SUMMARY:

Solutions - oriented Technology Leader with notable success directing a broad range of corporate IT initiatives while participating in planning and implementation of information solutions in direct support of business objectives. Subject Matter Expertise includes Fixed Income Securities operations, Foreign Exchange and Treasury Operations, Brokerage Operations, and Property & Casualty Insurance.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Effective management, technical, and supervisory skills. Work well as a team member or independently. Competent using software including: Lotus Notes, Windows, Word, PowerPoint, E - mail, and the Internet.
• Application Architecture Design
• Excellent communication skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• MQ Series
• COBOL
• FILEAID
• DB2, SQL
• IBM Z/OS
• VSAM
• DB2 Stored Procedures
• MVS JCL & UTILITIES
• CICS
• ENDEVOR
• Change man
• Telon development tool

CAREER HISTORY:

Confidential, Camp Hill, PA

Senior Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Implemented programs and procedures which provided the tools to automate a testing and verification process.
• Rewrote legacy reports designed for line printers to print on laser printers using Postscript
• Tested and measured finished products, components, and assemblies for functioning, operation, accuracy, and assembly to verify adherence to functional specifications
• Knowledgeable in computer software, hardware and procedures

Confidential, Allentown, PA

Senior Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Knowledge transfer role that SME documents and interview Information and crossed reference current application inventory.
• Created 85 AK documents.
• Collaborated with multiple vendors to bring new technology in - house
• Assisted with planning, implementing, and testing systems

Confidential, Clarks Summit, PA

Senior Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated with the SME for the monthly liability payment and disbursement system to create a plan to reduce the number of programs and jobs required to complete the monthly liability payment. And disbursement process.
• Update application processing documents with new Execution instructions.
• Received Knowledge transfer from departing employees.
• Provided Knowledge transfer with new employees in NC.
• Developed, tested, and implemented mission critical systems throughout organization
• Provided systems analysis, design, and large - scale database design
• Update application processing documents with new Execution instructions.
• Update application processing documents with new Execution instructions.

Confidential, Wilkes-Bara, PA

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Using Enterprise COBOL, CICS, and DB2 to create an online application to create and update client status information.
• Conducted analysis of Confidential reference data inventory system and created a document of the reference data inventory.
• Received IBM RDZ development training.
• Using JCL and BMC utilities to reformat 196 client reference data feeds.
• Conducted analysis of new business requirement that allow Confidential to cross marketing with cable.
• Designed software applications, developing and executing test plans and documenting development process
• Conducted analysis of Confidential reference data inventory system and created a document of the reference data inventory.

Confidential, Bethlehem, PA

Lead Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Completed the project in four phases with an average of five defects per phase.
• Worked effectively to obtain UAT signoff. Provided first line of production support after each install.
• Authored a set of information systems security policies, processes, and procedures

Confidential, Brooklyn, NY

Senior Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Using COBOL II, CICS, and DB2 and DB2 Stored Procedures to develop and implement the software changes to support a new product.
• Using COBOL II, CICS, and DB2 to develop and implement software changes which covered Batch, CICS and DB2 Stored Procedures.
• Worked with the Development Manager to design a plan to implement a critical firm wide software enhancement.
• Reviewed a list module that was affected by the software enhancement to create pseudo - code that was applied to each module.
• Worked with Project Leader to effectively test and implement the Developed and tested batch programs to software enhancements for Name and address Reference Data System.
• Responsible for support and functional enhancements of the Client Data Load System

Confidential, Morristown, NJ

Senior Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Using Enterprise COB Analyzed user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing.
• Evaluated software solutions.
• Coordinated the design of the shared services and knowledge management organizations.OL, CICS, DB2 and DYL280 to develop and implement the system.
• Developed and tested batch programs to convert DYL280 programs to COBOL II programs for financial statements application.
• Developed and tested batch programs to convert DYL280 programs to COBOL II programs for financial statements application.
• Developed and tested batch COBOL II programs to format mainframe VSAM data into a data feed for the new vendor product, WINGS Financial Reporting. System, which produced Corporate Annual Statements.

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Developed and implemented program enhancements to correct problems with the security allocation module which allow Confidential to meet security delivery requirements.
• Analyzed Computer System design (CSD) to make needed changes for the regression and UAT testing phases of a project for a key Confidential Client.
• Captured user requirements and wrote a CSD for the Gold Brick new product which allowed Confidential to make security allocation, movement, and delivery using the services of Confidential .
• Assisted with planning, implementing, and testing systems
• Experienced in establishing, leading, and working with cross - functional teams and within a distributed IT environment
• Specialized in software and systems development, messaging, and relational database development for large clients

Confidential, Harleysville, PA

Team Leader

Responsibilities:

• Created Object Oriented database design to capture and manage Underwriting Rating Information (URI) which uses Choice Point, CLUE, and MVR information.
• Managed the software development process to create, test, debug, and install the URI system using CICS, DB2, and MQ Series, ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server 2000.
• Designed and Developed a MQ Series, CICS communication protocol to link a .Net environment with DB2, CICS Legacy Systems using MS Host Integration Services.
• Provided Legacy System data integration expertise to the new Policy System selection team. Recommendation: Duck Creek system.
• The URI system was Instrumental in reducing the firm's Combined Ratio from 113% to 97% within twenty months.
• Demonstrated ability to apply sound knowledge to diverse applications.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Created CICS and COBOL batch programs that Enhanced the Customer Marketing Sampling System to add data from external sources.
• Heavy program design and coding using Telon COBOL development tool, DB2, CICS, MVS, JCL and Utilities.
• Designed and developed an internal GAP (P/L) system which integrated Treasury Management Trading and Operations system which managed Foreign Currency Exposures and Short - term cash flows.
• Created programs using DB2, CICS, and COBOL which implemented a new Foreign Exchange and Money Market Transaction Netting System function.
• Developed COBOL, DB2 conversion programs that was used to merge data from Bank of Tokyo data with Mitsubishi Bank.
• Instrumental in delivering the Gap system which provided a means for tracking Foreign Currency Exposure, reporting of Open Positions, generating loans and making payments on maturing trades, calculating profit/loss on each trade