PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• With over 20 years experience this candidate provides full systems life-cycle development service in the architectural design and application development of mainframe systems.
• From user requirements, this candidate, routinely produce effective, efficient system development solutions that are within technical specification and standards. A talented programmer using COBOL, CICS, SQL, DB2, MQ Series, Z/OS JCL , VSAM, ABARS, TSO/ISPF, Serena Changeman, CA-Endeavor, SCLM and a wide variety of vendor software and development tools.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

• Programming Languages: Assembler, COBOL, JCL, SQL
• Software/Databases: Tran-Pro, Eztrieve, CICS, Control-M, SAS, File-Aid, VSAM, Lotus Notes, Endeavor, Expediter, Platinum DB2, Visio, Quik, MS Office, Spufi, QMF, DB2, IMS, Oracle, MS Access, MS SQL, Powerhouse, Tessaract, NOMAD, MS Project, Total, ABARS, IEBGENER, IDCAMS, Quikjob, TSO/ISPF, MQ Series, Spufi, Data Warehousing, MVS/TSO IDCAMS, NDM, Zeke
• Configuration Management Serena Changeman, CA-Endeavor, IBM-SCLM
• Operating Systems: MS Windows, IBM z/OS JCL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Consultant-Production Support

• Assist in providing 24/7 support in the on-going day to day IR resolution activities and administrative functions related to maintenance, job scheduling environment of CNO's Financial systems
• Facilitate migration of systems packages through the various phases of development.
• Developed required test plans/scripts for unit, systems and UAT testing.
• Provide guidance and scheduling recommendations to the application teams.
• Served as team lead for CNO Disaster Recovery and CDS documentation projects

Technologies: COBOL, CICS, DB2, Endeavor, Expediter, File Manager, z/OS-JCL, Quality Center 11, Spufi, Zeke

Confidential

Senior Lead Consultant-Mainframe

• Provided primary level support of NiSource's Timekeeping Systems and its associated applications Production incidents
• Supported client's ATR Automated Time Reporting and Employee Records mainframe systems
• Performed all required remediation of ATR batch and online E/R systems
• Facilitated routine on-demand reporting request and data extracts
• Served as technical administrator and primary contact on client's time keeping systems WorkBrain issues

Technologies: COBOL, CICS, DB2, WorkBrain, File Manager, IBM Debugger, Lotus Notes, Changeman, Spufi

Confidential

Technical Lead

• Interfaced with client to develop requirements
• Converted requirements to High and Low level design for offshore
• Worked with and responded to offshore questions regarding design, coding and testing
• Majority of development and testing is completed offshore
• Monthly releases require movement of code, document creation for release, and availability for problem resolution as the need arises.

Technologies: COBOL, DB2, File-Aid, File Manager, IBM Debugger, Lotus Notes, Changeman, Spufi

Confidential

Senior Consultant-Mainframe

• Provided technical design support in the development and testing of clients GPS monitoring project.
• Participated in systems designing requirements gathering and planning sessions with clients and associates
• Developed technical specification documents in response to those requirements goals and objectives
• Participated in code and design reviews
• Developed, reengineered, tested, and elevated reusable module components
• Served in maintenance capacity providing remediation of client's production incident reporting issues.

Technologies: CICS, COBOL, Customer/1, DB2, Expediter, File-Aid, OS/JCL, QMF

Confidential

Senior Consultant-Mainframe

• Designed, developed, coded and implemented objectives of client's A/P system, RVP
• Participated in the gathering of business systems requirements
• Documented the process flow and that of derived system architecture
• Developed technical specification documents in response to those requirements goals and objectives
• Coded and tested modular program in accordance to those specifications
• Utilized Expediter, Intertest, CA-Platinum and File-Aid tools to facilitate the necessary functional/unit tests
• Migrated systems packages through the development phases

Technologies: COBOL, DB2, File-Aid, File Manager, IBM Debugger, Lotus Notes, Changeman, Spufi

Confidential

Senior Consultant-Mainframe Responsible for COBOL, CICS, DB2 design and coding objectives

