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Creative, dynamic, highly professional systems and applications designer and programmer specializing in a variety of environments with emphasis on IBM mainframes and MicroFocus.  Over twenty (20) years of experience with COBOL, CICS, DB2 and JCL.  Strong IBM mainframe & DB2 utilities experience.  Very strong in MicroFocus(purchased a copy in 1992 and have been leveraging its capabilities since). Experienced with multi-tiered applications and numerous relational databases; DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, UDB, MySQL to name but a few.  Full SDLC experience in multiple business environments to include testing with Quality Center and production implementation using a variety of versioning control software. Experienced with balancing batch execution speed with on-line transaction requirements and database normalization requirements.  Strong in relational database design and data ETL/conversions: VSAM, DB2, UDB, flat files, GDGs, to and from Mainframes/PCs, peer to peer communication using a variety of protocols. Development experience in various disciplines including Healthcare, Government, Address Verification, Crew allocation and scheduling, Distribution, Estimating, Banking, Insurance and Retail.

Technical Skills

Languages:

Enterprise Cobol, COBOL II, Enterprise COBOL, MicroFocus Cobol, Pro-COBOL, Java.

Databases & Query Languages:

DB2, SQL/Server, XDB, UDB, MYSQL, Oracle, Access, OS/2 DBM, SPUFI, QMF, PL/SQL, Dynamic SQL, DB2 Stored Procedures, ERWIN.

Teleprocessing:

CICS (Command Level & Macro Level), MQ Series, TSO/ISPF, QWS3270, Roscoe, ICCF, RUMBA, VI Editor, Vollie, SPFPC.

Access Methods & Utilities:

VSAM, Endevor, Websphere MQ, SmartTest, Librarian, PVCS, SAS, FileAid, BMC and DB2 Unloads/Loads, Intertest, Sybase, CICS/EDF, FTP, Connect Direct/NDM, Expeditor, IDCAMS, Abend-Aid, MVS JCL, DOS JCL, SyncSort, MicroFocus, REXX, Panvalet, EYEWITTNESS, SDF, Easytrieve, DYL280, Unix shell scripting.

Applications:

Healthcare                                          

System Design for Thruput speed                   

Multitier – Mainframe/Web                              

Sybase Open Client Connect                            

Sybase Open Server Connect                           

DB2 Performance Tuning                                                                                                                                                                  

Cobol Performance Tuning                               

CMS Data Match

Address Verification                           

Data Normalization                                             

Language Conversion – Clipper/COBOL        

Database Design & Tuning

Data Compression                              

Multi-platform Software Packaging                                                                                                                                 

 

Other

 Crew Management

 Proposal Entry/Summary

 Export Regulations

 Timesheet Upload

 Long Distance Billing

 Data ETL

 Financial Information Systems

EXPERIENCE:

March 2011 – present, Compass Bank, Birmingham AL

Analysis, design, coding and unit testing of modifications to batch and on-line COBOL programs to support the migration from the IMPACS (Fidelity System) to the ALNOVA (Accenture System).  Some changes are prototyped and tested with MicroFOCUS.  COBOL, CICS, .bat files, Changeman, Xpeditor, FTP.  MS Office programs: Word, Excel, Visio, VBScript. JIRA. Responsible for troubleshooting problems to determine root cause. Working through a staffing agency.

January 2010 – December 2010, FreddieMac, McLean VA

Worked in a production support capacity.  Responsible for the successful execution of the Rates, Cash Pooling and Consumer Mortgage Home Price Index (CMHPI) applications.  Troubleshoot execution problems; data caused abends, space allocation and scheduler timing issues.  Document these and other applications' runbooks and handbooks in Sharepoint libraries to include Visio diagrams, dependencies space utilization, triggers and timing.  Investigate problems utilizing SPUFI, OS utilities, COBOL programs, SAS programs and MS ACCESS queries.  Entered and executed test plans and test cases in HP Quality Center to verify functionality of new Remedy release.  Enter and resolve Remedy tickets.  Extracted prior release Remedy information so that problem resolution would be available for new Knowledge Base in Access. Parsed mainframe file and SAR SYSOUT data for loading into Access and Excel. COBOL, DB2, Endevor, Jobtrac, Unix Shell Script debugging, Connect Direct/NDM, FTP.  Maintained SOX compliant documentation to include runbooks, logs and securing User IDs/Passwords. MS Office programs: Word, Excel, Visio, VBScript. Clearcase, Clearquest. Worked as an employee.

