Professional Objective: Seasoned IT professional with a passion for EDI seeks a solid growth position within a global company that is not only challenging but also diverse enough to allow for professional flexibility, individual creativity, concept development and award winning customer satisfaction opportunities.

Summary of Qualifications: An IT professional with over thirty-five years of experience who exhibits a consistent problem solving ability in order to support production and implement new solutions. A strong technical background coupled with an attentive professional demeanor provides quick rapport and credibility with diverse groups ranging from upper management to internal/external customers. Solutions oriented with an eye toward bottom line results.

Professional Experience

EDI Professional Consulting - Agency (Jan. 2006 - Sept. 2010)

EDI Coordinator Confidential Salisbury, NC
IBM (MVS - zSeries) Operating System

• E-Business consulting services relating to application/EDI support, invoice recovery project.

Administrator Confidential Perrysburg, OH
IBM (MVS - zSeries) Operating System

• E-Business consulting services relating to application/EDI support, trading partner implementations, testing and production support.
• Support/maintenance of COBOL application programs relating to EDI.

Sr. Support Analyst/EDI Confidential Alexandria, VA
UNIX Operating System

• ePrescribing/EDI consulting services which includes monitoring network performance, reporting outages and review/resolution of cases reported by Doctors, Pharmacies and ePrescribing software vendors.

EDI Business Analyst Confidential Loveland, OH
IBM (MVS - zSeries) Operating System

• E-Business consulting services using GENTRAN:Basic for MVS (version 6.0).
• Application/EDI mapping support, JCL testing, trading partner implementations/setups.
• Analyzing current EDI processing to provide recommendations for a more proactive environment.

EDI Senior Business Confidential Dublin, OH
IBM (AS/400, UNIX) Operating System

• E-Business consulting services to support a recent acquisition of a Pharmaceutical Distribution company.
• Assisted in the migration and research/resolve issues relating to Pharmacy/OTC purchasing software.

EDI Analyst Confidential North Wilkesboro, NC
IBM (MVS - zSeries) Operating System

• E-Business consulting services using GENTRAN:Basic for MVS (version 6.0). Application/EDI mapping support for Lowe&s Global Business Initiative (GBI) involving 3PL provider.
• Assisted in the upgrade to Sterling's new release of GENTRAN:Basic (version 6.4).

HUMM, cont&d

EDI Analyst Confidential Lakeland, FL
IBM (MVS - zSeries) Operating System

• E-Business consulting services using GENTRAN:Basic for MVS. Created Application/EDI systems flow documentation.
• Assisted in the upgrade to Sterling's new release of GENTRAN:Basic (version 6.4).

Confidential Sept. 2002 - July 2005
Senior EDI Coordinator - Columbus, OH
IBM (MVS - OS/390, UNIX) Operating System

• E-Business services using GENTRAN:Basic for MVS (version 6.0). Responsibilities included mapping/translation, partner set up, JCL/PROC creation/maintenance/testing and batch problem resolution. Daily interfacing with Oracle 11i applications and E-Commerce Gateway for problem resolution.
• Daily error monitoring of EDI throughput for both inbound and outbound documents.
• Supported 1,200+ trading partners - providing over $400 Million in sales.

Confidential June 2002 - Sept. 2002
Consultant, EDI Senior Analyst - North Charleston, SC
IBM (MVS - OS/390) Operating System

• E-Business consulting services using GENTRAN:Basic for MVS (version 6.0). Responsibilities include mapping, partner set up, JCL/PROC creation/maintenance/testing and batch problem resolution.

Confidential Nov. 2001 - Apr. 2002
Consultant, Professional Staff - Dublin, OH
IBM (MVS - OS/390) Operating System

• E-Business services using GENTRAN:Basic for MVS. Responsibilities included mapping, partner set up, data banking, JCL/PROC creation/testing and batch problem resolution.

Confidential July 1997 - Oct. 2001
Remote Consultant - Dublin, OH
IBM (MVS - OS/390) Operating System

• E-Business consulting services using GENTRAN:Basic for MVS. Responsibilities included mapping, partner set up, data banking, JCL/PROC creation/testing and batch problem resolution.

Product Support Specialist - Dublin, OH
IBM (MVS - OS/390) Operating System

• Level 1” Technical Support – EDI software (GENTRAN:Basic for MVS/VSE) mainframes.
• Technical support and problem resolution for Strategic Banking System. Responsibilities included JCL/PROC modifications, standards adherence, insure requested production/test migration changes are effectively implemented, support and monitor all migration paths.
• Analyze production/test problems and implement the solutions.

Confidential Feb. 1997 - June 1997
Consultant, Senior Associate - Columbus, OH
IBM (MVS) Operating System

• Technical support and problem resolution for Strategic Banking System. Responsibilities included JCL/PROC modifications, standards adherence, insure requested production/test migration changes are effectively implemented, support and monitor all migration paths.
• Analyze production/test problems and implement the solutions.

HUMM, cont&d
Confidential Oct. 1996 - Jan. 1997
Consultant, Computer Engineer - Richmond, VA
IBM (MVS) Operating System

• Responsible for daily batch production. Responsibilities included programmer support/interface, ABEND resolution/recovery, on-call support.
• Assisted in special projects designated by management.

Confidential June 1988 - Mar. 1996
Operations Technical Analyst/Supervisor - Concord, NH (New Hampshire State Health Care)
UNIX (client/server) Operating System.

• Supervised six computer operators. Responsibilities included coordinating work and vacation schedules, performance reviews, solving employee issues and staffing interviews.
• Liaison between Operations and the account, providers, vendors and personnel staffing agencies.

Operations Technical Analyst Confidential CA (Delco Systems Operations)
IBM (VM/VSE, MVS/ESA, VAX) Operating System.

• Performed analysis, recommended solutions and assisted in the implementation of RTI enhancements to optimize production batch cycles.
• Change Control Administrator for all account support groups. Developed and implemented a control process which reduced costs by 50%.
• Involved in multiple process improvements that reduced costs by $45,000 annually.

Confidential Aug. 1975 - June 1988
Computer Operator/Operations Technical Analyst - Toledo, OH
IBM (VM/VSE, MVS/ESA) Operating System.

• Responsible for daily batch production and ABEND resolution/recovery.

Education

Associate of Applied Science/Business Administration

Technical

Sterling&s Gentran:Basic (OS/390,zSeries), Gentran:Server AS/400 (iSeries), JCL (VSE, MVS), TSO/ISPF, ROSCOE, CICS, VSAM, IBM Utilities, COBOL, X12 documents (180, 214, 810, 820, 823, 824, 832, 835, 837, 850, 855, 856, 857, 860, 864, 865, 866..), EDIFACT, UCS, HL7, XML, FTP, HTTP, AS2, FileAid, EasyTrieve, Control-M/R, CHANGEMAN, Change Management, Microsoft Office tools, Lotus Notes, Windows XP, UltraEdit, VISIO, Oracle 11i ERP applications, Oracle E

Commerce Gateway, basic UNIX commands, SQL Navigator, Edifecs SpecBuilder, EDISIM, Salesforce, PubNet, PubEasy, TIBCO training, HIPAA EDI experience.

T r a i n i n g

Cultural Diversity - Shabaz Associates, Inc.
See You At The Top - Zig Ziglar Corporation
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” - Covey Leadership Center, Inc.
EDS Leader Internship - EDS internal training