SUMMARY:

• 15+ years extensive experience as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, Technical Team Lead, Project Manager and Application Developer
• 15+ years experience with User Acceptance Testing, Systems Integration Testing, and System Testing
• 15+ years in the IBM mainframe environment, using Sequel, CICS, DB2, and IMS technologies
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experienced in all phases of project development life - cycle
• Knowledgeable in developing business integration solutions across multiple platforms
• Proven ability to deliver high quality solutions to a variety of Banking, Automotive, Insurance, Aerospace, and Healthcare business needs.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• IBM Mainframes, IBM PC, IBM 3090, MVS/ESA
• Z/OS, MS Windows, TSO /ISPF, CMS
• COBOL II, DB2, SQL, CICS, IMS DB/DC, DLI, DB2, Access, .Net
• DB2, IMS DB/DC, Xpediter, Endeavor, Librarian, Panvalet
• JCL, File AID, QMF, ClearQuest, ClearCase, RACF, ACF2IEW, ADW, FTP, MFS, DYL-280, VSAM
• Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, Lotus Notes, MS Project, Excel, Word, Powerpoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed design and development of Closed Code 6 project to ensure that all loans that began the day as a Closed Code 6 are returned to that status by the end-of-day.
• Managed design and development of HESTEP project to extend the length of HELOC accounts to 300 months for qualified borrowers.
• Managed design and development of Loan Archival project to archive all loans that have been inactive for more than 8 years.
• Worked extensively with users, business management, and developers to determine project requirements and project scope.
• Gathered business requirements, creating Business Requirement Documents, Project Plans, Timelines, Workbooks, and other project design requirements.
• Created Test Plans and Test Scripts.
• Coordinatied communication and processes necessary to develop technical solutions for business requirements.
• Rendered solutions involving web development in .Net
• Managed User Acceptance Testing and defect remediation through Quality Center, ensuring that the approved code is implemented and validated on schedule.
• Ran SQL queries
• Ensured that a consistently high level of quality is consistently maintained, while delivering a timely and thoroughly tested product that is implemented and validated on schedule.

Independent Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project planning and requirements definition.
• Adhoc programs and reports, extracts and queries, and Visio diagrams.
• Develop and implement new application enhancements, and provide documentation.
• Work with management, business, and developers to provide comprehensive solutions.
• Disabling and deleting obsolete systems.

Technical Team Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked with client to gather business requirements, establish timelines, and create detailed requirements for business solution.
• Enabled the client to expand their business and increase revenue by ordering and managing inventories based on a minimum need“ basis.
• Manage project time lines with multiple resources and report project milestones to upper management.

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided Healthcare business analyst expertise to analyze, design, test and implement an Online Billing System to provide customers online web access to monthly statements.
• Worked extensively with users, upper management, and developers to determine project requirements and project scope.
• Gather business requirements, created detailed requirements, statements of work, process specs, and other project design documents.
• Created testing plans and scripts.
• Responsible for maintaining a consistently high level of quality, while delivering a timely and innovative solution to a high-profile multi-platform system.

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Gather business requirements and create detailed requirements in development and implementation of multi- platform vehicle distribution system for Japan and North America production.
• Provide data analysis for the business and provide timely and innovative solutions to Production Support issues.
• Redesigned existing processes to reduce system processing time and increase efficiency.
• Responsible for gathering requirements, analysis, design, development and problem solving for various systems in the Lexus Certified Pre-Owned Vehicle Operations for North America.
• As subject matter expert, coordinated and conducted year-long training of a team of global resources to fully understand and support Lexus Certified Pre-Owned Vehicle applications.
• Provide support for Vehicles Accessories System environment for North American Production.
• Provided analysis expertise in upgrade of AS400 programs to use SQL Server and Comti and .Net technology to convert to web environment.

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented a Vehicle Distribution System for Japan and North American dealerships allowing vehicles to be assigned destinations while being shipped.
• Enabled the client to more efficiently track manufacturing progress and job scheduling.
• Provide data analysis for the business and provide solutions to production support issues.
• Consistently achieved high customer satisfaction for delivering projects on time, with a high level of quality.

Advanced Software Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analysis and technical restructuring of flat-file legacy data for conversion into a new IBM mainframe DB2 system using IEW and ADW software.
• Analysis of Cobol and Assembler programs to define attributes of entities used in system restructure.
• Worked closely with clients in JAD sessions to gather business requirements, create logical business models, and determine scope of project.
• Provided expertise to develop test systems to parallel production for regression testing.
• Consistently achieved high customer satisfaction for delivering projects on time, with a high level of quality.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed design and development of Telecommunications Cost Analysis system which improved usage and reduced cost for all telecommunication devices used by client.
• Managed staff in analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and testing of Association 50 Conversion project to support critical banking applications.
• Responsible for maintaining a consistently high level of quality, while delivering enhancements to financially sensitive and business critical banking applications in a timely manner.
• Enabled the company to grow their consumer loan business by consolidating disparate systems resulting from mergers and acquisitions.

Application Programmer Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintaining and enhancing high quality systems for critical Aerospace applications in a timely manner.
• Develop and implement new applications and enhancements.