Dragos is available for hire

Dragos Balasanu

Verified Expert in Engineering

OpenEdge ABL Developer

Location

Iași, Iași County, Romania

Toptal Member Since

July 4, 2023

Dragos is an OpenEdge ABL developer with over eight years of consistent experience building store management applications. He is skilled in installing new application versions using the OpenEdge tools and has developed financial and distribution/inventory reports using the Report Design Aid. He is a well-rounded professional dedicated to his work and capable of setting and achieving his objectives and delivering quality work.

Windows Databases SQL Linux Programming Jira Git Oracle PL/SQL Visual Basic 6 (VB6)Perl QlikView JD Edwards Pervasive PSQL Toad PSQL OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (ABL)

Portfolio

Aurea

OpenEdge ABL, Linux, Bash Script, Jira, Git, DbVisualizer, SQL, English

MIND Software

Linux, Bash Script, Oracle, PL/SQL, Perl, SQL, English

CENTRIC INONE

JD Edwards, Databases, Toad, English

Experience

Databases - 20 years SQL - 20 years Linux - 10 years Bash Script - 8 years Programming - 8 years OpenEdge ABL - 8 years Oracle - 3 years PL/SQL - 3 years

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Windows, Linux, OpenEdge ABL

The most amazing...

...thing I've developed and continuously improved is a store management application used by various French customers.

Work Experience

OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (ABL) Developer

2014 - PRESENT

Aurea

Developed store management applications using OpenEdge ABL versions 10.1B, 10.2B, and 11.7.
Installed new application versions using the OpenEdge tools.
Monitored the OpenEdge database, performed corrections, and added new volumes when necessary.
Developed scripts in Bash, Perl, and Visual Basic for various purposes.

Technologies: OpenEdge ABL, Linux, Bash Script, Jira, Git, DbVisualizer, SQL, English

Technical Support Engineer | L2/L3 Technical Support

2011 - 2014

MIND Software

Solved customer issues reported on the company's ticketing system.
Installed applications and performed service pack upgrades.
Configured and tested the functionality of the applications.
Monitored the performance of the applications using Oracle database tools, such as Automated Workload Repository (AWR) reports.

Technologies: Linux, Bash Script, Oracle, PL/SQL, Perl, SQL, English

ERP Consultant

2009 - 2011

CENTRIC INONE

Configured the finance module of the ERP according to the requirements, including general accounting, accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), and fixed assets.
Developed the financial and distribution/inventory reports using the Report Design Aid, including trial balance, account ledger, general journal, purchase and sales journals, petty cash register, fixed assets item card, stock register, and invoice.
Performed general accounting, AR, and AP data imports and used SQL commands to make necessary corrections.
Trained users and gathered the necessary documentation, such as the automatic payments process.

Technologies: JD Edwards, Databases, Toad, English

ERP Consultant

2007 - 2009

CSB ROMANIA COMUNICATII

Configured the finance module of the ERP named CSB-System.
Developed financial, distribution, and production reports using the custom report development tool.
Set up the automated payment process for one of our customers while working on-site.
Trained the users of the software and drew up the necessary documentation.

Technologies: CSB-System, Databases, Pervasive PSQL, Linux

Experience

Store Management App

An OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (ABL) app used for managing store operations, including purchasing, sales, stock administration, and accounting. The app interfaces with other systems like RabbitMQ to exchange data through XML files.

ERP Consultant on JD Edwards

Consulted for a well-known ERP system used worldwide—JD Edwards, versions XE, 8.10, 8.11, and 8.12. I worked with various modules of the ERP. I developed financial, distribution, and inventory reports using the custom Report Design Aid (RDA): trial balance, account ledger, general journal, purchase and sales journals, petty cash register, fixed assets item card, stock register, invoice, inventory item card, etc.

Software Support (L2/L3 Technical Support)

As a technical support engineer for more than three years, I was able to acquire new knowledge and thus improve my overall IT skills, which allowed me to advance to a development role. I worked on various projects involving technologies such as Linux, Java, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server.

Education

2002 - 2004

Graduate Coursework in Business Information Systems

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Iași, Romania

1998 - 2002

Bachelor's Degree in Banking and Stock Exchange

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Iasi, Romania

Skills

Tools

Jira, Git, DbVisualizer, JD Edwards, Toad

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Oracle, QlikView, JBoss

Languages

OpenEdge ABL, SQL, Bash Script, Perl, Visual Basic 6 (VB6), Java

Storage

Databases, PL/SQL, Pervasive PSQL

Other

English, Programming, Economics, CSB-System, JD Edwards CNC

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