SUMMARY:

• Confidential has over 35 years of experience in the Information Technology field that has given him a wide exposure to computer applications including: SSA Government, CMS Government, State Medicaid, Secondary Mortgage Market, Banking, Credit Card Processing, Medicare, Car Leasing, and COTS packages supporting various Management Information and Financial Systems.
• Confidential has supported numerous corporations executing complex Confidential mainframe and Client Server applications supporting numerous Internal and External interfaces.
• He has worked with Relational and Hierarchical databases: DB2, Datacom, IMS, IDMS, and Forte supporting SQL & non - SQL structures.
• He has vast experience and knowledge of system analysis, requirements development, design, testing, regression testing, and test cases.
• Confidential has worked is all phases of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including: managing, designing, analyzing, and programming various COTS systems for large corporations utilizing various System Development Methodologies, ETL, Case Tools and structured programming techniques supporting small and very large complex projects.
• Confidential can work independently or within a team environment with dedication to accomplish projects that are complete and accurate meeting stakeholder objectives.
• Confidential ’ strong attention to detail, reviewing complex data from multiple sources, determining relevance’s and important issues and setting priorities makes him a strong asset to any project team. He has preparing accurate and detailed strategic approaches in Visio and PowerPoint for various audiences’.
• Furthermore, Confidential has developed and has maintained strong relationships with stakeholder with diverse needs and requirements. He has a proven track record for providing strong oral and written communications as well as a keen technical strength in problem solving, root cause analysis addressing core issues not the symptom offering corrective alternatives.

SOFTWARE/TOOLS USED:

Computer Applications: MS ORDERNETAccounts Payable, Account Reconciliation Process, Audio Response, Automated Clearing House (ACH), Bulk Filing, Certificate of Deposit, Central Information File, ANACOMP CIS, CULLINET CIF, COTS, HOGAN Deposit Systems, SYSTEMATIC Time Deposits, MARSHALL & ILSELY Deposits, National City Bank's DDA & CIF, MSA's General Ledger and MMIS-II Medicaid. COBOL & COBOL II, ALC, Basic, FORTRAN, P C COBOL II, Basic, Fortran, PASCAL, EASYTRIEVE, C, DATACOM, SQL, DB2, IDMS, IMS DB, Burroughs DB II, FORTE, UFAM, VSAM, VOLLIE, TSO/ISPF, CLIST, JCL, JCL PREP, JCL CHECK, SYNCSORT, PROCS, RACF, ACF2, FILEAID, IOF, TMS, MQSeries, Endevor, SDLC, Connect Enterprise Confidential Utilities, FTP, CANDE, SYSD, EDI, Data Query, SQL, PANVALET, Librarian, FILEAID, TMS, ABEND-AID, Inter Test, CICS, UTAM, Confidential 360/370/, z/OS, DOS/VSE, Burroughs, PERIPHONICS PDP-11. Microsoft Office Suite 2007: WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, OUTLOOK, VISIO, Project Workbench, IEW/ADW case tool, Rational Requisite Pro & SharePoint.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Technical Business Analyst / SME

Responsibilities:

• Serving as a Senior Technical Business Analyst (SME) supporting the Confidential ’s Medicaid system.
• I provided critical evaluations and recommendations supporting the ICD-10 remediation project providing detail recommendations, requirements, specifications and implementation options.
• HIPPA compliance, Medical Part A, B, C & D, Pharmacy Billing, Crossover Claims, Encounter Claims, EDI 5010 Input, ICD-9, ICD-10 & HCPCS codes, Dental & Vision, Instructional Claims, Medical Claims, Providers, Managed Health Care Facilities and Third Party Liability (TPL).
• I worked closely with a 10-member Information Technology Project team as well as with the Confidential staff. My activities included: Interviewing Confidential staff members, Preparing Functional and System requirements for all MMIS online modifications, GAP Analysis, batch modifications, Created the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Screen Mock-Ups, Functional Requirements Definition (FRD), System Requirements Specification (SRS), Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTM), Test Plans, Test Cases, process workflows diagrams and defining conversion strategies.
• I mentored two Business Analysts and four Quality Assurance Analysts developing functional specifications, test cases and test plans.
• I lead and participated in many JAD sessions defining and resolving the project scope, technical design and direction.
• Also, I worked with the PM assigning tasks and a major contributor in the creation of the following strategic documents for Confidential - Confidential Information Technology: Functional Requirements Document, System Test Plan, System Design Document, Implementation Plan, Use Case Diagrams, Process Flow Diagrams, Work Breakdown Structure, Test Cases, and SQL DB2 Extracts & Analysis. All document followed the State’s methodology templates.
• In addition of providing critical analysis, I developed DB2 SQL, Cobol/DB2 programs using Librarian, modified JCL and PROCS, performed unit and system testing, developed test plans and test cases, developed an ICD-10 test system, created JCL for a multi-file backup, extracted DB2 data for flat file processing, analyzed programs for functionally and changes and reviewed production jobs via RDMS.
• All of these tasks were performed under the Confidential environment supported by the Annapolis Data Center (ADC) utilizing: CICS, TSO/ISPF, JCL, PROCS, QMF, DYL280, JCLCHECK, FILEAID, NDM, SPUFI, MICROSOFT OFFICE, VISIO, WORD, and GOOGLE E-MAIL & SHAREPOINT.

