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Sherry Lozier
Houston, Texas
(713) 420-3965
Email: Sherry@Lozier.net
Internet: http://Sherry.Lozier.net/myresume.htm
Highly motivated resourceful team player with progressive information technology experience.
Strong analytical approach; adept at data gathering and
analysis, identifying solutions to problems, developing action plans, and
achieving results. Proven high performer with solid organizational, time
management and administrative abilities. Strong verbal and written communication
skills. Ability to learn new systems and processes quickly, and to transfer knowledge
to others. Extensive mainframe, client/server and software experience.
SKILLS
Senior IT Programmer/Analyst, PeopleSoft Team
Programmer/Analyst
Highlands Insurance, Inc.
Project Lead
TIBCO Rendezvous 6.5
TIBCO Repository Manager
TIBCO MessageBroker
TIB/Adapter for PeopleSoft
TIB/Adapter for ActiveDB
XML Authority
HTML/Dynamic HTML
JavaScript
Microsoft Access
HP-UX /Unix Scripts
Oracle 7.3 / Oracle 8
SQL Server 7
Powerbuilder w/PFC 5.0
SQL
PL/SQL
PeopleSoft Financials 5.12 & 7.5
PeopleTools
PeopleCode
PeopleSoft SQR
COBOL
Crystal Info/Reports
El Paso Corporation
June 1998 - Present
Houston, Texas
Develop and support PeopleSoft Financials for information management needs
of an energy company. Client/server programming and development consists
primarily of the following: PeopleTools, PeopleCode, SQR,
Oracle RDBMS, SQL, and TIBCO.
Key Accomplishments:
American General
Corporation
April 1997 - June 1998
Houston, Texas
Developed and supported client/server systems for information management needs
of the Human Resources infrastructure of a large corporation by: defining
requirements; identifying and recommending alternative methods/solutions;
translating user requirements into functional/technical specifications;
designing database tables and relationships; coding jobs and programs
from functional specifications; thorough testing; documentation; and
on-time delivery. System programming and development consisted primarily
of the following: Oracle RDBMS, SQL, PL/SQL, PeopleSoft SQRs, Unix scripts,
Powerbuilder w/PFC.
Key Accomplishments:
January 1997 - April 1997
Houston, Texas
Developed and managed the schedule of a large project to convert a daily
mainframe cycle of jobs to a monthly cycle. Communicated with all involved
throughout the project to resolve issues, report progress, and develop
contingency plans. Assured end-user expectations were met and the project
objectives were realized.
Programmer/Analyst
GE Capital Assurance Inc.
October 1995 - January 1997
Developed insurance systems for agency, sales and marketing technology needs
by: defining requirements; identifying and recommending alternative
methods/solutions; translating user requirements into functional/technical
specifications; coding jobs and programs from functional specifications.
Prepared all related documentation including process flows, system diagrams,
job flow diagrams, restart directions, and user instructions. Performed unit
and system testing; trained users in the operation and capabilities of programs;
participated in on-call support; and initiated and participated in task force
projects. System support and development consisted primarily of the following
mainframe and PC systems: Life Comm III; Agent Earnings (Commissions); Sales
System/Cash Sheet Receipts; and Illustration/Proposal Systems.
Key Accomplishments:
Electronic Forms Analyst
GE Capital Assurance/Harcourt General (Insurance)
May 1992 - October 1995
Analyzed, designed and programmed specifications using IBM's Overlay Generation
Language (OGL) to create forms, and Page Printer Formatting Aid/370 to merge
and control the printing of mainframe data. Planned, coordinated and streamlined
company mass mailings. Implemented and assumed maintenance responsibility
of the Image Science's DocuMerge mainframe publishing system which automated
the assembly of insurance policies. Performed audits of policy assemblies
for compliance assurance. Coordinated conversion and installed signatures/logos
as necessary. Coached staff of three, supervised desktop publishing and print
re-ordering, and coordinated assignments and training.
Key Accomplishments:
Systems Coordinator/Manufacturing Analyst
Harcourt General (Publishers)
April 1988 - May 1992
Responsibilities consisted of writing programs for detailed analytical projects
and providing computer support for department. These projects included developing
REXX programs for estimating and analyzing book manufacturing costs and
monitoring price increases which resulted in significant annual cost savings,
Clipper program for forecasting necessary warehouse storage, Clipper program
for automating departmental charging for paper and cloth purchases which
resulted in a significant reduction in processing errors, Clipper program
for optimizing production and economic order quantities, construction and
execution of program test scripts and various other programming and analytical
projects.
Text/Graphics Page Makeup Operator
Harcourt General (Publishers)
January 1987 - April 1988
Operational responsibilities for transforming text files into final ready
to print pages utilizing US Lynx media conversion software and Xyvision
typesetting system. Also responsible for assisting in the start-up and training
of personnel of this department. Promoted to Systems Coordinator/Manufacturing
Analyst.
Assistant to the Director of Publishing Services
Harcourt General (Publishers)
June 1985 - January 1987
Participated in various publishing and technical research projects. Gained
exposure to numerous hardware configurations and software packages including
word processing, spreadsheet, database, file transfer, OCR scanning, and
typesetting. Promoted to Text/Graphics Page Makeup Operator.
EDUCATION
University of Central Florida, Orlando,
Florida
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, 1986
Coursework included: Assembler, COBOL, C, Pascal, LISP, Fortran, Data Structures,
Discrete Structures
Sherry@Lozier.net
713-420-3965
