Bruce E Barrett Email & Phone Number

Modesto, California Area

Fremont, Ca

Working swing shift x-raying computer boards to check quality of connections. Moved to QC/QA to do both visual and functional testing of computer components being built, before sending to customers. Update various data bases with results of testing. Create spreadsheets to document the results of the testing for management.

Fremont, Ca

Cashier, Sales, Customer Service, Head Clerk and Receiving.Part of store management team. Assist store manager by creating a welcoming environment for both customers and staff. Drive sales, handle difficult and/or complicated sales, cash management, inventory and follow-up with customers. Assist store manager to provide strong leadership presence and control store by providing direction, support and ongoing feedback to staff. Ensure staff is trained and knowledgeable in both merchandise and operations. Leverage individual staff strengths, and create development plans. Maintain good working relationships with vendors. Enter data from goods receipts in company i5. Generate reports for inventory control from i5. Manage store and balance daily receipts. Close books and setup bank deposits from i5. Trouble shoot computer issues at store working with IT help desk as needed. Includes PCs, i5, communication issues and POS issues. Received ACE award for excellence in customer service.

Used iSeries Navigator, iDoctor, Job Watcher and IBM Performance tools for performance tuning of both Query/400 and SQL calls to iSeries DB2/400.Installed hardware encryption on IBM 3494 tape library. Including key store management. Project manager and technical lead, iSeries.Project manager and technical lead for the installation of MiMiX for High Availability project.. Encryption for EDI, FTP and Web based transaction on i5, Using PGP and SSL.Audit reporting for SOX compliance. Provided levels 1, 2 and 3 for i5, network, Solars and Windows platforms. Supported 365/24/7, including remote support using dial up, and VPN.Worked with Solars and Windows Administrators to determine root cause of issues in problem determination. Migration of seven stand alone i5 to two LPAR i5, one LPAR for Production and the second LPAR for development and high availability planning.Evaluate and design changes to manage performance and synchronization of job processes. Included using SQL tools to refine views of DB2/400 databases.

System support 365/24/7.Project ManagementSoftware evaluation and supportSystem Upgrades/PatchesSOX reportingHardware evaluation and upgradesDisaster Recover planning and testing

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BPCS programmingMigration of data from IBM mainframe to AS/400

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