SUMMARY:

• Experienced Information Technology professional with proven success in a variety of management, consulting and QA practices.
• Effective design and delivery of custom IT solutions for large scale data center optimization, standardization and automation projects.
• Other responsibilities include Quality Assurance, project planning, project management, problem analysis, presentations, solution development, customer engagement, and technical training.
• Technical acumen and ability to apply state of the art technology to business problems and achieve quality solutions.
• Industry experience includes but is not limited to Technology, Finance and Insurance sectors.

SKILLS AND EXPERTISE:

• IT Management Test Data Management ETL and Production Data De
• Identification Software Testing ITIL Process Analysis
• Software Development Lifecycle analysis and customization

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Coach, mentor and lead personnel in a technical team environment.
• Responsible for scheduling and coordination of workload in 60 test environments.
• Managed Intelligent Data Slice project, providing QA with usable test data.
• Developed and implemented Service Now workflow for Test Environment requests.
• Implemented team resource strategy resulting in a reduction of hours by 30% without increasing staff.
• Responsible for managing all artifacts introduced into test environments.
• Managed QA output delivery Project for automated delivery to SharePoint from Z/OS
• Designed and Developed QA Test metrics reporting strategy

Sr. Testing Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Create Test Cases per business rules for multiple releases.
• Develop and execute TEST SQL verifying results per test case.
• Create and track Defects using HP Quality Center
• Create Test Evaluation Summary documenting the approach, execution and validation of all test cases.
• Actively participate and lead Lesson’s Learned meetings post implementation.

Sr. Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead consultant on an IT Service Management (ITIL) project for a major financial corporation.
• Developed customized scheduler migration routines for Zeke. Migrations from CA7, Ca Scheduler Control - M and OPC.
• Confidential Asset Management Consultant: Confidential Lifecycle and Standards Analysis, Implementation, and Project Management
• Develop various automated metrics reports using VBA for Microsoft Excel & Microsoft Access.
• Integrate PRO/ Confidential & INFO/XE with various Change Management Software (ENDEVOR & CHANGEMAN) for full syntax and standards validation throughout the Confidential Lifecycle
• Utilized JES2 and / or JES3 Commands for starting and stopping JOBS, Devices and Started Tasks in the MVS Z/OS environment.

Sr. Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed, implemented and maintained Testing Support application using REXX & Dialog Manager programming languages. This application was utilized by non-technical staff to automatically perform basic tasks previously performed manually by the Testing Technical Support Staff.
• Developed, modified and maintained in house Analysis tool using COBOL, REXX, CLIST, and Dialog Manager Languages.
• Stopped and Started TEST CICS regions during batch processing for a variety of Test Applications.

Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Batch Processing Analyst for Confidential & Confidential ’s four major billing software (VTNS, SDN, OneNet, and DCS).
• Responsible for running job cycles, correcting all Confidential Errors, and working with development on Abend correction.
• Assisted in creation of multiple test environments, restoring DB2 and IMS databases.
• Primary support for offsite Integration Test Team, assisting through successful completion of all tests.

Consulting Project Leader

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creation and implementation of Test Matrix for Boeing Health and Welfare Administration System.
• Performed online entry and verification of all output, documenting all discrepancies.
• Facilitated with Development staff working towards achieving zero defects.
• Provided liaison support between the Quality Assurance Test Team and entire Development Staff.

Sr. Production Support Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Maintained, modified and created Batch Confidential in MVS/TSO environment on an IBM Mainframe.
• Primary support for a Client Server TPA System in the following capacities: Security Coordinator, assigned user logon ID’s and passwords. Maintenance of DOS batch and OS/2 REXX command files for automated processing.
• Monitored, and ran all daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly processing schedules. Uploaded various files from the PC to the Mainframe for cycle qualified batch processing. I verified all output for accuracy and routing location, processing re-runs on request
• Instrumental in converting automated OS/2 REXX command files to DOS batch files under a Microsoft NT operating system.
• Designed, created and maintained all TPA System produced letters and Contract Pages using basic Clipper programming.
• Performed all testing of new and modified PC and IBM Mainframe applications.
• Provided desktop support to over 100 employees of the TPA department.
• Extracted Files for input from UNIX platform used as input to TPA Batch Process.