Detailed Resume - Page 1
Patrick D. McMonagle
Selected Projects:
Within the following table, the symbol  indicates the first time I was ever exposed to a particular technology.
Client
folkdancing.com
Time
11/99
Hardware
NT
G3 Mac 
Boeing
Renton, WA
4 months
6/99 to
10/99
IBM OS/390
Mainframes
Windows NT
Client Server
Boeing
Renton, WA
Wichita, KS
Philadelphia, PA
9 months
6/98 to
3/99
Series 1 
NT
RJE
Client Server
Premera
Edmonds, WA
Boeing
Renton, WA
3/98
Wang VS
RJE
IBM OS/390
Mainframes
Food Services of
America
Seattle, WA
Skandia Music
Foundation
3/98 to
3/99
Wang VS
Client Server
10/97 to
1/98
PC Audio 
Panorama City
Lacey, WA
6/97 to
6/99
Wang VS
8 months
1/98 to
9/99
Software
GoLive 
SuperCatalog
Photoshop
Java 
Web DNA 
COBOL II
Endevor 
DB2 
SQL 
OMSP 
Visio 
FTP
Excel
S1DES 
Viking DE
NT Command
grep
FTP 
Serengeti RJE
MVS
ISPF 
P Plus 
COBOL II 
POST 
File Transfer
Novell
NT
Easy Edit 
Sonic Forge
LANtastic
Lightspeed
COBOL
NT 
Situation
Frame of my commercial web
site sat inactive since 1/97.
Action
Converted hand coded HTML
to Adobe GoLive & Cybermill
SuperCatalog. Patch Java and
Web DNA modules.
Result
under construction
Prototype Leave of Absence
tracking & pay system needed
“minor” enhancement to
handle Short Term Disability
paid externally by Ætna
Insurance.
Designed, estimated &
rewrote mainframe programs
to; generate pay transactions,
distribute reports via web and
post Ætna’s Excel status into
DB2. Assisted in debugging
Endevor and web entry
environment.
Convert 130 transactions to
Viking on Windows NT.
Document. Train WA, NE &
PA users. Design & create
configuration management
system. Replace RJE.
Assisted project estimation,
sales and staffing.
Psuedocoded, reviewed,
coded and tested COBOL
changes to about 30 modules
in Releases 6, 7 & 8.
Production quality Leave of
Absence system with no
reported bugs in first month.
Functioning test system to
support it.
Assisted computer move, net
admin & operator training,
data conversion & wiring
Produced audio & digital text
CD of Gunnar Hahn’s
Folkdance Orchestra.
Estimated conversion costs, at
least $¼M. Conducted
preliminary software searches.
Converted files.
Client choice of NT software
failed. This business
function is now contracted.
It sells.
Series 1 data entry machine,
OS and S1DES software not
Y2K compliant.
Prospect with non-Y2K
compliant software.
‘60’s era MSA based payroll
not Y2K compliant
Transfer of Benefits Trust
from Eagle to FSA changed
operational situation.
Shortage of good folkdance
music, good contacts in
business.
Client difficulty recognizing
extent of coming year 2000
problems especially in AR
and Payroll.
Y2K compliance, reduced
maintenance & floor usage.
More users have access.
Superior debugging tools.
Only NT CM software
meeting Boeing standards.
Client bought services.
Satisfied.
Payroll Y2K compliant
Client purchased new
software. Ready in 1999.
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Patrick D. McMonagle
Markham Const
Phoenix, AZ
1 week
9/97
486 PC
International Air
Academy
Vancouver, WA
Parker Paint
Tacoma, WA
4/97
Wang VS5460
6/96
1/97
Win 3.1 PC
Client Server
Dr. Gary Bell
Seattle, WA
mid 96
Win PC
Panorama City
Lacey, WA
3 months
4/96
9/96
Wang VS
COBOL
Everett Pad
Everett, WA
4/95 to
6/97
Wang VS
Misc PCs
Client Server
Win 95
COBOL
Approach
Hillcrest
Evergreens
Pierson, FL
Eagle Insurance
Seattle, WA
8/95
PC network
R-Base
LANtastic
4/95 to
10/98
Wang VS
PC
Client Server
Eagle Insurance
Seattle, WA
6/95 to
9/95
Eagle Insurance
Seattle, WA
4/95 to
6/95
Wang VS
LAN
Client Server
Wang VS
LAN
PHS Claims
ProVantage
Medicode:
UCR &
Claim Edit
PHS Claims
ACCESS
Excel
Novell IPX
Lightspeed
Panorama City
Lacey, WA
2/95 to
6/99
Wang VS
LAN
Client Server
Win 95
SCO UNIX
COBOL
ACS
emulators
Client became suspicious of
primary vendor excuses on
software performance.
