Darryl Matthews

Current

SQL Programmer at Polk County Property Appraisers Office
Pastor at St Mark Baptist Church

Past

Database Specialist at Citigroup
LAN Administrator at Polaris Connectors
Systems Analyst at InfoTech Systems Inc

Importing/Reporting Specialist at FiServ Lending Solutions
Sales & Service Manager at 1-800-Flowers.Com
Senior Computer Specialist at IMTEC Corporation
Sales & Service Specialist at 1-800-Flowers.com
Pastor at First Chinese Church Of Christ
Information Specialist at EDS

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Education

Howard University
Thomas Edison State College
University of Southern California

Neptune Senior High School

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Darryl Matthews’s Summary

Experienced Information Technology professional with 20+ year background in Report Writiing, Database Support, Systems Analysis, Team Leadership, Program Development & Testing and Problem Resolution as well as Personnel Administration and Professional Development. Possess exemplary skills in written and verbal communications. Proven abilities in organizing application development workflow and utilizing a proactive approach to problem solving. Responds to inquiries and questions in a timely & professional manner. Works closely and effectively with all levels of management to satisfy project/productivity requirements. Able to build and foster proficient workplace environment through application of proactive management techniques.

Darryl Matthews’s Specialties:

• Crystal Reports XI, Oracle (SQL), Adobe (Acrobat, Photoshop, Captivate), MS Office, MS Publisher, Visio, UNIX, MVS, Win XP, MS-Access, Informix, Sage MAS90, Vista ERP, SQL Server 2005, MS Small Bus Svr 2003, Visual Studio 2005.
• Software Development, Interfacing with 3rd-Party Vendors, Object Oriented Analysis & Design, Client Needs Assessment & Relationship Management, Database Design, Troubleshooting/Problem Solving, SDLC, MRP, BOM and Inventory.
• Visual Basic, C++, VBA, COBOL, PL/I

Darryl Matthews’s Experience

SQL Programmer

Polk County Property Appraisers Office

(Government Administration industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

Develop various Crystal Reports for internal customers as well as for other state government agencies. Reports are generated off of a SQL Server database. Also works at various data transformations using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Visual Studio .NET.
Pastor

St Mark Baptist Church

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

Preach weekly sermons and teach various Bible Studies to the congregation.
Database Specialist

Citigroup

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; C; Financial Services industry)

July 2008 — December 2008 (6 months)

Design and implement complex MS-Access enhancements and reports for the Financial Reporting Organization. Streamlined the VBA coding process through the use of object-oriented principles. Integrated office applications, i.e. SharePoint, Excel, and MS Outlook, through the use of VBA in Microsoft Access 2003.
LAN Administrator

Polaris Connectors

(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

October 2007 — July 2008 (10 months)

Design and implement complex Crystal reports and forms. Design, report, and maintain multi-user enterprise solutions, using Crystal Reports, XML and Progress DB to complete various business objectives. Modified/created various business queries against Vista ERP database structure. Provide PC desktop support for various corporate computers as well Windows 2003 Small Business Server administrative support. Provide project management support for the implementation of the Epicor Vista ERP software project. Modify Vista preformatted Crystal reports and personalized those reports for Polaris’ use.
Systems Analyst

InfoTech Systems Inc

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

May 2007 — September 2007 (5 months)

Supported Advanced Manufacturing and Inventory Control System (AMICS) flagship product by developing barcode scanner applications for Linix and Pocket PC based handheld scanners. Reviewed existing reports and developed new reports utilizing Crystal Reports XI. Provide assisted DBA support for SQL Server 2005.
Importing/Reporting Specialist

FiServ Lending Solutions

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FISV; Financial Services industry)

August 2006 — May 2007 (10 months)

Conducted daily report generation and importing of mortgage orders into Mortgage Title & Recording processing system (ILS60). Reviewed and enhanced manual report processed and automated may inefficient process through utility developed using MS-Access. Run flood determination process for client financial institutions and field various customer service inquiries.
• Through development of an automated report generation process (MS-Access/VBA), cut the beginning of the month reporting cycle from 10+ days down to 2-3 days.
Sales & Service Manager

1-800-Flowers.Com

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; FLWS; Retail industry)

November 2005 — June 2006 (8 months)

Coached and managed a team of 25-30 Sales and Service Specialists. Assisted specialists with real-time order entry and customer service problems and resolutions.
Senior Computer Specialist

IMTEC Corporation

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Medical Devices industry)

October 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 9 months)

Conducted system needs assessments and prepared enhancement recommendations. Reviewed worked performed by outside consultant groups, managed implementation projects, and assessed results. Provided system support for corporate financial software including account adjustments, statement processing, and customer history queries.
Sales & Service Specialist

1-800-Flowers.com

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; FLWS; Retail industry)

March 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 8 months)

Handled inbound sales and customer service calls for 1-800-Flowers products and services. Learned how to handle credit card and fraud billing issues and reconciliation. Also mentored other sales and service specialists and took supervisor phone requests from inbound customer calls.
Pastor

First Chinese Church Of Christ

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Religious Institutions industry)

May 2001 — January 2004 (2 years 9 months)

Designed, prepared and delivered weekly sermons. Taught Bible Study and other educational classes. Edited and produced a weekly television program, "Be Faithful". Gave administrative direction to full-time church staff.
Information Specialist

EDS

(Public Company; Financial Services industry)

1985 — 2001 (16 years )

Darryl Matthews’s Education

Howard University

M.Div , Religion , 1994 — 1998

Graduated top of my class with 4.0 GPA
Thomas Edison State College

BA , Computer Science , 1992 — 1994

Transferred to Thomas Edison State College from USC and completed my degree.
University of Southern California

BS , Computer Science , 1979 — 1984
Neptune Senior High School

Diploma , College Prep , 1976 — 1979

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Darryl Matthews’s Interests:

Photography, SCUBA Diving, Reading, Video Editing/Production, Website Development, theology, php, joomla, bike riding, walking, movies, DVD, ERP, Crystal Reports, Visual Basic, basketball, fantasy sports, baseball, football, Tom Clancy Novels, Vince Flynn Novels, preaching, ministry, baptist, UCC