OBJECTIVE To obtain the position as Sr or Lead Programmer or Architect in the DFW area.
Hardware/Software Experience:
Hardware: Software:
IBM Mainframe OS-390-Z/OS JCL - JES2/JES3 TSO/ISPF Dialog IMS - CICS COBOL II Pro-COB VSAM SAS ORACLE ADASQL AbendAid Natural/ADABAS EasyTrieve TELON FileAid/
Xpediter IDCAMS IBM Utilities DB2 DFHSM
Endevor SDSF/ISF FTP/NDM PDSMAN
HP-UX MicroFocus COBOL UNIX
PC Software used:
MS Word MS Excel MS Project Doors(requirement tracking) PW Workbench VISIO
TOAD PVCS NetExpress Seibel PLSQL+
Design Methodologies: Stradis/dataflow EER diagrams CMM
ERWIN Modeling Waterfall 4D methodology SCRUM
CAREER SUMMARY:
Technical Specialist/Lead Architect for 4 years, corporate architecture team, directing and mentoring multiple teams. 25 years of mainframe development and production support experience for various applications. 15 years of analysis experience partnering with customers to discover and deploy solutions for business opportunities. Designated Subject Matter Expert on multiple applications and products
Work Experience
Confidential,
TX Mar 2006 to Aug 2012
Software Engineer/Manager
Manage software engineering teams and perform forecasting and analysis. Onsite manager for 50 applications outsourced to India for production support – partnered with outsourcing manager to get training and teammembers up to speed as quickly as possible. Managed up to 40 applications including required to fly and required to operate applications Partnering with Business in Analyzing Business needs, Coding, and Developing for Aircraft Maintenance Applications Drove resolution to discover undocumented business rules and procedures. Tech Lead for Required to Fly application – on-call support; Performance tuning of application to reduce CPU cycles consumed – identified long running programs and I would then analyze and re-engineer the programs to reduce runtime and cpu cycles consumed. Through these efforts the company was able to postpone a hardware upgrade by almost 24 months. Identified various future issues (including key constraints, max thresholds etc) with the applications and helped to resolve Completed many proof of concept projects to determine viability of making various production changes or software purchases Assisted in production evaluation and worked with DBAs to determine best fit of new software utilities Met with vendors to review product enhancements and new software – worked to improve product stability and prioritize our Southwest tickets with the vendors Helped create a more flexible coding environment to allow for multiple concurrent projects – allowing for parallel streams of work with minimum overhead Confidential,
TX Jan 2004 to Mar 2006
Contractor at Southwest Airlines
Provided significant coding and debug assistance to resolve critical issues. Was on team that provided 24x7 on-call rotation support on Maitenance Application – Natural/ADABAS – IBM Utilities Required to Fly application Problem tracking and resolution Created process to publish mainframe reports to make available through IE explorer Drove resolution to discover undocumented business rules and procedures. Assisted in creating process to make standardize production change process Facilitated and standardized the logon process across all environments Worked with DBAs to implement standardized backup and catastrophic recovery plans Assisted System Engineers in identifying production job roadblocks and system turning options Worked with other specialist on the team to better utilize system resources for optimum efficiency Confidential,
Oklahoma City, OK Jan 2004 to Nov 2004
Development Lead
Direct input to Director and Chief technology officer to the design and development of components and overall design. Listening, analyzing and understanding business issues Provided design suggestions and recommendations to assist with risk mitigation and project planning. Provided significant coding and debug assistance to resolve critical issues. Problem tracking and resolution Confidential,
Irving, TX Oct 1995 to Jan 2004
Tech Spec I/Supervisor/Software Engineer
Strategic planning, forcasting and impact analysis. High Level Approach analysis. Provided proof of concept for proposed architectual solutions Lead Analyst and team lead for multiple concurrent projects. Subject Matter Expert for Corporate Order Entry System for Core products. Supervised over 25 projects with average LOE of 5000hrs. 95% of projects delivered on time and within 10% of budget Leading up to 5 team/25 people on major projects, supervising 3 to 5 people. Set team objectives, goals; reviewed with senior mgmt. George Washington Univ - PMO training. Confidential,
Oklahoma City, OK May 1993 to Oct 1995
Senior Programmer Analyst
New design work of IMS DB/DC MFS screens and batch using JES3. Maintained existing IMS and Batch applications including, Supervised 5 programmers and 1 product analyst. Supervised maintenance of existing banking applications and conducting performance analysis Strong project tracking skills, setting time lines, team goals and objectives and develop dates for deliverables. Confidential,
Prog Analyst I /Systems Programmer/ Programmer/Analyst Supervisor
Team Lead on development of critical state applications, including State Payroll, State Insurance and Liquor Licensing Supervisory functions of employees including evaluations/reviews and performance enhancement programs. Organized and conducted training classes for various applications used in house.
Education:
2012 Java Language Class
1995-2000- Foreign Languages Study-Spanish Fluent
1993-1994 - 18 hours post graduate hours towards MBA
1976-1983 - Confidential,
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.
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