SUMMARY:

• Talented Business/Programmer Analyst and development manager with extensive experience designing, writing and troubleshooting code; designing system architecture; and leading JAD/JAR sessions and software engineering teams. Special expertise in CICS/Batch maintenance, enhancement and new development and Production Implementation. Experience in Matrix Organizations.
• Wall Street and Financial Sector including Stocks, Bonds, Units, Warrants, Rights, Tenders, Commercial Paper, Put Bonds & Stock Transfer • Accounting, Licensed Agent for Annuities, Life & Health Insurance, Timeshare Hospitality Sector • Magazine Fulfillment Sector • Collaborating with Internal and External Users • DB2 Database Design • Defining Business Requirements • System Design Documentation • Functional and Technical Specifications • Scheduling Resources • Test Procedures, including Programming, Generation, Verification and Coordination of Implementation Plans. ACH and Credit card payments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: IBM Mainframe OS 390 MVS/VSE, IBM PC and CompatiblesSoftware COBOL II C++ SQL DB2 Oracle SPUFI QMF ADABAS Natural Stored Procedures CICS Command Level MQ VSAM Easytrieve DYL280 Syncsort TSOE/SPF CMS SDF MVS Utilities Fileaid Ditto Intertest Expediter Panvalet Changeman Endevor JCL and Utilities CA7 Windows 2000/NT MS Office, Visio, Project and Access Database Brio Business Objects Cognos Sharepoint FTP/NDM HTML JavaScript

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Jacksonville, Fl

Sr. Business Analyst/Technical Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Perform analysis, coding and testing of the Global Wealth Management Midas Data Wharehouse and Net New Money systems. Enhancements involved both Batch and CICS programs using DB2 and VSAM. Perform SQL queries to validate modifications. Coordinate and validate project implementation.

Confidential, Jacksonville, Fl

Sr. Business Analyst/Technical Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed in - depth business and technical analysis on the new Measurement Analysis And Planning(MAAP) system for Bank Of America. The MAAP system tracks weekly changes to a clients net assets across various financial instruments. MAAP data is loaded to a front end DB2 based reporting and analysis platform to allow BOA to track the strength of a clients revenue stream over time. Duties include analysis of business specifications, generation of detail program specification, coding Cobol programs and system testing. Coordinate and validate project implementation.

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Performed in - depth business and technical analysis on the high profile Pillar II project for the EFS Debit Card division of the Emergency Benefits Transaction system. The Pillar II project will eliminate all existing Tandem Cobol programs that produce reports and file extracts and convert them to a Crystal Reports\Business Objects platform supported by Oracle databases. Duties include analysis of Tandem Cobol programs, producing detailed program documentation and generation of detail specification documentation for conversion to Crystal Reports using Stored Procedures. Coordinate and validate project implementation. Analysis of the Tandem platform included Tandem Cobol programs and all interfaces, tracing file and reports going to the Tandem servers. Also doing analysis of TACL jobs that initiated FTP and NDM file transfers.

Confidential, Palm Coast, FL

Applications Development Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed enterprise wide SDLC to achieve SOX compliance after merger with public company (Amrep Corp). Successfully passed first SOX audit with no major exceptions.
• Developed and implemented a standard change management procedure for mainframe CICS/Batch enhancements and new development.
• Established methodology for medium to large scale projects using standard business requirement specifications to document risk assessment, functional and non-functional requirements, system design, test plans, test cases and scripts, user acceptance testing and defect tracking and resolution.
• Expanded UAT process to include cross platform testing with Oracle database reporting system and front end AS400 midrange platform.
• Cut 5000 person-hours per year for department by auditing prior change requests; identified and automated numerous manual tasks.
• Achieved 20% improvement in response time for completion of client change requests: Attained improvement by launching intense cross- program to broaden system knowledge for all staff to provide better department response time for client change requests.

Confidential, Orlando, FL

User Acceptance Testing Manager

Responsibilities:

• Created a User Acceptance Testing (UAT) process that supported integration during acquisition of timeshare company (Trendwest). Established policies and procedures in collaboration with system programmers; set up UAT regions to support multiple concurrent UAT efforts.
• Lead a major rewrite of the marketing departments Bonus Contract Campaign in an effort to increase sales. Over the next year the Bonus Contract Campaign accounted for an increase of 12 million in sales for the company.
• Technical lead for Trendwest integration project. Consulted with business analysts to identify business requirements to fill 23 major gaps between the two systems. Led a team of programmer analysts who developed functional and detailed specifications for entire system.

Confidential, New York, NY

Project Leader

Responsibilities:

• Designed, coded and implemented new CICS Large Trade Queue system that segregated and added compliance procedures for equity trades over 2 million shares (or total value over $2 million).
• Led a team of three Programmer Analysts who converted existing internal email system from VSAM to a DB2 based platform.

Confidential, New York, NY

Project Leader

Responsibilities:

• Converted the Tender, Unit and Warrant systems from an ADABAS to a DB2 platform.
• Designed and implemented enhancements to Tenders System that provided large cost savings for brokers. Achieved savings by adding the following: withdrawal capability for Voluntary Offering Instructions and automated Letter of Agreement capability for agent banks and brokers.
• Design, coded and implemented new Rights System for the Voluntary Reorg area: DB2 based, real time CICS and batch system comprised of three large CICS functions. Change Mgmt platform used was Expediter.