Introduction:

A Certified Data Processor with a diverse and extensive background in IT. Experience includes project management and systems software management in both mainframe and desk top computers. Skill sets include systems methodology and strategy, technical and application analysis/programming, quality assurance, training, sales and technical support.

Accomplishes:

• Project Lead for various types of conversions
• Design, implement and maintain Model Office and Testing environments
• Analyze hardware, software, and networking requirements and needs
• Evaluation and selection of various hardware / software
• Customize, test and install total systems and their related software
• Upgrade various operating systems
• Design, maintain and implement application programs
• Evaluate, test and implement application / operating system software

Application experience:

• Manufacturing BOM BOQ -- Hospital Business Systems
• Manufacturing Material Scheduling -- Human Resources / Payroll
• Inventory Requirements -- Business Accounting
• Retail Inventory Control -- Property Insurance Claims
• Customer Information Systems -- Electronic Mail System EDS
• Retail POS and Inventory Control -- Small Business
• Hardware/Software Installs

Technical Experience:

Skill Sets:

MS-PROJECT, SDM, SDLC, 6SIGMA, Software Test Engineer, Software Methodology, Software Matrix, Software Quality Standards, Application Development and Maintenance, Hardware/Data/Code Conversions, COMPUWARE Test Suite, MERCURY Test Suite, ABEND-AID, Assembler 370, CA7, CA11, CICS, MF COBOL, COBOL VS, COBOL II, COBOL 390, DB2, DB2 SQL, DB2 Utilities, DL/1, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, EDI Output , ENDEAVER, EXPEDITOR, FILE-AID, Intertest, FTP, IDEAL, IDMS,IMS DB/DC, ISPF, JCL PL/1, TSO, VSAM,MS-Office Suite, MS-Excel, VISIO.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERINCE:

Confidential

• Developed a General Ledger accounting system specifically designed for Probate Court's appointed fiduciaries.
• The Detail Ledger consists of assets, liabilities, income and expense transactions along with their respective receipts.
• An optional Budget Performance report is available.
• Client base are Wayne and Oakland county probate courts
• Currently marketing, sales, service, setup and support.

Environment: MS Windows platforms, Microsoft Word, EXCEL, Accounting Software.

Confidential

Consultant

• Perform various analyses and recommendations on the current state of the Membership and Billing system and the Claims processing systems as it related to the conversion process.
• Performed data mapping and created the associated documentation, Conceptual Design Specifications CSD and Technical Design Specifications TSD , for the integration of multiple application systems which included mainframe data conversion jobs , FTP job creation, datasets programs, PROCS, JCL and copybooks.
• Built Test Scenarios, Plans and their Test Cases reflecting the Conceptual Specifications Design CSD and related Technical Specifications Design TSD documentation.

Technical Environment: COBOL 390, DB2, Endevor, TSO/JCL, PROC/JCL,Windows 2000, Visio, Excel, Project 2000, SDLC.

Confidential

Senior Test Engineer and Onsite Project Manager

• Responsible for developing an off site test team.
• Overall duties included interviewing the off shore team, project management and the coordination between the onsite development team and its offshore test team.
• Performed a detail Gap Analysis of the current business practices, IT development process and its testing practices. A Process Improvement Process was developed and proposed from this Gap Analysis as to the advantages of an off shore test team to provide system testing and end to end testing for the development team's change requests.
• Selected a Test Management Suite Mercury's suitable for both the IT Development team's unit test the Test team's system test.
• Created a project plan to implement this Process Improvement Plan which outlined the transition from the current IT development/test process to include an offshore test team.
• This project was approved by the Suntech IT Vice-President.

Technical Environment: CICS, COBOL II, VSAM, CA7, TSO/JCL, PROC/JCL, Mercury's Test Management Suite, SDLC, Windows 2000, VISIO, Excel, Project2000, IBM z/VSE Series.

Confidential

Very successful Lower Back Surgery and Therapy Automotive Group

Confidential

Module Lead Analyst/Test Lead

• Analyzed and tested EDI X12 translations for the release load processes to the MPS system.
• Prepared Test Cases for all enhancements to the MPS Material Planning Status .
• Prepared a feasibility analysis workup to use the MQSeries V5 software to broadcast messages to the supplier s relating to the status of their shipping requirements.
• Participated in two Six Sigma Green Belt projects, namely, the Materials Container Consignment issue and the MPS Abend Tracking system.
• Prepared the associated documentation, Conceptual Design Specifications Design CSD and Technical Specifications Design TSD , Test Scenarios, Test Plans and their Test Cases , for program defects and enhancements which included analysis, coding, testing and implementation using Six Sigma's System Development Life Cycle methodology.
• Served as the SME for the MPS, Material Planning System.
• Team Lead for the MPS model year and year-end Rollback conversion process.
• Analyzed and tested a rerun process as it pertains to MPS performance problem determination and resolution for the MPS core batch and on-line system.
• Test Scenarios, Plans and Test Cases reflecting the Conceptual Specifications Design CSD and related Technical Specifications Design TSD documentation.
• Evaluated QA testing tools, MERCURY'S Test Director vs. COMPUWARE'S QA DIRECTOR.
• Provided 24/7 primary support for the MPS system including customer, batch and on-line environments.

Technical Environment: COBOL II, DB2, IMS DB/DC, QAHiperstation, REXX , Xpeditor, CA7, TSO/JCL, PROC/JCL, PUPS, Windows 2000, MQSeries, EDI X12 and IBM OS/390, MS-EXCELL ,6SIGMA SDLC ., OS/390

Confidential

• Initiated, solicited and prepared IT staffing proposals in response to RFPs and ITBs..
• Improved the current recruiting policies.
• Implemented a web based interaction computer language testing facility for candidate screening.
• Performed as an account liaison for the account managers.

