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usiness Analyst, Systems Analyst, QA Analyst, Data Analyst/Architect/Modeler, Software Designer

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

  • 30 years working on group and individual projects simultaneously
  • 22 years application support, system business analysis, system and database design and testing team motivator, mentor, leader
  • 22 years IBM mainframes, Syncsort, Fileaid, TSO, Procs, OS MVS JCL, Gener, JES3, COBOL, TSO, ISPF, ESA
  • 22 years experience with Systems Design Life Cycle in a Client Server Environment, SDM, SDLC, RUP
  • 22 years experience with IMS DB/DC, MFS, DLI, BMP, BMC SOFTWARE, Checkpoint Restart, VSAM
  • 22 years experience with Translating Business Strategy/Drivers into IT requirements - Project Estimations
  • 22 years experience with the definition enforcement of standard data element names, abbreviations, characteristics, values, aliases.
  • 22 years experience with the enforcement and maintenance of governance policies, processes, performance measurements,
  • 16 years experience with Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Project Manager, Power Point etc.
  • 14 years experience with DB2, SPUFI, QMF, SQL, Binds, Declgen, Joins, Cursors, Dynamic SQL
  • 16 years experience with Project Discovery approaches and estimations RFI/RFP/RFQ / RFC monitoring
  • 12 years experience with Stored Procedures, Inserts, Updates, Deletes, Unions, BMC Software
  • 4 years experience running my own business, monitoring modifying Best Practices
  • 2 years experience JAVA, Focus, Halappi, Scripts, HTML, REXX, Java, Stored Procedures triggered by Java, WLM
  • 1 year coding experience CICS 6 years design 6 months Princeton SofTech's Relational Tools Move For DB2
  • Deep understanding of Business, Market and Industry functionality and current IT trends - Responsible for Project Success
  • Served on the following teams: ISG, ITSCM, CMS, SKMS, SPM, CAB, CSIP, PIR, SPM, BAR and BSA
  • Helped define: CBFs, BIA, BCP, KPI, SIP, SLT, SLR, SOR, SWOT, VBF, CMM, CSFs, MoR, RACI Chart
  • ITIL is the liaison between technical and non-technical personnel includes Value Added and Business Best Practice guidance, Identify Key Performance Indicators, Project Metrics, Milestones, Key Deliverables, Risk Abatement, Company wide approach to IT integration
  • PRINCE2 PMBOK Knowledge, Life insurance and Real Estate licenses - Intimate knowledge of Contract Law Insurance
  • Served on various Governing Boards of NP organizations for many years advising on planning, strategy, personnel issues

LANGUAGES:

  • COBOL II, MF COBOL
  • OS MVS JCL SQL
  • EASYTRIEVE, QUICKJOB, REXX, CLISTS
  • FOCUS, MARK IV, SAS, CICS
  • OS JCL JES 2, JES 3
  • MVS XA ZOS
  • Windows XP, 7 AS400

OPERATING SYSTEMS:

SOFTWARE:

  • CA7 and UCC7
  • Lotus Notes, Outlook, SharePoint
  • MS-ACCESS, PROJECT, EXCEL, WORD, Visio, PowerPt.
  • Workbench / Animator
  • FTP and MQ Series - TCPIP
  • TSO ISPF ESA - EXPEDITER - HALLAPI
  • Spufi, QMF, SQL, DB2 v 9
  • Adobe, Rational Rose
  • IMS DB/DC DLI BMP MPP MFS BTS
  • FILEAID / FILEAID IMS
  • IBM UTILITIES ABEND AIDE
  • CHANGEMAN, ENDEAVOR, APS, PUPS, DCCS

Data Architecture, Capacity and Structure Management:

