SUMMARY:

Data processing professional with over 10 years of experience in IBM Mainframe environment, and diverse experience in writing efficient and well - structured programs. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work as part of a team or independently, as the job requires. Results oriented and committed to getting the job done right. Good communication skills with the ability to relate to different levels of management and technical personnel. During my career, I have worked as both an independent contractor for major financial corporations, and as a full time employee at companies in the insurance industries. For the past few years, I have also been working as a freelance Cobol developer for clients.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

MAINFRAME: Operating Systems z/OS, OS/390, MVS/ESA, MVS/XA, DOS/VSE, VM XA/SP, CMS, P/390, TSO/ISPF, TSO/SDSF, ROSCOE.

Languages: CICS, COBOL2, COBOL, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, DL/1, JCL, UFO, DTL, SQL, CLIST, COBOL/XE.

File Manipulation Tools: FILEAID, SELCOPY, DITTO.

Databases: VSAM, IMS, IMS DB, IDMS/R, DB2, SUPRA.

Screen Utilities: BMS, SDF2, PLAYBACK.

Debug Tools: CEDF, DUMPMASTER, ABENDAID, XPEDITER, INTERTEST, EZETEST, OLIVER/SIMON.

Backup/Restore Tools: IDCAMS AMS, IMS DBRC, DFHSM, DFDSS, DL1/UTILITIES, FAVER, DATABACK.

Job Schedulers: JOBTRACK, ZEKE.

Methodologies: YOURDON, JACKSON STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, FUNCTION POINT ANALYSIS, SDLC.

Life Insurance-Pension Packages: CAPSIL, RUFUS, PAXUS TRUST, CLOAS.

Tools: & Utilities: CICS-IMS DBCTL, IMS/DB, ENDEVOR, INFOMAN, VMLIB, LIBRARIAN, DATA DICTIONARY, SAR, CA-DISPATCH, SYSVIEW, VSAMTUNE, CA-1, SYSTEM MANAGER CATALOG (SMOU), MULTILOG, DFSORT, VOLLIE, XEDIT, RACF, SYNCSORT, SPUFI, EYEWITNESS, APPLICATION BROWSER.

PC Operating Systems: WIN7/WIN2K/NT/ 98/95/3.11/3.1/ DOS, OPENSUSE LINUX.

Languages: COBOL, HTML, XML, SQL.

Tools: & Utilities: LOTUS NOTES, VISIO, MSOFFICE, OPEN LINK ODBC SDK, MICROFOCUS NETEXPRESS & MAINFRAME EXPRESS.

WORK HISTORY:

Confidential, Miami, Florida

IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided Ibm Mainframe consultancy services to private clients in Cobol, Cics, Vsam, Ims, Db2, Jcl, Tso, Ibm utilities & SDLC. Client projects on varied aspects of the mainframe environment supervised under Rational Developer for System Z Unit Test Z/OS framework, running over an OpenSuse Linux OS platform, have included development & maintenance of external Jcl job decks, complex Cobol programs & associated data files, loaded onto the RDz-UT platform using FTP. In five of these projects, I was tasked as a Systems Programmer where I installed, configured & deployed the Z/OS system over x86 64-bit Intel based Windows workstations.
• Sourced for an internet project, where I developed & maintained three large websites, using Html, Javascript, Php, Dreamweaver & Photoshop as the main toolset on a remote linux server.

Confidential

Internet Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed & maintained client websites on local Windows 2000 server & remote Unix servers, using Cobol script, Micro focus Cobol via Net Express 3, PHP & MySQL, with Windows 2K Server administration & Sql Server 2K administration.
• Projects carried out for locally-based clients as well as securing a permanent client in London in developing an ecommerce website, using a combination of Cobol script, PHP, MySQL, and HTML, and ongoing maintenance provided.

Confidential

Analyst Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed & supported the migration of BGI products from Paxus Trust (mainframe) onto Confidential ’s Rufus (client server) systems, including the major Holding/Portfolio phased extract.
• Data also uploaded onto Access databases, for reconciliation queries.
• Training: Confidential Integrated Method (BIM) system development methodology.

Confidential

IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided support &enhancements to client’s Life & Pensions business processes undergoing a migration from legacy systems to Cloas offsite, together with onsite support provided for the client’s Finance department on Gaap Reporting.
• Projects included Policy Fees, Bank Reconciliation, Profit & Loss Transfers Reporting, Term & IP Rating, Pensions Act 95, & Tax Regime Legislation Changes related to Stakeholder Pension products.

Confidential

Web Designer

Responsibilities:

• Integral member of the internet development team, responsible for maintaining client websites on the local NT server as well as remote NT/Unix servers using Frontpage, Photoshop and Flash, including template creation.

Confidential

Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed & maintained client websites on remote Unix servers.
• Projects included the use of Cold Fusion & Perl Confidential for client feedback pages.

Confidential

Analyst Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Maintained the core OB & IB Insurance Systems, including resolution of Production Cancellations.
• Projects included the Customer Satisfaction Survey, Sales Force Survey, Offer of Redress By Guarantee & Actuarial Rate Changes. Involved in migration from MVS to OS/390.

Confidential

Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Maintained Underwriting Insurance Systems (UIS & Lines) for Lloyds’ clients, processing LPSO Premiums, SCM Claims & USM Payments.
• One of two developers handpicked by senior management to develop a complex Statistics Insurance System for Lloyds Syndicates, providing greater functionality than the existing ULOG system.

Confidential

Analyst Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Supported the Company’s Life & Pensions business using Capsil, within a Production Support role.
• Supporting both batch and online Capsil programs using Cobol and Cics.

Confidential

Analyst Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Supported the company’s Unit Trust business, running under the Paxus System.
• This included reviewing technical documentation as well as training members of staff on Xpediter. Projects included Bucs1, Switches, ExitFees & the online Guaranteed Pep system.
• Coded a core complex ExitFees calculation module, accessed by both batch & online systems.