SUMMARY:

• Software Engineer with vast experience and wide spectrum of computer systems, technologies, languages and operating systems
• Looking for a challenging position with a business analysis, development or maintenance team of computer professionals

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software, PC Client/Server/WWW: .NET platform, both ASP.NET and WinForms

Software, Mainframe: CICS (COMMAND), TSO/SPF, VSAM, PANVALET, ACT - 1, CA-SORT, DATA-XPERT, PROKIT, IEF, TELON, LIBRARIAN

Languages, PCClient/Server/WWW: VB6, VB.NET, C#, VB Script (Classic ASP pages),Java script (Dynamic HTML), HTML, CSS, Crystal Reports

Mainframe: COBOL, COBOL-2, JCL, EASYTRIEVE, NATURAL

Databases, PCClient/Server/WWW: SQL Server, MS ACCESS

MAINFRAME, MIDRANGE: DB2, S2000, ADABAS/NATURAL, IMS DB/DC MFS, IMS BMP,AS/400 Database

O/S: PC-CLIENT/SERVER/WWW: MS DOS WINDOWS 95/98/NT/2000/XP/W7

Midrange: OS/MVS, DOS/VS, DOS VSE/CMS, OS/400

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Marlborough, MA

Lead Architect/Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on maintenance and major enhancements to the proprietary CaptivATE software that controls programmable electrical safety measurement equipment and AC sources.
• Converted original software developed in VB6 to the .NET platform using VB.NET and C# languages. Incorporated SQL server database in addition to the original Access database to store measurement data.

Confidential, Boston

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed several utility applications in ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server in the back end. Maintained and enhanced different modules written in VB6, legacy ASP and Microfocus Cobol.

Confidential, Boston

Contract Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Major upgrade of the Legacy Collateral System, developed in VB6/SQL server, to allow electronic FTP feeds of pledged securities’ market prices from multiple custodians with their subsequent processing.
• The system was designed with extensive use of Crystal Reports and stored procedures.
• Converted many Crystal Reports into Excel spreadsheets, generated directly by the VB code.
• Multiple SDLC documents have been filled at every stage of the project

Confidential

Contract Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Maintenance and enhancements of a sophisticated software designed for pharmaceutical companies to conduct clinical trials.
• The software written in VB6 with the SQL server Data base in the back end would allow a clinical trial manager to create custom made SQL server database in accordance with all necessary protocols and safeguards. ASP.NET pages have been designed to facilitate data entry though browser.
• Multiple reports produced by this System were developed using Crystal Reports.
• Participated in conversion of the ACCESS-DB/ACCESS forms/ACCESS reports Law Office software to the VB front end/SQL server database engine with the ADODB connections/Crystal reports.
• Added new ASP.NET based data entry functionality to the VB/SQL server application for medical clinical studies.
• Part time web development work
• Development and maintenance of commercial web-site Confidential using SQL Server, ADODB database connectivity, classic ASP pages (VB script) for the server side processing and Java Script for the client side processing.
• MS Image composer and Adobe Photoshop were used to create graphics. CSS file are extensively used to control look and feel of the site.

Confidential

Contract Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed new On-line System using COBOL-2, CICS, DB2 and JCL for Correspondent Businesses who would want to become Custodians of their IRA accounts.
• Participated in redesign of the annual fee System using COBOL-2, CICS and DB2.
• Wrote DB2 stored procedures for the Capital Markets’ Java front end. Rewrote several Input/Output modules, both batch and on-line, from IDMS to DB2 in a major Product Master migration Project.

Confidential

Contract Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• As a member of the maintenance team in the Personal Lines group maintained and enhanced Cobol-2 programs. Also converted the existing VB/Distributed Access DB Rating System with the third party ( Confidential, Inc. ) controls and DAO technology to all Microsoft VB 6.0 controls and ADODB Technology System.

Confidential, Needham, MA

Contract Senior QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Digital Controllers by Compumotor that control servo’s movements.
• COM objects written in C++ that communicate with the Controllers.
• VB GUI that allows an operator to communicate with COM objects.
• Operation of the machine in automatic mode is controlled by VB Script.
• Test cases for both black and white box testing were placed in the Access 2000 database developed specifically for that purpose with the idea of placing them later on SQL server, a part of a testing website. The knowledge of the software allowed me to maintain and enhance the VB and VB Script code.

Confidential

Contract Senior QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• As a member of the QA/Testing team have been testing the internal telephony application written in Oracle Forms.
• The application ran as an applet under the Netscape browser with the Oracle database as the back-end DBMS.
• Used BRIO Query product to generate reports. Used Silktest Automatic testing tool to test Application's screens.

Confidential

Contract Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• As a member of the maintenance team modified ADABAS database tables as well as the NATURAL programs, maps and other components of the commissioning System.
• JCL job streams and auxiliary programs in COBOL-2 necessary for data migration have been written.
• Added pop-up windows and browsing screens to implement new on-line functionality for the Commissioning System.

Confidential

Contract Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• While working on the new Bloomberg Trading System at Confidential Inc. ) developed and modified numerous CICS background programs for data transmission, CICS map processing programs, COBOL batch programs, EASYTRIEVE programs and JCL TCP/IP procedures.

Confidential

Contract Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed and unit tested batch Cobol programs for Commercial Lending Department.
• Wrote Easytreive programs to compare input and output files. Developed numerous SAS programs to manipulate branch and client files.

Confidential

Contract Senior Programmer/Analyst & QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed numerous programs for the IBM mainframe Trade Capture System using COBOL-2, CICS and DB2.
• As the member of the Year 2000 QA team analyzed hundreds of programs and copybooks looking for potential date problems.
• Discovered and fixed numerous problems in date computations and comparisons that eluded automated scanning tools.
• Learned fundamentals of the Visual Age/Smalltalk development environment/OO language running under OS2 that were used to develop and maintain the middleware part of the System. Participated in modifications to the Smalltalk code.

Confidential

Contract Senior QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• As a member of the Testing team created hundreds of test cases for the Fixed Income, Mutual Fund, Equity and Options business rules.
• To accomplish this task a thorough understanding of the Client and Financial Instrument data models was required.
• Test cases were created on IBM mainframe based on the data stored in the Oracle tables on a SUN network. Participated in the intensive testing of the new code on SUN network by running UNIX scripts and analyzing results of the run. Solid knowledge of the "copspeak" language in which business rules were written and then translated into machine code was required.
• Developed an MS Access database to store and process the above-mentioned test cases.

Confidential

Contract Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on the Custody System conversion form Confidential standards to those of Confidential .
• Duties included writing and testing of numerous COBOL-2 and Easytrieve programs together with setting up Job streams to facilitate file conversions and transmissions between the Boston machine, Pittsburgh machine, DTC, PTC and FED. Several trips to Pittsburgh were made to ensure close contact with the Project management and other team members.

Confidential

Contract Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on a major 401(k) processing project using COBOL-2, JCL, DB2, TELON, CICS.
• Duties included customization of Defined Contributions Management System DYATRON/OMNIPLAN to meet specific needs of a major client.

Confidential

Contract Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on the enhancements to the Performance Reporting System using COBOL, EASYTRIEVE and JCL.
• Extracted mainframe files would be compressed by a SAS program and downloaded into SQL Database to be accessed by the network users through the Excel spreadsheet.