SUMMARY:

• Confidential has lead migrations to SAP, ORACLE Apps, and CMS ERP systems, and migrations to Sterling SI, IBM WTX Mercator and BizTalk Confidential translation and transmission systems. He uses his extension business analyst skills to maximize team efforts to gather business requirements, and project management skills to track project progress.
• Business analyst duties include gathering business requirements and details from internal contacts and external trading partners, documentation and project progress tracking. 
• Technical duties include 20 years Confidential: IBM Sterling SI, GENTRAN Server, IBM WTX DataStage Mercator, WDI; Sterling SFG, BizTalk, TLi Translation and transmission packages.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:ERP: 8years SAP iDocs and ABAP, CMS.

Programming: 15 years COBOL, IMS DB/DC, DB2, JCL, IFPS, TSO, 6 years UNIX.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Birmingham, AL

Business Analyst & Compliance Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Confidential planned the project, and lead the team that moved KAMTEK from QAD ERP and in - house written UNIX Confidential translation scripts
• Automotive OEMs require stampers to be able to trace and verify mill steel is within OEM specifications.
• Team with KAMTEK Quality Control people, Confidential gathered business requirements, designed the business approach, planned the project, provided ERP specs to EPICOR CMS team, created X12 Confidential Implementation Guidelines for mills.
• His approach included updating specifications for ASNs from blankers to provide mill coil serial numbers to complete traceability cycle.
• Confidential gathered business requirements, designed approach, planned project, and provided ERP specs to EPICOR CMS team, trained Accountants and Materials Department users with resulting new procedures.

Confidential, Chicago, IL 

Mainframe COBOL Programmer-Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed day-to-day support for mainframe interface COBOL programs for customers, vendors and carriers, also updated DB2 tables and lead off-shore team supporting BizTalk Confidential transmission services, WDI translation maps, and Trading Partner set ups.

Confidential, Birmingham, AL

UNIX Programmer-Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Providing specifications to update existing mainframe COBOL extract programs, Confidential mapped UNIX flat files, programmed SI Confidential 5.2 translation maps for SMS analytical reports, and create SI File Gateway business processes to distribute report to customers.
• Also, Confidential supported existing WTX Web Sphere 8.4 translation maps using Integrated Flow Designer processes/Map Designer/Data Tree Designer; and supported the WTX Admin Console, Resource Registry.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Confidential Programmer-Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Confidential had 4 separate tours of duties with Confidential from 2007 to 2010.
• He designed, specified, developed, and implemented Sterling solutions to support Confidential, customers and suppliers.
• He provided update specifications to SAP load and SAP extract programs.
• Confidential messages included X12 850, 855, 856, 810, 832, and 846.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Programmer-analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed UNIX flat file formats, X12 and XML Confidential maps for this graphic carton supplier on GIS 4.3 in support of their supplier trading partners.
• Confidential messages included 850, 855, 856, 810, 210 and 410.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

COBOL Programmer-Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Working with external insurance companies and key internal contacts at this 20 million payroll check per week Payroll Processor, Confidential specified, developed and tested COBOL extract programs, HIPAA X12 834 Benefit Enrollment and Maintenance Confidential maps 834, 835, 837, to provide 30+ insurance carriers with enrollment information and data. 

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

UNIX Programmer-Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Working with external clients, Confidential developed and tested X12 (TDCC) rail carrier 404 Shipment Information and 417 Waybill Interchange maps for this 3rd party rail shipment reporting package working from Logistics department business specifications.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

XML Programmer-Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Wire manufacturer client moved from traditional MRP type system to MXOpen which is an industry specific ERP for Metals, Wire & Cable industry.
•  They needed to change flat file data transfers to/from their Confidential system to XML files. 
• Using GIS Version 4.0, Confidential mapped Confidential messages 856, 810 to the new XML files.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Programmer-analyst

Responsibilities:

• Client was in the process of moving recently acquired Pillsbury Confidential from GENTRAN server 6.0 to WEBmethods Confidential .
• He provided GENTRAN production support on-site; and, created Confidential mapping specifications for existing SAP IDOC GENTRAN maps to guide WEBmethods programmers.

Confidential, McHenry, IL

Programmer-Analyst

Responsibilities:

• For this medical supply company, Confidential lead the team to specify UNIX flat files, develop and implement ORACLE eCommerce GATEWAY 11.5.8 for customers and vendors.

Confidential, Birmingham, AL

Programmer 

Responsibilities:

• MERCATOR MAPPER 5.0 was implemented to translate 810/INI, 832/CATI and POO/850 for UAB; and 837, 820, 867 for UAB Hospital; Implemented web-enabled Confidential VAN (ICC.net) interface. 

Confidential, Columbia, SC

IT Manager & COBOL Programmer-Analyst

Responsibilities:

• IT Manager and COBOL programmer-analyst for in-house entity system that processed medical and industrial staffing company records:  timecard scanning, weekly payroll, financial reporting, W-2s (7,800+).  Confidential resolved Tupperware customer site time clock scanner edit COBOL programs which initially required 16- 20 clock hours to execute each weekday; Confidential reduced to less than 1 clock hour. 

Confidential, Columbus, OH

IT Project Leader

Responsibilities:

• His projects included the maintenance and enhancement of legacy systems; and, the migration from 36-bit FORTRAN (written in Compu-Serve days) to 32-bit C.
• Confidential planned and maintained M/S project task tracking and UAT defects to be resolved for 25 part-to-full time team members; project conducted using traditional SDLC.