SUMMARY:

Programming, Project Management, Change and Configuration ManagementSeasoned IT consultant and analyst with 20+ years' experience in software applications development, maintenance, and implementation, computer operations, professional development manager, training coordinator, change management administrator, disaster recovery technical lead, project management, printer analysis and implementation, and Configuration Management. Industry experience includes government, insurance, healthcare, consulting, textile manufacturing, county and federal governments.

IT SKILL:

LANGUAGES: COBOL MVS, COBOL II, COBOLEASYTRIEVERPGIIICICSTSO/ISPFSCLMROSCOEMVS OS/JCLSASSQLREXXCA7

OPERATING SYSTEMS: MVS/ESA, MVS/OSVSVMMPE XLDPPXDOS(5.0/6.0)

HARDWARE: Confidential 9672IBM ES9000AMDAHLWANGDEC/VAXHP3000 - 922IBM PC PS/2 MODEL 70 386Gateway 2000 LaptopFujitsu LaptopIBM Thinkpad LaptopDell Inspiron

DATABASE: IMAGEPACEDB2MS Access

Application knowledge: Windows 95, 97, NT, ME, XP, Windows 2003, Windows for Workgroups v. 3.11, Windows XP, Windows 7, MS-DOS(5.0)MS WordExcelMS OutlookMS PowerPointMS ProjectMS AccessREMEDY-Action Request System v 6.3Project WorkbenchVISIO, Lotus NotesReflections 1 (Windows Version)Lotus 1-2-3Lotus Freelancean in-house Lot Tracking Systems (STICS)Power UpShared Medical Systems(SMS)Squirrel

RTC: Micro Focus Cobol 6.0, VirtualBox 4, VMWare, Juniper

IT disciplines: Waterfall Methodology, Agile Methodology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintenance of mainframe COBOL and SAS programs for the VA.
• Provides project management and support of financial application programs and pen systems applications.
• Mainframe skills used include COBOL, MVS JCL, SAS, SQL, CICS, RSD, IMS, ENDEVOR.
• Desktop skills used include MS Word, EXCEL, Access, Visio, Power Point, Lync, Skype and Outlook.

Confidential, Waco, Texas

Lead COBOL Programmer/Analys

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for development and maintenance of mainframe COBOL programs for Confidential .
• Provides on - call support along with support of electronic fund transfer programs, CICS programs, and insurance reporting.
• Skills include COBOL5, MVS JCL, DB2, SQL, CICS, RTCSquirrel along with MS Word, Excel and Outlook.

Confidential, Belton, Texas

Consultant - COBOL Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include supporting a large financial mortgage company's IT production services department as a production services analyst, who reviews all production change packages and coordinates those packages as they move into the production mainframe environment.
• Performs JCL changes and creates utility jobs to automate modifying large numbers of MVS JCL jobs.
• Performs system analysis and research for dataset and job cleanup.
• Update and provide information to programming staff on system standards and works with other Production Services staff to stream line processes and procedures.
• This environment is an Confidential mainframe, MVS JCL, COBOL, Changeman, CLIST/REXXVirtualBox, Juniper, MS Word, MS Excel.
• Responsibilities included supporting a large municipal public utilities department and the Micro Focus interfaces that are used; documenting current Micro Focus interfaces; and maintaining the COBOL and JCL included in those interfaces.
• The skills used include business analysis, systems analysis, technical writing, project management, software development and maintenance, testing, Windows XP, Windows 7, Word, Excel, SharePoint, MS Outlook, Micro Focus Enterprise Edition 6.0, COBOL, and JCL.

Confidential, Temple, Texas

Configuration Manager/ Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Updates the rosters and software delivery.
• Accurately complete transmittals, duplicate package and ship software to customers and track delivery confirmations.
• Receive software updates, log and distribute only to authorized personnel using developed Software Library processes.
• Organize and catalog software updates in accordance with CM processes.
• Ensure that all guidelines are being followed by personnel involved with the lab build.
• Provide the system administrators with all required software to complete the lab build.
• Observe system administrators during the lab build process and attempt to resolve the discrepancies.
• Ensure that lab books are accurately completed with all required documentation.
• Validate the hardware/software baselines to ensure conformance with the hardware configuration inventory ( Confidential ) and system support manual.
• Plan and coordinate configuration management activities in support of testing software system to ensure that government standards for CM are consistently maintained.
• Attend configuration control board and applicable product review meetings to maintain an accurate account for comments and actions discussed.
• Track requirements and testing scenarios for applicable software.
• Validate software documentation as it is provided from the developer.
• Maintain the CM plan to reflect any changes to DA doctrine and organizational actions.
• Maintains the software library to include software logs and input of software matrix.
• Systems supported were SAMS-E and MTS. Cleared for security clearance at a Secret level.