Hardware upgrade resulted in
functionality loss.
Reviewed systems: finding
improper versions, test files
used by production jobs.
Afternoon trip wonderful, but
rarely visited client.
Primary vendor forced to
take overdue corrective
action.
Most functionality restored.
Fileflo
Approach
Integrator
AS400
Hardin EBilling
AR searchs for details of ‘on
account’ charges involved 7
pallets of paper/year
Sold & implemented imaging
OCR system showing
signatures and notes on
charges.
Referred then to Hardin &
Associates.
Search now involves 8 CDs.
Quicker response freed 2
temporary positions.
Designed, estimated & wrote
AP system from scraps of the
old code. Fixed price of less
than $5,500.
Install many minor hardware
and software upgrades.
Guided client PC staff
training.
Reviewed existing sytems
functionality and staff talents.
On time delivery. Better
performance. Vendor
history and on line inquiry.
Lightspeed
LANtastic
My dentist needed electronic
billing and practice
management software
Client staff turnover, AP
system not functioning.
Client refused to look at stand
alone PC based systems.
Ongoing support.
Client having dificulties
supporting international
business.
System with 3 year expected
life span but management &
user dissatisfaction lost
technical support staff.
Management reporting
complex and unreliable.
Wang operating system
version, Lightspeed version
and Novell transport missmatch limited system growth.
Different software & coding
in medical care & A/R
causing billing errors.
Reviewed user needs. Trained
users. Enhanced software,
especially software connected
to external data sources and
databases.
Changed process to a Wang
COBOL program, results
downloaded to Excel.
Upgraded to IPX. Upgraded
Network & Wang O/S.
Standardized & documented
client installation.
Set up automated file transfer
with Wang based code
conversion.
Satisfied dentist, my only
Hardin sale.
Increased client independence. Improved system
integration, recovered PC
disk failures.
Per my recommendation
client retained staff and
purchased Platinum.
Improved system
functionality, happier users,
more reliable data.
Balanced figures, on quicker
ad-hoc basis, huge parallel
Access database eliminated.
Able to upgrade hardware,
add users and improve client
performance and print
reliability.
Project exceeded budget.
Medical Care s/w replaced,
project cancelled.
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Patrick D. McMonagle
ISOMEDIA
Redmond, WA
2 months
12/94 2/95
6 weeks
CD-ROM
Panorama City
Lacey, WA
1 dy/wk
1990-97
Everett Pad
Everett, WA
2 months
1994
Wang VS
MacIntosh
PC Clones
Wang VS
PC Clone
Panorama City
Lacey, WA
Seigel, P.S.
Seattle, WA
Eagle Insurance
Seattle, WA
1 year
part time
1993
3 hours
1993
4 months
1993
Magna Term.
HP Wands
Tektronix Prtr
Twinhead Lap
Top PC
Wang VS
Ethernet
Clone PC
TextPro
San Raphel, CA
1 hr/mo
1993-95
Panorama City
Lacey, WA
6 month
1992
Wang VS
Misc. PCs
anything else
PC Clones
Client Server
Network Health
Plan
Mercer Island,
WA
1 month
1992
Wang VS
HP9000-847
TCP-IP
Panorama City
Lacey, WA
1 year
1991
Wang VS
MacIntosh
Falron cards
WLOC cards
Synergy Direct
La Jolla, CA
UNIX, DOS,
Windows &
Macintosh
Prodigy
COBOL
LANtastic
PC/LIIS
VS COBOL
Approach
DBase files
SBA file xfer
.BAT files
COBOL
HP PCL
Code 39
CP Backup
Word Perfect
Netware
VS COBOL
Lightspeed
HP PCL
VS OS, etc
MS/DOS, etc
Misc Network
Lightspeed
LANtastic
FileMaker
Windows
VS COBOL
AccuCOBOL
LAN Manager
IDSI WISP
HP-UX
Lightspeed
AppleTalk
DataViz
translators
Customers sought assistance
producing CDs.
