/ISPF, UNIX.

Application Software: Brackets Warnier-Orr CASE tool, Crystal Writer, Wordstar.

Database Systems and Tools: System 2000, S2K PLEX, S2K ACCESS, VSAM.

March 1989 - August 1993

Languages: COBOL, C, JCL and some DOS batch programming.

OAO Corporation

St. Louis, MO

Client: US Army Systems Integration Management Activity (SIMA)

Title: Systems Engineer

Position: Programmer/Analyst

Same as above. The project was transitioned from OAO to CDSI on the completion of OAO's contract and the awarding of the GSA Western Zone contract to CDSI.

EDUCATION

1983 - 1988    University of Missouri-St. Louis      St. Louis, MO

B.S. in computer science plus additions studies in business administration and physical sciences.

1979 - 1983     St. Thomas Aquinas High School        Florissant, MO

ACCREDITATIONS

Master's Certificate - Oracle Applications Development

Completion Certificate - ObjectView Case Tools

Completion Certificate - Flashpoint GUI/Mainframe bridging

SECURITY CLEARANCE

(Expired)

DoD level: Secret         Clearing office: DISCO

INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES

Music, photography, computer based audio and imaging.
 

Member Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

REFERENCES

Available on request.