SUMMARY:

• Accomplished developer with proven technical skills, and international business exposure, based upon a background in financial and utility systems, seeks a position that will benefit from diverse project lead, or programming experience. Self - starter with cross-functional proficiency.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: Confidential Mainframe, PC

Languages: COBOL, COBOL II, Enterprise COBOL, Assembler, SQL, TGS, Easytrieve, HTML

Oper: Sys Z/OS OS/3 90, MVS, Windows XP & 7, PC DOS

Packages Infor: (Walker) IM, Infor (Walker, MSA, M&D) GL, Infor PO, Infor (Walker) APInfor (MSA) FA, Infor IE, Infor (MSA) Payroll, and Life-Com

Other: TSO/ISPF, CICS, DB2, IMS, Infoman, Panvalet, Librarian, Screenbuilder, SPUFI, QMF, File Aid, Endevor, Xpediter, MS Office, Mainframe Express, Visual Studio 2008

Systems: General Ledger, Purchase Order, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Inventory Management, Core Banking, Insurance Policy Processing, and applications relating to the needs of public utilities

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Farnborough

Subject Matter Expert COBOL

• Participant in the research, development, and product testing of the Software Defined Mainframe.
• Completed many hundreds of Discovery Requests into to the correct behaviour of compiled COBOL Code (V4.2, V5.2). Communicated functionality to development teams overseas. Included CICS and DB2 interfaces.
• Built Test Plans, conducted extensive testing of systems components and documenting results. Communicated faults to colleagues overseas. Retested to log remediation, or not.
• Platforms: Z/OS, Linux and Apple OS. I used Apple Numbers and Apple Pages on a daily basis. Work was both on site at Confidential and remotely from home.

Confidential, Monterey Park

Software Developer

• Contract analyst/programmer at Confidential . Supported the Trisyn General Ledger package. Role included production support and new development. Confidential is constantly expanding and there are continuing needs for new reports.
• Developed daily and monthly Responsibility Center reports for the Bank’s divisions. Interfaced with other teams, over a wide geographic area. Provided reporting information for loading reports into an intranet interface.
• Took remedial action in relation to production failures due to greatly increased data flows. This included re-sizing datasets and increasing internal table sizes.
• Coding work was in Assembler, COBOL and DB2/SQL and/or CICS. I also used Word, Excel and other Windows applications on a daily basis.

Confidential, Tucson

Contract Programmer

• Contract programmer for Confidential . Programmer in the support team for the Infor (MSA) Payroll system. Coded and tested many of the changes needed to convert the county payroll to self-insurance.
• Coded transactions and updates to enable implementation of bonuses and pay rate increases. I coded numerous verification extracts formatted for MS Excel.
• Worked long hours to ensure our team, of three, promoted our work within the confines of a very tight schedule.
• Coding work was in COBOL using Datacom DB, VSAM and CICS. I also used Word, Excel and other Windows applications on a daily basis.

Confidential, San Diego

Software Developer

• Contract analyst/programmer at Confidential . Part of the conversion team for the acquisition of Santa Barbara Bank and Trust. Responsible for the running of test, mock, and actual conversion of WCG time deposit data (CDs and IRAs). Co-ordinated runs with operations. I wrote and tested fixes where required.
• Also, took part in the conversion of SBBT CIF Customer Information Data, writing and applying fixes where necessary.
• Gave input at planning sessions and took responsibility for receiving data and ensuring its integrity through the conversion process.
• Coding work was in Assembler, COBOL and DB2/SQL under IMS DB/DC and/or CICS. I also used Word, Excel and other Windows applications on a daily basis.

Confidential

Analyst/programmer.

• Contract analyst/programmer at Confidential PLC. Worked on the implementation of discounted contract packages for SSE’s telephone and broadband offerings. Made numerous changes to existing Telco related programs and wrote a module to generate customer letters.
• Refined process to accept datasets from the Department of Work and Pensions. This data triggers winter fuel rebates to fuel poverty customers. This involved the validation and enrichment of poor quality data from an external source.
• This contract entailed considerable designing, building and execution of test plans. Coding work was in COBOL and DB2/SQL Under CICS. I also used Word, Excel and other Windows applications on a daily basis.

Confidential

Analyst/Programmer

• Part of the conversion team for RSA Insurance. This project took Insurance systems (Policy Processing, New Business, et al) from a Z/OS Mainframe environment on to the Windows Server paradigm. I rebuilt 370 Assembler programs into new Micro Focus Enterprise, non mainframe, COBOL code.
• Utilised Mainframe Express to read and debug BAL, whilst simultaneously building replacement code under Microsoft Visual Studio. Programs ran variously under CICS and/or IMS both running under Micro Focus Enterprise Server under Windows. Coded and debugged both batch and on-line programs. Worked both on-site at Micro Focus and, remotely, from home. Enterprise COBOL, Assembler, IMS, DB2, CICS.

