SUMMARY:

• Senior Mainframe Programmer/Analyst with over twenty years of experience. I have strong experience with COBOL, CICS, MQ, IMS, SQL and DB2 development. I have extensive experience with coding, testing, debugging, documenting, and implementing applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Skills: COBOL, COBOL/II, Cobol/370, Micro - Focus COBOL, C, FOCUS, MQ Series, UNIX, Micro-Focus Revolve, CICS, IMS/DL1, IMS DB/DC, IDMS DB, MFS, DB2 UDB, Stored Procedures, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, DB2 FILE-AID, FILE-AID, DOCUMERG, PROC, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, TERADATA DBC, OS/MVS, OS/390, TSO/ISPF, OS/JCL, TSO/ISPF, UCC7, SPF/PC, DIALOG MANAGER, REXX, SYNCSORT, CLIST, IBM UTILITIES, PANVALET, ENDEVOR, LIBRARIAN, LOTUS 1-2-3, MS-WORD, MS-EXCEL, MS-PROJECT, PC-BASIC-PLUS, TELON, Digital 9700, CompUset, Visual Studio VB2005 .Net, Visual Studio VB2008 .Net, ASP 3.5 .Net, VB6, Crystal Reports, XML, SQL Server 2005, Toad for DB2, UNIX and JAVA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Albany NY

Mainframe Technical Analyst/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Work as a Technical Analyst as a Mainframe Developer.
• This is a batch system COBOL, VSAM and EZTRIEVE for processing Vision Claims and orders. CICS is used for Order Entry.
• Working on EDI changesfor HIPPA reporting and EFT processing.
• Analyzed the issues as the request for change and made the changes to the Programs to resolve the issues.
• Agile Kanban Board

Development tools used: CICS, DB2, VSAM, COBOL and EZTRIEVE.

Confidential - Hartford, CT

Mainframe Technical Lead/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Work as a Technical Lead on the Loss Claim Processing Financial system as a Mainframe Developer.
• This is an batch system using COBOL, VSAM and DB2 to process Financial Claims.
• Analyzed the issues as the request for change and made the changes to the Programs to resolve the issues.
• On Call for nightly batch process.
• Agile Kanban Board

Development tools used: DB2, SQL, VSAM, COBOL, SPUFI, FILE-AID, and ENDEVOR.

Confidential - Hartford, CT

Sr. Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Work on the SOS TOPS Claim Processing system as a Mainframe Developer.
• This is an online CICS, COBOL, VSAM AND DB2 to process Medical Claims.
• Analyzed the issues as the request for change and made the changes to the Programs to resolve the issues.

Development tools used: DB2, SQL, VSAM, COBOL, SPUFI, FILE-AID, FILE-AID/DB2 MQ Series and ENDEVOR.

Confidential - Boston, MA

Mainframe Developer/analyst

Responsibilities:

• Assigned as a Mainframe Developer/analyst in the Capital Markets for the EBS and Short Interest Area.
• For the EBS (Electronic Blue Sheets) area I worked on Major enhancements as well as general maintenance.
• For Short Interest I worked on the process to produce new reports that will be viewed online.
• Analyzed the issues as the request for change and made the changes to the Programs, Proc and JCL as needed to resolve the issues.

Development tools used: DB2, SQL, VSAM, COBOL, Control-M, FILE-AID, and ENDEVOR.

Confidential - Dorchester, MA

Mainframe Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Assigned as a Mainframe Technical Lead in the CSA area. The main focus is on Customers Services dealing with Credit Card and ATM issues.
• Analyzed the issues as the issue appears and made recommendation to resolve the issue.
• Also back up support for the Risk Issues.

Confidential - Bedford, NH

Mainframe SR. Programmer/Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Assigned as a SR. Programmer/System Analyst on the Actuarial team. The current system was written on the Mainframe using COBOL, FOCUS and DB2. Parts of the system were updated to use Micro focus COBOL and UDB DB2 on the servers.
• Analyzed the current system and created functional and technical specifications for the Actuarial system.
• Extracted files for the ETL Team using SQL and VSAM.
• Created files for data mapping

Development tools used: DB2, SQL, VSAM, COBOL, XPEDITER, SYNCSORT, FOCUS, FILE-AID, and ENDEVOR.

