SUMMARY:

• I am looking for a Remote Mainframe Programmer position with a progressive organization offering challenge, opportunity for advancement and career growth. For the past 30 years I have been in the role of Team Lead/Programmer Analyst/Software Engineer in industries of banking, insurance, payroll, health care pharmacy claims processing. I am best known for solving problems and taking the lead on projects. I have the intuition to see problem areas and propose solutions.
• 30 years experience in data processing dealing directly with customers ensuring their goals and expectations were accomplished.
• Extensive proven ability to lead, build teamwork, and motivate others to excellence.
• Exceptional communication and human relations skills. Very comfortable dealing with senior management, technicians, and able to draw out customers to meet exacting specifications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technically: COBOL, COBOL II, PL1, CICS, DB2,VSAM, IDCAMS, JOB CONTROL LANGUAGE, INTERTEST, EXPEDITER, EASYTRIEVE,SYNCSORT, ENDEVOR, FILE - AID, FILE-AID for DB2, SPUFI, QMF, TRACEMASTER

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Jefferson City, MO

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked for Confidential remotely on various projects concerning Qcare, utilizing COBOLII, JCL, DB2, VSAM, TSO, TraceMaster, SYNCSORT, FILE-AID, FILE-AID for DB2.

Confidential, Lincoln, NE

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining their core system, using Data Com, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, TSO, EPEDITER, SYNCSORT, FILE-AID, and ENDEVOR. Helped develop their Hilite Sheets for the sales force to show the high lights of a policy.

Confidential, Jefferson City, MO

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked at Confidential on various projects concerning Missouri State Medicaid utilizing COBOLII, JCL, DB2, VSAM, TSO, EPEDITER, SYNCSORT, FILE-AID, FILE-AID for DB2.

Confidential, Kansas City, MO

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Working on the Milk Distribution System and Payroll System making modifications to PL1 programs, Procs, JCL and Control Cards, unit testing and migration to production. Utilizing PL1, JCL, DB2, VSAM, TSO, EPEDITER, SYNCSORT, FILE-AID, FILE-AID for DB2.

Confidential, Ogden UT

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Working on Financial programs to modernize programs with new subroutines and new development. Utilizing COBOL II, JCL,VSAM, DB2. This is a VSE/ESA system utilizing DB2 as a gateway to Oracle data base.

Confidential, Lees Summit, MO

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Working on Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Program (PCIP) batch program enhancements and creating new reports, utilizing COBOLII, JCL, VSAM, SYNCSORT, Expediter. Learned a little SQL SERVER.

Confidential, Jefferson City, MO

CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• Worked on the state Medicaid system converting programs from VSAM to DB2. Utilized COBOLII, JCL, DB2, VSAM, SYNCSORT, Expediter. Rigorous unit and system testing, as the results of the programming efforts had to match current production exactly.

Confidential, Tampa Florida

CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Trizetto software creating new reports and enhancements, batch COBOLII, VSAM, JCL, SYNCSORT.

Confidential, Lincoln, Nebraska

CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• Working as a Senior Technical Analyst on the new 5010 HIPPA compliant system. This involves trouble shooting COBOL code and modifications to ensure HIPPA compliance. This is batch COBOLII, JCL, DB2 SQL, Expediter, SYNCSORT.

Confidential, Overland Park Kansas

CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• Working on a project to create new confirmations for a new model of accounts, and eventually put out paperless confirms. Utilizing COBOL II, DB2, and JCL for the programs, I am also writing the technical specifications for the programs I am developing.

Confidential, Kansas City, MO

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• I Created JCL, procedures and sort control cards to execute those programs. I was instrumental in moving the Planfinder Project (a project to find the lowest cost of a drug ) forward by offering solutions to enable the errors screens to be populated with the correct information page after page.
• This project utilized new DB2 tables requiring a lot of joins, this enabled me to interact with the DBA’s to make the tables efficient. I also modified CICS programs to use temporary storage queues. I also wrote specifications from business use cases.

Confidential, St Louis, MO

CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• As a consultant I created, modified COBOLII/DB2 and CICS COBOL programs. My at this client site was to tune programs to the greatest efficiency.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• I Created, modified COBOLII/DB2 and CICS COBOL programs. Created JCL, Procedures, control sort cards for the largest financial conversion thus far in America, Confidential ’s acquisition of Confidential required the conversion of BOA’s accounts to the Confidential format for credit card processing. This was an exciting job enabling me to use Batch Pipe processing (running many programs at the same time in the same job step).

Confidential, North Wilkesboro, NC

CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• I participated in a major project for distribution Trans Load Facilities. I utilized COBOL II, JCL, DB2, STROBE, EXPEDITER, EZTRIEVE, SYNCSORT, IDCAMS, and VSAM working from company provided specifications, Provided detailed unit and system testing.

Confidential, Kansas City, MO

CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• I participated on the Confidential Conversion Team converting data to the TA2000 system. I utilized COBOL II, JCL, DB2, EXPEDITER, EZTRIEVE, SYNCSORT, IDCAMS, and VSAM. I created a process to rerun the input queue process modifying production JCL utilizing symbolics as well as programs for conversion.
• Unit and System tested. This later resulted in the savings of significant time in rerunning the front end.
• I worked as a consultant at 9 different consulting firms, I also worked as a programmer/analyst at Confidential Inc and subsidiary for 5 years. Full resume to be provided upon request.

Confidential

COMPUTER PROGRAMMER/ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• As a Master Sergeant, Managed from 2 to 12 analyst/programmers in the development and maintenance of payroll and personnel systems. I worked on a variety of systems such as totally rewriting and documenting the W2 System that produced tapes for IRS, reports and tapes for individual states, and W2 forms for the entire Confidential
• I utilized COBOL, JCL, Expediter, and CICS. I was responsible for many Systems and hundreds of projects over an 11 year span.

Confidential

OFFICE MANAGER

Responsibilities:

• Administrative duties from the Company level to the Battalion Level. I supervised preparation of Personnel Records relating to payroll, legal, and manpower computer records. I accomplished various other duties such as Squad Leader, Platoon Sergeant.