Reg Martin

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Reginald Martin
current location: Nyon, Switzerland
Switzerland             

Tel: 41 22   41 22 364 4635
fax :        41 22 364 4641
Email: regmartin@vtx.ch

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Specifically I am interested in mainframe projects (maintenance, development, etc.). Any arrangements should be 
made 3 months before manpower required. I bring over 20 years 
of business and IS experience into a project.
Now I have considerable experience in the wonderful world of .NET - conversion from a mainframe and now ongoing maintenance.
									
Short Profile:
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Nationality:  Canadian - but I've seen most of the world and 
am now in my 18th year of living and doing business in Europe 
based in Switzerland. I have a Swiss Permis C.

Education:  B.Sc.  (Hon) 1965 Mathematics and Chemistry from  
Queen's University in Kingston Ontario, Canada.
M.  Mathematics  1967  Numerical Analysis and Computer Science  
from University of Waterloo, Waterloo Ontario, Canada

Languages: English(MT), German, French (not fluent but manage OK)
	    
Other Languages:  COBOL (many flavours),  PL/I (rusty),  
370 Assembler, MARK IV (rusty), SQL, TRACE, Powerbuilder, 
various BASICs (not really interested in BASIC).

Operating Systems:IBM  Mainframes  (OS/390, MVS,  DOS,  etc.). 
Over the years I have also worked on other systems such as Harris, 
UNIX, PC's, Nixdorf, BCT.

Typical Environment:  CICS/IMS/DB2 applications, OS/390, MVS, DOS,
TSO, TUBES, Endevor, Expeditor, Ezetest, Intertest, Panvalet, 
WSF, SDSF, SDF, SDF II, ISPF, Xedit, SPITAB, Hourglass, 
TRACE (mini) real-time document processing, S-Designor, EDIFACT, etc.
				     
Typical Tasks:  designing, coding, installing, maintaining 
large complicated multi-national mainframe systems. 
(the more complicated, the more fun).  Also training of users. 
Conversions of systems.  

Typical Applications:  financial (accounting, order entry, 
portfolio management,  etc.), logistics, inventory (including 
robotics control and bar code expertise),  real-time  processing  
(credit card  slip  processing), import/export,  telecommunications  
(X.25 and X.32 expertise  world-wide).

Typical Industry Sector:  Pharmaceutical, Food/Tobacco, Petroleum, 
Financial Institution, UN Agency, etc.

History:  Working as a freelance programmer/systems analyst  
since graduation.  Saw the world during the first few years so 
I am  quite aware of conditions around the world and know how 
to adapt (if it is possible - some places you can forget).

Geographic Experience and Preferences:  
Past and  current:  Canada, Europe,  Zimbabwe,  Czech Republic,  
Greece. Projects in Europe, far east,  North  America,  Australia,  
New Zealand and parts of  Africa would be considered.

Major clients (past and present) - General Motors, ESSO, Squibb, 
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Philip Morris, ILO (International Labour 
Office), ITC (part of GATT).

Generally, my contacts with clients are long-term since I really  
do like maintenance and enhancements to existing systems. 
That may mean a few days a month, a few hours a month, a few 
non-stop weeks. I like variety. Some of the above clients 
have been using my services for over 20 years - so I must do 
it right most of the time. When one works for one's self, that 
is the incentive. 

My past business experience means that start-up time is pretty  
fast because I bring business expertise as well as technical  
expertise into a project. In most cases, very little in-house 
time is required to get me up to speed. Usually 1 day is provided 
free  of charge.  

Facilities: full 3270 terminal for X.25 (NPSI) connection or ISDN. 
5250 for AS400 (X.25 or ISDN),  Vtxxx for UNIX . This permits me 
to be on call and perform remote maintenance for clients.

A typical system which I maintain will have 2-300 programs in  it.

Most recent projects (and on-going):

A long term project (it kept growing) in the MVS (now OS/390) 
environment which consisted of bringing an already large European 
system up to a point where it it could be used world-wide 24 
hours per day from Australia to South America taking into 
account business requirements of the different regions. 
During this time, system has gone from mix of VSAM, IMS and DB2 to pure DB2. There are now about 600 programs in that system. It is used to provide logistics support, product purchase and financial planning for 
10 digit budgets. i.e. it is a company mission-critical system. 

At the same time as above but for another company:

Maintenance and many enhancements (mainframe environment) to a 
pharmaceutical pre-billing order entry system. This is also a 
system with 400 programs in it. Many enhancements revolved around 
pricing (a very complicated process in pharma), government 
requirements, introduction of EDI, warehouse management, 
inventory control, bar code controls and labelling, weight 
controls, special splitting of orders automatically, etc.  
In the meantime, I also made a complete analysis of the system 
with respect to going to SAP/R3 SD and related modules.

This contract is on a on-request basis. i.e. order by order. 
I have worked with the client for nearly 30 years and know 
their order entry system better than their employees. Once 
again OE is a mission-critical system (no orders processed 
= no cash flow, and we are talking millions per day here). 
They are quite happy to have a guru (me) on call rather than on 
payroll. For the amount of money the system generates, the cost 
of maintenance is a pittance. I am quite happy with the 
arrangement also. Often this type of maintenance is all that 
is needed for a system if the company only realises that fact. 
In most cases I am able to do everything from Nyon by 3270 
access over X.25.

From time to time I have worked on some small PC based systems 
for smaller firms. But, my real environment is the large 
multi-national type of business.

Tariff: very simple. It is the same no matter what task(s) 
are assigned to me. Any contract will be between the client 
company and the consulting company which will offer my services. 
 
There are 3 types of contracts of interest.

1. on-call - services supplied when you need them. no retainer. 
short duration (less than 2 weeks)
2. part-time services - a fixed number of hours per week are 
guaranteed to the project
3. full time on a project

I prefer type 1 and 2 and require no minimum commitment.

For type 3 a minimum project  duration: 480 hours (3 months)
Depending on the location, there could be some travel costs added.

For the moment, European projects are preferred, but I am 
open to suggestions.

Copyright(c) 1997 Reg Martin and The Software Contractors' Guild, Post Office Box 257, Nottingham, NH USA 03290-0257