SUMMARY:

• Exceptional background in analysis, design, development, customization, and implementation and testing of software applications and products
• Worked on all phases of system development life cycle, from gathering requirements to testing, implementation, and support
• Demonstrated strong technical expertise in mainframe application development, analysis, data mapping and migration tools
• Exceptional dependability and discipline towards self and team members
• Conservative and sharp leadership skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming: COBOL, S - COBOL, JCL, CICS, SQL, DML, DDL

Reporting Tools: Cognos, EZ-Trieve, File Aid, QMF, SPUFI

Data Transfer Tools: FTP, NDM, Cyberfusion

Hardware: MVS/OS370, MS Windows NT/2000/XP

Software: TSO, PVCS, CHANGMAN, ENDEAVOR, LIBRARIAN, Microsoft Office Suite, ASDD, APS, XPEDITER, INTERTEST, SMARTTEST, SDF, BMS, Platinum DB2, DB2-Proedit, CA7, Control-M

Databases/Virtual Storage: DB2, IMS, UDB

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Minneapolis, MN

Technical Lead

• Gathered technical and business requirements, provided application development estimates to the business groups
• Created application development requests to the on site and offshore teams for Brokerage-Mainframe (BMF) applications
• Created and processed various change management requests for medium to low-complexity applications in terms of coordinating schedules, approvals and code reviews
• Coordinated following BAU(Business As Usual) activities for Brokerage-Mainframe:
• Year End Tax Reporting stream process. Involved in preparation of coordinating scheduling and business timeline requirements. Same involvement applied for dress-rehearsal testing a quarter before Year End Tax
• Disaster Recovery Exercises. Involved in communication with vendors to build DR calendar and allocation of resources
• Participated in monitoring and status reporting of the DR Exercises.
• Other minor daily, monthly and quarterly activities as required by business management

Confidential - Madison, WI

Senior Application Engineer

• Created development business logic diagrams utilizing MS VISIO tools for Department of Work Development DWD of the State of Wisconsin CARES(Client Assistance for Reemployment and Economic Support) project for large volume enhancements for State benefits, HMO, Medicaid involving work on claims, enrollments and eligibility determination systems.
• Succeeded to major modification of the Badger Care Plus health plan to expand medical status codes on individual level cases and claims
• Created Batch Eligibility Extension application to handle exception cases caused by errors on data entry and missed review date individual level appointments
• Built test cases and created test plans
• Provided data mapping and data analysis against DB2 tables
• Coordinated and provided support on testing/acceptance/production issues resolution through the Quality Center
• Completed daily/monthly system testers requests for HMO enrollment
• Created simple and complex JCLs for all development, client acceptance and production regions
• Developed and modified applications utilizing COBOL/VSAM/DB2/IMS online and batch
• Provided production support on duty with pager utilizing Control-M scheduling tool.

Confidential - Madison, WI

Senior Application technical analyst

• Created development plans and detailed technical specifications for the conversion from 4010 to the 5010 claim formats that involved price field extensions additional procedure codes and additional indicator fields
• Identified all modules that fall into the conversion scope and defined process of conversion VSAM and/or DB2
• Built test cases and created test plans
• Provided data mapping and data analysis against flat and VSAM files.
• Created simple and complex JCLs for all development, client acceptance and production regions
• Restructured large COBOL/CICS/DB2/VSAM programs onto the smaller programs for the various project efforts running in parallel development in different regions
• Developed and modified the followingapplications utilizing COBOL/VSAM/DB2 online and batch:
• Check Run - Batch application that issues checks on claims
• Rate Costing - Online application that provides rating of claims on the run time
• Master Claim - Online application that displays status of claim on the screens and drives various processes
• Adjustments and Add Pay(part of Adjustments) online applications
• Coordinated client acceptance testing issues between developers utilizing CTTS tracking system.
• Troubleshot the most complex testing issues along the client acceptance integrated testing
• Provided analysis and scheduling of a new batch jobs utilizing CA-7 scheduling tool
• Provided daily client support.

