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Marcos Gonzalez

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Summary

A bilingual Senior Programming Professional with over 28 years in the industry and broad technical knowledge combined with the ability to learn new tools to solve technical problems efficiently. Experience in all phases of system/software lifecycle.
  • Multiple technology domains (mainframe, desktop).
  • Operating system and application conversion.
  • Web Developer.

Professional Experience

Florida International University, Miami, FLJanuary 2003 - Present
PeopleSoft Developer
Served as a PeopleSoft Developer to the Administrative Software Unit.
  • Responsible for all phases of development, from the design, coding, and testing through the implementation of a variety of PeopleSoft programming projects.
  • Responsible for support of the PeopleSoft WebCT interface.
  • Responsible for support and continue development of the Student Online Web Application to the University.
  • Responsible for the maintenance of all web applications on 11 web servers.
  • Responsible for all phases of development, from the design, coding, and testing through the implementation of a variety of programming projects in ColdFusion MX.
  • Managed the implementation of new servers and new websites.
  • Mentored junior developers in order to influence good programming skills and ensure successful implementation of applications.
  • Converted DB2 and Access databases to MS SQL 2000.
  • Rewrote existing applications to improve performance and ensure accuracy.
  • Wrote a web-based report archival and retrieval application that saves thousands of dollars in paper costs monthly.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Miami, FLJuly 2002 - January 2003
Senior Programmer Analyst
Served as a consultant to the Health Analysis Team by analyzing medical claims with the intent to keep medical costs down.
  • Wrote and modified SAS programs and MS Excel spreadsheets to analyze medical claims and cases.
  • Analyzed existing jobs and modified them to automate the process.
DIGITAS LLC, Miami, FLJanuary 2001 - October 2001
Senior Programmer Analyst
Responsible for all phases of development, from the design, coding, and testing through the implementation of a variety of programming projects. In addition, played a key role in the design and development of a timely, user-friendly and multi-language intranet for a well-respected Latin American portal using ColdFusion.
  • Designed the Oracle database to include multi-language support and to strike a balance between normalization and efficiency.
  • Managed the promotion of a program into production.
  • Performed code review of team members to ensure best coding practices.
  • Mentored two junior developers in order to influence good programming skills and expedite their development.
  • Obtained Macromedia Advanced ColdFusion 5.0 Developer Certification status.
YUPI INTERNET, Miami, FLOctober 1999 - December 2000
Senior Web Developer
As a key member of the Special Projects Team, was responsible for the development and implementation of various crucial projects. In doing so, assisted various departments obtain their goals by building the required tools to gather and evaluate the information.
  • Assisted in various phases from analysis to coding of a Content Management System.
  • Designed and created an Incident Tracking System to simplify and standardize the tracking of programming bugs and their resolutions.
  • Reengineered the CineMark International website administration module to provide users from various countries real time access to the movie schedules.
  • Redesigned the MiYupi personalization system to give users more functionality and increase intuitiveness.
  • Assisted the Marketing Department in the coding and implementation of over 50 marketing promotions for different major clients.
  • Implemented a user-friendly system for automating the building of promotional web pages, which reduced the process from three days to a few hours.
  • Achieved successful results utilizing ColdFusion as the programming language.
  • Maintained existing ASP code and made minor modifications as required.
APPLICATION ORIENTED DESIGN, Miami, FLMarch 1999 - October 1999
Senior Systems Analyst/Programmer
Served as a consultant for the documentation and maintenance of HUD Existing Housing System.
  • Reverse-engineered Alice/EH System (HUD Existing Housing), for which all documentation and expertise had been lost.
  • Analyzed and modified existing code to meet the HUD requirements.
DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD, Miami, FLJune 1998 - March 1999
Senior Systems Analyst/Programmer
Acted as a consultant for the Y2K conversion of the Human Resources systems.
  • Analyzed, planned, and modified the Payroll, Human Resources, and Project Accounting Systems for Y2K compliance.
  • The above systems were written in COBOL II with VSAM files under CICS.
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, Miami, FLSeptember 1996 - June 1998
Systems Analyst/Programmer 1
Responsible for the conversion and migration of the Payroll and Human Resources systems.
  • Served as a team member in the rewrite of the existing payroll system and worked on various tasks involved in the implementation of the TesserAct System (analyzed and rewrote the interface between the TesserAct and Time and Leave on-line CICS Systems).
  • Coded and tested various on-line CICS user exits using COBOL II.
  • Modified IDMS batch and on-line CICS programs.
  • Wrote JCL procedures for testing batch programs.
  • Reviewed program specifications to ensure system requirements were met as outlined in analyses.
THE MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING CO., Miami, FLApril 1980 - September 1996
Application Systems Analyst/Programmer
Held a variety of positions with increasing responsibilities during the course of employment (Control Clerk, Computer Operator, Systems Programmer, Help Desk Specialist, and Application Programmer).
  • Managed contractors and assigned and reviewed their work. Analyzed new business objectives and requirements for the Circulation Department.
  • Trained managers how to use a PC and various tools such as DOS, Lotus 123, and DisplayWrite.
  • Created reports used to analyze system performance.
  • Authored a monthly newsletter that provided developers with tips on best coding practices.
  • Created specifications, coded, tested, and implemented new system functionalities.
  • Modified and tested existing programs to improve system's overall functionality.
  • Evaluated new software to ensure business needs were met.
  • Installed software packages (ROSCOE, SAS, EXPRESS, SAR).
  • Converted over 2000 programs in various languages from DOS/VSE platform to MVS/XA.
  • Team member responsible for the conversion of the Circulation Systems from MVS/XA to HP MPEX5.

Education and Training

Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
Associates in Arts degree in Computer Science.

Technical Addendum

OS/Environments: Windows NT, Windows 2000, IBM/MVS XA

Development Application: SQL, COBOL, CICS Command Level, JCL, SAS, FOCUS, ColdFusion, ASP, HTML, Javascript, Easytrieve

Hardware: IBM 370, PCs/Servers

Software: MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook) MS Visual SourceSafe, MS SQL 7, Oracle 10i, ColdFusion Studio/Server, HomeSite, MeetingMaker, Visio, ROSCOE, TSO, SAR, EXPRESS

Certifications

Microsoft Corporation,
MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional),
MCSA (Microsoft Certified System Administrator)
Computer Technology Industry Association (CompTIA),
A+,
Network+,
Server+,
I-Net+
SAS Institute Inc.,
SAS Core Concepts V8
Macromedia,
Advanced ColdFusion 5.0 Developer
Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW),
CIW Associate
Verhoef Information Packages, Inc.,
MVS Job Control Language
On-Line Software International, Inc.,
CICS/VS Internals
Information Builders, Inc.,
Course 101/103, Basic FOCUS Series
Course 104, File Description and Maintenance,
Course 111, Application Integration Techniques
Course 200, Database Design
Course 201, Advanced Techniques
Dun & Bradstreet Business Education Services,
Exceptional Customer Service
CENTER for Advanced Professional Development,
An Introduction To Networking PCs with Novell
SpeedWare Corporation,
SpeedWare Version 6 Foundation Course
Hewlett Packard,
HP Turbo IMAGE DBMS 3000 for Programmers
Collier-Jackson,
Collier-Jackson Systems Internals

Assembler, OS JCL, Introduction to Turbo Pascal Programming, Intermediate Turbo Pascal Programming

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