Brian Stephens Email & Phone Number

Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada

I am one of the lead programmers for the Profitmaster Product at Acceo. Profitmaster is an ERP for Lumber/Hardware and Garden Centers, but it is also used in other businesses (grocery, pharmacy and others). We have 300+ stores that use the product across Canada. Many Home Hardware, Castle, Rona TIMB-R-MART Stores among them.It has modules for order entry/invoicing, AR, AP, GL, Inventory, CDI and cash management and EDI to many of the hardware buying groups. We also have several… Show more I am one of the lead programmers for the Profitmaster Product at Acceo. Profitmaster is an ERP for Lumber/Hardware and Garden Centers, but it is also used in other businesses (grocery, pharmacy and others). We have 300+ stores that use the product across Canada. Many Home Hardware, Castle, Rona TIMB-R-MART Stores among them.It has modules for order entry/invoicing, AR, AP, GL, Inventory, CDI and cash management and EDI to many of the hardware buying groups. We also have several other integrations for Delivery and Payment Management.Acceo also has sister products (Transaxtion and self checkout) which are graphical POS for checkout lanes and are tightly integrated with Profitmaster. Show less

Working Remotley In Barrie Ontario

SBCTC Project - Troubleshoot and Maintain the scheduled jobs. Cobol Program changes.. (AMXW on HP9000)ANZ Project - Wrote a suite of Data Extracts of for existing code to assist in the separation of the sold businesses.

Winnipeg, Canada Area

Team Leader/Manager – Manage a team of 6 (4 programmers, 1 QA and 1 release manager/document controller)- Responsible for estimates, timelines, workflow, priorities management, budget and local HR issues. Sr. Cobol Programmer – Working with the BA to create and revise the roadmap for the product and develop it. - Revise programs as required for both bug fixes and customer enhancements in COBOL and C.Major accomplishments - Working within the constraints of the installed… Show more Team Leader/Manager – Manage a team of 6 (4 programmers, 1 QA and 1 release manager/document controller)- Responsible for estimates, timelines, workflow, priorities management, budget and local HR issues. Sr. Cobol Programmer – Working with the BA to create and revise the roadmap for the product and develop it. - Revise programs as required for both bug fixes and customer enhancements in COBOL and C.Major accomplishments - Working within the constraints of the installed customer base I drafted and implemented a plan to evolve the development environments; Including replacement of the development machines with more powerful VM’s, redevelopment of the release prep & package process using git as an SCM tool. Profitmaster is an integrated management solution (AP,AR,GL EDI, Purchasing, Inventory, POS) for lumber/hardware stores and includes credit/debit integration. Tools: COBOL (microfocus and fujitsu), C++, ISAM, Centos, Redhat, SCO, git, make Show less

Remote

True Oil project- Powerhouse lead; replatform Powerhouse & RPG applications from an HP3000 to IBM iSeries and Windows (using DB2 via ODBC). - Wrote scripts (to compile and migrate code) in sed, perl, DOS and excel macros/VBA. - Created and modified CL scripts on the IBM i. - Maintained a suite or XML files used for data conversion.Marjac Poultry – Platform upgrade. Migrate Powerhouse apps and data from a 20 year old VAX to a new itanium machine - I did the sysadmin work… Show more True Oil project- Powerhouse lead; replatform Powerhouse & RPG applications from an HP3000 to IBM iSeries and Windows (using DB2 via ODBC). - Wrote scripts (to compile and migrate code) in sed, perl, DOS and excel macros/VBA. - Created and modified CL scripts on the IBM i. - Maintained a suite or XML files used for data conversion.Marjac Poultry – Platform upgrade. Migrate Powerhouse apps and data from a 20 year old VAX to a new itanium machine - I did the sysadmin work (setup SSH, FTP, migrate and configure users)Tools: SQL, DB2, Powerhouse, DOS on IBMi, OPENVMS and Windows. Show less

Flin Flon, Mb

Programmer - Maintain, enhance and support for the entire suite of legacy applications including Payroll, Time & Attendance. - Created the data extracts for the Ceridian implementation.- Major accomplishment was the creation of a retroactive pay system with retro on retro functionality and the processing of multiple retroactive payments using it.Tools: MS-SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, Powerhouse and MF COBOL, C-ISAM files, Oracle HP-UX on HP9000’s.

