Experience

Jay Group

• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Application Development Manager

  • May 2020 - Present



Wind Creek Bethlehem

• United States
• Gambling Facilities and Casinos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Program Manager

  • May 2019 - May 2020

  Responsibilities: I managed the Business Analysts group. Managing this team allows me to be involved with all projects related to new installs, upgrades, product evaluations, integrations, helpdesk tickets from user community, and vendor helpdesk tickets. We would meet with each department on a monthly basis to review tickets, projects, anything else that needed attention. I managed the team that administered the IBM i. There were 5 IBM i to manage. 1 Primary and Backup for the Gaming system. 1 Primary and Backup for the Financial system. And 1 system designated as our test/development system. Managing this area allowed me to oversee solutions such as Syncsort(Alliance FTP Manager, iTeria, and iOptimize), Sequel, BRMS. Responsible for supporting the Gaming system (CMP, SDS, BOSS, Bus Marketing, HUB, Everi Compliance Manager, Everi Kiosk for ticket redemption, Bravo), PMS system (Opera), POS system (Info Genesis), Finance (Infinium), Procurement (Stratton Warren), and Time Keeping (Kronos). I worked with the 1st Level Helpdesk Manager and the Infrastructure Manager when I needed those resources for projects, support, or for any reason that may require their talents for my team’s needs. I participate in weekly leadership meetings to review and share updates with the other IT managers so there is observability throughout IT of everything that is happening with our resources and efforts. I was responsible for reviewing the budget for solutions I acquired in that budget year. Reviewed and approved any invoices for items or services I purchased. Submitted the following years budget based on goals of the organization and the IT department. Technologies/Products: Scientific Games(CMP, SDS, Coolsigns, iViews, Bus Marketing, TableView, BOSS), IGT Electronic Table Games, Oracle(Opera), Agilysys(rGuestPay, Info Genesis, Datamagine, StrattonWarren), Kronos, Ideas, Tangam, Microsoft (Excel, Outlook, Notes, Projects,Visio, Power BI), iTera, Sequel, BRMS Show less



Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem

• United States
• Gambling Facilities and Casinos
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Program Manager

  • Sep 2016 - May 2019

  Responsibilities:Responsible for supporting the Gaming system (ACSC, SMS), Agilysys (LMS)When I started work at Sands I participate in Steering Committee meetings where Sr Leadership would review our progress and set or reset priorities.Everything above...

• Business Relationship Manager

  • May 2016 - Sep 2016

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Wells Fargo

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Development Consultant

  • Mar 2015 - Apr 2016

  Responsibilities: Work with the Private Label group whose purpose is to restyle/reface the Wells Fargo International Trade Web Sites to match the customers brand/style. These sites will also be customized to meet the customers’ business requirements. The Private Label group will also interface with other teams within the Wells Fargo International Trade team to process transaction within the life cycle of the Trade product. My job consists of taking the existing java code and doing two things. Remove any out-dated dependencies and replace with current technologies and fulfill the business requirements of current customers and on-boarding customers. Key Projects/Achievements: Converted code from using the STRUTS framework to the Spring MVC framework. Technologies/Products: JBoss, Spring MVC, Oracle DB, Hibernate, Java RIA, JavaScript, YUI, SVN, Java, Eclipse, AS400, RPGLE,Microsoft (Excel, Outlook, Notes, Projects) Show less



