1. J O E L M
336 ATLANTIC, AVE APT B, ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27801
(443) 564-3777
joel_arrington@hotmail.com
RETIRED SENIOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL
A retired senior level technical and project management professional holding degrees in Data
Processing and Public Administration with over 35 years of experience who participated in large and
small IT projects for many public and private clients who now seeks only remote work or possible
online teaching experiences.
He is attempting to leverage his corporate training background into possible teaching or adjunct faculty
opportunities. He has trained hundreds of government and commercial clients in computer software
and hardware usage and mentored students in formal classroom environments. He has lectured in
academic and business arenas as both a paid and volunteer participant. He 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
As an IT professional his efforts resulted in the establishment of COOP plans, major upgrades, cost
savings and the meeting of project deadlines. He is a business professional who has management
experience ranging from project to organizational. He has specialized education in networking,
advanced EDI training and experience, a solid technical background and long term experience in
mainframe systems, especially COBOL and DBMS access application development. He has
participated in many aspects of the industry including but not limited to: Project Management; Business
Process Analysis; Business Area Analysis; Systems Analysis, Information Engineering; Software
Testing, Software Development; Process Engineering, System and Infrastructure planning, data
administration; maintenance programming; software and hardware evaluation, Security Management;
Vendor Agreement and SLA negotiation and management.
His own consulting firm specialized in assisting small businesses with a wide array of services
including payroll, accounting, media publishing, computer hardware acquisition, installation,
administration, maintenance, and training, proposal preparation, competitive bidding document
processing, legal filings, Internet access, web site creation, and a host of other miscellaneous business
services while successfully establishing offices in 7 different jurisdictions with clients in 11 different
states.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Senior Legacy Developer on SC Unemployment Insurance System for 2012-13 Data Validation effort for
the US DOL.
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2. • Professional Computer Consultant for the State of Tennessee, Dept. of Labor and Workforce
Development, Unemployment Insurance Administration - participated in the rapid deployment and upgrade
of systems for the 2009 Federal Stimulus Program.
• Business Analyst - investigated and provided substantiation for decisions to the Social Security
Administration’s (SSA) Administrative Law Branch (ALB) that led to data conversion cost savings and a
higher level of data accuracy. Wrote Detailed Functional Requirements (DFRs) for CWOSS Phase II
project.
• COOP Planning Officer assisted with the creation and construction of COOP plans for the Office of
Enterprise Support, Architecture and Engineering’s Office of the Associate Commissioner (OESAE OAC)
at the SSA.
• Offshore Project Leader for Satyam took over a project that had been working for 11 weeks and closed it in
5 days.
• EC/EDI Coordinator at the Salt River Project - under rapidly approaching deadlines, established and
defined corporate strategies for electronic commerce, arranged training for users in Harbinger TLC
(NT/Windows), and established the Harbinger EDI program for New West Energy of CA, a brand new
market, in less than 4 months.
• Chief Systems Engineer - Designed and built LINUX ISP system for BIZNET Internet Services, LLC taking
them operational in less than 60 days and listed in The Phoenix Business Journal as a “Top Internet
Access Provider.”
• LAN Administrator, Office of the Secretary of HUD supervised the upgrade and deployment of networks for
HUD.
• Business Analyst who participated in the design and development of Data Warehousing schemas for
BCBS of AR containing time sensitive membership information resulting in the ability to pull historical data
that had not been previously possible.
• Primary architect, developer programmer on the Mine Information Management System for the
Department of Interior’s, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s, Branch of Systems
User Support. This effort resulted in the most precise tool that had ever existed for surface mine permit
information validation.
