TECHNICAL SKILLS:

HARDWARE: IBM 390, Sun 4500, 6500

SOFTWARE: COBOL, COBOL II, CICS, SAS, DB2, SQL and Utilities, TSO/ISPF, MQ seriesWebSphere, QMF, VSAM, OS/JCL, SYNCSORT, and Utilities, OPCAINTERTEST, XPEDITER, FileAid, ENDEVOR, MICRO FOCUS WORKBENCH

PC SKILLS:: Visual Basic 6, VB script, Perl, Oracle 8, PL/SQL, UNIX Shell script, VI Editor, HTMLUNICA/Affinium, Powerpoint, PS Project,Tumbleweed

XML, ACCESS, EXCEL, Gentran, Autosys, TCPIP/FTP, NDM, data transfer protocols

OPERATING: OS/MVS/XA, VSE/ESA, DOS, Sun Solaris 6 - 10, RedHat Linux, Microsoft Windows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

Project Manager/Programmer/Analyst/Contractor

• As a part of Risk Information Management and Business (RIB) provided data-driven recommendations to guide business decision-making on key initiatives.
• Provided a life cycle of Consumer and Small Business marketing applications from gathering business specifications, mail plans through implementation, utilizing UNICA/Affinium, LET, mainframe, and UNIX environments.
• Performed troubleshooting of missing or non-back fed data files in collaboration with various IT, marketing areas.
• Developed and supported campaigns related to Customer Marketing Capabilities Provided AmEx business units with timely, actionable marketing research insights.
• Identified root cause and provided solutions and recommendations to improve work flow management.
• Translated needs/market information into class-leading, customer-centric capabilities. Ran SQL queries outside of the critical path to find the most optimal way to target customer population.
• Executed direct marketing strategies to drive business results, meeting campaign delivery timelines and quality targets.
• Ensured all privacy and compliance rules are applied to all communications.
• Demonstrated effective problem solving and time managing, and ability to multi-task projects effectively and adapt to change in priorities.
• Delivered timely, effective campaigns for the CCSG and OPEN businesses with key focus on business results.
• Performed database query on UNICA/Affinium using SQL, and application execution to ensure the most efficient way of translation business requirements.
• The system utilized Java, SQL, HTML, UNIX, Cobol, DB2, SAS macros, NDM, Tumbleweed, UNICA/Affinium.

Confidential, New York, NY

A.V.P. Programmer/Analyst/Project Manager

• Provided consultation and guidance to Confidential Business areas and their clients on the connectivity and the transfer methodology. Analyzed and suggested ways of improving business aligned IT service quality.
• The applications process around one terabyte of data and over a million file transfers per month for major business lines including Equity and Debt Trading, Global Prime Brokerage, Global Private Client, Asset Management and Clearing, and Settlement to major exchanges SIAC and DTCC.
• Oversaw training for new users and mentorship for piers and off-shore staff.
• Appeared as liaison with business units to gather requirements for projects and segment the requirements into programmable parts. Coordinated various IT and user departmental efforts.
• Transferred MS Access database to SQL database. Provided support and querying capability for SQL database.
• Complete system migration from Solaris based server to a new web based Linux Gentran suite. Including installing, upgrading, and patching of both systems. Coordinated technical design, code, and architecture review meetings.
• Acted as the liaison to assure production related issues are being tracked and followed with application build teams and proactively prevent the future occurrence of incidents, problems and errors by establishing route cause.
• Provided 24x7 production support of mainframe(MVS) and distributed systems(Linux and Unix). Handled problem escalations for internal and external clients.
• As an MVS programmer/analyst provided all phases of the development cycle for data transfer services applications and various business areas: trading, private client. Coded JCL, PROCs. Program interfaces utilized COBOL, JCL, DB2, SQL.

Confidential

ADP Roseland, NJ ( ) Programmer/Analyst/ Consultant

• As a member of GS Custom group which developed Generic 401K Interface programs for different clients.
• Created JCL to define and unload VSAM files, load Control Parameters. Produced a number of reports for client requirements. Analyzed and tested programs in two systems: MVS/XA and VSE/ESA. Responsibilities included: support and maintain of developed modules.
• Team member that participated in developing and design of OS (New Output System). NOS processing will recognize and maintain the PTCS Operational Sequence by processing companies within a batch strictly in the sequence established by the PTCS.

Confidential, Parsippany, NJ

Programmer/Analyst/ Consultant

• Participated in a team that analyzed and designed a system for entry, tracking and correcting of errant customer payments. Created Production mirror system in User Accepted region.
• Provided implementation programs using ENDEVEAR. Supported and enhance various systems that kept track of labor changes for various contracts. Created JCL for unload VSAM files, load and unload DB2 tables, including SYNCSORT and JCL changes. Analyzed and tested programs consisting of Year 2000 modifications, searched databases (test and production) for possible errors after century conversion. Used a variety of data formats. Responsibility included analyses and testing Order Entry and EDI( Electronic Data Interchange ) systems and implementing changes to various mission critical programs.