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Simon King
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2015 - ?
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Development Team Leader (Core Banking System)
One Savings Bank.
Main Activities: Core banking system development for savings and mortgages. Enhancing online presence with Sandstone Groovy/Grails website on Linux servers. Interfacing into IBM Http server for customer account opening and maintenance. Acting as Team Leader enables me to act as liaison between the business users and the development team. Involved in streamlining the day to day IT operation. Using ServiceDesk requests for support and change during a period of transition and Jira for testing coordination and bug tracking. Leading internal, contract and off-shore development resources. Building webservice integration between internal Workflow server (AWD) and IBM I, using both SOAP and RESTful service architecture. Creating WSDL, testing and validating links.
Languages: RPG 4
SOAP/WSDL for webservice integration
DB2
SQL
Packages: Bastion Banking
Sandstone Bankfast
Thenon Change Control
Languages: RPG 4
SOAP/WSDL for webservice integration
DB2
SQL
Packages: Bastion Banking
Sandstone Bankfast
Thenon Change Control
Support, ME, Online, WSDL, Http, Off-shore, Grails, Server, Workflow, Testing, Groovy, Restful, Development, Sql, Banking, Architecture, Webservice, It, Service, Website, SOAP, DB2, Integration, Jira, Linux
2004 - 2015
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Senior Analyst Programmer
Chaucer Insurance.
Main Activities: Key member of a large IT department responsible for the ongoing development of many systems that support the Motor underwriting and claims operations of a successful Division of Chaucer, a Lloyds Insurer. The main system is a heavily customised version of Insure/90. Major part of the team that built the highly successful Motor Trade insurance extranet website, which allows the brokers direct quote and buy access to Chaucer. This was .Net and SQL server based, communicating with Insure/90 using XML via SOA. I was responsible for the support and enhancement of the ChaucerDirect application where Chaucer's products appear on all the main Insurance aggregator sites and is backed up by a comprehensive website. Adapted the Motor Trade extranet system to interface with Acturis' front end via a webservice. My involvement in these developments has meant gaining skills in .NET, HTML, XML, CGI programming as well as website configuration and management through IIS, SOAP and RESTful webservice, and also SQL Server configuration and programming. We also successfully installed Aldon Lifecycle Manager as a department wide change management and deployment solution. We are using this for Insure90 (iSeries), and .Net applications (Wintel) as well as Lansa. We implemented a new payment provider (Datacash) for credit and debit card payments, and have built internal and external webservice access to this from both our backoffice and website environments.
Languages: RPG/400
RPG 4 (ILE)
Visual Basic for Applications (Excel and Access)
Microsoft .NET
SQL (DB2/400, Access, MS SQLServer)
Query/400
SOAP/REST/WSDL
VB Script (Active Server Pages)
Packages: ISIS Papyrus Document production
Aldon Lifecycle Manager
Team City
Mercurial
Languages: RPG/400
RPG 4 (ILE)
Visual Basic for Applications (Excel and Access)
Microsoft .NET
SQL (DB2/400, Access, MS SQLServer)
Query/400
SOAP/REST/WSDL
VB Script (Active Server Pages)
Packages: ISIS Papyrus Document production
Aldon Lifecycle Manager
Team City
Mercurial
Support, Basic, UP, Mercurial, Manager, Vb, WSDL, Production, Underwriting, Server, Insurance, IIS, Restful, Development, SOA, Analyst, Html, Deployment, Webservice, It, Website, SOAP, Net, Management, DB2, REST, XML, HTML/CSS/Javascript, SQL Server, Excel, Sql, Change management
2000 - 2004
freelance
Systems Consultant
Saga Services.
Main Activities: Member of a team supporting marketing activities. Team members are responsible for fulfilling user requests from specification through to delivery. Selecting customers for Direct Marketing and developing various reporting and statistical systems. Programs are written in either RPG/400 or RPG IV, many of which are manipulating very large database files. SQL is widely used. Manipulating data from core Unix systems via FTP and Ardent Datastage for detailed reporting and automated telephony (CTI) system. Responsible for maintaining regular and adhoc reports for Marketing and Finance, analysing sales responses to marketing campaigns. My knowledge of the AS/400 and DB2/400 has been widely used in mentoring and overseeing the other team members.
