Michael Darnell PMP

Current

World Class System/Solution Architect at Unisys Corporation

Past

Data Communications Supervisor at The Walt Disney Company
Systems Analyst at Sperry Univac
Mathematician at U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA

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Education

Illinois Institute of Technology
Miami Central High School
Woodrow Wilson High School

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Industry

Computer Software

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Michael Darnell PMP’s Summary

Computer application architect experienced in legacy application, distributed application design and development, Microsoft Visual Studio application design and development.

Experienced in application interface design, development, implementation and support. Experienced with Windows Services and Web Services.

Michael Darnell PMP’s Specialties:

Visual Studio 2003, Visual Studio 2005
Unisys ClearPath 2200 legacy environment
Windows Service design and development
Web Service design and development
Computer application design and development
Computer application interfaces

Michael Darnell PMP’s Experience

World Class System/Solution Architect

Unisys Corporation

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; UIS; Computer Software industry)

1993 — Present (15 years)

Designs, develops, tests, implements and maintains application systems written in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 to allow legacy mainframe applications to communicate with exposed Web Service interfaces to distributed applications.
Data Communications Supervisor

The Walt Disney Company

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DIS; Entertainment industry)

1981 — 1993 (12 years)

Supervised Systems Programmers in the installation and maintenance of the Walt Disney Company corporate data communications network which consisted of seven Unisys DCPs, a Stratus 220, a Stratus 75, three Unisys 2200 mainframes, five Unisys 90/80 mainframes, three IBM AS/400s, and an IBM 3090. Also performed some hands-on problem analysis and resolution as needed. This network was distributed in Florida, California, Paris, and London, with users across the United States, Europe, and Great Britain. Supervised the Point of Sale and Credit Card Authorization application development for the Walt Disney Company. This application runs on a Stratus 220, and interfaces with NCR and IBM point of sale equipment as well as outside card authorization services.
Systems Analyst

Sperry Univac

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UIS; Computer Hardware industry)

1976 — 1981 (5 years)

Data Processing Consulting, Application Design and Development.
Group Leader of the Testing and Integration group and, later, the Database group at United Airlines development project,. Supervised Unisys and United Airlines personnel during a conversion project.

Coordinator of the design and development of a workstation-based customer information manual for the Massachusetts Department of Employment Security design and development team.

Responsible for the design, development and implementation of the Message Recovery system which ensured complete message recovery in the event of a system failure for Alcoa Aluminum.

Designed and developed the TOCED utility for Univac/Unisys 2200 mainframes.
Mathematician

U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

1974 — 1976 (2 years)

Responsible for the gathering and analysis of physical oceanographic data. This analysis included computer modeling and data filtering

Michael Darnell PMP’s Education

Illinois Institute of Technology

BS, Mathematics, 1970 — 1974

Activities and Societies:

Pi Kappa Phi
Miami Central High School

College Prep, College Prep, 1968 — 1970
Woodrow Wilson High School

College Prep, College Prep, 1967 — 1970