TECHNICAL SKILLS HIGHLIGHT AREAS
• Mainframe - COBOL VS/II/370/390/LE, IMS DB/DC, CICS, DB2, SQL, FOCUS, TSO/ISPF, JCL, Easytrieve, Natural,
PL/I, IEF, Cool:Gen
• Operating Systems – z/OS, OS/MVS, OS/390, DOS/VSE, DOS/VMSP, Windows 3.1X/95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7,
UNIX, LINUX, Solaris, SunOS, BSD, DG/UX, HP/UX, Novell NetWare, DOS, MS Server 2000/2003, SBS 2000/2003
• Languages – COBOL, SQL, Easytrieve, PL/I, Natural, C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, HTML, XML, SGML (VS Script),
Java, J2EE, Java Script, VB Script, JCL, OCL, System 38 CL, UNIX Shell (C, Bourne, Korn) Scripting, Fortran, RPG
II, BASIC, AWK, Perl, PHP, CSS, ASP, xBase, ADF Audit Language
• Databases – DB2, MS Access, IDS/II DM IV, IMS, ADABAS, DATACOM/DB, IDMS, Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL,
Sybase, PowerBuilder, Informix, dBase
• Internet – Bind (DNS), Apache, TomCat, SendMail, HTML, XML, ASP, CSS, JavaScript, VB Script, Radius Severs,
Shell Script, TcL/TcK, Perl
• COTS - Microsoft Office, WordPerfect, Lotus, Ami, ADOBE, GroupWise, Microsoft Mail/Exchange, MS Project, Visio
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3. • Configured and installed server, desktop, SAN, NAS, printer, gateway, and router hardware. Used TCP/IP and other
protocols.
• Exhaustive experience in EDI/EC, health care, insurance, accounting, office automation, and inventory control
systems.
EDUCATION
• MPA (SECURITY MANAGEMENT) WITH HONORS, AMERICAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY, CHARLES
TOWN, WV, 3.967 GPA, 2013
• MBA (Management) Coursework; Andrew Jackson University, Birmingham, AL; 2008-2011: 4.00 GPA,
• MBA (Technology Management) Coursework; University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ; 1998; 3.58 GPA
• 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
• Certificate in Computer Operations; Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD; 1983
• Certificate in Computer Programming, Prince George's Community College Largo, MD; 1982
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
04/15 – Present Retired Rocky Mount, NC
• After a long and productive career Mr Arrington has had to retire. He now is entertaining remote IT
employment positions only and or online teaching / adjunct faculty opportunities. He will consider online
mentoring and or coaching openings as well.
12/14 – 04/15 Technical Lead – Wipro Technologies Ltd. – Greensboro, NC
B2B EDI group – Business Application Services
• EDI B2B technical lead for the Business Application Service group. Worked with Gentran for MVS in a
COBOL II, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, Serena ChangeMan, Xpediter, EZtreive,
and z/OS environment. Utilized MS Office, Access, Visio, and Windows 7.
02/13 – 11/14 - Sr. Applications Analyst – SC Department of Employment and Workforce – Columbia, SC
• State of SC Unemployment Insurance System team performing Data Validation for Federal program
information requirements and application maintenance as needed. COBOL II, TSO/ISPF, CICS, VSAM,
DB2, SQL, Panvalet, SDSF, z/OS, JCL, MS Office, Visio, Enterprise Architect, MS Access, SharePoint,
QWS3270, Xpediter, Easytrieve, Enterprise Architect 8, MS Visual Studio 2008/2010, Visustin, MS SQL
Server 2008.
02/12 –11/30/2012 - Sr. Programmer Analyst – SystemTec, Inc. – Columbia, SC
• On contract to the SC Department of Employment and Workforce Unemployment Insurance system
performing Data Validation for Federal program requirements. COBOL II, TSO/ISPF, CICS, VSAM, DB2,
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4. SQL, Panvalet, SDSF, z/OS, JCL, MS Office, Visio, , Enterprise Architect, MS Access, SharePoint,
QWS3270, Xpediter, Easytrieve, Enterprise Architect 8, MS Visual Studio 2008/2010, Visustin, MS SQL
Server 2008.
