Pete Shaw
3715 Hwy 1 - PO Box 672
Stinson Beach, CA 94970
Home: 415.868.0994 Work: 1-800-PATOTECH
PShaw@Patotech.Com Cell: 415.602.0994

Background Summary

Information Systems designer with over twenty-nine years of experience in software engineering building a variety of large-scale billing applications and interactive entry systems. Teamwork specialist with unique leadership, artistic, and communicative skills which promote rapid development of CASE-supported database systems.

Accomplishments

• www.thepoweroftwo.net: Web site construction and maintenance using Dreamweaver, Adobe GoLive (2001 – current).
• Designed, developed, and implemented a Windows 2000 credit card application scoring service using Windows Sockets, MS SQL Server database access, Visual C++, and Trans Union/Experian Gateway API’s (Midwest Card Services, Nov., 2000 – current).
• Installed an FDR credit card/banking interface utilizing Visual Basic, MS SQL Server, ADO, and ConnectDirect (US Capital Holdings, June-Sept., 2000)
• SEC Decimalization Conversion software development (COBOL II) (Charles Schwab & Co., Sept., 1999 – June, 2000).
• www.petesbrassrail.com: Maintenance, graphics and page design, featuring Sybase ASA database, Active X controls, ASP pages (Patotech, Sept., 1998 – current).
• Modeled, designed, and developed a dental office practice management MS Windows software supporting customer data-entry, scheduling, claims processing, billing/invoicing, and revenue reporting using Visual C++, Delphi, Sybase ASA DB (Patotech, 1994- current).
• Member of Levi Strauss’ Year 2000 Core Team; remediated, tested, trained, directed production-Y2K-readiness certification scans on both mainframe and client-server platforms (Levi Strauss and Co., Nov., 1997-Sept., 1999).
• Tested and installed enhancements to an Electronic Bonding Long Distance Carrier Ordering and Notification System for SBC that decreased ordering-to-completion turnaround time from an average 5 days to 45 minutes accessing UNIX/Oracle, MQ’s, and MVS/DB2 systems (Southwestern Bell Communications, 1997).
• Completed the testing and installation of a Resale Ordering System for Pacific Bell that will open up local calling areas to access carrier competition. The system uses MQSeries connectivity to pass transactions between UNIX/Oracle and MVS/DB2 systems (Astounding People Teamwork Award Winner, Southwestern Bell Communications, 1996-1997).
• Completed the modeling, development, conversion to, and installation of a Cobol II, DB2-based insurance membership system in support of batch and on-line orders from a variety of vendors and business support units throughout Northern California and Nevada (CSAA, 1994-1996)
• Completed the installation of a Powerbuilder membership inquiry / account pilot history tool using an MDI Gateway to DB2 (CSAA, 1996)
• Designed and installed a payroll-commission mainframe/PC interface, utilizing DB2, DOS, DB2/2, Microfocus Cobol II, and OS/2, for a telecommunications industry vendor (Centex, 1993-4).
• Constructed an auction nite application for charitable organizations in Marin County, utilizing Paradox under DOS, supporting auction bidder and item data entry, sales, invoicing, and revenue reporting (1992-1993).
• Co-designed, modeled, and implemented the conversion of a nightly, six hour, batch DB2 long-distance carrier order notification system into a one-half hour batch, one-half hour on-line DB2, Cobol II system, adding new functionality, and cutting average turnaround time from 4 days to 1. The system, still in use, is accessed by over 400 carriers 30,000 times daily throughout the United States to subscribe California and Nevada telephone customers, and cut six weeks early (Pacific Telesis, 1992).
• Modeled, designed, and built an Enhanced Service Provider Gateway System, providing a DB2/CICS/Cobol II Voice Mail order tracking and inquiry system interface to host Accounting and Order mainframe entry systems (Pacific Bell, 1991,3)
• Designed and installed a telephone industry labor billing system: a DB2, CICS, Cobol II mainframe order entry, tracking, correction, and reporting system used by twenty-five centers throughout California and Nevada (Pacific Telesis, 1992).
• Engineered a long distance carrier service ordering system, a DB2/CICS/Cobol II system that converted customer orders into host format, communicated via LU6.2 protocol to host Accounting and Order systems, and provided on-line correction, creation, and tracking capabilities (PacBell Partners in Success, Winner's Circle, and Encore Award Winner, AT&T Quest for Quality Award Winner, 1989)
• Co-converted a carrier notification system from VSAM to DB2/Cobol II (PacBell CESAR Award Winner, 1989)
• Led the design and development of a major utility bill format change, a revision involving the presentation and pricing of over fifty uniquely formatted telecommunications products reaching over twelve million customers in California and Nevada in Cobol (1985, Pacific Telesis).

