JOEL M. ARRINGTON

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4605 Old Court Road • Apt C • Pikesville • MD • 21208-2453

 Home Phone: (443) 405-3950 • Cell Phone: (443) 564-3777 • Cell Phone: (904) 708-0621

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Profile

A technical professional with over 30 years of experience, advanced degrees in Data Processing, and accepted for membership by such organizations as the Continental, Empire, Madison’s, and National Historical Society’s Who’s Who publications, the Who’s Who of International Professionals and the International Who's Who of Technical Professionals. A business man who has been awarded honors such as the 2005 Businessman of the Year by the National Republican Congressional Committee’s Business Advisory Council. His professional affiliations include: The Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), The Black Data Processors Association (BDPA), The International Webmasters Association, former President of the Webmasters’ Guild of Phoenix, A Chapter of the Association of Internet Professionals; as well as others. He has maintained cutting edge knowledge of the industry and participated in many symposiums and conferences not only as an attendee but also as a guest lecturer and speaker. He has management experience ranging from project to organizational. He has specialized education in Novell and Microsoft networking, advanced EDI training and experience, a solid technical background and his long term experience in mainframe systems round out his broad and deep background. He has held third party certifications in technologies such as Web Administrator (BCIP), Network Support Specialist, Computer End-User Support Specialist, Telecommunications Specialist, and Windows NT Server Administration. He has participated in many aspects of the industry including but not limited to: Departmental Management; Project Management; Business Process Analysis; Information Engineering; LAN system design, installation, configuration, and administration; computer system: planning, analysis, design, construction, testing and implementation; data administration, data base management, formalized testing, maintenance programming, software and hardware evaluation, and training. Comprehensive knowledge of many technical areas including: PC technologies such as Windows NT/95, Unix (including Linux, Solaris, SunOS, BSD, DG/UX, and HP/UX), HTML, XML, ASP, CSS, JavaScript, VB Script, Novell NetWare, Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, TCP/IP, Internet and WWW applications, most major desktop applications (Microsoft Office & Corel WordPerfect Suite), E-Mail systems (GroupWise, Microsoft Mail/Exchange, & cc:Mail), Mainframe technologies such as COBOL II, IMS DB/DC, CICS, DB/2, SQL, FOCUS, TSO/ISPF and OS/JCL; and have configured and installed gateways, bridges and routers for communication protocols such as SNA, TCP/IP and X.400. Exhaustive experience in Internet Systems, EDI/EC, health care, accounting, office automation, and inventory control systems.

Education

·         MBA (Management); Andrew Jackson University, Birmingham, AL; 4.00 GPA, (Expected Graduation Date) 2009

·         Business Consultant Program; Accenture Core Consultant School; Q Center, St Charles, IL, 2007

·         MBA (Technology Management); University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ; 1996-1997; 3.58 GPA – (Incomplete)

·         BS (Data Processing Management) Summa cum Laude; Strayer College, Washington, DC; 1988

·         AA (Data Processing Management) Summa cum Laude; Strayer College, Washington, DC; 1988

·         AA (Computer Programming and Analysis) w/Honors; Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD; 1987

·         AA (Computer Management) w/Honors; Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD; 1983

 

Professional Experience

01/08 – 09/08   Consultant – Apex Systems, Inc. Baltimore, MD. – Formerly on contract to Lockheed Martin as a Senior Computer Systems Analyst for the Social Security Administration’s Agency-Wide Support Services Contract (AWSSC), supported the LOTS (Litigation Overview Tracking System) conversion project of a legacy dBase IV application to a DB2 web based application. Other projects involved in were COOP/Disaster Recovery Planning for the Office of Enterprise Support, Architecture and Engineering’s Office of the Associate Commissioner (OESAE OAC) and as an Analyst on the Comprehensive Work Opportunity Support System (CWOSS) project. CICS, DB2, COBOL, TSO, Endevor, dBase.

 

05/02 – 12/07   Consultant - Arrington Associates Consultants, Corp. - various assignments including: Onshore Project Leader for CICS, COBOL II Financial System; Project Manager; Project Leader; SME; Business Analyst/Consultant for Legacy Applications’ Renewal Group; Business Analyst and SME for COBOL Mainframe Programming project; Mainframe Developer; EDI Project Manager on EDI conversion project; Senior Computer Systems Analyst; EDI Programmer Analyst; Business Analyst; Consultant; Systems Administrator, Senior Consultant and COBOL Mainframe Programmer. Other projects have included Health Care systems, HIPAA renovation and compliance, transportation logistic system, 800 telephone billing system, inventory management, shipping and freight tracking, POS, accounting/financial systems and others. Utilized COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, IMS DB/DC, DLI, VSAM, ChangeMan, TSO/ISPF, Panvalet, Endevor, Infoman, Z/OS, OS/MVS, OS/390, CECI, CEDF, CEMT, EDI, Apache Web Servers, Lucene, TomCat, Java, Crystal Reports, MS Office, Access, Visio, HTML, ASP, VBScript, IE, Telnet, IIS, and MS Project. Designed, installed, configured and administered Windows 2003/NT/2000/XP Networks. Configured DSL Internet access points.

 

02/02 - 04/02   IT Support Manager / Engineer - Indus Corporation – US Dept of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics – Help Desk / IT Support Manager. Managed IT support staff including Help Desk, UNIX and Novell support personnel. Responsibilities included staff management, time accounting, proposal writing, client interface and technical support. Technical areas of responsibility included GroupWise 5.5, NetWare 4.11, Solaris 7/8, SunOS, Red Hat & Caldera Linux, Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP, Oracle, C/C++, Visio, and RSA security administration. I configured and administered Cisco routers.

 

12/98 - 11/01 Consultant – Arrington Associates - various contracts: HIPAA, requirements and renovations, COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, FOCUS, VM, TSO/ISPF, IMS DB/DC, ADF, MQ Series, GroupWise 5.5 and 5 mail system administration, UNIX System Admin (Linux, BSD, HP/UX, OSF/1), Novell NetWare Admin (3.11/4.x/5.x), Y2K conversions, EDI/EC, Harbinger TLC/TLE (Unix/NT/MVS), Gentran (Unix/NT/MVS), XML, Oracle, Data Warehousing Design and Implementation, C/C++, Visual Basic, Visual C, MS SQL, MySQL, MS Office, Visio, MS Project, Internet System Design and Configuration, LAN, HTML, DHTML, XML, ASP, Java Script, VB Script, and Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP networking. I configured and administered Cisco routers.

 

02/98 - 12/98 Consultant – Sable Systems – Senior Business Analyst - COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI,  TSO/ISPF, IMS DB/DC, ADF,  software development contract for parts inventory management system.

 

09/97 - 01/98 Senior Member of the Technical Staff - Analysts International Corporation. At the Salt River Project (SRP), a political subdivision of the state of AZ, entrusted with the power generating and reselling authority for the State of AZ, as a Sr. Project Leader, Web Architect and EC/EDI Coordinator, I established and defined corporate strategies for electronic commerce, trained users in Harbinger TLC (NT/Windows). established the Harbinger EDI program for New West Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the SRP entering the newly deregulated California energy market, and acted as a technical resource for COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, TSO/ISPF, IMS DB/DC, FOCUS, Networking, Novell, Windows NT/95, Unix, JCL, Linux, SunOS, Solaris, Oracle, HTML, DHTML, XML, Apache, and MS Project.

 

02/97 - 08/97 Consultant - Eagle Systems Technology, Inc. Memphis TN – Business Analyst/Senior Developer on various contracts including data warehousing for a major health organization and logistic scheduling system. COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, TSO/ISPF, IMS DB/DC and FOCUS.

 

10/96 - 01/97 Director of Technology - Cyber Publishing, Inc. Phoenix, AZ. Managed staff and contract Programmer/Analysts. Analyzed & recommended both present and future technology solutions. Administered BSD, Novell, & Windows NT (3.51 & 4.0) Internet servers. Utilized Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, HTML, Visual Basic, C, C++, Java, PERL FTP, Telnet, CGI, VBScript, JavaScript, and other WEB products. Performed HTML, PERL (4 & 5), Access & Visual Basic programming. Used GroupWise, SendMail, Apache WEB Server, O'Reilly's WebSite, WS_Ftp, Telnet, Microsoft Office. & Bind. Administered Domain Name Service (DNS) system including virtual hosting, multiple Web Servers, Cisco routers & other hardware.