MicroFirst

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Development Manager

  • Jan 2012 - Mar 2015

  Responsibilities: Evaluate change requirements for the ACSC (Ballys Casino Gaming) system for customers that wish to enhance their Casino system with low impact to the overall product. Perform evaluation of system(s), review project objectives with management, and provide system support. Review customer’s requirements. Write/design estimates and spec’s that met the customer needs. Write and design the software changes for the customer based on the approved requirements and functional spec’s. Conduct staff training and Needs Analysis. Manage FTE and CTE resource. Key Projects/Achievements: Designed, Wrote, and installed a beverage request system. Drinks would get ordered/requested from the slot machine and would be immediately seen at the bar using a web based application. Each step (ordered, mix, waitress pickup, and delivery) of the drink request would update the patron at the slot machine to keep them informed about their drink. The system increased customer service delivery times, increased sales, ability to track employee performance. Design, Wrote a Slot Dispatch system. Starting by writing code that integrated a small application and the main Slot Server. The integrated slot application would intercept messages from the slot server and route them to the Main Dispatch application. Based on features designed to allow selective messages to be filter through the application each customer saw the Slot transactions important to them. Introduced the benefits of using a software change management system to help aid in the management, organization, and distribution of key software projects. Technologies/Products: Struts2,Hibernate,Webshere,Tomcat,CSS,JavaScript,Java,Mysql,AS400,RPGLE,SQL,PCML,XML,JDBC,DB2,UDP,Eclipse,Android,Web Services, Microsoft (Excel, Outlook, Notes, Projects) Show less



Wells Fargo

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Development Consultant

  • May 2007 - Dec 2012

  Responsibilities: Work with International Trades Group which uses the EXIMBILLS application. This software manages both incoming and outgoing SWIFT messages to manage LC (Letter of Credit) for Imports and Exports, Collections, Transfers, Reimbursements, etc. My work consists of taking the existing Wells Fargo software solutions and applying any custom changes required by the partner Bank. Key Projects/Achievements: Wrote programs to interface with a Crypto Card to encrypt financial transactions between Wachovia’s network and a partner Bank. Created tools to refresh environments with production data to better accurately test and train software changes. Wrote software interfaces to other internal business partners at the Bank using Web Services. Implement Apache-POI project with iSeries data to generating actual Excel spreadsheets/functions and not CSV. Technologies/Products: Webservices,AXIS,XML,WSDL2RPG,RPGLE(Procedures,SRVPGMs),SQL,QSH,TURNOVER,MIMIX,OS400 Cryptographic Services,Java,Eclipse,AS400, Microsoft (Excel, Outlook, Notes, Projects) Show less



parx casino

• United States
• Gambling Facilities and Casinos
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Manager of Casino Systems and Operations

  • 2006 - May 2007

  Responsibilities: Recruited to implement and manage all areas of the Casino Systems IT infrastructure This meant direct relations with Vendors when dealing with Slots, Kiosk, Money Count, Itera(Dual systems), Signature Scan & Verification, as well as the core Gaming product Managed all IT security related aspects for the property. System security, user accounts/profiles, application security, and object security. Built and managed the Information Systems, Technical & Production Support areas for the Casino Gaming operations for the property. Key Projects/Achievements: Implemented all software products at the property. Created Schedule for Vendors and End-Users. Schedule was for training on casino related software/hardware products required to learn in order to perform their day-to-day functions. Worked with vendors to cover any unique requirements made by the state or senior management at the property. Designed and Created a Bus Marketing solution that interfaced with Ballys (ACSC) Slot product (SMS). Technologies/Products: ACSC(Ballys Gaming),Showcase, ITERA, Western Money System, ABL (Universal Gateway), AS400 ,RPGLE ,iSeries Performance Tuning, Microsoft (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Notes, Projects) Show less



Resorts Casino Hotel

• United States
• Hospitality
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Systems Development Manager

