Senior Information Technology Professional

A senior level technical professional with degrees in Data Processing and over 35 years of experience who has participated in large and small IT projects for many clients. His efforts have resulted in the establishment of COOP plans, major upgrades, cost savings and the meeting of project deadlines. He has maintained cutting edge knowledge of the industry and participated in many symposiums and conferences not only as an attendee but also as a guest lecturer and speaker. A business entrepreneur who has management experience ranging from project to organizational. He has specialized education in Novell and Microsoft networking, advanced EDI training and experience, a solid technical background and his long term experience in mainframe systems especially COBOL development, round out his broad and deep background. He has participated in many aspects of the industry including but not limited to: Project Management Business Process Analysis Information Engineering Software Testing, Software Development SWOT and Process Analysis Process Engineering System and Infrastructure: planning, analysis, design, construction, formalized testing and implementation data administration data base management software development, new program development, maintenance programming software and hardware evaluation, training LAN system design, installation, configuration, and administration Vendor Agreement and SLA negotiation and management.

Professional Career Highlights

• Developer on State of SC Unemployment Insurance System for the 2012 Data Validation effort for the US DOL.
• Professional Computer Consultant for the State of Tennessee, Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development, Unemployment Insurance Administration - participated in the rapid deployment and upgrade of systems for the 2009 Federal Stimulus Program.
• Business Analyst - investigated and provided substantiation for decisions to the SSA ALB that led to data conversion cost savings and a higher level of data accuracy. Wrote Detailed Functional Requirements DFRs for CWOSS Phase II project.
• COOP Planning Officer assisted with the creation and construction of COOP plans for the Office of Enterprise Support, Architecture and Engineering's Office of the Associate Commissioner OESAE OAC .
• Offshore Project Leader for Satyam took over a project that had been working for 11 weeks and closed it in 5 days.
• EC/EDI Coordinator at the Salt River Project - under rapidly approaching deadlines, established and defined corporate strategies for electronic commerce, arranged training for users in Harbinger TLC NT/Windows, and established the Harbinger EDI program for New West Energy of CA, a brand new market, in less than 4 months.
• Chief Systems Engineer - Designed and built LINUX ISP system for BIZNET Internet Services, LLC taking them operational and in less than 60 days being listed in The Business Journal of Phoenix as a Top Internet Access Provider in the Valley.
• LAN Administrator for the Office of the Secretary of HUD supervised upgrade and deployment of several Novell LANs.
• Business Analyst who participated in the design and development of Data Warehousing schemas for BCBS of AR containing time sensitive membership information resulting in the ability to pull historical data that had not been previously possible.
• Primary architect, developer programmer on the Mine Information Management System for the Department of Interior's, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement's, Branch of Systems User Support. This effort resulted in the most precise tool that had ever existed for surface mine permit information validation.

Technical Skills Highlight Areas

• Mainframe - COBOL VS/II/370/390/LE, IMS DB/DC, CICS, DB2, SQL, FOCUS, TSO/ISPF, JCL, Easytrieve, Natural, PL/I, IEF, Cool:Gen
• Operating Systems z/OS, OS/MVS, OS/390, DOS/VSE, DOS/VMSP, Windows 3.1X/95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7, UNIX, LINUX, Solaris, SunOS, BSD, DG/UX, HP/UX, Novell NetWare, DOS, MS Server 2000/2003, SBS 2000/2003
• Languages COBOL, SQL, PL/I, Natural, C, C, C, Visual Basic, HTML, XML, SGML VS Script, Java, J2EE, Java Script, VB Script, JCL, OCL, System 38 CL, UNIX Shell C, Bourne, Korn Scripting, Fortran, RPG II, BASIC, AWK, Perl, PHP, CSS, ASP, xBase, ADF Audit Language
• Databases DB2, MS Access, IDS/II DM IV, ADABAS, DATACOM/DB, IDMS, Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, Sybase, PowerBuilder, Informix, dBase
• Internet Bind DNS, Apache, TomCat, SendMail, HTML, XML, ASP, CSS, JavaScript, VB Script, Radius Severs, Shell Script, TcL/TcK, Perl
• COTS - Microsoft Office, WordPerfect, Lotus, Ami, ADOBE, GroupWise, Microsoft Mail/Exchange, MS Project, Visio
• Configured and installed server, desktop, SAN, NAS, printer, gateway, and router hardware. Used TCP/IP and other protocols.
• Exhaustive experience in EDI/EC, health care, insurance, accounting, office automation, and inventory control systems.

