Jason Wickline

Responsibilities

• Essential Team Leader Responsibilities:

  1. Direct a project team in order to meet projected goals including directing systems implementation for users in order to place a system into operation
  2. Attend regular designated departmental support meetings with groups and individuals to assist management and staff in determining and meeting the technology needs of the University
  3. Assist in monitoring the direction and growth of business to ensure the application of appropriate technologies and support systems
  4. Analyze user problems and operations then design application systems in order to develop functional requirements for a proposed system including cost and time estimates
  5. Monitor and track application system development progress in order to provide and/or recommend the appropriate application of database resources and/or technology in order to meet development and support requirements
  6. Participate in reviews and walk-throughs of feasibility reports, functional requirements, system designs, program specifications, coding, test plans, and results
  7. Communicate regularly with internal technical, applications and operational staff, particularly as a liaison between the Database Administrator(s) and the application systems development team, as appropriate, in order to ensure the database integrity, security, and availability
  8. Provide education, training, and awareness on the core functions and capabilities of the administrative system to team members and end users
  9. Assist in the preparation of application systems project plans and schedules, relative to database-related design, development, implementation, and support
  10. Coordinate testing activities for appropriate application systems development with Database Administrator(s), as required
  11. Evaluate database management systems and related tool sets
  12. Establish training and development goals, with budget considerations in mind, and conduct performance reviews and evaluation of team members in conjunction with the Director in order to ensure continued growth and sustained performance

  Team member responsibilities:

  1. Provide support, as part of the team, for modules of the administrative system(s)
  2. Ensure reports and data requests are accurate and produced in a timely manner
  3. Write and apply database objects to fulfill user requests
  4. Perform design and development in response to requests for information
  5. Identify and resolve data related problems
  6. Consult with departmental data owners regularly to ensure data consistency and integrity
  7. Consult with the end users regarding database issues
  8. Provide information requested from internal/external customers
  9. Assist in development and implementation of data and database related standards, procedures and guidelines
  10. Document packages in order to minimize system problems and ensure quality control

Education and Training

Millikin University; Decatur, Illinois May 1994
Bachelor of Science: Management Information Systems

Technical Training
Oracle 9i Database: Administration Fundamentals I
Oracle 9i Database: SQL Tuning Workshop R2
Oracle Reports Developer 10g: Building Reports
Visual Basic
JAVA Script
XML
HTML
Lotus Notes Development

Managerial Training
• Creating Highly Effective Project Teams
• Making Projects Work
• Managing Multiple Projects & Objectives
• Project Management Techniques
• Advanced Project Management Techniques

Professional Experience

Programming/Operating System Experience
SQL/PLSQL Windows 2000 UNIX (AIX, HPUX)
COBOL Windows XP DOS
CICS MVS ISPF
Database Experience
Oracle (9i) DB2 Informix
Access Progress Ingress

Previous Professional Experience

Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois
Senior Systems Analyst/Team Leader January 2007 - Present
·See responsibilities above.

Database Analyst May 2003 - December 2006
· Provide customer support for modules of Administrative system
· Develop and implement database queries, procedures, packages, and reports
· Perform design and development in response to requests for information
· Identify and resolve data related problems
· Ensure integrity of data
· Provide information requested from internal/external customers
· Ensure that reports are accurate and produced in a timely manner
· Prepare project, plans, and schedules for significant database-related implementation and support efforts
· Communicate regularly with internal technical, applications and operational staff, as appropriate, in order to ensure the database integrity, security and availability
· Evaluate database management systems and related tool sets
· Monitor assigned organization operational and development projects to ensure consistency and satisfaction of database infrastructure
· Interact with and assist system administrators to provide a compatible and usable database environment
· Assist in development and implementation of data and database related standards, procedures and guidelines
· Coordinate testing activities within and outside the department, as required
· Maintain development, test and production regions of programs
· Assist in monitoring the direction and growth of business to ensure the application of appropriate technologies and support systems
· Assist in the preparation of application systems project plans and schedules, relative to database-related design, development, implementation, and support
· Coordinate testing activities for appropriate application systems development with Database Administrator(s), as required
· Consult with the end users regarding database issues
· Monitor and track application system development progress in order to provide and/or recommend the appropriate application of database resources and/or technology in order to meet development and support requirement

Nims Associates Inc.; Decatur, Illinois
Consultant: Senior Systems Analyst August 1997 – May 2003
· Provide daily production support for customer’s online system
· Analyze, design, and develop COBOL online and batch programs for customer service system.
· Resident expert on Design 1 and Install 1 application development tools.
· Develop and deliver training program for development tools to staff of over 40 people.
· Maintain documentation on customer information system.
· Develop programs related to customer orders and tracking customer specific information.
· Work with DBA to improve performance and improve response time of applications.
· Provide estimates on work requests.
· Develop and implement testing plans for releases of application code.
· Research discrepancies in production data due to programming errors.
· Assist programmers with high level logic in SQL statement writing.

Richland Community College; Decatur, Illinois
Adjunct Faculty January 1996 – January 2000
· Teach principles and applications of information systems
· Plan projects, activities, and lecture to meet required curriculum
· Test and evaluate students understanding of course material
· Aid students with understanding of computer components and jargon
· Advise of educational and work opportunities to help students reach desired objectives

Courses Taught
· Introduction to Business Computer Systems
· COBOL Programming 1
· COBOL Programming 2
· Business Applications on Microcomputer
· Microcomputer Data Base Systems
· Systems Analysis Methods
· Data Base with SQL
· Office Technology

Administrative Information Systems Specialist November 1995 – August 1997
· Provide daily computer support for staff of over 400
· Assist in user training sessions on Data Base system
· Provide reporting capabilities that will enhance workflow within college
· Design and develop modules not contained within standard software product
· Train and assist student intern with identified goals

Decatur Custom Tool; Decatur, Illinois
Systems Administrator February 1995 - October 1995
· Provided daily computer support for office staff of thirteen
· Monitored and adjusted AIX operating system for maximum performance
· Coordinated and implemented EDI communications with Caterpillar
· Diagnosed and resolved hardware problems
· Assisted in the training of staff in usage of newly purchased customer system

Systems Analyst January 1994 - February 1995
· Served as resident expert on computer systems
· Studied and recommended alternative system to replace outdated system
· Oversaw data conversion during implementation of computer system
· Designed and developed custom reports for business analysis
· Presented organizational restructuring of staff to increase profitability