WALGREEN CO., Deerfield, Illinois, 1986-2009Group Manager, UNIX Systems Administration Directed team of 28 employees divided into two system administration areas of responsibility. Supervised the responsibilities of two team leaders involved in the systems administration of over 600 enterprise-wide AIX, Solaris, Linux, and Tandem systems. Assisted manager with budget preparation. Team Lead, UNIX Systems Administration Directed team of 17 UNIX and Tandem system administrators, overseeing numerous system builds, upgrades, testing, implementations, and 24x7 support thereafter. Conducted reviews and assisted manager with budget preparation. UNIX Systems Administrator Upon completion of UNIX systems administration training, assumed responsibility for enhancements, maintenance, and third level support for UNIX systems supporting pharmaceutical related applications.Lead TPF Systems Programmer Directed team of 5 TPF system programmers responsible for enhancements, maintenance, and support of TPF system software and its infrastructure. TPF Systems Programmer Served as project manager for upgrading the TPF based operating system for pharmaceutical and point of sale related applications.

BEDFORD ASSOCIATES, Norwalk, Connecticut, Consultant, 1982-1986. Responsible for several contracted business solutions, in roles working independently, as a team member, and as a manager. Frequently reported to senior management and officers within large corporations. Contracts with IBM, Pan Am, and Citibank is a sample of some of the projects that I participated in. Business solutions were provided mainly on TPF, MVS, DEC, and Tandem platforms.FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Programmer Analyst, 1979-1982. Developed air cargo industry related applications written in Assembler running on TPF and VM platforms. Served as QA tester, including the preparation of test scripts and regression testing of business applications prior to new application software releases. Attended formal training in the System Development Life Cycle. KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION, Neenah, Wisconsin, Programmer, 1976-1979. Developed real-time and batch consumer business related applications written in Assembler on MVS and CICS platforms.