SUMMARY

• My experience covers systems analysis, design, coding testing, documenting, user training and implementation.
• I have over ten years of Microfocus COBOL, four years of Oracle and PL/SQL as well as over fifteen years of COBOL, and four years of UNIX and UNIX Shell scripting.
• As a certified bookkeeper, I also have a good background in accounting. I am a professional with good communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• COBOL
• Microfocus COBOL
• NetExpress
• ISAM
• Sybase
• Oracle
• DB2
• JCL
• PL/SQL
• MONK
• UNIX
• UNIX Shell script
• Visual Basic 6.0
• Access
• HTML
• JavaScript
• SPL CISPLUS (ERP)
• AMDOCS
• Remedy
• Mercury Quality Center (test management tool)
• Clerity migration tools
• CVS version control
• $U (Dollar Universe) job scheduling
• PUTTY 
• Mantis (for bug tracking)
• Virtual PC
• ASCII and EBCDIC
• TSO/ISPF
• SAP Basis Administartion
• Good knowledge of Windows 95
• Windows NT
• Novell
• UNIX
• MS - DOS
• MS Access
• MS Word
• MS Project
• MS Power Point
• MS Excel
• MS Mail
• JCL
• PVCS
• ClearCase
• CA-Unicenter
• VbScript
• TOAD
• PL/SQL
• CISPLUS
• Cordaptix
• HTML JavaScript
• Btrieve and Seebeyond tools.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• Installation, implementation, and technical support services for medical billing software for Doctors Clinics and practices in Microsoft Windows environment.
• Implementation of programming changes to move from ICD9 to ICD10 billing codes using COBOL in Windows environment.

Confidential, Plano

Migration Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Migrating mainframe payment systems to server using vCOBOL in UNIX, AIX version 6.1 and Clerity tools.
• Transferred data between mainframe and UNIX server using FTP.
• Tested the ported codes on UNIX server to ensure it ran same as on mainframe.
• Wrote shell scripts to automate running of jobs.
• Updated CVS version control with source programs, scripts and control cards.
• Scheduled jobs using $U (dollar universe) and wrote associated runbooks.
• Extensive data conversion and manipulations in ASCII and EBCDIC formats on the Mainframe and UNIX environments.
• This project required transfer and processing of data between Mainframe and UNIX in ASCII and EBCDIC formats.

Confidential

CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• Providing full billing services to physicians and medical providers using Confidential in Windows environment.
• Activities include patient’s demographics, icd9 coding, billing Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance companies like Blue Cross Blue Shield.
• Analyzing explanation of benefits (EOB) and working denials.

Confidential, Dallas

COBOL Programmer/ Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Supported and enhanced AMDOCS billing application using Microfocus Server Express 4.0 on UNIX, AIX version 5.31 and Oracle 9i.
• Resolved end user production issues on the billing module of AMDOCS application.
• Handled program changes, testing and deployment to production, to meet user requirements.
• Wrote shell scripts to automate running of jobs.
• Developed codes for existing software enhancements.
• Tested codes and fixes to ensure quality.
• Investigated batch production issues and implemented fix or work around.
• Participated in maintenance activities including 24/7 production support.
• Participated in software version releases/upgrades; provided after implementation production support.
• Investigated batch job issues and escalated issues to management when not resolved within agreed time frame.
• Involved in weekly meeting with management and end users on batch issues and resolutions.

Confidential, Houston

COBOL Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Day to day customer and application support.
• Migrating Netexpress 3.1 source codes to Netexpress 4.0.
• Changes to existing codes in an NT and NetExpess 4.0 environment to meet changes in business rules.
• Doing unit and regression testing of changed programs.
• Promoting changes to production.
• Maintaining version control in PVCS.
• Customizing, enhancing, and developing COBOL programs for processing, printing and delivery of healthcare documents, especially for Humana.
• Creating and updating batch files to automate processing of jobs.
• Ensured that service level agreements (SLA) were met for deliverables.
• Documented procedures to support and train users and new hires in the operations of implemented systems.