Systems Administrator

• On contract to the State of SC Unemployment Insurance system working on the Data Validation Project for the Federal DOL program information requirements. COBOL II, TSO/ISPF, CA7, VSAM, Endeavor, SDSF, z/OS, JCL, MS Office, Visio, MS Access, QWS3270, Visustin.

Sr. Programmer Analyst

• On contract to FedEx as a Sr. Programmer Analyst working on the EDI system. COBOL, TSO/ISPF, Websphere Data Interchange WDI, ANSI X12 Standards thru 5010 214, 240, EDI Mapping, CA7, IMS, DB2, SQL, Panvalet, IOF, SDF z/OS, JCL

Senior Product Engineer

• On contract to Deloitte Consulting in support of the Defense Health Information Management System EHR. Product Engineer for integrated single sign-on, a GUI front end for legacy information presentation and a theater based medical information database. Vista, Citrix, COBOL, Java

FEP Test Technician On contract to IBM at Blue Cross of MN testing the FEP program HIPAA 5010 Federally mandated changes and updates. COBOL, SAS, TSO, ISPF, CA7, EOS, SoapUI, WebSphere MQ Explorer, COBOL II, JCL, Z/OS, AIX, Linux, Windows XP, VMware, FEP Direct

Senior Test Engineer Datum Software

• Revenue Accounting System, using COBOL, Adabas, Natural, DB2, SQL, MS Office, SharePoint, HP Quality Center, JCL, z/OS, Panvalet, Writing and executing Test cases, HP-UX 11.23, Creating/manipulating/managing test data.

/ COBOL IDMS Programmer

• EDI Programmer - COBOL II, Gentran 6.3, ANSI X12 4030, TSO/ISPF, IDMS, VSAM, FTP, Test Center, MS Office.

Systems Administrator

• Helpdesk Support Technician for the Computer Assisted Data Collection CADC hardware department of the Office of Field Operations. Assisted with configuration, deployment, and maintenance of tablet PCs. CheckPoint VPN, CITIRIX, POINTSEC, Entrust, Security, Windows Active Directory, Remedy, Datakey CIP, Smartcards, and pcAnywhere. Entrust Security Administrator

Arrington Associates Computer Consultants

• Network Installation and Desktop Support Technician - MS Office 2003, MS Server 2000/2003/2007, Windows Active Directory, MS SQL Server, Ubuntu Linux, Open Office, Windows XP/Vista/7, MS Access, MS Visio, MS Project, Adobe Photoshop and Gimp.
• COBOL Mainframe Developer - Performed COBOL software development for the State of Tennessee, Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development, Unemployment Insurance Administration. Programmed both on-line and batch programs using COBOL 74 in a TSS, IDS/II DM IV, TP8, Bull Honeywell GCOS environment.
• Medical IT Consultant - Contracted to identify IT solutions including practice management, EMR and billing software.
• Technical Helpdesk Representative - Examsoft Missouri Bar Exam, Board of Law Examiners Windows, Mac OS, Examsoft
• Data Conversion Specialist Utilized various technologies and processes to convert data for special requirements projects.

Social Security Administration's Agency-Wide Support Services Contract AWSSC for Lockheed Martin.

