QUALIFICATION SUMMARY:

• 20+ years experience in data processing utilizing many different languages, software products, and environments including COBOL, DB2/SQL, VSAM, CICS, VM CMS, REXX, JavaScript, HTML, Java, OS/JCL, AS/400.
• Taken systems from conceptual specifications through to implementation, including detailed specifications, design, coding, testing, and documentation.
• Trained personnel on systems that were newly developed as well as systems that were already in place.
• Excellent analytical and trouble-shooting skills.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

9/07 – 8/10 Senior Programmer Analyst
Confidential – Concord, New Hampshire

• Designed, coded, and tested projects for the student loan process.
• Automated manual processes, reducing procedural timeframes for the business unit from one month to less than one week.
• Designed, coded, and tested an automated archive system for Clearinghouse data files after these files were processed in the monthy batch process.
• Part of the 24/7 on-call rotation to handle the nightly batch processing.
• Hardware: Dell PC, AS/400.
• Software: COBOL, SQL, CL, SYNON, Confluence, Jira, MS Excel, MS Word, Windows XP Pro.

8/05 – 8/07 Senior Consultant
Confidential –  Cleveland, Ohio

• Worked on the design, code, and testing of the accounting operations web site and converted parts that were 3270 based to a web based application.
• Enhanced the web site by standardizing the web pages to look and feel the same.
• Designed common code that could be reused in different areas of the web site.
• Maintained one of the large accounting systems in z/OS MVS that was written in COBOL and DB2/SQL.
• Hardware: Dell PC.
• Software: VM/CMS, REXX, CMS Pipes, HTML, JavaScript, VM Gateway, DB2/SQL, COBOL, OS/JCL, TSO/ISPF, MS Excel, MS Word, Windows XP Pro.

4/03 – 6/05 Consultant
Confidential – Somersworth, New Hampshire

• Responsible for maintenance and fix requests for the billing system.
• Helped in the design, coding, and implementation for a case manager system.
• Hardware:Dell PC.
• Software: Visual Basic 6.0, DB2/SQL, SQL Server, Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro.

5/98 – 7/02 Senior Software Engineer
Confidential - Portsmouth, New Hampshire

• Undertook immersion training in JAVA using Visual Age for Java.
• Helped in the redesign of a claim tracking system from being a PC based system to a web based product with a COBOL DB2/SQL report generating backend.
• Charged with being the primary contact on the standalone demo product for the marketing team.
• Responsible for coding and unit testing several iterations of the product.
• Worked at packaging the demo product using Install Shield.
• Hardware:IBM Mainframe, Intel.
• Software: Visual Age for Java 3.5, COBOL, DB2 v6 and personal v7.1, Apache, OS/JCL, Install Shield, TSO/ISPF, ENDEVOR, Windows 2000.

4/97 - 5/98 Programmer Analyst II
Confidential - Portsmouth, New Hampshire

• Team lead on a Year 2000 certification testing effort for a large insurance claim reporting system written in COBOL DB2/SQL and CICS.
• Attended a class on Visual Basic 5.0.
• Was instrumental in the design, coding, testing, and maintenance of the back end portion of a major insurance claim data extract utility that utilized a GUPTA front end for selection criteria.
• Hardware:IBM Mainframe, Intel, and Macintosh.
• Software: COBOL II, DB2, CICS, OS/JCL, TSO/ISPF, ENDEVOR, Windows NT, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office products, and Visual Basic 5.0.

11/94 - 4/97 Senior Consultant
Confidential. – Bedford, New Hampshire

• Set up a mainframe environment for a data base load utility for a major insurance company.
• Helped design, code, test, and maintain a data extract utility for a business partner of this major insurance company.
• Helped code and test an online general ledger billing system for the same major insurance company written in COBOL, VSAM, and CICS.
• Was responsible for maintaining online and batch COBOL/CICS systems at a small insurance company which also included being on call for daily batch and month end cycles.
• Hardware:IBM Mainframe, AST 486 PC, and Macintosh.
• Software: COBOL, DB2, CICS, OS/JCL, TSO/ISPF, ENDEVOR, ICCF, DOS/VSE, VSAM.

1/92 - 7/92 Consultant (contract)
Confidential– IBM Austin, Texas

• Responsible for scheduling, trouble-shooting, and maintenance of the plant logistics systems for IBM Charlotte, NC and IBM Lexington, KY.
• Downloaded and prepared data files for each month’s run and rerun of these systems.
• Hardware:IBM 3090 Mainframe, IBM PC/AT.
• Software:COBOL, VM/CMS, TSO/ISPF, REXX, VSAM, PL/I, MVS/XA, OS/JCL.

7/90 - 9/91 Senior Programmer / Analyst (contract)
Confidential – EXXON, Houston, Texas

• Responsible for designing and coding an Emergency Notification Subsystem for an Application Change Control System (ACC-2) using COBOL.
• Designed, coded, and tested the portion of ACC-2 that constructed a JCL job stream, using parameters passed to the system, to create executable load modules to be stored in ACC-2.
• Designed, coded, and tested a number of the ACC-2 system enhancements written in COBOL.
• Fielded analyst’s questions about ACC-2 and was involved in training analysts to use the system.
• Designed and coded help panels for ACC-2.
• Hardware: IBM 3090 Mainframe, IBM 3179.
• Software: PL/I, COBOL, TSO/ISPF, OS/JCL, MVS/ESA, VM/CMS, VSAM.

11/89 - 6/90 Senior Programmer / Analyst (contract)
Confidential – IBM Cary, North Carolina

• Responsible for designing and coding the MVS version of an asset management system for the PC.
• Aided in porting “C” code from the PC to the host to compile on a C370 compiler.
• Worked in setting up the MVS environment for the asset management system.
• Hardware: IBM 3090 Mainframe, IBM PC/AT.
• Software: C, TSO/ISPF, DIALOG TAG LANGUAGE, REXX, OS/JCL, DB2, MVS/XA, VM/CMS, DB2.

5/87 - 11/89 Senior Programmer / Analyst
Confidential– Dunedin, Florida

• Managed the final design and coding of the online maintenance portion of a major batch cable meter checking system for Toronto, Ontario.
• Aided in the development and implementation of two major data extraction systems with online interface.
• Designed, coded, and tested a small batch account billing system with online maintenance.
• Responsible for maintaining two major online systems.
• Hardware: IBM 3090 Mainframe, Amdahl 300E, IBM 3178.
• Software: PL/I, MODEL 204, TSO/ISPF, DIALOG MANAGER, REXX, OS/JCL, VM/CMS, VSAM, MVS/XA, MVS/ESA.

EDUCATION:

• Three months of immersion training in Java using Visual Age for Java,
• Ten week in-house training for Software Engineer Developer program,
• Diploma in Computer Programming for Business, Confidential Institute .
• B.B.A. General Business, Confidential University .