iSeries Technical Specialist, Disaster Recovery Planner Resume

Desired Industry: Miscellaneous	SpiderID: 22326
Desired Job Location: Toronto, Ontario	Date Posted: 8/28/2008
Type of Position: Other	Availability Date:
Desired Wage:
	U.S. Work Authorization: No
Job Level: Management (Manager, Director)	Willing to Travel: Yes, 50-75%
Highest Degree Attained: Other	Willing to Relocate: Yes

Objective:
Seeking a challenging role managing iSeries systems and/or building/testing disaster recovery plans.

Experience:
Jan 2005 – Present: Owner and Senior Specialist – i3 Tech Group Inc & Dynamic Disaster Recovery, Inc.: Aurora, ON.
Senior Technical Specialist responsible for all aspects of client systems and related technology
- Upgrades/migrations to all models of AS400, iSeries and i5 systems and hardware
- Supported applications for users in support contracts
- Performed security and performance evaluations
- Taught BRMS course for IBM.
- Performed services for various IBM Business Partners
o Technical services
o System configurations
o Pre-sales
- Built disaster recovery plans
- Performed disaster recovery tasks
www.i3tg.com & www.dynamicdr.com

Mar 2002 – Jan 2005: Senior Specialist – Midrange: Markham, ON.
Involved in all aspects of system planning and upgrades of hardware and software
- Upgrades/migrations to all models of AS400, iSeries systems and hardware
- Implemented backup solutions using native commands and BRMS
- Developed training materials and documented systems for use in disaster recovery
- Helped interview for disaster recovery planning
- Wrote disaster recovery scripts
- Implemented Linux on iSeries partitions
- Installed and configured hardware
- Performed System Administration duties on client systems
- Provided materials and instructed classes on Linux, Operations Navigator and System Administration
www.midrange.ca

Nov 1998 – Mar 2002: Technical Specialist - ASTECH Solutions: Aurora, ON.
Involved in all aspects of planning and design, gathered user requirements, wrote technical reports, design documents and design specifications, planned programming, led development teams. Participated in implementations of Logical Partitioning. Consulted on projects related to performance, hardware, networking and modernizing of applications. Instructed IBM Business Partners in Technical Solutions and Sales for V4R3, V4R4, V4R5, V5R1, V5R2 and Linux in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. www.astech.com

Aug 1998 – Nov 1998: Programmer - Day & Ross Trucking: Hartland, NB
Programmed in RPG/400, CL/400 and Visual Basic 4.0/5.0. Utilized tools such as DBU, Visual Debugger and QUERY/400.

Education:
Ongoing: Attendance of Disaster Recovery Planning sessions – DRIE: www.drie.org
Nov 2007: IBM Residency, Technical Overview V6R1 – IBM: Rochester, MN.
Jun 2004: SkyView Security training – Mid-Range: Markham, ON.
Oct 2003: iSeries Windows Integration – IBM: Rochester, MN.
Sept 2003: iSeries Linux Integration – IBM: Rochester, MN.
Sept 2003: IBM Advanced LPAR Training – Mid-Range: Markham, ON
Mar 2001: IBM Residency, Technical Overview V5R1 – IBM: Rochester, MN.
Sept 2000: Project Management – Custom training of PMI standards
Aug 2000: Java Level II, Advanced Functions – Seneca College: Toronto, ON.
Apr 2000: IBM Residency, Technical Overview V4R5 – IBM: Rochester, MN.
Feb 1999: IBM Residency, Technical Overview V4R4 – IBM: Rochester, MN.
Jun 1998: Computer Studies – Keyin College: St. John's, NF.

Affiliations:
- Toronto User Group for Midrange Systems (TUG) – www.tug.ca
- York Technology Association – www.yorktech.ca
- Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) – www.cips.ca
- Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) – www.itac.ca
- Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) – www.dri.ca
- Disaster Recovery Information Exchange (DRIE) – www.drie.org
- Toronto
- Southwestern Ontario

Skills:
- OS/400 & i5
- Linux
- Windows 9X, NT, 2000 & XP
- AS/400, iSeries/400 & i5
- INS, IXS & IXA
- Performance Tools
- BRMS/400
- iSeries Access
- CL/400
- iSeries Navigator
- MS Project 2000
- MS Office
- MS Visio
- Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

Additional Information:
Accomplishments:
Director – Toronto User’s Group for iSeries – www.tug.ca

CompTIA Certification – www.comptia.com
- Linux+ - May 2004 – XK0-001

IBM Certifications
- V5R4 i5 Technical Solutions: Design Jun 2007
- V5R3 i5 Technical Solutions: Design Apr 2005
- V5R2 iSeries Windows Integration Expert: May 2004
- V5R2 iSeries Linux Integration Expert: Oct 2003
- V5R2 iSeries Technical Solutions: Design Oct 2002
- V5R1 Sales Solutions: Sep 2001
- V4R3 Technical Solutions: Jun 1999

Candidate Contact Information:

Name: Garth Tucker
Street: -	Phone: -
City: Stouffville	Fax: -
State: Ontario
Zip: -
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