PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior level applications development and support programmer/analyst with 20 years experience working in large IBM mainframe environments to support personnel, accounting, financial, health insurance, life insurance, mortgage, and various government related applications.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:

• Languages: COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, CULPRIT, ADS/O, EASYTRIEVE, SYNCSORT, Clist, REXX, TSO ISPF, Dialog Manager, Mantis, DYL-280
• File structures/Databases: QSAM, VSAM, DATACOM, IDMS, TOTAL/SUPRA
• Utilities: FILEAID, XPEDITOR, JESMASTER, SDSF, IOF, LIBRARIAN, PANVALET, Connect: Direct, FTP, ChangeMan, ADS/a, ADS/c, ADSO, DME, DML/o, Adsalive, MQ Series
• Familiar with MS Office Word, Excel, Access , Cyborg, Business Objects.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Operated my own small business providing supplemental staff service to clients. Worked on numerous small projects performing requirements analysis, application design, coding, and testing. Provided documentation for application enhancements. Applications written in JCL, Cobol, Vsam, DB2, IDMS, ADS/o, CICS, VB .net, SQL

Confidential

• Recalled to ABB on part-time basis to again provide analysis and programming support for IBM MVS/390 platform with CICS, DB2, TOTAL/SUPRA, Mantis, and DYL-280. Interpret customer/user concerns, implemented corrective action either by program code change or transaction procedure. Supported all aspects of mainframe applications while business processes were being re-developed for client/server.
• IBM 390 MVS TSO/ISPF COBOL, DB2 VSAM TOTAL/SUPRA, Mantis, DYL-280

Confidential

• Providing supplemental programming staff services for bank subsidiary developing applications in support of state government agencies selling/administrating hunting and fishing licenses.
• IBM 390 MVS TSO/ISPF COBOL CICS DB2

Confidential

• Provide analysis and programming support for IBM MVS/390 platform with CICS, TOTAL/SUPRA, Mantis, and DYL-280. Interpret customer/user concerns, implemented corrective action either by program code change or transaction procedure. Supported all aspects of mainframe applications while business processes were being re-developed for client/server.
• IBM 390 MVS TSO/ISPF COBOL VSAM TOTAL/SUPRA, Mantis, DYL-280

Confidential

• Provided production support for drivers licensing system. Coded IDMS ADSO dialogs/maps for drivers licensing system. Performed unit testing and resolved various production problems. Used Adsalive to debug online processes. Assisted team members with generating AFP reports letters.
• IBM 390 MVS TSO/ISPF COBOL VSAM IDMS ADSO MS Excel Librarian IOF

Confidential

• Provided production support for Personnel system. Coded FOCUS programs, MS Access Crystal Reports, COBOL/IDMS/VSAM programs. Resolved production report problems. Initial project was to move personnel data from IDMS to Oracle datamart. Set up demand request reports in AFP.
• IBM 3090 MVS TSO/ISPF COBOL VSAM IDMS CICS FOCUS MS Access MS Excel FTP Oracle Crystal Reports Librarian ROSCOE IOF

Confidential

• Provide analysis and coding services for large bank mortgage application merger. Performed initial analysis to identify all facets of the application that would require changes including application components, third-party data feeds, data transport via Connect: Direct scheduling, and re-start instructions. Application was moved from one machine to another. Modified demand request AFP reports letters for merged accounts.
• IBM 3090 MVS TSO/ISPF COBOL VSAM DB2 CICS Endeavor Librarian FTP Connect: Direct MS Excel VISIO IOF SDSF

Confidential

• Perform analysis, coding, and documentation of Job/Proc JCL, COBOL 2 / CICS /DB2 programs, for large scale life/health insurance company. Initial project work consisted of moving medium size application from one machine to another, converting application components jcl, proc, programs to new company standards. Establish external data feeds via FTP. Provide additional support for subsequent enhancements.
• IBM 3090 MVS TSO/ISPF COBOL DB2 VSAM FTP Connect: Direct Oracle My Eureka

Confidential

• Perform analysis, coding, and documentation of ad hoc assignments including Job/Proc JCL, COBOL 2 DB2/DATACOM/CICS programs, for large scale mutual fund new-client conversion effort. Provide quick response to post-conversion problem issues. Coded changes to AFP reports for the merged accounts.
• IBM 3090 MVS TSO/ISPF COBOL DB2 DATACOM VSAM FTP Connect: Direct

Confidential

• Conducted interviews with managers/users of Payroll, HR Personnel/Retirement, and Benefit Tracking applications. Determined specifications for legacy-to-Cyborg data conversion. Coded new COBOL 2 programs to unload IDMS database files. Downloaded data to client server environment and populated Cyborg application database. Resolved technical problems related to Cyborg installation.
• IBM 4341 MVS TSO/ISPF COBOL IDMS VSAM ADS/O MS SQL Server Cyborg

Confidential

• Coded JCL and Cobol 2 modules for processing credit card transactions and preparing the data to be stored in Oracle and DB2 databases. Used Business Objects product to build and generate sales trend reports from data warehouse repository using Report Designer and Broadcast Agent products.
• IBM 3090 MVS TSO/ISPF COBOL DB2 VSAM SDSF FTP Connect: Direct Business Objects Oracle Endeavor

Confidential

• Performed analysis on Motor Vehicle Dealer Registration System consisting of JCL, COBOL 2, and ADS/O dialog modules. Assisted DBA's with unloading/re-loading and restructuring databases.
• IBM MVS TSO/ISPF COBOL CICS ADS/O IDMS IOF Librarian

Confidential

• Assisted Y2K project lead with establishing procedures for isolating, staging, sorting receiving, testing, and installing JCL, COBOL 2 batch, and CICS on-line MAP modules for Y2K repair. Worked closely with DBA's to perform all work in an IDMS environment including unloading/re-loading and restructuring databases. Performed analysis on legacy applications and coded changes to COBOL 2 and JCL modules.
• IBM 3090 MVS TSO/ISPF Librarian SDSF IOF COBOL VSAM IDMS Expeditor Clist REXX

Confidential

Established procedures for Y2K repair of COBOL code utilizing CA-REALIA. Began effecting Y2K repairs on PC platform. Project was later re-directed to effect repairs to JCL and COBOL on the mainframe.

Confidential

Maintained legacy code while permanent staff made Y2K repairs. Resolved production problems in an MVS mainframe environment

Confidential

Researched and corrected recurring abends in production job cycles. Application systems consisted of highly modularized COBOL 2 in an MVS mainframe environment.