SUMMARY
Most of my experience has been on Mainframe COBOL/CICS/DB2/VSAM computer systems. Recognizing that information technology (IT) environments are becoming more heterogeneous, I’ve been aggressively learning new personal computer (PC) and Internet/Web skills to complement my Mainframe skills. I’ve completed IUPUI classes on Visual Basic.NET (VB.NET), which is basically an introduction to Microsoft’s Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and programming syntax, ASP.NET (VB.NET’s Web development environment) and ADO.NET (VB.NET’s SQL Database development environment). I chose VB.NET because the syntax was very similar to original BASIC which I learned in high school. This made the learning curve much easier. The ASP.NET class was geared toward learning all of the necessary skills needed for the final Web project which entailed creating an Internet shopping site like Amazon.com. I’m currently taking classes to earn the Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certification.

Confidential,09/2006 – Present
I perform batch and online maintenance using ROSCOE, TSO/ISPF, JCL, COBOL, CICS, DB2/SQL, EXTRIEVE, QUIKJOB, EXPEDITOR, SYNCSORT, FILE-AID and VSAM. Approximately 30% of my time was spent on new development and 70% was maintenance. I worked on production problem (ABEND) fixes and on-call support on a rotating basis. I worked on enhancements to a relatively new system that was used by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to identify customers that were linked to possible terrorists. I worked on the project that, for the first time, encompassed the mainframe computer, regional midrange (AS400) computers, the internet and personal computers (PC’s) in the field.

10/2004 – 09/2006
I performed batch and online maintenance on the sales and inventory systems using ROSCOE, TSO/ISPF, JCL, COBOL, CICS, DB2/SQL, EXTRIEVE, QUIKJOB, EXPEDITOR, SYNCSORT, FILE-AID and VSAM. Approximately 15% of my time was spent on new development and 85% was maintenance. On an as needed basis, I worked on production problem (ABEND) fixes. I worked on the new clearance catalogs project which allowed the company to handle selling clearance inventory on its own. That dramatically reduced the selling of clearance items to outside discount companies at pennies on the dollar. I worked on the direct mail system that involved various criteria to select the most profitable existing and new customers to promote to using catalogs, e-mails and the company internet site.

Confidential,05/2004 – 10/2004
I performed batch and online maintenance on the home / car insurance sales and the customer service systems using Telon, TSO/ISPF, JCL, COBOL, CICS, DB2/SQL, EXPEDITOR, SYNCSORT, FILE-AID and VSAM. Approximately 10% of my time was spent on new development and 90% was maintenance. On an as needed basis, I worked on production problem (ABEND) fixes.

Confidential,11/2000 – 05/2004
I worked on the PSI to Cinergy conversion. I performed a variety of functions including document design and programming using IDMS, CULPRIT, TSO/ISPF, COBOL, CICS, DB2/SQL, EXTRIEVE, QUIKJOB, EXPEDITOR, SYNCSORT, FILE-AID and VSAM. I also helped set and standardize the JCL for the entire project.

Confidential,07/1999 – 11/2000
I did batch maintenance on the DSS (Agent Commission) system using TSO/ISPF, JCL, COBOL, CICS, EXTRIEVE, QUIKJOB, EXPEDITOR, SYNCSORT, FILE-AID and VSAM. Approximately 30% of my time was spent on new development and 70% was maintenance. I created numerous ad-hoc reports that provided detailed information used for marketing decisions. On an as needed basis, I worked on production problem (ABEND) fixes. I also worked on converting manual mailing processes to bar coded automatic processes which were more efficient and save the company significant money.

04/1998 – 07/1999 Administar, Confidential,
I worked on a wide variety of batch and online projects using IMS, TSO/ISPF, JCL, COBOL, EXTRIEVE, SYNCSORT, FILE-AID and VSAM. Approximately 30% of my time was spent on new development and 70% was maintenance. I worked on production problem (ABEND) fixes. I worked on two long term conversion projects: (1) Y2K (2) Cobol 2. I also performed EDI system support and enhancement functions.

01/1998 – 04/1998 Confidential,
I worked solely on a Y2K conversion project using homegrown utilities, TSO/ISPF, JCL, COBOL, EXTRIEVE, SYNCSORT, FILE-AID and VSAM. My main function was to manually review all programs and associated data files in my assigned area and convert the dates to be Y2K compliant. Much of the systems, programs and files were undocumented so a lot of upfront research was required.

07/1997 – 12/1997 Confidential,
I performed batch and online maintenance, of the Medicare and Medicaid EDI (electronic data interchange) billing and payment processing system, using IMS, TSO/ISPF, JCL, COBOL, CICS, QUIKJOB, SYNCSORT, FILE-AID and VSAM. Approximately 20% of my time was spent on new development and 80% was maintenance. On an as needed basis, I worked on production problem (ABEND) fixes.

Education
05/1986
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Technology (CPT)