Skills Summary

• Diverse business and systems knowledge web and legacy environments
• Problem Solving - creativity to develop innovative business solutions
• Technical knowledge - proficiency to develop state of the art systems
• Communication Skills - clear, concise and effective, both oral and written
• Adaptability resourceful, team player, ability to learn quickly in multiple environments
• Mentoring - web site design, development and implementation
• Project Lead - web and legacy projects

Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows NT, MS DOS, MVS

• Web, Client / Server Languages / Tools:
• Visual Studio Team System 2008 Developer Edition, VB .NET, C .NET , ADO .NET, .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0.,3.5 , Microsoft Team Foundation Server source control , HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, Vbscript, Perl 5, C language, Java, SQL, Cold Fusion Markup Language CFML , Oracle/SQL, Dreamweaver 2/3, UltraEdit, Cold Fusion Studio, ColdFusion Server, WS FTP Pro, Adobe Acrobat, MS Word, SQL Programmer, SQL Client, Actuate, XML, XSLT, SQL Advantage, Homesite, Eclipse

Web Development

• Disciplines: MS n-Tier Architecture, ASP .NET, Active Server Pages ASP , Cascading Style Sheets CSS , MS Transaction Server MTS , MS Internet Information Server IIS , Netscape Server 3.0, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL, IBM's MQ, PVCS, Microsoft NT 4.0, Microsoft NT Option Pack 4.0, FTP Fundamentals, CGI Fundamentals
• Classes: CGI Perl, Java, ColdFusion, JavaScript, MS Visual Interdev, Active Server Pages, MS Visual C, Java Boot Camp, XML, Actuate, Intro to VB .NET. Advanced VB .NET
• Legacy - Languages / Tools: COBOL, COBOL II, Assembler, CICS, JCL, TSO, TPX, Panvalet, Intertest, Xpediter, VM/CMS, VSAM, Endevor, BDAM, IBM's MQ, IDMS

Professional Experience

Confidential

Senior Developer

• Developed a C .NET console application for Retirement Services RS to read Exchange 2003 Public folders using WebDav http access protocol. This satisfied a business need to track the number of emails per user and send reports to their respective managers. Maestro was set up to schedule the console application to run a daily job writing the results to an XML file. Weekly and monthly reports could be run on an ad hoc basis using the console application.
• Developed a C .Net method that checks a user ID to determine access to a particular LDAP Group. The method was added to the company's .NET framework for use by the Enterprise.
• Developed a C ASP.NET Web security application that allowed users to reset their LDAP passwords after authenticating against Active Directory.
• Developed a C .NET interface to a Java Web Service using Microsoft's .NET wsdl.exe to generate the C proxy class.
• Converted several middle tier data access applications from VB 6, to VB .NET using ADO.NET for data access.
• Vignette Upgrade Project: Project lead for an Enterprise project to upgrade Vignette Content management system version 6 client based system to Vignette version 7 Web based system .
• Speech Recognition Project: Lead designer for the Defined Benefits DCOM interface. This interface returned XML to a voice front end for interpretation.
• Coded Java back end business logic for the getInvestmentSelection Service.
• Developed design specifications for multiple projects in RS, such as the Forfeiture project and the Roth 401k project. Provided mentoring of these for other developers to code and test.
• Designed, coded and tested the first XML interface between the Journey Statement of Account and the Application Service Layer ASL , which is a Java-based back-end system for accessing the RS business logic and data.
• Developed a prototype active server page that used the Enterprise CryptorHTTP web service and an Actuate report that interfaced with the J2EE layer and Actuate's Active Portal Security Extension APSE to perform customized security and authentication. This was the proof of concept necessary for the company to move forward with Actuate.
• Primary developer/designer for the Agent's Book of Business project. FieldNet agents' web site required the development of an interface link to the RS Web site using the Enterprise CryptorHTTP web service for authentication. The receiving page on the RS web site decrypted the userid for validation. This is the first time that RS web used the Enterprise service. All environments and their infrastructures were updated i.e., generation of a firewall and encryption key that were migrated through the environments. . There is also an EEPortal link with an IFRAME pointing to the company's internet site for use by Home office associates.
• Developed a COM vb6 soap interface in support of migrating the Touchpoint application web-based tracking system - 1.2 m transactions per month from the webMethods wM EAI 4.x environment to the wM 6.1 environment. The interface used a direct web service interface call - SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol - instead of the Java API service, thus freeing up reliance on regression testing of API upgrades