Victoria, Bc

System support/SME for BC Ministry of Advanced Education, Student Financial Aid System (SFAS). - Maintenance and support for the application. - Supervise/co-ordinate a team of 3- Work with the client to stabilize and upgrade the system- Maintain and enhance the data warehouse, ETL scripts using SQL/PL- I was the lead programmer/SME of a team of 7 during the Integration project, where the BC and National service providers were merged. These changes affected about 50% of the… Show more System support/SME for BC Ministry of Advanced Education, Student Financial Aid System (SFAS). - Maintenance and support for the application. - Supervise/co-ordinate a team of 3- Work with the client to stabilize and upgrade the system- Maintain and enhance the data warehouse, ETL scripts using SQL/PL- I was the lead programmer/SME of a team of 7 during the Integration project, where the BC and National service providers were merged. These changes affected about 50% of the system.Tools: OPENVMS, POWERHOUSE, RDB, Oracle, C+, Red Hat Linux, C2. Machines: Alpha Show less

Montreal, Canada Area

on location in Sydney, Australia February 2008 to September 2008 Senior COBOL Developer – Converted an Insurance and Mutual Fund system from HP3000 to HP9000.Tools; AMXW, HP COBOL, MF COBOL, Eloquence, edWin, Mantis, perl, awk, sed, CA Harvest. Machines; HP3000, HP9000

Remote

SOX Compliance Team – SOX compliance audits and remediation Tools: POWERHOUSE, COBOL, Remedy. Machines: HP3000/HP9000/PCSAP Construction Team –Design and build several conversions from BOSS to SAP 4.5B.- Took several SAP courses covering ABAP programming and dictionary design and usage.Programmer/Analyst, Support - Support for BOSS gold order processing system and the 51 interfaces it had with other internal systems including warehouse management AR, purchasing and invoicing… Show more SOX Compliance Team – SOX compliance audits and remediation Tools: POWERHOUSE, COBOL, Remedy. Machines: HP3000/HP9000/PCSAP Construction Team –Design and build several conversions from BOSS to SAP 4.5B.- Took several SAP courses covering ABAP programming and dictionary design and usage.Programmer/Analyst, Support - Support for BOSS gold order processing system and the 51 interfaces it had with other internal systems including warehouse management AR, purchasing and invoicing systems.- I administered user profiles and security for this Application. - Maintained and Enhance the data warehouse ETL (Phoenix)Tools; POWERHOUSE, COBOL, Remedy. Machines; HP3000, Mac, PC Show less

Remote

SOX Compliance Team – SOX compliance audits and remediation Tools: POWERHOUSE, COBOL, Remedy. Machines: HP3000/HP9000/PCSAP Construction Team –Design and build several conversions from BOSS to SAP 4.5B.- Took several SAP courses covering ABAP programming and dictionary design and usage.Programmer/Analyst, Support - Support for BOSS gold order processing system and the 51 interfaces it had with other internal systems including warehouse management AR, purchasing and invoicing… Show more SOX Compliance Team – SOX compliance audits and remediation Tools: POWERHOUSE, COBOL, Remedy. Machines: HP3000/HP9000/PCSAP Construction Team –Design and build several conversions from BOSS to SAP 4.5B.- Took several SAP courses covering ABAP programming and dictionary design and usage.Programmer/Analyst, Support - Support for BOSS gold order processing system and the 51 interfaces it had with other internal systems including warehouse management AR, purchasing and invoicing systems.- I administered user profiles and security for this Application. - Maintained and Enhance the data warehouse ETL (Phoenix)Tools; POWERHOUSE, COBOL, Remedy. Machines; HP3000, Mac, PC Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Programmer/Analyst- Support, maintain, design and develop the in house order support and financial systems. - Primary tasks included development of several interfaces to move data from acquired companies into the order systems.- Year 2000 conversions for 17 (out of 95) systems and the conversion of several systems from the existing 13 period accounting cycles to the new 12 period accounting cycle due to the acquisition of the company by another company.

