Richard L. Weber173 Perry Street (973) 328-3615Dover, New Jersey 07801-2037 weberrl@optonline.net

Qualifications Profile:

Senior Information Technology Professional with specialized expertise in project management and technical management. Significant exposure to a spectrum of systems and platforms. Accustomed to working with business leaders and technical resources at all levels of an organization.

Professional Experience:

Senior Technical Analyst Polo Ralph Lauren, Lyndhurst, N.J. 2007 to Present

Project manager responsible for supporting a RPG/CL development team of 11 with special/periodic projects. Performed production incident assignment to team members and assisted with resolution of production incidents Determined requirements, analysis, design, development, testing, integration, documentation, implementation, and maintenance of corporate Island Pacific system modifications. Communicated daily with operations center, headquarters and store personnel regarding incident resolution. Managed all change management tasks for development team to meet audit requirements.

Oversaw annual yearly reset project with 500 step multi day plan involving entire development team and user teams globally.

Maintained accountability for Turnover source/object management and audit compliance for development team.

Performed periodic production data refresh for all test environments. Managed weekly, monthly and annual production data retention and data purging

and reorganization to maintain database size and response times. Assigned production incidents to team members using Service Now Incident

Management tool. Managed production incidents involving user profile, authority and system

configuration issues and other areas as needed to cover. Off hours on call on rotating basis for whole team and at any time for supported

areas. Served as the remote job scheduling manager for entire team across all

production environments using Robot and Control M job scheduling tools. Currently managing conversion of production jobs from Robot to Control M.

Managed task plan and execution of annual Disaster Recovery test for Island Pacific production systems.

Served as a member of Island Pacific 1.5 to 4.0 upgrade team currently handling remediation development of in house programs and with all job scheduling and source/object management requirements.

Developed an RF device project to permit devices to function across companies. Discovered and resolved an RF device security issue by limiting open use of devices and device profiles in all locations.

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Richard L. Weber173 Perry Street (973) 328-3615Dover, New Jersey 07801-2037 weberrl@optonline.net

Developed processes to end reliance on MMAIL shareware and switch to contract supported product.

Trained and team advisor for Rational Developer for I (RDI) User for over 12 years.

Performed file analysis and ad hoc reports using Sequel ViewPoint.

Senior Systems Analyst Toys R Us International, Wayne, N.J. 1999 to 2007

Performed complete range of project development activities of corporate systems including Item Inquiry, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Credit Cards, Check Writing, and Merchandising.

Led a project to use web based processes to upload data from Excel spreadsheets to iSeries files.

Developed a system to maintain specific merchandise assortments in different sized stores.

Enhanced and simplified security access and history logging of purchase information

Designed and developed new object control software which manages receiving software distributions and installing into systems globally.

Created interface applications between legacy systems and new Island Pacific enterprise system.

Developed modifications to Island Pacific RPG applications for unsupported requirements.

Investigated and redeveloped more efficient conversion and nightly run batch processes.

Managed the project for conversions of vendors and country home offices in 6 different countries in Europe to the Euro currency while monitoring and adjusting project deliverables throughout the project life cycle.

Conducted daily communication with colleagues throughout the world to develop and support global systems.

Served as Distribution Manager for all developed software handling problem resolution and training assistants.

Designed an automated system to detect orders in violation of shipping agreements and would create appropriate back charges based on severity of violation.

Senior Programmer Analyst McBee Systems, Parsippany, NJ 1998 to 1999

Designed and developed replacement for a sales commission tracking system on the IBM AS/400 in COBOL, CL, Query and some RPG while meeting with users to establish system and report specifications. Designed monthly statements and sales analysis

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Richard L. Weber173 Perry Street (973) 328-3615Dover, New Jersey 07801-2037 weberrl@optonline.net

reports. Provided CL, COBOL, and Hawkeye Pathfinder training to RPG programmers and users.

Solved maintenance problems in other systems including order entry invoice printing and account receivables, interfacing with existing systems.

Lead Systems Analyst Beneficial Corp., Peapack, NJ1986 to 1998

Designed, programmed, and maintained Delinquent Account System, Customer Solicitations System, and Management Inquiries Systems for over 1100 headquarters and remote offices throughout the US and Canada. Applications include online displays, batch review and disaster recovery processes based on AS/400, COBOL and CL. Directed a team of 20+ in programming tasks, assigning work, evaluating performance, and coaching improvements. Met with senior management and end users to establish project requirements, designs, solutions and schedules. Served on Selection Committee for reviews of replacement products in Loan Management Systems. Notable projects include third party mailing of solicitation letters, predictive dialing interface for delinquent accounts and loan solicitations, evaluation and resolution of year 2000 issues.

Education:Bachelor of Science; Computers and Information Sciences New Jersey Institute of Technology Achieved Dean’s Academic Honors

Systems and Environments: IBM ISeries (AS/400): RPG/IV & Free Format and ILE(16 Yrs), CL, SQL, FTP, Island Pacific (SVI) Retail Software, ISeries tools include: Rational Developer for ISeries, Robot Job Scheduler, Control M Job Scheduler, Turnover source management, Service Now Incident and Change Management tool, Sequel ViewPoint, IBM Interactive Source Debugger, Prodata Database Utility and Abstract/Probe, COBOL, Hawkeye Pathfinder. Mainframe and interfaces with TPF and CICS, Data General MV10000, DB+ (Tominy). Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project.Professional Development and Training:IBM Common ConferenceRelational Database Design and Coding, COBOL 400, CLMember, NESTU of New JerseyManta Technologies: RPG ProgrammingAmerican Management Associates: Data Systems Project Management, Foundation for Better CommunicationAutomated Training Systems: AS/400 CL and Programming Techniques; SQL 400Koala-T: Koala-T Project Management Seminar by Lary Mars

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Richard L. Weber173 Perry Street (973) 328-3615Dover, New Jersey 07801-2037 weberrl@optonline.net

Affiliations and Volunteer Work:Rockaway Township Fire Dept: 33 year veteran volunteer firefighter, Past Chief, Past PresidentBoy Scouts of America: 19 year veteran Scoutmaster, District Training Team, District Award of Merit, Director Wilderness First Aid and CPR Training TeamEmergency Care and Safety Institute: Wilderness First Aid and CPR Instructor

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