Confidential

Senior Web Developer

• Primary Developer for a Web based tracking mechanism for AOL ads using Spotlight, a product of DoubleCLick. An image 1 pixel x 1 pixel was inserted into certain HTML pages after the body tag to report on activity. To ensure that we counted only the first time a given user viewed the Web page within a 24-hour period, a random number was generated in ColdFusion CFML and passed in the data stream going to DoubleClick. This provided Web based reporting and analysis of user behavior on our Web site.
• Developed a program in ColdFusion CFML to monitor the production log files by displaying them in a browser.
• Devised and implemented a solution to ColdFusion session variable timeouts and a display utilizing JavaScript for browsers that do not allow cookies. Set a trap using ColdFusion CFML to identify consumers jumping into the middle of our site, logging this information to a new log file and redirecting them through JavaScript to the appropriate page. This allowed the ability to better identify and fix production problems. Redirecting consumers to the proper page avoided losing customers.
• Primary Developer on the QuickQuote email notification project. This project consisted of thank you e-mails via ColdFusion CFML to the consumer and a detailed notification to the appropriate agent. The information was also written to an Oracle database using SQL Stored Procedures for backup security. This was important because it gave the agent the lead information through email when the purchase was submitted. The information could then be reconciled with the CICS Legacy system when a Travelers representative contacted the consumer regarding the quote. SQL Programmer and Oracle Client were used to evaluate and manage the Oracle database.
• Lead Analyst and Primary Developer on the Claim redesign project. This was a large Intranet project involving the creation of hundreds of new HTML pages utilizing ColdFusion CFML and JavaScript. Worked with customer and graphics area to ensure the technical feasibility of the proposed site and worked closely mentoring junior level employees in site design and implementation. Claim representatives throughout the company now use this site.
• Developer on a web project creating a system to obtain a quote and issue a policy for personal lines insurance. This project relied on MS 3-Tier Architecture. Development was accomplished using Active Server Pages ASP / Vbscript with an MQ interface to the CICS host systems and a DB2 database.
• Developed a web site to obtain a quote for Personal Lines Insurance using CGI Perl technology.
• Redesigned the boat and yacht Web site and developed the system using ColdFusion CGI Perl interface with client side JavaScript.
• Created a Navigation Bar for the Personal Lines Insurance Web site 200 pages using CFML/HTML.

Confidential

Senior Developer

• Rewrote an existing client side C program to add 6-byte agent code for legacy processing. Also made changes to the front-end Agency system written in Basic to increase processing functionality
• Coded several C conversion programs for the Btrieve conversion project. This was to support the Claim database expansion for a client side windows Claim data entry system.
• Created a new dialog box for the GL Financial project utilizing C-SDK. This project also used HILLAPI to interface with the host CICS screen to obtain claim information from a DB2 database.
• Upgraded a CICS proprietary assembler system to allow conversion of CICS version 2 to CICS version 3. Changed 30 programs removing macro code from 21 MVS assembler programs and upgraded 9 COBOL programs to COBOL II

Confidential

Senior Developer

• Maintained the Agency Interface System. This all MVS Assembler proprietary system consisted of CICS online modules and a batch leg. It allowed the independent agents to do business with Aetna through various front-end systems
• Designed, coded, tested and implemented the Acord Upload and Download system. This is a batch MVS assembler system using Acord industry standards, which makes it easier for independent agents to do business with Aetna

Confidential

Senior Systems Programmer

• CICS Technical Support: Responsible for maintaining the Commercial production and test online regions.
• Designed, coded and tested the first autoinstall program, eventually used throughout Aetna. This autoinstall program was necessary to obtain virtual storage relief because the Terminal Control Table contained 4000 entries. In addition, did the analysis and set up the first File Owning Region. This also gave storage relief by removing all online files and putting them in a separate region
• Designed, coded and tested the host communications piece for the Commercial Processing System. This was the IDMS interface written in MVS assembler language that read the database and deblocked the data for online processing.

Confidential

Senior Programmer / Analyst

Maintained Aetna's proprietary COBOL online system, Safari. This was Aetna's precursor to CICS. Also maintained COBOL and MVS Assembler down-line systems