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Mark B. Berry
Company provides a comprehensive Customer Information System that has been marketed to the utility industry as CIS/OV .Responsible for the financial sub-systems including financial transactions, accounts receivable, payment processing, payment arrangements, cashiering, credit allocations, deposits, transfers, refunds, adjustments, general ledger interface and balancing.
Senior Business Consultant.
Provided on-site post-implementation support, including development of PL*SQL reporting solutions for ad hoc financial queries.
Designed and implemented a general ledger interface.
Created an A/R aging routine for yearly audit.
Worked with clients and business analysts, in the US and UK, to gather requirements.
Evaluated customer change requests for validity and scope.
Created High Level Design documents that were used to obtain user sign off.
Created Functional Specification and Technical Specification documents used to communicate system modifications and enhancements to users and programmers.
Trained Senior Designers and Programmers in the system design and data flow throughout the product.
Traveled to client sites to consult on design, implementation and training.
Trained counterparts in the UK office in product design to ensure conformity of product for global implementations.
Reviewed and approved proposed database changes.
Consulted with programmers in the development of conversion methodology and scripts.
Advised in the interfacing of product to third party software.
Coded and unit tested the core financial applications using Net Express COBOL and Oracle.
Began working at Severn Trent Systems as a consultant. Invited to become a permanent employee by Vice President in 1997.
Sysco Foods in Houston, Texas. February 1996 until September 1996.
Senior Programmer Analyst.
Coded and implemented a Promotion Tracking system. System written in CICS using DB2. System was completed and accepted by user.
Worked on design, coding and implementation of a Positive Pay Check Verification system. Process included the receipt of payment data from 68 operating companies and transmission of data to multiple financial institutions.
Coca-Cola Foods, Inc. in Houston, Texas. June 1988 until January 1996.
Senior Systems Analyst.
Supported a Micro and Macro Forecasting system. This system was Oracle based, using Forms, Report Writer and SQL packages.
Created and implemented an Oracle based Shipment and Inventory reporting system (using Forms, SQL packages, Microfocus COBOL) to replace legacy system.
Successfully redesigned, programmed and implemented a Client Server based Customer Service Performance system and a Freight Payment system. Both were written in Microfocus COBOL using SQL and Batch files running on a SEQUENT machine.
Downsized Order Processing onto a PC-UNIX platform. Designed modifications to Datalogics CIMPRO order processing system. Responsible for overseeing several contractors programming efforts. Implemented and trained new system at headquarters and six plant location. This system accepts EDI orders from the Client Server, processes the orders in UNIX, sends the orders to the Oracle based billing system, and utilized the existing mainframe batch structure for reporting and distribution.
Created a Master File synchronization process between the Client Server and UNIX applications.
Provided primary support for mainframe Order Entry and related systems. The Order Entry system consisted of over 200 batch and on-line programs which served over 350 users. The application utilized COBOL, CICS, VSAM, IDEAL and DATACOM. Related systems included Inventory, Customer Service Performance Tracking and Pallet Tracking. On-line reporting to Logistics and Regional offices.
Life & Health Associates, Inc. in Houston, Texas. January 1987 until June 1988.
Systems Consultant. Designed, programmed and implemented a health insurance brokerage system and a Group Agency Management system. Systems implemented on a Novell ELS network with a 386 based file server. Programs written in Microsoft COBOL.
Cameron Iron Works, Inc. in Houston, Texas. April 1984 until December 1986.
Programmer / Analyst.
Supported UCCEL A/R package.
Participated in development of billing system.
Participated on a Cost of Sales development project using CICS/IMS programs.
Designed and implemented a World Wide Expense Consolidation system.