Experience:

Confidential Programmer Analyst

Worked on several special system upgrade projects. Included Linux and mainframe environments. Revised, enhanced, and tested software using MicroFocus COBOL, mainframe COBOL, and Oracle SQL. Used Oracle SQL Developer for development and testing. Testing responsibilities were unit testing, functional testing, and process testing of SQL and software changes that I made to their programs and scripts. Was responsible for software development on the projects including analysis, programming, and all testing activities.

Confidential Software Engineer

Developed and enhanced software in MicroFocus NetExpress COBOL, HTML, and Javascript for the company's web site. Full software development life cycle approach. Primary testing duties included unit testing, incremental integration testing, and functional testing of the ECSI.net web site and related data loading programs. Tested all my web site modifications before they went live on the web. Responsible for all phases of web site software development including analysis, programming, and testing.

Confidential Courier

Courier for major veterinary lab. Responsible for daily pickups of veterinary samples on assigned routes for timely delivery to the lab for immediate processing. Maintained detailed records of all pickups and deliveries.

Confidential

Programmer Analyst

Focus on process improvement and problem resolution. Designed pricing module front end and supporting validation and lookup logic. Supported the WESNETzd IT group and resolved complex processing problems. Integrated and optimized purchase order polling processes on legacy system. Utilized full software development life cycle approach. Determined and defined systems specifications. Worked with users to resolve difficult processing problems. Programmed in AcuCOBOL in a Linux environment. Testing duties were integration testing, functional testing, and unit testing of all software and script modifications. Coordinated testing activities using HP Quality Center. Performed unit and functional tests on all software and graphical user interfaces that I developed or modified.

Confidential

Programmer Analyst

Determined and defined graphical interface system specifications. Developed software to automate prescription printing via touch screen. Added functionality to existing software to enable printing on thermal label printers. Created framework and developed software to enable a longer format of Dr. and patient notes to be integrated into the existing system. Primary testing responsibilities: comparison testing, user acceptance testing, functional testing, end-to-end testing, and integration testing. Specific testing duties included onsite user acceptance testing and systems testing of hardware and software. Converted AcuCOBOL for UNIX to GUI for Windows. Developed new UNIX and Windows programs. Maintained, fixed, and enhanced existing programs. Participated in a large-scale software upgrade project on legacy system and a system conversion reengineering project to create a graphical Windows version of the company's main product, a Dr.'s office practice management system.

Confidential

Programmer Analyst

Contracted to work at MCI Wireless in Garden City, NY. Maintained and enhanced cell phone reseller software in MicroFocus COBOL. Testing duties were comparison testing, acceptance testing, unit testing, integration testing, functional testing, and data conversion testing.

Confidential

Senior Programmer Analyst

Contracted to develop an export cargo prioritization subsystem for cargo airlines using AS/400 COBOL.

Confidential MIS Director

• Developed and enhanced software in Visual COBOL and provided systemwide support. Made major improvements in the process involved with exporting goods. Performed unit testing, functional testing, and end-to-end testing.
• Developed proactive methodologies to deal with monthly accounting procedure errors. Solved recurrent invoicing problems and developed the ability to modify schedule dates on purchase orders.

Confidential

Programmer Analyst

Developed, maintained, and enhanced cell phone reseller software in MicroFocus COBOL. Testing duties were comparison testing, acceptance testing, unit testing, integration testing, functional testing, and data conversion testing.

Confidential

Programmer Analyst

Developed, maintained, and enhanced collection software in MicroFocus COBOL. Testing duties were primarily unit testing and incremental integration testing.

Confidential Jr. Programmer Analyst

• Maintained and enhanced the sales order processing system in COBOL.
• Used SQL to access the shipments database. Unit tested all my software modifications and performed necessary integration testing.
• Hardware: IBM AS/400, IBM 3270, UNISYS SMP5400, Digital AlphaServer 8400,
• DG MV Series, Burroughs 6810, IBM 4331 DOS VSE, PC Compatibles,
• DYMO thermal printers.
• Software: AcuCOBOL, ACUCOBOL-GT, Acubench Ver. 6.2 7.0, UNIX, AS/400 COBOL, Visual COBOL, MicroFocus NetExpress COBOL, HTML, Javascript, MicroFocus COBOL, MS SQL Server 2005, Windows XP, MS Access, VB.NET, Linux, JCL, ISAM, VSAM, CICS, SQL, Oracle, Oracle SQL Developer, MVS, TSO/ISPF.