I am an experienced IT professional with over 20 years of experience as an AS/400/iSeries, RPG, RPG ILE RPG Free, CL application developer /analyst. I have been involved in all phases of system life-cycle: project lead, requirements gathering, designing, development, testing, system turnover, and system support. I am a talented, personable individual with strong analytical skills. I have been an excellent performer wherever I have worked. I enjoy team interaction, but on the same hand my abilities allow me to excel when working independently. My main objectives are to grow my technical skills and business applications knowledge, to be challenged, and to provide value to my employer.

1. Gayane V. Cather__________
Park Ridge , IL. 60068 (630)965-3988 gcather2009@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW
Over 20 years experience in all phases of IBM RPG/AS400/iSeries development and systems support. Possesses outstanding
analytical and organizational skills.
TECHNICAL OVERVIEW
Hardware: IBM AS/400-iSeries
Software/Tools: SQL Server Management Studio, IBM Rational Developer Studio, Query/400, EZPRINT/400, ESEND, ACOM,
Microsoft Windows, Show Case Query 7.0
Language/Skills: RPG-III, RPG-ILE (RPG-IV), RPG-FREE, CL, embedded SQL, interactive SQL, HTML
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CDW Corp, Vernon Hills, Illinois, 09/2013 - present
Senior Application Developer
 Responsibilities included projects lead, business requirements gathering, applications analysis, design, coding,
implementation and user support of the Warehouse Management, Distribution, Accounting, Sales and Marketing, Order
Entry applications.
 Environment: iSeries, RPG-III, RPG-IV, RPG-FREE, CL, SQL, Utilities.
Contracted to Xylem Inc. via River Point Inc , Chicago, Illinois, 04/2013-06/2013
Programmer Analyst
 Responsibilities applications analysis, design, coding, enhancements and unit test of data transfer from ERPLX to ORACLE
systems.
 Environment: iSeries, IBM iSeries, ILE, RPG-IV, CL, SQL, IBM MQ Series, Utilities.
Contracted to Crate&Barrel via Addison Group, Chicago, Illinois, 10/2012-03/2013
Programmer Analyst
 Responsibilities applications analysis, design, coding, enhancements and unit test of Financial and Data Warehousing
systems re-design
 Environment: iSeries, IBM iSeries, ILE, RPG-IV, RPG-FREE, CL, SQL, Utilities.
General Electric, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, 04/2011 – 10/2012
Programmer Analyst
 Responsibilities included business requirements gathering, applications analysis, design, coding, enhancements and unit
test of various applications of ERPLX system
 Environment: iSeries, ERPLX ERP, SQL Server Management Studio, IBM Rational Developer Studio, RPG-III, RPG-IV,
RPG-FREE, CL, SQL, Utilities.
Contracted to Office Max via Encore Consulting Services Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 02/2010 – 1/2011
Programmer Analyst
 Responsibilities included business requirements gathering, applications analysis, design, coding, and unit test of the
interfaces between WEB – AS/400 for Order Fulfillment and Item Sync processes.
 Environment: AS/400, RPG-III, RPG-IV, RPG-FREE, CL, SQL, IBM MQ Series, embedded XML Parser-Framer, Utilities.
Pentair Water (Aurora Pump), Aurora, Illinois, 03/2008 - 04/2009
Systems Analyst
 Responsibilities included business requirements gathering, applications analysis, design, coding, implementation and user
support of the Manufacturing, Warehouse Management, Distribution, Accounting, Sales and Marketing, Order Entry
applications.
 Performed enhancements and modifications to JD Edwards ERP package.
 Environment: iSeries, RPG-III, RPG-IV, RPG-FREE, CL, SQL, JD Edwards A7.3 ERP, Show Case Query, Utilities.
Collections Etc. Corporation, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, 07/06 to 01/2008
Sr. Programmer/Analyst

2.  Responsibilities included analysis, coding, implementation and user support for the redesign of Merchandising and
Planning , Pricing, Order Entry Management, Marketing and Forecasting systems for the Catalog Merchandiser.
 Testing and debugging connection issues between the Web application and AS/400.
 Creating the interfaces between WEB – AS/400 and OCR – AS/400.
 Environment: AS/400, RPG-III, RPG-ILE (RPG-IV), RPG-FREE, CL, SQL, IBM MQ Series, OCR, Commercial-Ware
(RDC) ERP, Utilities.
Suncast Corporation, Batavia, Illinois, 4/02 to 07/06
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
 Responsibilities included business requirements gathering, analysis, design, coding, implementation and user support of the
Manufacturing, Distribution, Accounting, Sales and Marketing, Order Entry applications.
 Performed enhancements and corrections to BPCS manufacturing package.
 Product Forecasting and Customer Order Inquiry processes using IBM Host Access Transformation Server (HATS).
 Environment: AS/400, RPG-III, RPG-ILE (RPG-IV), CL, BPCS, PKMS(LOGPRO), ACOM, ESEND, EZPRINT, IBM
HATS, Utilities.
Successories, Inc., Aurora, Illinois, 3/01 to 8/01
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
 Participated on a conversion of the ASSIST application package purchasing and inventory control processing to XDATA
financial package. This involved analysis and design of interface processes.
 Major responsibilities involved maintenance and support of their ASSIST ERP application package and data conversion and
implementation of XDATA ERP application package, and full-cycle development of their General Ledger interface.
 Environment: AS/400, RPG-III, CL, Utilities, EZPRINT
Various Consulting Companies, Chicago Metroplex, 9/96 to 1/01
Contracted to C2 Consulting Corporation, 6/00 to 1/01.
 Performed programming services for an accounts receivable web-enabled application.
 Developed graphical user interface using Java Swing, JavaScript, HTML, and dynamic SQL.
 Environment: Client/server E-commerce
Contracted to Cole Parmer Instrument Company via Technology Consulting Corporation, 4/99 to 8/00.
 The key project was the conversion of Cole Parmer financial and order entry systems to Assist software package for their
sister company Labcor in Canada.
 Environment: AS/400, RPG-III, RPG-IV, CL, Utilities
Contracted to Successories Inc. via Interactive Business Systems, 9/98 to 2/99.
 The key project was the Automation of Order Processing for Keyed Orders.
 Orders received on magnetic media were re-keyed into the Order System. Upon completion of this project orders received
via email, Website or EDI were converted to interface files and processed by the ASSIST software package used by
Successories.
 Environment: AS/400, RPG-III, CL, Utilities
Contracted to Boise Cascade via C2 Consulting Corporation and assigned to the J.D Edwards Installation Team, 6/98 to
9/98.
 Environment: AS/400, RPG-III, RPG-IV, CL, Utilities
Contracted to McDonalds Corporation via Interactive Business Systems, 12/96 to 6/98.
 Assigned to the Global Financial Systems project on the Fixed Assets team. The Global Financial System is an application
that is being converted to AS400 RPG III to integrate and standardize McDonalds international financial operations.
 Responsibilities include analysis from user requirements, coding from program specifications, and development of test
plans.
 Environment: AS/400, RPG-III, CL, Utilities
EDUCATION / TRAINING
Armavir Institute of Law , Armavir, Russia, BS in Law 1989
Computer Systems Institute, Skokie, IL, Certificate Program Business Data Processing in an AS/400 Environment, 1996