Mainframe Computer Programmer with twenty years of application programming experience in the corporate environment of a Fortune 100 company supporting the financial systems of the controllers department. During this time I have developed many projects on an individual basis, from defining the requirements, through coding, testing, and implementation. Over these years with Alcoa, I performed maintenance on many different applications to meet the ever-changing business needs of the company. This has allowed me to demonstrate excellent problem solving skills, gain a superior knowledge of the environment and the technical skills required. I have also worked as a contractor with multiple companies which have allowed me to gain experience in working in different business environments, increasing my overall knowledge and flexibility to meet different business requirements.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Contract Programmer

Assigned to Wells Fargo Advisors formally Wachovia Securities . During this time I supported modifications conforming to their SDLC requirements to support their IRS Cost Basis project which included jcl and programming changes in Cobol and Easytrieve.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Mainframe Platform: Cobol, Easytrieve, JCL, TSO, SDSF, DB2 Syncsort, Debug and Changeman.

Confidential

Contract Programmer

Assigned to Wachovia Securities Rapid Response Team. During this time I supported modifications conforming to their SDLC requirements to current systems which included jcl and programming changes in Cobol, Cics and Easytrieve.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Mainframe Platform: Cobol, Easytrieve, Cics, JCL, TSO, SDSF, DB2 Spufi Platinum , Syncsort, Expediter Cics batch , Debug and Changeman.
• Databases and file structures to include DB2 and Datacom.

Confidential

Contract Programmer

• Assigned to Bank of America to support the testing and the implementation of a new project.
• During this time I developed and modified programs, created jcl and ran test batch jobs to support the testing.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Mainframe Platform: Cobol, JCL, TSO, SDSF, and Changeman.

Confidential

Contract Programmer

• Assigned to the Global Packaging Division of Alcoa supporting all corporate legacy applications running in the mainframe environment that were still running to support the business unit.
• Extracted all reports from Mobius View Direct and loaded into Alcoa's Vista Plus.
• Performed data extracts and conversions from the mainframe Customer Master for loading into Oracle.
• Instrumental in reviewing all systems running on the Mainframe, cleaning up and removing systems as they were shutdown and became obsolete.
• Modify a data warehouse application running on the mainframe, changing the input from multiple files in an in-house legacy system to multiple data feeds from Oracle.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Mainframe Platform: Easytrieve, Cobol, Cics, CSP, MVS JCL, TSO ISPF, DB2 Spufi,
• Expediter Cics batch , and Librarian.
• Databases and file structures to include DB2 and Vsam.

Confidential

Information Consultant Computer Programmer

Supported multiple user departments, analyzing user needs and developing solutions. Knowledge base within the Financial Group. Worked unsupervised.

• Led a team of four other programmers as Team Leader for the Transportation team.
• Led a team of two other programmers as project leader for the Accounts Receivable team.
• Coordinated the work schedules, workloads, etc. for other various projects as project leader.
• I was a core team member implementing J. D. Edwards One World system for both the address book and sales tax areas.
• I was a core team member in the customization and installation, implementation and support of Mobius View Direct and Mobius Document Direct. Later became the project manager and subject matter expert in support of both products.
• Worked with a business analyst and the credit department to design the Accounts Receivable Management System. Once designed, then I performed all the necessary coding, testing, conversion of data and implementation of the ARMS system.
• Recognized by supervisors and managers for competency in Application development and Support.

Confidential

• Key member of financial systems programming team.
• Recognized within the department as the answer man for supported applications, which included Accounts Receivable, Credit Approval, Sales Statistics, Profitability, and Sales Tax reporting.
• Ability to multi-task and coordinate multiple concurrent projects and resources.
• Developed a new system to consolidate customers from different business units to provide a combined sales report for tracking and reporting customers that had sales greater than 5 million dollars a year to upper management.
• Automated a manual process of producing the On Order Report . This changed the reporting period from monthly to weekly and eliminated two man-days of work per month.
• Had an excellent track record in meeting project deadlines.
• Trained new college recruits.

Confidential

• Senior Application Analyst, Application Analyst, Associate Application Analyst.
• Worked with user department in automating a manual process for sales tax reporting. Developed and programmed the sales tax reporting system from conception to inception.
• Good problem solver researching, analyzing problem, identifying and developing a workable solution.
• Modified designated software to meet business unit needs.
• Supported multiple financial user departments.

Confidential

Employed by Reynolds Metals as a computer operator running IBM mainframes. Quickly progressing and becoming a team leader in 1978. Remained a team leader until 1985 when I was promoted into a programming position.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Mainframe Platform: Easytrieve, Cobol, Cics, DB2, IMS, CSP, MVS JCL,
• TSO ISPF, Syncsort, Expediter Cics batch , and Librarian.
• Databases and file structures to include DB2, IMS/DB and Vsam.
• Vendor Package Support: Vertex Sales and Use Tax
• Mobius View Direct programmer and administration
• Microsoft Office products: Word, Excel, Power Point and Access
• PC's: Set-up and Software installation 1995-1996