SUMMARY:

Successful information technology professional with diverse and extensive experience focusing on systems analysis and design, programming, and documentation and systems migration. Proven achievements in time management providing hands - on guidance with mainframe protocols and software applications. Considered a high-energy leader with a reputation for integrity and quality. Team oriented with excellent interpersonal communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

COBOL, COBOL II, COBOL/390, VSAM, CICS, CEDF, CECI, CEMT, BMS, OS/MVS, OS/MVS/JCL, PROCS, TSO/ISPF, OS/390, z/OS, SAR, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, CA1, CA7, CA11, JOBTRAC, ZEKE/ZEBB, IDCAMS, FDR, FAVER, VSAMAID, SYNCSORT, DFSORT, PDSMAN, HYPERBUF, MASTERCAT, DF/DSS, DP MANAGER, FILE MANAGER, INFOPAC, ONDEMAND, JCLCHECK, DITTO, MS WORD, MS EXCEL, MS OUTLOOK, XPEDITOR, ENDEVOR, SQL, DB2, IMS.

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Little Rock, AR

Cobol Developer

Responsibilities:

• Support the current MEDICAID MMIS system which is on the Mainframe.
• Support the current MEDICAID MMIS system on the Mainframe while others convert it over to a Web based system.
• Help with ICD-10 metrics. A lot of EXCEL weekly and monthly reporting.
• Ran a batch of 10 JCL test jobs for Northrop Grumman and a batch of 10 JCL test jobs for Curam many times to correct 100,000 overlapping segments on the Eligibility Base VSAM file. I created all 20 of the JCL test jobs, wrote a COBOL program, wrote an EASYTRIEVE PLUS program, created 8 VSAM test files, and used a CICS test region for testing. Studied some CICS COBOL programs and CICS BMS screens.
• Did a Project where I updated 22 COBOL programs and updated some COBOL copybooks.

Confidential, Columbia, SC

Applications Developer Systems Analyst

Technical skills used: COBOL, VSAM, CICS, OS/MVS, ZEKE/ZEBB, OS/MVS/JCL, PROCS, TSO/ISPF, z/OS, IDCAMS, SYNCSORT, INFOPAC, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, IBM UTILITIES, SFTP, MS WORD, MS EXCEL, MS OUTLOOK, NDM, ENDEVOR.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze, design, program, and implement complex applications tasks and projects.
• Devise feasible, logical procedures to resolve business problems through the use of computer resources.
• Formulate scope and objectives through research to develop or modify complex systems.
• Review detailed specifications and recommend modifications.
• Design, code, test and debug complex application programs.
• Support Part D of Medicare.
• Support EFT process for Sponsors and Manufacturers.
• Redesigned the EFT process for Sponsors and Manufacturers.
• Support the Invoice and Payment process between Sponsors and Manufacturers.

Confidential, Matthews, NC.

COBOL Mainframe Programmer

Technical skills used: COBOL, VSAM, CICS, OS/MVS, OS/MVS/JCL, PROCS, TSO/ISPF, z/OS, SAR, IDCAMS, SYNCSORT, SCLM, CTLM, MS WORD, MS EXCEL, MS OUTLOOK.

Responsibilities:

• Installed new release of Human Resources.
• Updated 1099 and W-2 software.
• Designed and programmed a way to keep track of the employer’s contribution to 8 different Health Plans for the employees, which will be reported on W-2’s.
• Installed state tax updates to the Human Resources package.

Confidential, Tulsa, OK

Financial Services, Senior Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performs systems analysis and design, programming, and maintenance support for data processing and data communications applications of large size and major complexity; and other related required duties.
• In depth knowledge of COBOL, CICS, VSAM File Structures, and JCL for IBM Z/VSE, Z/OS, or MVS Operating Systems environment and Infor Global Solutions (formerly Confidential, Dun & Bradstreet Software, Management Science of America) E-Series Financial Systems for Government.

Confidential, Bentonville, AR.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the entire software development process to ensure the quality of the final product.
• This can include processes such as requirements gathering and documentation, source code control, code review, change management, configuration management, release management and the actual testing of the software.

Programmer/Analyst

Confidential

Technical skills used: COBOL, VSAM, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF-FOR PC, PLATINUM, OS/MVS, OS/MVS/JCL, PROCS, TSO/ISPF, z/OS, CA7, IDCAMS, DFSORT, File-AID, INFOPAC, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, IBM UTILITIES, SFTP, MS WORD, MS EXCEL, MS OUTLOOK, REMEDY, CLARITY, RETAIL LINK, FIRE, JEWEL, XPEDITOR.

Responsibilities:

• Main responsibility is to help develop and maintain the OPAL (Online Profit And Loss) system, which currently supports 2 countries, with 9 more countries to be added, and has over 375 DB2 tables within the system. I helped to get the first 2 countries into Production, and I am currently helping in getting the third country into Production.
• Support batch and online processes (not just for OPAL, but all systems when on-call).
• Support Store calls (Wednesdays, mostly to resend lost reports).
• Support monthend closings for 11 countries.
• Support Fiscal Yearend closings for 11 countries.
• Added Central America to the online Financial Reporting System which involved 76 COBOL programs (batch, CICS, IMS) and three new BMS ASSEMBLER programs.