Toronto, Canada Area

Programmer/Analyst - Assist Director of Finance and Payroll Supervisor in the re-installation of several payrolls that were moved off the Highline Payroll system.- Provided support for the in house systems. - Developed and implemented a Direct Deposit System and vendor payment interface, Laser payroll advice printing - Designed a system that submitted electronic T4’s and Releves. PC Support/Systems Administrator/System Manager - Maintain, purchase, configure and install PC’s in… Show more Programmer/Analyst - Assist Director of Finance and Payroll Supervisor in the re-installation of several payrolls that were moved off the Highline Payroll system.- Provided support for the in house systems. - Developed and implemented a Direct Deposit System and vendor payment interface, Laser payroll advice printing - Designed a system that submitted electronic T4’s and Releves. PC Support/Systems Administrator/System Manager - Maintain, purchase, configure and install PC’s in the head office and field. Maintain the Novell 3.12 network. - Proposed, purchased and installed replacement of Series 52 with HP3000 918LX. - Installed new networking technologies (Virtual Terminals over TCP/IP & Distributed printing under MPEiX 5.5).Supervisor IS department - Hire and supervise a programmer and network/PC analyst. Including training and reviews. - Advise and maintain departmental budget. - Supervise the day to day operations of the department including priority management and request fulfillment. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Programmer/Analyst, Maintenance and development -- Development and Programming of an internal billing and project management application in FoxPro- TTI is a Real World VAR and as a part of my function I made modifications to systems as per client requirements. Tools; COBOL, SCO UNIX, FoxPro, Windows, LANtastic

Toronto, Canada Area

− Develop and write a system for support of VAR sales from an incoming EDI file.− Support and maintenance for several internal systems

Toronto, Canada Area

PC's/ LANMAN 2.1 LAN − General support and maintenance (AREV) of a Royal Bank Payroll system− Write reports in AREV as required− Support and install MSMAIL and MS-Office − During this time their LAN experienced many problems with its configuration part of my job was to suggest and test out various solutions to these problems.

Toronto, Canada Area

Programmer/Analyst, Systems analyst -- HP3000/ PC's − Maintenance (COBOL/ Powerhouse) of a Highline PAYALL/3000 Payroll system− Created AD-HOC reports and data extracts as required− Development of specifications for new payroll system − Member of the Payroll System Selection Committee− Cyborg Solution Series Training (English Language, Report Generator, Intro. and Technical Courses)− Development of PC based systems in Powerhouse, Visual Basic and Access− Support of… Show more Programmer/Analyst, Systems analyst -- HP3000/ PC's − Maintenance (COBOL/ Powerhouse) of a Highline PAYALL/3000 Payroll system− Created AD-HOC reports and data extracts as required− Development of specifications for new payroll system − Member of the Payroll System Selection Committee− Cyborg Solution Series Training (English Language, Report Generator, Intro. and Technical Courses)− Development of PC based systems in Powerhouse, Visual Basic and Access− Support of Datacron (Medical Billing) System on PC's under the PICK operating system− A/P (Advanced Pick) Conversion and Upgrade− Support of a Multiview G/L system designed to collect labour statistics− Assisting with the budgeting process and training the new system manager.− Assisted with Novell and Windows for Workgroups installation and configuration− PC support for hardware and SoftwareSystem Manager; Maintenance of the operating system software and system tables for an HP3000.- Responsibility for account structure, security, system logs, job control and liaison with maintenance and operations personnel. - Making recommendations for future hardware and software growth.PC support; installation of both software and hardware on various types of PC's. - Responsible for the maintenance and installation of the office wiring and HP STARLAN.Major accomplishment . a complete of re-write of the tax, benefits and deductions module for 1989. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Consultant; Investigate, analyze and install Highline's Personality for Human Resources, Payroll and Finance.- Evaluate and create the HP3000 front-end from an in house EPIC system.