  • 2000 - 2006

  Responsibilities: Managed a number of RPG programmers whose responsibility is to maintain and enhance the Hotel, Casino, Slot (SDS), and other peripheral systems Worked with vendors and contractors in order to offset any work that is not feasible to do in-house Wrote (and managed) project estimates, routinely giving progress reports, and review of staff work load and progress. I worked with other IT management staff members to ensure that software concerns gets addressed and implemented I worked with Sr. management and project sponsors within the company to review and (re)priorities request made to IT. Key Projects/Achievements: Converted from a dated/obsolete Casino Gaming Product to a modern product. Managed all areas of the project from Gap analysis, Scope of effort, Training, Hiring, Vendor relations, Upper Management project reviews… Streamed lined and enhanced the development life cycle. Introduced layers of accountability and ownership for the development efforts. Created processes to track handoff of software changes to quality assurance, software kickbacks, and overall project objective completion when projects are completed. Was part of key teams for creating a multi-property solution when more properties where acquired by Resorts. I was the key contact for all software related items. Developed the project plan outlining the feature gaps and jurisdictional requirements for each state. Implemented a knowledge database that was helpful to all areas in the IT department. This reduced resolution time for support calls, reduced time when researching complex processes, reduced training time for new IT staff members. Technologies/Products: RPGLE,SQL,DB2,LSI,ACSC(Ballys Gaming),SDS,AS400,MKS, Microsoft (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Notes, Projects) Show less



Sea Shore Software

• Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States

• Owner

  • 1999 - 2002

  During this period I wanted spend some time consulting, write my own code/applications, and see if I could generate enough revenue to do it full time. I would spend my days doing my 9-5 job and my nights and weekends building my business. During this period I wanted spend some time consulting, write my own code/applications, and see if I could generate enough revenue to do it full time. I would spend my days doing my 9-5 job and my nights and weekends building my business.



Mannington Mills, Inc.

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Programmer Analyst,

  • 1999 - 2000

  Enhance system functions for the sales and marketing area. Increase functionality of screens/reports based on the changing needs of the market. I’ve work on proprietary systems that import Distributor sales information from their customers. I was responsible for processes that built and analyzed Sales data that gets exported to a MS Access database. Before leaving I was writing a system that would synch the product pricing file between Mannington and the Distributor. I’ve reduced processing time of out-dated processes. Modify the current database structure to become more of a dynamic and structured data repository for the business. Show less



Logical Solutions International

• Programming Manager

  • 1996 - 1999

  Responsibilities:Organized complex projects by defining project priorities, and delegating tasks. I worked closely with my team of developers helping them with task such as debugging programs, analyzing processes, reviewing the effect of quick fixes, and redesigning functions within the applications. Met with other department managers to review issues concerning Quality Assurance, LSI Developer Standards, Outstanding Customer Support Calls, strategic DevelopmentKey Projects/Achievements:Designed and Created the first interface between the #1 Gaming Product (LSI) and the most versatile Slot Product (Ballys Gaming SMS) …Designed and Created the Software Change Management Solutions. Managed software versioning. Handled all forms of object creation. Managed all environments from Development, Quality Assurance, to Production. Object check-out and check-in’s. Object promotion to next or previous env. Data propagation. Software Installation at customer site. Time TrackingDesigned and Created a Sweepstakes system.Designed and Created a Promotions system that was rules based. Any rule can be mixed and matched with other rules to define the overall promotion, player account eligibility, play tier level and rewards. New rules can be programmed and added to the list of existing rules to enhance the product as the customer needs grow.Technologies/Products:RPGLE,SQL,DB2,LSI,ACSC(Ballys Gaming),AS400 Show less

• Sr. Programmer Analyst

  • 1996 - 1998

  Develop and maintain programs using RPG III/IV. I had the responsibility of writing programs that effected highly functional areas of the applications in order to enhance the product or fix serious/sensitive bugs. When working on strategic projects I was designing new applications that complied with the standards of the existing applications allowing the LSI Product to have a short learning curve for Developers, Q/A, Sales, and Application Specialist.



Trump Castle Casino/Hotel

• Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

• Programmer

  • 1992 - 1996

  Develop applications using RPG III on the AS400 for a highly interactive environment. Environments include Casino, Hotel and Finance packages. Used standard programming techniques from subfiles, maintenance, reports, batch processing, work file processing, open query files, etc..... Develop applications using RPG III on the AS400 for a highly interactive environment. Environments include Casino, Hotel and Finance packages. Used standard programming techniques from subfiles, maintenance, reports, batch processing, work file processing, open query files, etc.....



Resorts Casino Hotel

• United States
• Hospitality
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Systems Security Administrator

  • 1990 - 1992