John P. Beirne Resume
Summary Information technology specialist with expertise in database and internet/intranet applications. Strengths include screen design and layout and database design. Diverse experience, having worked in taxes, legal, banking, insurance and retail applications. Organized, creative and able to come up with imaginative solutions. Independent worker also possesses excellent interpersonal/group communication skills.
Employment History JB WEB/DATABASE SERVICES2002 – Present Freelance website and MS Access database development.JB WEB/DATABASE SERVICES JB Web/Database Services Websites developed: B and B Carpet Cleaning SCC Exchange Wal Solutions Dons Grill My babys site
Employment History JB WEB/DATABASE SERVICES2002 – Present Freelance website and MS Access database development.JB WEB/DATABASE SERVICES JB Web/Database Services Websites developed: B and B Carpet Cleaning SCC Exchange Wal Solutions Dons Grill My babys site Arthur Andersen, LLP Experienced Staff Primary support for nine systems, including the U.S. Partner Tax System, one of the most complicated Microsoft Access systems my team was responsible for. Performed scheduled maintenance and maintenance required by tax law changes. Modifications and new development involved VBA, complex queries, linked tables, (sub)forms, (sub)reports and importing from/exporting to Excel or ASCII files. Other systems featured ODBC links from Access to Lotus Notes databases and sending output to PDF files. Secondary support for three systems. Involved in entire project lifecycle of a new Lotus Notes database and became primary support for it.
Employment History Primary support for nine systems, including the U.S. Partner Tax System, one of the most complicated Microsoft Access systems my team was responsible for. Performed scheduled maintenance and maintenance required by tax law changes. Modifications and new development involved VBA, complex queries, linked tables, (sub)forms, (sub)reports and importing from/exporting to Excel or ASCII files. Other systems featured ODBC links from Access to Lotus Notes databases and sending output to PDF files. Secondary support for three systems. Involved in entire project lifecycle of a new Lotus Notes database and became primary support for it. Arthur Andersen, LLP Experienced Staff St. Paul Federal Bank for Savings Applications Developer Primary support for eleven systems, including St. Pauls Executive Information System, developed using Pilot Designer. Converted several systems from dBase III+ to Paradox, suggested that management should begin using Microsoft Access and then converted several systems and created new systems using Access. Was part of the intranet development team, created several pages and worked on design architecture of the site.
Employment History Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Programmer Analyst Support of English Language System, a COBOL/CICS system which translated codes into English language phrases for display to Customer Service operators. Led project to develop a Paradox database for Medical Review Unit. This database tracked inquiries from statewide offices for approval/disapproval by the main office. St. Paul Federal Bank for Savings Applications Developer Primary support for eleven systems, including St. Pauls Executive Information System, developed using Pilot Designer. Converted several systems from dBase III+ to Paradox, suggested that management should begin using Microsoft Access and then converted several systems and created new systems using Access. Was part of the intranet development team, created several pages and worked on design architecture of the site.
Employment History Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Programmer Analyst Support of English Language System, a COBOL/CICS system which translated codes into English language phrases for display to Customer Service operators. Led project to develop a Paradox database for Medical Review Unit. This database tracked inquiries from statewide offices for approval/disapproval by the main office. Internships Management Science America, 1990 WLS AM/FM 1981
Internships Management Science America, 1990 WLS AM/FM 1981 Education Bachelor of Science,Computer Information Systems DeVry Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, June 1990 Bachelor of Arts,Speech and Performing Arts (Thats Communications, with an emphasis on Radio) Academic Honors Presidential Honor Society,Presidents ListDeans List, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, December 1982