TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: COBOL85, SCOBOL, TACL

Hardware: TANDEM S - SERIES, HIMALAYA, CYCLONE, VLX, CLX, TXP

Utilities/Software: TANDEM PATHWAY, GUARDIAN, ENSCRIBE, SQL, TMF, CRE, ENFORM, DDLINSPECT, SQLCI, NETBATCH, CONTROL, FUP, SCUP, SPOOLER, PERUSE, BINDERENABLE, MEASURE; SIS/ADP Brokerage Applications; Microsoft Office, Access, Excel

EMPLOYMENT:

SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS ANALYST

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Responsibilities:

• Participate in complete redesign of an interagency OLTP Payments application.
• Specific role is to gather requirements through analysis of the current PATHWAY and batch systems.
• The legacy system code is in SCOBOL, COBOL85, TAL, TACL; and it utilizes TMF.
• Both the business rules and functional requirements are being evaluated at a high level; and detailed documentation is being provided for all critical data paths and interagency rules and regulation. In addition, a user document is written for each individual code module.

SENIOR TANDEM SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Confidential, St. Petersburg, FL

Responsibilities:

• analyzed, maintained, enhanced, tested and documented COBOL85 software for a variety of brokerage back office applications.
• Evaluated and updated PATHWAY server configurations, program code, SCOBOL user interfaces, interprocess messages, data dictionary and batch process streams and modules.
• Developed scripts and procedures to convert and validate data across Tandem and SQL Server environments.
• Customized the code in legacy COBOL SIS/ADP Brokerage Applications. Modified the TANDEM based ACATS subsystem to conform to current regulations and industry standards.

SENIOR TANDEM APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Responsibilities:

• Designed, coded and tested batch and online programs, which both manage customer card databases, and also support debit card payment processing, for the STAR ATM network, using Tandem COBOL85 and SQL.
• Analyzed and prioritized system enhancements, considering potential benefits and the resources available.
• Wrote high-level proposals for planned projects; and also developed the detailed specifications for coding.
• Developed test plans and generated test data.
• Monitored and reported on the progress of multiple simultaneous projects.
• Redesigned the legacy card update system which allows STAR clients to add, modify, and delete cardholder data using either flat file feeds or online entry.
• Developed detailed technical and end-user documentation for both legacy software and for new products.
• Provided technical training and mentoring to junior staff and to analysts in the QA department.
• Provided 24-hour on-call production system support.

TANDEM SENIOR APPLICATIONS ENGINEER

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Maintained and enhanced online equity trading system code using COBOL and SCOBOL in a TANDEM PATHWAY environment, with ENSCRIBE under TMF.
• Evaluated and redesigned numerous legacy programs, interprocess message structures, and Pathway system configurations to improve their efficiency.
• These changes resulted in substantially increased throughput in batch; and they also improved the end-users’ satisfaction with the online SCOBOL screens.

SENIOR TANDEM DEVEOLPMENT CONSULTANT

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed, tested and implemented program modifications and enhancements to brokerage applications utilizing TANDEM COBOL, COBOL85 and TAL.
• Introduced the concept of using TACL macros to perform a mass conversion of several hundred programs, thereby eliminating manual scanning and automating file handling.
• This significantly reduced the time and manpower required to complete the project.

SENIOR TANDEM PROGRAMMING CONSULTANT

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed, tested and implemented Brokerage applications utilizing TANDEM COBOL85, SCOBOL, PATHWAY, ENSCRIBE, and SQL.
• Products included stocks, bonds, and mutual funds held in individual retirement and investment accounts.
• Evaluated Y2K compliance; and implemented, system-wide, the required code modifications to both batch and PATHWAY environments.
• Designed, coded, and maintained in-house COBOL programs; customized and enhanced SCOBOL and COBOL code from an outside vendor (ADP/SIS).

SENIOR TANDEM PROGRAMMING CONSULTANT

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Designed, coded, and tested TANDEM COBOL batch applications for a new ENSCRIBE based Customer Electronic Payment system.
• Assisted in the development of QA procedures and in the training of QA staff for the project.

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supervising a team of programmers, as well as providing substantial hands-on coding, testing and production systems support.
• Specific duties included developing detailed program specifications, scheduling team and individual tasks, and supporting the testing and installation of code for batch and online PATHWAY systems.
• Monitored changes in securities industry regulations, standards and practices; and facilitated the appropriate system modifications for our compliance.
• Upgraded COBOL74 code to meet COBOL85 standards. Utilized COBOL, SCOBOL, PATHWAY, TMF and ENSCRIBE.