  • Use Cases Wireframes UML
  • Logical Data Designs/Models
  • Data Integrity
  • Embarcadero Data Modeling Tool
  • Data Warehousing / Facets
  • Data Mapping / Mining / ETL
  • Referential Integrity
  • Identify Data and Solution Patterns
  • Inovis-data normalization
  • Source to Target Mapping
  • Business Intelligence
  • Data Modeling, Data Blending, Taxonomies
  • Data Normalization EDI
  • Logical Physical Data Models
  • Data Profiling
  • Entity Relationship Diagrams
  • Data Access Efficiency
  • Managing Data Requirements
  • Data Flow Diagrams
  • Data Conversion/Translation Strategies
  • DDLT0 IDCAMS VSAM
  • ACB, PCB, PSB, DCB Gens
  • RDMS Design - WLM
  • DB2 Stored Procedures DB2 Connect UDB
  • Convert Enterprise Assets to Information Assets
  • Modeling/Mapping Artifacts to a Data Architecture Framework
  • Documentation of External Documents/References/Interfaces
  • Documentation of Source and Target Systems

APPLICATIONS:

  • Insurance
  • Health Care
  • Workman's Comp
  • Part / Item Number Conversion
  • Bar Code Reader / Printer
  • Warranty
  • Warehousing
  • Point of Service
  • Resource Tracking / Management
  • Medical / Health Insurance
  • Invoicing
  • Fraud Detection
  • Order Processing
  • Distribution Center Expansion
  • Bill of Materials / Lading
  • Accounting
  • Transportation
  • Government Taxation
  • Telephone Wire Pair Tracking
  • Mathematical Modeling
  • Oil Gas
  • Manufacturing
  • Inventory Control
  • Payroll / Employee Benefits
  • Client Server, NDM, FTP

Other Tools / Skills:

  • Functional Design Doc.
  • Process Event Diagrams
  • Project Scope Definition Project Charters / Scope / Feasibility
  • Resource Management
  • Fit Gap -Trade-Off Analysis
  • CRUD, System Program Flow Diagrams / Traceability Matrix
  • JAD Chairperson
  • RACI Chart Development
  • Prioritization and Management of Requirements Deliverables
  • Full SDLC and RUP
  • Group Motivational Skills
  • Offshore/ Cross Cultural /Cross-Functional Project Management
  • Strategy/Roadmap/BPR
  • RAD / Agile Development
  • Project Rollout Control / Software Deployment
  • Quality Assurance / Metrics
  • Cost/Benefit Analysis - ROI
  • Trend Analysis, Capacity Planning, Resource Plans, Budgets
  • Project Proposal Prep
  • Mentoring Training Staff
  • Customer, Team, Vendor Coordination
  • Customer Focus / Training
  • Project Planning / Charting
  • Detailed Work Plans, Schedules, Project Estimates
  • Disaster Recovery
  • ISO/SOX Standards Compliant
  • Service Failure Analysis SFA / Root Cause Analysis RCA
  • SLA/SLO compliance
  • Management of Risk MoR
  • Process Efficiency Analysis Supportability Assessment
  • Flexible Problem Resolution
  • Top Echelon Status Reporting
  • Requirements Traceability Documents, SOW, BRD, CSD, TDD
  • Prototyping / ERD diagrams
  • Test Director / Test Manager
  • Applications Test Cases for Unit, UAT, System Tests

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EXPERIENCE: New Dev. Test Lead

  • Confidential the Connceture product and meet government mandates
  • Business Process Redesign Wrote Test Cases conducted JAD sessions, Critique Business Requirements to create a better BRD FRD
  • Tested Connecture product as a customer, Agent, Managing Agent, Health Plan Advisor HPA Direct Enrollment Project Dashboard
  • Tested link to Government web site FFM Federally Funded Marketplace- Logged defects in ClearQuest. Checked results in Facets
  • Edited XML files Inbound Requests/Outbound Requests IBR / OBR - Participate in defect reviews automated testing
  • Corrected Visio documents and rewrote much of the FRD Became the clearing point for all things Direct Enrollment related
  • Met Government Mandated start of FFM / Exchanges part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act PPACA avoided penalties.

