GOALS:

Completed classes in MS C# development. Desire carrier move to expand experience across Client server mainframe interface.

SUMMARY:

• SENIOR FINANCIAL PROGRAMMER / ANALYST with over 30 years expertise across a number of business application in Banking, Health Insurance, Financing, Credit Card Processing, Insurance and Automotive.
• Over 30 Years of expertise in Software development, from Conception and Design to implementation (SDLC).
• Cross platformed trained in PC development tools for PC (programming) and Internet (HTML) applications.
• Expertise in broad spectrum of mainframe Development / Dump tools for multiple levels of mainframe development, programming and testing.
• Over 25 years in IBM Mainframe environment, 25 years COBOL/II/390/OSJCL and IBM utilities, 18 yrs. CICS, 9 years DB2/IMS.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

HARDWARE: IBM 43XX, 30XX, 370, ZOS Mainframes, I486, MS 2000 Sever, MS 2000 SQL sever, Pentium Series, Networks.

SOFTWARE: Mainframe: AccessDB, Apps Cobol, Micro Focus Cobol, CA Realia Cobol, Assembler, Abend - Aid, CA 7/11, DB2, CICS(Command), CICS Web Services, Cobol/II/390, Dbug-aid, Dyl 280, Email, Endevour (control management), Easytrieve, Expediter, File-aid, Flowchart, IBM Utilities, IDCAMS, ISPF, IMS/IDMS, Intertest, OS/JES/JCL, Librarian, Microsoft CRM, Panvalet, Playback, Roscoe, SmartTest, Syncsort, Tesseract, TSO/ISPF, Visual Basic 6 Enterprise, Xpediter, Visual Age, IPSwitch(FTP), VB.NET, C#(2010-2012), ASP.NET.4, Java, NetBeans, Tera Data Extraction.

PC: VISUAL BASIC 6 ENTERPRISE, VISUAL AGE, FTP, VB NET, C#, ASP .NET, JAVA, NET BEANS, ECLIPSE, VISUAL STUDIO 10, DREAMWEAVER, ASP / HTML/HTML5/XHTML/XML DEVELOPMENT, CSS/CSS3, FRONT PAGE, MS SQL 2000/2005/2012/ ACESS, CRYSTAL REPORTS, MICROSOFT OFFICE, WORDPRESS, JAVA.

OPERATING SYSTEMS: MVS/XA/ESA, VSE/SP, OS2, DOS/VSE, MSDOS, Window 3.11/95/98/XP/8, Windows NT Workgroup/2000 Professional, MS2000 server, MS2000 SQL server.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, IL

System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided System analysis on application dumps and online abends and production issues..
• Provided resolution to application issues to correct Cobol / CICS abends and Batch jobs.
• Provided analysis to provided user specific information on database applications.
• Provided assistance to developer in testing methods. All in a Cobol / CICS environment.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Modified and enhanced Confidential Legacy and Core Systems. Maintained support of all purchase orders through Invoices for Anixters Customers using Anixters parts systems. All processes using EDI formatting requirements.
• Provided new modifications for new requirements on the batch side.
• All process using IBM tool sets.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analyse and Document Bridgestone - Firestones Store Manager Bonus System.
• Review all online and batch process and documented using MS Word and Visio(Flow charts) to provide System/Tech documentation.
• To provide knowledge transfer and Documentation to off shore group of all processes for support.

Confidential

Mainframe/Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• Enhancements on Confidential 's STS/CAMIS Domestic moving application system.
• The application was a mainframe development package that was converted to client server package. Application interacted through the WEB.
• Developing tools were Visual Studio 8 with Cobol/C#, MS SQL. NEOBATCH used for developing mainframe batch processes.
• Agile process used for developing tasks, providing Development documentation, code review, test results to add to Team knowledge base.

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Enhancements and development on SNAP Confidential Application processing system.
• Also maintained the Magnum and credit bureau interface applications.
• Involved in the development and design of new customer implementation using the Agile Methodology.
• Utilizing Mainframe tool set, CICS, COBOL, MQ series, Sbug with VSAM and DB2.
• Help in develop new tools for the development and testing process.
• Agile process used for developing tasks, providing Development documentation, code review, test results to add to Team knowledge base.

Confidential

Web developer

Responsibilities:

• Company business involves the Hosting and Web development for clients to promote marketing and advertising..
• Establishing and maintaining Hosting process through Host gator using a Wordpress and non Wordpress platforms.
• Utilizing web tools HTML, CSS and PHP and other tools sets such as C# and Java when applicable to create websites.
• Utilizing other web tools such as Photoshop for graphics, Dreamweaver for web developement.

Confidential

Company Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Company business involves the data storage and processing of health provider benefits.
• Acquired data elements from clients to develop new coding specifications in VB6 for export of Benefits information data to carriers.
• Organize, develop and test methods for conversion of VB6 HIPAA 4010 version to new 5010 format and also C# conversion..
• Oversee the Export of benefits files for all of First Benefits Company Clients. File formats include HIPPA 4010, CSV, XLS, and TXT files utilizing the following transmission processes SFTP, FTP, PGP, Secure server.
• Upgraded Programming to C# to help in the conversion for legacy systems to convert VB6 to C#.

Confidential, South Carolina

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Maintained and developed new development/specifications for Confidential reporting and customer information system.
• Maintained current process using Aps / Cobol with DB2 and IMS data storage. Utilizing Mainframe tool set, CICS, Smart Test and EZTRIEVE.
• Provided the Business analysis and written specifications for new projects provided by Business requirements and clients.

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Helped in converting existing COBOL Online/Batch environment to run in a independent region.
• Assisted in modifying JCL, Procedures for new environment.
• Provided the Business analysis and design and documentation for new projects provided by Business requirements and clients.
• Utilized MS project to track complex projects and meet deadlines.
• Provided analysis and design for new development for their Renewal process. Programs were written in Cobol utilizing DB2 database.

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed programs and provided suggestions to streamline process.

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• New DB2 Database for housing relevant information for Tax Depreciation process.
• Developed and programmed the Cobol batch process to verify and store data from DB2 and IMS databases using appropriate IMS triggers.
• Provided expertise in identifying and isolating performance issues and provide solution using CICS/DB2/IMS interface to increase online/batch performance for maintenance.

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Redesigned visual basic interfaces for SQL database or Microsoft Access.
• Upgrading Visual Basic 6 interface to VB6 (.net).
• Trouble shooting computer hardware and software systems.
• Stream-lined Cobol, DB2 programs. Stream-line JCL and Backend processes.
• Cobol II, DB2, JCL, Visual Basic 6.0, MS SQL Database.
• Designed HTML pages and GUI interface for Customer access.

Confidential

Business Conversion Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Complete credit card system Conversion from Data General to IBM Mainframe.
• Converted all financial programs and designed/created all batch process using Cobol II/ OS JCL and IBM Utilities for approximately 250 jobs. Also, converted several Assembler modules to Cobol II.
• Stream lined Batch process for 300% decrease in system runtime performance.
• Designed and developed CICS online interface to support maintenance files.
• Provided expertise in the Quality Assurance testing for project and Y2K compliance.
• Developed system documentation as project progressed.