SUMMARY:

• More than twenty years’ experience in software development and maintenance industry, which consists of developing, testing, installing, debugging complex systems and application software, with emphasis in the IBM mainframe environment, which includes telephony, Healthcare and revenue billing applications.
• Demonstrated the ability to apply sound knowledge of data processing concepts, such as structured programming.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Columbia, SC

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• This assignment consists of working with a team of Business Analysts and Developers supporting the INFORM/EVMN application (A problem tracking/reporting system which captures events for business and technical processes).
• My role as a Senior Application Developer was to develop, test and implement new processes while maintaining the INFORM/EVMN application.
• Tools used to achieve our goals were JCL, ENDEVOR, APS COBOL, COBOL, REPORT WRITER, MQ, DB2, FILE MANAGER and other site specific tools in a z/OS CICS, BATCH environment.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• This assignment consists of working with a team of Analysts/Programmers to convert Confidential Benefit Plan (SHBP) current database to a DB2 database.
• This consisted of designing/developing test regions (Online and Batch)) in combination with a CHANGEMAN controlled environment. In addition we also converted from ENVIRON1 to Confidential system. My role as a lead programmer was to help with defining, developing and testing (Using SDLC Methodologies) the then new DB2 database for the SHBP application.
• After the implementation of DB2 and CICS, I worked as a Senior Programmer/Analyst performing new development and maintenance for the SHBP application (Enrollments and Billing system) using CICS, DB2, COBOL/370, CONNECT DIRECT, BMS, Test Track Pro, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, JCL, XPEDITER, FILEAID, ENTERPRISE TESTER, CONTROL M, PLATINUM UTILITIES, IBM UTILITIES (DEBUG, FILEMANAGER, FILEMANAGER for DB2 and FAULT ANALYZER), CHANGEMAN, SQL SERVER, Visual Studio (With emphasis on C#) and other Confidential related software.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• This assignment consists of working with a team of analysts and programmers performing maintenance and enhancements to the Confidential, Confidential SYSTEM (Batch and Online) using CICS, DB2, COBOL/370, ASSEMBLER, CONNECT DIRECT, BMS, PVCS TRACKER, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, VSAM, ADVMS, JCL, XPEDITER, FILEAID, ENTERPRISE TESTER, GROUPWISE, CONTROL M, STROBE, PLATINUM UTILITIES, CHANGEMAN and other Confidential related software.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities consisted of supporting several billing related applications.
• One being Alternate Funding Billing System(Batch and Online), which generates weekly and monthly bills for Confidential customers, then further processing the billing data thru the GEAC AR system for tracking reconciliation and general ledger reporting.
• Other system supported, Cancel Check Reconciliation system, which in short maintains outstanding check register and reconciliation of cancelled checks.
• Software tools used for supporting billing systems were COBOL 370, COBOL II, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, VSAM, JCL, TSO/ISPF, XPEDITER, FILEAID, CICS, CHANGEMAN and other various software related to Confidential / Confidential .

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities consisted of performing VSAM to DB2 conversion for the Confidential .
• This assignment consists of working with a team of analysts and programmers performing VSAM to DB2 conversion along with implementing Confidential changes where needed on their TAX RATING system using CICS, DB2, COBOL, COBOL II, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, VSAM, JCL, TSO/ISPF INTERTEST, FILEAID, PLATINUM, HOURGLASS/2000 and other Confidential related software.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supporting the Confidential for the Confidential .
• This assignment consists of working with a team of analysts and programmers performing maintenance and enhancements, and some Confidential work using CICS, DB2, MICROFOCUS COBOL, COBOL II, PVCS(VERSION MANAGER and TRACKER), EASYTRIEVE PLUS, VSAM, ADVMS, JCL, XPEDITER, FILEAID, ENTERPRISE TESTER, GROUPWISE, CONTROL M and other Confidential related software.

Confidential, Greenville, SC

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked with a team of programmers to install OS/390, CICS, DB2, OPCESA, ENDEVOR, COBOL 370 and other mainframe related software. My primary responsibility was to tune ENDEVOR after its install, which consisted of defining the environment, systems, subsystems, elements, writing new processors and also performing ENDEVOR administrative duties (i.e., approving packages, solving minor compiling problems) and other ENDEVOR related tasks.

Confidential, Columbia, SC

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities consisted of performing maintenance and minor enhancements on an insurance claim processing system, using APS, COBOL II, DB2, IMS, XPEDITER, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, JCL, CICS, FILEAID, TSO/ISPF and other software tools unique to the Confidential environment.