SUMMARY:

• Information Technology professional with over thirteen years experience in roles of increasing responsibility on projects for custom applications. Responsibilities have included aspects of project management, business and system analysis, quality review and control, application design, drafting technical specifications, programming, end - to-end testing, launch implementation, performance tuning, and technical support.
• Background includes extensive experience and expertise in identification and resolution of data integrity. Self-motivated, well organized, quality-driven, and results oriented individual with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Custom mainframe application programmer using COBOL I, COBOL II, NetCobol for Windows. Creating applications to interact with 3rd party software to produce mail taking advantage of postal qualifications. Using a 3rd party print script package (PRESS2000) as is, or using the coding option within the package to create a custom print script.
• Designed internal applications to increase productivity utilizing several areas of my programming background (COBOL, VISUAL BASIC, MVS JCL, VSE JCL, FTP, MS DOS batch files).
• Worked across several different platforms and had to make conversions from each. (VSE to MVS) (COBOL I to COBOL II to NetCobol for Windows) (IBM4381 to IBM 390 to MS WINDOWS OS).
• Designed an internal MySQL database invoicing system using PHP & HTML for a startup marketing company. Development of websites using FrontPage and Dreamweaver.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

LANGUAGES: HTML, CSS, PHP, COBOL, COBOL II, NetCobol for Windows, MICROFOCUS COBOL, VISUAL BASIC 6.0.

CMS: Wordpress, Drupal & Joomla

DATABASE: MySQL

SOFTWARE: PHOTOSHOP, IMAGEREADY, FLASH, DREAMWEAVER, FRONTPAGE, DRUPAL, MS-WORD, MS-EXCEL, FTP, VISUAL STUDIO.

SOURCE CONTROL: VISUAL SOURCE SAFE.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Web Developer

• Majestic Web Design, Warren, MI
• Mort Crim Commuications - Workig for Creative Circle
• MIDigital - Troy, MI
• MPH Advertising, Troy, MI
• BXB Media, Rochester, MI
• GREAT LAKES ELECTRICAL, DETROIT, MI
• 248Lawyers, Madison Heights, MI
• NEWSTREAM WORLDWIDE, ROCHESTER, MI
• Doing website development with Wordpress & Dreamwever. Have some work with E-Commerce platforms Zencart, LiteCommerce & Big Commerce. Have also some work with Joomla & Drupal. Using languages HTML, CSS, PHP. Foundadtion 6. Email & Hosting setup and management.
• Also learning database management and Salesforce.

APPLICATION PROGRAMMER

Confidential, FERNDALE MI

• Custom mainframe application programmer using COBOL I, COBOL II, NetCobol for Windows as well as converting from COBOL I to COBOL II to NetCobol for Windows. Performed analysis, designed, coded, tested, implemented, and maintained elements of several new and existing subsystems to meet customer needs. Served as a technical resource, and responded to processing issues for the custom applications and miscellaneous third-party software tools.
• Maintained upwards of 30 applications at any one time. Maintenance included all aspects of the application, corrections, edits, and internal updates.
• Designed applications to fit customer needs as well as reduce costs and time to produce the desired output. This was done by ensuring the best postal qualification, minimizing print streams and automating as much of the inserting process as possible.
• Designed internal applications to increase productivity and reliability of the production staff. These utilized several areas of my programming background (COBOL, VISUAL BASIC, MVS JCL, VSE JCL, FTP, MS DOS batch files)

Confidential

• As the sole developer on this portion of the AAA Insurance project I designed a custom application to meet the detailed specifications and test cases provided by AAA. This included close contact with AAA IT staff to update and correct their specifications to match the test cases provided by them. The goal of the project was to produce daily statements for mailing and to provide insurance representatives the ability to view real time quotes, an exact replica of the quote to be mailed, from their office.
• For this project I Interfaced with representatives of AAA to clarify input requirements and nature of output, determine available processing options to support business requirements, and collaborate on resolution of issues that surfaced during various phases of testing. Conducted quality and technical reviews of program specifications and code, JCL, and test cases of other team members prior to implementation.
• Designed standardized reports and exception loggers to ensuring consistent format of error log tombstones generated by custom applications.
• Participated in 24 x 7 Duty Analyst rotation to support all applications and facilitate calls to additional programmers is needed.
• This project was written in COBOL II on a VSE system. During the first year of its existence I converted this application to NetCobol for Windows using MVS JCL running on a WINDOWS OS. At this time additional internal features were added using custom VISUAL BASIC applications to allow personnel to better service the account.

Confidential

• This project was to create an integrated billing system that all current applications would access. This project was part of a team effort that I was part of.
• Conducted technical reviews of program specifications and code of all current applications. Anticipated future options not currently used so they can be accounted for if needed.
• This was written in COBOL I and then converted to COBOL II during its life cycle. Finally aspects were added and the project was converted to NetCobol for Windows to run within a WINDOWS OS.

Confidential

• This project came about from my initiative to better automate the job of our operators prior to the company moving to a WINDOWS OS and using an actual scheduler. At the time the operators had to use much of the day looking for production files from customers, putting the files to tape, and processing them on the mainframe.
• I created an interface that was a single screen that would tell them if a production file was present, by whom and allow them to process it on the mainframe with a simple click.
• This utilized VISUAL BASIC to create the application. Custom MS DOS batch files and FTP commands to access the mainframe and transfer the JCL. And on the mainframe side it used GENIOS to read the data files from an NT-SERVER.
• This idea and application saved the company time, reduced human errors and increased the timeliness of actual production.

Confidential

• This application was to produce collection letters and it was to use additional options offered by the company and the USPS.
• For this project I worked with representatives of CAVALRY to create their business requirements, resolve issues that surfaced during various phases of testing and get the approval of their end product. Conducted quality and technical reviews of program specifications and code, created test cases to validate each different scenario in accordance with collection laws within each state.
• The application was written in COBOL II on a VSE mainframe. It was converted to NetCobol for Windows for a WINDOWS OS. It also utilized several custom VISUAL BASIC applications for the account representative to set certain criteria to be used by the application process.

Confidential

• This application was to produce account invoices. This project was also to use DDC’s archive system “Diversecure” as well as its electronic bill presentment & payment “BillOnline”.
• For this project I worked with representatives of ONYX and internal archiving and billing specialists to create the business requirements for this project. Worked with others to resolve issues that surfaced during various phases of testing and get the final approval of the whole system. Created test cases to validate each step of the process to verify it was following each specialized requirement from the different districts within Onyx waste. The complexities of the print process made this project a candidate for a custom print script.
• This project also utilized a custom VISUAL BASIC application for the account representative to update certain criteria to be used real time by the application process.
• By using “Diversecure” and “billOnline” the application had to be proficient in maintaining keys and unique identifiers across each phase of the process.
• The application was written in COBOL II on a VSE mainframe. It was converted to NetCobol for Windows for a WINDOWS OS. It also utilized VISUAL BASIC to create the account representative’s update application. The printed output was created using a custom print script programmed within the PRESS2000 application.

PROGRAMMER

Confidential, SOUTHFIELD, MI

• Maintained and made new edits to current COBOL programs. I was part of a team that was headed to evaluate and make any changes to current programs to ensure they were Y2K compliant. Had some exposure to Easytrieve and some training in peoplesoft.