Confidential

Analyst/programmer.

• Contract programmer for Confidential PLC. Worked with the Billing team building features for implementation in future releases of SSE’s billing system.
• Also debugged production and system test issues. Most recently I built an object oriented module to enable Customer Support Representatives to void and re-issue electricity and Gas bills on-line after changed meter readings.
• Carried out numerous SQL tasks to enable billing to keep pace with the changing regulatory environment. Work was in COBOL and DB2/SQL under CICS. I also used Word, Excel and other Windows applications on a daily basis.

Confidential

Analyst/programmer.

• I was one of a team of two. We supported all mainframe applications: Infor (MSA Expert) Purchasing and Accounts Receivable, Infor (M&D Millennium) General Ledger, Sierra Pacific’s Contract Management System (CMS) and Confidential ’s Shareholder system.
• I supported production. I make modifications as required by business partners. In particular I modified CICS transactions and batch programs to send data to PC and network based systems. I engineered numerous reports in COBOL II, Assembler, and Information Expert under CICS.

Confidential, Hollywood, California

Analyst/programmer.

• Confidential is a major Motion Picture producer.
• My role was to support the Infor (M&D Millennium) General Ledger on a twenty four hour basis. I built system amendments for business partners and extracts for Auditors. I handled special inputs as required and fielded ad hoc report and download requests.
• I built mainframe to e-mail programs to keep customers posted of monthly activity and built numerous mainframe to network interfaces. COBOL 390, Assembler and DB2/SQL, CICS.

Confidential, Irvine, California

Analyst/programmer.

• Balboa provides collateral insurance tracking service to lenders. The vehicle for this activity is their “Collateral Command System - CCS”.
• I worked on the implementation of CCS for Accredited Home Loans, Inc. My role was to build the interface for data outbound to the client. And, Balboa’s processing of AHL’s response to outbound data. This involved two suites of complex batch programs. I also implemented the transmission and reception of data utilizing the Fusion product.
• I spent considerable time maintaining and dealing with production problems within CCS. This included writing Code mainly in COBOL CICS SQL utilizing IDMS and DB2

Confidential, Anaheim, California

Analyst/programmer.

• Systems analyst/programmer for Confidential based in Anaheim, CA. I was responsible for designing, construction and testing an application for the entry of real estate information. Programs are COBOL 390 under CICS and utilizing DB2 SQL and VSAM. Project involved sixteen programs and related maps. I completed the task in eight weeks including assisting user testing and implementation. I did maintenance and upgrades to real estate related systems.

Confidential, San Francisco

Analyst/programmer

• Financial systems analyst programmer, responsible for re-customizing numerous interfaces, into Infor Tamaris General Ledger, for the Royal Bank of Scotland, headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland. This was largely a re-sizing episode in response to the Royal Bank’s take over of National Westminster. I coded in COBOL, Assembler, SQL, and 4GLs. I made extensive JCL changes.
• Previously for Confidential &C I worked on site at ConAgra Foods, Inc. ConAgra is a major agricultural and food business based in Omaha, NE. I was involved in changing Accounting Key segmentation within Infor Tamaris Purchase Order, Accounts Payable and Inventory Management systems. And interface changes to datasets from PeopleSoft Accounts Receivable. This was to accommodate the installation of Oracle General Ledger. I built account key validation routines and re-customized screens, transactions and reports. Moreover, I was re-engineered application security.
• Prior to ConAgra I was involved in of a major effort to install Infor’s Tamaris purchase order solution at United Airlines. My role included interviewing contractors for the project. And, advising the client on the quality of system design. I was also part of a committee to determine the best means for controlling component development over a wide geographic area. Responsible for developing an ATA Spec200 to Vendor Catalog interface. I analyzed the existing interface and studied Spec 200. I determined the user’s requirement, and then produced an effective, efficient and error free Catalog load. I designed and build interfaces from several key Legacy Systems. These included repair orders and new fleet provisioning.

Confidential

Project Leader

• I was responsible for a team providing on-going support for Infor Tamaris General Ledger. And, I was also responsible for ensuring Year 2000 compliance. Responsible for forward planning and subdividing a project plan into discrete units of work. I ensured teams work conformed to requirements. We always completed our work within allotted time; hence I often lent my resources to other project teams. I also designed a PeopleSoft Payroll to Infor General Ledger Interface.

Confidential

Programmer

• Responsible for providing ongoing support for Financial Systems at client sites. Our clients included the Southern California Gas Company (now Sempra), the University of California at Los Angeles, the American Association of Retired Persons, and SunAmerica. I wrote a General Ledger data archival and retrieval for So. Cal. Gas Co. extending the capabilities of their Infor packages I rewrote portions of UCLA’s Infor based purchase order system. I installed a Credit Card acceptance solution for the AARP. I did Insurance Data Conversion for SunAmerica. Languages utilized were COBOL, Assembler, and SQL.