Blake Toms Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Motivated Systems Analyst with expertise in requirements, design, testing, and implementation.PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:Four years of experience as a Systems Analyst with focus on business software and systems. Strong background working with clients, designers, and programmers to identify requirements, assist with creating user interfaces, and develop implementation timelines. Proven track record in testing, quality assurance, and networking. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, utilizing a combination of business knowledge, technical skills, and strategic analysis to provide solutions and insight to critical business problems. Platform: iSeries. Experience in RPG3, RPG4, CL, CLLE, DB2, Query400, SQL, DBU, EZVIEW.

Edina, Mn

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:- Conducted meetings with business process owners and project managers to define the scope of the project.- Facilitated requirements sessions including creation of agenda, recording of action items from meetings, and writing meeting minutes.- Created process flow diagrams.- Prepared test cases and reviewed test plans and test scripts developed by QA team to assure that all the requirements are covered in scripts and tested properly.- Design, code, test, and document new or enhanced corporate back-office applications, both custom and vendor packages.- Subject Matter Expert in the area of the Interface Sales data processing between the salon’s Point of Sale device (POS) and corporate system applications of sales, employee payroll, and cash management.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsibilities: - Design and code custom programs for monthly stylist sales contest.- Research and generate list of RPG Source Code, File and Program Objects for Library Consolidation project.- Engineer data conversion from acquired companies.- Design, document, code, and test enhancements within multiple program applications affecting sales reporting, employee time tracking, cash management, marketing, legal, finance, and loss prevention.

Redwood City, Ca

- Computer Operations.- Design and code custom reports interfacing with data originating within BPCS software applications.

San Francisco Bay Area

Grand Rapids, Mn Area

Participated in white tailed deer/timber wolf interaction study Responsibilities included live-trapping, radio collaring of white tailed deer, radio telemetry, field data sample collection.

Certificate Of Programming, Computer Programming, Specific Applications

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Environmental Studies - Biology/Geography