1. VINU BABU KURIAN
AS400/I-series RPG Consultant
vinubabukurian@ymail.com Cell: 832-922-3216
SUMMARY
• AS400/RPG professional with well rounded experience in all facets of AS400 solutions
delivery. Vinu specializes in AS400 project delivery, AS400 project implementation and the
best use of RPG as a solution provider.
• 11 plus years of focused IT experience in which 7 years of AS400 and 4 years of
experience in management information system, Customer service, workforce management
and accounting.
• Third party system development, application system analysis, design, programming, and
technical management on many applications and application categories
• AS400 projects and solutions implementation in RPG, AS400 and CL for various projects
where Vinu has been involved in all phases of a SDLC life cycle in the capacity of a
developer, Solutions Architect, Tech Lead and SME.
• Proved ability to quickly identify issues and provide viable issues add move the project to
successful implementation and conclusion within budget. Able to drive issues and
accelerate resolution inside AS400 and RPG.
• Excellent fine tuning and troubleshooting skills to enhance and scale up performance of
existing system and CPU performance including multithreading techniques and code
optimization using pathfinder tools like Hawkeye.
• Automation of several projects to minimize manual intervention to help companies to cut
down costs.
• A good understanding of hybrid or web based products interacting with AS400 system
like .Net and Java.
• Strictly adheres to client coding, style, and documentation standards on all projects to
ensure maintainability and continuity of all code produced
• Modernization of legacy code and techniques including optimization, conversion and
maintainability to suit the modern needs of the company.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:
• Experienced is using the most modern and latest RPG programming techniques including a
very good understanding of legacy systems and coding techniques.
• Experienced in CL programming, monitoring batch jobs and supporting and analyzing bottle
necks in implementation
• Expert in Screen Design Aid (SDA): Menus, Display Files, Sub-file Programming
• Proficient in DB2/400: DDS-Physical Files, Logical Files, Join Files, Data Dictionaries
• Conversion of printer reports into pdf’s, spread sheets and email them to a distribution list
with help of RPG API’s/Java 400 API’s and mark-magic tool to save thousands of dollars as
savings.
• Expert in SQLRPGLE techniques including latest free format usage of static and dynamic
cursors including scroll cursors for various projects.
• Expert in Enterprise Integrator, Excel Macros and Mapics applications like Power-Link.
• Using mark-magic software to create reports with graphics including converting existing
reports into pdf’s which could be emailed which resulted in saving of thousands of dollars
for the company.
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2. • Experienced in supporting for a web based product including writing stored procedures,
meta-search queries and other complex queries MS-SQL 2005.
• Acquaintance and understanding of with new AS400 tools like MIMIX promoter, care
promoter, jobs scheduler, FTP, PGP encryption, NDM and Robot Implementer.
• Proficient is using HP quality control to monitor defects, raise requests and verify status for
project implementation.
• Enhanced many complicated applications for performance improvement and user
friendliness.
• Knowledgeable of web based technology including .NET, JAVA and Oracle.
EXPERIENCE/PROJECT WORK
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P April 22 ’13 till date
Industry: Retail
Client: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Role: Senior Consultant
Senior member of the IT Manufacturing Item team that provided full support and services to
make sure that manufacturing operations ran smoothly with the least downtime.
SDLC planning and management was in place at all levels of every project. Understanding
the technical and functional specifications. Designing, development, analysis, performance
review, testing, trouble shooting and debugging of the application. Managing smooth
implementation and testing of the application in Development and QA before Production
implementation. Providing post implementation, enhancement, performance driven analysis
and maintenance support for the application.
 Many existing jobs and programs were modified to enhance and improve the
performance and user friendliness.
 XML download utility was developed to import mass XML files from a FTP server to I-
series IFS folder for XML parsing to staging tables.
 Deep Analysis of system health for source and object mismatch and other aspects of the
system problems
 Working on the split of HP into two companies so that the application can be separated
based on functionalities for each company
 Working on FTP feeds which needs to separate for each company involved in SIT and
UAT.
 Working with business, HP Tech leads, Offshore- Tech leads, Users & Middleware
during Sit and UAT to resolve the different problems during testing.
Skills: RPG/400, RPG IV, RPG-Free, MS-SQL 2005, SQL/400, CL, CLLE, SQLRPGLE, ILE
Concepts, Vista, ODBC, FTP, SFTP, Web-tools, IFS, Excel-Macros, Project Viewer, Robot
Scheduler.
Tools: Abstract, Scan, HP ALM & HP QC.
Goodman Manufacturing Company,L.P. April 22 ’13 till date
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3. Industry: Manufacturing IT Operations
Client : Goodman Manufacturing Operations
Role: AS400 Tech Lead/Developer
Senior member of the IT Manufacturing Item team that provided full support and services to
make sure that manufacturing operations ran smoothly with the least downtime.
SDLC planning and management was in place at all levels of every project. Understanding
the technical and functional specifications. Designing, development, analysis, performance
review, testing, trouble shooting and debugging of the application. Managing smooth
implementation and testing of the application in Development and QA before Production
implementation. Providing post implementation, enhancement, performance driven analysis
and maintenance support for the application.
 Performed on call duties to on standby for any production issues.
 I am the Enterprise Integrator expert in the company. This tool was recently purchased
by the company and I was the first to work on it.
 Handling complex multiple sub-file displays with rpgle/dds with latest rpgle
 Implementation of SQL techniques on as400 as sqlrpgle programs and sql techniques
with broker services in websphere.
 Automization of several processes which would result in minimal manual intervention
of processed and greater productivity.
 Many existing jobs and programs were modified to enhance and improve the
performance and user friendliness.
 A tight deadline project named Outside Engineering for Goodman Manufacturing was
delivered within the stipulated timeline which included getting a zipped XML file
(AXML) from a oracle FTP server and moving to AS400 and unzipping it and parsing
the information into various tables and retrieving the required information based on
various conditions. This information would be converted into another XML file for the
enterprise integrator and used to be posted into the Goodman’s MAPICS system. The
report for the successfully posting or Erroneous posting is reported to the user.
 I was awarded for the Goodman Outside-Engineering project with a certificate and gift
card from the IT director and my Manager.
 Trained others in the Team in modern RPG methods and Enterprise integrator.
 Several Power-link (MAPICS GUI) projects were also implemented by me during my
tenure.
 Some of my projects included Excels Macros where upload and download of Bill of
material and Items were done through ODBC connections using excel macros.
Skills: RPG/400, RPG IV, RPG-Free, MS-SQL 2005, SQL/400, CL, CLLE, SQLRPGLE, FTP, IFS,
ILE Concepts, MAPICS, Power-Link, Excel Macros, Enterprise Integrator.
Tools: Hawkeye/Power link
Tata Consultancy Services Jan 03 ’12 April 20 ‘13
Industry: Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)
Client : CVS Caremark
Role: AS400 Tech Lead/Developer
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4. Senior member of the delivery team that provided onsite support, services and coordinate with
offshore team for the RxCLAIM application for the client at CVS Caremark Inc.
Understanding the technical and functional specifications with SDLC planning and
management. Designing, development, analysis, performance review, code review, testing,
trouble shooting and debugging of the application. Managing smooth implementation and
testing of the application with various levels of testing and planning and implementation to
production. Providing post implementation, enhancement, performance driven analysis and
maintenance support to client for application.
 Point of contact to the client where business requirement is translated to technical terms
with existing infrastructure
 Coordinate between business , SME’s and System team to get the necessary approvals
of the projects documents and necessary authority including advanced application
development design document (AADD), Unit test plan (UTP) and Unit test results
(UTR) for the same.
 In charge of delivering the project in time, in the budget within all constraints.
 Usage of HP quality control to monitor for any QA defects which might be assigned to
our team and resolve or fix the defect.
Skills: RPG/400, RPG IV, RPG-Free, SQL/400, CL, CLLE, SQLRPGLE, ILE Concepts, Service
Programs, SYNON, COBOL/400.
Tools: Hawkeye, HP quality center, ALDON, Heat Ticket software
ndVOR IT Solutions Aug 04 ’09 May 27 2011
Industry: Retail
Project – Inventory management system
Role: Senior Analyst Programmer
Senior member of the team that offered offshore support and services to Euro-market Designs,
Inc subsidiaries Crate and Barrel, Land of Nod , CB2(USA and Canada) and franchisee AL-
Tayer, UAE.
SDLC planning and management. Understanding the technical and functional
specifications. Designing, development, analysis, performance review, testing, trouble
shooting and debugging of the application. Managing smooth implementation and testing
of the application at client location. Providing post implementation, enhancement,
performance driven analysis and maintenance support to client for application.
