Tim Belloto
Master Concepts - Overview
 
Consulting, and working in the IT field since 1991, Master Concepts is an entrepreneurial information technology company that develops software and services targeted to the growing North American logistics industry. 
Focus


Logistics industry, transportation, warehouse, inventory and POS applications. 
Business Analysis / Project Management. 
Client/Server development. 
Windows XP/2000/NT/95/98 and server environments. 
RFID.


 
Services
A flexible organization, designed to respond to customer needs, Master Concepts provides the following services:


Packaged software application development. 
Custom software development. 
Contract programming. 
Maintenance and support of internally and externally developed systems. 
Systems and Business Consulting


 
Experience
Through Master Concept’s engagements and my own employment, I have been involved in a wide variety of logistics industry information technology (IT) projects over the past nine years. 


Consultant for Belloto & Associates since 1991 
Programmer / Analyst on depreciation, amortization, payroll, and billing programs. 
Technologies: Pascal; R:Base; Powerbuilder; FoxPro. 
Master Concepts has maintained the FedEx Ground Purchasing / Warehousing database since 1992. 
Technologies: R:Base, SQL Server. 
Master Concepts was a contract programmer / analyst to Robert’s Express during 1991-1993. 
Sales Reporting Database utilizing R:Base. 
Master Concepts was a contract programmer / analyst to Caliber Logistics during 1993-1994. 
Full time employee of Caliber Logistics during 1994-1995. 
Programmer / Analyst on several logistic applications. 
Technologies: R:Base; Sybase; Uniface. 
Full time employee of TMW Systems, a transportation software developer in Beachwood, OH, during 1995-1997. 
Technologies: PowerBuilder; Visual Basic; SQL Server; Sybase. 
Master Concepts was engaged at Textron Fastening Systems / Flexalloy 1997-1999 and 2001 -present: 
Converted data collection sites to utilize Sympbol Palm Pilots with integrated scanners.
Rolled out 802.11b technology and security in for use in 5 warehouses.
Supporting a legacy warehouse management system. 
Analyst supporting rollout of MFG/Pro from QAD (ERP system). 
Technogies: QuickBasic; Visual Basic; Progress 
Full time employee at Flexalloy as Network Systems Manager. 
Managed team responsible for database performance (Progress), Unix platform (IBM RS6000 AIX and HP-UX L1000 and L2000), and LAN / WAN (Novell and Windows NT servers, Cisco switches and Routers).


 
Technologies


Desktop OS: Windows NT/95/98 
Server OS: NetWare, Windows NT, Unix, Linux 
Database: Sybase, Sybase SQL Anywhere, Microsoft SQL Server 
Programming Languages: Powerbuilder, Visual Basic, QuickBasic, R:Base, dBase, Foxpro, ANSI SQL; Pascal; MS Access 
Wide Area and Local Area Networks 
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project, FrontPage 
Hardware: IBM RS6000, HP L-Series servers