SUMMARY

• Over 20 years as programmer/analyst, and business analyst.
• Coding and development skills in Cobol, DB2, IMS(DB and DC), CICS, IDMS,PL/I, VSAM and JCL.
• Environments have been both ISPF/TSO and AS/400 centric.
• Along with this work, has used Changeman, Endeavor, AbendAid, Telon, MQseries, Xpeditor, Intertest, Panvalet, Intertest, File - Aid and other tools.
• Applications have been state agencies, insurance, manufacturing, banking and retail.
• Excellent communicator (taught college information technical and business courses for two years); earned
• MBA (accounting and finance) at night and worked in part-time sales during the day while in college.
• Proud father, healthy lifestyle, church deacon and community contributor.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Madison, Wisconsin

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Environment: IBM MVS, ISPF, TSO, JCL, COBOLII, DB2, CICS, VSAM, MQseries, Endeavor

Responsibilities:

• Short contract assignment. to help merge current claims processing system.

Confidential - Nashville, Tennessee

Senior Programmer and Business Analyst

Environment: IBM MVS, ISPF, TSO, JCL, COBOLII, DB2, CICS, VSAM, MQseries, Endeavor

Responsibilities:

• Just finished developing programs for a warehouse project to be used for HIPPA and internal reporting of operations.
• Accomplished several efficiency improvements of space and processing time.
• Modified selection/update screens to handle MQ streams..
• Involved in writing training materials and documentation.

Confidential - Birmingham, Alabama

Senior Programmer and Business Analyst

Environment: IBM MVS, ISPF, TSO, JCL, COBOLII, DB2, CICS, Panvalet, JAVA, VSAM

Responsibilities:

• Developed Cash(EFT) processing modules tobe later converted to Java specifications.
• Involved in meetings with the SME’s
• Wrote and reviewed technical specification documents as per the requirements
• Set up of test environment.

Confidential - Atlanta, Tennessee

Environment: IBM MVS, ISPF, TSO, JCL, COBOLII, DB2, CICS, Changeman

Responsibilities:

• Modified selection/update CICS screens to include new federal regulation information.
• Involved in writing training materials and documentation.

Confidential - Carolina

Senior Programmer and Business Analyst

Environment: IBM MVS, ISPF, TSO, JCL, COBOLII, IDMS, VSAM, Xpeditor

Responsibilities:

• Team leader in conversion of payable modules to new HIPAA federal guidelines.
• Involved in design, coding and testing Third Party Liability and Subrogation online systems.
• Interfaced with the current medical claims system.

Confidential

Senior Programmer/ Analyst

Environment: IBM MVS, ISPF, TSO, COBOLII, CICS, DB2, VSAM, IMS(DB and DC), Word, Excel, VISIO, MQseries, Panvalet

Responsibilities:

• Served on Benefits Redesign Project.
• Coded and re-structured huge existing programs (i.e. full of “GO TO’s”)
• Coded new subprograms.

Confidential

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Environment: IBM MVS, ISPF, TSO, COBOLII, CICS, DB2, SPUFI, QMF, CA-7, VSAM, Word, Excel VISIO, Endeavor

Responsibilities:

• Served on 5010 Implementation team. EDI transactions included 837(P, I, D), 820, 835, 270, 276, 277)
• Served as Business Analyst
• Created a Gap Analysis which mapped changes to HIPAA 5010 specifications.
• Developed testing plans.
• Performed cost studies.
• Worked with third parties to handle claims files.

Confidential

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Environment: IBM MVS., ISPF, TSO, TELON, COBOLII, CICS, DB2, IMS, Spufi, QMF, CA-7,VSAM, Telon, Word, Excel VISIO, Changeman

Responsibilities:

• Served on PRE-5010 implementation team.
• Reviewed EDI transactions, performed cost studies and Gap Analysis.
• Prepared and processed test transaction.
• Reviewed programs that processed 820, 824, 834, 835, 837 (P, I, D, 270 and 276/277 ) transactions.

Confidential

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Environment: COBOL II, DB2, IMS-DB/DC, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, CICS, File-Aid, QMF, ABEND-AID and MS-ACCESS

Responsibilities:

• Created specifications and programs for a fee schedule modeling system.
• Primary call Team lead in a replacement project.
• Used for 24/7 on call problems

Confidential

Consultant/Programmer Analyst and Systems Analyst

Environment: Cobol, DB2, IMS DB-DC, CICS, Easytrieve, FileAid

Responsibilities:

• Lead analyst in the design, coding, testing of Confidential ’s Pharmacy Medicare projects.
• Tested and estimated the change requests/enhancements received from clients.
• Coordinated with team and give technical guidance.

Confidential

Programmer/Analyst

Environment: Microfocus Cobol, DB2, IMS DB-DC, CICS, APS, InfoPac, telon, Easytrieve, FileAid, Assembler

Responsibilities:

• Programmed commercial and consumer loan programs.
• In charge of in-house install and maintenance of SunGard brokerage system programs
• Supported the customer taxation application (Omnicare tax package).
• Programmed in conversion process of bank mergers and acquisitions. .

Confidential

Lead Programmer/Analyst

Environment: Cobol, DB2, IMS DB-DC, CICS, APS, Easytrieve, FileAid, Assembler

Responsibilities:

• Served on a 4 member inventory, production control) team at Ingersoll-Rand and Glaxo pharmaceutical.
• Served as a combination auditor/financial analyst for 4 years for Farm Credit Banks.
• Developed computer models that predicted financial futures of bank branches in 4 states.
• Liaison between branch management and centralized IT.
• Designed and programmed commercial loan system reports..
• Taught university level management, finance and systems courses full time for two years
• During college was an inventory accountant for local government health departments.
• Sold furniture, books, and lighting supplies for two years.