Represented 2 software
packaging lines and 2 CD
Replicators.
Company emerged from
bankruptcy with aging
accounting software.
Largest customer of
manufacturer demanded
shipping labels of specific
format. Impractical to
produce on VS.
Processing of Invoice
payments time consuming and
error prone.
4 years un-backed up data on
failing laptop.
Company purchased source
code to detect duplicate
billings, needed edit reports
for Wang based system.
Client provides hardware and
software support without fully
trained staff.
Company needed PCs to share
printers and MacIntosh files.
About 200 VS COBOL report
programs needed minor
revision before they could be
converted to UNIX. (client
estimate 2 months)
Company emerged from
bankruptcy with central
systems on Wang VS and
isolated marketing functions
on MacIntoshes.
Sold CDR writers, cutting
software, design services and
replication.
Located customers from
among local software houses.
Designed, estimated, and
enhanced multiple accounting
systems.
COBOL program to make VS
write a dBase file. Transfer
file via PCVS928. Imported
to Approach.
Satisfied multimedia
customers.
Client lacked resources to
keep a Pacific NW office
open.
Enhanced features
Improved reliability
Improved users trust.
Client able to print labels
from Approach on PC Laser
and support future changes
without consulting services.
Redesigned invoice to reduce
payment errors. Bar coded
account number & amount.
Backup, uncross linked
COMMAND.COM & train.
Designed and programmed
reports explaining these
complex edits with heavy user
involvement.
On call for phone support.
Customer complaints, data
entry time and balancing
effort reduced.
4 years data saved, exactly 1
reBoot from loss.
Done ahead of schedule.
Lightspeed install & Print
checks on network Laser
MICR filled out contract.
Mark at TextPro said "You
have saved us thousands."
Connected PCs to Macs via
LANtastic & File Maker.
Integrated with operations
database.
Determined the 200 programs
were really variations on a
dozen. Added job input
parameters, converted to
UNIX & tested.
Connected AppleTalk to VS
via Lightspeed server, moved
marketing files onto Apple
Talk. Created print services
back to Wang.
Simplified user effort &
allowed users to regain data
control.
Completed project in 4
weeks, documented and
simplified run instructions
and future programming
efforts at the same time.
Improved marketing systems
availability and features.
Allowed marketing
department to control own
systems.
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Patrick D. McMonagle
NutraSource
Seattle, WA
NutraSource
Seattle, WA
1 year
1991
1 year
1990-91
Wang VS
NutraSource
Seattle, WA
1 month
1990
Wang VS
NutraSource
20 mos
19891991
Computer
room & phone
NutraSource
3 months
Panorama City
Lacey, WA
10 mos
1998-90
NutraSource
2 months
1989
NutraSource
Seattle, WA
18 mos
1989-90
Wang VS
Procedure
TriNet/Contacts
Influential
Seattle, WA
8 months
1988-89
Wang VS
TelaNova
Phone Switch
PACE
STEP
COBOL
Wang Labs,
Seattle, WA
23 mos
6/875/89
All Wang
products 8
computer lines
4 networks.
3270
SNA
Wang VS
PC Clone
VS COBOL
SBA file xfer
FrEDI
KIOSK
Excel
Former employer selected
permanent manager, twice.
Customer of food distributor
demanded electronic ordering.
Staff with communication
problems, especially between
shifts.
Building expansion doubling
warehouse and replacing
office section completely
New warehouse required
correction to programs,
especially picking priority and
pick label design.
Major A/R delays caused by
high error rates, especially in
billing residents for medical
services.
