SUMMARY

I am an experienced Software Developer seeking a Mainframe Developer position. I have extensive experience on the following platforms: IBM, UNIX, and Unisys using MVS/XA, TSO, ISPF, JCL, COBOL II, DB2, MAPPER [Business Information Server (BIS)], and ECL with UNIX Bourne Shell Scripting, Micro-Focus COBOL, and Sybase background. Business analysis, development, quality assurance, maintenance, and support in industries such as commercial airlines, health, education, financial, security, job shops, manufacturing, the public sector, and pharmaceuticals.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Extensive experience as Senior Software Developer on IBM MVS/XA, Unisys 1100 & 2200, and UNIX platforms.
• Quality assurance work following all protocols through unit, integration, and system test environments.
• Small business owner, IT department manager at a machine job shop, and led both small and company-wide projects. For example, led group in the business analysis, requirements definition, and the new development of a Job Shop Production Control software package at client site.
• Developed and sustained relationships with internal management and employees and external vendors and clients based on knowledge and trust.
• 10+ years experience in designing, building, and implementing business solutions using information technology. Proven, significant experience in business analysis, requirements definition and deployment of business requirements to information systems and applications.
• Master of Arts studies in mathematics education graduate program at Minnesota State University involving teaching, tutoring, and other profession education clinicals and courses.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

IBM: MVS/XA, TSO, ISPF, JCL, COBOL II, CICS, SAS, DB2, DB2 XPERT, QMF, SQL, XPEDITER, FILE-AID, WSF2, INSTALL/1, Changeman, Endevor, CLISTS, CA7, SCLM.
UNISYS: Unisys 1100 and 2200, MAPPER [Business Information Server (BIS)], COBOL, ECL, and FSED.
DESKTOP: PC MAPPER, DESIGN/1, Word, Excel, Wordperfect, BASIC, ICCF, PeopleSoft, SQR, Remedy, Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Web Expressions, XHTML, Java Scripting.
UNIX: Bourne Shell Script language, Micro-Focus COBOL, Sybase, SQL, SAS, C#, Java, Perl.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IBM December 2011 – present

Client site: Confidential,Detroit, MI

IBM Michigan Applications Services Delivery Center services IBM customers and clients. As a long term supplemental employee of IBM, I am currently onsite at IBM client The State of Michigan.

• IBM/MVS/TSO/JCL/ISPF COBOL CICS IMS. As an IBM mainframe Applications Analyst, develop, maintain, and on-call support for IBM customers and clients throughout the US. Currently I am on assignment at the State of Michigan back-filling, maintaining, and supporting the Unemployment Insurance Application (UIA). The system is moving to a client server application and moving from the IBM mainframe.
• Responsible for partnering with clients and customers to identify, evaluate, and develop systems and procedures that are cost effective and meet new state and federal unemployment insurance and benefit requirements as prescribed by law.
• Follow up on Customer Service Requests, post installation as well as initiating contact prior to installation to ensure continuous and complete customer satisfaction. Write specs from the CSR and submit for approval. Perform coding and unit testing and assist in customer integration and system testing.

Senior Analyst Consultant December 2010 – November 2011

Client site: Confidential,Shoreview, MN

ADT, established in 1874, is the nation’s most enduring and largest provider of security systems for homes, small businesses, large retail, and fortune 500 companies.

• IBM/MVS/TSO/JCL/ISPF COBOL DB2. As a Senior Applications Analyst, develop, maintain, and on-call support for sales. Home sales consultants are responsible for recognizing and securing profitable sales and upgrades to new ADT Residential customers through company provided leads as well as self-generated lead efforts. Follow up with customer post installation as well as initiating contact prior to installation to ensure continuous and complete customer satisfaction.

Senior Analyst Consultant February 2003 - June 2010

Client site: Confidential,St. Cloud, MN

Wolters-Kluwer is the nation’s leader in the production of financial documents for all the major financial houses in the USA.

• During this contract I took considerable time off as I was also in graduate school pursuing a Master of Arts in mathematics education.
• Senior Analyst duties on the Global Data Dictionary team concerned with the creation of both standard and custom electronic financial forms. Cobol, VB, Access environment.
• Direct correspondence with clients and internal product groups and internal legal to develop electronic financial forms products.
• Responsible for partnering with users to identify, evaluate, and develop systems and procedures that are cost effective and meet user requirements.
• Worked directly with clients such as IndyMac and Countrywide to secure requirements and ensure the Quality Assurance process was effective and accurate.

Software Engineering Consultant and Software Engineer II March 2000 - June 2001 and July 2001 - January 2003

Confidential,Minneapolis, MN

Navitaire of Accenture is a producer of airline technology business solutions serving both the world’s largest and smallest airlines.

• Senior Analyst on the sales team maintaining a passenger revenue accounting system that provided sales, audit, and accounting functionality for 10 major international airlines. Maintain client relationships to resolve system issues and maintain product integrity.
• Business Analyst work included; estimating, writing specs, conduct training sessions, on-call support, drive small projects, writing and updating user documentation on a Unix, C#, Install/1 Micro-Focus COBOL, Java, SAS, and a Sybase database.

Software Engineering Consultant (two contracts) December 1998 – July 1999 and November 1999 - March 2000

Client site: Confidential,Minneapolis, MN

Allina Health Systems is the largest provider of health services in the Twin Cities.

• Business Analyst and Allina point person on an IBM CICS VSAM SAS COBOL 370 mainframe project to add several new hospitals to Allina’s patient accounting medical software package called MEDIPAC.
• Programmer Analyst on an IBM mainframe Y2K project to upgrade MEDIPAC.

Software Engineering Consultant July 1999 - November 1999

Client site: Confidential,Bloomington, MN

Diversified Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., now Express Scripts is a major adjudicator of prescription pharmaceuticals.

• Senior Programmer Analyst on an IBM DB2 COBOL CICS mainframe project to enhance a Claims Processing system with business functions inherited from a new parent company. Wrote Physical Design specifications and created CICS screens.

Programmer Analyst/Software Engineering Consultant February 1998 – December 1998

Client site: Confidential,Minneapolis, MN

Norwest Bank (now Wells Fargo), is one the country’s leading full service financial institutions.

• Senior Programmer Analyst on General Ledger Y2K project on the IBM/MVS/TSO/ISPF/JCL DB2, on-line COBOL, CICS, FOCUS, and batch COBOL II.
• As a Business Analyst/Project Leader, I led a 200-hour, 60 modules, 3 person small project to account for field definition changes, installing on time and without any production abends.

Programmer Analyst Consultant September 1997 – February 1998

Client site: Confidential,Minneapolis, MN

• Student Financial Aid Year 2000 conversion analysis and coding responsibilities on the IBM/MVS/JCL/TSO/ISPF COBOL IMS DB2 Student Financial Aid Year 2000 project. Technical lead for COBOL and DB2 issues.
• PeopleSoft Student Records, Financials, Financial Aid implementation project. Analyzed systems for impact points of each application within PeopleSoft. Analysis and wrote specs for new interfaces to remaining legacy systems.

Software Engineering Consultant and Software Engineer June 1989 - February 1992 and February 1992 - September 1997

Confidential,Eagan, MN

• As a Technical Analyst, developed a support infrastructure for my product line at NWA: Unisys 2200 ECL, Mapper, TSO/ISPF, QMF, COBOL, SAS products, FILE-AID/MVS/IMS/DB2, Intstall/1, NWA common subroutines and Xpediter.
• Lead Programmer Analyst for Marketing Sales and Analysis, Incentive Processing System and all PRA Mapper applications. Unisys 2200/COBOL/Mapper/ECL and IBM/MVS/TSO/JCL/ISPF COBOL DB2. As a Senior Applications Analyst, develop, maintain, and on-call support for Passenger Revenue Accounting.
• As a Programmer Analyst Consultant, I maintained Passenger Revenue Accounting applications on the Unisys 1100 box while the new PRA project was underway. Designed and wrote the Mapper/COBOL Flight Scheduling system, Denied Boarding System, Passenger Refund System and the Credit Card Write-off/Inquiry/Charge Back Accounting system.

Business Analyst/Project Leader/DP mgr. February 1985 - June 1989
Confidential,Minneapolis, MN
National Tooling was a medium-size job shop that performed jobs from tool sharpening to major production runs for large scale manufacturing concerns and defense contractors

• Led project responsible for the business analysis, selection, purchase, installation, design, programming and maintenance of PC hardware and Mapper Production Control software for this job shop. Performed supervisory and training tasks.
• Mapper Production Control system tied the timecard data, job steps, purchase orders, and invoices for job tracking. Shipping and Receiving data tied to purchases orders for vendor due date and received date tracking and expediting.

Production Control Scheduler/Mapper Run Designer December 1980 - January 1985
Confidential,Roseville, MN
Sperry-Univac (now Unisys) was an international fortune 500 company responsible for building mainframes, mid-size computers, and PCs. At the time Sperry was building and refurbishing the mainframes 1100/60 and 1100/80 and rolling out the water-cooled 1100/90.

• Production Control functions for shop floor control and scheduling included Univac 1100/60&80 Mapper programming tasks and managing floor personnel.
• At Sperry this job function involved heavy development of Mapper Production Control applications. Applications were for the support of the manufacturing and refurbishing of the 1100/60 & 1100/80 cabinets and the rolling out of the 1100/90 prototypes.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science-Mathematics and Business Administration
Graduate Student in Master of Arts Program, Secondary Math Education