SUMMARY:

• A results - oriented IT professional with many years’ experience in diverse business environments; a demonstrated track record in improving systems performance, managing projects effectively and achieving customer satisfaction.
• Skilled at communicating with users and translating business needs into technical solutions.
• Expertise focuses on performance tuning, implementation and support of financial applications and conversions of applications between mainframe and N-Tier architectures.
• Has experience navigating the software development life cycle (SDLC) as both a manager and an individual contributor using various methodologies delivering solutions for small and large projects consistently on time and within budget.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Banking/Finance
• Insurance
• Manufacturing
• General Ledger/Budgeting,
• Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable,
• Fixed Assets, Inventory Management,
• DDA/Savings/Loans, Foreign Exchange/Currency Conversion
• Property & Casualty Policy Management,
• Life Policy Management,
• Healthcare Policy Management
• Property & Casualty Claims Management,
• Life Claims Management
• Healthcare Claims Management
• General Ledger/Budgeting/Cost Accounting,
• Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable,
• Fixed Assets, Inventory Management,

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Mainframes: IBM z-Series /zOS / zVSE COBOL, CICS

Distributed Technologies: Windows OS Workstations Windows Server, MS Visual Studio, Java Micro Focus Re-Hosting Unikix BPE/TPE/TSF Re-Hosting

Data Access Methods: VSAM, DB2, Oracle 10g, 11g, 12c SQLServer 2008r2, Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Project/Programming Manager, Sr. Advisor

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing product development workflow in regards to all product releases.
• This includes coordination of effort between the development team, production support staff, migration support staff and the quality assurance staff. Making sure the deliverables meet the customer’s overall expectations for delivery of products and product patch releases when necessary.
• Platforms supported UNIX, Linux, AIX, HPUX and Windows Enterprise servers running Dell’s (Formerly Clarity Solutions Inc) Batch Processing Environment (BPE) and Transactional Processing Environment (TPE) Server configured to emulate IBM z/OS operating system supporting CICS, VSAM, JES2/JES3 and DB2.

Sr. Application Developer

Confidential, Frankfort, KY

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintaining existing claims processing systems.
• This includes interface between the end users and other development team members and production support staff.
• Making sure the deliverables meet the customer’s overall expectations.
• Platforms supported Windows Enterprise servers running Micro Focus Enterprise Server configured to emulate IBM z/OS operating system supporting CICS, VSAM, JES2/JES3.

Product Delivery Manager

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing migration of legacy (IBM) mainframe application (COBOL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, JCL) development and support to an N-Tier architecture using Micro Focus development and migration tools (Micro Focus Studio EE 6 / Enterprise Server) on Windows Enterprise Server platforms for clients in the life insurance business along with clients in county government.
• Technical Advisor responsible for migration of legacy (IBM) mainframe application development and support to an N-Tier architecture using Micro Focus development and migration tools (Micro Focus Studio EE 6 / Revolve 7) for a US based national freight transportation company.
• Project included development of an automated solution to convert COBOL source and JCL from zVSE to Z/OS

Owner/Principle Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Team Lead responsible for migration of legacy (IBM) mainframe application development and support to an N-Tier architecture using Micro Focus development and migration tools (Micro Focus Studio EE 6 / Revolve 7) at a US based cooperative property and casualty insurance company.
• Implementation of Legacy CICS and Batch applications on Windows based Enterprise Server. Conversion of DB2 SQL to Microsoft SQL Server.
• Configuration of Enterprise Server (Mainframe Support System).
• Developed interface processes using Microsoft Visual Studio (VB6/VB.Net). Migrated mainframe source code to Microsoft Team Foundation Server
• Managed a project responsible for the migration of legacy (IBM) mainframe application development and support to an N-Tier architecture using legacy migration tools (Micro Focus Mainframe Express / Revolve 7).
• Developed interface processes using Microsoft Visual Studio (VB6).
• Responsible for maintaining a legacy mainframe application that processes Medicare A claims (COBOL, CICS, VSAM).
• Managed, along with performing individual contributor rolls on a project to convert mainframe applications from VSAM to Oracle 10g (mainframe).
• Performed interview process with recommendations to hire Data Architect/DBA.
• Managed along with performing individual contributor rolls responsible for performance tuning and VSAM file restructuring of mainframe applications in preparation for migration to Oracle 10g (mainframe).

General Manager

Confidential, Shreveport, LA

Responsibilities:

• Conversion of Mainframe (COBOL, CICS (BMS Maps), DB2 (Tables, Views, SQL) applications to an N-Tier architecture using Visual Studio (VB6) development environment and SQL Server (2000).
• Developed bridging programs to interface Microsoft/Great Plains financial software to an automated manufacturing environment using Microsoft Visual Studio (VB6).
• Designed, developed and implemented an application which generates full-color maps for an energy exploration company using third-party “gravity” data and USGS provided algorithms.
• The application was developed using Microsoft Visual Studio (VB6) development tools.
• Source code managed using Microsoft Source Safe.
• While attending Louisiana State University, completed courses in Java programming.

Owner, Principle Consultant

Confidential, Scottsdale, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Company’s main practice was providing on-site customer service support (both technical and functional) to clients of McCormack & Dodge/Dun & Bradstreet Software/Geac Systems M-Series financial software applications.
• Performed management tasks which included supervision of up to 20 programmers and staff (employees and contractors) as required by the clients.
• Designed, planned and implemented customer specific front-end and core processing enhancements to various M-Series products. Duties included systems support and enhancements of COBOL source, CICS configuration, DB2 table structures and VSAM file definitions as required by the customer.

Management/Supervisory/Team Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Established and led an internal consulting group in providing performance tuning for software vendor's financial product line. Product efficiency was increased by 75-100 %, development time was decreased by approximately 40% and intermediate product updates were eliminated.
• Responsible for managing the telephone call center for customers of the Accounts Receivable: Millennium product covering all level1 and level 2 technical issues.
• Successfully completed “Management Orientation Program”; a requirement for all managers and supervisors.