Softech Solutions - Aaron Merrell's Bio

Aaron Merrell

Professional

Aaron joined Softech in 1996 and has become a prolific and valuable COBOL programming resource. He has been involved in a wide range of projects with concentration on areas such as applications with intensive VSAM I/O processing, authorization network ISO bit map expansion/compression, and other various complex COBOL applications. He was also key in development of an auth-to-transaction batch settlement sub-system for a major US processor that utilizes VPlus. While working full-time for Softech, Aaron is also attending the University of Central Florida as a part-time student and is close to receiving his B.S. in UCF's nationally recognized Computer Science program. Through his studies at UCF, Aaron has also become proficient in other high-level computer languages such as C, C++, and Pascal.

Personal

Aaron was born in Kansas City, Missouri and grew up in Central Florida from an early age. He now resides in Altamonte Springs, Florida with his wife Aggie. Aaron and Aggie were married in November of 1998 and have recently purchased their first home together. Included in their family are a dog and two cats. Aggie works in Career Development for Albertson's, a major grocery store chain she has been working with since 1993. In his spare time, Aaron enjoys playing basketball and golf.