Genaro Hernandez - Background on BrightFuse

About Me

IT Professional with 26+ years experience, mainly in IBM'S mainframe development, and the last seven years in enterprise application development for the Web using WebSphere and Java technologies.
Currently running my own business as an Spanish and English Translator, Tutor, and Interpreter.
Tutoring available to business executives who need Spanish to close business deals with their Latin America partners. Also available is tutoring on Spanish and English for Hispanic executives who wish to advance their careers by upgrading their communication skills in both languages.

Work Experience

Nov 1990 - Nov 2006

toronto, ON (CA)

Sr. Programmer Analyst
Hallmark Canada
Worked for this employer 16 consecutive years as a Senior IT professional, leading, training, and mentoring junior staff; designing, developing, maintaining and troubleshooting business applications in a variety of environments; using varied mainframe and PC programming languages, and the last six years architecting the corporate web development infrastructure.
May 1987 - Jan 1990

portoviejo, ecuador

Systems Analyst
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social – Portoviejo
• Followed best IT practices for speedy and efficient specifications gathering, turning complex business rules into clear, concise and understandable design documents.
• Designed, developed and implemented complex flat-file online inquiry system, using COBOL and VSAM.
• Conducted analysis, feasibility studies, and documentation on an on-going basis.
Sep 1980 - Jan 1987

quito, ecuador

Programmer Analyst
Central Bank of Ecuador
Developed several COBOL programs to generate financial reports.
Created Customer look up programs using then newest VSAM technology.
Created online enquiry systems using command level CICS/COBOL programs.

Education

1978 - 1980
Other - Systems Analysis and Computer Programming.
Humber College of Applied Arts & Techonology
Diploma program - Graduated with honours
Learned how to program in COBOL, PL/1, Assembler.
Learned Systems Analysis techniques.

Hobbies & Interests

I joined lynda.com about a year and a half ago to keep up to date on the latest Flash and web technologies, as well as other interesting software. I need to be learning all of the time!