OBJECTIVE:

A challenging position in MIS management, systems analysis, and/or applications programming in a user-oriented environment.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

IT Analyst for the State of Michigan at Operations Center in Lansing primary mainframe resource for migration of the state's Driver and Vehicle information systems from Unisys ClearPath system to vendor-supported, web-based Business Application Modernization BAM system, specifically related to periodic full data migrations and real-time data replication also responsible for maintaining test data suite across 7 test environments, including test data aging and coordinated environment data refreshment for testing cycles legacy programs written in COBOL, XGEN and ALGOL all code maintained in BLSOURCE, and all job scheduling and controlling done in BLSCHED.

Confidential

Team Lead and Consultant and Lockheed Martin 10/09 to 2/11 at General Services Administration, Arlington, Virginia responsible for maintenance and enhancement of Transportation Management Services Solution, which manages shipment of freight and household goods for government agencies via COBOL-based system with graphical interface using HTML and JavaScript also performed Database Administration function for TMSS using DMSII database on Unisys ClearPath hardware.

Confidential

Systems Analyst designed, coded and implemented new system to store Atmospheric Corrosion inspection history, per Illinois Commerce Commission regulations providing support for remaining legacy systems including customer maintenance, alarm system and trouble order tracking all systems written in Unisys COBOL74 on ClearPath hardware, using Screen Design Facility for on-line screen maintenance, BLSOURCE for program code management and System Development Life Cycle for project specification design and management.

Confidential

Prairie, Minnesota, worldwide producer and distributor of hearing aids responsible for maintenance and enhancement of Unisys COBOL mainframe applications including sales reporting, invoicing, production control and general file maintenance. Also assisting with conversion of all applications from mainframe to Oracle client-server enterprise solution.

Confidential

Engineers

• Fringe Benefit Programs, Columbus, Ohio responsible for management of all systems activities related to the four funds Apprenticeship, Education Safety, Health Welfare, and Pension of a state-wide labor union with over 11,000 active members and 6,000 pensioners, including processing and payment of all medical bills and payment of retiree pensions. Most systems are maintained on a Unisys ClearPath LX5200 Windows NT server in a mainframe-type environment, using COBOL-based applications with DMSII database.
• Designed and implemented system to administer a Medical Reimbursement Account, which used accumulated work hours to pay for medical expenses not covered by the basic plan i.e. dental, vision
• Modified system to meet HIPAA requirements, including re-formatting of outgoing eligibility files and incoming claims files, generating termination of eligibility documents to members, and internal security/privacy enhancements
• Set up system to maintain time/date-stamped notes and correspondence with retired members
• Conversion of over 300 COBOL programs and regeneration of corporate database to accommodate Y2K requirements
• Upgrade of all external file exchanges from physical media tape to electronic, using FTP and PGP encryption.
• Confidential responsible for maintenance and upgrades of COBOL-based programs and systems, and any data base modifications required using Unisys-proprietary DMSII specifications.
• Confidential Products, Auburn, Indiana responsible for distribution and manufacturing systems on Unisys A11 and A6 mainframes, all written in COBOL.
• Brought divisional shipping procedures in line with previously-implemented corporate standards, including common paperwork packing slip, bill of lading and use of Advanced Shipping Notices.
• Confidential Rubber Company, Findlay, Ohio responsible for maintenance and enhancement of Finite Element Modeling routines for tire design in FORTRAN on VAX-8600 hardware.
• Confidential group at Cooper Tire worked mainly on stand-alone automated warehouse systems at four nationwide corporate facilities, all in COBOL on Unisys A1, A4, and A12 systems assisted with upgrades in applications software from GEMCOS to COMS and hardware from Burroughs B-series to Unisys A-series on both warehouse systems and the corporate mainframe.
• Improved throughput and accuracy of physical inventory in large company warehouses capacity one million tires by eliminating hand-written stocking tickets, while reducing cost of annual tire count one location went from 3-day physical inventory to one day, and another replaced annual procedure completely with periodic cycle counts.
• Confidential Tallahassee, FL analyzed, wrote, and implemented systems to handle customer service, order entry, order processing, billing and invoicing in COBOL on Burroughs B-1855 system for a small manufacturer and distributor of PC's and related peripherals.
• Confidential COBOL conversion from Honeywell to Burroughs mainframe worked on projects in bill of materials, tire testing data storage and retrieval, sales analysis, and warehouse systems.

RELATED SKILLS:

COBOL74, Unisys COMS, CANDE, DMSII, BLSOURCE and WFL Work Flow Language , XGEN, ALGOL, URSA/Dargal Reporting Tools, EDI, FTP, Microsoft Windows 98/2000/NT/XP, Office products Word, Excel and Access, Novell Netware administration, Principles of SDLC, PC software/hardware troubleshooting, Microsoft SQL Server.