Professional Summary

• Over 20 years of experience with financial applications in IBM Mainframe environments.
• Able to work within a team as a team leader, client liaison, system analyst, system designer, specification writer, program developer, unit/integration tester, installation coordinator and documentation specialist.
• Able to develop new applications, as well as to maintain and enhance current systems.
• Able to analyze problems, and resolve them with the least amount of disruption to the existing system.
• Able to recognize program inefficiencies and make modifications, in order to reduce online response time and batch CPU usage.
• Familiar with the full SDLC of successful projects.

Languages: VS COBOL/COBOL II, RPG II, BAL/ALC; Command Level CICS (BMS, SDF II), Visual Basic
Data Access: VSAM, TELON, AGS, uScript, BFG, ERS, CRON,
Data Manipulation Software: File Manager, DB2 (SQL, SPUFI, QMF), IMS, DLI, Excel
Library Software: Librarian, Changeman, Endevor, Panvalet
Debugging Software: Xpediter, InterTest, SmartTest, dBug, CEDF, Abend Aid
Communication Software: Lotus Notes, Sametime, Groupwise, MS Outlook, eRoom
Mainframe Utilities: MVS JCL, TSO/ISPF, CA-Dispatch, JobScan, HourGlass, Planview, ROSCOE, ETSS, ICCF, Insync, ZEKE/ZEBB, Access, UNIX. APS, VISIO, File Aid

Professional Experience

Confidential, Milwaukee County Sep 2010 - Nov 2011
Systems Analyst - Analyzed project requirements, and assigned tasks to developers.

• Worked with a 3rd party software package called CMHC, which was created to process mental health facility data. Processing consisted of modules written in a scripting language (uScript), and a reporting language (AGS). Batch modules used a system called 'CRON' for execution and scheduling, and the online screens were written in a 3rd GL (BUI). Data was processed for both inpatients and outpatients, accommodated Medicare, Medicaid, and billed for both professional and institutional services.
• Worked on the HIPAA 4010 to 5010 conversion. This effort dealt with the electronic transmission of specific healthcare transactions.
• Worked on the HIPAA ICD-9 to ICD-10 conversion (International Classification of Diseases) conversion. This effort involved the required HIPAA changes to transactions.
• Created a Disabilities Services Division online admission and processing system to facilitate automated billing. Creating new menus, Help modules, reports, utilities and user training manuals. Conducted onsite training.
• The majority of work was executed on a UNIX platform, with minimal interface to the Mainframe systems.

Confidential, May 2010 - Jul 2010
Mainframe Developer - Enhanced existing modules to meet the requirements of Department of Education guidelines.

• Worked on various projects associated with the Student Loan system. Developed new applications and enhanced existing systems that added new loans types, schedule types, and repayment types.

Confidential, US Bank Oct 2008 - Mar 2009
Mainframe Developer - Worked from technical specifications to create and modify existing modules.

• Developed background CICS programs that provided financial data to new Credit Card partners. Tested the programs by invoking different foreground CICS programs that link to it.
• Developed batch programs to process data for new Credit Card partners. These programs received, processed and transmitted data to the clients..

Confidential, MillerCoors Mar 2008 - Oct 2008
Mainframe Developer - Maintained and supported the existing system.

• Worked on a support team that identified and resolved problems in batch and online systems. The COBOL programs were modified with MicroFocus COBOL and FTPed to the Mainframe.

Confidential, WPS Nov 2006 - Mar 2008
Mainframe Developer - Developed and enhanced health insurance systems used by Federal employees.

• Worked on multiple projects to adjust Claims processing to conform to Federal regulations.
• Worked on a system that converted a large VSAM file to multiple DB2 tables. Programs, copybooks, jobs, procs had to be changed, tested and installed.

Confidential, Mar 2006 - Sep 2006
Mainframe Developer - Supported Mainframe applications for the international business.

• Worked on a project to add functionality to the Company by selling maintenance contracts for machines that it sold.
• Worked on a Web Assessment project to consolidate corporate servers.

Confidential, Jan 2005 - Mar 2006
Software Engineer - Developed, maintained and enhanced Medicaid systems.

• Supported, enhanced, and developed applications for EDS, who contracts with the State of Wisconsin to process Medicaid system. Most projects were legislatively mandated, and 100% accuracy was expected. Worked with the Financial system, dealing with Accounts Receivable, Bank Reconciliation and Cash Receipts.
• Created documentation for all of my work in line with company and governmental standards.

Confidential, Apr 2004 - Oct 2004
Mainframe Developer - Developed, maintained and enhanced health, life and auto insurance systems.

• Modified, tested and verified changes to COBOL programs, as part of terrorist riders to existing policies.

Confidential, Assurant Insurance Apr 2003 - Oct 2003
Mainframe Developer Developed, maintained and enhanced health insurance systems. Worked with systems to process agents' policies.

• Wrote and installed procedures to send (FTP) data files to the external business partners of Assurant. These FTP procedures included jobs, procs, programs, SYSINs, copybooks, PSBs and BindParms.

Confidential, Aug 2002 - Apr 2003
Mainframe Developer - Developed and enhanced health insurance systems used by Federal employees.

• Modified both batch and online programs to allow claims to have more than 99 items. This project required changes to programs, records, copybooks, maps, commareas, JCL, etc.
• Supported the initiatives of WPS Insurance Company in Madison to comply with government HIPAA regulation changes.
• Wrote program specifications for upcoming projects

Confidential, 1996-2002
Senior Programmer Analyst - Responsible for converting acquired divisions' processing into the corporate system, while supporting the existing system.

Gift Registry team

• Converted an IMS hierarchical system to a DB2 relational system. Converted online and batch IMS applications to DB2 applications. Worked with DBAs to establish tables, keys, RI, etc. for the new system.
• Coordinated the team effort that installed (Symbol) hand-held scanners in Gift Registry departments. It allowed customers to scan UPCs into registries rather that having sales associates key UPCs into CICS screens. The process involved passing data from Visual Basic programs to CICS programs, and back to Visual Basic programs. It was the first application in the company to use 'Sockets' technology to interface with Visual Basic with CICS applications.
• Rewrote the Gift Registry online system in Visual Basic.
• Wrote back end applications that processed web-originated data. Wrote applications to email customers information on the purchases, shipping dates, account debiting information, etc. It was the first external emailing application in the company.

Big Ticket team

• Wrote applications for buying, selling, warehousing, delivering and returning merchandise.
• Developed programming standards for batch and online programs.
• Represented the Big Ticket team/system at a disaster exercise in Colorado.

Confidential, Senior Programmer/Analyst
Milwaukee Boston Store, Programmer/Analyst

Education

• Bachelor of Science, Information Systems
• Associate Degree, Computer Information Systems
• Certificate of Data Processing

• 3 years - US Army, Honorable discharge