• Senior Computer Systems Analyst / Mainframe Developer / Business Analyst for the, on the LOTS Litigation Overview Tracking System conversion of a legacy dBase IV system to a CICS, DB2 and Java web based browser application.
• COOP Planning Assistant - COOP/Disaster Recovery Planning for the Office of Enterprise Support, Architecture and Engineering's Office of the Associate Commissioner OESAE OAC .
• Technical Analyst on the Comprehensive Work Opportunity Support System CWOSS prepared Detailed Functional Requirements DFRs and SWOT Analysis. Utilized CICS, DB2, COBOL II, TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, Endevor, Testbase, File-Aid, MKS, dBase, JCL, z/OS, VSAM, Windows XP/Vista, CLIST, Control-M, RUP, MS Office and the Metadata Analyzer.
• Managed IT support staff including Help Desk, UNIX and Novell support personnel. Responsibilities included staff management, time accounting, proposal writing, client interface and technical support. Technical areas of responsibility included GroupWise 5.5, NetWare 4.11, Solaris 7/8, SunOS 4/5, Red Hat Caldera Linux, Server 2000, Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP, Oracle, MS SQL Server, C/C, Java, Visio, Legato, Tape Libraries, and RSA security. Administered routers Cisco, Adtran, Juniper, HP, etc., Servers Sun, Dell, Compaq, and Generic, Hard disk storage sub systems Sun, SAN NetApp and NAS units Netgear, NetApp, Plextor, Seagate, etc. .
• US Dept of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics Help Desk / IT Support Manager.
• Various Projects and Contracts: COBOL Programmer for Retail Order Inventory System Onshore Project Leader for CICS, COBOL II Financial System Project Manager Project Leader SME Business Analyst/Consultant for Legacy Applications' Renewal Group Business Analyst and SME for COBOL Mainframe Programming project Lead COBOL Conversion Programmer for COBOL to COBOL LE project, Mainframe Developer EDI Project Manager on EDI conversion project Senior Computer Systems Analyst EDI Programmer Analyst Business Analyst Consultant Systems Administrator, Senior Consultant and COBOL Mainframe Programmer. Projects included Health Care systems, HIPAA renovation and compliance, transportation logistic system, 800 billing system, inventory management, shipping, and freight tracking, POS, accounting/financial systems, SWOT Analysis and others. Utilized SOA Service Oriented Architecture, ERP Enterprise Resource Planning, CRM Customer Relationship Management, COBOL II, COBOL LE, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, IMS DB/DC, DLI, VSAM, Cool:Gen, CA-7, ChangeMan, TSO/ISPF, MQ Series, Visual Age COBOL, WebSphere, MicroFOCUS COBOL, APS, ADABAS/Natural, Panvalet, Endevor, File-Aid, Xpediter, Intertest, Infoman, z/OS, OS/MVS, OS/390, CECI, CEDF, CEMT, IDMS, EDI, RUP, Easytrieve Plus, Oracle, PL/SQL, MS SQL Server, MKS, Agile, Apache, Lucene, TomCat, Java, J2EE, Crystal Reports, FTP, Connect:Direct, MS Access, MS Visio, Metadata Analyzer, HTML, ASP, Perl, Tcl/Tk, QuickBASIC, VBScript, IE, Telnet, IIS, MS Office, MS Project, Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 and Server 2000/2003/2005/2007. Built and configured servers and desktops.
• Programmer Analyst Retail Order Inventory Management System and B2B Sales Portal COBOL, TSO/ISPF, DB2, CICS, BMS, C
• Disaster Recovery Team Lead - Alltel International Mortgage - Participated in disaster recovery exercises.
• Sr. Programmer Analyst COBOL II, Peoplesoft, VSAM, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, ROSCOE, RUP, and TSO/ISPF.
• Managed staff and contract Programmer/Analysts. Analyzed recommended both present and future technology solutions. Performed SWOT Analysis for new projects. Administered BSD, Novell, Windows NT 3.51 4.0 Internet servers. Utilized Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, HTML, C, C, Java, Shell Scripting, Perl, FTP, Telnet, CGI, VBScript, JavaScript, and other WEB products. Performed HTML, PERL 4 5, Access Visual BASIC. Used GroupWise, SendMail, Apache WEB Server, O'Reilly's WebSite, WS Ftp, Telnet, Microsoft Office. Bind. Administered Domain Name Service DNS system including virtual hosting, multiple Web Servers, Cisco routers other hardware.
• Business Analyst/Senior COBOL Developer on various contracts including data warehousing for a major health organization and logistic scheduling system. COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, TSO/ISPF, IMS DB/DC Easytrieve Plus and FOCUS.
• Technical Interviewer - COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, TSO/ISPF, IMS DB/DC, FOCUS, Networking, Novell, Windows NT/95, Unix, JCL, Linux, SunOS, Solaris, Oracle, HTML, DHTML, XML, and Apache.
• Sr. Web Architect Designed and created web pages and participated in the creation of B2B portal. HTML, DHTML, XML, ASP, CSS, JavaScript, and Apache Web Servers.
• Sr. Project Leader - Responsible for three teams of five techs. Utilized MS Project to track goals, milestones and schedules.
