Randy E. Mell www.linkedin.com/in/randymell/ Atlanta, GA 30316 (404) 931-0919 (cell) REMELL1960@hotmail.

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SUMMARY Senior Software Analyst/Project Manager with 30 years experience delivering quality results in a variety of industries. Known for organizational and technical strengths and working individually, as part of a team or as a team leader to accomplish the mission. Solid background in systems development life cycle (SDLC) designing, creating, testing and maintaining programs for large-scale systems. Possess excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. Builds strong relationships with users. Other expertise includes: SDLC MS SQL Server DBA MS Office Suite Epicor Financials Project Management Visual Basic 6.0 PeopleSoft PeopleTools Bank Integration COBOL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kurt Salmon, Inc., Atlanta, GA

1995 2013

Senior Analyst Responsible for designing, developing and maintaining the Batch and Online billing and collection system for a global management consulting company running on a Data General mini-computer utilizing INFOS, AOS/VS II and COBOL, Epicor Financials Suite running AP/AR/GL/Fixed Assets/1099s running on MS SQL Server and a homegrown Practice Management system written in Visual Basic used by all employees to view/update employees/clients/projects/billing; Supervised three contractors: one for 9 years, one for over a year and one for 6 months managing a budget of over $1.5 Million; serving as technical liaison for external auditors; maintaining MS Visual Basic 6.0 home-grown Employee, Client and Project system used by the entire company; maintaining Platinum/Epicor Rel 4.2a/7.3SP3 Financial Suite of programs (AP/AR/GL/FA/1099s) for North America and AsiaPacific; Part-time MS SQL 6.5/7.0/2000/2005/2008 DBA; managing hardware and software maintenance contracts of over $0.7 Million and hardware of over $100,000. Designed, developed and maintained all ancillary systems (Calling Cards, Cell Phones, Reporting Server, Backups, Electronic Reporting, Frango, Positive Pay, Employee Reimbursements, interfaces between systems and banks). Re-negotiated one contract, saving 30% (11K) for 3 years. Set up and maintained the Disaster Recovery plan for our aging Data General mini-computer running our mission-critical systems. Managed team of 20 users and technical staff to implement an upgrade of all computers, operating systems, software and servers to a supported environment, on time and on budget. Conducted bi-weekly Financial Systems meetings with 10 users and technical staff to identify, prioritize and track progress of projects. Managed a high-visibility project with Wachovia Bank that designed, developed and deployed a bank positive pay application to eliminate check fraud. Managed a high-priority project with Wachovia Bank that designed, developed and deployed an Employee Reimbursement system replacing old payroll vendor, saving over $8,000 per year. Designed, developed and deployed an electronic report delivery system, allowing for faster delivery of mission-critical information to Project Managers, freeing up administrative staff for other duties. Assisted with design, development and data migration from Epicor Financials AP to new PeopleSoft AP system. Revised existing PeopleSoft screens and created new PS SQL Queries to give users access to data not available from canned reports.

U.S. Navy Reserve, Atlanta, GA

1993 Present Senior Enlisted Leader/ Senior Chief Responsible for managing, training and mentoring 50 Sailors in a high-tempo Navy Air Cargo Handling Company; Coordinating with upline leadership via conference calls and e-mails to execute orders and operations; managing a yearly budget of over 204K; top Secret Clearance, Veteran Status. Two-year HAZMAT and Air Load Planning certificates. Have reached 20 year service goal and can retire at any time.

Windsor Group, Atlanta, GA

1994 1995

Senior Programmer Analyst Responsible for the maintenance of Batch and Online billing and collection system, design, development and maintenance of marketing expiration letters, agency automation electronic funds transfer and design of the PC time accounting system for the entire department of over 60 programmers.

Ormond Re Group, Ormond Beach, FL

1986 1994

Project Leader Responsible for the design, development and maintenance of Online, Batch and PC Insurance and Reinsurance systems for Accounts Receivable, Group and Crop/Hail processing using CICS/VSE/SP, BMS/GT, COBOL and Micro Focus COBOL/2. Extensive work with PC's which included hardware/software installation/maintenance and user training, Novell Netware 286/386 installation/maintenance, and creation of PC Software/Hardware Inventory programs using DBASE III+ and FOXPRO 2.0.

Food Supply, Inc., Daytona Beach, FL

Contract Programmer

1991 1994

Service Corporation International, Houston, TX

Senior Programmer Analyst

1985 1986

American Indemnity Company, Galveston, TX

Programmer Analyst

1982 1985

S of O Computer Center, Point Lookout, MO

Student Staff/Programmer Analyst EDUCATION/TRAINING

1980 1982

The School of the Ozarks (AKA The College of the Ozarks), Point Lookout, MO 1978 1982 Bachelor of Science Daytona Beach Community College (AKA Daytona State College), Daytona Beach, FL 1989 1991 Continuing Education. 36 credit hours, 4.0 GPA. Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 2007 2007 Continuing Education. 4 credit hours, 3.3 GPA. Naval War College, Newport, RI 2010 2010 Completed the Senior Enlisted Academy (communications, leadership, management), both online and a two-week on-site capstone course. Kurt Salmon, Inc., Atlanta, GA 1995 2012 Over $40,000 spent on typically one-week courses: MS Word, Excel, Access, Visual Basic 6, Crystal Reports, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, System Administration for MS SQL Server 6.5, 7.0, 2000, 2005, 2008, Transact-SQL, Reporting Services, AOS/VS II User & Systems, Leader Effectiveness Training, Communicating Long-Distance Across Cultures, Project Management, Oracle 11i Financials Functional Foundation & System Administrator Fundamentals, PeopleSoft PeopleTools I / II Rel 8.50 Accelerated.