Résumé of
JOSEPH W. GALLAHER

Contact: Joe Gallaher
800-739-7724
Email: Joe@SPCI.net
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BOOKMARKS:

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
DETAILED EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
VENDOR TRAINING

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Acme Anvil Apr. 2003-present Capacity Planner
America First Bank Nov. 2001-Apr. 2003 MICS Administrator
Feb. 1999-Nov. 2001 SAS Programmer

EXPERIENCE:

Apr. 2003-

Acme Anvil
present
Capacity Planner - Responsible for Capacity Planning for a large z/OS-based Server platform. Duties included:
  • Designed and coded SAS programs to extract and analyze MVS source data (SMF, RMF, MICS) and determine historical trends for CPU, memory, and storage utilization; CICS, DB2, MQSeries, and batch transaction statistics, and; system-related channel activity (tape, DASD).
  • Utilized modeling tools (Best/1, PerfMon) to forecast resource requirements and justify hardware upgrades to meet business service levels and future workload needs.
  • Also used TeamQuest Model to provide 'what-if' analysis to evaluate the effects of different hardware configurations on resouce-intensive applications.
  • Presented workload trends and growth forecasts to management using Excel charts/graphs and PowerPoint presentations.
  • Saved over $3 million in unnecessary hardware upgrades.
  • Served as backup MICS Administrator.
Feb. 1999-

America First Bank
Apr. 2003
MICS Administrator (Nov. 2001-Apr. 2003) -
  • Responsible for MICS database administration.
  • Maintained job streams and schedules for MICS update processing.
  • Applied maintenance to MICS.
  • Coded SAS exits for daily MICS processing.
SAS Programmer (Feb. 1999-Nov. 2001) - {insert SAS Programmer description here]

EDUCATION:

B. S., Computer Science (Magna Cum Laude), University of Maryland, May 1996.

VENDOR TRAINING:

Best/1 Capacity Planning and Performance Management (BMC)
Best/1 Performance Explorer (BMC)
Capacity Planning for UNIX and NT (TeamQuest )
Performance Navigator (MPG)
Workload Manager Goal Mode Migration (IBM)

Systems Programming Consultants, Inc
8606 Hillside Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90069
800-739-7724

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