 

01/96 - 10/96 CIO/Chief System Engineer - BizNet Internet Services. Designed, built and configured the Internet Access Provider system. Utilized HTML, Java, SHTML, JavaScript, VB Script, CSS, Novell NetWare 4.1/3.12, Windows WFW(3.1/3.11)95/NT 4/3.51, Linux, Free BSD, TCP/IP, GroupWise, SendMail, BIND/DNS, Oracle, INN, GroupWise E-Mail, NFS, LAN WorkGroup, X-Windows, WEB Servers (including Apache, NCSA HTTP, Novell, WebSite, & IIS Servers), Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Cisco Routers, Livingston Portmasters, CSU/DSU units, hubs and modems.

           

10/95 - 01/96 System Engineer/GroupWise E-Mail and LAN System Administrator –Independent - Novell GroupWise E-Mail and NetWare 4.1/3.12 LAN administration and maintenance, UNIX, Oracle, TCP/IP, NFS, SMTP gateway, MAC connectivity issues, PC support services, HP/UX, & VAX systems.

 

04/95 - 10/95 Consultant  - Senior Analyst/Programmer - Independent - Performed maintenance programming using COBOL II, DB2, CICS, IMS DB/DC, FOCUS, and DL/I. Taught training classes in Novell 3.12, GroupWise, WordPerfect 6.1, Lotus Release 5 and Windows. GroupWise, WordPerfect, and Data General UNIX installation, configuration and administration. Provided Novell NetWare 4.1/3.12, Windows NT, Oracle, and Windows 95/3.11 PC support services.

 

11/94 - 04/95 Information Center Assistant, St. Luke's Health System, MIS. Ran help desk. Novell NetWare 4.0 LAN, Windows, Lotus 123, WordPerfect, Data General Aviion, running DG/UX, Star Financials from HBO & Co. IBM 4361 running DOS/VMSP.

 

04/94 - 10/94 EDP Programmer Analyst, State of AZ, AHCCCS. Performed maintenance programming for on-line health management system. P/A for the reporting subsystem. Ideal DataCom DB/DC.

 

01/93 - 04/94 Consultant / Programmer/Analyst - Independent - Various Assignments and Contracts; CICS, COBOL II, DB2, MVS/ESA,  IDEAL Datacom DB/DC Health Care system, IMS DB/DC, EZ-trieve Plus, TSO/ISPF, MVS/XA, VSAM, File-Aid, OS/MVS, OCL, IBM AS/400, IBM S3900.

 

04/86 - 11/92 Consultant, PC-Stat, Washington, DC, various contract positions i.e.:

·        Task Leader / Sr. Programmer Analyst - Blue Cross Blue Shield of VA, ARMS Incorporated

·        Sr. Network Support Specialist - American Banker's Association, EDP Temps

·        Local Area Network Administrator - Office of the Secretary of HUD, Compdata Corporation

·        Sr. Programmer Analyst/Systems Analyst - Mobil Oil, Trecom Business Systems

·        Programmer Analyst – American Express, Phoenix, AZ, Computer Horizons Corporation

 

06/85 – 04/86 Microcomputer Database Programmer – US Dept of the Interior, OSMRE, CDSI

 

03/85 – 06/85 Lead Data Analyst / QC Analyst - Sage Software, Rockville, MD

 

06/84 – 03/85 Group Lead / Lead Data Analyst / QC Analyst - Informatics General Corporation – Riverdale MD,

 

06/83 – 06/84 Programmer/Analyst – Montgomery County MD Tax System, DBMI

 

12/82 – 06/83 Minard Management Services, Washington, DC – Programmer Analyst

 

09/81 – 11/82 Harry Paul DBA Infotech Solutions – Washington, DC - Office Manager; Computer Operator; Coder

 

12/80 – 09/81 Office Manager / Basic Programmer - Metropolitan Home Improvement Roofing Company, Inc.