• EC/EDI Coordinator responsible for establishing and defining corporate strategies for electronic commerce. Performed project SWOT Analysis, trained users in Harbinger TLC NT/Windows . Established the Harbinger EDI program for New West Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the SRP in the newly deregulated California energy market.
• Salt River Project SRP - a political subdivision of the State of AZ, a power generating and reselling authority for the State of AZ.
• Senior Business Analyst - COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, TSO/ISPF, IMS DB/DC, ADF, CA7, RUP, SDSF, SAR, and Intertest. Software development contract for parts inventory management system.
• Sr. Internet Desktop Technician - C/C, Visual Basic, Visual C, Java, MS SQL, MySQL, MS Office, Visio, MS Project, Internet System Design and Configuration, LAN, HTML, DHTML, XML, ASP, Java Script, VB Script, and Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP networking. I configured and administered Cisco routers. I configured DSL Internet access points.
• Sr. Programmer Analyst / Team Leader - EDI/EC, Harbinger TLC/TLE, Gentran, XML, Oracle, FTP, Connect:Direct, Microfocus COBOL
• Systems Engineer - GroupWise 5.5 and 5 mail system administration, UNIX System Admin Linux, BSD, HP/UX, OSF/1, Novell NetWare Admin 3.11/4.x/5.x, Y2K conversions
• Provided Novell NetWare 4.1/3.12, Windows NT, Oracle, and Windows 95/3.11 PC support services.
• GroupWise, WordPerfect, and Data General UNIX installation, configuration and administration.
• Taught training classes in Novell 3.12, GroupWise, WordPerfect 6.1, Lotus Release 5 and Windows.
• Performed maintenance programming using FORTRAN, COBOL II, DB2, CICS, IMS DB/DC, FOCUS, DL/I, and TSO/ISPF.
• Samba/SMBServer, Tcl/Tk, AWK, TCP/IP, NFS, SMTP gateway, MAC connectivity issues, PC support services, HP/UX, VAX systems.
• Designed, built and configured the Internet Access Provider system. Utilized HTML, Java, SHTML, Javascript, VB Script, CSS, Novell NetWare 4.1/3.12, Windows WFW 3.1/3.11 95/NT 4/3.51, Linux, Free BSD, Perl, Shell Scripting, Tcl/Tk, AWK, QuickBASIC, TCP/IP, GroupWise, SendMail, BIND/DNS, Oracle, MySQL, SyBase, GroupWise, NFS, LAN WorkGroup, X-Windows, WEB Servers Apache, NCSA HTTP, Novell, WebSite, IIS Servers, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Cisco Routers, Livingston Portmasters, CSU/DSU units, hubs and modems.
• Local Area Network Administrator - Office of the Secretary of HUD, Compdata Corp., Washington, DC
• Sr. Network Support Specialist - Novell, Windows, Unix - American Banker's Association, EDP Temps, Washington, DC
• Task Leader / Sr. Programmer Analyst COBOL II, IMS DB/DC, MFS, DB2, SQL, TSO, IMS Data-Xpert, Blue Cross Blue Shield of VA, ARMS Incorporated
• Senior Programmer Analyst COBOL II, IMS, TSO/ISPF, Dyl280, Panvalet, IEF - American Express AMEX, Ft Lauderdale, FL
• Senior Programmer Analyst COBOL II, CICS, DB2, BMS, SQL, ROSCOE, VSAM Reohr Group, GTE Health Systems, Phoenix, AZ
• Programmer Analyst COBOL, CICS, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, BMS,
• Systems Engineer Novell Netware and UNIX Administration VANSTAR, Phoenix, AZ
• CICS, COBOL II, DB2, MVS/ESA, IDEAL DATACOM/DB Health Care system, IMS DB/DC, Easytrieve Plus, TSO/ISPF, MVS/XA, VSAM, File-Aid, OS/MVS, OCL, IBM AS/400, IBM S3900.
• Maintenance programmer for State of AZ Medicaid health management system. Ideal DATACOM/DB, COBOL, TSO/ISPF.
• Ran help desk. Handled all administrative departmental functions. Maintained director's calendar. Novell NetWare 4.0 LAN, Windows, Lotus 123, WordPerfect, Data General Aviion, running DG/UX, Star Financials from HBO Co. IBM 4361 running DOS/VMSP.
• Sr. Programmer Analyst - HIPAA, requirements and renovations, COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, FOCUS, VM, TSO/ISPF, IMS DB/DC, ADF, MQ Series, WebSphere, CA7, IEF, APS, Cool:Gen, Oracle, Telon, File-Aid, Data-Xpert, IMS Xpert, Intertest, Abend-Aid, Visual Age COBOL
• Sr. Programmer Analyst COBOL II, PL/I, DB2, SQL, TSO, Easytrieve, IEF - Mobil Oil, Trecom Business Systems, Fairfax, VA
• Team Disaster Recovery Coordinator Coauthored Disaster Recovery Plans - Mobil Oil, Trecom Business Systems, Fairfax, VA
• Programmer Analyst COBOL II, IMS, TSO/ISPF, Dyl280, Panvalet - AMEX, Computer Horizons Corp, Phoenix, AZ
• Project Leader COBOL, IMS, TSO/ISPF - US Dept of the Interior, CMS Services, Inc., Washington, DC
• Programmer Analyst Unemployment Insurance System DBMI, Washington, DC
• Programmer Analyst ADABAS/Natural, COBOL, ROSCOE, VSAM, ISAM American Information Systems, Washington, DC
• Programmer Analyst COBOL, Model 204, CICS, IEF, TSO, IRMA, Wylbur US Dept of the Interior, Washington, DC
• PC Programmer QuickBASIC, dBase, IV, Btrieve, MS/PC DOS, PC-COBOL NCS, Inc. US Dept of the Interior, DC
• Microcomputer Database Programmer dBase III /IV/IV, COBOL, Lotus 123
• Disaster Recovery Committee Member for Interoffice, Custom and Desktop Systems
• COBOL, IMS DLI, VSAM, OS/MVS, TSO, ROSCOE, Wylbur, ICCF, ADABAS/Natural, Model 204, ISAM, RPG II, DOS/VSE, JCL, CSP, IMS ADF, IMS DB/DC, ALC, SGML, JES2, Power, PC/MS DOS, Lotus 123, WordStar, VisiCalc