New Dev. Lead Bus/Sys AnalystConfidential

  • Challenge: Understand and meet government mandates and deadlines in a NASCO NPS/Facets, TDS environment.
  • Business Process Redesign Wrote requirements conducted JAD sessions, Gave guidance on Challenging Customers, Id Risk Groups
  • Worked with underwriting, Broker Express, Member's Edge, quality reviews and obtain necessary approval, implementation, and post-implementation warranty processes, policies, procedures and standards, appropriate wording on MLR cover letters notices. Returned Checks
  • Issue resolution Shared Knowledge on Insurance and Government Regulations and Industry standards, Structured Questioning, VISIO
  • Reinsurance, Risk Corridors, Risk Adjustment - Medical Loss Ratio Heath Insurance Exchanges, SSRS reporting software, Peer Reviews
  • Nuances in Church Group Written Assurance, Parallel/Core Vision and Dental Riders. Report Layouts, Customer/Partner input/satisfaction
  • Business Impact Analysis, Data Analysis, Functional Process Redesign, Structured Peer Reviews, TRMS to HPX conversion, Capitation
  • Completed test system design - verified to user satisfaction Excellent ability to plan, document and develop procedures objectives in support of critical projects for clients Process redesign to meet customer objectives -Prioritization Management of Requirements Deliverables

New Dev. Lead Bus/Sys Confidential

  • Wrote much of the BRD, Test Cases, Test scripts, Technical Specs. Gave guidance on BRD and Business Process Redesign Issue resolution
  • Relational DB design normalized models, data integrity, data encryption automated testing translate requirements to functional specs
  • Defined stage scope and boundaries via deliverables and timetable defined business case update risk log - Business Impact Analysis
  • Lead Development of Requirements Project Rollout Coordination Control Hands on leadership - Embarcadero Data Modeling Tool
  • Completed test system design - verified to user satisfaction Excellent ability to plan, document and develop procedures objectives in support of critical projects for clients Process redesign to meet customer objectives -Prioritization Management of Requirements Deliverables

New Dev. Lead Bus/Sys Analyst Confidential

  • Met with customers chaired meetings to gather requirements conduct JAD sessions Documented Business Requirements Processes
  • Wrote the Detail Test Design - Lead Development of Requirements - Wrote Technical Specs - Used SAS for ad hoc reporting - Coded SQL
  • Developed Event Diagrams, Process Diagrams, System and Program Flow Diagrams, Context Diagram, Actor Definitions - core competency
  • Defined stage scope and boundaries via deliverables and timetable defined business case update risk log Hands on leadership
  • Completed test system design - verified to customer satisfaction Excellent ability to plan, document and develop procedures objectives in support of critical projects for clients - Lead Development of Requirements Project Rollout Coordination Control Customer Delighted

Supplier Change Lead Bus/Sys Analyst Confidential Defined stage scope and boundaries via deliverables and timetable defined business case update risk log - Business Impact Analysis

  • Lead Development of Requirements - Wrote Technical Specs- Embarcadero Data Modeling Tool Use Cases UML Data Mapping
  • Excellent ability to plan, document and develop procedures, and objectives in support of critical projects for clients Resource Planning
  • Completed test system design, built, executed and test reports - verified to customer satisfaction Issue resolution
  • Developed Event Diagrams, Process Diagrams, System and Program Flow Diagrams, Wireframes-Used SAS for ad hoc reporting
  • Became the focal point for questions - Validated code and defects against requirements - Saving the State of Calif. 50 million

New Dev. Management Lead Bus/Sys AnalystsConfidential

  • Using Prince2 produced product and process focused documents under direction of the Project Board - Project planning
  • Provided technical, user and business assurance documents during the start and middle of the project - Data Mapping Business Architecture
  • Defined stage scope and boundaries via deliverables and timetable defined business case update risk log Developed ad hoc Task Forces
  • Lead Development of Requirements Project Rollout Coordination Control Hands on leadership Resource Planning
  • Completed test system design, built, executed and test reports - verified to customer satisfaction - Used SAS for ad hoc reporting
  • Developed Event Diagrams, Process Diagrams, System and Program Flow Diagrams, Wireframes- Embarcadero Data Modeling Tool
  • Completed Power Point documentation and presented it to the client - Wrote new training manuals Issue resolution automated testing
  • Took direction from and reported to the Project Board using a scaled down Prince2 methodology USE Cases UML - User Stories
  • Wrote Context Diagram, Entity Relationship Diagram, Data Flow Diagram, Use Case Diagram, Class Diagram, Activity Diagram, Sequence Diagram, Extensions, Activity Diagrams, Wireframes, Business Rules, Performance Constraint, Parent/Child Relationship, Spec Docs, Project Dashboard, Traceability Matrix, efficiency via reuse opportunity, Business Objects/Artifacts 2M cost savings