• Provided end-user support and ongoing training on new online application systems
• Diagnosed application failures, identified operating inefficiencies, and developed system change requirements to improve service levels
• Provided subject matter expertise SME , supported, and consulted project teams in the configuration, prototyping, documentation, conversion, training, and implementation of new and modified application systems

Technologies: COBOL, CICS, DB2, SQL, OS/JCL, SCLM, Visio, MS Project, File-Aid, MVS/TSO, Xpediter, Intertest

Confidential

Senior Consultant-Mainframe

Responsible for Assembler, COBOL, CICS and DB2 design, development and coding objectives

• Used Install/1 application templates to write reusable subroutine modules for client's Inventory management system
• Created DB2 transformations and stored procedures
• Led automation gap analysis and provide resolution designs
• Developed process flow mapping for key processes and standard business practices
• Facilitated integration protocols in auditing migration packages requirements
• Assumed responsibilities for deliverable tracking and its correspondence
• Worked closely within the matrix to identify and meet business/user requirements

Technologies: Assembler, COBOL, DB2, CICS, File-Aid, Xpediter, Mercury Test Director, MS Project, Peregrine, Lotus, Notes, Endeavor, Install/1, Changeman, FTP, Connect: Direct

Confidential

Application Architect-Mainframe

• Provided design recommendations for systems enhancements and recommended methodology
• Participated in project requirements gathering and planning sessions with clients and associates
• Provided full service architectural support of AFLAC Insurance Policyholder/Premium Systems
• Wrote High/Low level technical design specifications
• Participated in code and design reviews
• Developed, reengineered, tested, and elevated reusable module components
• Assist in providing 24/7 support of AFLAC policy systems applications in a primary or secondary capacity

Technologies: Assembler, COBOL, DB2, CICS, SQL, OS/JCL, MQ Series, Eztrieve, File-Aid, Expediter, Visio, MS Project, Alchemist, Case Tools, MQ Series, Connect: Direct, SCLM

Confidential

Senior Consultant Mainframe

• Identified resource requirements and assigned tasks to project members reported progress ensured customer and management involvement throughout the software development process
• Resolved critical issues affecting the configuration of the IT infrastructure, and coordinated the demonstration of new and enhanced applications to customers and management.
• Served as technical liaison to Medicaid insurance providers and claimants
• Mentored team and subordinated members in areas to strengthen knowledge and system exposure
• Facilitated reporting of Medicaid financial payments, reimbursement, and recoupment
• Performed data transformation processing to facilitate data warehousing ETL
• Assisted in providing full lifecycle support of the Medicaid financial systems

Technologies: Assembler, COBOL, CICS, DB2, SQL, OS/JCL, SCLM, MS Project, File-Aid, MVS/TSO, Xpediter, Intertest, Endeavor

Confidential

Data Management Systems Administrator-Mainframe

• Served as second level contact for data and media systems related issues for IBM/GS and its clients
• Served as media storage administrator for 72 lpars
• Coordinated HDA replacement data and recovery restoration services
• Performed emergency recovery of storage media archives
• Used HSM, VSAM, OS/JCL, DFSMSHSM, ICKDSF, DFDSS and ABARS to correct issues

Technologies: ABARS, CICS, COBOL, DB2, SQL, VSAM, OS/JCL, Data Warehousing

Confidential

Senior Consultant-Mainframe

• Worked on small and large, moderately complex projects that required increased skill in multiple technical Applications and disciplines
• Assumed responsibilities for requirement analysis, design, development, integration and enhancement activities, as well as related maintenance and production support
• Assisted in the implementation of client's vendor software interfaces, data migration and upgrades using COBOL, Quikjob, VSAM, IDCAMS, File-Aid and Endeavor
• Researched and provided systems analysis, project scoping, in addition to software remediation
• Provided system testing and support of affected systems
• Maintained system documentation provided mentoring and team support

