SUMMARY:

• Accomplished technical project leader with twenty - three years of experience in commercial data processing involving strong analytical, design and programming skills for a variety of business applications using IBM MVS/ESA systems.
• Particular expertise in mainframe development of complex financial statements, retail invoices, and related documents.
• Dedicated, hardworking individual with the interpersonal communications skills to work at all levels of the organization.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Able to think "out of the box" and make critical decisions.
• Outstanding experience in implementing large scale data migrations and integrations as well as print center outsourcing.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Mainframe: COBOL 390, COBOL II, IBM Utilities, MVS Confidential, VSAM, TSO/PDF, SAS, Changeman, Panvalet, Endevor Change Manager, BMC Remedy User/PAC2000, File Aid, Startool, SAR, CA7, $avers, IOF, SDSF, CA - Intertest Batch, DYL280, Confidential (Custom Statement Formatter), Advanced Function Presentation, AFP/API, Confidential, Confidential, Graphical Data Display Manager (GDDM), split AFP2PDF, Control-D, Cyberfusion, ConnectDirect/NDM, Streamweaver, Print File Generator (PFG), UNIX System Services/Open MVS.

Distributed: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Outlook, Visio, Confidential Workshop, LOTUS Notes, FasTest, Page Segment component of Elixir, Document Management Services (DMS), HP Exstream/Exstream Dialogue, and Adobe Photoshop.

Hardware: IBM 3370, MVS/ESA, IBM PC(W/DOS, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, VMS/OS, LAN.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Systems Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Led successful outsourcing project for disaster recovery and document print and distribution processing for US and Canadian Service Delivery Statements & Advices to service provider, Confidential .
• The conversion allowed elimination of back office personnel, print operators and equipment resulting in savings in salaries, benefits and maintenance fees on equipment.
• System conversion, migration and enhancements to Confidential mortgage statement application.
• Responsible for developing hierarchy, report definition, data definition and interface program on both projects. All painting done with Confidential Workshop.
• One of two engineers responsible for redesign and enhancements to statements, forms, and disclosures to ensure Periodic Billing Statements and ARM Payment Disclosures are in compliance with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( Confidential ) rules.
• Developed and modified HP Exstream Dialogue applications in V8.0307 on MVS mainframe.
• Guided six - member team through all aspects of coding, unit testing, integration testing of new programs and system enhancements for new print reconciliation application, utilizing COBOL2, DB2, and Confidential .

Environment: COBOL, DB2, CHANGEMAN, ENDEVOR, Confidential, Exstream Dialogue, TSO, Confidential, VSAM, NDM

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include complete system conversion design, analysis, coding testing, implementation, user coordination, and documentation. Intensive hands on and sign off responsibilities of components made up of mainly new and modified Confidential batch and transmission job streams, modified Cobol programs, AFP resources, data analysis and data integrity.
• Write Confidential scripts for distributed services group to create indices and fully composed AFP files to be ingested from MVS mainframe to online retrieval application.
• Re - engineer new AFP modules for legacy mainframe objects that were purchased by a third party vendor where the underlying code for each was not included in the package purchased.

Environment: COBOL, DB2, PANVALET, TSO, Confidential, VSAM, NDM

Confidential, New York, NY

Applications Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• System conversion, migration and enhancements to Wells Fargo tax application (UBTI), investment planning applications (PIP, Envision), and correspondence letters (Bounceback).
• Developed and modified HP Exstream Dialogue applications in V5.0036, V6.1025, and V8.0307 on MVS platform.
• Responsibilities include complete system conversion design, analysis, coding testing, implementation, user coordination.
• Intensive hands on and sign off responsibilities of components made up of mainly new and modified Confidential batch and transmission job streams, modified Cobol programs, AFP resources, StreamWeaver output processing; FasTest comparison and verifications, data analysis and data integrity.
• Implemented several new processing flows and enhancements to existing flows in coordination with operations and CA7 scheduling team.

Environment: COBOL, DB2, CHANGEMAN, ENDEVOR, TSO, Confidential, VSAM, NDM, CA7, HP Exstream, Confidential, AFP

Technical Writer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Develops new documentation, participates in the development of department technical procedures and designs user guides.
• Develops original and/or complex code or provides coding guidance to less experienced staff.

