Fredrick L. Barnett
651 Alleghany Road
Grayslake, IL 60030
847 548-5806
http://B-N-S.US

Professional Experience
BARNETT NETWORK STRATEGIES Consultant/Owner 1990 -  present
Plan and implement the integration of IBM mainframe, iSeries, Linux, Windows, internet software.

• for futures clearing company implemented BMC Mainview for DB2, OS/390 & CICS and more
• for large credit company wrote change management system to improve programmer productivity
• for an international forms distributor designed and programmed electronic forms distribution thru MVS Netview DM using REXX. DSNX, and PC Support to 5000 AS/400s
• for the largest Chicago electric utility tuned a major VSAM system which reduced 3390 volume growth and volatility and improved on-line response
• for an international truck manufacturer planned and installed NETVIEW, NCP, and VTAM
• for a major state agency planned Novell 500-node integration with MVS SNA networks

ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO., S.C., Chicago, IL Systems Software Supervisor, Information Systems Services, 1991 - 1993
Managed, installed and maintained operating systems and other software on IBM VM/MVS, Wang minicomputers, and DOS and OS/2 microcomputers. Supervised six systems programmers. Reduced chaotic disk & file names, migrated MVS to MVS/ESA V4.2, and upgraded 60 mainframe products. Disciplined software changes improved reliability. Streamlined hot-site recovery. Implemented financial systems using distributed data base LAN to DB2 using LU 6.2, XCOM, and Lotus Notes.

COMPUTER ASSOCIATES, Chicago, IL Systems Engineer, 1990 - 1991
Pre-sales tech support & training for console automation, report view/delivery, CICS and MVS.

CYBERTEK CORPORATION, Vernon Hills, IL Manager of Data Center Technical Support, 1987 - 1990
Supervised six systems programmers and 2 supervisors. Installed and maintained MVS/XA, DOS/VS, CICS/VS, IMS, and SNA networks. The company is a software development and services company. Improved CICS/MVS on-line user availability from 85% in 1987 to 99.5% in 1989 leading a $1 million per year customer to renew.

VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA Greensboro, NC Supervisor of MIS Technical Services, 1981 - 1987
Hired as Supervisor of On-line Systems to manage CICS, IMS, and networks and 3 systems programmers. After 3 years promoted to Supervisor MIS Technical Services, managed systems programming supervisors installation and support of MVS, VM, VSE, CICS, voice telephone systems and a multitude of other operating systems and network products. Led a team that combined 3 IBM data centers saving $1,000,000.

UNION SPECIAL CORPORATION, Chicago, IL Senior Systems Programmer, 1977 - 1981
RUST-OLEUM CORPORATION, Vernon Hills, IL Systems Programmer, 1971 - 1977
CICS & data base. Promoted to Sr led 2 programmers supporting VSE, DL/1, CICS, installation.

Professional Associations and Education
--NaSPA charter member --member AITP --member CPSR
--(former) ACM chapter vice chair --(former) GUIDE assistant group manager

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management Master of Business Administration 1989
University of Illinois, Chicago Bachelor of Science in Math and Computer Science 1977
College of Lake County Business Division Part-time Computer Instructor