| Thomas A. Jonard | (614)890-7883 (home) |
| 632 Burns Ct. | (614)430-0198 (work) |
| Westerville, OH 43081 | tjonard@usa.net |
EDUCATION
B.A. in Philosophy, June, 1967
Louisville
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
Master of Divinity, June, 1971
EXPERIENCE
| 11/98
to
present |
Senior
Consultant
XLNsystems, Columbus, Ohio |
Accomplishments:
- Team Leader for Greif Brothers Corporation VAX Y2K remediation project.
- System manager for VAX legacy system.
- Converted Greif Brothers to 2 node VAX cluster and RAID-0.
- Installed ALPHA system for State of Ohio, Department of Mental Health.
- Installed primary and backup 2 node ALPHA clusters for State of Ohio, Lottery Commission.
- Consulted with Lottery on software, configuration, integration and upgrades and coordinated vendors.
- Trained Lottery staff in Operations, System Management, Maintenance, Networking and Security Management.
- ALPHA and VAX consulting as needed for customers including Greif Brothers, DLZ Corporation and Ohio Lottery Commission.
- Assisted in development of VMS System Management product.
- Supported VMS System Management customers.
- Assisted in development of CharonVAX product.
- Converted, installed and supported CharonVAX customers.
Major systems involvement:
Software
conversion tools; Integrated Manufacturing system including: BOM, Inventory,
Order Entry, A/R, A/P, G/L, Cost Accounting, Sales Analysis.
Hardware: VAX 4300 cluster, Alpha 2100 cluster, VAX 3000
Software:
VMS, VMSclusters, DECNET, TCP/IP, BASIC, FORTRAN, C, DATATRIEVE, FMS, CharonVAX
| 7/95
to
10/98 |
Staff
Systems Programmer
Checkfree Corporation, Columbus, Ohio |
Accomplishments:
Stabilized systems and completed conversion from mixed VAX/ALPHA to all ALPHA Cluster. Planned and completed hardware upgrades including additional shadowing capability to improve system reliability. Planned and completed O/S software upgrades. Installed patches on as needed basis. Identified the need for, sought, qualified and recommended new hardware maintenance vendor. Assisted developers with application software problems. Addressed issues with cross-platform systems security. Supported operational problem resolution. Implemented operations menu for operator interface to system. Wrote documentation for operations. Identified need for applications operational documentation. Participated Business Recovery Plan including BRP planning and testing and evaluation of hardware and software alternatives to enhance recovery capability. Installed Tandem 2004 system. Planned and implemented move of front end hardware from Columbus, OH site to Atlanta, GA site.
Major systems involvement: Checkfree Front End (24 hour/7 day online)
Hardware: ALPHA 2100 cluster, micro-VAX and SNA-Gateway
Software:
VMS, VMSclusters, DECNET, DTF, TCP/IP, X25
| 4/84
to
6/95 |
Lead
Analyst and Information Systems Officer
National City Bank, Columbus, Ohio |
Accomplishments:
- CPU conversion from 6510s to 6610s.
- Disk conversion from RA92s to MTI Stingray.
- Project Management of user projects and PDP 11/70 conversions.
- Technical leader of Corporate 4GL Task Force.
- Development of project management and Service Request reporting and tracking methodologies.
- Development and implementation of VAX Change Control and Standards.
- Hiring, supervision and training of VAX consultants.
- Established user manager level goals, ROI (with annual $200,000 goal), priorities and schedules for new user applications.
- Training development.
- Training and consulting with users.
- Specification, programming, testing, administration and support of system software.
- System management and performance analysis.
- Configuration and budgeting of systems and upgrades.
Major systems involvement: Investments, Credit Card, Consumer Loans
Hardware: VAX 6610 cluster, micro-VAX and SNA-Gateway
Software:
VMS, DECNET, BASIC, FORTRAN, DATATRIEVE, FMS DECGRAPH, FOCUS, 20/20, NDM
| 9/81
to
4/84 |
Project
Analyst, then Manager of Technical Support, then Senior Systems Engineer
OCLC, Dublin, Ohio |
Accomplishments:
- Reviewed software development and hardware selection projects.
- Developed systems installation and software, hardware and sales support policies, and person-power budget.
- Hired and developed support staff.
- Assisted other sections with technical training, documentation and support.
- Reviewed and selected peripheral hardware.
- Established and maintained relations with multiple vendors.
Hardware:
DG MV-4000 and MV-10000, H-P 3000
Software:
DG: AOS/VS, CEO, MIIS; H-P: MPE III, COBOL
| 1/76 to 9/81 | Software
Specialist, then Senior Software Specialist, then Principal Software Specialist
Digital Equipment Corporation, Columbus, Ohio |
Provided sales, warranty and consulting support for commercial and telephone industry customers and district level consulting review.
Hardware: PDP 11/34 and 11/70, VAX 11/780
Software:
RSTS/E, TRAX, VMS, BASIC+2, BASIC+, VAX BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN IV, FORTRAN
IV+, DECFORM, FMS, DATATRIEVE
| 4/74 to 1/76 | Programmer/Analyst,
then Director of Systems Operations
Amcor Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky |
Analysis and coding of user applications.
Maintenance and operation of computer systems.
Hardware:
H-P 2000, DEC PDP 11/45
Software:
RSTS/E, BASIC+
| 7/71 to 3/74 | Administrative
Supervisor
Louisville City Board of Education, Louisville, Kentucky |
Organized system-wide testing support, data collection and analysis.
Hardware: IBM 370/135, H-P 2000
OBJECTIVE
REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
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