Leonard Skierski has over 20 years of experience as a system administrator, programmer, and project manager. He has extensive expertise in software applications like Kronos, PeopleSoft, ADP, and COBOL. Through innovative programming, he has improved efficiency, accuracy, and reduced costs for various employers.

1. LEONARD JAMES SKIERSKI
737 Charleston Place
Duncan, SC 29334
SKIERSKI@AOL.COM
315-382-1866 Cell
SUMMARY
System Administrator/Programmer with 20+ years extensive experience designing and developing innovative
systems and programs that have improved efficiency and accuracy as well as captured cost savings. Expert in
multiple software applications, writing programs, and creation of interfaces to other systems. Looking for a
challenging position as a project manager.
EXPERIENCE
Ahold, Greenville, SC
Lead KRONOS Consulted 2013 – present
Contractor thru Wipro
• Application Administrator for Kronos 6.2 to support grocery stores in the North East.
• Training Wipro employees to be Application Administrators on how to determine pay issues and
application problems.
• Support Analytics, Attendance, Advance Scheduling, Time Clocks, day to day operations and helping
take care of pay issues.
Family Dollar, Matthews, NC 2012 – 2013
Independent Contractor
Kronos Developer
• Responsible for Kronos 6.1 configurations and maintaining interfaces.
• Project manager for upgrading to 6.3 and creating a training laptop that would allow users to learn how to
use the 6.3 Kronos software. Trained employees how to use the software and what they need to do to
upgrade the software to 6.3. Created documentation on the minimum requirements needed in hardware
to upgrade from 6.1 to 6.3.
Magna Powertrain, East Syracuse, NY 2004 – 2012
Formally New Venture Gear worked as a contract employee, Ajilon, 1997- 2004
Systems Development Analyst, KRONOS/PEOPLESOFT/ADP Administrator, COBOL Programmer
• Wrote interface jobs using Connect to feed ADP for weekly, bi-weekly, bi-monthly payroll processes and a
COBOL program to do an audit check register resulting in 100% accuracy of payroll.
• Added the salary employees and created their payrolls for bi-monthly and bi-weekly employees in the
KRONOS system. Set up security to who they have access to and what they can see in KRONOS. Able
to get this project done in 4 months, was given 6 months to do project.
• Worked with KRONOS to implement a new payroll/attendance system for hourly employees to handle the
new contract changes. Wrote programs to interface data from the existing payroll system to put past
history information into KRONOS 5.1. Loaded the employee data from PeopleSoft to KRONOS then
passed onto ADP.
• Lowered cost of doing business 50% by designing new programs for Payroll, Performance, Shipping and
Receiving, and Security.
• Improved efficiency in use of ORACLE data base from 50-75% by designing, drafting and implementing
programs to read ORACLE database.
• Wrote a new incentive system that eliminated downtime, saving the company over $1.5 million in payroll
costs to the company per week. Led a team of programmers to make the required changes in all the
systems that made up the payroll system. Trained the hourly employees and the supervisors how to use
the new incentive system.
NEC BCS, Inc., Syracuse, NY 1990 – 1997
Systems Programmer
• Improved response time 50% by developing new software for day to day operations of HP 3000 system
for Accounting, Inventory, and Call Accounting.
• Increased revenue $500K by designing, developing, and implementing an audit program that found a
problem in not collecting freight charges.
• Saved 50% cost of month end processing by designing system to replace manual input resulting in month
end processing requirements reduced from 7 days to 3 days.
Hi-Speed Checkweigher Co., Inc., Ithaca, NY 1988 – 1989
Electrical Engineering Programmer, Business Programmer, Operator
• Developed and maintained programs to weigh and barcode product indicating price and weight which
resulted in savings to customers of the Company.

2. • Improved efficiency of Accounting and Inventory departments by developing programs in Query, Natural
and COBOL.
• Developed and implemented networking of HP Vectra with HP 3000 and trained 6 employees in use of
system.
EDUCATION
Cornell University, Project Leadership Certificate
MBA, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY
BA in Computer Science, SUNY College at Oswego State, Oswego, NY
SPECIAL TRAINING
Expert in: COBOL, ProCOBOL, Excel, KRONOS, Workforce Timekeeper, Connect, ADP PC/PAYROLL,
ReportSmith, PeopleSoft, CARAS, and Crystal Reporting.
Literate in: SAP, ABAP Programming, HTML, C++, Fortan, GWBASIC, ProIV
KRONOS Training: WTK 6.2 Administering the application, WIM 6.2 Unpgrading from Connect .0 to WIM 6.1/6.2,
Upgrading to WFC 6.2, WAM 6.2 Congi & Administering Attendance Policies, WAM 6.1 Managing Attendance
Policies, Workforce Connect 6 Advanced Interface Programming, Workforce Connect 5.2 Interfacing to WFC,
Workforce Connect 5.2 Programming Interfaces Basic, Workforce Timekeeper 5 Department Manager, WTK 5.1
Administering the Application, WTK 5.1 Managing Timecards & Preparing for Payroll