Consultant Experience; 1984 to present

Authored Impact/2000 a year 2000 analysis and conversion tool.
Wrote a Retail Point of Sale application with Inventory tracking capabilities.
Wrote an Inventory Control application, which can be utilized by any kind of business, including retail, wholesale, manufacturing and multi-level marketing.
Provided expert witness testimony in a civil suit involving a software copyright infringement.
Wrote a Multi-level Marketing application for the AS/400.
Wrote an A/P application which matches receiving slips with invoices and generates automatic payments.
Other recent projects written for the AS/400 include: an order entry application; a multi-terminal conferencing application; a report writing application.
Experience also includes: conversion of S/36 applications to an AS/400; conversion of S/38 to an AS/400; conversion of a S/3 to a S/38; numerous accounting applications; medical and dental applications; and many other applications.

Employment Experience (prior to opening Bekemeier & Associates in 1984)

May 1974 until December 1984        DP Manager of Southeast Data Center - San Diego, Ca.,

I was responsible for all programming and application designs, first on an IBM S/3 then beginning in January 1981 on an IBM S/38. Applications included: Medical/Dental billing and receivables; Payroll; Accounts Payable; General Ledger; Pharmacy prescription and billing software; as well as numerous applications for internal job cost accounting and billing. These applications were rewritten for the IBM S/38 using RPGIII in 1981.

July 1970 to July 1974                      United States Navy

Served four years in the US Navy working with a variety of computer applications and equipment. Received a Letter of Commendation from the Navy for computer work while engaged in combat operations aboard the USS Providence in 1972.

Education

Associate degree, Computer Science and Systems, May 1979, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA.
Associate degree, Computer Programming and Systems, May 1979, Grossmont College.
Continuing education through attendance at seminars, computer conferences and active participation at ASG meetings.Also have conducted seminars for training other consultant and programmers on the S/38 in 1982. I have also given presentations to ASG on RPG/400 and Y2K issues. At the 1998 Fall Common Conference held in Anaheim, I did a presentation on Y2K issues as it related to the AS/400.

Professional Organizations

Greater San Diego Business Association Member, 1999-present
ASG COMMON Liaison, 1990-1993
Director of Application Systems Group, 1991
President of Application Systems Group, 1989-1990
San Diego Chapter Director of Group 38, 1986
Charter/Founder, Computer Museum of America, 1987
International Director of Group 38, 1986
President of ASTUTE, 1983 (Association of Systems 3,34,36,38 Users for Training and Education)

Hardware Experience

IBM AS/400
IBM System/38
IBM System/36
IBM System/34
IBM System/3
IBM PC

Programming Languages

RPGILE
RPG/400
RPGIII
RPGII
COBOL
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