Summary

IT professional with over 30 years’ experience in software development lifecycle. Significant experience with software and data analysis including DB2 support, testing, monitoring, project management, documentation and training.

Technical Summary

General type of work experience (yrs)

Technical Skills (yrs)

Unix Related (yrs)

Professional Experience

Confidential,Abilene, TX | Mar 2011 – Apr 2012
Role: Senior Systems Tester | Client: Confidential,
Overview:

Confidential,Boulder, CO | Sep 2008 – Sep 2009
Role: PSF/AFPDP Performance Software Tester
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Confidential,Birmingham, AL | Mar – Jun 2008
Role: RACF Technical Support (one of the main Security Governance teams)
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Confidential,Apr – Oct 2007
Role: Volunteer
Overview:
Taught computer software and Internet usage to the elderly and handicapped (how to use the Internet and the Microsoft tools)
Confidential,Denver, CO | Mar – Apr 2007
Role: System and User Acceptance Tester
Overview:
As the Quality Assurance consultant, performed System and User Acceptance levels of testing on a new Web-based TIFF viewer product
Product contained viewing capabilities, multiple annotation types, redactions, directional document movement, save and print capabilities
Created and performed all tests; documented defects; retested product to its completion
Reviewed associated ‘Help’ documentation
Ensured accurate descriptions of viewer’s abilities and use
Confidential,Castle Rock, CO | Dec 2006 – Feb 2007
Role: Sales Associate
Overview:
Assisted customers; stocked clothing; cashiered; cleaned and setup clothing/jewelry displays
Confidential,Apr 2005 – Dec 2006
Confidential,Albuquerque, NM | Feb – Mar 2005
Role: Testing Coordinator, Test Lead and SQA
Overview:
Overall Testing Coordinator, Test Lead of one segment of the project
SQA Representative on the project
Project dealt with PeopleSoft Financials, PowerPlant and Mainframe retirement
Certified in Project Management framework
Determined the number of testing environments and the types of tests necessary for application conversions
Coordinated 4 Test Leads
Determined testing timelines for the specific segments of the project
Confidential,St. Joseph Mo | Dec 2003 – Feb 2004
Role: Client Server Testing in St. Joseph, MO
Overview:
Automotive call center was moving from an older version of tables to Microsoft SQL tables with no documentation of the current system
Created the Regression, Functional, Parallel and Integration test plans
Worked with the Production Team to determine the applications, functions, data’s table movement and results necessary to move from one table structure to another
Created all necessary test plans
Provided training to Test Team responsible for executing the tests
Confidential,Santa Theresa | CA | Jun – Oct 2002
Role: DB2 Tools Testing
Overview:
IBM purchased/leased 3rd party vendor software that interacted with various DB2 functions
Performed testing on the tools to ensure quality
Wrote test plans, test scripts, scenarios and cases; performed testing and verification
Set up the JCL; created/IPL’d environments to include various versions of OS390 or z/OS, multiple versions of DB2 within the various versions of OS390 & z/OS and versions of the product/tools to be tested
Where applicable, tested all GUI interfaces supplied by the vendors
Received a rating of technically superior from the manager at IBM
Confidential,Englewood, CO | Mar – May 2001
Role: Web Testing
Overview:
The project used a spiral development process
Wrote necessary test plans, test scripts and validation methodology
Performed most of the major testing
Used ClearQuest tool for logging trouble tickets
The Website was driven by content and very little was hard coded (pulled from copy decks by XML and used as contents of GUI pages)
The site had 700+ GUI pages, with external and internal application links
Confidential,Boulder, CO | Mar – Dec 2000
Role: Web Testing
Overview:
Established tests for some internal Websites
Created data to handle testing the import/export regulations for the Web application, which became the first regression test bed for the apps
All Web/GUI customer Point of Sales (POS) interaction pages were tested as were all administrative Web pages
Tested requested downloads with multiple browsers
Created data thru the applications and direct SQL to the tables
Created templates for large and small tests
All documentation was contained in Lotus databases, from the Project definition thru to the System Test Signoff
The Web applications were driven from AIX servers; all tables were in UDB2 configurations on the AIX servers
Confidential,Colorado Springs, CO | May – Dec 1999
Role: RACF Administrator-Mainframe Security (Core RACF Group, Tiers 3/4)
Overview:
Brought in to assist during Y2K preparations
Assigned RACF IDs to employees
Created all consultant records to both RACF and the MCI internal Security System (SUDS a GUI application)
Performed mainframe security functions
Performed cleanup of the RACF profiles under specific classes on the mainframes
All RACF commands could be built by the system or written on our own
The SUDS system initiated the batch jobs to all of the Mainframes
MCI had mainframes worldwide and approximately 1.5 million User IDs
Worked with Developers during upgrades to the SUDS system; tested each change to ensure accuracy
Created a master document of MCI procedures
Confidential,Denver, CO | Jun – Oct 1998
Role: Y2K Applications Tester
Overview:
Performed Y2K applications tests
Investigated and documented major individual insurance systems IMS database access and Systems flow
Read PL1 code to determine the system flow of on-line transactions to the final outputs
Created Visio diagrams of the on-line transaction flow from the entry terminal to the completed batch output, all database accesses, flat files and final outputs
Released a 20-year-old system, which had not been tested in over 12 yrs
Created test plan, test cases and test scenarios
Reviewed production CA7 job flow for correct test execution sequence
Confidential,Englewood, CO | Jan – Jun 1998
Role: Systems Tester
Overview:
Systems tester on PC-based applications with SYBASE SQL servers and tables and UNIX-based applications with SYBASE SQL servers and tables
Created structured test plans from Business Needs, Requirements, Functional Specifications and Functional Designs
All SQL was done in a UNIX Sun Solaris Windows’ environment
Used Interactive SQL for table access; the PC front-end applications were accessed through a Windows NT Office setup
Confidential,Hoover, AL | Apr – Jul 1997
Role: CABS Functional Tester
Overview:
Create the CABS Functional Test
Determined components of each test (i.e., service orders, usage or bills)
Used data models depicting the configuration of the CABS system
Created job streams and in-house products that BellSouth had created to enhance their environment
Built the technical test
Performed functional testing
Confidential,Denver, CO | Jul 1996 – Mar 1997
Role: Billing Systems Tester
Overview:
Tested a new billing system and its associated systems
The system was an Object Oriented distributed client server system
Used Sybase ISQL to access, modify and verify data in the SYBASE relational data tables
Executed and validated GUI’s; executed the background engines for billing, collections, EFTS, refunds, adjustments and lock boxes
Built several environments
Documented the execution procedures for all billing applications
This project was a very rapid develop/deployment of software
Confidential,Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Nov 1995 – Jun 1996
Role: Billing Test Support
Overview:
Supported the Billing Test system with tool set enhancements and data extractions from production for upgrading the test bed
Extensive work on a series of JCLPREP jobs to update the testing environments with JCL that matched the production environment
Executed full billing cycles of testing in preparation for quarterly release testing
Worked on multiple document revisions
Performed IMS database analysis for the test group prior to the test
Confidential,Irving, TX | Jun – Nov 1995
Role: Testing, Lead Choice Billing
Overview:
Created test plans for Integration Test and User Acceptance Test (UAT)
Created an interim test Investigation Report system until the client supplied an infrastructure product to perform the tracking
Reported status to GTE Management Team and Genesis International management
Attended a variety of application related meetings
Coordinated the Test Team efforts to reach each monthly deliverable date with the deliveries for testing completed and on time
Instituted use of a daily status checklist, keeping all team members aware of progress
Documented use of all tools brought to this position
Tested User Interfaces (GUIs) for the Security Administration, the Online Reference Maintenance and the System Administration functions
Executed jobs for the Integration and UAT

