SUMMARY

• Talented and accomplished IT professional with extensive background in development in Tandem, mid - range (AS400), UNIX/Lawson and IBM (ZOS) mainframe environments.
• Expertise in System Development Life Cycle. Proven ability to lead small to medium sized projects.
• Highly adept at development, user assistance and remote system operations.
• Able to quickly learn and apply new technologies.
• Excellent communication skills and a valuable team player.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows

Data base: DB2, SYBASE, Oracle, DATACOM

Development: COBOL/VSAM/AMIGOS, COBOL, SQL, CICS, SCOBOL, Visual Basic, 4GL, Pro-Cobol, PERL

Mainframe Tools: PANVALET, Endeavor, TSO/ISPF, JCL, FILEAID, Librarian, SDSF, IMS DB/DC, DB2, CICS, UCANDU, EASYTRIEVE/IMS, ESP Scheduler, MQ, Xpeditor

Applications: MS Office, ACCESS, VISIO, TOAD, SQL Developer, Visual Studio, ERP Lawson, MQ Series

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Oak Brook, IL

Network Admin

Responsibilities:

• Supported Corporate HR/Payroll applications using IMS DB/DC, CICS, COBOL, 4GL/ Pro-Cobol, Scripts, SQL & Perl with never missing a Payroll or Tax deadline. For the following Applications: W2, Year End Federal and State tax filings, Quarterly tax filings, Standard Letters, Franchise, Store Profile, Location Profile, Real Estate, Licensing and DR.
• Performed data research by running SQL queries on SQL Developer.
• Created new Lawson 4GL/Pro-Cobol programs and GUI screens.
• Helped maintain a Visual Studio application with .NET.
• Maintained existing programs to support the business’ requirements.
• Provided 24x7 on call support on both Mainframe and UNIX/Lawson applications.

Confidential, Rosemont, IL

Responsibilities:

• Played several key roles such as designer, developer and test coordinator for application updates on the Tandem Mainframe and IBM Mainframe using COBOL, SCOBOL JCL TSO/ISPF and in stream SQL.
• Provided 24x7 on call support for AR financial application on a Tandem/HP platform completing batch processing.

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Responsibilities:

• Formatted, manipulated and analyzed large mainframe data sets while maintaining the highest levels of data accuracy in a fast-paced environment.
• Played several key roles such as designer, developer and test coordinator for application updates on the Tandem Mainframe and IBM Mainframe using COBOL, SCOBOL JCL TSO/ISPF and in stream SQL.
• Provided 24x7 on call support for AR financial application on a Tandem/HP platform completing batch processing.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Provided support for 2 Visual Basic applications using both Sybase and Oracle.
• Managed a project to upgrade the Visual Basic application from Sybase to Oracle managing 2 consultants.
• Utilized TOAD and ACCESS for Production Support queries.
• Played several roles such as Designer, Lead developer, Technical Lead and System Test Coordinator to small and medium sized projects.
• Mentored co-workers on COBOL standards, JCL TSO/ISPF, Xpeditor, Fileaid and business requirements.
• Maintained the PeopleSoft queue, which provided a means to track defects and support items.
• Provided 24x7 on call support for 3 financial applications on IBM Mainframe completing batch processing and wrote System Requirements, Detail Design and Test Plan documents following CNA’s SDLC providing documentation for projects and consistency.

Confidential, Rosemont, IL

Responsibilities:

• Provided support for 2 Visual Basic applications using both Sybase and Oracle.
• Utilized TOAD and ACCESS for Production Support queries.
• Mentored co-workers on COBOL standards, JCL TSO/ISPF and business requirements.
• Provided 24x7 on call support for 3 financial applications on IBM Mainframe completing batch processing and wrote System Requirements, Detail Design and Test Plan documents following CNA’s SDLC providing documentation for projects and consistency.
• Coded and debugged programs for the Dining A’La Card Group in COBOL responding to client requests.
• Created a skeleton program for the renewal letters front end processing using COBOL VSAM to reduce overhead.
• Updated four on-line screens and created a macro program for the GM enrollment using their COBOL/CICS code generator PACBASE to increase customer growth.

Confidential, Westchester, IL

Responsibilities:

• Coded and debugged programs for the Marketing group in COBOL and IMS for the Buy-one-get-one program.
• Coded and maintained programs for the Inventory Management System in AS400 COBOL and SQL per client’s requests. Transmitted applications to over 500 locations nation-wide using Network Distribution Manager and Implementer to keep the software releases current.
• General help desk duties for OS/2 1.3 - 2.X supporting such applications as Lotus 123, Lotus Freelance Graphics and Word maintaining continuous operation.
• Coded and tested programs in the Recovery Management System using MVS COBOL and documented system design specs using FLOW3 for a specific project.
• Created program specs from design specs providing documentation for a specific project and consistency.
• Coded and tested COBOL programs using AS400 COBOL and SQL for their Customer Order Fulfillment System to increase productivity.
• Participated in developing an order entry/order building system, which was a cross-platform communications vehicle to part data from micros to an AS400 to reduce costs.