Career Synopsis

• Accomplished IT Professional with over 18 years of experience
• Worked on several large scale Mainframe migration projects to successful completion
• Worked for clients in the Retail, Banking and Insurance fields
• Skilled problem solver and quick learner of new technologies with strong documentation and analysis skills
• Responsible for assisting clients with legacy platform modernization, which included rehosting and rewriting applications
• Worked on Data Migration projects. Participated in data mapping meetings, documented and wrote technical specifications for the creation of ETL extract-transfer-load programs
• Create scripts to parse and make updates to programs to help automate the migration process
• Wrote testing scripts and tested migrated programs on the new platform
• Tested, tracked and documented any defects through closure
• Provided Technical/Software support and on-site installation and training for Legacy software packages purchased by our clients
• Significant accomplishments Responsible for data extracts and migration programs for a large retail company, which included the apparel items for over 850 stores. Data migrated from Unisys DMSII Database to Oracle RMS Package
• Assisted with the conversion of UNISYS DMSII to IBM DB2 database for large health insurance company
• Programmer/Analyst for large credit card company

Industry Experience:

Confidential

Idea SR Technical Analyst

• Data migration from Unisys A-Series DMSII Database to Oracle Retail Management System for BabiesRus Apparel System. Was responsible for Items Data extract programs through all phases of the Software development Life Cycle.
• Write Detail Design and technical documentation.
• Write XGEN and Cobol extract programs. Extract, cleanse and transfer data to new platform.
• Test and verify data on new system.
• Document, Track and manage any issues on Remedy system and monitored through closure.
• On call 24x7 support for the Apparel system jobs running overnight on the Unisys mainframe

Environment: Unisys A-Series, XGEN, Cobol, WFL, CANDE, Sharepoint, Word, Excel, Access

Confidential

Idea Consultant

• Used Alchemy Solutions' tool, NeoData to migrate data from 140 Vision files in Linux to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2. Wrote a script that automated the script creation process for creating BAT files to load the database and reduce the amount of time and manual changes required. Enabled Rose Associates to take advantage of new or existing tools to improve their bottom line.

Confidential

Idea Consultant/Migration specialist

• Assisted with the migration of Unisys mainframe applications to IBM z/OS, the migration of a Unisys DMSII database to IBM DB2 and the conversion of DASDL to SQL DDL. Also, created extract and load programs for data migration, maintained the data dictionary in the XGEN environment and developed COBOL programs. Tested Applications on new environment. As a result of this project, the client significantly cut operating costs and improved efficiency.

Confidential

Consultant/Developer

• Using Visual Basic.Net, created and developed internal tools for legacy migration projects. Tools created included a COBOL parser, a legacy code analysis tool and several small utilities. The purpose of the analysis tool was to help project managers determine the complexity and estimate billing for migration projects. Updated Idea's internal ClientView screen scraper tool by enabling it to generate ASP.Net code.

Confidential

Idea Consultant/Developer

• Worked on several projects within the Confidential credit card system. Projects included maintenance, updates and bug fixes for several programs and systems within Confidential. Helped maintain and create several COBOL programs that are a critical part of Confidential daily credit card transactions processing.

Confidential

Idea Consultant/Developer

• Created a shared database and resources for community agencies to exchange similar data with Confidential, a shared database and a web-based application. Worked with others to design, code and implement a system in VB6. Helped automate data extracts from legacy systems. Converted them to XML and uploaded them into a shared database. The shared database went on to become Confidential Information Network

Confidential

Idea Consultant/Assistant Project Manager

• Worked with the Confidential project manager to plan and design a system for collecting data from the Confidential Office and Clerk of the Circuit Court. Facilitated data entry by converting A-Series mainframe screens into user-friendly, web-based screens. Enabled the automated extraction of data entered by probation officers and drug counselors at different facilities during drug treatment and sent it to the Urban Institute for reports.

Idea Consultant/Developer

• Worked with others to convert Modine's system from Confidential COBOL to MicroFocus COBOL in UNIX environment on a Hewlett-Packard platform. Analyzed and recoded existing mainframe programs and data access methods to conform to the new database and updated programs to handle Year 2000 Y2K issues. Created and maintained a separate test system while retesting every program in the new environment and addressing problems. Documented and tracked issues through closure.

Confidential

Openware Consultant/Developer

• Worked with a team in migrating the Arkansas Employment Security Division system from a Unisys A-Series mainframe to an IBM mainframe. Converted a Unisys LINC system to XGEN on a Unix platform, using XGEN to generate COBOL targeting the IBM mainframe. Converted DMSII database to DB2.

Confidential

Technical Support and Trainer

• Provided technical support, software support and phone support for customers. Reported software bugs to developers for resolution and traveled to customer sites to install and provide training for the following ESI products: Impulse a report generator program , JobFlow a job-control system and Lionl library online: a tape library backup system for Confidential mainframes .

Confidential

Mainframe Operator

• Provided operational support for a Confidential, a Confidential mainframe and a Confidential mainframe. Responsibilities included overseeing mainframe backups, job runs and print jobs. Implemented a mainframe tape backup process with off-site disaster recovery procedures.

Technology expertise Primary Skills

• Programming languages: COBOL, XGEN, VB.Net, SQL, Unix/Bash shell and AWK scripting
• Unisys skills: Unisys COBOL, DMSII, WFL, CANDE, DMPALL, DASDL, TADS, BLSOURCE
• Database skills: DMSII, DB2, SQL Server and Microsoft Access
• Micro Focus tools: MF Mainframe Express, Visual COBOL and NetExpress
• Alchemy Solutions: Fujitsu NetCobol.net, Netcobol, NeoData, NeoKicks, NeoBatch
• Software development: XGEN and Visual Studio
• Microsoft: Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Visio, Sharepoint