Confidential, TN

EDI Lead Consultant

Technical skills used: COBOL, VSAM, CICS, OS/MVS, OS/MVS/JCL, PROCS, TSO/ISPF, z/OS, SAR, CA7, IDCAMS, DFSORT, PDSMAN, INFOPAC, MS WORD, MS EXCEL, MS OUTLOOK.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain documentation, trading partners, inbound and outbound mapping of transactions, standard versions.
• Write or update application programs as needed.
• Support batch and online processes.
• Install new releases and updates.

Confidential, Lubbock, TX

Applications Developer

Technical skills used: COBOL/390, VSAM, CICS, CEDF, CECI, CEMT, BMS, OS/MVS, OS/MVS/JCL, PROCS, TSO/ISPF, OS/390, ZEKE/ZEBB, IDCAMS, FDR, DFSORT, PDSMAN, HYPERBUF, MASTERCAT, DF/DSS, DP MANAGER, INFOPAC, JCLCHECK, DITTO, GROUPWISE.

Responsibilities:

• Installed and maintained new releases of Security, Fixed Assets, General Ledger, and Human Resources, for the Confidential (MSA) E-Series software.
• Assisted in a General Ledger conversion project.
• Helped in converting from OS/MVS to OS/390.
• Installed GENTRAN:BASIC, release 6.0, an EDI software product.
• Set up company, FISHER, as a trading partner on EDI.
• Raised the standard versions of EDI from 2040 to 4010.
• Assisted in converting COBOL for MVS to COBOL for OS/390.

Confidential, Lubbock, TX.

Programmer

Technical skills used: COBOL II, VSAM, CICS, CEDF, CECI, CEMT, BMS, OS/MVS, OS/MVS/JCL, PROCS, TSO/ISPF, DOS/VSE, DOS/VSE JCL, ICCF, CA1, CA7, CA11, JOBTRAC, IDCAMS, FAVER, VSAMAID, DFSORT, HYPERBUF, MASTERCAT, DF/DSS, DP MANAGER, FAQS, INFOPAC, JCLCHECK, DITTO, LOTUS NOTES.

Responsibilities:

• I helped to convert old in-house written systems, which were on a DOS/VSE system, over to a new software system ( Confidential E-Series with Financial Systems, Common Components System, Materials Management Systems, Human Resources System, Information Expert, and Data Communications Interface) on an OS system. This was a 5 year project, which was completed on time and under budget. I converted many files over to the new system, installed the new software, set up the system flow, batch, JCL, scheduling, documentation, and installed updates and new releases.
• Became the security administrator for the new Confidential (MSA) E-Series system, and lead programmer with three Programmer II's and 3 technical analysts.
• Assisted in a five year project to convert all of the old in-house systems to the new Confidential (MSA) E-Series system.
• Helped in converting from DOS/VSE to OS/MVS.
• Assisted in installing GENTRAN:BASIC, release 4.2, an EDI software product. Set up trading partners, outbound mapping for Purchase Orders (850), inbound mapping for Purchase Order acknowledgements (855) and Inventory item price changes (832).
• Assisted in converting OS/VS COBOL to VS COBOL II to COBOL/370 to COBOL for MVS.
• The OS system was running at 100%, got security from the Manager of Systems, made a few hours of changes to the system, and got it down to 60% Even the System Programmers couldn’t do it and didn’t know how I did it Also, I got a batch process down from 7 hours to 3 ½ hours A letter from my Managers was sent to upper Management for me to get the maximum raise They were already planning to move up to the next bigger Mainframe, but didn’t have to do it with my changes. In fact, they went to the next smaller Mainframe, and it was able to run at 75% with my changes.

Confidential, Lubbock, TX

Business Applications/Systems Programmer

Technical skills used: COBOL II, VSAM, CICS, CEDF, CECI, CEMT, BMS, OS/MVS, OS/MVS/JCL, TSO/ISPF, DB2, SPUFI, QMF, IMS, DL/I, CA1, CA7, CA11, IDCAMS, DFSORT, DF/DSS, SQL, DITTO.

Responsibilities:

• Helped to design, install, and maintain a PC-to-mainframe point-of-sales system for employees to buy products made by the company.
• Designed, created, loaded, and maintained a DB2 database on the mainframe for the 30 employee sales stores. Used SPUFI and QMF. Wrote COBOL programs using SQL to maintain the database.
• Wrote and updated COBOL programs accessing an IMS database using DL/I DB/DC.
• I was the first to create a DB2 database at their site in Lubbock TX. I created the procedures to create a DB2 database for others as a guide. I got their first DB2 team started.