SUMMARY:

• A career in Information Technology with more than twenty seven years as a contract consulting mainframe programmer/analyst, business analyst, systems analyst, mainframe data analyst, and application IT specialist, many short and long term assignments, some with project and team lead responsibilities.
• Database analysis and design experience including hierarchical, network, and relational constructs. Many involved conversion and migration projects.
• Experienced using Conceptual Data Modeling and Mapping using Data Analysis techniques of E/R Mapping, Attribute Analysis, Data Flow Diagrams (DFD), and Normalization of Data.
• Familiar with Process Flows, Procedure Documentation, Rules Definition, Gap analysis, Calculation Validation, Audit Validations, Impact Analysis and other Business Analyst foundations.
• Experienced with software testing strategy development including Master Test Plan, Unit Test Plan, Function Test Plan, System Test Plan, User Acceptance Test Plan, Installation Test Plan and Test Team Leadership
• Trained to SEI Levels 2 & 3 CM, CMM/SQA, SCM, Project control, Project Tracking. ISO 9002 QA.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: IBM 370/390 series, also 4341, 308X, 309X, ES9000, and Amdahl Mainframe Series, DEC and SUN mid - range servers, and IBM or compatible personal computers, 1100/2200, Honeywell 66, and NCR second and third generation mainframes.

Software:

IBM: Z/OS, OS/390, MVS/ESA TSO/ISPF, DB2, MQ Series 5.0, IMS/VS, ISPF, Confidential, PROTERM, Confidential, FileAid, Startool, Xpediter, Intertest, Viasoft Smartest, TSO Edit, IAM, VSAM, OS/JCL, JES2, JES3, ENDEVOR, Librarian, Panvalet, FOCUS, SyncSort, IBM Utilities, FTP, NDM, and Broker Data Exchange, BETA42, CA-7, CA-11, OPC/ESA, TWS, Control-M, RACF, ACF2.

Code: COBOL, COBOL II, OS/COBOL, COBOL/390, DB2 /SQL /SPUFI /QMF, FOCUS, SAS, DYL280, MAPPER

PC: Windows - Microsoft Office Suite products such as WORD, EXCEL, MS MAIL, and PROJECT. Also Mercury Test Director, Remedy, IBM's ManageNow, Lotus Notes, Project InVision, Visio, ABC Flowcharter, DocuTraxx, MedStat, others.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Consultant

Confidential, Cheyenne, WY

Responsibilities:

• Provided complete documentation for existing applications.
• This position entailed performing a complete and thorough analysis of the existing programs and functions of the Confidential (CIS and CJIS) applications and publishing documentation to include data flow diagrams (DFD), data element dictionary (DED), program specifications, and other ancillary work products.

Contract Consultant

Confidential, Cheyenne, WY

Responsibilities:

• Provided Confidential (TS), VSAM, Confidential Plus, MQ Series, and COBOL expertise for developing the National Provider Identifier (NPI) conversion.
• This position required Medicaid knowledge of the Provider subsystem to analyze, write requirement specifications, map screens, and write renovated programs to reflect the mandated NPI changes to the Provider Master file via online screens and batch programs.
• Also worked with EDI to implement Health Care Service Review Information (X12N 278 HCSR.) for Prior Authorization.

Contract Consultant

Confidential, Santa Fe, NM

Responsibilities:

• Provided QMF / SPUFI / DB2 COBOL expertise for the Project Share ERP conversion.
• This position required State of New Mexico GSD legacy DB2 table knowledge to map and write DB2 extract programs to obtain legacy HR and Payroll data to populate the new ERP application.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided Confidential / DB2 COBOL design and code expertise for the Confidential .
• This position required Fidelity Brokerage Services knowledge of National Financials application to process trades and other transactions from a multi-company viewpoint.

Confidential, Glen Allen, VA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided Recipient conversion business cases and unit test expectations and entered these documents into required tracking software.
• Additionally, provided IBM COBOL and DB2 programming and testing expertise for converting the Buy-in portion of the Recipient application.
• Recorded results into the required control software packages; Remedy and Test Traxx.
• Designed and Implemented MedStat DSS for the Alaska Management and Reporting System ( Confidential ).

IBM Consultant

Confidential, Santa Fe, NM

Responsibilities:

• Provide IBM VSAM, COBOL II, Confidential (TS 2.2), DB2 (batch), Confidential Plus and FTP expertise for on-going maintenance and support.
• Confidential is an online integrated automated system for determining eligibility and issues benefits for programs such as Medicaid, food stamps and TANF.
• Responsibilities included preparing applicable test plans and objectives to include identifying major requirements and schedules for testing, problem reporting, tracking, and defect removal.

Contract Consultant

Confidential, Westwood, MA

Responsibilities:

• Provided IBM VSAM, COBOL II, Confidential, and FTP expertise for on-going maintenance and support.
• Lead analyst for the retirement of the Shareholders application. Made programming changes to HR financial (Contract Interpreter, Labor distribution, GEAC, TESSERACT Payroll) programs as needed. Lead responsible for Confidential (Detail Property Records) fixed assets application.
• Confidential Support for the OS/390 upgrade ( Confidential ) application testing group. Confidential support for Disaster Recovery 2001, 2002, 2003.
• CMM/SCM working group member. Received CMM/SQA and CMM/Project Planning training.

Contract Consultant

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Responsibilities:

• Child Support Enforcement ( Confidential development project IBM MVS/390
• Provided Confidential, DB2 and IMS and IBM COBOL/390 expertise for a development project to allow Confidential to be in compliance with the federally mandated program to locate non-custodial parents.
• The position required experience translating Federal requirements and system objectives into logical, efficient, and practical system designs.
• Performed preparation of detailed program specifications for new development. Coded and tested system for DB2 batch and on-line resources.