Toronto, Canada Area

Programmer Analyst; COBOL programming for two order-entry/ inventory/ billing systems using View, KSAM, TurboImage and general HP3000 utilities. - SPEEDWARE installation and development of various systems started.- The creation of an interface between external systems and the existing HP3000 OE/Billing system from PC's and HP250's using Quick Basic and COBOL.

Toronto, Canada Area

Programmer/Analyst, Systems analyst -- HP3000/ PC's − Maintenance (COBOL/ Powerhouse) of a Highline PAYALL/3000 Payroll system− Created AD-HOC reports and data extracts as required− Development of specifications for new payroll system − Member of the Payroll System Selection Committee− Cyborg Solution Series Training (English Language, Report Generator, Intro. and Technical Courses)− Development of PC based systems in Powerhouse, Visual Basic and Access− Support of… Show more Programmer/Analyst, Systems analyst -- HP3000/ PC's − Maintenance (COBOL/ Powerhouse) of a Highline PAYALL/3000 Payroll system− Created AD-HOC reports and data extracts as required− Development of specifications for new payroll system − Member of the Payroll System Selection Committee− Cyborg Solution Series Training (English Language, Report Generator, Intro. and Technical Courses)− Development of PC based systems in Powerhouse, Visual Basic and Access− Support of Datacron (Medical Billing) System on PC's under the PICK operating system− A/P (Advanced Pick) Conversion and Upgrade− Support of a Multiview G/L system designed to collect labour statistics− Assisting with the budgeting process and training the new system manager.− Assisted with Novell and Windows for Workgroups installation and configuration− PC support for hardware and SoftwareSystem Manager; Maintenance of the operating system software and system tables for an HP3000.- Responsibility for account structure, security, system logs, job control and liaison with maintenance and operations personnel. - Making recommendations for future hardware and software growth.PC support; installation of both software and hardware on various types of PC's. - Responsible for the maintenance and installation of the office wiring and HP STARLAN.Major accomplishment . a complete of re-write of the tax, benefits and deductions module for 1989. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Programmer; Maintained and re-developed an advertising and financial system written in FORTRAN and RPG II. Did the proof of concept for a PC based G/L system written in SPEEDWARE(REACTOR).Client Services; Assisted clients with any special requests or problems.System Manager; Maintained configurations on an HP3000 Series 3. - Responsible for account structures, new user orientation, security, system logs, job control, maintenance, supplies and operations… Show more Programmer; Maintained and re-developed an advertising and financial system written in FORTRAN and RPG II. Did the proof of concept for a PC based G/L system written in SPEEDWARE(REACTOR).Client Services; Assisted clients with any special requests or problems.System Manager; Maintained configurations on an HP3000 Series 3. - Responsible for account structures, new user orientation, security, system logs, job control, maintenance, supplies and operations management.Telecommunications; Using leased lines or Datapac 3000, I installed and reconfigured the modems and multiplexers when necessary. I made and installed cables with 12-wire or coaxial cable. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Programmer; Maintained and re-developed an advertising and financial system written in FORTRAN and RPG II. Did the proof of concept for a PC based G/L system written in SPEEDWARE(REACTOR).Client Services; Assisted clients with any special requests or problems.System Manager; Maintained configurations on an HP3000 Series 3. - Responsible for account structures, new user orientation, security, system logs, job control, maintenance, supplies and operations… Show more Programmer; Maintained and re-developed an advertising and financial system written in FORTRAN and RPG II. Did the proof of concept for a PC based G/L system written in SPEEDWARE(REACTOR).Client Services; Assisted clients with any special requests or problems.System Manager; Maintained configurations on an HP3000 Series 3. - Responsible for account structures, new user orientation, security, system logs, job control, maintenance, supplies and operations management.Telecommunications; Using leased lines or Datapac 3000, I installed and reconfigured the modems and multiplexers when necessary. I made and installed cables with 12-wire or coaxial cable. Show less

Certificate In Data Processing, Data Processing

I completed a certificate in Data processing covering data processing concepts, problem solving, PASCAL, BASIC, RPG II, microcomputer.

Computer Systems Networking And Telecommunications

I started a Bachelor of Science majoring in Computer Science. First Course: Introduction to Computer Science; Mark was B+. (Time didn’t.