OBJECTIVE:

I am looking for a position where I can utilize my IT technical lead expertise, systems analysis / programming experience and PC software skills as part of a team.

SUMMARY:

• Ten years technical lead experience for a variety of IT applications.
• Thirty years programming experience with IBM mainframes utilizing OS/390, MVS, TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, FileAid, Endevor, VSE/ESA, ICCF, DOS/VSE, CMS/VM, CICS, COBOL, COBOL II, PL/I, Assembler, Easytrieve, SAS, VSAM, ADABAS, Natural, DB2, SQL, JCL.
• Designed, programmed, tested and installed fifteen applications on a variety of IBM mainframes, consisting of approximately 250 CICS programs and 600 batch programs, written in COBOL, COBOL II, PL/1, Assembler, Easytrieve, Natural or SAS.
• Expert knowledge of internal workings of CICS, VSAM and JCL on both OS/MVS and DOS/VSE Operating systems.
• Solid knowledge of PC software including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Visio, Outlook.
• Good working knowledge of relational databases (DB2, ADABAS) and SQL commands.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Palm Coast, FL

Sr. Programmer Analyst

Skills: IBM mainframe, VSE/ESA, CMS/VM, CICS, BMS, Cobol, Cobol2, DYL, FTP, VSAM, JCL, Word, Excel.

• Install, maintain and support third party server based address hygiene CI Appliance product. Apply vendor product updates as required. Modify mainframe JCL to interface with CI Appliance software.
• Provide support of label system by writing new programs, maintaining existing programs, modifying JCL and updating documentation. Thoroughly test and install all program changes. All programs written in Cobol, running on IBM mainframe.

Confidential, Mount Morris, IL

Fulfillment Services Programming Supervisor

• Supervise work load and manage four programmer / analysts.
• Technical lead of project to tokenize credit card numbers within IBM mainframe files including VSAM, ADABAS and DB2.
• Technical lead of project to track magazine subscriptions by order number utilizing ADABAS.
• Technical lead of project to provide all mainframe subscription data to new client server based data warehouse application. Included project planning, data mapping, technical design, testing and installation.
• Met all Sarbanes / Oxley and SAS70 audit requirements for IT change management.

Confidential, Abbott Park, IL

Independent Contractor

• Produced Functional Specifications for Vendor Master interface from SAP 3.1I to SAP 4.6C.
• Developed Test Scenarios, conducted testing and installed Vendor Master interface.
• Closed MM configuration GAPS between SAP R/3 3.1I and 4.6C.
• Produced task list to change from calendar accounting period schedule to 4 - 4-5 accounting period schedule.

Confidential , West Chicago, IL

Business Analyst

• Provided full support of in-house payroll / HR application running on IBM mainframe, using OS/390, MVS, Endevor, CICS, COBOL II, PL/1, Easytrieve, SAS, VSAM, DB2, JCL. Exceeded goal of less than 1% error rate, completing payroll processing ahead of schedule 100 % of the time.
• Technical Lead of five-person team to outsource payroll processing to ADP for six domestic locations, writing 15 COBOL conversion programs. Project installed on time, resulting in error free start-up of payroll processing on ADP system.
• Designed and installed six new interfaces between SAP and IBM mainframe applications, producing project plans, weekly project status reports and developing test scenarios.

Confidential, West Chicago, IL

Business Analyst

• Extensive Business Analysis experience for inventory control, shop floor, production planning, bar coding, warehouse applications, Payroll, HR, financial reporting, G/L, AP, A/R, cost accounting, billing, purchasing, storeroom and order entry.
• Technical Lead of eight Confidential personnel, for nine-month project to install shop floor control and warehousing system at Laurel, MS mill. Managed total project budget of $750,000, purchasing hardware and software from external vendors. Installed interfaces between warehousing application and SAP R/3. Project installed on time and within budget, resulting in $400,000 savings over two-year period.
• Provided all support for revenue and manufacturing applications, consisting of approximately 120 CICS and 400 batch programs, running on IBM DOS / VSE written in CICS, COBOL, PL/1, Easytrieve, SAS, VSAM, DB2. Exceeded company goal of 2 second CICS response time.
• Member of eight person SAP installation team for one year. Wrote 30 COBOL programs to migrate data from IBM mainframe system to SAP for material master, customer master, vendor master, chart of accounts, bill-of-materials, cost center, work center and routing tables. Received 20% bonus award for quality of SAP installation.

Confidential, West Chicago, IL

Project Lead / Programmer

Skills: IBM mainframe, DOS/VSE, ICCF, CMS/VM, CICS, BMS, COBOL, PL/I, Easytrieve, SAS, VSAM, DB2, SQL, JCL, DYNAM, EPAT. Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, Lotus Notes, Lotus SmartSuite, SDLC, coaching application staff, application design, programming, management reporting, develop test scenarios, training users, documentation.

• Designed, documented, programmed, tested and installed cost accounting, order entry, inventory control and billing applications for three domestic locations. Applications consisted of 75 CICS and 200 batch COBOL, PL/1, Easytrieve and SAS programs.
• Responsible for all support of revenue and manufacturing applications running on IBM mainframe DOS / VSE system, for six different locations within United States….. including Order Entry, Inventory Control, Billing / Invoicing, Accounts Receivable, Cost Accounting.
• Technical Lead of three application personnel to consolidate four Order Entry applications running on four different mainframes to run on one mainframe at West Chicago. Reduced Order Entry application support staff by 4, saving $200K per year in IBM hardware costs.
• Technical Lead of ten personnel to migrate all IBM DOS/VSE applications from mainframe at West Chicago to IBM OS/390, MVS mainframe located in Memphis, TN. Project installed on-time, under budget, reducing support staff by 4, saving $300K in hardware costs per year.