CAREER SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS

Information Technology Professional with extensive experience supporting and enhancing information management systems. Accomplishments illustrate strong ability to resolve problems and create programming solutions that assure business operations continuity, improve efficiency, and ensure data integrity. Excellent communication skills support effectiveness as a liaison between technology and non-technology departments.

Created mainframe programming solution that expedited transition to PeopleSoft HRIS software and facilitated timely production.
Maintained current mainframe production system during conversion, ensuring seamless and timely service to all end users.
Key participant in implementing interface solutions as each succeeding system portion was converted to PeopleSoft, assuring data integrity and continuity of production.
Developed programs to convert data from mainframe files to PeopleSoft database, effectively supporting and facilitating conversion.
Wrote SQR programs to pull statistical data regarding academic patterns, effectively meeting government reporting requirements.
Oversaw successful Y2K conversion of alumni and housing mainframe systems.
Provided sole support of identification card system, ensuring accurate and diligent melding and disbursement of disparate data to meet diverse access needs.
Created program to report tuition paid during a tax year for the tuition tax benefit, ensuring compliance with federal tax regulations.
Led a team of three programmers to develop and install the first front-line production system at the University utilizing the DB2 relational database technology.
Wrote the programming standards for Natural, a fourth generation programming language, and served as Natural and Natural Security administrator for the University.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,
Evanston, IL 1988 to 2009
An internationally-renowned, top-tier instructional and research institution founded in 1851.

Lead Analyst Programmer (1995 to 2009)
Responsible for maintenance and enhancement of various information management systems including payroll, student loans / accounts, admissions, registration, academic history, and compliance.

Project Manager (1990 to 1995)
Responsible for four programmers charged with maintenance of mainframe student, alumni, and housing systems. Provided programming support.

Senior Programmer Analyst (1988 to 1990)
Responsible for providing programming support to the payroll system. Conducted needs analysis and made recommendations that led to upgrade and conversion to PeopleSoft.

Confidential,
Northbrook, IL 1987 to 1988
The largest publicly held personal lines insurer in the United States.

User Acceptance Testing Manager
Directed team of ten responsible for user acceptance testing of group insurance computer systems.

Confidential,
IL 1986 to 1987
Provider of training video tapes for the computer industry.

Course Developer
Served as subject matter expert and course developer on basic CICS programming language course.

Confidential,
Northbrook, IL 1984 to 1986

Senior Programmer Analyst
Production system maintenance responsibility.

Confidential,
IL Prior to 1984
A leading health insurance, life insurance, voluntary benefits management services company and benefits administrator for employer groups. Formerly Benefit Trust Life Insurance.

Held progressively responsible positions in programming.

EDUCATION

MA, BA, Speech and Psychology

COMPUTER EXPERTISE

COBOL, native CICS and BMS
Wide range of mainframe tools and utilities including SAS, Insight, VSAM/IDCAMS, JCL
Experience with every phase of System Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Oracle, SQR, TOAD (Tool for Oracle Application Developers)
Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook

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