11/11 – 01/12 Sr. Programmer Analyst – Cook Systems International – Memphis, TN
• On contract to FedEx as a Sr. Programmer Analyst working on the EDI system. COBOL, TSO/ISPF,
Websphere Data Interchange (WDI), ANSI X12 Standards thru 5010 (214, 240), EDI Mapping, CA7, IMS,
DB2, SQL, Panvalet, IOF, SDF z/OS, JCL
06/11 – 07/11 Senior Product Engineer – TeAM Inc. – Fairfax, VA
• On contract to Deloitte Consulting in support of the Defense Health Information Management System EHR.
Product Engineer for integrated single sign-on, a GUI front end for legacy information presentation and a
theater based medical information database. Vista, Citrix, COBOL, Java, TSO/ISPF, Windows XP/7
04/11 – 06/11 FEP Test Technician – CDI, Minneapolis, MN
• On contract to IBM at Blue Cross of MN testing the FEP program HIPAA 5010 Federally mandated
changes and updates. COBOL, SAS, TSO, ISPF, CA7, EOS, SoapUI, QTP, WebSphere MQ Explorer,
COBOL II, JCL, Z/OS, AIX, Linux, Windows XP, VMware, FEP Direct
02/11 – 04/11 Senior Test Engineer – Datum Software – Delta Airlines – Atlanta, GA
• Revenue Accounting System, using COBOL, Adabas, Natural, DB2, SQL, MS Office, SharePoint, HP
Quality Center, JCL, z/OS, Panvalet, Writing and executing Test cases, HP-UX 11.23,
Creating/manipulating/managing test data.
11/10 – 11/10 EDI / COBOL IDMS Programmer – Keybase, Inc. – Cleveland, OH
• EDI Programmer - COBOL II, Gentran 6.3, ANSI X12 4030, TSO/ISPF, IDMS, VSAM, FTP, Test Center,
QC.
04/10 – 10/10 Systems Administrator – G&B Solutions, Inc. – Washington, DC
• Helpdesk Support Technician for the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Computer Assisted
Data Collection (CADC) hardware department of the Office of Field Operations. Configured, deployed, and
maintained tablet PCs. CheckPoint VPN, CITIRIX, POINTSEC, Entrust, Security, Windows Active
Directory, Remedy, Datakey CIP, Smartcards, and pcAnywhere. Entrust Security Administrator
05/08 – 04/10 Consultant - Arrington Associates Computer Consultants
• Network Installation and Desktop Support Technician - MS Office 2003, MS Server 2000/2003/2007,
Windows Active Directory, MS SQL Server, Ubuntu Linux, Open Office, Windows XP/Vista/7, MS Access,
MS Visio, MS Project, Adobe Photoshop and Gimp.
• Technical Helpdesk Representative - Examsoft – Missouri Bar Exam, Board of Law Examiners – Windows,
Mac OS, Examsoft
• Medical IT Consultant - Contracted to identify IT solutions including practice management, EMR and billing
software.
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5. 03/09 – 05/09 Professional Computer Consultant at Majestic Systems Integration, Company to KBM for the
State of Tennessee
• COBOL Mainframe Developer - Performed COBOL software development for the State of Tennessee,
Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development, Unemployment Insurance Administration. Programmed both
on-line and batch programs using COBOL 74 in a TSS, IDS/II DM IV, TP8, & Bull Honeywell GCOS
environment.
• Data Conversion Specialist – Utilized various technologies and processes to convert data for special
requirements projects.
01/08 – 09/08 Consultant – Apex Systems, Inc. Baltimore, MD.
Social Security Administration’s Agency-Wide Support Services Contract (AWSSC) for Lockheed Martin.
• Senior Computer Systems Analyst / Mainframe Developer / Business Analyst for the, on the LOTS
(Litigation Overview Tracking System) conversion of a legacy dBase IV system to a CICS, DB2 and Java
web based browser application.
• COOP Planning Assistant - COOP/Disaster Recovery Planning for the Office of Enterprise Support,
Architecture and Engineering’s Office of the Associate Commissioner (OESAE OAC).
