Salim A. Morgan

(559) 338-0140

P.O. Box 241, Dunlap, CA 93621

samorgan@java-man.com

Programmer/Analyst, IT Technologist

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 and delivery 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, end-user training 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.

Experience

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

Ø       Languages and Tools Used

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

§         ASP.NET

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

§         PowerBuilder 6.5: ongoing maintenance/enhancement 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

§         EDI and EDI/Windows: developed scripts to export/import from Sybase and SQLServer

Ø       Servers Installed, Configured and Managed

§         Microsoft SQLServer through v2003

§         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 (Seagate Info), 8.5 and 10.0

§         Web-based Crystal Reports using .NET

§         Microsoft Sharepoint Team Services (intranet site)

Ø       Sample Projects and Applications

§         Fruit Dump-Line Incoming Bins Bar-Code Labeling & Scanning Project
Analyst/Developer; C#.NET, SQLServer 2000; Various hardware

§         Source Code Change Control Project (Sarbanes-Oxley compliance)
Small team - responsible for specific languages source code; Visual SourceSafe

§         Grower Payment Calculation System
Analyst/Developer; ASP.NET, SQLServer

§         Fruit Pricing User-Configurable System Project
Analyst/Developer; C#.NET, SQLServer, Data Migration

§         1099 Electronic Submission Project – User Configurable
Developer from specification; C#.NET, SQLServer

§         EDI Windows Migration
Developer/Team Member; EDI/Windows, Visual SourceSafe, Multi-Edit integration

§         Company Internet with Secure Section
Internal Administrator of Vendor Product; ColdFusion, IIS Security

§         User-Modifiable Intranet Project
Analyst/Developer; SharePoint Team Services, Security

§         Grower’s Secure Extranet with Real-Time Truckload Data
Analyst/Developer; ASP, Custom Security, SQLServer, Oracle data interface

§         Phone Call Tracking System
Developer; C#.NET, Peer networking to phone switch, Crystal Reports

§         Installation, Testing and Administration of servers in test environment
Windows versions, SQLServer versions, Visual SourceSafe, IIS, ColdFusion, others

§         PowerBuilder Maintenance and Enhancement Programming
Ongoing maintenance/enhancement of major legacy systems (1992 to present)

§         Critical Technical Review of Vendor’s Product
Web technologies; Single-handedly prevented a disastrous acquisition!

§         Automated Two-Way Data Interface with Scattered Weigh Stations
Developer; FTP to/from external UNIX machines, Microsoft DTS programming

§         SAP Implementation Project
Team Member; Customization of SAP modules (ABAP), New ABAP programming, data interfaces (T/SQL, DTS, Job Scheduling, etc.).

§         SQL-to-SAP Data Interfaces – User Configurable
Analyst/Developer; C#.NET; Allows users to make modifications when record layouts change without program change (daily invoices).

§         Oracle/SQLServer Data Interface for Vendor-Supplied Crop Data
Developer from specification; Oracle Stored Procedures, Microsoft DTS, Job Scheduling

§         Pesticide Tracking Application
Analyst/Developer – full life-cycle; ASP, SQLServer, Tracking of regulations compliance.

§         Crystal Reports/Seagate Info
Report development against Sybase, SQLServer, SAP and others
; created DLL mechanism to suppress report generation where query returned no rows

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

Ø       See above for experience, skills and projects (Signature Fruit succeeded Tri Valley Growers after a bankruptcy).

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       Sample Projects

§         Legal Conflict of Interest System
Developer; Port of mainframe text-search system to Verity running on RS6000 (AIX)

§         Attorney Peer Review System
Developer/Team Leader; PowerBuilder, SQLServer, MSWord, VB for applications, PCDocs Document Management System; Attorneys around the country write reviews off-line and submit to database (for statistical analysis) and document storage (human readable)

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: extensive report creation against Sybase and SQLServer

Ø       Servers Installed, Configured and Managed

§         Windows NT v3.51

§         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

Ø       Legacy Technology used:

§         Microsoft ‘C’ programming language (7 years)

§         Btrieve ISAM Manager (used with applications written in ‘C’)

§         Clarion (DOS) application development environment

§         COBOL programming on IBM/360 mainframe

§         Novell fileserver including NLM management and Message Handling Service (MHS) applications

Education

·         Bachelor of Arts Degree & Arabic Language Certification                   Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University

o       All coursework completed in Arabic

·         Various Senior and Graduate Level Courses (32 hrs.)                                        Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan

o       Senior and graduate level courses in economics, mathematics, statistics, computer programming and linguistics.                                                                                                    

·         Certification                                                                                                               Los Angeles, CA
Computer Learning Center

o       Introduction to Data Processing; COBOL; CICS; RPGII and MIS.

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

o       Bridges, Routers and Internetting                                                                           Wave Technologies