Confidential

COBOL Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Converting IBM Mainframe batch COBOL programs to Micro Focus COBOL (4.0).
• Converting mainframe JCL to VBscript to run on NT platform.
• Replacing data access through ISAM/ADABAS files with DB2 embedded SQL.
• Wrote new programs to meet state statutory new reporting requirements.
• Day to day customer and application support.

Confidential, St. Louis

COBOL Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Converting IBM/390 COBOL II batch programs to Micro Focus Cobol.
• Converting IBM/390 JCL to DOS batch files to run on Windows 2000 platform.
• Writing scripts to move data from NT server to IBM/390 and vice versa.
• Loading data from flat files to Oracle tables using SQLLoader
• Converting IBM/390 SyncSort scripts to mfsort scripts.
• Define test criteria.
• Prepare and compile test cases.
• Analyze and validate test results.

Confidential

COBOL Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Converting IBM Mainframe batch COBOL programs to Micro Focus COBOL (4.0).
• Converting mainframe JCL to VBscript to run on NT platform.
• Replacing data access through ISAM/ADABAS files with DB2 embedded SQL.
• Embedding SQL in Microfocus COBOL NetExpress 4.0 to access DB2 tables.
• Testing of converted JCL and programs.
• Data mapping of data files in the legacy application to DB2 tables.
• Day to day review with clients.
• Loading and configuring Micro Focus COBOL Netexpress 4.0.

Confidential, St. Louis

COBOL Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Migrating CICS mainframe application to Web enabled client-server application.
• Designing HTML screens to replace CICS screens.
• Including events on the HTML forms using JavaScript and Cascading style sheets.
• Migrating mainframe COBOL II to Microfocus COBOL NetExpress 3.1.
• Embedding SQL and HTML codes in Microfocus COBOL Netexpress 3.1.
• Migrating DB2 subroutines to Oracle subroutines using PL/SQL.
• Web reporting with ASP using VBScripts.
• Managing Oracle tables with ACCESS
• Converted mainframe COBOL batch programs and JCL to Micro Focus COBOL/NT platform.
• Extensive use of PL/SQL

Confidential, Dallas

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on CISPLUS/Cordaptix payment subsystem.
• Interfaced with you users to resolve payment system request.
• Extensively used TOAD utilities and wrote many Oracle SQL scripts to resolve payment system requests.
• Reviewed CISPLUS Cobol programs on late payment charges, Payment upload (PULP), Credit and Collection processing, and other payment modules.
• Responsible for daily running of PUPL (payment upload) to CISPLUS.
• Worked with the interface team on EDI payments to PUPL.
• Wrote and implemented scripts to test specific functionality of payment subsystem.
• Design, development and implementation of Enterprise Application Interfaces using Seebeyond’s e*gate tools.
• Extensive use of e*ways, monk scripts, and DART scripts to poll and send data across TXU applications and Siebel.
• Extensive use of PL/SQL to poll data from Legacy and SPL Cordaptix applications to Oracle database.
• Testing of applications in HP UNIX environment.

Confidential

COBOL Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Enhancement, Maintenance and support of existing customer provisioning and billing applications using Microfocus Cobol, Sybase, Oracle, SQL and stored procedure.
• Implementation of new customer provisioning and billing requests covering analysis, design, programming, test plans, move to production.
• Use of Dialog system to create Graphical user Interfaces - GUI
• Writing CA-Unicenter scripts and batch files for production job sets.
• Developed UNIX shell scripts to automate execution of COBOL applications in CA-Unicenter environment.
• Migrated COBOL applications to HP UNIX platform.
• Used VI Editor extensively for program coding.
• Daily used UNIX commands and utilities.
• Responsible for Conversion of Realia Cobol/Btrieve application that handles communication between Excel Communication and its over 200 local exchange companies (LECs) to MicroFocus Cobol/Sybase application.