Confidential, Fort Hood, Texas

Assistant Configuration Manager

Responsibilities:

• Supervise updates to the rosters and software delivery.
• Accurately complete transmittals, duplicate package and ship software to customers globally and track delivery confirmations.
• Receive software updates, log and distribute only to authorized personnel using developed Software Library processes.
• Organize and catalog software updates in accordance with CM processes.
• Update distribution rosters by receiving and validating updated training rosters from product training teams.
• Supervise the lab build.
• Ensure that all guidelines are being followed by personnel involved with the lab build.
• Provide the system administrators with all required software to complete the lab build.
• Observe system administrators during the lab build process and attempt to resolve the discrepancies.
• Ensure that lab books are accurately completed with all required documentation. Validate the hardware/software baselines to ensure conformance with the hardware configuration inventory ( Confidential ) and system support manual.
• Plan, coordinate and direct configuration management activities in support of testing multiple software systems to ensure that government standards for CM are consistently maintained.
• Attend baseline configuration control board ( Confidential ) and applicable product review meetings to maintain an accurate account for comments and actions by scribing information discussed.
• Track requirements and testing scenarios for applicable software.
• Validate software documentation as it is provided from the product developer.
• Educate subordinates on processes and procedures in accordance with DA regulations and CM processes.
• Maintain the CM plan to reflect any changes to DA doctrine and organizational actions.
• Supervise the maintenance of the software library to include software logs and input of software matrix.
• Work with management to obtain accountability for all COTS software licenses in database.
• Assist the Program Manager in ensuring that all contract deliverables related to Configuration Management are timely, accurate and thorough.
• Cleared for security clearance at a Secret level.

Career Note: After completing consulting project in July 2009, worked at husband's store in sales, bookkeeping, and managing embroidery services, July 2009-Nov 2009.

Confidential, Temple, Texas

Printer Project Manager/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included performing project management, process re-engineering, systems and application analysis, cost benefit analysis, gathering project requirements from all departments of the insurance company, managed relationship between Confidential and hardware/software vendors, trained print room staff, facilitated project status meetings, and reviewed vendor contracts.

Confidential, Temple Texas

Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included Change Management Administrator, SCLM Technical Support, and Project Lead for Disaster Recovery for IS.
• Responsibilities included performing project management, process re-engineering, systems and application analysis, application development and maintenance for a large medical institution, which had an Confidential MVS OS/390, COBOL MVS, COBOL 2, MVS JCL, ISPF, TSO, SAS, DB2 environment, which interfaced with the Shared Medical Systems(SMS), a health care application.

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Branch Professional Development Manager / Training Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities as the branch's professional development manager included performance management and professional development planning for over forty-five consultants.
• Contributed to the salary review process, supported the staffing process, assimilation of new employees, and also assisted in resolution of HR issues.
• As Training Coordinator responsibilities included coordination of all training at the Austin branch; interfacing with Confidential ’s corporate training department, EOD and PMSG; involved with the coordination and implementation of Best Practices across the 50 Confidential branches; identified key areas of training to be used for employee recruitment and retention; assessed and analyzed branch training needs; coordinated the development of appropriate curriculum to support the consultants training needs; tracked and reported the consultants’ training and external certifications; and conducted branch specific training.
• Responsibilities included performing project management, systems and application analysis, application development and maintenance for a large medical institution.
• Hardware and software included were Confidential MVS, COBOL/COBOL 2, MVS JCL, ISPF, TSO, which interfaced with the Shared Medical System (SMS), a health care application.

Confidential, Charlotte, North Carolina

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included performing project management, systems and application analysis, application development and maintenance for a large outsourcing engagement at a major textile manufacturer.
• Held the position of project manager over the STICS team, which developed and maintained an in-house quality reporting system for the sheet division of this textile company.
• Hardware and software included were COBOL/COBOL 2, OS/JCL, TSO, ISPF, Confidential 9672 and Confidential ES9000.