Ben Coleman

 

370 East Post Oak Crossing                                                           (770) 426-8658 (Home)

Marietta, Georgia  30008                                         e-mail: bcoleman@accelerateddesign.com

 

Objective

Development position utilizing flexible programming and networking background.

 

Qualifications Summary

Twenty-three years of IT experience including twenty years of application development, network administration, possessing superb communication skills with the user community and a  demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and languages.

Proven experience in the following areas:

 

       Development Languages                               Platforms                          

Perl

Modula-2

Windows

Unix

Java

C

Linux

Netware

Clarion

COBOL

Unisys V Series

 

 

Professional Experience and Accomplishments

 

Contract Programmer,  Atlanta, Georgia                                                     2000-Present

Contract Programmer for TermNet

· Provided development and maintenance support for the communications network

· Maintained SUMMIT software

· Re-engineered SUMMIT software for backend network processing

 

TermNet Merchant Services,  Atlanta, Georgia                                                1992-2000

Senior Systems Analyst

Member of a team responsible for software development using multiple languages; and Netware and Windows NT network administration.

· Completed a previously started Verifone terminal application.  This supported validation of private label credit cards.  Required to learn Verifone TCL software.

· Developed and implemented private label credit card transaction recapture system using the Modula-2 language.  System saved TermNet $10,000/ year in labor costs.

· Developed and implemented TermNet Order Processing System, a merchant application tracking system, using the Clarion language.

· Developed and implemented TermNets Merchant Management system, SUMMIT.

· Developed and implemented the companys Extranet, using Perl, Clarion, CGI, WindCGI, ODBC and Enterprise Server.  The application allowed external salespeople access to the SUMMIT application.

 

 

 

 

Ben Coleman

 

Community Bank and Trust,  Fairmont, West Virginia                                   1985-1991

Computer Operator

· Operated Banking applications on Unisys V Series mainframe

 

Computer Programmer

· Responsible for administration and support of the Banks Unisys Terminal network.

· Developed document transfer application, using C, enabling the bank to transfer check data from an NCR Tower (Unix) computer to a Unisys V System mainframe.

· Responsible for application maintenance on the Unisys V System mainframe.

 

Alker Tire and Supply,  Atlanta, Georgia                                                          1981-1985

Computer Programmer

· Responsible for program maintenance of Burroughs-supplied COBOL applications.

· Developed Physical Inventory, Purchasing/Receipts, Product History and Goodyear Consignment subsystems using COBOL.

 

Datatel, Inc.,  Atlanta, Georgia                                                                           1979-1981

Computer Operator

· Operated Banking applications on Burroughs B3800 mainframe

Computer Programmer

· Developed tape library system using COBOL

 

 

Education

BA Bible, with a minor in Computer Science, Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky