James M. Driskill
El Cerrito, CA 94530
jmdriskill@post.com
 Daytime Phone:(510) 232-2092


Database and Business Management / Business Basic Programmer  


OBJECTIVE I am looking for a position that uses my technical, analytical and business management skills together for problem solving and implementation to improve business function and efficiency. I am a quick learner, open minded, and easily adapt. I am willing to relocate to major metropolitan areas of the United States.


TARGET JOB Desired Job Type: Employee
  Desired Status: Full-Time
  Site Location: On-Site
  Description of my 'perfect' job:
I would like to be working in a normally causal environment that has a focus on my technical skills. I would enjoy being an involved team player of workers who have a vision to improve life and the happiness of all people in our global community. My ideal job must be an offering to fulfill this vision for me.


TARGET COMPANY Company Size: Small (1 - 99)
  Category: Information Technology
  Description of my ideal company:


TARGET LOCATIONS Relocate: Yes
  US-AZ-Phoenix US-CA  
  US-CA-San Francisco US-FL-Miami  
  US-FL-West Palm Beach US-HI-Hawaii  
  US-IL-Chicago US-NY-Albany/Poughkeepsie  
  US-NY-Buffalo US-NY-New York City  
  US-OR-Portland US-TX  
  US-TX-Austin US-TX-Dallas  
  US-TX-Houston US-WA-Seattle  
  US-CA-Oakland/East Bay    


WORK STATUS US I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.


EXPERIENCE 8/1999 - Present Accountants On Call San Francisco, CA
  Temporary Assignment Employee
  Temporary assignment placement history:

[On assignment open term 4+ months]: Accounts payable processor in a major insurance firm involving multi company and department cost accounting, customer service, and recent full software conversion from mainframe text based system to Intranet based PeopleSoft system. Ability to perform data entry, account conversions, inquiry, and cancellations between both systems.

[4 week term] Audit a construction corporation four-year period of their general ledger to be able to file federal and state corporate earnings. Completed last 3 years of federal and state payroll quarterly reports.

[2 month term] Audit a consulting firm general ledger detail from a software systems conversion involving payroll, travel expenses, and consulting billing fees.

[1 day term] Data entry of year-end inventory transactions for a catalog based supplier.


  6/1987 - 7/1999 Paul Germain Enterprises, Inc. d.b.a. Paul's Plumbing Oakland, CA
  Computer & Financial Operations Controller
  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, DATA PROCESSING, & PROGRAMMING
· Original software application development programming
· Patch modification of existing source code
· Shortcut and automating the user input process
· Creating data input value filter processing & integrity validation
· Quick on demand database searching/inquiry retrieval tools
· User message cataloging for output messages/multi-language support
· Uniformed non-GUI user-interface input/menu/help shared library routines
· Issuing on demand quick form file text documents using data replacement fields from current database file records

COMPUTER SYSTEMS/NETWORK ADMINISTRATION
· Operating systems installation & configuration; SCO Unix, Windows98, Windows 95
· Job batch & automated task shell script programming
· Y2K analysis
· Hardware component, network wiring & configuration
· Data integrity, backup, and archival
· Procedure documentation manual
· Critical data systems crash recovery
· Staff tutoring of application software & general computer operations
· Purchasing hardware equipment upgrades
· Telephone systems configuration for voice, fax, & data

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
· Business insurance coverage and renewals
· Business taxes & other government information and tax filings
· Construction contracts & lien law documents
· Researching public county recorder property records
· Writing letter correspondences
· Fixed asset tracking
· Company policy manual
· Company operating procedures manual

BUSINESS OPERATIONS
· Weekly payroll & tax payments
· Certified prevailing wage payroll reports
· Accounts payable
· Accounts receivable, contract billing & AR collections
· Job cost reporting & analysis
· Inventory & purchasing

FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
· State & Federal payroll report filing
· Reconciliation of bank accounts
· Reconciliation of general ledger
· Issuing financial statements
· Maintain financial records for outside CPA firm
· 401(k) data reporting


  1/1984 - 4/1987 San Bernardino City Public Library San Bernardino, CA
  Cosand Computer Center Page
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EDUCATION 9/1989 University of California Extension US-CA-Berkeley
  Vocational
  Manual and computer accounting systems


  4/1987 Ken Barry Studios US-CA-San Bernardino
  Vocational
  13 years of music instruction study.

Piano playing technique, chord, harmony, orchestration, and composition theory.

COURSE NOTE: During the last 12 months of study, Dr. Ken Barry and I collaborated on an exchange of knowledge MIDI software programming project.


  1/1985 University of California US-CA-San Bernardino
  Vocational
  Computer Science Major
Music Minor


  6/1983 San Bernardino High School US-CA-San Bernardino
  High School or equivalent
  Phoenix College Preparatory Studies Program Student
Certificate of Achievement in Computer Science


  8/1982 San Bernardino Valley College US-CA-San Bernardino
  Vocational
  Introduction to computer science during the summer between my junior and senior year of high school.


AFFILIATIONS 11/1/1995 - 11/1/1999 State of California Notary Public Public Commission



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION "Task Reminder version 1.2.0", Library of Congress software copyright Txu-464-934 15Apr91. --- “HARMONY & Theory – The Mystery Solved” © Copyright Dr. Ken Barry and published by Nova Software, Inc.