SUMMARY

• Process - oriented thinker with aptitude for analyzing the roles of people and business systems.
• Implementation of automated decision engines since 1997 (ScoreWare, StrategyWare, and Blaze Advisor)
• Adept at quickly learning new skills in response to rapidly changing industry technology.
• Skilled at managing complex projects, customer expectations, and rapidly evolving requirements.
• Leverages technological skills and operational experience to implement effective solutions.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal capabilities, skilled at quickly gaining and maintaining the trust of staff and customers.
• BBA with major in Management Information Systems from Loyola College in Maryland
• MBA with major in Management from Loyola College in Maryland

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Senior Blaze Architect Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implement business rules into Confidential for clearance decisions
• For World Bank, improve portfolio screening applications and implement new project to compare portfolio company ratios to peer group averages
• Integrate Blaze Advisor into Credit Card originations processing.
• For U.S. Army integrated PeopleSoft and Blaze Advisor decision engine as a direct invocation to produce a real-time interactive experience running under WebLogic (IPPS-A project)
• Development of pricing engine for a major distributor of electronics parts to online retailers
• Blaze Architect for projects deployed to mainframe COBOL, Java, and .NET platforms
• Installation and configuration of Blaze Advisor on Workstations and production servers, definition and configuration of SQL-BVS repositories, definition and construction of the project items including, templates, providers, object model and processing, definition and deployment of the rule service as a web service, deployment of the RMA for Business User Rule Maintenance, and development of testing (Web and Desktop) and migration tools
• Designed Object models using XML and Oracle/SQL
• Develop solution proposals that include problem definitions, resource capabilities, potential solution definitions, and estimates for Company Placement, Repository Security Enhancements, Company Placement RMA Performance Enhancement, Worker's Compensation Predictive Analytics, and Claims Workflow routing
• Created project plans, work breakdown structures, activity resource estimates, determined activity sequencing, dollar cost estimating for projects utilizing Blaze Advisor, Microsoft .NET technologies; Web based systems, and various SQL database systems. Projects included Company Assignment (policy tier assignment), Windows Forms Test Harness, Web Based Test Tool, RMA performance enhancements, custom providers, Worker's Compensation Predictive Analytics, and automated batch compile systems
• Configure system-to-system connectivity, utilizing TCP/IP, HTTP and SOAP based Web Services
• Enterprise systems architecture for implementation of Blaze Enterprise Repository and multi-system Platforms
• Deployed Blaze Projects to Apache and Tomcat (default Blaze deployment environments)
• Developed Blaze Custom Providers in Java and .NET

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

APPLICATIONS ARCHITECTURE MANAGER

Responsibilities:

• Architected a Blaze Project for claims correction using Java/Cobol version of Blaze, implemented RMA in Websphere z/OS and rule service in COBOL including integration architecture and data access design.
• Debugging of Java Blaze system to resolve pre-implementation issues
• Install and integrate Confidential Isaac products SEARCH, ScoreWare, StrategyWare, and Blaze Advisor into marketing, credit authorization and insurance claims editing systems. Using primarily the .NET and COBOL versions, and including Java projects as well.
• Develop proposals that include problem definitions, resource capabilities, potential solution definitions, and estimates.
• Created project plans and resource requirements including system, material, and human resources defining projects, utilizing COBOL, C, Java, Web based systems, and various SQL database systems.
• Configure system-to-system connectivity, utilizing LU 6.2 and TCP/IP on MVS/ESA, OS/2 Warp 4, Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000 systems.

SENIOR TECHNICAL LEAD / CO-OWNER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assisted with Technical Sales calls to convince potential clients of the feasibility of implementing new technology quickly and more cost effectively by utilizing our professional services instead of trying to accomplish the install with in-house staff only.
• Coached new staff on the utilization of cross-platform communications technologies for custom implementations for clients.

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

SYSTEMS ENGINEER ADVANCED / DATA ADMINISTRATOR

Responsibilities:

• Successfully installed IBM MQ SERIES network, utilizing MVS/CICS, AIX, OS/2 and WINDOWS NT with a central queue manager and distributed clients over TCP/IP and SNA LU6.2 networks.
• Implemented Queue Managers, Channels, and Queues for two major projects.
• Developed and implemented a DB2 network for access to DB2/MVS data via DDCS and ODBC.
• Designed and assisted in the development an IEF (CASE) tool-based data model and on-line transaction system.

DATA ARCHITECT / DATA ADMINISTRATOR

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Proactively designed, installed, maintained, tuned, and upgraded DB2 and IMS databases.
• Established logical and physical data models, utilizing ADW for various development projects, such as RPS (Resource Planning System), PDA (Production Data Analysis), and BOF (Basic Oxygen Furnace) Westinghouse 2500 system replacement.
• Effectively maintained and enhanced several TSO/ISPF Dialog Manager applications (IMS utility generator, CPC entry panels, Logon scripts, Resource Planning System, ADF compile screens, On-line production implementation system, utilizing ISPF tables, panel exits, REXX, CLIST, COBOL programs, panel edits, and edit macros.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

HARDWARE: IBM 3090, 3033 and 370-158 under OS/VS2/MVS and MVS/XA/ESA using TSO/ISPF; IBM 4341-2 under DOS/VSE with CICS/ICCF and OS/VS1; various IBM compatible PCs - 8086, 80286, 80386 and 80486, 3800 Printer, 3270 Terminals, 3600 Teller Terminal, 3330-11, 3350, 3375, and 3380 Disk Drives, UNIX on Sun Solaris Workstations, WindowsNT, Windows2000, Windows XP

SOFTWARE: IBM VS COBOL, IBM VS COBOL II, S/370 Assembler; IMS DB/DC, BTS, BTS/FSS, DataVantage, Command Level CICS for COBOL and Assembler using EDF, Expiditer, and Intertest as test tools; IMS/DLI through Batch and CICS Interface, DOS JCL, OS JCL and PROCS, TSO/ISPF with PDF, PANVALET, OWLE, LIBRARIAN and ICCF Source Code Libraries; Easytrieve and Dyl-280 Report generators, Capex Optimizer/Analyzer System, DCDIII Documentation System, SYNC-SORT/OS, and various IBM utilities (including ICEMAN Sort and IDCAMS); BMC IMS DB utilities Unload Plus, Load Plus, Secondary Index Utility Plus, and Master Menu for IMS, plus DB2 Alter, Catalog Manager and DASD Manager; DB2 ProEdit, QMF; OS/2, DOS, Windows, IEF, Communications Manager/2, DB2/2, MicroFocus COBOL, and IEF Central Encyclopedia; MQ Series, StrategyWare, ScoreWare, SEARCH, Blaze Advisor for .NET, Blaze Advisor for COBOL, Blaze Advisor for Java, C#.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XSD, XSD, JavaScript, AJAX