Tools: Utilized: DB2, TSO/ISPF, SQL, JCL, Cobol, CICS, QMF, SDSF, JCL Check, Fileaid, QMF, SPUFI, SharePoint, Google Mail, and Microsoft Office Suite 2007: WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, OUTLOOK, VISIO.

Confidential

Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Served as a Senior Business Analyst supporting the Office Of Applications Supplemental Security Income Systems (OASSIS) analyzing the Quick Disability Determination (QDD) and Compassionate Allowances (CAL) Initiatives.
• The claims are maintained on a DB2 database where report data is extracted utilizing Web FOCUS creating Management Information (MI) PDF reports.
• These PDF reports are transferred to their Executive Management Information System (EMIS) intranet site for viewing.
• Weekly, monthly and Fiscal Year reports are maintained.
• The QDD initiative uses predictive modeling to identify cases where there is high degree of likelihood the applicant is disabled and that medical evidence is readily available.
• The CAL initiative uses the predictive model to identify applicants who are clearly disabled by the very nature of their disease or condition.
• Detailed Functional Requirement (DFR) documents are maintained defining the Business Rules, Functional Requirements as well as report formats and specifications.
• Rational RequisitePro is utilized to document business requirements. In addition, I worked on a project team assessing Management Risks.

Tools: Utilized: DB2, TSO/ISPF, Microsoft Office Suite 2007: WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, OUTLOOK, VISIO, Rational RequisitePro, and SharePoint.

Confidential

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• This large complex Cobol & DB2 System is over 250 modules with numerous reports, processing and sub-systems.
• He analyzed and supported enhancements for these systems working directly with the stakeholder documenting requirements, test scripts, test plans and test reviewing test results.

Tools: Utilized: COBOL II, DB2, TSO/ISPF, JCL, JCL PREP, SYNCSORT, PROCS, RACF, FILEAID, IOF, TMS, Endevor, Connect Enterprise, Confidential Utilities, FTP, ABEND-AID, Confidential z/OS, Microsoft Office Suite 2007: WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, OUTLOOK, VISIO.

Confidential

Senior Systems Analyst / Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Served as a Senior Information Technology (IT) Systems / Business Analyst / programmer supporting the Division of Accounting Systems providing expert support, leadership, business and technical analysis, impact analysis, project estimates, testing, test scripts and modifications to GL, AP, Accounts Receivable, Financial Statements, and Letter of Credit Systems.
• This large complex Cobol COTS Cobol IDMS System is over 500 modules, online / real-time updating, numerous report sub-systems and reports, OLQ procedures and NDM file transfers using Connect Enterprise.
• He has analyzed and implemented numerous enhancements and changes to these systems as well as provided detailed system and program analysis and documentation working with both internal and external customers.
• Numerous ETL projects were developed. In this environment with minimum direction, he analyzed and modified numerous IDMS Cobol programs, created functional specifications, unit, system and acceptance test plans as well as final validation testing.
• Furthermore, he created user and technical documentation and Visio diagrams analyzing the Cobol programs, PROCS and job information.

Tools: Utilized: COBOL II, IDMS, TSO/ISPF, CLIST, JCL, JCL PREP, SYNCSORT, PROCS, RACF, FILEAID, IOF, TMS, Endevor, APPC, SDLC, Connect Enterprise, Confidential Utilities, FTP, OLQ, ABEND-AID, Confidential z/OS, Microsoft Office Suite 2007: WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, OUTLOOK, VISIO.

Confidential

Senior Systems Analyst/Project Leader

Responsibilities:

• Served as an expert Information Technology (IT) systems analyst, project leader, programmer and principal advisor to PHH management with primary responsibility for providing expert leadership and guidance on the design, implementation and operation of the BOSS and Service Card Systems as well as interfacing to their Billing System, DBS/AP, Financial Systems and other Car Leasing Systems.
• Managed 3-7 IT professionals on various projects. Provided 24/7 production support.
• Provided technical leadership and management supporting small and major enhancements required him to create high level & detail impact and design documents, scope of effort estimates, justifications, and other standard project management documents.
• Ensured the modifications had adequate controls, meeting internal and external standards within IT and the data center enterprise with minimal operational impacts.
• Worked closely with the user and QA creating test plans and test data to facilitate unit and system testing.
• Worked on many assignments performing match merging of client data, eliminating duplicates, creating reports and access keys for subsequent report processing and mailings.
• Performed and coordinated research on data center hardware and software supporting the application architecture, designs, and execution to improve performance within the data center enterprise. Interfaced with the Data Center to ensured policies and procedures were followed ensuring overall architecture integration, design consistency, and compliance to standards.
• He analyzed, modified and coded numerous Cobol programs in a TSO/ISPF, PROC, ACF2, CA7, CA Datacom, TMS, NETMAN, IDEAL environment.
• He also analyzed and implemented various modifications as well as supporting the conversion of Cobol-to-Cobol II and Y2K.
• In addition, he supported and implemented numerous NDM file transfers using Connect Enterprise. He worked in this environment with minimum support and developed strong communication with both internal and external customers.
• On several project he managed 2-5 Senior Programmer Analysts.