 Responsible for analysis of impact of new, modified and enhanced programs to existing
programs or application with help of rpgle/dds skills and pathfinder tools like
Hawkeye.
 Mark-magic/Jmagic utilized to make pdf’s and Labels including barcode printing and
graphics creation for various projects.
 Handling complex multiple sub-file displays with rpgle/dds with latest rpgle
 Implementation of SQL techniques on as400 as sqlrpgle programs and sql techniques
with broker services in websphere.
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5.  Automation of Conversion of reports in Excel sheets and pdf’s with help of Api’s and
mark-magic to email them to an email list.
 Analysis/Design of System and application for performance issues with the help of
Hawkeye and Search/Find String
 Lots of development with latest rpg-Free and sql techniques which has improved
 Rewriting old redundant code as into rpgle and sqlrpgle programs with rpg-Free and
even merging 2-3 old programs into one.
 Mentoring and Training junior programmers for the rpgle and dds.
Skills: RPG/400, RPG IV, RPG-Free, SQL/400, CL, CLLE, SQLRPGLE, ILE Concepts, Service
Programs.
Tools: Hawkeye, Mark-magic, Jmagic
Systems & Software July 30 ’07 July 30 ‘09
Industry: Retail
Project – Inventory management system and product support
Role: Analyst Programmer
Important member of the team that offered offshore support and services to McCain Foods Ltd,
Canada and WM Wrights Co, USA.
Developed new software applications and maintained existing applications. Performed
enhancement, conversions and upgrades and provided user software documentation and
training.
Provided troubleshooting, programming support, and data analysis for various issues
which resulted in the creation of new programs, modifying existing programs, data repair, and
user training and support.
 Responsible for analysis of impact of new, modified and enhanced programs to existing
programs or application with help of rpgle/dds skills and pathfinder tools like
Hawkeye.
 Working mainly PRMS package with Order entry application in the second year.
 Writing Ms-Sql statements and rpg-free coding for a product called re-distribute which
had meta-search queries and indexing
 Conversion of old redundant rpg codes and concepts into high performing modern
programs.
 Mentoring and Training junior programmers for the rpgle and dds.
Skills: RPG/400, RPG IV, RPG-Free, MS-SQL 2005, SQL/400, CL, CLLE, SQLRPGLE, ILE
Concepts
Tools: Hawkeye
Reliance info streams June 5 , ’03 Jan 14 , ’05
Responsible for solving customer queries, process requests and troubleshooting complaints.
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6. Responsible for Roster management for shifts and holidays for colleagues, Maintain minimum
call wait and loss and Handle escalated customer queries and complaints
Provided training for new trainees, team briefing and new updates etc
B P L Mobile cellular services Mar 02, ’02 - May 31, ’03
Responsible for solving customer queries, process requests and troubleshooting complaints.
Responsible for Roster management for shifts and holidays for colleagues, Maintain minimum
call wait and loss and Handle escalated customer queries and complaints
Rotomech Engineers June, ’98 - Nov 31, ’00
Responsible for maintenance of financial accounting and stores accounting for Rotomech
engineers and also was in charge when supervisor was not at office.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Bachelor Degree in Commerce/Accounting/IT
Master in Business Administration (MBA IT)
AS400 Training from Duke star
Diploma in computer application
Training: AS400, RPG/400, DBU/400, DDS.
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7. Responsible for Roster management for shifts and holidays for colleagues, Maintain minimum
call wait and loss and Handle escalated customer queries and complaints
Provided training for new trainees, team briefing and new updates etc
B P L Mobile cellular services Mar 02, ’02 - May 31, ’03
Responsible for solving customer queries, process requests and troubleshooting complaints.
Responsible for Roster management for shifts and holidays for colleagues, Maintain minimum
call wait and loss and Handle escalated customer queries and complaints
Rotomech Engineers June, ’98 - Nov 31, ’00
Responsible for maintenance of financial accounting and stores accounting for Rotomech
engineers and also was in charge when supervisor was not at office.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Bachelor Degree in Commerce/Accounting/IT
Master in Business Administration (MBA IT)
AS400 Training from Duke star
Diploma in computer application
Training: AS400, RPG/400, DBU/400, DDS.
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