Personal Overview:

Senior Systems analyst/programmer/project leader with advanced expertise in multiple fields including; Insurance, Manufacturing and Academia. Experience in numerous programming languages coupled with Business Analysis, Systems Design, Systems Analysis and working Project Leader skills. Prior DOD Secret/Crypto clearance. B.A. University of Massachusetts. United States Citizen. Vietnam Veteran.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Advanced: COBOL, DB2, QMF, IMS, FOCUS 7.3, PC FOCUS, VSAM, SAS 8.0, TestDirector, TSO/MVS, VM/CMS, Fileaid, System Analysis, Quality Center QA, Xpediter, Syncsort, JCL, Data Warehouse, Endevor, SDLC, WORD, EXCEL, VISIO, EDI.
• Intermediate: WEB FOCUS, PL/SQL, UNIX, DEC, VANTAGE 1/15, PC SAS, BMC Utilities, CA 7, Microfocus COBOL, PLI, COGNOS, CICS, Visual Basic 6, Personal ORACLE, ORACLE, XICS/Compuset Printer, Eztrieve Plus, Panvalet, Candle DB2 Utilities, Fastscan, VISIO, BTS, JL Walker AP/AR, ICCF, Main Frame Express, Revolve, Assembler, DOS/VSE, IPDT, BRIO Rpt, Tektronix Bar Code, FOCUS/HLI, FTP from IBM to UNIX, JAVA II, MUMPS, NOMAD, RAMIS.

EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Feb 2010 Nov 2010
Senior Programmer/Analyst

• Job required advance knowledge in COBOL, DB2, Network Data Mover, VSAM and Health Insurance Industry specific claims processing procedures.
• Successfully did systems analysis, complex programming, testing and implementation of UNIX based extract fed into MVS environment to create and update National Provider DB2 table used by multiple remote Dental System Users.
  
• Set up parallel testing system using complex and multiple jobs to do a complete process test and then coordinated compare processing to delineate differences.
• Did various maintenance for complex Dental Network Savings Process , including modifications to CICS screens and processing as well as replacing a current VSAM load process with a new DB2 procedure.
• Wrote several DB2 stored procedures to augment staff work load.
• Developed extensive PowerPoint presentation describing current Dental Claims Processing and proposed upgrading of process.

Confidential, March 2008 Dec 2009
Senior Analyst/Programmer

• Position involves understanding critical business issues, working with business users and gathering/creating and executing business/technical specifications/requirements for various complex improvements as well as large scale new development.
• Full life cycle process is involved which includes closely working with testing area before passing user acceptance.
• QA responsibilities include creating test strategy, plans, scripts, creating test data, dealing with offshore resources, monitoring Test Director results and supporting multiple releases.
• Programming work consisted of creating numerous new programs and jobs that both maintain current CIGNA customer information and also feed critical information to external vendors (Healthways) via CIGNA NDM (Network Data Mover) process.
• Utilized CICS, VISIO, COBOL/ DB2 , EZTRIEVE, ENDEVOR, NDM and Test Director on a complex Medical Management System.

Confidential,April 2007 Mar 2008
Senior Business Analyst

• Involved in documenting and redesigning an Anti-Money Laundering Continuing Education automated system required by Patriot Act Law. Role consisted of dealing with outside vendors, researching improvement possibilities and preparing for annual recertification process. Once new direction passed peer review position consisted of implementing changes in current system, coordinating changes with vendors and supplying vendors with extract for their updating for yearly recertification. Software involved was VISIO, EXCEL, WORD, POWERPOINT, COBOL, VSAM, DB2 and EASYTRIEVE.

Confidential, July 2006 - April 2007
Senior Programmer

• Supporting large health insurance reporting system. Role involves researching requirements, creating technical specifications, modifying current processes and creating new procedures. Tools used include TestDirector, FOCUS 7.1, FOCUS/HLI, SAS 8.0, COBOL, IMS, DB2 8.0, QMF and FTP to UNIX. QA responsibilities include creating test scripts, creating test data, dealing with offshore resources, monitoring Test Director results and supporting multiple releases.

Confidential,Oct 2004 June 2006
Senior Systems Analyst

• Corporate merger and optimization of Travelers and St Paul Commercial Lines Actuarial process. System is written using FOCUS 7.3, SAS 8.0, COBOL, DB2, IMS, and VSAM. Used by over 2000 end users via on line system.
• Project responsibilities included doing business analysis, recommending and implementing changes, supervising Travelers employees and creating and testing new code as well as improving current processes. Involved creating and testing prototype WEBFOCUS applications.

Confidential,Sept 2003 - Sep 2004
Senior Business/Systems Analyst

• Involved analysis and preliminary specification/requirements gathering and creation. After user approval, complex coding and testing using DB2 (7.0), Assembler, COBOL/SQL, JL Walker DB2 interface and Rules Processing, DB2 Stored Proc, COBOL/IMS, ZOS procs, JAVA II. QA responsibilities include creating test scripts, creating test data, dealing with offshore resources , monitoring Test Director results and supporting multiple releases.

Confidential, March 2002 Aug 2003
Senior Programmer/Systems Analyst for a Health Care Warehouse System.

• Responsibilities include originating and modifying COBOL/DB2 CICS programs via ENDEVOR as well as creation and support for JCL and PROCS as well as DB2 BMC utilities. Intensive production support for associated JCL , CA7, data issues and programming abends required. FOCUS used for daily balancing activities of Data Warehouse schema. QA responsibilities include creating test scripts, creating test data, dealing with offshore resources , monitoring Test Director results and supporting multiple releases.

Confidential,Sept. 2001 - Feb 2002
Project leader/Technical Lead

• Complete rewrite of the 1099 tax creation system process. Front end System Analysis and user acceptance required before programming could begin. Involved directing employees and consultants with strict timelines for completion.
• Project completed successfully, early and under budget.
• Software: COBOL 390, DB2, IMS, VSAM, FOCUS, MVS, FILEAID, FTP, SYNCSORT, REXX, Data Warehouse, VISIO, Comparex and ENDEVOR.
• QA responsibilities include creating test scripts, creating test data, dealing with offshore resources and utilizing Test Director results.

Confidential, Nov 1999 - Aug 2001
Senior Programmer

• Major conversion project using COBOL 390, DB2, XPEDITER, CICS, MQ Series, VANTAGE 15, EDI and FILEAID to create a DB2 based system from a legacy VSAM, Universal Life system accessible via Internet for E-COMMERCE. Project involved parallel loading of DB2 tables from Legacy files, running testing while implementing processing changes for numerous remote clients. Also involved periodic maintenance programming/testing as per requests of clients.