 

09/79 – 12/80 Security Officer Howard University, Washington, DC

 

08/78 – 09/79 Medical Records Clerk - Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC

 

02/74 – 08/77 Advanced Systems And Programming, Inc., Washington, DC – Computer Operations Assistant, Assistant Computer Operator, Computer Operator, Computer Production Support Programmer.

 

Technical Education

2008, SSA Information Systems Security Awareness, Social Security Administration (SSA)

2008, Personally Identifiable Information, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), SSA

2008, IS-00139 COOP Exercise Design Course, Emergency Management Institute, FEMA

2008, IS-00547 Introduction to Continuity of Operations (COOP) Course, Emergency Management Institute, FEMA

2008, IS-00546 Continuity of Operations (COOP) Awareness Course, Emergency Management Institute, FEMA

2008, Process Training Project Management, Lockheed Martin

2008, Process Training Engineering, Lockheed Martin

2008, Process Training Engineering/Support, Lockheed Martin

2007, TSO/ISPF, Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC

2007, Information Security & HIPAA, Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC

2007, Mainframe Management Systems, Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC

2007, Business Consultancy Program, Core Consultant School, Accenture

2007, Risk Analysis, Accenture

2007, Project Estimation, Accenture

2007, Project Management, Accenture

2007, Risk Management, Accenture

2007, Service Oriented Architecture, Accenture

2007, Information Security, Accenture

2007, Diversity Awareness, Accenture

2007, Accenture Delivery Methods, Accenture

2007, Customer Relationship Management, Accenture

2007, Process Analysis, Accenture

2006, Project Management and Outsourcing, Satyam Computer Services, Ltd.

2003, Windows Server 2003, Microsoft

2003, Exchange 2003 Administering an Exchange 2003 Email System, Microsoft

2003, Small Business Server 2003 - A Small Business Solution, Microsoft

2002, Using Windows 2000, Blue Cross Blue Shield of DC FEP

2002, HIPAA Security, Blue Cross Blue Shield of DC; CareFirst FEP

2001, HIPAA Regulations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of KS

2001, EDI 834 Usage, Blue Cross Blue Shield of KS

2001, Project Management Using the Offshore Onshore Model, Syntel, Inc.

2001, SAP Idocs a New Solution, SAP Seminar

2000, Disaster Recovery, Alltel

2000, HIPAA Overviews, Blue Cross Blue Shield

2000, XML Coding for Ecommerce/EDI Solutions, American Research Group

1999, Gentran Basic for MVS, Sterling Commerce

1999, EDI Mapping Essentials, Sterling Commerce

1999, Mapping the Solution for EDI, The Ecommerce Group

1998, Gentran Basic for MVS, Sterling Commerce

1997, TrustedLink Commerce for Windows, EDI translation, Harbinger

1997, EDI Mapping Workbench, Harbinger

1996, EDI Transactions, Standards, and Tools, American Research Group

1997, EC/EDI Solutions Workshop, Dallas, TX

1995, Microsoft Windows NT Tech Shop, Microsoft

1995, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft

1995, NetWare 386 LAN Installation, Gateway Community College

1995, The Internet and Windows NT, Microsoft

1995, Novell NetWare Network Administration, Gateway Community College

1995, Novell GroupWise 4.0 Installation and Administration, Novell

1995, Novell 4.1 NDS Design and Structure, Novell

1995, Novell 4.1 Installation and Configuration, Novell

1995, UNIX Concepts and Operations, New Horizons Training

1995, Novell 4.1 First Class, Novell

1994, Novell 4.1, A Networking Solution, Novell

1994, Novell Perfect Office, Novell

1994, GroupWise 4.0, Electronic Messaging for the Office, Novell

1994, Novell 4.0 LAN Administration, Novell

1994, Novell 4.0 Networking the Enterprise, Novell

1994, IE/BAA/ADW KnowledgeWare, AZ, ADW/AHCCCS

1990, IE BAA Techniques, American Management Association

1989, LAN Administration, American Management Association

1986, Certificate in Micro-Computer Programming, Weston Training

1983, Certificate in IMS Database Concepts and Programming, DBMI

1983, Certificate in IMS ADF Programming, DBMI

1983, Certificate in Computer Operations, PGCC

1982, Certificate in Computer Programming, Prince George's Community College (PGCC)

