SUMMARY

• Accomplished IBM Mainframe IT professional with 30 years of experience and a proven track record of successful development, implementation and maintenance of high - volume, mission-critical mainframe corporate software systems. Recognized as a highly organized, detail-oriented leader and technician.
• Possesses extensive experience in the Software Development Life Cycle in both Legacy and Rehosted mainframe environments.
• As a Senior Developer, worked on A360 - a merchant processing application written in NTT CICS (TPE), MicroFocus COBOL and VSAM running under NTT BPE and RedHat Unix.
• Responsible for design reviews of other analysts, coding, testing and production/go-live support as well as support of all NTT products.
• Senior developer supporting Confidential ’s legacy mainframe BillPay application written in COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM and JCL.
• Legacy Application Modernization Technical Lead responsible for all technical aspects of mainframe application rehosting/migration projects for Confidential ’s (now NTT) TPE/BPE products.
• My first project was as a team member for a major grocer and then later as a technical lead for a large shipping company and a state government agency.
• My primary responsibilities were to code interfaces to 3rd party products, troubleshoot and fix problems, develop documentation, install and configure systems and attend all customer meetings.
• I was also an instructor for TPE/BPE. The environment I worked in was typically UNIX, Shell Scripting, COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, SQL, Perl and Assembler.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• COBOL
• CICS
• DB2
• 360/370 Assembler
• SQL
• VSAM
• JCL
• TSO/ISPF
• SyncSort
• QMF
• IMS
• SDSF
• FileAid
• FileManager
• Expeditor
• ChangeMan
• Abendaid
• Endevor
• Easytrieve
• EZTRIEVE
• z/OS
• MicroFocus COBOL
• NTT COBOL
• NTT TPE
• NTT BPE
• Shell Scripting
• UNIX
• Perl
• REXX
• Java
• Web Services
• C++
• UNIX
• NetBeans IDE
• Eclipse IDE
• GlassFish
• JBoss

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Omaha, Nebraska

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Senior developer supporting Confidential ’s legacy mainframe BillPay application written in COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM and JCL.

Confidential, Omaha, Nebraska

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• As a Senior Developer, worked on A360 - a merchant processing application written in NTT CICS (TPE), MicroFocus COBOL and VSAM running under NTT BPE and RedHat Unix.
• Responsible for design reviews of other analysts, coding, testing and production/go-live support as well as support of all NTT products.

Confidential, Omaha, Nebraska

Senior Mainframe Programmer

Responsibilities:

• As a Senior Mainframe Programmer, worked on a legacy manufacturing system written in COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2 and VSAM.
• I was responsible for gathering requirements from users, writing designs, programming, testing and implementation.
• I was also on-call for the nightly batch cycle.

Confidential, Omaha, Nebraska

Systems Integration Senior Advisor

Responsibilities:

• Legacy Application Modernization Technical Lead responsible for all technical aspects of mainframe application rehosting/migration projects for Confidential ’s (now NTT) TPE/BPE products.
• My first project was as a team member for a major grocer and then later as a technical lead for a large shipping company and a state government agency.
• My primary responsibilities were to code interfaces to 3rd party products, troubleshoot and fix problems, develop documentation, install and configure systems and attend all customer meetings.
• I was also an instructor for TPE/BPE. The environment I worked in was typically UNIX, Shell Scripting, COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, SQL, Perl and Assembler.

Confidential, Omaha, Nebraska

Senior Software Architect

Responsibilities:

• Senior Software Architect for A360, a Microfocus COBOL/Unikix TPE & BPE/VSAM payments processing application that is used by merchant processors throughout the U.S. Responsibilities included meeting with customers to gather requirements, writing functional designs, coding, testing and implementation.

Confidential, Boise, Idaho

Application Development Analyst II

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical support for Confidential ’s 3rd party Labor Entry System (Asset Suite by Ventyx) and its interfaces to internal and external applications.
• Developed and maintained Java-based web services for Asset Suite web clients.
• Developed and maintained Java-based web clients to interface with Confidential ’s 3rd party cloud-based Human Capital Management System (Workday).
• Supported the Asset Suite mainframe batch and online COBOL programs in a COBOL/CICS/DB2 environment.
• Maintained Asset Suite NextAxiom composite services. Provided support for a large library of Asset Suite Crystal Reports.
• Worked closely with business stakeholders to define system requirements and test plans.

Confidential, Omaha, Nebraska

Systems Engineer / Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead software engineer on client integration projects involving teams of two to four software engineers for Confidential ’s mainframe Payments Manager product.
• Responsibilities included defining requirements for custom software modifications, writing design specifications, coding, monitoring the work of other team members, installation, problem diagnosis and production support.
• Prior to joining the client integration team, I worked on Confidential ’s System Interface Services (SIS) product which utilized COBOL, C++, Java, CICS, VSAM and DB2. Performed analysis, design, coding, and testing for enhancements to the mainframe transaction routing subsystem.
• Designed and coded a system monitoring add-on product using Java JMX to monitor system components such as queue depth, server process availability, and transaction routing efficiency.

Confidential, Seattle, Washington

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Senior Programmer Analyst on a project to enhance the host engine of the WAMU.com Bill Pay application, using CICS, COBOL and VSAM.
• The new features gave customers the ability to pay their mortgage and consumer loans directly - without requiring them to set up an external loan payee through Confidential .
• Responsibilities included writing technical design specifications, coding, testing and mentoring 3 other software engineers.

Confidential, Seattle, Washington

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for designing and developing enhancements to ConsumerLinx (CLX) - a DB2, COBOL, CICS customer information system currently being used by Puget Sound Energy.
• Led a team of 5 analysts in the analysis and development of a CLX purge/archive/restore sub-system. Worked extensively with business analysts, PSE clients, and project managers to implement CLX-based software solutions.

Confidential, Omaha, Nebraska

Software Engineer / Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Integral member of the TRANS24 software engineering team devoted to developing products for the banking and ATM/POS card industry.
• Primarily involved with developing and delivering custom enhancements for customers around the world using MicroFocus COBOL, mainframe COBOL, CICS and Unikix.
• Designed and developed a generic switch program in which was subsequently used as baseline code for all switch development.

Confidential, Omaha, Nebraska

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead analyst supporting a CICS/Cobol/IMS billing system. Designed and developed an industrial billing system using IMS, COBOL and CICS under ROSCOE.

Confidential, Sacramento, California

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Integral member of software engineering team devoted to developing a Child Support Intercept system using COBOL, DYL280 and IDMS. Rewrote the system’s key retrieval program to allow increased capacity by being able to address multiple VSAM files on independent CICS systems.

Confidential, Walnut Creek, California

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Team member supporting the development of a new online contracts system.
• Designed and developed all of the conversion programs from the existing contracts system using Cobol, DB2, and CICS.

Confidential, Walnut Creek, California

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Maintained, enhanced, and developed batch and online programs for Confidential ’s financial information system.
• Responsibilities included system design and analysis, coding and documentation in an MVS environment using PL/1, CICS, IMS, Focus and Panvalet.