George W. Eckenrode

Summary

Eighteen years of experience working with end users and technical MIS staff in the successful development and implementations of systems for Mortgage, Lending, Accounting, Point of Sale, Inventory Management, and System Integration. Additionally, I have enjoyed many years as a world lecturer and trainer for Client/Server and n-tiered architecture design and solution development/deployment.

Expertise

• Database Optimization
• Interapplication Communications
• N-tiered Architecture
• Legacy System Integration
• System Design and Analysis
• Rescue Support (Disaster Recovery)
• Data Modeling and Design
• Project Leadership
• Database Migration
• Event Modeling/Processing
• Inventory Control
• On-Line Transaction Processing
• Batch Processing
• CASE: Design/Development
  • planning
  • analysis
  • design
  • construction
  • encyclopedia management

Certifications

• ORACLE databases ( 7.x, 8i, 10 )
• Microsoft’s SQL Server
• Microsoft Product Specialist
• Sterling Software's ObjectView
• Microsoft’s Visual Basic

Professional Experience

IBM - Jacksonville, Florida
Designed, developed, and maintained a series of database stored procedures that were used by Internet web pages to display “live” player statistics, game scores, and leader board statistics for IBM’s web site used by the Master’s Tournament for the PGA, U.S. Open for USTA, and the Goodwill Games.

DELTA Software Systems, inc. - Memphis, Tennessee
Director of Client/Server Development, Project Design, Management, and Proposals for PC-based and Host (mainframe and mid-range) to PC-based solutions including many cross-platform environments.

Harrah's Entertainment, inc. - Memphis, Tennessee
Designed and developed database utilities and front end applications that enabled access and maintenance to large data stores. These databases contained massive amounts of data related to gaming industry and multiple hotel reservation systems.

I/S Resource Group - Columbus, Ohio
Responsibilities include preparing and giving lectures, seminars, and training on Client/Server design principles and enterprise development including demonstrations and the creation of course material.

Information Industries, inc. (Triple I of Ohio) - Columbus, Ohio
Director of Client/Server development. Extensive work with Knowledgeware's Flashpoint and ObjectView, Visual Basic and Visual C to develop, design, and code departmental solutions as well as EIS applications. This position enabled me to evaluate, train, and place system engineers and re-engineer legacy systems.

The Express World Headquarters - Columbus, Ohio
A woman's fashion retail distributor and store chain, with over $1.3 billion in annual sales in over 650 stores worldwide. CASE-Architect-Senior Programmer/Analyst, Project Leader on a six-million dollar system restructure project, CASE Analysis, design, and construction, Developed CASE training courses and material, Regression and Parallel system implementation, Developed and Deployed a Sales Audit System, Mentoring and JAD session facilitator.

Mercantile Stores, inc. - Cincinati, Ohio
A large-scale department store with over 105 stores Programmer/Analyst Application development for the 4680 IBM Point of Sale machines, Developed and Deployed an inventory management system that incorporated hand-held scanners and remote data transmissions.

Sullivan County Community College (SUNY NY) - Lock Sheldrake, New York
Assistant Professor of Data processing and Information Engineering course instruction. Designed and coded, under contract to the Hotel Technology Department, an inventory management system.

Education

• B.S. Music-Juilliard School of Music, New York, New York
• A.S. Computer Science-Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake, N.Y.
• Graduate Work at Binghamton University, Binghamton, N.Y.
• Graduate Work at Cincinnati Technical College, Cincinnati, Ohio

Skills

Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, NT, DOS, OS/2, IBM MVS/ESA, AS 400, Prime

Tools: Microsoft’s Active Server Pages, MAPI and VIM communication, ODBC, Crystal Reports, Fileaid, ObjectView, Powerbuilder, Flashpoint, EASEL, Rhumba Tools, Attachmate Tools, Expediter, Excel, Lotus, Word, WordPerfect, NDM, FrontPage, Microsoft Publisher, ADW 1.6 and 2.7, ForeSight, ERWIN, Visio, Robo Help and various other IBM and Microsoft System and PC Tools.

Personal Interests