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JOB ROLE CERTIFICATIONS

• Web Developer BCIP

Oct 28 2011

• Mainframe Programmer

Aug 31 2012

• Manager/Supervisor

Oct 29 2011

• Project Manager

Oct 29 2011

• IT Manager

Sep 07 2012

• Software Tester

Oct 29 2011

• IT Business Analyst

Sep 14 2012

• Technical Writer

Oct 14 2011

• Recruiter

Sep 14 2012

• Knowledge Worker

Oct 14 2011

• Trainer

Oct 29 2011

• Computer Programmer

Sep 14 2012

• Technical Trainer IT

Oct 29 2011

• Human Resources Professional

Jan 06 2013

INDIVIDUAL BRAINBENCH CERTIFICATIONS

Certifications Expire 3 Years From Date Earned

EarnedEarned

• Web Design Concepts

01/23/10

• Systems Analysis

01/22/10

• Javascript

01/22/10

• Information Technology Security Fundamentals

01/21/10

• MS PowerPoint 2003

01/21/10

• Project Management

01/21/10

• WebSphere MQ

01/08/10

• MS Excel 2003

01/08/10

• Network Technical Support

01/05/10

• Firewall Administration Concepts

01/05/10

• Java 1

10/05/09

• Technical Writing

10/05/09

• Electronic Data Interchange EDI

09/23/09

• HIPAA Privacy

09/23/09

• Health Insurance

09/23/09

• HIPAA Security

09/23/09

• Natural

09/21/09

• XML

09/21/09

• SQL

09/18/09

• Software Quality Assurance

09/23/09

• VSAM

09/10/09

• ITAA Information Security Awareness

09/18/09

• IMS 6.0

09/10/09

• Customer Requirements Analysis

09/15/09

• CICS

09/01/09

• Software Business Analysis

09/15/09

• COBOL II

08/31/09

• MS Access 2003

09/15/09

• COBOL I ANSI 74

08/05/09

• HTML 4.0

09/10/09

• COBOL II Fundamentals

04/24/08

• Disaster Recovery and Planning

09/07/09

• DB2 Programming

10/28/08

• Business Writing

10/29/08

• MS Word 2003

09/15/11

• Oracle PL/SQL Fundamentals

08/05/09

• RDBMS Concepts

01/20/10

• JCL

02/29/08

• Technical Help Desk Microsoft

04/06/11