• Technical Analyst on the Comprehensive Work Opportunity Support System (CWOSS) prepared Detailed
Functional Requirements (DFRs) and SWOT Analysis. Utilized CICS, DB2, COBOL II, TSO/ISPF, SPUFI,
Endevor, Testbase, File-Aid, MKS, dBase, JCL, z/OS, VSAM, Windows XP/Vista, CLIST, Control-M, RUP,
MS Office and the Metadata Analyzer.
05/02 – 12/07 Consultant - Arrington Associates Consultants, Corporation
• Various Projects and Contracts: COBOL Programmer for Retail Order Inventory System; 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; Lead COBOL Conversion Programmer for COBOL to COBOL LE 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. Projects included Health Care systems, HIPAA renovation and
compliance, transportation logistic system, 800 billing system, inventory management, shipping, and
freight tracking, POS, accounting/financial systems, SWOT Analysis and others. Utilized SOA (Service
Oriented Architecture), ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), CRM (Customer Relationship Management),
COBOL II, COBOL LE, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, IMS DB/DC, DLI, VSAM, Cool:Gen, CA-7,
ChangeMan, TSO/ISPF, MQ Series, Visual Age COBOL, WebSphere, MicroFOCUS COBOL, APS,
ADABAS/Natural, Panvalet, Endevor, File-Aid, Xpediter, Intertest, Infoman, z/OS, OS/MVS, OS/390, CECI,
CEDF, CEMT, IDMS, EDI, RUP, Easytrieve Plus, Oracle, PL/SQL, MS SQL Server, MKS, Agile, Apache,
Lucene, TomCat, Java, J2EE, Crystal Reports, FTP, Connect:Direct, MS Access, MS Visio, Metadata
Analyzer, HTML, ASP, Perl, Tcl/Tk, QuickBASIC, VBScript, IE, Telnet, IIS, MS Office, MS Project,
Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 and Server 2000/2003/2005/2007. Built and configured servers and
desktops.
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6. 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 4/5, Red Hat
& Caldera Linux, Server 2000, Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP, Oracle, MS SQL Server, C/C++, Java,
Visio, Legato, Tape Libraries, and RSA security. Administered routers (Cisco, Adtran, Juniper, HP, etc.),
Servers (Sun, Dell, Compaq, and Generic), Hard disk storage sub systems (Sun), SAN (NetApp) and NAS
units (Netgear, NetApp, Plextor, Seagate, etc.).
02/98 - 11/01 Consultant – Arrington Associates
• Programmer Analyst – Retail Order Inventory Management System and B2B Sales Portal – COBOL,
TSO/ISPF, DB2, CICS, BMS, C
• Disaster Recovery Team Lead - Alltel International Mortgage - Participated in disaster recovery exercises.
• Sr. Programmer Analyst – COBOL II, Peoplesoft, VSAM, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, ROSCOE, RUP, and
TSO/ISPF.
• Sr. Programmer Analyst - HIPAA, requirements and renovations, COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF,
SPUFI, FOCUS, VM, TSO/ISPF, IMS DB/DC, ADF, MQ Series, WebSphere, CA7, IEF, APS, Cool:Gen,
Oracle, Telon, File-Aid, Data-Xpert, IMS Xpert, Intertest, Abend-Aid, Visual Age COBOL
• Systems Engineer - 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
• Sr. Programmer Analyst / Team Leader - EDI/EC, Harbinger TLC/TLE, Gentran, XML, Oracle, FTP,
Connect:Direct, Microfocus COBOL
• Sr. Internet & Desktop Technician - C/C++, Visual Basic, Visual C, Java, 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. I configured DSL Internet access points.
• Senior Business Analyst - COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, TSO/ISPF, IMS DB/DC, ADF, CA7,
RUP, SDSF, SAR, and Intertest. Software development contract for parts inventory management system.
09/97 - 01/98 Senior Member of the Technical Staff - Analysts International Corporation.
Salt River Project (SRP) - a political subdivision of the State of AZ, a power generating and reselling
authority for the State of AZ.