Confidential, New York, NY

Sub-Contractor Senior Application Developer-Analyst

• Analyzed the following Global Asset Management screens: Overlay Trades, Trading Desk, Holdings, Portfolio Models, Performance and Reports for Multi-Currency Expansion project to achieve the following deliverables:
• Presented process flow diagrams of structural relationship inventory between impacted programs, tasks and transactions according to the business request plan
• Wrote detailed technical implementation documents
• Coordinated and clarified functionality of every business entity with the business groups on daily conference meetings
• Built test cases and created test plans
• Provided release and migration coordination
• Analyzed VSAM files and DB2 tables by means of mapping values according to business and functional requirement documentation for Multi-Currency Expansion environment to provide data for the unit and QA test cases:
• Loaded test data onto the data entities such as DB2 tables, VSAM and flat files.
• Coordinated resolution of test cases between developers and system/integration testers.
• Validated COBOL code of each module ready to be submitted to QA team for coding standards
• Developed and modified applications utilizing COBOL/VSAM/CICS/DB2/XML for Multi-currency Expansion project. Delivered the following applications:
• Overlay Trades - Online-XML application for old format securities to adjust assets and trades in the portfolio
• Trading Desk - Online-XML trading tools for trader
• Calculator - Online-XML application for new format securities

Confidential, Columbia SC

Senior Application Developer/Analyst

• Developed and modified applications for the online adjudication screens with new standard utilizing S-COBOL, online APS-CICS and IMS from verbal or written technical specifications
• Personally involved in the following deliverables:
• Autism claims modifications for new autistic diagnosis codes
• COBOL-APS conversion for autistic claims. Due to screen changes and inability to assemble maps through BMS the code needed to be converted to APS
• Weekly batch stream modifications for diagnosis code expansion involving increase of file lengths and layout changes
• Participated in scope designs and wrote technical specifications
• Created packages with Endeavor for all levels of project development
• Developed and modified applications for the back-end reporting utilizing batch S-COBOL, DB2, IMS/DB, JCL and EZ-Trieve
• Created test cases and tested applications and job streams
• Validated JCL, job streams and COBOL applications to comply with company standards and completeness of business requirements
• Resolved production problems
• Wrote various forms of technical and supporting documentation as per company standards
• Created and modified ZEKE job streams schedules

Confidential, New York, NY

Lead Application Developer

• In the capacity of a team lead I directed small groups in their project and work request efforts
• Analyzed and gathered requirements for transition of 401k plans, benefits, shares and dividends of employees transferred from Prudential Securities to Wachovia
• Provided production support on financial transactions processing such as credit cards and teller's transactions
• Maintained DDL/DML functions in the local DB2 databases.
• Developed and modified MVS applications for Human Resources and Payroll systems using DB2, COBOL, CICS, JCL
• Designed and implemented various periodical reporting application software utilizing COBOL, DB2-QMF, SPUFI, Cognos and made them viewable and printable through CICS
• Provided release and migration coordination
• Performed Technical analysis and resolution of production problems
• Wrote professional technical documentation

Confidential, Albany, NY

System Developer

• Created various types of applications for EMPIRE project within NY-State DTF. EMPIRE project transfers from Green-and-Black CICS screens to Java user-friendly interface utilizing COBOL, DB2, CICS and J2EE with JSP.
• Gathered business requirements and technical specifications for the new and as well as existing project modifications
• Designed and implemented Business Component high-level programs.
• Designed and implemented Business Component template generator and Business Component standard validation application software
• Business Component validation was the necessary step to prevent missing important copy members, subroutines and high level implementation steps kept in strict order
• Provided release and migration coordination
• Detailed technical review and documentation of created applications
• Performed troubleshooting, debugging and defect resolution coordination

Confidential, Newark, NJ

Team Lead/Systems Analyst

• As team lead I directed small groups in their project and work request efforts
• Maintained business group requests and distributing them among the team members and myself with specified or proposed timeframes
• Created project plans that include analysis, development testing and release phases of the full life-cycle on COBOL VSAM CICS DB2 and batch environments also in DB2-connect ->UDB-> IMPROMPTU environments
• Developed and modified applications according to the approved plans
• Generated status reports to the business and operation management
• Maintained user requests for reports and modifications on Short Term Asset Management System
• Presented and developed data-mapping diagrams for converting from IDMS to DB2 using Erwin tool
• Created conversion testing and release plans on system and application levels
• Maintained user requests for report development and production releases on the Money Market Reporting Systems as part of Global Asset Management Group
• Processed and implemented business management requests for modifications or building various financial reports utilizing Cognos-IMPROMPTU or DB2-COBOL
• Created technical, testing and release documentation

Confidential, Roseland, NJ

Data and Systems Analyst

• Analyzed data flow of the Group Issue Eligibility and Billing System in order to spot and fix production errors described by client cite utilizing various DB2 and CICS tools such as SQL, DML, EDF, Intertest
• Created a short programs mostly with dynamic SQL that will fix database error(s)
• Defined and created a users’ action to bring a case or client data into the correct order