Systems Engineer
•Supported various hardware products including minicomputer, microcomputer, mobile, point of sale & point of service in the US & Asia both in pre-sales & post-sales providing system analysis, proposal, software development, prototyping, demonstration, planning, network design, site preparation, system generation, installation, configuration, operation procedures, pilot testing, rollout, & post installation support responding directly to Clients & maintaining & prioritizing open issues for product managers & developers, reaching out to vendors for 4th line of support as needed•Supported various software applications, providing language training including teaching COBOL, C, C++, SQL language to Clients’ development team, instructing operations team in configuring, testing, debugging, reporting bugs, installation of bug fixes, & use•Provided professional services to various retail Clients obtaining requirements, turning them into functional specifications & statement of work setting expectations & deliverables for customer’s approval in collaboration with & submission to software development, monitoring & ensuring timely delivery each step of the way allowing for change in requirements & schedule when requested•Maintained rapport with clients responding to software & hardware requirements as they arise & keep them abreast of new company technologies & offerings•Wrote layaway database application leading to a $60M software & hardware sale•Supported various retail Clients: Home Depot, Staples, Kmart, Charlotte Russe, Frito Lay, etc.•Led Systems Engineers in the Midwest Region in resolving day to day technical issues as a 2nd/3rd level support providing technical expertise in retail products both hardware & software including network architecture•Wrote custom specification requirements & develop timeline & costing•Tested customized application ensuring delivered product meets requirements, customer expectation & satisfaction for acceptance on first delivery