SUMMARY:

Computer programmer/analyst with over 30 years experience with a wide range of systems and software, both as a consultant and an in - house programmer, from system and software design through development, system testing and enhancements.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: COBOL, COBOL II, Basic, Fortran, SQL, Pascal, C, SAS, Model 204, SQL, DB2

Software: Model 204, IDMS/ADSO, MAPC, CICS, IMS/DB,VSAM, TSO/ISPF, ADABAS/NATURAL

Utilities: SYNCSORT, FILEAID, IEBGENER, JOBSCAN, ENDEVOR, TSO/ISPF

Hardware: IBM 390/z/OS/MVS/XA, IBM/VM/CMS, 4341/MVS

SDLC: Structured Programming

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• As Team Lead, responsible for maintaining systems at Confidential and resolving any technical issues.
• Worked with offshore staff to resolve problems and coordinated work between onsite and offsite personal.
• Also responsible for technical enhancement to existing systems.

Environment: IBM Mainframe

Confidential, Reston, VA

Sr. Programmer/SME

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical support on conversion project from existing Model 204 mainframe-based database to Oracle-based system for the Department of Mineral Information of the Confidential .
• Responsible for reverse-engineering of current system and serving as a subject matter expert for Model 204, as well as developing system documentation.

Environment: IBM Mainframe, Model 204, Oracle

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for modifications to IAPPEALS, which allows disability applicants to appeal SSA decisions online.
• Changed batch programs to conform to changes made to web-based front-end.
• Also developed technical design specifications for affected programs.

Environment: IBM Mainframe, COBOL, CICS, DB2

Confidential, Columbia, MD

QREP Administrator

Responsibilities:

• As QREP Administrator, responsible for monitoring QREP replication for client, Confidential and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD.
• Responsible for developing work-flows and scripts for replication between mainframe DB2 and Linus-based ORACLE DBMS.
• Also responsible for coordinating changes with DB2 and ORACLE DBAS, as well as producing in-house standard operating procedure manuals.

Environment: IBM DB2, ORACLE, QREP, ETL, MQSERIES

Confidential

Consultant Jefferson City, MO

Responsibilities:

• As senior programmer, responsible for enhancements to the state of Missouri Medicaid Information System (MMIS) using COBOL, DB2, CICS, and other mainframe software and utilities.
• Responsible for conversion of about thirty programs from VSAM to DB2, as well as ICD-10 modifications (enlarging fields for new codes) on screens and reports.
• Also developed technical specifications for programs to be converted.

Environment: IBM Mainframe, TSO/CICS/DB2/COBOL

Confidential

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• As senior programmer/analyst assigned to Department of Accounting, responsible for enhancements to the Confidential Accounting System, using COBOL, ADABAS/Natural, and other mainframe software.
• Responsible for modifications to accounting reports, as well as testing new releases and providing production support as needed, as well as problem resolution.

Environment: IBM Mainframe, COBOL, ADABAS/NATURAL

Confidential, Washington, D.C.

M204 Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for system modifications at National Health Resources Administration, using primarily Model 204 DBMS and other mainframe-based software.
• Developed new report programs and modified existing ones to respond to requirements of American Recovery Act (ARRA), related to the recruitment and processing of medical personal by HRSA (Health Resources Services Administration) for medically disadvantaged areas.

Environment: IBM Mainframe, COBOL, Model 204, JCL

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Sr. Programmer/analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for development and quality assurance related to Part D of new Medicare program prescription drug benefit, using Model 204.
• Made modifications to about 50 online and batch programs to in corporate needed changes and added additional fields to accommodate new financial transactions between the states and CMS, using COBOL and Model 204.
• Responsible for related enhancements to payment reports subsystem.

Environment: IBM Mainframe, COBOL/DB2, Model 204, JCL

Confidential, New York

Software Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Developed reports for management, using Model 204 User language
• Resolved long-standing problems with programs used to calculate rate-tables for clients.
• These problems had resulted in incorrect commission and premium amounts being charged to users.
• Streamlined monthly statement operations and removed redundant and incorrect data.
• Responsible for managing changes to production programs and JCL.

Environment: IBM, COBOL II, Model 204, JCL

Confidential, Washington, D.C.

Advanced Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Enhanced existing COBOL/IDMS programs, both batch and online. Resolved database errors.
• Helped resolve discrepancies between codes used in NAILS and in other systems, thereby facilitating data transfers between agencies.
• Enhanced efficiency of existing IDMS programs to help resolve two-year backlog of data.

Environment: IBM 390, COBOL II, CICS, IDMS/ADSO, VSAM, ISPF

Confidential, Washington, D.C.

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Reduced system redundancy and resolved data inconsistencies between different mainframe subsystems
• Modified on-line ADSO screens to allow for easier user data entry.
• Developed ad-hoc reports as required by users, using COBOL and IDMS.

Environment: IBM 390, COBOL, IDMS, CICS

Confidential, Riverdale, MD

Senior Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the system analysis and design of Cash-link subsystem.
• Developed and enhanced programs for new functions by Cash-link,system.
• Developed COBOL/IMS programs used in extracting maiinframe data to Oracle.

Environment: IBM 390, IMS, COBOL, VSAM, OS/2

Confidential, Washington, D.C.

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Developed additional ADSO on-line screens for new financial reporting applications.
• Analyzed data dictionary (IDD) to increase consistency of data names between various subsystems, and remove unneeded items.

Environment: IBM Mainframe, IDMS/ADSO, CICS, JCL

Confidential, Washington, D.C.

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• As part of team, developed Material Readiness Database for
• Developed about thirty batch and online Model 204 programs as pe
• Developed COBOL IFAM programs to extract data from existing Confidential IMAGE database and format it for loading into Model 204 files.
• Did logical design for M204 files.

Environment: IBM, HP, Model 204, COBOL

Confidential, Washington, D.C.

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in development of Centralized Forms Distribution System for main office of Confidential, using COBOL and IDMS/ADSO.

Environment: IBM 390, COBOL, IDMS/ADSO, JCL, VSAM