Confidential

Mainframe Programmer/Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Completed all relevant COBOL coding and unit testing, ensuring quality code is delivered.
• Created test streams JCL for unit testing, systems testing and production implementation.
• Created test data for unit testing, and systems testing. Worked with SQL, inner/outer joins and unions.

Development tools used: DB2, SQL, VSAM, QMF, SPUFI, COBOL, CICS, XPEDITER, SYNCSORT, FILE-AID, PANVALET, and SCLM.

Confidential - Bloomfield, Connecticut

Programmer/Systems Analyst (.NET/Java/Mainframe)

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Cobol Programs for maintenance on the nightly batch process as well as online IMS/DC.
• Completed all relevant coding and unit testing, ensuring quality code is delivered.
• Created test streams JCL for unit testing, systems testing and production implementation.
• Created test data for unit testing, and systems testing.
• Programmed the Distributed Application using VB 6, VB 2005.Net and VB 2008.Net and JAVA code for working with the DB Tables.
• Develop C#.NET application to keep track of files on the server.
• Coded SQL Server 2005 and IBM DB2 for a Data Bases.
• Wrote SQL stored procedures and did inner/outer joins and unions.

Development tools used: VB 2005 .Net, VB 2008.Net, ASP 3.5 .Net, JAVA, VB6, ASP3.5.Net, Crystal Reports, XML, SQL Server 2005, Toad for DB2, UNIX, IMS/DB/DC, DB2, SQL, VSAM, COBOL, CICS, FILE-AID, and ENDEVOR.

Confidential - Natick, Massachusetts

Programmer/Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developer on the Services Team.
• Responsible for the working on the new online and batch process. A new online process was installed for member to sign up, renew and make changes to their .
• Programmed using mainframe Cobol Programs to extract online log files and process various reports. Completed all relevant coding and unit testing, ensuring quality code is delivered.
• Created test streams JCL for unit testing, systems testing and production implementation. Created test data for unit testing, and systems testing.

Development tools used: IMS/DB, DB2, SQL, VSAM, COBOL, CICS, FILE-AID, SYNCSORT, and Changeman.

Confidential - Springfield, Massachusetts

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Assigned as a developer to the Annuity Print Team.
• Responsible for the creation and maintaining the Annuity Print Confirms and Quarterlies Statements.
• Programmed mainframe components on the system using Cobol Programs and CompUset print tools.
• Assigned to work on the RPS system using Cobol Programs and several DB2 Databases.
• Completed all relevant coding and unit testing, ensuring quality code is delivered.
• Created test streams JCL for unit testing, systems testing and production implementation.
• Created test data for unit testing, and systems testing.

Development tools used: DB2, SQL, VSAM, COBOL, SYNCSORT, SPUFI, DB2 FILE-AID, FILE-AID, Easytrieve Plus, CompUset and Endevor.

Confidential - Westborough, Massachusetts

Developer

Responsibilities:

• Assigned as a developer on their Purchase Order System.
• Responsible for programming mainframe (CICS) components of a system that process requested PO from their web-based component. The request is a two-way transmission into MQ Series, to the mainframe and back to the web again. The data is processed using both DB2 and IMS Databases.
• Responsible for changes to the existing IMS/DC online screens.
• Used QMF to extract data or reporting from the DB2 Databases in batch processing in Production.
• Completed all relevant coding and unit testing, ensuring quality code is delivered.
• Created test streams JCL for unit testing, systems testing and production implementation.
• Created test data for unit testing, and systems testing.

Development tools used: DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, DB2 FILE-AID, SYNCSORT, FILE-AID, Stored Procedures, CICS, MQ Series, VSAM, IMS DB/DC, COBOL, and Changeman.

Confidential - New Carrollton, Maryland

Programmer/Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Coded interface with MQ Series and stored data in DB2. Familiar with the Websphere application server technology.
• Completed all relevant coding and unit testing, ensuring quality code is delivered.
• Created test data for unit testing, and systems testing.

Development tools used: DB2, SQL, Stored Procedures, SYNCSORT, SPUFI, XML, CICS, MQ Series, VSAM, COBOL, C, Clearcase, UNIX and Endeavor.

