SKILLS

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Technical Support Analyst

Supporting Disk Library for Mainframe virtual tape systems for both IBM and Unisys mainframes.

Confidential

Contract MAPPER Programmer Analyst

• Responsible for the MAPPER and COBOL programming and maintenance of the Student Administration Financial System.
• Programmer Analyst for Purchasing and Budget applications written in MAPPER and COBOL using OS2200 EXEC/ECL. Purchasing systems had over two hundred million in purchases yearly. The Budget system in Student Administration was responsible for a budget of approximately 4.5 billion.
• Created interface from the Unisys MAPPER and COBOL Student Administration systems to Oracle Financials using MAPPER, COBOL and FTP. Student Administration was the front end to the schools and central office and Oracle systems were the backend systems.
• Responsible for run design, coding, testing, remediation for Y2k compliance and break/fix.

Confidential

• Responsible for Monitoring the Unisys Clearpath for performance issues, all day to day system problems, and MAPPER coordination and system administration responsibilities.
• Responsible for recovering the Mapper database when database corruption occurred. When Mapper aborted, worked with Unisys support to understand and resolve the problem. Similarly when system aborts occurred supplied dumps and logs to Unisys support and worked with the Unisys support analysts to resolve the problem.
• Worked on project to convert residual applications from Clearpath mainframe to Student Information Residuals SIR using BIS for Windows on Windows 2003 server using COOL ICE software of the BIS for WINDOWS 10.1. This resulted in the shutting down of the Unisys mainframe Sept 2008 to greatly reduce costs. The new SIR server hosts the historical Student Information database primarily from 1980-2008 but also has one database from 1947 to 1982. The historical Student Information data is viewed via the Cool Ice screens. SIR interfaces with the phone dialers via the Oracle IVR database and is used for attendance messages, as well as ad hoc messages by the schools, and mass calling. SIR is also used to interface the Transportation server used for bus routing with the current Student Information system SIM . Local School Council LSC programs store information for the local school councils that are responsible to oversee each school. SIR has over 1700 active users in the schools and in central offices.
• Responsible for creating the security programs and administration of the SIR server and BIS for WINDOWS instances.
• Part of two member team that designed the COOL ICE instances, utilities and the data access methods.

Confidential

Contract Programmer Analyst / Lead Analyst

• Worked on USAS Cargo Revenue Enhancement CRE using Mapper, COBOL and RDMS Relational Data Management System. and OS2200 EXEC/ ECL
• Lead analyst and programmer responsible for creating new reports, enhancing existing system, creating new database tables, improving system efficiency and training other Programmer Analysts. CRE helped management of CARGO make decisions that ultimately saved millions of dollars. A new trucking system was created as part of CRE to monitor the trucking business and lead to increased trucking profitability. A new mail revenue system was built to calculate the mail cost under a more complicated contract with Canada Post.
• Performed analysis and programming on USAS Cargo CGO system using Fortran, DMS 2200 , HVTIP and DPS and Free Space
• Worked on USAS Cargo Revenue Enhancement CRE system for Y2k compliance and functionality

Confidential

Worked on insurance application scanning project performing analysis, design, coding, testing, implementation and support using COBOL, DMS1100, OS1100, EXEC, ECL, TIP and MAPPER

Confidential

MAPPER Programmer Analyst

Performed MAPPER application design and coding support.

Confidential

MAPPER Coordinator/ 1100 Support Analyst

• Responsible for coordination of the Unisys 1100 system and its functions
• Provided guidance and support to all operations staff
• Supported and trained Programmers on MAPPER
• Designed, developed and implemented applications using MAPPER and COBOL, OS2200, EXEC and ECL

Confidential

Various Programming / Testing positions

• Worked on the operation of a Univac 1100/10 and 1106 Computer Systems

• Employed as post-sales support staff assigned to Major Accounts Branch

• Passenger revenue accounting system using USAS Univac Standard Airline System a high volume real time environment and ASCII FORTRAN and DMS 1100 and HVTIP
• Work included FORTRAN and COBOL and use of OS1100 EXEC/ECL programming along with occasional operating of an 1100/60 computer.

• Confidential
• Solved customer problems answered technical questions regarding 1100 software products

• Performed MAPPER design, coding, testing and implementation of new functionality to the Accounts Payable system
• Taught MAPPER run design course to MAPPER ZAPPERS who were university student interns.

• Confidential
• MAPPER support functions for Toronto Commercial Branch
• worked on a bond tracking system.
• Developed preneed and accounting systems - AR AP and GL.

Developed business records, furniture storage, accounts receivable and general ledger systems in MAPPER and Cobol with OS1100 EXEC/ECL

Worked on Anthes system helping the installation MAPPER FACS and writing additional sub systems

• Confidential

Duties included supervision, cash drawer management and ledger entries