OBJECTIVE: Obtain a position as a Mainframe Programmer by leveraging over thirty years of COBOL programming experience

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• IT Professional with over 30 years of mainframe programming experience utilizing a wide range of utilities and software including Endevor, SDFII ,TSO/ISPF,JCL,VSAM, MICROFOCUS COBOL, IMS, DB2, MQ Series, CA7, CICS, UNIX, Scripts, FileTransmissions, Create input files used for EDI Transmissions and Systemware.
• Complete software development life cycle experience including designing, writing specifications, coding, testing, documenting, and implementing in an IMS, DB2, COBOL environment
• Extensive database conversion experience, as well as skilled in coordination of team meetings and keeping track of tasks and meeting minutes to distribute to appropriate team members
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills with the ability to work well with all levels staff among cross functional teams.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

• Wrote new cobol program using cobol accessing DB2 tables to print Holiday Reports for 5 holidays selecting Paramaters of when to run the job and what days of the holiday showing totals of withdrawals and transfers showing number of transactions/Dispenses from PNC ATMs.
• Changed programs and monthly paramaters of changes for new Banks.
• Wrote new cobol programs using cobol accessing DB2 tables and new job that produces Gallup Reports of WTD withdrawals and added DEP and CCK transactions Deposits Gallup Reports including ATM downtimes of terminals.

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• Wrote cobol program and job to print teller transactions for a certain transaction code for LCR System and populated in Systemware for users to view daily.
• Changed IRS cobol programs for 2013 yearly processing determined from USA-IRS Year-end changes.

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Mainframe Programmer

• Created Specification Design Docs for Customer Reporting System for Delaware BCBS Conversion.
• Changed and tested numerous cobol Programs from Specification Design Docs for Customer Reporting System for Delaware BCBS Conversion.

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Mainframe Contractor

• Created 18 Jobs to process transactions every 2 hours during the day
• Changed and tested 5 programs for new bins for reporting
• Changed ATM and POS reports to print even though no transactions appeared for the month
• Designed and wrote Visa Money Transaction Watch List report and implemented in Systemware. by reading daily Visa transaction file using Mercury testing tool, Security Requests, Endevor, and PTMs
• Wrote a program to validate new ATM conversions being swapped out by comparing Master file to transactions file that indicated the ATMs that were converted each day
• Designed and Wrote Flagstar report from ATM Log file of daily deposit transactions and posted on
• Systemware for e-mail to users.
• Designed and Wrote two programs for new Reloadable Cards System for processing Verf file into
• 10 different files and also to match Cardholder and Custfields records together to update the Master
• Reloadable Cards VSAM file.
• Set-up Jobs to transfer inbound and outbound file to/from ACH from Visa ATM Transactions.

Confidential

Mainframe Programmer

• Created Specification Design Docs and changed various programs accessing DB2 and IMS Tables for quarterly updates to existing Customer and Claims Systems
• Designed Blue Devil modules to access and update DB2 Tables changed existing programs to call these modules to read, insert, update, delete DB2 rows or IMS segments
• Changed on-line screen maps and programs
• Designed, coded, and tested Claims Processing set-up programs for new HIPPA Standards.
• Designed, coded and tested many SAS programs for reports and creating conversion files.

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Programmer

• Modified Check Writing System to process file on DB2 Tables. This included on-line CICS screens to update status and money fields on the DB2 Tables. A batch job is kicked off from the on-line screens to build EDI 835 Files for check notifications to the bank
• Developed and programmed Member Number Conversion for Eligibility System of Pharmacy Benefits for all clients. These changes enabled the assignment of client specific member numbers eliminating SSN type member numbers
• Maintained Eligibility System to add new clients' eligibility data to IMS and DB2 Databases by setting up FTP and EDI specific jobs for each client when files are received
• Designed and wrote Medicare D Eligibility System to move Members from regular family profile to their own account using IMS Tables
• Converted over 20 VSAM Files to DB2 Tables for 3rd Party Systems
• Converted over 50 IMS Tables to DB2 Tables

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Programmer

Changed existing Cobol II DB2 System which was the backend of MQ Series middleware transaction to access Referral / Authorizations for Providers, Facilities, and Specialists. This information was requested over the internet through Navi-medix software

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Programmer

• Changed existing Cobol II DB2 Vegetation System to incorporate private individual customers with tree trimming service
• Designed, coded and tested many SAS programs for reports and creating conversion files.

