SUMMARY

• Extensive IBM mainframe experience, including 30+ years of COBOL, 15+ years of IDMS and ADSO programming skills.
• Analyze computer application requirements; Design, code, test and implement technical solutions to fulfill approved requirements.
• Prepare and maintain documentation for: programs, applications, operations and users.
• Provide technical guidance and direct supervision to programmers in a constructive manner, as needed.
• Maintain TEMPeffective relationships wif user department personnel and other staff wifin teh IT organization.
• This includes teh communication of issues in a timely and constructive manner, and teh TEMPeffective coordination of efforts/ resources to resolve issues.
• Troubleshoot and debug programs: Rewrite code where necessary, to ensure more efficient and faster running application processing.
• Complete tasks on or before scheduled.
• Provide after hours on - call support.
• Have U.S.A. Citizenship

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: IBM Mainframes, Personal Computers

Software: COBOL, ADSO (ADSA, MAPC, ADSC, IDD, OLQ, DMLO, DME), MVS/JCL, TSO/ISPF

Database: IDMS

EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Newport News, VA

Sr. Software Applications Developer

Responsibilities:

• A fast-paced work environment.
• Developed/supported IBM mainframe applications, and rewrote programs of teh unsupported language SAS to COBOL for WPS and VCS applications.
• Designed, coded, tested, debugged and documented applications programs.
• Developed a dozen programs to extract teh VCS database in its conversion to teh SAP System.
• Met software compliance standards.

Environment: COBOL, IDMS (v16) / ADSO ( IDD, MAPC, ADSC, OLQ, DMLO, DME), JCL MVS

Confidential

Sr. Programmer Analyst / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for performing software analysis, design, writing, and testing for teh Criminal Justice Services, and teh Collections System.
• Determined system specifications, input/output processes, and working parameters to meet business requirements and software compatibility.
• Reduced program’s processing from 5 hours to ½ hours.
• Created test cases, test scripts, and test data for system testing.
• Detailed documentation of all work, based on software compliance, for review.
• Developed a 64 page ‘How to Create an Overlay’ manual, for those wif no noledge of Overlays.

Environment: COBOL, IDMS (v16) / ADSO ( IDD, MAPC, ADSC, OLQ, DMLO), JCL MVS

Confidential

Sr. Applications Specialist / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Prepared, wrote, reviewed and tested legacy test scripts, for converting System from IDMS to DB2 for Civil Court’s, Automated Case Management System (ACMS).
• Created/modified test plans to validate teh conversion.
• Proctored/supported customer groups during testing of converted applications.
• Completed tasks on or before required.
• Conducted presentations, and trained clients and management in use of system enhancements.

Environment: COBOL, IDMS (v14) w/Logical Record Facility, heavy ADSO w/scratch pageable maps (ADSA, IDD, MAPC, ADSC, LRF, OLQ, DMLO), DB2 SPUFI/SQL (very light).

Confidential

Sr. Applications Programmer / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• IDMS Consultant team member, in IDMS to Oracle conversion project.
• Converted IDMS record-type data, to a format for import to Oracle database.
• Provided legacy application support; Designed, developed, tested, and deployed custom applications.

Environment: IBM 390, COBOL, IDMS (v14), CA-ADS, ORACLE 8i.

Confidential

Sr. Programmer Analyst / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed, modified and developed IDMS batch programs for recording, tracking and updating teh shareholder accounts.
• Modified teh shareholder stock transfer IDMS application to process teh transfer in a more efficient manner.
• Enhanced IDMS jobs in teh Book-Entry and Direct Registration Systems to run faster.
• Trouble-shot scheduled & unscheduled jobs.

Environment: IBM 390, COBOL and heavy IDMS version 14.

Confidential

Sr. Applications Programmer / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed, modified & developed batch programs and online dialogs for recording, tracking and updating medical insurance cases.
• Involved in Regression testing of teh Application System, using Xpeditor and Hiperstation.

Environment: IBM 9000, COBOL, IDMS version 14, heavy ADS/O.

Confidential

Sr. Applications Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Maintained Batch-IDMS programs for teh Partnership Compensation System, which involved payout tracking f commissions etc, to teh sales force. Submitted & monitored teh monthly update/reporting jobs.
• Troubleshot scheduled & unscheduled jobs.
• Assisted less experienced programmers wif using IDMS.
• Facilitated weekly meetings wif teh customer.

Environment: IBM 390/OS-MVS; COBOL, IDMS, and PCs.

Confidential, Brooklyn, NY

Sr. Applications Specialist / Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Organized/supervised/programmer in depart. Y2K conversion; Member of Y2K Conversion Committee
• Tested teh full business Application, after upgrade of IDMS from version 10.2 to 12.0, on schedule.
• Responsible for maintaining teh Signal Maintenance System. Teh System was driven by its 210 online ADSO screens. Knowledge of BACHMANN DIAGRAM.
• Achieved 95% customer department satisfaction ratings.
• Helped in selecting teh barcode reader, and developed teh software for teh mainframe to process teh PC barcoded data files. Troubleshot installation and upgrading of PC barcode software from teh supplier.

Environment: IBM 390/OS-MVS, COBOL, IDMS, ADSO (ADSA, IDD, OLM, MAPC, ADSC, ADSG, OLQ, DMLO, Culprit)