Confidential -Hartford, Connecticut

Systems Developer

Responsibilities:

• Completed systems analysis, system and programming specification creation and code development tasks.
• Created test streams JCL for unit testing, systems testing and production implementation.
• Created test data for unit testing, and systems testing.

Development tools used: COBOL, DB2, SQL, SPUFI, FILE-AID, SYNCSORT, XPEDITOR, ENDEVOR, TSO, PROC and JCL.

Confidential - Hadley, Massachusetts

Systems Developer

Responsibilities:

• Completed systems analysis, system and programming specification creation and code development tasks.
• Created test streams JCL for unit testing, systems testing and production implementation.
• Created test data for unit testing, and systems testing.

Development tools used: COBOL, CICS, FILE-AID, XPEDITOR, SYNCSORT, LIBRARIAN, TSO, PROC and JCL.

Confidential - Providence, Rhode Island

Systems Developer

Responsibilities:

• Completed systems analysis, system and programming specification creation and code development tasks.
• Created test streams JCL for unit testing, systems testing and production implementation.
• Created test data for unit testing, and systems testing.

Development tools used: COBOL/II, DB2, SQL, SYNCSORT, IMS DB/DC, QMF, SPUFI, DB2 FILE-AID, FILE-AID, XPEDITOR, LIBRARIAN, TSO, PROC, JCL and Librarian.

Confidential - Hartford, Connecticut

Systems Developer

Responsibilities:

• Assigned as a Systems Developer in the Confidential Life and Annuity Area. Developed mainframe applications for the production of Contracts for companies that sell annuities under the Confidential logo. Completed systems analysis, conversion analysis, system and programming specification creation and code development tasks. Created test streams JCL. Created test data for unit testing, and systems testing. Completed unit testing, systems testing and production implementation activities.

Development tools used: COBOL/II, DB2, SQL, IMS/DB, QMF, FILE-AID, DOCUMERG, ENDEVOR, TSO, PROC and JCL.

Confidential - Hartford, Connecticut

Systems Developer(Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Assigned as a System Developer for a Y2K project. Project objective was to enhance the Claims Processing System, ensuring compliance with Y2K requirements. Made a logical change, where a pivot year was selected to determine century, as opposed to a physical change of adding additional space for dates to all files and databases where they are stored. Also, completed systems analysis, program specifications and implemented the change of a key element on the core Claim processing database. Changed output format of the OHC from a GPP (Generalized Print Program) to an MFS (Message Format Service). Created test streams JCL for unit testing, systems testing and production implementation. Created test data for unit testing, and systems testing.

Development tools used: COBOL/370, IMS DC/DB, CICS, Micro-focus COBOL, Micro-Focus Revolve, TSO, PROC and JCL.

Confidential - Hartford, Connecticut

Systems Developer (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Assigned as a Systems Developer for a major systems enhancement project. Responsible for the development of a new mainframe application that would replace a user intensive reporting process that was done on a standalone Lotus Application. Responsible for systems analysis, conversion analysis, system and programming specification creation and code development tasks. Created test streams JCL for unit testing, systems testing and production implementation. Created test data for unit testing, and systems testing.

Development tools used: COBOL 370, Easytrieve Plus, CICS, TSO and JCL.

Confidential -Springfield, Massachusetts

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Played a major role in a large conversion/transformation effort to convert a Healthcare Claim system to IMS DC Online System with IMS DL1 databases. Responsibilities included systems analysis, data analysis and mapping, development of system and program specifications, development of IMS/DC modules and MFS, unit testing, systems testing, analysis of testing results and production implementation.

Development tools used: IMS DB/DC, COBOL II, JCL and Changeman.

Confidential - Quincy, Massachusetts

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on the automobile insurance policy and claim systems. Enhanced current system to utilize new group auto insurance offered in Massachusetts. Responsibilities included systems analysis, development of system and program specifications, development of IMS/DC modules and MFS changes, development of CICS modules and Map changes, unit testing, systems testing, analysis of testing results and production implementation.

Development tools used: IMS DB/DC, CICS, VSAM, JCL and COBOL.

Confidential - Hartford, Connecticut

Developer (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Worked in the Commercial Lines Property Casualty Area on an IMS DC system that collects data and creates policies (automatically prefilled paper forms) for customers. All rating is done with online updates to the policies.

Development tools used: IMS DB/DC, VSAM, JCL and COBOL