801 South Plymouth Court #915
Chicago, IL 60615

(312) 697-0887
cmkay@rcn.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Systems executive with more than twenty years of systems experience, including broad-based expertise developed as a consultant with one of the Big Five accounting firms' consulting divisions. Familiar with IBM midrange computers as well as PCs, networks, and various telephone systems. Software familiarity includes a wide range of technical, financial, and reporting applications. Effective at dealing with management, technical people, and users, and at translating user needs into system requirements such that solutions are implemented on time and within budget.

EDUCATION

University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
Master of Business Administration

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Bachelor of Arts
Member of Phi Kappa Phi honorary fraternity

SYSTEMS-RELATED EMPLOYMENT

PROJECT EXPERIENCE (Most recent)

Reimbursement System (Development of enhancements)
System that allows a non-profit institution to budget its reimbursable expenses and track those expenses. The system prepares vouchers in the appropriate format to obtain reimbursement from the Department of Human Services of the City of Chicago. Developed in Microsoft Access.

Time Reporting System (Design and development)
System for entering hourly employee time with automatic calculation of number of hours worked and overtime for a non-profit organization providing services to the City of Chicago Department of Human Services. Developed in Microsoft Access.

Work Management/Warehouse Management Systems Interface (Design and development)
Interface between the EMPAC work management system and the AMMP warehouse management system for a nuclear power plant of a major electric utility. Allowed for order downloads every fifteen minutes, rather than the five times per day provided in the original interface. Developed in Microsoft Access. Windows NT/Oracle/Microsoft SQL Server environment.

Data Gathering and Analysis (Design and development)
Many ad hoc queries and reports for the analysis of moving versus nonmoving items warehoused for plant maintenance by a major electric utility. Developed in Microsoft Access. Novell NetWare/Windows NT/DB2 (on IBM mainframe)/Microsoft SQL Server environment.

Activity Reporting Database (Design and development)
Productivity tracking and reporting system for warehouses at two nuclear plants of a major electric utility. Allowed management for the first time to track tasks by worker. Developed in Microsoft Access. Windows NT/Microsoft SQL Server environment.

Warehouse Management System (Redesign)
Redesigned and oversaw the development by the software vendor of significant enhance-ments to the warehouse management system of a major electric utility. The redesign allowed the software to support reengineered warehousing processes. Windows NT/Microsoft SQL Server environment.

Investment Portfolio Database (Design and development)
System for recording and reporting on portfolio investment, exchange, and redemption transactions for a venture capital company. Includes semi annual valuation processes and reports that have been highly praised by the investors. Developed in Paradox for Windows. Novell NetWare environment.

Limited Partner Database (Design and development)
Investor reporting system for a venture capital company. Users maintain relationships among funds, investors, contacts, addresses, mailing types, and number of copies per contact per mailing type. Includes an automated WordPerfect merge. Originally developed in Paradox for DOS and WordPerfect for DOS, recently redeveloped in Paradox for Windows and WordPerfect for Windows. Novell NetWare environment.

Loan Servicing System (Software selection only)
Selected loan servicing software for a small real estate investment company. Novell NetWare environment.

Registration and Billing Database (Design and development)
Class registration, billing, and marketing system for a third party training company. Includes an automated WordPerfect merge. Developed in Paradox for DOS and WordPerfect for DOS.

Coequity Reporting System (Design and development)
Portfolio reporting system for an investment management company. Includes an extract from accounting system files in Btrieve format via the Crystal Reports print engine. Developed in Paradox for Windows. Novell NetWare environment.

Vendor Discrepancy System (Development only)
System for tracking vendor order-filling and delivery errors for a major institutional food distributor. Developed in Paradox for DOS. Standalone PC environment.

Order Discrepancy System (Development only)
System for tracking order filling and delivery errors for a major institutional food distributor. I worked on the reporting side of the application. Developed in Paradox for DOS. Standalone PC environment.

Fleet Inventory System (Development only)
Delivery equipment tracking system by district and region for a major institutional food distributor. Developed in Paradox for DOS. Standalone PC environment.