Yourdon
Data Flow
Diagrams
Huge error rates in Credit
Memo system. Customer
pickup requests missing,
products lost, credits
unapplied and misfiled.
Distributor; posting failure
70%, dusty backup tapes
unlabeled on floor, weekly
hardware crashes.
Telephone list provider
desired database driven
outbound calling with
predictive dial.
Trained both my successors.
I became unnecessary.
Purchased and installed EDI
software, connected to
existing systems.
Ordered KIOSK E-Mail,
installed and trained everyone.
Order cycle dropped from 48
to 16 hours. Sales up. A/R
down.
E-Mail effective within
month at installed cost of
below $3K.
IS movement completed in
small fraction of move
window. I was on call but
never called.
Building completion delay
forced picking from freezer
trailers in delivery bays.
Flexibility paid off early.
Client entered Chapter 11 &
deferredmany tasks. Project
successes; reduced staff
overtime & cancelled
headcount increases.
Each person saw their tasks
on paper, quickly enhanced.
After 3 draft cycles, project
became 3 minor program
change requests, only 1 hot.
Company doubled sales &
staff while keeping DP
expenses under budget.
Changed network to standard
wiring. Scheduled computer
phone and other moves.
Executed systems move.
Led change team. Directed
contract programmer and staff
to make picking table driven.
Designed high level, estimated
and sold system rewrite.
Supervised contract
programmer and assisted in
debugging.
Lead 10 person user &
manager team through
diagramming workshop,
documented torturous Credit
Memo processing.
Trained and hired staff.
Upgraded and repaired
hardware. Established
policies & procedures.
Developed protype system
which performed well at up to
seven calls active at a time.
Promised 50 calls failed.
Sales support, hardware configuration & estimation,
consulting estimation & sales,
backup trainer. 10% travel.
Wang decided not to
upgrade STEP to meet
promised performance.
Order cancelled & refunded.
Employee of month 3/89 for
highest customer satisfaction
& highest consulting revenue
nation wide. 
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Patrick D. McMonagle
Perkins Coie
Seattle, WA
2 months
1988
Wang VS
Pick
PACE
PACE HLI
NutraSource
Seattle, WA
3 months
1987
Wang VS
MSI 88 units
International Air
Academy
Vancouver, WA
Data Design
Tukwila, WA
6 months
11/86 4/87
3 months
1986
Wang VS
VS COBOL
MSI parms
Plessy bar
codes
VS COBOL
Office Computer
Works
Seattle WA
20 mos
10/85
6/87
Pacific Contract
Services
Seattle, WA
12/83 9/85
Wang VS
Thousand Trails
Tukwila, WA
3 months
1-3/84
Wang VS
VS COBOL
Autodoc
International Air
Academy
Vancouver, WA
Purple Cross
Seattle, WA
9 months
1984
Wang VS
4 months
Wang VS
Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma, WA
5 weeks
1984
IBM 3080
Wang & Wang
Users Group
Seattle, WA
Alaska National
Anchorage, AK
4 courses
10/82
Wang VS
COBOL
WangNet
WLOC card
COBOL
IFS Life
VS Utilities
Procedure
Adabas
NATURAL
CICS
Procedure
1 month
1981
Wang VS
VS COBOL
Wang VS
Philips Elpho
Westercorp
Wang VS
Wang WP &
DP spoolers
Philips PDL
VS OS
VS Utilities
COBOL
Wang WP
VS OS
VS Utilities
Law firm wanted to move
systems from Pick based
service bureau to Wang
PACE relational database.
Distributor wanted to improve
reliability of customer hand
held inventory units with bar
code wands.
Client desired financial
system to track student loans.
Distributor wanted software
interface between VS & LED
driven Philips page printer.
Demand for courses on Wang
software existed after
employer ceased business.
Employer needed to train
customers who purchased
Wang VS hardware and
software.
Client needed to track
premiums inducing prospect
site tours.
Client desired custom grading
& transcript system.
Client sought replacement for
obsolete S/34 and service
bureau software, wanted IFS
PC software on larger scale.
Client behind on maintenance
2 month critical & 6 months
lower priority.
Wang wanted to promote
Procedure features which
PacMar had just Beta tested.
