David Walton Email & Phone Number

Farmington, MI, US

Spending time to work on new skills, manage my household of five, and seek new full-time opportunities. Have also worked on short-term projects of three months or less.

Detroit, Michigan, US

• Supported multiple applications during migration to parallel sysplex, including parallel batch schedule testing for GM Brazil between existing CA-7 setup and new sysplex IWS setup and updating parameters for other.
• Implemented several small application changes for GM Vehicle Information Database (VID), Dealer Network Planning System (DNPS), and GM Dealer Information Database (DID) to reduce errors and improve effiency.
• Provided production support for GM Card database mainframe batch cycles, including resolution of data issues. Implemented job schedule changes to ensure jobs ran in the correct sequence and reduce errors.
• Used application expertise to mentor other application developers and to advise DID and DNPS business customers.
• For applications I was responsible for, remediated Easytrieve programs in support of removal of Computer Associates tools.
• Recognized by business customers and teammates for project contributions.

Boston, MA, US

• While onsite at General Motors (GM), provided business IT support for the GM Fleet & Commercial Forecast Planning Team.
• Maintained and executed mainframe Easytrieve programs and JCL members to create reports used by the business team. Created additional reports using MS Access databases.
• Used Easytrieve and SQL to extract data from multiple DB2 databases and format for import into Excel and Access, tailoring queries to retrieve only specific vehicle types and/or order types.
• Migrated Easytrieve programs and JCL members into Endevor source code control tool comply with GM IT standards.
• Reduced effort required to update reports for calendar year change-over by removing hard-coded dates and replacing with input calendar file.
• Position ended due to COVID-19 related layoff

Laid off due to budget cuts at General Motors. Used time to find new employment and work on skill development.

Boston, MA, US

• While onsite at General Motors (GM), provided IT business support for the GM E-Signature application (based on AlphaTrust ProntoSign) and includes four customized workflows used for GM dealer contracts and program.
• Created e-signature document workflows for numerous GM organizations using ProntoSign control panel interface to reduce time required to obtain business approvals.
• Completed end-user testing for multiple application changes, software upgrades, and two server migrations
• Developed document templates using Adobe Acrobat Pro and macro-enabled MS Excel workbooks, enhancing form functionality using JavaScript and Visual BASIC for Applications.
• Partnered with GM Information Technologies developers in developing requirements and performing extensive user testing for new customized dealer program enrollment application deployed in 2017.
• Maintained user access for GM E-Signature application, including performance of semi-annual access reviews.

Paris, France, FR

• Subject matter expert for DID and DNPS applications; lead maintenance and minor enhancement activities performed by an offshore team of four. DID is a large, business-critical DB2 database containing information for.
• Directed application maintenance and minor enhancements for Government Bid application, which uses mainframe FOCUS online and batch components.
• Worked with GM application owners to gather and define requirements for software modifications, and to prioritize tasks to be completed by the Capgemini offshore teams. Coordinated user acceptance testing and.
• Participated in annual disaster recovery testing; updated test plans and performed live testing.
• Worked with multiple vendors to complete user access requests, coordinate production changes, obtain application input data, and provide data to downstream applications. Served as the Capgemini representative to.
• Created a number of complex SQL queries to create ad-hoc reports needed to make business decisions.

Working onsite at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. I maintained and enhanced the release management tracking tool for National Provider Identifier project. Enhancements included tracking report changes, data import process improvements, and user interface updates. I also maintained and enhanced Production Activity Log (PAL) used to track software.

Worked for the GM Dealer Accounting team, primarily supporting the GM Vehicle Billing and Accounts Receivable Systems (VBARS), a business-critical application supporting GM business in North America and Argentina consisting of approximately 400 IMS screens and 500 COBOL/DB2 IMS, TSO, and Call-Attach batch programs.Led development of new batch process to.

West Hartford, US

Performed role of operations leader for GM DID application, lead team of 10-12 responsible for application maintenance and minor enhancement activities.As lead developer for team of six programmers, worked closely with the project manager to define project requirements and estimate amount of work required to integrate Hummer brand into the existing DID and.

Highland Park, MI, US

As an application developer for in-house inventory tracking, order fulfillment, and client billing applications written in COBOL and running in a Honeywell DPS-6 environment, I created and updated numerous programs using ISO-9001 certified processes. Most significant accomplishment was the creation of a suite of programs for a new customer that required.

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science

Various Software Tools, Project Management, And Software Lifecycle Courses

Non-Degree Student