Salim A. Morgan

(559) 338-0140

P.O. Box 241, Dunlap, CA 93621

samorgan@java-man.com

Objective

A professional opportunity to make a vital contribution to your corporate IT department and its ability to serve the needs of all of its users, incorporate the most appropriate technologies and enhance the company’s competitiveness and bottom line through timely and accurate information.

Profile

Broad experience in IT and team leadership means I am highly prepared for effective management of your IT requirements. Bringing experience spanning all aspects of the corporate IT department including hardware, software, networking, databases, web servers, in-house application development and integration of off-the-shelf packages, I will be flexible and capable in learning and integrating the newest technologies but also pragmatic in making the best use of existing legacy systems until they can be migrated.

Experience

v      2002 to 2005 Signature Fruit, Modesto, CA (successor to Tri Valley Growers, below)

Ø       As a Senior Programmer Analyst, developed comprehensive pesticide tracking application, phone call tracking service, grower payment program and various other applications, data interfaces, reports and utilities using a variety of languages, tools and databases.

Ø       Languages and Tools Used

§         C#: developed web-based and WinForms applications and XML Web Services

§         Visual Basic: wrote COM components (DLL's) called from ASP pages

§         PowerBuilder 6.5: provided ongoing maintenance of large legacy system

§         Visual Basic Script (ASP): interactive, data-connected web applications

§         Transact SQL (queries, stored procedures, triggers, etc.), also SQR on VAX

§         Microsoft DTS: data interfaces between disparate systems

§         Microsoft SQL Server Agent: scheduling of cross-platform data interface tasks

§         ABAP (SAP development environment): customize and create SAP modules

Ø       Servers Installed, Configured and Managed

§         Microsoft SQLServer

§         Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows 2003 & IIS

§         Microsoft SharePoint Team Services (collaborative intranet site)

§         ColdFusion

§         Microsoft Visual Sourcesafe (Source Mgmt & Version Control)

Ø       Applications Used to Provide/Process Information for Users

§         Microsoft Excel

§         Microsoft Access

§         Seagate Info/Crystal Reports: versions 6.5 and 10.0

v      1997 to 2001: Tri Valley Growers, Modesto, CA

Ø       As a Senior Programmer Analyst, maintained and enhanced major Distribution Management System written in PowerBuilder with Sybase as back-end. Implemented corporate intranet using Microsoft SharePoint Services. Developed various web-based departmental applications and utility programs using Microsoft ASP and SQLServer. Developed extranet in ASP giving growers real-time access to their weight tag/payment data. Details similar to the above.

 

v      1987 to 1997: Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA
Senior Programmer/Analyst, Project Team Leader, Client/Server Application Developer

Ø       As a Senior Programmer/Analyst and Team Leader, supervised a 3 programmers in the development of major systems in a client/server environment. Managed normalization and design of data repository as firm's scattered data resources were migrated to single client server platform. Formulated and established standards for database column names and variable naming conventions for programmers.

Ø       Front-end tools used:

§         Microsoft Visual Interdev: ported PowerBuilder application to ASP/Sybase

§         PowerBuilder: over 4 years of development work in versions 2 through 6

§         Visual Basic: several small apps in 4.0, trained in 5.0

§         Crystal Reports

Ø       Servers Installed, Configured and Managed

§         Microsoft Internet Information Server: ASP and Front Page server extensions

§         Sybase 4.x on AIX: from setup through production

§         NT SQL Server: setup, administration, replication, backup

§         Sybase System 10 and System 11 on NT: as above

§         Informix on HP/UX

§         Microsoft Visual SourceSafe

Education

  • Computer Learning Center                                                                              Los Angeles, CA
    Certification
    • Introduction to Data Processing; COBOL; CICS; RPGII and MIS.
  • University of Michigan                                                                                             Ann Arbor, MI
    Various Courses (32 hrs.)
    • Senior and graduate level courses in economics, mathematics, statistics, computer programming and linguistics.                                                                                              
  • Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University                                               Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    Bachelor of Arts, Arabic Language Certification
    • All coursework completed in Arabic

Technical Training

o       Visual Basic 5.0                                                                                                                                 VBITS

o       Java Programming                                                                                                                     Web Expo

o       Introduction to Delphi, Delphi Fundamentals                                                                   Grumpfish, Inc

o       Mastering DataWindows (PowerBuilder)                                                                                 NexGen SI

o       Optimizing and Performance Tuning (PowerBuilder)I                                                           NexGen SI

o       HP-UX Advanced System Administration                                                                    Hewlett Packard

o       Optimizing SQL Server on Microsoft NT                                                                 Netbase Computing

o       Understanding TCP/IP - Wave Technologies                                                         Wave Technologies

o       AIX Basic System Administration, Advanced System Admin                                      IBM Education

o       Fast Track to Sybase, Sybase System Admin.                                                     Sybase Corporation

o       Using PowerBuilder, Advanced PowerBuilder                                                       Netbase Computing

o       TOPIC Database Administration                                                                                               Verity, Inc.

o       Managing the Migration to Client/Server Architecture                                           Microsoft University