Technical Skills

Mainframe
z/OS series mainframes thru R1.12, 3090 Series Mainframes, ACF, BANCS, BTAM, CLIST, CMS, COBOL II, COBOL LE, COBOL, Comparex, ComTen, DB2 AUTOMATION Tools, DB2 Pathchecker, DB2 v5/6/7,8, DBPRO Edit, Endevor, FDR, File-Aid, HSM/SMS, IBM Assembler v370, IBM Utilities, IBM z/OS v1.9, v1.10, IMF/Boole & Baggage-BMC tools, IMS DB/DC(CICS), IMS Monitor, IMS Performance toolsISPF/PDF, JCL (both JES2 and JES3), JCLPREP, MVS, MVS/ESA, MVS/XA, Omegamon, OS/VS, Panexec, Panvalet, PLI, QMF, RACF, REXX, RMF, S 390 OS, SAS, SPUFI, SQL, TCP/IP, Teleprocessing Network Simulator (TPNS), TSO, VLF/LLA, VM Extended Console, VM/PROFS, VTAM
UNIX
AIX operating system, GUI application interfaces to the UDB2 & AIX environment, Linux on AIX using Gnome Windows, SUN/Solaris using environment with distributed SYBASE Server environment, UDB2 Version 5/6/7, UNIX on MBUX environment, on HPT500 thru PC, GUI interface used INFORMIX RDBMS
PC
Application related GUI testing, ATG Server, C# programming, Visual Basic .NET asp, Client Servers, Copydecks and Spiral Development Process, DOS, FileNet, INFORMIX SQL, Interwoven product, J2EE, Lotus Products (WordPro, 123, Mail, Web Page creation and Lotus Scripting), Microsoft (XP, 2000, NT, Word, Windows, Windows for Workgroups, Project, Excel, RFFLOW, Office by Windows), Microsoft 2003 Server, MS Visual Studio, Open Directory, Openmail, ORACLE SQL, PeopleSoft Financials, PowerPoint, Rational Tools, Red Hat LINUX, Serena migration, STAT migration, TIFF viewers, UDP, VISIO Technical, Windows (NT , 95, 98, 2000), Windows 7 Office and Operating System, XML

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems