SUMMARY:

20+ years of supervision, project management, design & analysis experience using Yourdon/De Marco, JAD/RAD, SLDC, and functional decomposition. 30+ years working with various software operating systems, languages and packages including; MVS/OS390, CMOS, z/OS, COBOL, DB2, SQL, CICS, Assembler, IDMS/ADSO, IMS/DLI - DB-DC, Visual Basic, Access, Fortran, PL/I, Windows, MS Office, MS-Project, JCL, Clist, Standard Mainframe Utilities (IDCAMS, SyncSort, IEBCOPY, IEBGENER etc..), FileAid, Panvalet, Expeditor, Xpediter, Abend-Aid, VSAM, Endevor, Telecomm, Oracle, MSSQL Server, XML, UNIX, E-Commerce on multiple platforms. Although I am just now getting involved with the current version of agile development and support as prescribed in the Agile manifesto, the basic day to day practice and philosophy of agile goes back to the 1970’s and how most IT specialist functioned, only the terminology and standardization of agile is new.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Arlington, VA

OA technical expert

Responsibilities:

• Acts as liaison with external stakeholders.
• Lead effort in STIP program to recapitalize all hardware
• Performed inspections at airports after networks were upgraded in 2014 and 2015
• Perform Contracting Officer Representative (COR) duties
• Developed, facilitated, submitted up and tracked all budgeting efforts for STIP PMO
• Provided Program Office and Office of Acquisitions with “IT” best practices justification to support updated IGCE’s
• Work with iShare support teams to enhance ASA document search capability
• Work with S&T and DHS EA as needed in support of SELC, clarifying the CIO’s IT assessment mandated by FITARA and Clinger Cohen and other efforts, specifically ASL
• Have facilitated ASA’s staff’s understanding of Agile methodologies
• Worked with EAD to create TET checklists and combined lifecycle reference tool.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as what is currently known as a Security Control Assessor (SCA) for several USCG applications/systems, (the learning Management Systems(LMS), Mobilization Readiness Tracking Tool (MRTT), Unit Leadership Development Program (ULDP), and the HR/Payroll (known as Direct Access)
• I reviewed POAM list with testers and ISSO,
• Updated the final version of the ATO or IATO for DAA/OA
• I provided direct guidance and input for the OMB E300, Exhibit 53
• Managed spend plans for HR and payroll systems PMO
• Developed, submitted and defended resource proposals for PMO each fiscal year.

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Computer Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring ongoing operation of network
• Help Desk Support (Tier 1/2/3), for 300+ workstations and 400+ users

Confidential

Real Property Officer

Responsibilities:

• PM for Realty Management Program; planning, organizing, and directing efforts for reporting all facilities maintenance on base.
• Conducted space utilization surveys
• Prepared studies of land and facilities, retention, development, and disposal.
• Prepared real property vouchers for capitalization.

Confidential

Sr. Tech Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managing enterprise wide program known as “Geographic Expansion” project, with a team that varied in size from 6-19 direct reports, teams as large as 80 +/-
• Technology used COBOL/CICS/DB2, WindowsNT/Jacada/JAVA/ XML GUI, Visual Basic, MS SQL server.
• Mentored staff
• Other project work directed includes the conception and designed of a new billing system, CICS, COBOL, DB2, Visual Basic and SQL Server using mainframe, PC and client server technologies.
• Created security procedures used to safely transmit data from our offshore vendors that included DMZ servers, firewalls and application based measures to prevent unauthorized data and network intrusions.

Confidential, Irvine, Ca

Week Manager

Responsibilities:

• My focus was to bring together the Y2K efforts at Confidential Group to streamline their software and data conversion process. They needed mainframe technical expertise on project.
• I directed and mentored a team of 12 Ernst & Young, 5 subcontract and 8 client employees
• I played a crucial role in developing and maintaining relationships with client staff and management that facilitated buy in and participation on the Year 2000 project.
• Hardware environment included IBM Mainframe and vendor equipment mentioned above, operating systems, languages and packages included; CMOS, z/OS, COBOL, IMS DB/DC, DB2, SQL, CICS, Assembler, Windows, JCL, Clist, Standard Mainframe Utilities (IDCAMS, SyncSort, IEBCOPY, IEBGENER etc..), FileAid, Panvalet, Expeditor, Xpediter, Abend-Aid, VSAM, Endevor, Telecomm.

Confidential, Columbia, SC

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• My responsibility was to convert the existing hieratical ‘TOTAL’ database to DB2.
• I performed hands on management of a group of 12 analysts.
• Verified all QA and testing completed prior to enhancements being moved to production.
• Hardware environment included IBM Mainframe and vendor equipment mentioned above, operating systems, languages and packages included; MVS/OS390, CMOS, z/OS, COBOL, DB2, SQL, CICS, Assembler, Windows, JCL, Clist, Standard Mainframe Utilities (IDCAMS, SyncSort, IEBCOPY, IEBGENER etc..), FileAid, Panvalet, Expeditor, Xpediter, Abend-Aid, VSAM, Endevor, Telecomm.

Confidential

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as a supervisory (8 staff in group) deputy PM supporting the enterprise Point of Sale (POS) system (kind of like STIP and TSE)
• Directing teams that set up LAN's at each of our grocery stores.
• Evaluated PC software and the selection of new PC/Server platforms used in our Headquarters/Chain/grocery stores WAN/LAN's.
• Directed teams that setup store front end/back office LAN's,
• Coordinated telecommunication setups for vendor hardware/software packages,
• Lead effort to convert from dial-up modem to satellites for communications to/from stores,
• Lead team that setup a Call-In Center/Help desk,
• I worked with team that setup electronic Debit/Credit functionality at store checkout with Stratus CPU, SNA wrapped in X.25,
• Was responsible for budgeting for hardware, software and personnel.
• Hardware environment included IBM Mainframe and vendor equipment mentioned above, operating systems, languages and packages included; MVS/OS390, CMOS, z/OS, COBOL, DB2, SQL, CICS, Assembler, Windows, JCL, Clist, Standard Mainframe Utilities (IDCAMS, SyncSort, IEBCOPY, IEBGENER etc..), FileAid, Panvalet, Expeditor, Xpediter, Abend-Aid, VSAM, Endevor, Telecomm.

Confidential, Tampa, Florida

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Contractor leading group that installed purchased grocery applications (Point of Sale and Warehousing software)
• Mainframe, COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM environment

Confidential, Los Angeles, California

Sr Prog/Ana/Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Develop an COBOL IDMS/ADSO Property Management system,
• PM on effort to install COTS product for tracking supplies, equipment and field engineers at all customer sites.
• Developed methods to allow printing from CICS VSAM/IDMS environment to 15 different printer platforms attached to UNIX boxes.
• Hardware environment included Amdahl and IBM Mainframe and vendor equipment mentioned above, operating systems, languages and packages included; MVS/OS390, COBOL, IDMS/ADSO, IMS DB/DC, CICS, Assembler, JCL, Clist, Standard Mainframe Utilities (IDCAMS, SyncSort, IEBCOPY, IEBGENER etc..), FileAid, Panvalet, Expeditor, Xpediter, Abend-Aid, VSAM, Endevor, Telecomm.

Confidential, Los Angeles, California

Responsibilities:

• I performed analysis and developed programs using COBOL, DB2 and IMS DB/DC for an online Work in Progress system.