Dave Klega APLer1@aol.com or DaveKlega@aol.com Orlando, FL USA DAVID M. KLEGA 7408 Green Tree Drive Orlando, FL 32819 407-345-8862 APLer1@aol.com SUMMARY Diligent, dedicated professional with strong APL and financial information systems experience in major corporations and consulting organizations. Analysis, design, development and management of financial systems. Areas of expertise include: * New systems planning and development * Project and systems management * Enhancements planning and development * Client support * Systems and business consulting * System conversions An individual contributor, a leader, and a member of quality-focused teams. Specializing in APL and financial systems. Personable, creative problem-solver. MBA. Willing to travel up to 100%. TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, OTHER SKILLS, AND CONTINUING EDUCATION * IBM 360/370, 308x, 309x, 390; Amdahl; Compaq; IBM ThinkPad; Dell Latitude * APL2, VS APL, APL+Win; Cobol, BAL; Dyl280, Focus, Easytrieve; TSO/ISPF, MVS JCL, SQL * Microsoft: Windows, Word, Excel, Access, Project, PowerPoint, Works; Lotus: Notes, 1-2-3, AmiPro, cc:Mail, Organizer; Andersen Consulting: Manage/1. Also Visio, Netscape, WinZip, ... * Writing, editing; client training; user documentation; analysis of financial and other quantitative issues * Continuing Education: HTML, Java, E-business/E-commerce, C++, Visual Basic, Oracle PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS RYDER SYSTEM INC., Miami, Florida 2002 - 2003 Ryder is a leading provider of corporate transportation management, logistics and supply chain services. It has annual sales of $5 billion and is one of the Dow 20 Transportation stocks. Enhancements to large APL financial modeling system: Developed and installed enhancements to corporate Actuals financial models written in APL2, including creating links to key APL reporting systems. Monitored and supported monthly APL batch close jobs. Supported in-house financial management team and remote users. ACCENTURE / ANDERSEN CONSULTING LLP Miami, Florida 2000 - 2002 Accenture, formerly Andersen Consulting LLP, is an international business and information technology consulting firm. Ryder System Inc., Miami, FL - Enhancements to large APL financial modeling system: Developed and installed enhancements to corporate Actuals financial models written in APL2, including creating links to key APL reporting systems. Monitored and supported monthly APL batch close jobs. Supported in-house financial management team and remote users. AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC., Sarasota, Florida 1997 - 2000 AMS is an international business and information technology consulting firm. Wachovia National Bank, Winston-Salem, NC - Enhancements to very large consumer lending system: Designed, developed, and tested system customizations dealing with financial calculations. Wrote test plans for enhancements to system interfaces. Product Support group, Sarasota, FL - Client Support: Researched, corrected and tested system problems reported by clients. Retrofitted changes into alternate releases of the system. Freddie Mac, McLean, VA - Enhancements to proprietary mortgage underwriting system: Created two upgrades of sales demo and associated scripts to support two sets of enhancements to client's proprietary system. Wrote upgrades to user guide, training materials, etc. to support two product release announcements. ProductCo group, Fairfax, VA - New release of credit bureau linkage product: System Testing team lead. Guided developers in writing unit test cases. Planned system test phase. Analyzed adequacy of regression test case library and added new cases. Led team of three testers in system test phase. HARCOURT BRACE AND COMPANY, Orlando, Florida 1987 - 1996 Harcourt Brace is a textbook publisher with annual sales of $2B. A subsidiary of Harcourt General Corp. * Enhanced and maintained the corporation's APL book purchase order tracking system. * Converted from VM/CMS on 9370 to MVS TSO on 308x/309x * Converted all titles from one set of in-house title code keys to the industry standard ISBN * Converted all programs, screens, files, etc. to support the new title code formats * Migrated a new subsidiary's titles to the existing data base, including change of key * Provided telephone help-desk services for remote users of the system * Created a major subsystem to allow automatic cost estimation for a book to be ordered or reordered, using book specifications already captured in the system for production of purchase orders. * As project manager and systems manager for eight years, led a team of six professionals in supporting and upgrading clients' financial and sales systems written in Cobol and Assembler. PRIOR EXPERIENCE BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1974 - 1987 The nation's second-largest steel producer, Fortune Fifty manufacturer and one of the Dow 30 Industrials. * Rewrote the corporate financial forecasting system in APL and ADRS, bringing the system in-house and saving over $40,000 per year in outside timesharing charges. Included a set of macro utilities I wrote in APL. * Wrote an APL system to analyze the cost and consumption patterns of forty elements of energy and raw materials at six steel plants, giving early warnings of unfavorable trends, and allowing redirection of production schedules and resources. * Wrote an APL system to analyze financial results of fifty-five business units, including dynamic rollups, to pinpoint revenue and profit trends by plant and group. * Created ad hoc APL financial modeling applications in support of various Controller's staff projects, including one to support labor contract negotiations by providing instant projections of labor costs for various proposed settlement packages. EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION Master of Business Administration with concentrations in accounting and finance, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Taught in Finance Department. Bachelor of Arts in economics, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania. Additional strength in mathematics. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES * Valencia Community College: Computer Programming and Applications Advisory Committee * Dr. Phillips YMCA: Board Treasurer; Chairman, Finance Committee * Dr. Phillips Rotary Club: Chairman, Holiday Basketball Tournament * Tourist Ministry, Walt Disney World: Lay volunteer * WLVT-TV (PBS): Volunteer, The Great On-Air Auction