Confidential

• Established a basic System Development Life Cycle SDLC and strategy for the Y2K initiative. This SDLC was the basis for data planning, testing requirements and standards, baseline preparation, online and batch, verification of results, and the criteria for acceptance.
• Served as Technical Lead for the Y2K conversion and the COBOL VS to COBOL 390 conversion effort.
• Built the test scenario, test plan and the test cases for the Y2K and COBOL conversions.
• Monitored and consulted the offshore test team.
• Prepared the How To training manual for data capturing using QAHIPERSTATION and XCHANGE relating to the Y2K and COBOL VS to COBOL 390 conversions.

Technical Environment: COBOL VS, COBOL 390, DB2, CICS, ADABASE, MS Project, MS Word, SDLC, QA Director, QA HIPERSTATION, REXX, XCHANGE, XPEDITOR,TSO/JCL, CA7, SDLC, Platform: IBM OS/390.

Confidential

Senior Application Developer

• 07/93-3/97 While engaged at EDS as a at GM:
• Trained in EDS's System Development Life Cycle process, SDLC.
• Provided expertise for the vendor payables Multi-Currency conversion project. This involved data mapping and associated documentation, Conceptual Design Specifications CSD and Technical Design Specifications TSD , for the integration of vendor payables Multi-Currency application system conversion as to mainframe data conversion jobs , FTP job creation, datasets, programs, procs and copybooks.

• Converted flat and VSAM files to DB2 tables.
• Converted PL/1 Ver1 to PL/1 Ver2.

Technical Environment: COBOL II, IMS, DB2, PL/1, MFS, JCL, CA7, ControlM, Easytrieve Plus, TSO/ISPF, Visual Basic, SDLC, SAS, CA-Endevor, Lotus Notes and CHAMP.

Confidential

Project Lead

• Established timelines and standards for the operating system upgrade from DOS/VSE 3.1 to DOS/VSE 3.2 on an IBM 9375 platform...
• Performed this upgrade and conversion, the system generation test and the turnover to production.
• Installed, tested and evaluated Computer Associate's product, MF COBOL.
• Provided limited training and mentoring to the PRO-COIL Systems Programming staff on the conversion from DOS/VSE 3.1 to DOS/VSE 3.2 on the IBM 9375 platform relating as to the difference between the two operating systems and features.

Technical Environment: IBM 9375 Mod60-DOS/VSE, Assembler, COBOL, MF COBOL, CICS, DL/1, Lotus Notes, MS-EXCELL and JCL.

Confidential

Lead Senior Systems Programmer/Analyst

• Performed a SIPO upgrade of DOS/VSE from Release 3.1 to Release 4.1 and CICS 6.1 to CICS 1.7 using MSHP.
• Designed and implemented a Model Office environment.
• Installed, tested and evaluated Computer Associate's product, DATACOM DB/DL1T Release. 8.0 for replacement of DL/1.
• Developed, programmed in COBOL and implemented a retail Merchandise Automatic Replenishment System MARS that included a purchasing guide.
• Designed and coded a PC LAN based Vendor AD Reimbursement System VARS in C language with a real-time interface to the mainframe..

Technical Environment: IBM 9375 Mod60-VM-DOS/VSE Release 4.1, LAN, Borland's Paradox PAL, IDMS, IDEAL,DB/DL1T Release 8.0, Assembler, COBOL VS, MF COBOL, CICS, DL/1, Lotus Notes and JCL., IBM 9375 Mod60 VM-DOS/VSE Release 4.1.

Confidential

Founder and President

• Prepared and implemented a business plan positioning the IRIS Corporation into the PC software and hardware sales, service and support involving the automobile service and collision shop industry.
• Selected Mitchell Management Systems as the software vendor with an exclusive territory for the state of Michigan.
• Built, sold. Installed and supported PC hardware based upon customer needs.
• Sold, installed and supported NOVELL networking installations as a NOVELL Gold dealer
• Sols, Installed and supported 60 software and hardware PC installations.
• Other business software sales and support included: desktop publishing: accounting software, cad cam software and personal computers.
• Provided help desk support and service by the technical support team for both on-site/off-site client issues.
• Organized and managed post sales hardware/software installations and client training programs.
• Developed animated sales proposals on floppy diskettes using IBM's PC Storyboard software.
• Participated in local, state and national sales expos, demonstrating and selling various PC software and hardware products.
• Clients included: New car dealerships 5 , independent collision and repair facilities 60 , local school district,, fast food chain 5 stores , tool die companies 3 , local Chamber of Commerce, national payroll service company, UAW Union Local and the private sector.
• Technical Environment: XENIX-SCO Ver 5, PC-DOS, MS-DOS, Novell, Alloy Network, TCP/IP, C, and Business Basic.

Confidential

Assembler Programmer

• Project was the conversion from GM-EMS to DIAMOND, a worldwide email system.
• Involved in the design, coding, testing, and implementation of Assembler
• programs and SPF/DMS panels to run in the MVS/TSO/SPF/PC environment.
• All code produced was reentrant.
• Coded and tested programs for a multitasking environment from which the emailwas to be distributed.
• Mentored entry-level programmers on the use of TSO, ISPF and various utilities.

Technical Environment: MVS Assembler, TSO/ ISPF, and MS-DOS.

Confidential

Lead Systems Programmer

• Installed and tested CICS software updates onto an MVS/XA operating system.
• Created test regions to test the CICS update conversions.
• Coordinated and assisted application programming development departments in their test plans and tests of the CICS update conversions.

Technical Environment: CICS, VTAM, MVS, XA, JCL, DASD, IBM 3033 platform.