Summary:

• Talented Information Technology professional with extensive background in project management, systems analysis, and program/team leadership.
• Proven ability to plan and direct software upgrades and implementations, technical support departments, special projects, and systems operations.
• Expertise in Windows, UNIX, and mainframe environments.
• Consistent record of completing projects on time and within budget.
• Strong contracting background.
• Adept at large-scale systems migrations.
• Award-winning experience with IBM.
• Excellent presentation, analysis, and reporting skills.
• Secret clearance level.

Education:

BS in Computer Science

Professional Development:

• Graduate course work in Software Engineering, University of Maryland
• IBM training in Management, Project Management, Software Engineering, Conflict Management, Computer-Assisted Project Management, Firmware, Solid-State Logic, Software Blueprinting, Oral Presentations, and various software systems/applications.
• Project Management, Database Fundamentals, Information Security, Policy and Cryptography, Ethics and Law for IT, Telecommunication, Network/ Operation system essentials, Network Administration, Programming language, IT Resource Planning

Security Clearance:

• Department of Justice - Secret (Active)
• Department of Defense - Secret (Active)
• Office of Personnel Management - Public Trust (Active)
• IRS MBI and FBI clearance (Active)

Technical Skills:

Operating Systems: Windows 98-XP, MVS (MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, VM/ESA), z/OS, AIX, OS/390
Applications: MS Office, Project, Visio, Lotus Notes, Remedy, SQL, VTAM, SNA, SMP/E, TSO, CA Activator, Tivoli, MQ Series, ISPF/PDF/SDSF, HCM,CA-7,MIM, QuickRef, FDR, etc.
Development Tools: VB Script, J2EE, Javascript, PKI, .NET, ASSEMBLER, COBOL, IMS, REXX, CLIST, ASSEMBLER
Hardware/Protocols: TCP/IP, DNS, IBM CE

EXPERIENCE:

Contracted out to the US Internal Revenue as a deployment Engineer.

The basic knowledge skills and abilities for the position are;

• IBM Mainframe experience to include: ISPF, Z/OS, DB2, CICS, RACF
• IBM Mainframe, OS/390 operating system, large DB2 database, system utilities, ISPF, SDSF
• Documented hands-on experience debugging OS/390 C++ Programs
• Use Rational Rose, ClearCase, ClearQuest
• Experience using Endevor CM software
• Ability to use a design / development inspection process for finding errors
• Knowledge of IBM, OEM, and industry standard application development methodologies
• Experience with CICS transaction processing, MQ Series messaging, significant experience writing/scheduling jobs in JCL

Current tasks at this position are:
Serve as focal point for communication between all participating organizations to coordinate CM activities, pilot initialization, deployment, integration issues, and problem identification. Handle the day-to-day issues, coordinates activities with the development and delivery teams. Assist with the staffing of the production Help Desk. Work with the Deployment Manager to ensure the release is packaged and ready following standardized CM procedures. Provide input into deployment documentation and ensures that all deliverables are assembled and included. Assure that maintenance processes are put in place as well as interfaces back to the delivery organization to get fixes made through the defect reporting, tracking, and resolution process. Provide support through the various stages of testing. Work with the customer to ensure the proper management of logistics for installation and deployment. Participate in and provide input for regular status meetings at the team, technical, and project levels.

Confidential, Herndon, VA 2005 - 2007

Contracted out to DoD (Department of Defense) as z/OS Systems Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Systems Programmer for z/OS, JES2, TSO/ISPF, REXX, QuickRef, FDR and ROSCOE.
• ESB manager and systems programmer for mainframe WAS, Tivoli, WEBshere/MQ, PM4DATA and SYSVIEW.
• Implemented CA-Unicenter for MQ monitoring.
• Successfully upgraded z/OS from release 1.4 to release 1.7
• Provide systems analysis and project management services for government contractors.
• Carry out classified assignments for various federal agencies, including security agencies.
• Analyze mainframe errors, develop appropriate solutions, and ensure data integrity.

Confidential, Rockville, MD 1994 - 2005

Project Manager / Team Lead / Technical Writer

• Carried out and/or managed wide variety of projects as contractor to US Treasury.
• Maintained 4,000-user mainframe/AIX/Windows environment, managed daily operations, and supervised technical staff of 24.
• Administered $4 million budget.
• Planned and led major upgrade projects, including migration from MVS to OS/390, implementation of Active Server, and migration from Novell to Windows NT.
• Established Directory Services system, PKI, and Lotus Notes network.
• Coordinated multiple AIX software upgrades each year, and oversaw all systems support.
• As Team Lead, coordinated multi-year Y2K mainframe conversion.
• Directed analysis of all software applications, identified potential issues, and managed programming fix team of 63.
• Provided technical planning and leadership for FMSnet project.
• Set file format standards for various applications, provided VM/ESA and MVS/ESA support for FMS operating systems.
• Served as Lead Systems Engineer and Project Leader for on-site system programming staff.
• Managed all life cycle phases for projects, from inception to final implementation, including scheduling, tracking, and resource utilization, testing, and reporting.
• Instructed classes in coding and ISPF Panel Dialog Management, performed Connect Direct training for programming staff, and developed improved training programs.
• Re-wrote Treasury's electronic Fund Transfer programs, resolving project issues resulting from actions of other programming teams.
• Maintained software packages (CA XCOM and Chicago Soft Quickref) on eight mainframe images.
• Designed and coded the initial Input Manager project.

REXX and DIALOGS
I am an expert level for REXX and other scripting languages. I have written REXX on the following platforms;

• Z/OS, OS390, MVS/ESA utilizing ISPF for dialog management.
• z/VM. VM/ESA utilizing IOS3270 for panel management.
• OS2 utilizing the Presentation manager for Screen management.
• AS400 utilizing REXX itself to drive the output and input screens.
• For CA's OPSMVS on z/OS

Confidential, Bethesda, MD 1992 - 1994
Help Desk Manager / SQL DBA

Responsibilities:

• Directed mainframe technical support functions for 10,000 IBM users worldwide.
• Reduced call response times 50% by automating retrieval of user information.
• Improved productivity and efficiency by creating and implementing automated time keeping and record reporting systems.
• Oversaw problem management, change management, planning, upgrades, and more for MVS/ESA and VM/ESA environments, including operating systems and applications.

Confidential, Washington, DC / Gaithersburg, MD 1981 - 1992

Systems Programmer Manager (1990 - 1992); Systems Programmer (1988 - 1990)

Responsibilities:

• Promoted to management position, responsible for planning and leading system migration of more than 10,000 users from four local VM/Office Vision systems to one regional system.
• Directed testing and upgrade activities on four IBM mainframes, and supervised five programmers.
• Designed and coded registration system for implementation on 31 VM/ESA systems.

Change Team Programmer (1981 - 1988)

• Diagnosed and resolved MVS operating system and Access Method software issues.
• Developed and instructed technical programming classes for customers.
• Carried out troubleshooting and fix development for customers nationwide.
• Created successful problem tracking system for Help Desk operations.
• Supervised staff of seven programmers, and created project plans to sequence programming events.