Hardware: IBM 30XX, IBM 92XX, Sun, IBM and Apple PC's, Tandem. Databases: Model 204, IDMS, DB2, Sybase, CICS, CSP, DBASE Languages: SQL, Model 204 User Language, COBOL, HTML, PostScript, REXX, Assembler, BASIC, Visual BASIC, C, FORTRAN, Pascal, PL/1, Exec II, RPG II. Project Tools: Jira, Microsoft Project, SmartSheet, Timeline. Mainframe: TSO, RACF, z/OS, Ezyedit, SAS, IDCAMS, Dyl280, Easytrieve, JCL, VSAM, VM/CMS, VSE, Librarian, Panvalet, Telon, POWER, etc. PC Software: Adobe Acrobat, Xara, PageMaker, Illustrator, PDFill, Word, Excel, ACDSee, FrontPage, PowerPoint, Publisher, Visio, Quikbooks, WordPerfect, etc.  Whether the question or problem was trouble shooting or making system changes I knew I could always count on your patience and support. You have been a tremendous asset to the department in a very big way.  Industry Awards and Conference Speaker Selections Speaker, Government & Technology Conference (GTC East), November 2001; New York State Interdepartmental Conference on Electronic Data Processing (ICEDP), June 1996; International Model 204 Users Conference, May 1994, May 1993; Northeast Model 204 Users Conference, October 2001, April 1995, April 1994, April 1993, April 1992, March 1990; Mid-Atlantic Model 204 Users Conference, October 1994; Northwest Model 204 Users Conference, November 1992. Regular participant in expert panel sessions.  Winner, 1992 Richard Award, annual award from the International Model 204 Users Group for Most Noteworthy and Innovative Achievement.  Past vice president, International Model 204 and MarketPulse Users Group (IMPACT). Board Member, Northeast Model 204 Users Group. Technical Papers Presented at Conferences [partial] Measure up or stay LOCked in the past: The business of Function Points MQ/Series: A Serious Product Look Before You Leap: The Concealed Costs of Downsizing The True Costs of Client/Server Systems Using Databases Effectively Extending the Timeline Streamlining the Systems Development Cycle CASE Tools On Trial Effective OnLine Help Systems Classes: onsite customized classes in Model 204 and JCL. User Language [UL] Topics Model 204 Database Overview, Editor Session, Database Retrieval, User Language Programs, Found Set Operations, Complex Database Retrieval, Processing Field Values, Lists, Sorted Output, Report Headers and Trailers, Variables and Values, Flow of Control, Subroutines, Multiply Occurring Fields, Record/Field Maintenance, Dollar Functions, OnLine Screens, Indirect Field References, Dummy Strings, List Processing, CrossReference, On Units, Images, etc. File Manager or Advanced UL Topics File Types, File Structure, Field Attribures, JCL, Physical Design, Normalization, Batch204 Execution, Pattern Matcher, File Maintenance, Filemgmt / Dictreport, Dump / Restore, File Monitor / Reorganization, Run Environments, Procedure Update Units. System Topics Model 204 Component Overview, Server Overview, Buffer Overview, System Monitoring, System Monitor, Security, JCL, etc. What Customers Have Said "We wish to add you to our list of rocket scientists!" "We will only award this project to [multinational consulting firm] if Ron Salvador oversees the project." "One of the best database consultants in the country." "...great help to me and my section over the past few years. I can't say thanks enough times to express how much I appreciated you sharing your time and experiences with us." "Whether the question/problem was trouble shooting or making system changes I knew I could always count on your patience and support. You have been a tremendous asset to the department in a very big way." "My company has not seen this high level of quality work in many years." "We are going to pay for you to learn this technology because we know that it will be quicker for you to learn it, than for us to hire a contractor already experienced with it. Also, with your track record, you'll produce a lot more than anyone else we could possibly bring in." "Ron Salvador...produces a prodigious amount of thorough work." "The most professional consultant our state agency has ever hired.” Client List [partial] Private: Canada Trust Company, Canadian Depository & Securities, Colonial Candle of Cape Cod, Ernst&Young, Imperial Life, Insurance Services Organization / Verisk, Matthew Bender and Company, Prentice Hall, Sirius Software, Southern New England Telephone, St. Peter's Hospital [Albany]. Public: Division of Housing and Community Renewal, Department of Environmental Conservation, Erie 1 BOCES, Metro Housing Commission, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Housing, New York City Board of Education, OCM BOCES, NYS Office of Information Techology Services, NYS Office of General Services, NYS State Education Department, NYS State Department of Taxation & Finance, NYS Insurance Department, State of Mississippi, Suffolk County, Westchester County BOCES.

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