Work History for Transalta Utilities
1994 - 1997TransAlta Utilities, Calgary, Alberta
- Position:
- Contract Programmer Analyst
Started with support of in-house (TAU) built Human Resources Information System, built with/on Corvision (4GL) version 4.50. Started Contract with no Corvison experience when TAU could not find anyone with experience. As Corvision and other HRIS work reduced with TAU transition to SAP, supported several other legacy VMS systems (many of which were being fazed out, or replaced by SAP or Lotus Notes)
Environment Summary:
VAX/VMS, MS DOS 5, Windows 3.1, Macintosh System 7, Windows 95, NT Server, Corvision version 4.50, Powerhouse, SmartStar, Datatrieve, RDB, SQL, COBOL (with embedded SQL), C, BASIC, VMS DCL, FileMaker (Mac and Win95), Unix, Oracle, IGDS EDG, tar, Microsoft Word, Excel, All-In-One, Lotus Notes, Corel Draw, VISIO, Meeting Maker, SmarTerm 420 and 340, LSE, VMS Debug
- Support HRIS: Corvision, Dos 5, Rdb, SQL, COBOL, VMS DCL, Powerhouse
- ESSO employee debit card Interface (new development to interface monthly Imperial Oil transaction file to accounting and payroll): COBOL, SQL, VMS DCL, Microsoft WORD
- Records Center System: Powerhouse, SQL, VMS DCL
- Telephone Database Management and billing system; Dial; NotesPhone: SmartStar, Datatrieve, VMS DCL, C, Powerhouse. Lotus Notes, Excel, VISIO
- DECCHG: Powerhouse, VMS DCL, COBOL
- Print Shop: Powerhouse, COBOL, VMS DCL
- IBEW Transfer List: All-In-One, Lotus Notes, VMS DCL, Microsoft Word, FTP
- Brilliant Employee Suggestions: VMS DCL, All-In-One, Lotus Notes, Powerhouse
- Bids and Posting: VMS DCL, All-In-One, Microsoft Word, Lotus Notes, FTP
- Incentive Pay Plan: Excel
- Promotions and Transfers: VMS DCL, All-In-One, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Word
- Plot Invoicing: VMS DCL, Excel, FTP, Pathworks
- Applicant Tracking: FileMaker
- Chuckwagon shares: Excel
- Annual Tower Payments
- Built SmarTerm scripts for communications with Bank by Payroll and Accounting
- During infrastructure project rollout, install and configure DOS and Windows 3.x programs (in-house and commercial engineering applications) under Windows 95. Convert data from Macintosh to Windows 95 format. Researched and defined standard configuration for the standard terminal emulation packages used in the new TAU infrastructure environment (SmarTerm 420 and SmarTerm 340): DOS 5, DOS 7, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, VMS DCL, VMS Basic, SmarTerm, Corel Draw 4, VISIO, Microsoft Word, FileMaker