Languages: RPG/400
RPG 4 (ILE)
Visual Basic 6.0
SQL (DB2/400, Access, SQL Server)
Query/400
VB Script (Active Server Pages)
Packages: Business Objects
Set Analyzer
Languages: RPG/400
RPG 4 (ILE)
Visual Basic 6.0
SQL (DB2/400, Access, SQL Server)
Query/400
VB Script (Active Server Pages)
Packages: Business Objects
Set Analyzer
Marketing, Sql, SQL Server, Database, Mentoring, DB2, Sales, Unix, Finance, Direct marketing, Server, Vb, Basic
1996 - 1999
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Senior Analyst Programmer
Lloyd's.
IBM AS/400
Main Activities: Responsible for in-house maintenance of Insure/90 insurance package. Designing and coding of enhancements and fixes. Member of an eight person IT department and one of four Analyst/Programmers. Worked on projects in conjunction with PMS Creative staff based in Chertsy, including full cycle EDI. Liased with all levels of staff up to senior management. Have gained experience with PCs, networks (Microsoft and Novell), Unix systems, Windows NT. Developed communication links to external systems and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Responsible for implementing PowerPlay (PC based statistical reporting and interrogation package) into the company, and building a database to give the underwriting staff access to the information held on the AS/400. Completed integration of fax system to enable letters to be faxed directly from AS/400 terminals. Have written applications in Delphi for Windows PCs, used to capture information from Ibex's brokers and the loading and interrogation of data on SQL Server. Set up communications links via the IBM network and GEIS network for EDI and via ISDN to Iceland for a new overseas operation using NaVision software.
Languages: RPG/400
RPG 4 (ILE)
Visual Basic for Applications (Excel and Access)
SQL (DB2/400, Access, SQL Server)
Query/400
Borland Delphi
Packages: Cognos PowerPlay and Impromptu
Insure/90
Total Systems Ultima
Main Activities: Responsible for in-house maintenance of Insure/90 insurance package. Designing and coding of enhancements and fixes. Member of an eight person IT department and one of four Analyst/Programmers. Worked on projects in conjunction with PMS Creative staff based in Chertsy, including full cycle EDI. Liased with all levels of staff up to senior management. Have gained experience with PCs, networks (Microsoft and Novell), Unix systems, Windows NT. Developed communication links to external systems and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Responsible for implementing PowerPlay (PC based statistical reporting and interrogation package) into the company, and building a database to give the underwriting staff access to the information held on the AS/400. Completed integration of fax system to enable letters to be faxed directly from AS/400 terminals. Have written applications in Delphi for Windows PCs, used to capture information from Ibex's brokers and the loading and interrogation of data on SQL Server. Set up communications links via the IBM network and GEIS network for EDI and via ISDN to Iceland for a new overseas operation using NaVision software.
Languages: RPG/400
RPG 4 (ILE)
Visual Basic for Applications (Excel and Access)
SQL (DB2/400, Access, SQL Server)
Query/400
Borland Delphi
Packages: Cognos PowerPlay and Impromptu
Insure/90
Total Systems Ultima
Navision, Basic, UP, EDI, Underwriting, PC, Server, Insurance, Software, Analyst, Delphi, Sql, It, Unix, Network, Windows, Management, DB2, Integration, Database, SQL Server, Excel
1990 - 1996
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Senior Analyst Programmer
Guardian Insurance.
IBM AS/400
Main Activities: Involved in successful implementation of Creative's Insure/90 insurance package, which has been customised to meet the business' requirements.
Worked in a combined Accounts and Management Information team. This included producing specifications, programming, testing and implementing reports, extract files and on-line enquiries.
Designed and implemented a program to produce a dBASE file from the AS/400.
PowerPlay EIS (Cognos). Have completed the development of PowerPlay extracts from both the healthcare and household business databases. Had responsibility for initial design, specification, overseeing programming, implementation and ongoing support.