Pacific Marine sold a copy of
their insurance software.
Designed database, parsed
tape dumps of Pick files, using
PACE HLI COBOL, loaded
database.
Debugged MSI and VS
programming, added batch
controls, located better bar
code printer vendor.
Designed system, hired and
supervised contract
programmers.
Enhanced and tested interface
using Philips Page Definition
Language.
Continued to market courses.
Designed new ones. Largest
customers; State of OR, Fort
Lewis & State of WA.
Designed courses. Increased
courses into a regularly
scheduled series. Started
training department.
Designed and programmed
system which tracked ads to
inventory with P/O interface.
Designed, coded, tested and
maintained this system.
Trained users & staff.
Configured VS 85, trained IFS
on PC to VS conversion,
Added reporting, trained
client staff.
Maintained NATURAL
system.
Designed and marketed a two
evening seminar through
Wang and the users group.
Traveled to AK, installed
system and trained users.
Completed under budget.
Order volume increased.
Turnaround time, lost orders
and errors decreased.
System up within scheduled
time. Exactly on budget.
Still in use.
Plant which made Elpho
burned. Philips chose
Postscript over Philips PDL.
Wang employees referred to
me as their strongest
competitor on the West
Coast.
Training department was
profitable at time of
company failure.
Client long considered this
one of their best automated
management aids.
This client has always been
pleased and still calls for
occasional support.
Project done on time within
budget. Satisfied customer.
Completed all 8 months of
work in 5 weeks, corrected
other reliability problems.
Course demand resulted in
four sections. Acclaimed
written materials used 6/93.
Satisfied customer, this
system was still used in '96.
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Patrick D. McMonagle
Pacific Marine
Seattle, WA
6 months
1982
Wang VS
Computron
Pacific Marine
Seattle, WA
1981-83
Wang VS
VS COBOL
AUTODOC
Pacific Marine
Seattle, WA
3 years
1980-83
Wang VS
VS COBOL
VS Utilities
Procedure
Pacific Marine
Seattle, WA
6 months
1980
Wang VS
VS COBOL
VS Utilities
Procedure
North Seattle CC
Seattle, WA
Fall Qtr
79
IBM 370
Prime
State of WA
Boeing (BCS)
Renton, WA
6 months
1979-80
IBM 4331
University of
Washington
Seattle, WA
3 months
4/799/79
Burroughs
6700
University of
Washington
Seattle, WA
4 months
1/797/79
Burroughs
6700
John Fluke
Lynnwood, WA
6 months
1978
IBM 370-155
and 360-50
OS
DOS
PRIMOS
COBOL
TSO
Adabas
Librarian
COBOL
DMS/II
MCP
CANDE
COBOL
DMS/II
DFTS
CANDE
COBOL
Panvalet
Taskmaster
IDMS
Pacific Marine needed more
features than offered by
custom developed financials
All systems operating at over
double their designed loads,
rapid user staff increase &
high turnover.
Pacific Marine grew rapidlly.
In 6 months their new system
had exceeded it's 3 year
design load.
New insurance company
wanted custom applications
Claims, Premiums & General
Ledger.
Instructor of Operating
Systems course quit 6 days
before class started.
State government required
new system to manage
investments. Specs
inaccurate, project underbid.
University contracted to AiC
to automate Housing & Food
Services department.
University contracted to BCS
for development of new
Central Stores Inventory.
Contracted as lone COBOL
coder to assist client
programmers to code a
predesigned manufacturing
order processing system.
Conducted software search,
located software, installed and
trained.
Rewrote most processing for
higher volumes, improved
features & increased
efficiency. Upgraded H/W.
Used AUTODOC for full on
line documentation.
Hired as DP Manager.
Recruited staff, strengthened
systems.
As project lead developed
these under budget in 3
months.
Taught night course.
As project lead of 2nd tier
contractors, developed system
in only twice estimate,
positioning follow on work.
Wrote numerous report
programs, completed much of
the batch MCP, participated in
testing.
Coded the on-line entry half
of the system. This was a two
person project, did much of
the detailed design.
Became DBA & TC admin.
System failed integrated test.