EXPERIENCE: New Development Management Lead Bus/Sys Analysts ConfidentialManager and QA for Web based applications JAVA, .Net, etc. Analysis and QA only lead group of 5 developers

  • Played a key role by offering expertise in project management, test case development and business analysis, various aspects of the software development and implementation cycle, and working in client-server, on-line, and batch environments. Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Using Prince2 produced product and process focused documents under direction of the Project Board Hands on leadership Issue resolution
  • Provided technical, user and business assurance documents during the start and middle of the project - MS Project Project planning
  • Defined stage scope and boundaries via deliverables and timetable defined business case update risk log Business Impact Analysis
  • Developed Event Diagrams, Process Diagrams, System and Program Flow Diagrams, Wireframes Embarcadero Data modeling Tool
  • Met with customers chaired meetings to gather requirements conduct JAD sessions - Project Coordination Control Data Mapping
  • Took direction from and reported to the Project Board using a scaled down Prince2 methodology Agile Story development
  • Entity/Object/Artifact definition, cardinality, optimization of relationships, association,, aggregation, composition, inheritance, dependency
  • Completed test system design, built, executed tests - verified to customer satisfaction Bill of Lading Resource Planning - 4M cost savings

New Dev. Lead Bus/Sys Analyst / Data Modeler QA TestConfidential Excel, Visio, 1500, CEF, TRLOG, 835, 837, EDI, HIPAA, ITS, SAS, Data Warehouse/Mining, FTP, PHI, DB2, FOCUS,

Share Point, ETL, BPR, HIPAA, MMIS,BI, BRD, CSD, TDD, Fit Gap Analysis, MS Project, HIM, NDM

  • Challenge: Create a Comprehensive Parallel Test to assess the veracity of the MOS system - large, multi-platform project
  • Medicare, Medicaid, and HIPAA transaction processing Claims Medical Billing took control of the project Issue resolution
  • Met with customers chaired meetings to gather requirements conduct JAD sessions Wrote the CSD BRD
  • Built a system to compare 837 Facility Professional local transactions to NASCO DB2
  • Built a system to compare ITS Home Facility and Professional local transactions to NASCO
  • Built test cases, executed tests and verified results - used Test Director and Share Point for QA took control of MS Project
  • Used Waterfall SLC to design the test process. Applied Knowledge of Business-IT to requirements
  • Wrote the Comprehensive System Design Analyzed Customer Technical Requirements ETL- Used SAS for ad hoc reporting
  • Wrote the Detail Test Design - Lead Development of Requirements - Wrote Technical Specs Mapped Data Nasco to BC
  • Developed Event Diagrams, Process Diagrams, System and Program Flow Diagrams, Wireframes translate requirements to functional specs
  • Analyzed Client Business Processes - Performed Business Modeling - Project Roll Out, Coordination Control
  • Completed test system design, built, and executed tests verified to customer satisfaction Process verified that MOS works - 40M saved

New Development / QA Programmer/ AnalystConfidential J2EE, WLM, Outlook, DB2 Connect, Stored Procedure Builder, Share Point, Wire Frames, TDD, NDM, SAS,

Use Case, CSD, BRD, Move for DB2 , Test Director, ETL, UDB, SOX standards, UML, Changeman,

Rational Rose, Visio, Data Warehouse/Mining, Prototyping, FTP, COBOL, Expediter, Work Load Manager

  • Challenge: Give web pages access to data stored on Mainframe - large, multi-platform project
  • Moved DB2 data between Prod. Test environments via Princeton Softech's Move for DB2
  • Built test cases, executed tests and verified results- used Test Director and Share Point for QA used RUP SLC Ford SDM
  • Built the Stored Procedure interface between JAVA and DB2 using Stored Procedure Builder / WLM / DB2 Connect
  • Applied Knowledge of Business-IT to Requirements. Developed Business Cases / Use Cases
  • Developed Event Diagrams, Process Diagrams, System and Program Flow Diagrams, Wireframes Data mapping Project Successful

New Dev. Management Project Leader / Systems / Business Analys tConfidential Lead Development of Requirements Project Rollout Coordination Control - Business Impact Analysis Business Process Redesign

