SUMMARY:

• Experience in large scale systems development in multiple environments, notably MVS/CICS (Z/OS), for banks and other financial institutions. Environments included software products Vision Plus, Bankcard and Cardpac.
• Mastery - level development skills using Cobol, Assembler, MVS(Z/OS)/JCL, CICS, VSAM, IMS, DB2, Easytrieve, Endevor, CA/7, CSF (RDL, DDL, ROC, FDL), system development tools.
• Experience working with Windows, Visual Basic, C, C++, C#, SQL, Unix, client/server, Java
• Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio & .NET framework
• Experience with various development life cycle methodologies including Waterfall, Agile and others.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Degree in Computer Science (U. of Waterloo)
• Disability-related mobility issues. I navigate with a power wheelchair.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Application architect for international statements. Integrated lending products into credit card statements in multiple international markets using Agile development methodology
• Statements processing in Z/OS and Windows 7 using Z/OS JCL, COBOL, CSF, CSF Designer
• Use of Time: analysis and design 80%, production support 20%

Technical Environment: Windows 7, MVS(Z/OS), COBOL, CICS, Changeman, CSF, CSF Designer, Vision Plus

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Beacon project - install new vendor-supplied cheque exceptions processing system, developing supporting software (COBOL) and conversion/test JCL, and supporting QA testing
• Statements processing in Windows 2003 using C/C++, Perl scripting, Autosys, Java, Z/OS JCL, COBOL, VSAM, Streetsweeper, CSF
• Use of Time: Software development 70%, analysis and design 10%, production support 20%

Technical Environment: Windows 2003 C C++ Dialogue MVS(Z/OS) COBOL, VSAM, ENDEVOR CICS CSF

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Depos Confidential maintenance using Assembler/CICS/VSAM/DB2/Easytrieve on Z/OS (host) (18 month contract)
• Use of Time: Software development 100%

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead development effort to certify point-of-sale software product PCI-compliant. Perform analysis, provide program specifications, coding and testing (C++), documentation, liaison with testing entity.
• Development of custom modifications to POS product for clients. C++, Delphi Pascal using Borland Developer Studio, Java.
• Analysis, design of retail POS SQL sales database and conversion from dBase. Interface in C#. Development using Microsoft Visual Studio & .NET framework.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Software developer and subject matter expert in the design process, developing consumer and business current account “image” statements in co-operation with the TECP project. Coding in C and C++ on Windows 2003 platform with some MVS/COBOL/mainframe (Z/OS).
• Production support maintenance programmer - MVS and Windows.
• Integrated postal sortation (Group 1’s Sortstream Canada/Mailing Innovations’ Streetsweeper) into multiple jobstreams, tested new Streetsweeper and Sortstream Canada software releases.
• Use of Time: Software development 70%, analysis and design 10%, production support 20%

Technical Environment: Windows 2003 C C++ Dialogue MVS COBOL VSAM ENDEVOR CICS CSF

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• technical lead on statements team consolidating Visa statements from three platforms, composing them in CSF to print at Symcor.
• Use of time: Analysis & design 40%, development 50%, team leadership 10%.

Technical Environment: MVS COBOL VSAM ENDEVOR CSF

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• technical lead developing new Current Account statements for a large bank using CSF, COBOL, Endevor.

Technical Environment: MVS COBOL VSAM ENDEVOR CSF

Confidential, Lanham MD

Responsibilities:

• In the Enterprise Solutions Professional Services Group, consulted with Group 1 customers, performing business analysis, design, programming and implementation. These activities included integrating packaged software into large-scale business systems and developing new software products, using COBOL, Assembler, RPG, C, VB, IMS, DB2 on MVS, DOS/VSE, Unix, AS/400, Unisys A, and Windows NT/2000 platforms. New software development included authorship of two C language Unix client/server products.

Technical Environment: MVS, COBOL, CICS, Assembler, VSAM, Unix, A/S 400, Unisys A, Windows, DOS/VSE.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Integrated Confidential ’s Mail Canada and Mail Canada Plus into statements processing
• Composed new statements for all Confidential VISA statement products (about 30 unique layouts - 15 products, E/F) in CSF
• Designed and developed in-house statements interface to new Bankcard system
• Developed new product statement streams including postal sortation
• Developed automated address correction process for the VISA cardbase utilizing Group 1’s EZ6/CUE
• Upgraded statements processing for new Bell & Howell 16 station inserters and black bar code presort (working with Confidential contractor).
• Re-engineered Air Canada bonus points interface using callable modules from Confidential ’s EZ6/CUE, Mail Canada, and List Conversion products in the enrollment file interface to Aeroplan.
• Worked with BCE Emergis to develop electronic statement presentment via e-route.
• Development lead on multiple CIF (customer information file) address data cleanup projects.
• Developed component of Falcon on-line fraud detection interface saving $millions (authorizations)
• Developed table update screens for Promotion Builder subsystem
• Programmed and tested authorizations changes in Bankcard conversion, 16 digit conversion, and Y2K conversion projects.
• Use of Time: 30% Analysis and design, 70% development.

Technical Environment: MVS COBOL ENDEVOR CICS VSAM IMS CSF

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Working independently, maintained all name and address maintenance and mailing applications, for a mixed US/Canadian customer base.

Technical Environment: MVS COBOL ENDEVOR CICS VSAM

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed CRM software for a major retailer using COBOL and Assembler with Confidential ’s Merge/Purge and EZ6/CUE products (MVS/Unix) and sales system data capture software
• Designed and developed CICS/COBOL screens that integrated Confidential ’s EZ6/CUE into all VISA name and address capture screens in the Cardpac system (later Vision Plus) as implemented at Citibank
• Designed and developed CICS screens that integrated Confidential ’s EZ6/CUE into all credit name and address capture screens in Canadian Tire Acceptance’s in-house credit application.
• Implemented Confidential ’s address correction and postal sortation software (US and Canadian) into all mailings of sufficient size for a large multinational life insurer.
• Performed Assembler software development for Confidential to upgrade their Mail Canada and EZ6/CUE software packages including development of LSM presort capability.
• Subcontracted Professional Services work from Confidential for various software installations, including integrating sortation software into two major retailers’ credit statement streams (Sears, Eaton Credit)
• Developed Assembler pre-processor to improve and standardize incoming address lists
• Developed Canada Post SERP certified address validation and correction product
• Assisted with direct mail programs utilizing various Confidential products (Consumer/Business Merge/Purge, List Conversion, Mail Canada)

Technical Environment: MVS Assembler COBOL CICS VSAM

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As Programming Supervisor, performed and supervised production programming of in-house accounting and payroll applications

Technical Environment: MVS/ISPF/JCL and IBM System 3 COBOL/RPG III

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed Programming, Analysis and Production support of General Accounting and Payroll software from Management Science America (MSA).

Technical Environment: MVS ISPF/JCL/COBOL/CICS/VSAM..

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Programmed manufacturing and retail applications.

Technical Environment: MVS ISPF/JCL/COBOL/CICS/VSAM.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Coded COBOL and Assembler scientific applications on a Univac 1108 mainframe.

Technical Environment: COBOL, Assembler, Univac 1108