Redocumented control and
data flow, revealing system
design to be an infinite loop.
System up ahead of schedule
and under budget.
All changes completed
within budgets, on time.
Won all the "If you find a
bug we'll buy lunch" bets.
Low staff turnover. Never
exceeded budget.
Occasionally operated as
profit center.
Company handled business
volumes in 3 months
projected 3 years away.
Hired me as DP manager.
Marginal success. I found
two jobs & getting married
overwhelming.
Primary contractor was able
to make a profit on follow on
work.
My bit parts went well. The
project was otherwise a huge
overrun. Lots of unmanaged
design changes.
System completed within
budget, in spite of major last
minute scope increase. BCS
manager earned award.
Removed from project and
blamed for failure. Client
post mortum caught client
manager. My employer
awarded 4 person contract to
develop system that worked.
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Patrick D. McMonagle
Peoples Bank
Seattle, WA
5 months
1978
IBM 370-155
COBOL
Librarian
VSAM
CULPRIT
COBOL
GCOS
Hired to fill long vacant
position; maintenance for
Savings system.
Eddie Bauer
Redmond, WA
1 year
1977
Honeywell
6040
Eddie Bauer
Redmond, WA
DuPont
Wilmington, DE
1 year
1976
3 months
1975
Honeywell
6040
IBM 370-155s
COBOL
GCOS
COBOL
Adabas
9 months
1975
4 days
1975
IBM 370155
Burroughs
3500
National State
Bank
Elizabeth, NJ
National State
Bank
Elizabeth, NJ
2 hours
1974
StudebakerWorthington
Harrison, NJ
Roosevelt HS
Seattle, WA
3 months
7/749/74
Spring
65
Conversion;
GE 415 to B5500
Conversion;
GE 415 to
Burroughs
5500
IBM 360-40
COBOL
ISAM
COBOL
"Shorty"
Punch Cards
Operations
GE
Assembler
Hired to reduce 1 year
maintenance backlog.
Major international payroll
over due since '69, covered by
hiring freeze.
Contracted to code half of
international pay calculation.
Client wanted quick 3
program system to win huge
processing contract. (Client
DP estimate: 6 months.)
Burroughs subcontracted
conversion of GE Assembler
to Burroughs COBOL.
Burroughs subcontracted
conversion of GE COBOL
banking applications to
Burroughs.
Client contracted to Arthur
Anderson for manufacturing
inventory system.
Student in first Seattle HS
programming course on old
Boeing H/W donation.
ALCOA
Pittsburgh, PA
Chase Manhattan
New York, NY
5 months
1974-75
COBOL
MCP
COBOL
DOS
RPG
(absolutely
none)
Burroughs
1800
Pin boards
 means this was my first exposure to this technology.
Manufacturer required raw
materials inventory system.
Quickly recognized as first
person who understood the
system in 2 years. On call 24
hours a day.
Developed system, using
Yourdon design techniques.
System completed on time,
under budget.
Fixed a lot of COBOL.
After 3 hour Adabas tutoring:
Wrote 55 subroutines, tested
20.
Coded as designed.
Learned to program & operate
Burroughs 3500 using Spanish
language manuals. Wrote 2
programs.
Moved into 4 mo. Assembler
conversion, noticed it had all
been dummied out.
Programmed in two new
COBOL dialects.
Coded batch entry programs
for this card based system.
Wrote program to handicap
bowling scores as term
project.
As a reward for my success,
I was assigned 2 additional
systems of similar condition.
System so robust that multiple rewrites were canceled
as insufficient. Honeywell
CPU used extra 4 years.
Completed backlog & more
in 3 months.
18 months with no home was
enough. This is my only midproject resignation.
Payroll system implemented
on time, on budget.
Finished on time. Client
won contract. (Later 2 yr.
conversion off Burroughs
made national press!) 
2 months late to ahead of
schedule; in 2 hours work!
COBOL conversion done
ahead of schedule, assigned
Project Manager role for
project cleanup phases.
My programs were accepted
by client, who refused the
rest of the system.
'A' grade. Teacher, also a
bowling league secretary,
used system in production.