Used OPNQRYF and SQL (via Query Management) extensively to extract and summarise data, for the production and verification of test data and for performing ad hoc file updates.
Had responsibility for supervision and development of programming staff working on my team. Attended in-house courses on supervising and appraising staff.
Languages: RPG/400
RPG 4 (ILE)
Visual Basic for Applications (Excel and Access)
SQL (DB2/400, Access)
Query/400
Packages: Cognos PowerPlay
Main Activities: Involved in successful implementation of Creative's Insure/90 insurance package, which has been customised to meet the business' requirements.
Worked in a combined Accounts and Management Information team. This included producing specifications, programming, testing and implementing reports, extract files and on-line enquiries.
Designed and implemented a program to produce a dBASE file from the AS/400.
PowerPlay EIS (Cognos). Have completed the development of PowerPlay extracts from both the healthcare and household business databases. Had responsibility for initial design, specification, overseeing programming, implementation and ongoing support.
Used OPNQRYF and SQL (via Query Management) extensively to extract and summarise data, for the production and verification of test data and for performing ad hoc file updates.
Had responsibility for supervision and development of programming staff working on my team. Attended in-house courses on supervising and appraising staff.
Languages: RPG/400
RPG 4 (ILE)
Visual Basic for Applications (Excel and Access)
SQL (DB2/400, Access)
Query/400
Packages: Cognos PowerPlay
Design, Sql, Excel, Test, DB2, Management, Support, Analyst, Development, Supervision, Implementation, Testing, Insurance, Production, Performing, Basic
1989 - 1990
job
Analyst Programmer
Chase Manhattan Bank.
IBM AS/400 and S/38
Main Activities: Involved in enhancement and installation of Private Investment Banking package developed by Chase in Geneva. Worked in Jersey for a time, enhancing the package and correcting faults.
Wrote and implemented a capital Gains Tax calculation system from specifications.
Languages: RPG/400
RPG3
RPG2
Query/400
Main Activities: Involved in enhancement and installation of Private Investment Banking package developed by Chase in Geneva. Worked in Jersey for a time, enhancing the package and correcting faults.
Wrote and implemented a capital Gains Tax calculation system from specifications.
Languages: RPG/400
RPG3
RPG2
Query/400
Banking, Analyst
1986 - 1989
job
Analyst/Programmer
Saga Holidays.
IBM S/38
Main Activities: Developed and supported systems involved with the administration of holidays.
Implemented British Rail ticket printing programs and audit reports.
Installed Management Information system written by outside contractors.
Programmed Credit Card transaction recording and reporting system.
Languages: RPG3
Query/38
Main Activities: Developed and supported systems involved with the administration of holidays.
Implemented British Rail ticket printing programs and audit reports.
Installed Management Information system written by outside contractors.
Programmed Credit Card transaction recording and reporting system.
Languages: RPG3
Query/38
Administration, Management, Audit, Analyst, Audit
1985 - 1986
internship
Trainee Programmer IBM S/38
Wm Dawson.
Main Activities: Amended programs as requested by Systems Analyst.
Worked on systems to administer subscriptions to professional journals.
Languages: RPG3
Worked on systems to administer subscriptions to professional journals.
Languages: RPG3
Analyst
1984 - 1985
internship
Trainee Programmer/Operator IBM S
Carter Wallace.
34
Main Activities: Making program amendments as requested. Wrote new report programs in RPG II.
Manufacturing company. Purchasing department systems. Sales analysis and forecasts. Reconciling month end for Accounts department. Some operations work to cover for staff absence.
Languages: RPG2
Main Activities: Making program amendments as requested. Wrote new report programs in RPG II.
Manufacturing company. Purchasing department systems. Sales analysis and forecasts. Reconciling month end for Accounts department. Some operations work to cover for staff absence.
Languages: RPG2
SoMe, Sales
My education
Harvey Grammar School
Secondary, Mathematics (Minor in Physics)
Secondary, Mathematics (Minor in Physics)
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