Environment: COBOL, TSO, Confidential, VSAM, NDM, HP Exstream, Confidential, AFP

Confidential, Weehawken, NJ

Senior Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include complete system conversion design, analysis, coding testing, implementation, user coordination. Intensive hands on and sign off responsibilities of components made up of mainly new and modified Confidential batch and transmission job streams, modified Cobol programs, AFP resources, data analysis and data integrity.
• Authored system documentation for Form 1042 - S - Foreign Person's U.S. Source Income systems.

Environment: COBOL, TSO, Confidential, VSAM, CHANGEMAN, FTP, AFP

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include complete system conversion design, analysis, coding testing, implementation, user coordination. Intensive hands on and sign off responsibilities of components made up of mainly new and modified Confidential batch and transmission job streams, modified Cobol programs, AFP resources, data analysis and data integrity.
• Setup connectivity and data transfer profiles between AG Edwards UNIX server and Wachovia test and production mainframe boxes via ConnectDirect.
• Used post - processing Streamweaver logic to reformat and redirect AFP output data using Finalist mail processing data and to enhance the output printing and reprint functionality.
• Create and enhance the ability to archive output print streams via Mobius archiving application.
• Implemented several new processing flows and enhancements to existing flows in coordination with operations and CA7 scheduling team.

Environment: COBOL, TSO, Confidential, VSAM, NDM, Confidential, AFP

Confidential, Weehawken, NJ

Associate Director

Responsibilities:

• Analyze, design, present and implement enhancements to Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) confirm delivery method. Automated several processes which saved cost of having it processed manually.
• Promoted cross - training for staff to develop technical skills and systems knowledge, flexibility for project assignments, and provide back-up expertise.
• Initiated close working relationship with business users as part of an effort to introduce improvements to the time-weighted performance return methodology.
• Authored system documentation for entire Corporate Employee Financial Services print processing streams.

Environment: COBOL, DYL280, TSO, Confidential, VSAM, FTP

Confidential, Newark, NJ

Technical Project Leader

Responsibilities:

• Project leader and chief engineer (full life - cycle analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment, support) responsible for Managed Accounts Quarterly Accounts Monitor output and distribution systems. Coordinated all testing between business users (internal and external), systems area, print facility and distribution center.
• Designed and developed the process to convert several variable page financial statements from AFP format to PDF (for Acrobat Reader). Using basic shell scripts transferred indexed AFP data from MVS to UNIX Sub System where split afp2pdf translator modules parsed individual PDF files into specific directories. Upon user approval, these directories were then "tar"red (tape archived) and NDM to an external business partner.
• Designed two variable page international mutual fund statements by converting from AFP/API format using Confidential technology. Confidential components necessary for this application included OMR and 3 of 9 bar-coding via ROC, house-holding, run statistics and indexing ( Confidential ) for online viewing. Responsible for developing hierarchy, report definition, data definition and interface program on both projects. All painting done with Confidential Workshop.
• Converted PDF data generated by split afp2pdf via UNIX subsystem to use new software offered in release v4.63 of Confidential .
• Responsible for converting PC images in jpg, gif, and tiff formats to AFP page segments via Elixir.

Environment: COBOL, TSO, Confidential, VSAM, AFP, Confidential, UNIX System Services

Senior Programmer Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed and maintain seven detailed variable page Mutual Funds Statement Systems (Target, Target II, PPA, Preference, Strategist, PruChoice, PruPreferred and Mutual Fund Choice) using Confidential technology. As the lead AFP programmer, was involved in the full project life cycle: definition of user requirements, preparation of program specifications, coding and testing of modules, preparation of procedures, system and user acceptance for these products.
• Designed, developed and implemented a Customer Re - Allocation, Billing and Welcome Letter System. This system processes letters for new accounts coming into the program and existing accounts re-allocating from fund to fund. Re-engineered this system to use Confidential technology from Confidential and Confidential .
• Assisted in completing year 2000 system modifications for all wrap-fee mutual fund systems.

Environment: COBOL, TSO, Confidential, VSAM, AFP, Confidential