Technologies: COBOL, Quikjob, VSAM, IDCAMS, File-Aid, Endeavor, VISIO

Confidential

Senior Consultant-Mainframe

• Provided critical quality analysis and follow up assuring the program modifications and migrated data were properly integrated
• Participated in project planning sessions with clients, business analysts, and team members to analyze development requirements and make recommendations for moderate to complex systems
• Assisted in Y2K source code remediation and isolated testing of the individual COBOL and CICS applications
• Implemented windowing methodology to isolate and circumvent potential execution failures attributed to year 2000 dating on targeted systems

Technologies: CICS, COBOL, DB2, IDMS/ADSO, OS/JCL, MS Project, Endeavor, Xpediter, File-Aid, Intertest

Confidential

Senior Consultant-Mainframe

• Assumed responsibilities for the design and development of BMV automobile tag inventory system provided the means to ledger the division automobile tag and decal in real time
• Led team on version enhancements to the Rate Routine system as well as provided on-call production support
• Mentored team and subordinated members in areas to strengthen knowledge and system exposure
• Tested and elevated application modules, provided test plans

Technologies: Assembler, CICS, COBOL, DB2, Endeavor, IMS, SAS, Expediter, File-Aid, MS Project

Confidential

Senior Consultant

• Developed COBOL applications to extract IDMS rows onto DB2 tables
• Participated in the development of the client's interfacing customer databases
• Assisted in the enhancements of the client's interfacing G/L applications and developed reusable program modules in COBOL, DB2 and CICS
• Converted legacy NOMAD source code into COBOL
• Performed required ETL, ad hoc reporting requests, required re-engineering of systems applications using COBOL and Tesseract
• Utilized Expediter, Intertest and File-Aid tools facilitated the necessary functional and unit tests
• Used Endeavor to migrate the applications onto the required regions of development

Technologies: COBOL, CICS, IDMS, DB2, SQL, NOMAD, Expediter, MS Project, File-Aid and Endeavor

Confidential

IT Consultant

• Contributed to the development of Winn-Dixie's A/R reporting systems
• Wrote source code using Assembler, COBOL, DB2 and CICS
• Analyzed and identified production systems performance issues, determined viable resolutions stratagem system design, coding, testing, and release of approved component packages

Technologies: Assembler, COBOL, SQL, DB2, CICS, DOS/VSE, CMS

Confidential

Programmer/Analyst III Employee

• Engineered new systems and applications
• Modified existing source code to meet user specification using COBOL, DB2, CICS, IDMS/ADSO, IMS, VSAM, Assembler, QMF, File-Aid, ORACLE, and MS Access
• Worked directly with claims analysts, lawyers, medical providers and fraud agents with specialized systems enhancements, reports and data downloads to meet their specific needs
• Provided full lifecycle support: performed the required requirements gathering, developed technical specs, systems analysis, coded implementation of system software and ETL and warehousing of data to accommodate user/systems requirements
• Assisted in providing 24 hour on-call support

Technologies: COBOL, DB2, CICS, SQL, VSAM, Assembler, QMF, File-Aid, ORACLE, MS Access, Tran-Pro, Total, Connect: Direct, Endeavor

Confidential

Programmer/Analyst

• Wrote and modified existing JCL procedures for the HFC conversion project
• Used COBOL, Easytrieve and RPG to reengineer, support and maintain accounts receivable batch applications
• Performed unitary design, development and performance tests using Expediter and File-Aid
• Created and updated system flowcharts, dataflow diagrams and performance statistics for review
• Provided ad hoc reporting of sales subscriptions created portable downloads of SAR tape reports

Technologies: JCL, COBOL, SQL, Easytrieve, Expediter, File-Aid, Changeman

Confidential

• Created and modified COBOL/CICS programs, Assembler macros/subroutines and JCL procedures in accordance with customers' specifications
• Performed ad hoc SQL reporting tasks using Spufi and QMF
• Gained significant exposure to CICS via tutorials, mentored and modified assignments incrementing from small to midrange in size and complexity
• Provided non-interval reporting and systems incident reporting and resolution

Technologies: Assembler, COBOL, CICS, JCL, SQL, Spufi, QMF, Customer/1, Endeavor