  • Responsible for diagramming Mainframe / Web systems using Visio - Prioritization Management of Requirements Deliverables
  • Responsible for training and giving direction to new employees - MS Project - Business Continuity Planning Issue resolution
  • Cross Functional / Divisional / Corporation Planning Resource Planning Reallocation Disaster Recovery Design
  • Built test cases, executed tests and verified results- used Test Director and Share Point for QA automated testing
  • Wrote new scripts to do mass loads via VB, HTML, HALLAPI, IMS TSO interface
  • Wrote new training manuals to support migration Created a document repository Developed ad hoc Task Forces
  • Supervised up to 20 people mostly offshore - Project Rollout Coordination Control - Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Wrote Rexxes that queried DB2 tables to format reports on data structures Data Mapping /Data Design
  • Chaired and organized meetings to finalize efforts to create new test environments Used SAS for ad hoc reporting
  • Became the focal point for questions and answers from the Ford and Visteon sides Business Architecture
  • Used JAD Applied Knowledge of Business-IT to Requirements, Ford SDM

Part of a Large Team the Largest Single IT Project Ever and it was Successful SEC satisfied disaster avoided

New Development / QA Tech. LeadConfidential

New Development / QA Tech. LeadConfidential COBOL, DB2, IMS DB/DC, OS JCL, Fileaid IMS, Expediter, APS, CIIS, RAD, Lotus Notes, FOCUS, Agile Methodology

  • Challenge: Move data to new IBM designed RI free DB2 CIIS standard AML/BSA/SEA Compliance
  • Coded, tested, production rollout of code - customer approved on time - under budget

EXPERIENCE:

New Development / QA Tech. LeadConfidential New Development Programmer / Analyst: Worker's Comp. Chrysler Corporation

COBOL for MVS, Rhumba, DB2, IMS DB/DC, OS JCL, Fileaid, HTML, Expediter, Lotus Notes

  • Challenge: Outside Vendor needed access to data in a DB2 format
  • Converted IMS batch COBOL programs to COBOL for MVS using DB2 databases Changed edits to meet the need for a new interface for a new insurance provider
  • Reformatted the FTP files and changed the JCL accordingly - Vendor able to access data

Enhancements Programmer / AnalystConfidential COBOL, DB2, IMS DB/DC, JCL, Changeman, Outlook, Expediter

  • Challenge: Globalized an existing system to handle 30 different languages and date / currency formats, national / international customs, laws and business practices
  • Wrote IMS DC conversational COBOL 370 programs that used IMS and DB2 databases, Ford SDM
  • Dealers around the world are able to give customers extended warranty in their native language

Maintenance Enhancements Programmer/ Analyst: Confidential COBOL for MVS, Expediter, DB2, IMS DB/DC, JCL, Bar Code Reader/Printer

  • Challenge: Maintained enhanced an on demand inventory control system
  • Used Expediter to debug COBOL 370 programs that received the barcode transaction, Ford SDM Bill of Materials
  • Corrected problems barcode reader/printer system used IMS transaction to communicate directly with the mainframe to speed up transaction processing caused by slow network response time

New Development Programmer/ AnalystConfidential

New Development Programmer/ AnalystConfidential

  • Challenge: Process credit card orders
  • COBOL, FOCUS, SPUFI and JCL to meet changing customer requirements - saving

New Development: Programmer/ AnalystConfidential

New Development Programmer/ AnalystConfidential

Enhancements Programmer/ Analyst

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Batch COBOL II, OS MVS JCL, SYNCSORT, Lotus Notes

  • Challenge: Change item to include size color for soft line goods
  • Wrote conversion programs to convert files and databases to use new item format - Partners able to id soft goods better much easier tracking and inventory

Maintenance Programmer/ AnalystConfidential Maintenance Programmer/ Analyst

Timely changes made to COBOL code and JCL allowed Chrysler to avoid paying fines

Enhancements Programmer/ Analyst

Confidential

  • Challenge: Rewrite an order processing and order allocation system
  • Reformatted IMS databases - Added checkpoint restart to COBOL II programs Bill of Materials
  • Wrote the new unload/backup, reload JCL - BMC software - ETL Major time and cost savings

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