1980, Certificate in COBOL Programming, Minard Management Service

1977, Certificate in COBOL Programming, ASAP Inc./IBM

1975, Certificate in Computer Operations, Advanced Systems And Programming, Inc. (ASAP) /IBM

 

Additional Information

 

Present Brainbench Certifications

Computer Fundamentals (Win XP) (Master Level) 2006-09-22         

RDBMS Concepts 2007-01-26

Networking Concepts 2007-01-26     

Technical Help Desk (Master Level) 2007-12-04        

Computer Technical Support 2007-12-04     

Server Administration 2007-12-04   

Linux Administration (General) 2007-12-12

JCL 2008-02-29

Inter Personal Communications (Master Level) 2008-03-18           

COBOL II Fundamentals (Master Level) 2008-04-24

MS Word 2003 2008-10-14

DB2 Programming 2008-10-28

Web Development Concepts 2008-10-28

Business Writing 2008-10-28

***** Brainbench Transcript ID#: 818510 *****

 

Current Brainbench Corporate Sponsored Certification Results

(These Tests are not listed On my General Brainbench Transcript – Test Records available)

CICS (Master Level) 2007-12-09

COBOL I (ANSI 74) (Master Level) 2007-12-09

 

 

Awards, Recognitions and Honors

2008-2009 Empire Who’s Who

2006-2007 Continental Who’s Who

2005 Businessman of the Year, National Republican Congressional Committee, Business Advisory Council

2005-2006 Empire Who’s Who

2005-2006 Madison’s Who’s Who

2004-2005 International Who’s Who of Entrepreneurs

2004-2005 International Who’s Who of Professional Educators

2000-2001 Who's Who of International Professionals

1999-2001 International Who's Who of Technical Professionals

 

1998 Network World Electronic magazine article published by The Professional Presence Network entitled 

“African-American Marketing”  (www.geocities.com/jaringtn/mar4.html  ** Article Reprint ** )

 

1988 Alpha Chi – National Honor Society – Election to and Lifelong Member Induction

1988 Dean’s List (Winter and Spring) - Strayer College, Washington, DC

1987 President’s List (Fall) - Strayer College, Washington, DC

1983 Dean's List (Spring) - Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD

1982 Dean's List (Fall) - Prince George's Community College, Largo. MD

1976 Who’s Who Among American High School Students

1976 National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist

1976 National High School Outstanding Poetry Collection Publication – Published Contributor

1976 National High School Poetry Anthology – Published Contributor

1975 National Merit Scholarship Program - Commended Student

1975 Terrill A. Mitchell Award in Science, Duval Senior High School

1975 Maryland State Science Fair – Third Place Senior Division

1974 Terrill A. Mitchell Award in Science, Duval Senior High School

1974 Maryland State Science Fair – Honorable Mention Senior Division

1973 National Academy of Sciences Distinguished Student Award– Junior Division

1973 Maryland State Science Fair - First Grand Award Junior Division

 

 

Affiliations

Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)

Black Data Processors Association (BDPA)

International Webmasters Association & HTML Writers Guild (IWA-HWG)

2002-2008 Microsoft Registered Partner Program

Editing Member of the Chicago Manual of Style Committee

 International Association of Internet Professionals (IAIP)

 

Past Affiliations

Founder and Former President of the Webmaster's Guild of Phoenix

Founder and Former President of the Phoenix Chapter of the Association of Internet Professionals

International Programmers Guild

International Executives Guild

Microsoft Developer's Network

The Association of Windows NT Systems Professionals, Inc

National Association of Webmasters

Professional Presence Network

Site Builders Network

DECUS

NetWare Users International

 

Contact URLs

http://www.linkedin.com/in/joelarrington