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Programmer

• Worked with a large team in modifying existing Billing System to handle Electric Choice of Generation Supplier for customers
• This effort involved changes to existing programs, design and coding of new programs to provide Suppliers with billing data via EDI transactions of their customer's usage and cost
• This system was written in COBOL II using DB2 tables under control of CICS

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Programmer

• Designed, coded, and tested on-line screens and programs to allow scheduling and planning of employee days- off, daily creation and update of employee work records, batch processing to audit and sending weekly task data to payroll
• This system was designed to aid in scheduling and processing work assignments of Maintenance Employees
• Programs were written in COBOL II using DB2 tables under control of CICS

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Programmer

• Responsibilities encompassed designing and coding application systems for Medicaid and Medicare processing to recover millions of dollars in third party liabilities from providers and insurance companies
• Use pre-developed skeleton programs to ensure speed and accuracy for fast-paced turnaround of jobs
• Used Easytrieve to aid in test verification of program accuracy
• Converted IBM Cobol programs using Microfocus Cobol to RISC-6000 using UNIX operating system with Oracle Tables, PL/SQL and shell scripting.
• This encompassed writing COBOL programs with imbedded SQL code to access and update Oracle tables
• Also used Oracle utilities to Unload/Load tables
• Took 2 week training course on Oracle 2000 Forms and Reports and wrote follow-up training and applications
• Designed, coded and tested many SAS programs for reports and creating conversion files.

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Programmer

• Designed, coded and implemented Loss Prevention System
• This system was designed to scan store register files looking for previously determined theft patterns
• This system was written using Microfocus Cobol, DB2 tables under control of CICS.
• Designed, coded and tested many SAS programs for reports and creating conversion files.

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Programmer

• Designed, coded, and tested US Customs Manifest System of shipments crossing Canadian border to control harbor and customs entry fees with DB2 Tables to capture data of weekly shipments of harbor maintenance fees
• Made enhancements to INTER-COMPANY Sales Orders for Canadian shipments to facilitate foreign plants

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Programmer

• Coded and tested the expansion of field lengths in the Payroll System for DB2 tables, IMS databases, and sequential files
• Designed, coded and tested many SAS programs for reports and creating conversion files.

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Programmer

• Designed, wrote specifications, coded, documented, and tested on-line and batch programs for a new billing system in a DB2/SQL environment. This also involved writing CICS on-line program and screens using SDFII to calculate monthly payments for purchases.
• Utilized QMF for DB2 queries and testing under EXPEDITER

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Programmer

• Designed, wrote specifications, coded, tested, documented, and implemented Corporate Order Processing Systems, including Quotations Inventory Order Entry Production Receipts Shipments Stock Transfers, in an IMS DB/DC environment using OS/COBOL
• Responsible for program specifications, coding, ongoing communication with users, and problem determination and resolution

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Programmer

• Designed, wrote specifications, coded, and maintained IMS on-line transaction to maintain IMS database segments for in-house databases
• Responsible for program maintenance of IMS on-line systems for Primary Stainless Steel Operations including Scrap Rail Car Inventory Melt Shop Order Entry Mill Production Recording Inventory Consumption, and the batch Accounting Systems they feed

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Programmer

Responsible for program maintenance of IMS on-line and batch for Benefits, Payroll, Pensions and Accounting areas

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Programmer

Designed, coded and implemented various programs/systems for various following Business applications including Shipping, Manufacturing, Production Control, Inventory, Invoicing, Accounts Payable/Receivable, Payroll, Benefits, Short-Work Week/Attendance, Accounting