TECHNICAL SUMMARY:

HARDWARE: IBM Mainframe, IBM PC

SOFTWARE:

Languages: COBOL, Assembler (ALC) and Macro Assembler Language, Natural/ADABAS, EASYTRIEVE

Operating Systems: OS/390, z/OS, VM/CMS, DOS/VSE, UNIX, Windows

TP Monitors/Editors: CICS, GTB Map Generator, IMS DC, VTAM, COMPLETE

Databases/Access Methods: DB2, SQL, ADABAS, VSAM, IMS DB, Oracle, FOCUS

Change Management: Changeman, Endevor, Harvest, N2O, MCS, IBM RTC & ALM, Panvalet

Debugging Tools: Expediter, Intertest, Fileaid, MFE

Editors: TSO/ISPF, ROSCOE, CMS XEDIT; Natural/ADABAS, COMPLETE, UltraEdit

Other: MQ Series, Visio, MS Office

APPLICATIONS: Insurance Membership, Brokerage, Accounting, Employee Benefits, Insurance Claims and Rates, Accounting, Payroll, Check and Credit Card Processing, General Ledger, Utilities, Logistics, Database Conversion, Social Services, Car Rental, Billing, Reservations, Foreign Military Sales, IMS Database I/O, Siebel CRM.

STRENGTHS:

Extremely productive developer. Excellent analytical and design skills. Produce well - structured systems and programs which are easily maintained. Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Consistently called upon to work on the most challenging tasks. Excel at simplifying complex logic with well-structured coding and clear and thorough documentation. Also excel at gathering information, and identifying and filling in any gaps in requirements.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SENIOR PROGRAMMER/ANALYST

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As a member of the IS/Membership Support department, maintained existing Medicare and commercial eligibility systems by making modifications and enhancements to batch COBOL program; used COBOL, z/OS JCL, DB2, and DFSORT in order to accomplish this.
• Utilize the tools available in the Confidential technical environment to perform analysis, coding, testing, and implementation.
• Worked with users to obtain requirements and to coordinate testing.
• Made great progress on an intractable EDI project.
• Analyzed current implementation process; produced flowcharts and checklists for normal implementations and for defects; devised a method for implementation that was one third faster and allowed for much of the work to be done in advance of development being completed.
• Conducted research on superfluous and redundant JCL parameters.
• Researched and documented all current and past commercial and public products as well as the number of members per product, broken down by product type.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Responsibilities:

• Maintained existing systems and created new systems related to Risk.
• Conducted analysis, coded, tested, implemented and documented.
• Came in under deadline on, and delivered without errors, a critical project with an aggressive deadline that was mandated by regulatory bodies.
• This project integrated into the existing credit bureau reporting system, the reporting of authorized users. Utilized batch COBOL and z/OS JCL.
• Successfully navigated through a challenging, international implementation environment in order to achieve this.
• Conducted analysis and performed maintenance on Tallyman Collection Management Software.
• Called upon to utilize Assembler in order to assist a related department resolve production issues.

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Responsibilities:

• Primary developer in effort to convert several utility-type Assembler programs to COBOL for large insurance company.
• These programs were called by many application programs within the (CLA) Commercial Lines Account system.
• Some of these programs were part of the Ratings Output system, and converted ratings formulas for output on policies.
• The majority of the programs belonged to the CLA I/O Subsystem, which isolated IMS DB information from application modules.
• Utilized COBOL addressing extensively in order to accomplish this.
• Created tables to replace myriad paragraphs in previously huge programs that created PCB Tables for various PSB’s.
• Simplified logic in programs that handled the selection of the correct PCB based upon View and Partition, and IMS calls.
• Analyzed programs; wrote specifications; and coded, documented, and unit-tested programs.
• Utilized UltraEdit for editing and MFE for testing.

Confidential, Columbus, GA

Responsibilities:

• Primary contributor in development of debit reconciliation system for large credit card processing company.
• Created design documents and test plans, coded COBOL DB2/VSAM batch programs, created JCL, conducted unit and integrated testing, performed source control, scheduled jobs, provided QA and production support, and documented modules and test results.
• This effort necessitated intensive communication with various client personnel in order to clarify business and technical requirements and software development standards, and to learn various in-house products and procedures.
• Completed work on various other projects including making fixes to Assembler programs with space issues, and extensive work modifying Adjustment and Totals/General Ledger COBOL/CICS/DB2 systems.
• Software development products utilized include TSO/ISPF, GTB CICS screen generator, and Endevor.

Confidential, Irving, TX

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and documented COBOL and Assembler, batch and online systems, which interfaced with various third-party software products.
• Documentation included high-level flowcharts, narratives, job scheduling spreadsheets, and program documentation.
• Communicated remotely with client staff in order to obtain support in conducting analysis.