SUMMARY

• me have more than 30 years experience in Information Technology. me have experience in analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and supporting various applications using Mainframe Technologies.
• me also have experience in gathering and analyzing requirements and creating design artifacts.
• Interacting with clients to gather requirements
• Creating design document including Visio flow diagrams
• Porting applications from VM and AS/400 to MVS
• Providing programming modifications using COBOL, PL/me, IMS, CICS, DB2, and REXX
• Modifying and implementing DB2 stored procedures
• Writing and enhancing QMF stored queries for reporting
• Utilizing ISPF Dialog Manager to create interactive dialogs
• Utilizing CA - 7 to schedule batch jobs and report on batch jobs/cycles
• Some experience in DB2/DBA and data mapping (EAI and ETL)
• Expertise in MVS: VSAM, Endevor, Expediter, MS Visio, and FTP
• Proficiency in utilities: Syncsort/ICETOOL, File-Aid batch
• Experience utilizing IBM WebSphere, IBM Data Studio

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: SQL, QMF, REXX, COBOL, PL/me, COBOL II, Visual Basic 6.0, JCL, DL/me, CLIST and Fortran

Operating Systems: OS/390, MVS, MS Windows 2000/XP, z/OS, Unix, and AS/400

Software/Databases: MS Office (Word, Excel, Visio, Powerpoit), TOAD, CICS, DB2, ISPF, HIPAA, CA EasyTrieve, CMS, TSO, MS Access, IMS, VSAM, SAS, Changeman, CNTL-M, Clear Quest, Winrunner, LoadRunner, Abend-Aid, DB2, Test Director, CA-7, IDCAMS, RACF, Syncsort, Panvalet, Librarian, Adabas, Natural, Comparex, SDF, Intertest, DL/me, Endevor, Expediter, File-Aid, Telon, RDBMS, and SQL/DS, IBM WebSphere, IBM Data Studio, MQ Series, Viasoft Smartest

Networking: FTP and TCP/IP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Topeka, KS

Senior Programmer/Analyst/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implementing changes to both online & batch processes
• Improved processing for bundled and seasonal orders
• Changed outbound data to commingled carriers from “push” to “pull” from OD SFTP servers
• Allowed users to generate new online and batch reports
• Prevented trucks from being “load/closed” before physical cartons were on the truck

Environment: COBOL, Changeman, Intertest, File-Aid, MS Visio, VSAM, DB2, MQ Series, SFTP

Confidential, Columbus, GA

Senior Systems Analyst/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Researching all the places where credit card information is displayed, housed or in transit
• Developing cost TEMPeffective strategy to mask credit card information

Environment: COBOL, Endevor, Expediter, File-Aid, MS Visio, VSAM, and FTP

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Programmer/Analyst/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implementing extensive changes to dis semi-annual process, utilizing Syncsort, File-Aid batch, COBOL, and DB2
• Filtering over 200 million claims records to process detailed line item information, producing a final extract. Each line item provided various reports for each defined population. The final population was then put through the finishing process, and dis extract was shipped to CHP via FTP
• Creating design document including Visio flow diagrams

Environment: COBOL, VSAM, Endevor, Expediter, File-Aid batch, MS Visio, Syncsort, and FTP

Confidential, Eveleth, MN

Programmer/Analyst/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Modifying several programs to support the application
• Modifying some Easytrieve reports

Environment: COBOL, CICS, VSAM, PL/me, MQ Series, Librarian, Expediter, Easytrieve, File-Aid, and MS Visio

Confidential, Brooklyn, NY

Systems Analyst/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing and defining government regulations
• Facilitating JAD/JRP sessions with management, SMEs, users, and developers
• Published high-level requirements utilizing MS Visio and MS Word.
• Producing use cases and organized test plans
• Preparing detailed business processes and requirements for providers, customers and FEP
• Providing management and client reports using CA EasyTrieve

Environment: HIPAA, Systems Analyst, JAD, MS Visio, MS Word, Use Cases, Test Plans, and CA EasyTrieve

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Programmer/Analyst/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing and designing changes to CitiBusiness online system
• Structuring modifications to back-end of the CitiBusiness online system due to the acquisition of European American Bank
• Modifying and enhancing COBOL, PL/me, CICS, VSAM, DB2, and IMS programs incorporating changes for EAB conversion
• Designing and implemented the following functions:
• Downloading checking, savings, credit, securities and IMMA data in BAI format
• Accessing Intra-Day checking activity for reporting
• Directly debiting/crediting Confidential -to- Confidential wire transfers instead of treating
• Allowing different account types to be reported including checking and securities tracking
• Adding Entitlement processing for accounts within businesses
• Adding 3-day account holds processing to back-end check processing
• Converting data from Adabas to DB2

Environment: COBOL, PL/me, CICS, IMS, VSAM, Adabas, Natural, and DB2

Confidential, Brooklyn, NY

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided detailed analysis for both systems, developing and testing changes
• Developing and maintaining CICS components using TELON
• Writing in PL/me and DB2

Environment: PL/me, DB/2, and CICS

Confidential, New York, NY

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Sole programmer/analyst on a Re-Inventory Analysis and Reporting (RIAR) system.
• Ported data from SQL/DS to DB2
• Lead programmer and development DBA for a Re-Inventory and Control System.
• Participating in the analysis, design, through implementation of Y2K changes to the Re Inventory Control System.
• Sole mainframe person on an Executive Information System (EIS).
• Project Leader/DBA on the Tri-State Information System (TIS).
• Enhancing several PL/me batch programs to accommodate phase 1 and phase 2 changes to a Customer Master Record (CMR) system
• Functioning as project leader on the Announcement Box system.

Environment: Visual Basic 6.0, DB/2, MS Access, DBA, PL/me, CICS, REXX, JCL, QMF, AS/40, MVS, PC, VSAM, Netview, FTP, TCP/IP, Informatica, DB2 Database, IMS, IBM, SQL, and JAD

Confidential, New York, NY

Programmer/Analyst/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Modifying PL/me, COBOL, IMS/DB system, providing rate, claims, and actuarial data
• Using EZTrieve to produce management requested ad hoc reports

Environment: PL/me, COBOL, IMS/DB, and EZTrieve

Confidential, Purchase, NY

Programmer/Analyst/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Writing in PL/me, CICS and IMS/DB, consisting of several modules requiring major modifications, and enhancements for the upcoming benefit year
• Modifying and creating new SDF screens
• Performing unit and system integration testing

Environment: PL/me, CICS, and IMS/DB

Confidential, White Plains, NY

Programmer/Analyst/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designing, maintaining and upgrading several mid-sized systems for host development/support groups
• Writing PL/me, DB2, Dialog Manager, VSAM, CICS, CLISTs, and MVS JCL
• Analyzing through implementation of all enhancements to these systems, including heavy user interface
• Providing problem determination and correction, user and system documentation

Environment: PL/me, DB/2, VSAM, CICS, CLIST, MVS, and JCL