Skillsets

Mainframe Development:
Languages:	VS COBOL II	SQL	SAS/EZtrieve
Databases:	DB2
Environments:	Batch	CICS	MQ Series
Tools:	FileAid	Endevor	Xpediter/Intertest
	SPF
Utilities:	SPUFI/QMF	Platinum	Y2K: Princeton, CA Impact
PC Development:
Languages:	Visual C++ (6.0)	Visual Basic (6.0)	Visual J++ (6.0)
	Delphi (Pascal 3.0)	PowerBuilder (5.0)	Microfocus COBOL
Databases:	MS SQL Server 2000	Sybase ASA (7.0)	Oracle (8I)
	Access (2.0)	IBM Universal (6.1)
Modelers:	ERWin	ERStudio (4.2)	System Architect
Environments:	Windows (all)
Tools:	SPFWin SE	Data Junction (5.0)	Visio 2000
	Visual Studio (6.0)	RoboHelp (7.0)	Visual Café XE (4.1)
	Adobe PageMaker (7.0)	MSDN (Professional)	Norton Utilities
Web Tools:
Design:	Adobe GoLive (5.0)	WebObjects Fusion (5.0)	DreamWeaver (4.0)
	MS FrontPage 98
Graphics:	Painter (6.0)	Adobe Illustrator (7.0)	PhotoShop (5.5)
	KPT (5.0)
General PC:
Accounting / Payroll:	Peachtree Complete (2.0)	QuickBooks Pro 2001
Tools:	MS Office 2000	MS Publisher 98	MS Project (4.0)

Employment History

1986 - Present		PATOTECH SOFTWARE, INC.	Stinson Beach, CA 	Co-Founder, Designer

Currently, designs and implements both batch and interactive software on a variety of platforms for both Patotech Software and business clients. Models and constructs relational database systems. Develops Windows-based, relational database, small business applications featuring scheduling, client contact, billing, inventory, claims, accounts receivable, and reports processing. Manages Patotech's accounting and payroll systems.

1970 - 1985		PACIFIC TELESIS			San Francisco, CA 	Staff Systems Analyst

· 	Responsible for the daily billing of over 500,000 accounts and $20 million revenue in the applications that priced, taxed, surcharged, formatted for billing , and reported all local usage (ZUM), WATS, Directory Assistance, 976 Service, long distance call, and optional calling plan charges in both California and Nevada (1978-1985).

· 	Chosen Pacific's representative @ 1981 Bell System WATS Restructure Conference; member of Pacific's Divestiture Transition Team (1984); guest speaker @ California Telephone Association's What's WATS? Conference (1985) addressing WATS pricing, bill formats, and independent company needs

· 	Co-developed and maintained a long distance call error correction system handling over 5 million calls per month in nine accounting centers staffed by over 400 employees (1972-1977).

Education

1969			Bachelor of Science degree - General Science - University of Oregon.

1986			Chris Date: Relational Database Design, New Orleans

1990			Microsoft University: C Programming, Redmond

1992			Windows Programming - Boston University Conference, Santa Clara

1. Powerbuilder Desktop Development, Powersoft Corporation, San Francisco
2. Microsoft Foundation Classes Conference, Microsoft Corporation