Larry Ridgeway Email & Phone Number

Arlington Tx

Specialized in creating quick and accurate RPG and CL programs while having minimal information.about the company in question. I wrote a product selection program, an inventory program, and a petty cash accounting program among others.Larry Ridgeway: RPG, CL, SQL, AS400, iSeries, Desktop Support, A+, JAVA, SQL Server, electronics, logistics solutions, programmer, operations.

Independent collection agency for cable, telephone, and medical. In business since 1980s.; Designed business queries on the fly for users with client problems. Personally cut query
response time by 50%.
****Created independent complex queries utilizing CL, RPG, and RPGILE on the front end AS400 in order to obtain the desired results once the final query was run over the created independent files.
****Designed multiple reports to be run automatically and have the results forwarded to clients.
****Increased both employee and client satisfaction with swift and innovative response to frequent requests.
ILE, EDI, SDA, Excel, WORD, SQL, RPG ,AS400, AS/400, CL, DBU, IT, iSeries.

Larry Ridgeway: RPG, CL, SQL, AS400, iSeries, Desktop Support, A+, JAVA, SQL Server, electronics, logistics solutions, programmer, operations, Project manager.

Some RPG, RPGILE and CL programming was required on the AS400 or iSeries. Mainly the job was involved the ordering of garments from an offshore factory and writing AS400or iSeries RPG and CL software and directing operators in the use of that software on the AS400. I transformed a number of the IT operations from independently generated to automatic at great cost benefit to the company. IT Specialist. Electronics technician. Manager. Excel, WORD, SQL, AS400, ILE, SDA, DBU, CL, RPG, iSeries, AS/400.Larry Ridgeway: RPG, CL, SQL, AS400, iSeries, Desktop Support, A+, JAVA, SQL Server, electronics, logistics solutions, programmer, operations, Project manager.

Designed database for small insurance agency and trained all AS400 operators. Created user friendly software for all members of AS400 IT staff as well as clerical employees. Personally responsible for all software development as well as the maintenance of all electronic equipment. AS/400 Specialist and IT specialist. Electronics technician. RPG, CL, Excel, DB2, database designer, AS400 QSECOFR, ILE, DBU, SQL. Part-time position.Larry Ridgeway: RPG, CL, SQL, AS400, iSeries, Desktop Support, A+, JAVA, SQL Server, electronics, logistics solutions, programmer, operations, Project manager.

Designed and created RPG, RPGILE, and CL programs on IBM AS/400 or AS400 or iSeries for the use of clerical staff and warehouse. * Trained and relieved all operations workers on AS400 operations. * Directed team of three other programmers for major projects. * Converted inventory system from one of COBOL driven printed reports to a series of related interactive subfiles. * Changed vehicle tracking from a report driven system to one using interactive DDM files from data on the host AS/400 or AS400 or iSeries computer at Mattel's main office. * Designed a new shipping accountability program that was embraced by a major international shipper and resulted in shipping savings of over $5,000,000 in the first year it was used by the parent company. * Chosen as the winner of the 1994 Mattel Worldwide Service Award for a program in AS400 RPG and AS400 CL which saved the company up to $10,000,000 per year in small package shipping.RPG, CL, Excel, WORD, SQL, SDA, DB2, IT Specialist. PC expert. Windows OS, AS/400, AS400, iSeries, Operations. QSECOFR on AS400.Larry Ridgeway: RPG, CL, SQL, AS400, iSeries, Desktop Support, A+, JAVA, SQL Server, electronics, logistics solutions, programmer, operations, Project manager.

·Program in RPG and CL using Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to develop wholesale warehouse management software for four warehouses . ·Designed package tracking software saving $1,000,000 per year.·Headed team to study a logistics bottleneck. Designed software for optimum pick path for both FTL and LTL shipments using refreshed location management database. Savings were 200 man/hours weekly and penalties for detained trucks were down 35%. ·Project manager for vehicle tracking. Executives specified 27 subfile programs. After parceling them out between local office and larger staff at home office, my team developed triple the code of the home office.·Launched report dispersal program using scheduler facilitating savings of 25% in operator man hours.·Specified preferences in personnel and trained all new programmers and operators. ·Delivered all Y2K solutions personally and without a single problem. ·Oversaw transfer of local subsystem to remote system. Budgeted time and expedited a thorough transfer in the face of a severe deadline. Delivered a complete product before the home office was ready to begin. ·Implemented change management guidelines for orderly transitions where none existed.

Nuclear medicine laboratory manager including careful extraction, distribution, packaging, and shipping of pharmaceutical grade reactants at no danger to patients, medical personnel, shipping employees, or myself. Electronics field service representative. Comfortable with going into a hostile environment and turning the situation around with knowlwedge, tact, confidence, and skill. Expert at diagnosis. Writer of technical manuals. Some of the firms where I worked had manuals which had been written in-house by people who had never worked with the equipment. As such, the text was very dry and failed to address the the branching constructs necessary for the careful diagnosis of minor concerns or the operation of all but the most mundane tasks. I rewrote two different manuals which addressed the concerns of clientele while still addressing procedure in a logical fashion. I had these copied and covered so I could give them to my own clients. After a short time, my manuals were the ones referenced and the company publication was placed in storage.Non klutz: I repainted my own home. I remodeled the bathrooms, applying wallpaper, installing mirrors, vanities, toilets, and flooring. I built a cedar fence in my back yard which is the envy of my neighbors. I declined the possibility of hiring a fencing company as I wanted regularly spaced posts. I measured the work, dug the holes, set the posts, poured the concrete, set level support beams, nailed slats, designed and built a gate, and waterproofed the work. I used to play baseball (infield), softball (once called the best pitcher that two umpires had ever seen), used to bowl (averaging over 200), used to golf (once went an entire year without shooting over 75 while playing weekly at least), coached a boys' baseball team to the regional semifinals when they had never made the playoffs before. I managed to make my retirement savings grow in the down market of 2007- 2009.

Education record

B A, Humanities

Associates Degree, Electronics

24 independent credit hours in CL,RPG,ILE, and IBM Operations; Certified as a manager from LET Managed a Nuclear Pharmaceutical Lab.

Education record