Robert Perry Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

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Walbrook Dr - Knoxville Tn

Ensures that everything runs smooth and stays clean in all areas of the Gas Station.

Jefferson City, Tn

Provided direct customer service from locating, purchasing and loading of a variety of lawn & gardening home improvement projects/products.

Direct Customer service clerk in a "kiosk" type retail environment.

Same as Mapco Express above, just a company ownership transfer

Salary: 48k Desc: Small software specialty company (8 employees including myself), worked with an AS400/iSeries based Warehouse Management System specifically geared for Food Distribution Industry. 99% work from home position (telecommute), which means I connected via internet/Client Access v5r4, not only to our base machine located in Chicago, but also remotely connected using standard VPN to the customers' machines to diagnose software problems, rarely did I need more than the rudiments of information/help in setting up these connections . The clients were normally 24/7 operations and I was fielding support calls. Doing some maintenance programming in RPG III and ILE, also have a handle on the basics of warehouse management. The software is cutting edge in that it incorporates voice recognition technology in addition to RF barcode readers, although I have not worked very much with the voice recognition aspect of the software. Learned to program iSeries web applications with a third party web development package named ProGen WebSmart by BCD Software. We were attempting to convert our system into Java, objective being to support non-DB2 based database systems.

Salary: 40k Desc: Hired in as a programmer, but quickly turned into so much more than just programming. Small network utilizing internet to connect to remotely based AS400. Three personnel, a network administrator, main programmer, and myself, handled almost any situation involving the AS400, to include operations functions, working with user profiles, menu setup using standard IBM menu system, and database administration. Gained COBOL as a new language learned and became an expert using Query400. We worked with a totally customized system of interactive screens and reports geared toward the construction/electrical contracting industry. System was composed of fairly sophisticated applications to include Payroll, AR, AP, GL, and Inventory Control. I was involved in the implementation of a custom designed warehouse management system utilizing barcode technology. Gained a thorough working knowledge of Crystal Reports v8.5.

Salary: $9.25 /hrDesc: Caregiver to the mentally challenged in a group home environment. Responsible for the daily living needs of patients to include administering medications.

4yr 2mo); Salary: 35k Desc: Promoted to programming gaining extensive experience with RPG III, IV, ILE, CL, and SQL. Was involved in development of custom A/P system. Was responsible for support and maintenance of largely customized Accounts Receivable system where there was extensive use of sub-files and CL's. Extensive knowledge and use of Query. Many administrative duties including setting up of users in the AS400 menu system, heavy support of A/R system, and backup support of A/P system. Gained experience in problem solving /debugging and analysis/research, by taking somewhat complex tasks and breaking it down into smaller and more managable tasks, largely unsupervised.

2yr 6mo); Salary: $10.25 /hr Desc: 2nd shift operator responsible for nightly backups of the corporate machines which included 3 AS400's and 1 Novell server. Responsible for communications between the corporate machines and approx. 50 remote AS400's located in various locations all over the US, which entailed after hours support/coordination to get problems/errors resolved.

Salary: 29.5k w/OT Desc: Started as night shift operator responsible for system backup of small "D" model AS400 w/reel to reel tape drive, approx. 30g storage, and all terminals connected via twin-axial cable. Also monitored batch processing & handled report distribution. Promoted to Operator/Programmer position, gaining thorough working knowledge of RPG/400 in an CA-PRMS (Pansophic) application environment. Some CL programming, and modifications to in-house developed reports. Was responsible for maintaining software on several PC's, as well as, working with end users of all systems. Responsible for installation/customization of a bar-code system utilizing time and attendance software and CA-PRMS PANSCAN software for gathering shop floor data fed directly to the AS400 for Inventory Management.

Diploma, Data Communications

Activities and Societies: Hands on construction of 8088 processor computer in the form of kits arriving through the mail system.Home study.

No Degree, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: While attending classes, I was hired on as a computer lab assistant...Course is designed to prepare students.

No Degree, Mechanical Design/Engineering

Did very well with core coursework, got my first exposure to computers. No degree.

Ged, Infantry Squad Combat Tactics/Land Navigation

Activities and Societies: Learned a great deal about military tactical operations and strategy, gained lots of experience mingling.