JOHN HIRST				Home: 913-397-7740
1589 Sheridan Bridge Lane		E-mail: jhirst@geocities.com
Olathe, KS 66062

QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

	* Eleven plus years of AS/400 experience
	  RPG/400, CLP, DB2/400, OPNQRY, Dataq, Communications, Synon/Cool 2E
	* Linux / Unix - Webserver, Telnet, FTP, smtp/pop mail, Perl, Python
	* Twenty years of personal computer experience
	  Win95/98/NT, Office, Cognos, GUI/400, Client Access, VB
	* Software Development: Finance, Legal, Public Safety, Telephony, Manufacturing,
	  Receivables, Marketing, Medical
	* HTML / DHTML, Java-script, Graphics, Video, Voice, Internet, FTP 
	* Readily share and mentor ideas with others

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

	Sprint, Kansas City, KS (Telephony)
	2/1999 - Current
	* Developed and maintained Data Collection, Switch processing, National CLEC parity
	  reporting applications
	* Project management of over 8000 hours of labor resources
	* AS/400 - RPG/400, CLP, DB2/400, OPNQRYF, MS Office integration, Attachmate
	* Unix - Telnet, Shell Script, Perl, JAVA

	HTE, INC., Orlando, FL (Government Applications Vendor)
	4/1997 - 1/1999
	* Developed and supported State Interfaces for Police and Fire for use within a dispatch,
	  Workstation, and mobile data terminals (MDT) within vehicles.  (E.g. Drivers License /
	  Warrants / License Plates)
	* Communication experience with ICF, BiSync, LU 6.2, and Dataq support
	* Participating in a group effort to learn JAVA
	* RPG/400, CLP, DB2/400, OPNQRYF, MS Office integration, Client Access, and Cognos
	  Impromptu 
	* Remote systems, Dual system environments.  DDM, Remote Dataq's, Remote Datara's,
	  QNSADS

	PCSS, Spartanburg, SC. (Legal Software vendor)
	11/1994 - 3/1997
	* Project leader
	* Converted over 3500 screens into GUI based screens using GUI/400 and other PC based
	  development tools
	* Managed internet access, web page design and mail accounts under NT 4.0 / W95 clients
	* Exposure to OBSYDIAN the Object Oriented developments tool
	* Mentored programmers on the AS/400 including CASE tool concepts, RPG/400 and CLP
	* SYNON, SYNON - OPEN, RPG/400, CLP, DB2/400, GUI/400, and HTML

	HTE, INC., Orlando, FL. (Government Applications Vendor)
	10/1989 - 10/1994
	* Project Leader
	* Software and solutions to over 270 Municipal Governments
	* Developed and implemented company-wide application interfaces (API's)
	* Developed a Flexible Financial Report Writer/Budgeting similar to a spreadsheet with
	  calculations / breaks / totals
	* SYNON, SYNON/OPEN, RPG/400, CLP, DB2/400, OPNQRYF
	* Automated tools for conversion for AS/400 & S/38 programs

	FKB DIRECT, Nashville, TN.  (Marketing)
	4/1989 - 9/1989
	* AT&T Public Equal Access Marketing Database
	* Programmed systems to identify, track and target marketing efforts
	* System/36 RPG II, OCL, RPG/400, CLP, and DB2/400

	GLOBE BUSINESS FURNITURE, Hendersonville, TN. (Manufacturing)
	12/1987 - 3/1989
	* Designed and implemented programs that complemented MAPICS manufacturing
	  and accounting software
	* Supported remote sites with departmental PC's
	* System/36 RPG II, OCL, and DFU

	NASHVILLE WIRE PRODUCTS, Nashville, TN. (Manufacturing)
	11/1985 - 11/1987
	* Developed and maintained online RPG II programs for MAPICS
	* System/36 RPG II, OCL, and DFU
	* Application areas: accounting, scheduling, purchasing, inventory, and labor reporting

	ENDATA, Nashville, TN. (Consulting)
	8/1985 - 11/1985
	* Subcontracted project programmer to Rand McNally
	* Developing a Requisition & Finished Goods system on PC systems 
	* Compiled BASIC and Novell's BTRIEVE

	CTC, Nashville, TN. (Software Vendor - Doctors offices)
	6/1984 - 7/1985 Part time employment during College
	* Medical A/R system maintenance and development
	* RM/COBOL on a Novell network of IBM PC's and Tele-video Systems
	         
EDUCATION

	* MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe, KS.
	  B.A. in Information Systems, to graduate in 9/2001
	* George Washington University, Washington, DC.
	  Masters Certificate in Project Management, to be awarded in 10/2000
	* Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin, TN.
	  5/1985 General Business Associates, specializing in Information Systems Technology