OBJECTIVE:

To secure a permanent position as a software engineer or programmer analyst, where I can contribute as a valued member of staff, mentor and leader, in the development of enterprise - wide applications.

SUMMARY:

Information Systems professional for 20 years in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. During this time, I've worked as a programmer analyst on projects in business sectors as diverse as aerospace, telecommunications, semiconductor manufacture, banking, finance and retail -- as well as contributing to every phase of the system development lifecycle.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Mainframe: COBOL, COBOL II, C, Easytrieve Plus

Client Server: C++, Java, J2EE

Transaction Server: CICS

COGNOS PowerHouse 4GL: QDESIGN, QUICK, QUIZ, QTP

Database Management Systems: DB2, SQL, IMS DB/DC, Oracle 9i

Storage Access Methods: VSAM

Change Management: Endevor

Testing Tools: Xpediter, InterTest

Operating Systems: z/OS, OS/390, MVS/XA/ESA, UNIX System V

Subsystems: JES2, JES3

Job Control and Command Languages: JCL, CLIST

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Ft. Worth, TX

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• New development of, support for and enhancement of Confidential applications used to interface with the railroad industry's standard mission-critical source for rail equipment information, Umler (Universal Machine Language Equipment Register).
• These COBOL/DB2 applications process EDI messages that include information for more than two million pieces of equipment within the North American transportation system.

Confidential, Westlake, TX

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• New mainframe application design and development, supporting investment management applications that use long term asset allocation to help clients balance the risks and rewards of investing (Portfolio Advisory Services).
• Production support and maintenance of batch (DB2/JCL/Control-M) and online (CICS) COBOL applications dealing with asset allocation and fee collection.

Confidential, Ft. Worth, TX

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• To prepare for the impending need of larger mortgage loan account numbers, nearly 3,000 COBOL programs and associated Confidential, copybooks and CICS transactions were renovated.
• All application code referencing this loan account number -- including mortgage lending, escrow and taxation software -- was changed to accommodate a larger account number.

Confidential, Irving, TX

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created an array of CICS online screens used to support the implementation maintenance of Confidential .
• Rewards criteria and customer activity were maintained by way of DB2 tables and VSAM master files.
• Designed and developed daily and weekly batch reports (COBOL) to alert management when customers achieved new rewards levels, and when gift cards were issued.

Confidential, Hurst, TX

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Modified legacy manufacturing systems applications to mirror processing of Visiprise - an integrated manufacturing solution suite.
• Adapted existing COBOL batch and online modules -- including IMS DB and DB2 SQL -- to retrieve and display manufacturing and engineering data stored in Oracle 9i repository.

Confidential, Addison, TX

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Redesigned, updated and implemented changes to existing COBOL code and Confidential used to eliminate extraneous lines from policy invoice images prior to printing (DOCUCORP).
• These changes tripled the number of one-page invoices, qualifying them for automatic envelope stuffing, greatly reducing costs and streamlining the overall process.

Confidential, Richardson, TX

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Modified all batch programs (COBOL), copybooks and jobs/procs (JCL) to provision the addition of Confidential Oklahoma Confidential (Federal Employees Program) claims processing to existing applications.
• All version control of software changes - including promotion to Production -- were conducted using Endevor.

Confidential, Ft. Worth, TX

Senior Analyst Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Created Easytrieve Plus report to read Purchase Order adjustments and generate a report of modifications for each Distribution Center.

Confidential, Grand Prairie, TX

Mainframe Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for changes to existing Common Systems Suite at Confidential Industries.
• These included modifications to MRP (Material Requirement Planning) and ISR (Inventory Stock Records) applications (COBOL II, IMS, DB2, SQL).

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Testing Services Cycle Technician

Responsibilities:

• Performed cycle functionality testing of new and enhanced software releases.
• Executed batch stream in integration test environment using CA7/CA11.
• Conducted manual testing of changes to CICS applications (CEMT).

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Test Data Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Collected test data from production VSAM files (File-Aid), IMS DB/DC (Easytrieve) and/or DB2 (SPUFI).
• Automated data collection for testing by designing test scripts in which Confidential panels created Confidential used to run Easytrieve Plus procedures.
• Employed techniques such as data subsetting, and data masking to satisfy test cases.
• Data for test cases documented using MS Word documents and MS Excel spreadsheets.