• EC/EDI Coordinator responsible for establishing and defining corporate strategies for electronic
commerce. Performed project SWOT Analysis, trained users in Harbinger TLC (NT/Windows). Established
the Harbinger EDI program for New West Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the SRP in the newly
deregulated California energy market.
• Sr. Project Leader - Responsible for three teams of five techs. Utilized MS Project to track goals,
milestones and schedules.
• Sr. Web Architect – Designed and created web pages and participated in the creation of B2B portal.
HTML, DHTML, XML, ASP, CSS, JavaScript, and Apache Web Servers.
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7. • Technical Interviewer - 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, and
Apache.
02/97 - 08/97 Consultant - Eagle Systems Technology, Inc. Memphis TN
• Business Analyst/Senior COBOL 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 Easytrieve Plus 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. Performed SWOT Analysis for new projects. Administered BSD, Novell, & Windows
NT (3.51 & 4.0) Internet servers. Utilized Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, HTML, C, C++, Java,
Shell Scripting, Perl, FTP, Telnet, CGI, VBScript, JavaScript, and other WEB products. Performed HTML,
PERL (4 & 5), Access & Visual BASIC. 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, LLC
• 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, Perl, Shell Scripting, Tcl/Tk, AWK, QuickBASIC, TCP/IP, GroupWise, SendMail, BIND/DNS, Oracle,
MySQL, SyBase, GroupWise, NFS, LAN WorkGroup, X-Windows, WEB Servers (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 - Volt Technical Services
• Novell GroupWise E-Mail and NetWare 4.1/3.12 LAN administration and maintenance, UNIX, Oracle, Perl,
Samba/SMBServer, Tcl/Tk, AWK, TCP/IP, NFS, SMTP gateway, MAC connectivity issues, PC support
services, HP/UX, & VAX systems.
04/95 - 10/95 Consultant - Senior Analyst/Programmer – CSC
• Performed maintenance programming using FORTRAN, COBOL II, DB2, CICS, IMS DB/DC, FOCUS,
DL/I, and TSO/ISPF.
• 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 Department
• Ran help desk. Handled all administrative departmental functions. Maintained director’s calendar.
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.
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8. 04/94 - 10/94 EDP Programmer Analyst - State of AZ, AHCCCS.
• Maintenance programmer for State of AZ Medicaid health management system. Ideal DATACOM/DB,
COBOL, TSO/ISPF.
01/93 - 04/94 Consultant/Programmer/Analyst - Independent
• CICS, COBOL II, DB2, MVS/ESA, IDEAL DATACOM/DB Health Care system, IMS DB/DC,
Easytrieve Plus, TSO/ISPF, MVS/XA, VSAM, File-Aid, OS/MVS, OCL, IBM AS/400, IBM S3900.
04/86 - 11/92 Consultant - PC-Stat – Various Clients, Washington, DC
• Systems Engineer – Novell Netware and UNIX Administration – VANSTAR, Phoenix, AZ
• Programmer Analyst – COBOL, CICS, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, BMS,
• Senior Programmer Analyst – COBOL II, CICS, DB2, BMS, SQL, ROSCOE, VSAM – Reohr Group, GTE
Health Systems, Phoenix, AZ
• Senior Programmer Analyst – COBOL II, IMS, TSO/ISPF, Dyl280, Panvalet, IEF - American Express
(AMEX), Ft Lauderdale, FL
• Task Leader / Sr. Programmer Analyst – COBOL II, IMS DB/DC, MFS, DB2, SQL, TSO, IMS Data-Xpert,
Blue Cross Blue Shield of VA, ARMS Incorporated
• Sr. Network Support Specialist - Novell, Windows, Unix - American Banker's Association, EDP Temps,
Washington, DC
• Local Area Network Administrator - Office of the Secretary of HUD, Compdata Corp., Washington, DC
• Sr. Programmer Analyst – COBOL II, PL/I, DB2, SQL, TSO, Easytrieve, IEF - Mobil Oil, Trecom Business
Systems, Fairfax, VA
• Team Disaster Recovery Coordinator – Coauthored Disaster Recovery Plans - Mobil Oil, Trecom Business
Systems, Fairfax, VA
• Programmer Analyst – COBOL II, IMS, TSO/ISPF, Dyl280, Panvalet - AMEX, Computer Horizons Corp,
Phoenix, AZ
• Project Leader – COBOL, IMS, TSO/ISPF - US Dept of the Interior, CMS Services, Inc., Washington, DC
