When you select one of our IT consultants, you get more than just a star consultant, you get a member of our team. Each of our IT Consultants is part of a winning team. Our IT Consultants know that they can, at any time, call on the full breadth and experience of any other member of our team. For IT Consultants, like so many in life, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Isn't it time that you received the full benefit of our experience and team work?

Robert J. “Bo” Register
bo@reliableinformationsystems.com
(904)259-9083


Summary of Qualifications

Over 20 years of training, education and experience in programming and systems administration including:

Experience

Reliable Information Systems April 2004 – Present Chief Technology Officer (April 2004 – Present)

• Design and implement Company Technology Policy
• Develop and implement Company Marketing Strategy
• Create and deploy Company IT Infrastructure
• Recruit and retain IT Staff
• Manage Staff Training and Certification Plans

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida (and Subsidiaries) May 1994 – April 2004

Technical Consultant (August 1995 – April 2004)

• Lead team of MS Windows Administrators, UNIX Administrators , TSM (Tivoli) Storage Manager Administrator, SAS Programmer, MS SQL DBA, and DB2 UDB DBA to function as a single Technology Team.
• Daily operation of 11 IBM P-Series (RS/6000), 5 Periphonics (SunOS) IVR, 3 Linux-on-Intel Systems, and 40 Windows 2000 Server computers
• Design, implement, and maintain FCSO and Incepture HIPAA access control system – including DB2 UDB database, Java data sources, distributed authentication (integrated Windows, Unix, and database authorization control), and production procedures
• Installed and maintained CICS (TX series for AIX) and CallFlow/CallPath systems.
• Manage the distributed file systems (NFS, CIFS, and Samba shares)
• Production DB2 UDB support.
• Production interactive voice response (IVR) support
• Implement and maintain Jakarta-Tomcat Java Servers (AIX and Linux)
• Design and deploy DB2 Net.Data applications.
• Install, manage, and support Apache HTTPServer (including secure directories)
• Trouble-shoot systems with components hosted at three data centers (Tampa FL, Southbury CT, and Jacksonville FL) and operating on three platforms (OS/390, AIX, and Windows 2000)
• Plan and manage hardware and software installation, upgrades, and retirements.
• Transitioned 15 Data analysts from HOPS to a DB2 UDB data warehouse.
• Transitioned over 50 SAS programmers from MVS to AIX environment.
• Upgrading production systems from AIX 4.3 to AIX 5.1

        Senior Technical Analyst (May 1994 – August 1995)

• Level Two support for all Blue Cross & Blue Shield internal teleprocessing networks
• Managed Availability of CICS and IMS regions
• Problem bypass and recovery services for JES and VTAM
• Customer connectivity support for physicians and hospitals
• Management notification and problem escalation
• Automation of detection and correction using Candle, AF-Oper, and Omegamon

American Freightways (August 1992 – April 1994) Unix Network Administrator

• Developed TCP/IP network of IBM RS/6000s, PC's, and a ES/9000 to support distributed freight pickup and delivery system
• Assisted Oracle DBA with physical database design for distributed systems
• Upgraded AIX systems from 3.2.3 to 3.2.5 during successful system roll-out.
• Designed, developed, and deployed network monitoring system using SNMP traps
• Developed Helpdesk and developer documentation for these systems
• Provided X11 and Shell customization support for end-users and developers

United States Air Force (August 1982 – August 1992) Computer/Communications Programming Technician

• Developed hierarchical database for Civilian Pay Systems using DMS 1100
• Converted the Command Budget Automated System from Burroughs 3700 to Unisys 1100/90 and deployed the redesigned system to all Air Force Major Commands
• Designed, developed, and deployed a five country secure UNIX based network in support of Desert Shield/Desert Storm

Certifications:

• pSeries AIX System Support - IBM
• Master RDBM Concepts - Brainbench
• General Linux Administration – Brainbench

Education

• Associate of Applied Science (Computer Science) Community College of the Air Force – 1984
• WebSphere 3.5 Installation and Administration. IBM Education, June 2000
• Microsoft IIS, Intellipoint, April 1998
• Advanced DB2 Administration, IBM Education, May 1997
• Digital Unix System Administration, Global Knowledge Network, June 1996
• Database Administration for DB2 for AIX, IBM Education, November 1995
• SAS Fundamentals, BCBSFL, October 1994
• Advanced Systems Administration- AIX Version 3, IBM Education, September 1992
• UNIX System V – Systems Communications, AT&T GmBh, October 1988
• UNIX System V – Administration and Programming, AT&T WEDCO, September 1988
• AT&T 3B2/600G Hardware Diagnostics and Maintenance, AT&T WEDCO, Sept. 1988