Tools: Utilized: COBOL & COBOL II, EASYTRIEVE, Datacom, Datacom/SQL, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, CLIST, JCL, JCL CHECK, SYNCSORT, PROCS, ACF2, FILEAID, IOF, TMS, MQSeries, Netman, SDLC, Connect Enterprise, Confidential Utilities, FTP, EDI, Data Query, FILEAID, TMS, ABEND-AID, Inter Test, CICS, Confidential z/OS, Microsoft Office Suite: WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, OUTLOOK, VISIO and Project Workbench.

Confidential

Project Lead / Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed a set of DB2 Cobol programs to monitor the SMS ORDERNET real-time interface activity.
• The primary scope was to determine the lack of activity and notify on-call personnel of a problem.
• Utilizing JHMCIS System Development procedures, I created functional specifications for the project that were reviewed and approved by management.
• Upon completion of the functional specifications, detailed program specifications were created, coded and implemented for the project.
• Project Lead for the implementation of the Pharmacy RxOBOT System.
• The RxOBOT System is a LAN System developed by Automated HealthCare that dispenses patient medications based on bar codes. Besides the actual RxOBOT installation, analysis of the Pharmacy System had to be performed to provide a daily feed of pharmacy medications from CICS and provide an interface from SMS ORDERNET of patient admissions, transfers and discharges (ADT).
• The ADT interface to the RxOBOT was implemented under TCP/IP protocol.
• Also prepared the specifications as well as the project schedule working closely with the Pharmacy Department for testing, training, and implementation plans.

Tools: Utilized: COBOL II, DB2, TSO/ISPF, CLIST, JCL, JCL PREP, SYNCSORT, PROCS, ACF2, FILEAID, IOF, TMS, SDLC, Confidential Utilities, SYSD, Data Query, Librarian, FILEAID, TMS, ABEND-AID, CICS, Confidential z/OS, Microsoft Office: WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, OUTLOOK, VISIO.

Confidential

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibility was the production support of the CONSCO General Ledger System.
• Converted all of the general ledger test files in the Confidential facility and the Rockville facility to Confidential ’s SMS product.
• Prepared the man-hour estimates for the conversion and prepared the test plan.
• This effort required modified over 250 PROCs and VSAM parameters to support the production conversion of the General Ledger system to SMS.

Tools: COBOL, COBOL II, TSO/ISPF, CLIST, JCL, JCL PREP, SYNCSORT, PROCS, SMS, ACF2, FILEAID, IOF, TMS, Confidential Utilities, SYSD, Librarian, FILEAID, TMS, ABEND-AID, Confidential z/OS. Microsoft Office: WORD, EXCEL.

Confidential

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Development of a subsystem to capture statistical data from their Integral GL System and other subsystems to charge each company for their utilization of GL.
• Performed analysis, coding, developed unit and system test plans to implement the 7 new programs, the 13 PROCS, 26 jobs and the creation of 29 files supporting this subsystem which also created an interface for transmission to their HP computer from the Confidential computer.
• Worked on operational improvements for the GL System, reviewing their Confidential mainframe system reducing magnetic tapes usage by 25%. (2) Enhanced their VSAM buffers reducing run time and CPU utilization.
• Implemented a GL history purge eliminating 3 million rows from production processing.
• Replaced daily and monthly FDR backups with Confidential backups

Skills utilized: Tools Utilized: COBOL II, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, JCL, JCL PREP, SYNCSORT, PROCS, IOF, TMS, SDLC, Confidential Utilities, SYSD, Librarian, ABEND-AID, CICS, BM 370, Microsoft WORD, and EXCEL.

Confidential

Senior Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed system analysis for Confidential 's Contract Management System.
• Utilizing IEW/ADW and working with the users, a Data Model was created identifying the various entities of the Contract Management System.
• The Data Model identified the major components and relationships of the entities.
• Utilizing the Data Model, Functions and Processes of the Contract Management System were identified and were decomposed into lower levels of Functions and then into processes.

Skills utilized:

Tools: Utilized: SDLC, WORD, EXCEL, and IEW/ADW Case Tool.