• Programmer Analyst – Unemployment Insurance System – DBMI, Washington, DC
• Programmer Analyst – ADABAS/Natural, COBOL, ROSCOE, VSAM, ISAM – American Information
Systems, Washington, DC
• Programmer Analyst – COBOL, Model 204, CICS, IEF, TSO, IRMA, Wylbur – US Dept of the Interior,
Washington, DC
• PC Programmer – QuickBASIC, dBase, IV, Btrieve, MS/PC DOS, PC-COBOL – NCS, Inc. – US Dept of
the Interior, DC
06/85 – 04/86 US Dept of the Interior, OSMRE, CDSI
• Microcomputer Database Programmer – dBase III+/IV/IV+, COBOL, Lotus 123
• Disaster Recovery Committee Member for Interoffice, Custom and Desktop Systems
02/74 – 06/85 Various Positions and Companies - Detailed Employment History Available on Request
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10. BRAINBENCH CERTIFICATIONS
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INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATIONS
*** Certifications Expire 3 Years From Date Earned ***
Earned
MS Windows 8.1 Desktop Administration 04/22/2015
Technical Help Desk (Microsoft) 04/21/2015
COBOL II 04/20/2015
Network Technical Support 05/07/2014
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS AND HONORS
• 2012 Dean’s List (Spring) - American Public University
• 2012 Pi Gamma Mu – International Honor Society in Social Sciences
• 2012 Golden Key International Honor Society
• 2005 Businessman of the Year, National Republican Congressional Committee, Business Advisory Council
• 1998 Network World Electronic magazine article published by The Professional Presence Network entitled
“African-American Marketing”
• 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 Achievement Scholarship Commended Student
• 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)
• Editing Member of the Chicago Manual of Style Committee
• International Association of Internet Professionals (IAIP)
• 2002-2008 Microsoft Registered Partner
OTHER CERTIFICATIONS
• Six Sigma White Belt Certification, 2012, Aveta Business Solutions
CONTACT URLS
• http://www.linkedin.com/in/joelarrington
• http://joel-arrington.aaccmjb.com/
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11. TECHNICAL EDUCATION
• 2012, Information Security, SC Department of Employment and Workforce
• 2010, Continuity Awareness, Department of Labor (DOL), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
• 2010, Federal Records Management, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), DOL, Bureau of Labor Statistics
• 2010, Safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information, FISMA, Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
• 2010, Information Systems Security Awareness, FISMA, Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
• 2009, TSS, IDS/II DM IV, TP8, & Bull Honeywell GCOS 8 OS, State of TN
• 2008, SSA Information Systems Security Awareness, FISMA, 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, Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)
• 2008, IS-00547 Introduction to Continuity of Operations (COOP), 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, ISPF/SDSF Advanced Features, Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC
• 2007, Security Awareness/HIPAA, Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC
• 2007, 3270 Session Setup, Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC
• 2007, Tools & Utilities, Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC
• 2007, Business Consultancy Program, Core Consultant School, Accenture
• 2007, Configuration Management, Accenture
• 2007, Ethics and Compliance, Accenture
• 2007, Negotiation Essentials, 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
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12. • 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
• 1987, Disaster Recovery Planning and Critical Systems Seminar, Mobil Oil
• 1986, Certificate in Micro-Computer Programming, Weston Training
• 1983, Certificate in IMS Database Concepts and Programming, DBMI
• 1983, Certificate in IMS ADF Programming, DBMI
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