August 2009 – December 2009, Regions Bank, Birmingham AL

Work involved integrating Regions’ back-end account processing with Enterprise Banker Solutions’ Java front-end to process account transfers for DDA, Savings and Loan accounts.  Transport platform is Websphere MQ.  Code is Enterprise COBOL, CICS and DB2.  Debugger is SmartTest.  Version manager is Endevor.  Teleprocessor is RUMBA.  Microsoft Office Suite. Worked through a staffing agency.

January 2008 – October 2008, Bank of America, Charlotte NC (Telecommute)

Full SDLC using Waterfall methodology.  My initial assignment was to participate in High Level Design (HLD), Low Level Design (LLD) and testing to support changes to the eXtended Account Database (XAD) architecture and implementation of the Debit Card Initiative (DCI).  Was then involved in the high and low level design of the Flexible Product Infrastructure (FPI) initiative which is designed to allow the bank to bring new products to market in a 30-45 day timeframe rather than 6 months to a year.  Participated in data modeling of database architecture and impact analysis on existing systems.  This included Data Flow Diagrams and impact analysis of SLAs(Service Level Agreements).  I was the technical lead for ETL of product information and participated in XML design, storage and presentation of same in the object oriented Java layer.  This ETL was to interface with 8 other systems, among them the data warehouse system.  I designed and prototyped the code necessary to accomplish this for all systems using MicroFocus to eliminate the need for offshore development.  Also utilized MicroFocus to parse Excel spreadsheets to generate specs, COBOL code and metadata.  Worked on DB2 design to modify tables for tuning batch streams to meet Service Level Agreements. COBOL, DB2, Changeman, Connect Direct/NDM.  MS Office programs, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Visio, VBScript, Erwin ERDs.  Entered and executed test plans and test cases in HP Quality Center. Worked through a staffing agency.

October 2007 – December 2007, Geico, Macon GA

My assignment was to set up necessary programs, JCL, Procs, Control members, and scheduling to alert users to needed changes in commissions paid to agents in New Jersey due to commission rule changes.  Created COBOL/DB2 programs using MicroFocus, tested and migrated to production.  Utilized DB2 unloads to speed batch runs.  COBOL, DB2, Endevor, MS Office programs.  Worked through a staffing agency.

Mar 2007 – September 2007, Talbots Inc., Tampa FL

My assignments involved setting up necessary programs, JCL, Procs, Control members, GDGs, scheduling, DB2 loads and unloads and FTP jobs to send/receive data to/from other entities to support a company acquired by Talbots.  Modified batch and CICS COBOL/DB2 programs and above mentioned members as needed.  Both unit and string testing.  Heavy use of MicroFocus COBOL to streamline repetitive functions.  Excel usage to create and store metadata.  COBOL, DB2, Endevor, MS Office programs.  Worked through a staffing agency.

October 2006 – March 2007, Sungard Insurance Systems, Miami FL

Extracted data from an Oracle database to fulfill client and partner requests.  Updated existing programs as required.  Created scripts to streamline repetitive tasks and increase productivity and accuracy.  MicroFocus COBOL on both Windows and Unix platforms.  Was troubleshooter for ETL data conversion problems between mainframe and Oracle.  PL/SQL against Oracle tables on Unix box.  SPFPC editor. Worked as an employee.

May 2006 – July 2006, Metavante/Kirchman, Orlando FL

Performed code changes and testing of COBOL programs in preparation for a merger of two clients’ systems.  Expansion of an account type field requires numerous code changes as well as some record/file expansion effort.  Utilized MicroFocus COBOL on the PC and ported code to a mainframe running MVS.  Worked through a staffing agency.

February 2006 – April 2006, Cibersites, Tampa FL

Performed analysis and wrote specifications for programmers in India to modify online and batch COBOL programs.  Parsed COBOL code utilizing custom MicroFocus code to generate documentation.  Harcourt (the client) must expand the ISBN publishing number utilized by their CICS and batch COBOL  and DYL280 systems.  Changeman release software.  Generated and maintained metadata repository and Data Flow Diagrams.  Worked as an employee.

July 2005 – January 2006, JP Morgan Chase, Tampa FL

Worked in Treasury Services on the CORE/IBIS team.  The Chase On-line REpository (CORE) system provides an information environment capable of supporting the business rules and goals of the Bank. The Integrated Bank Information System (IBIS) is a financial application that gives you the ability to inquire and perform maintenance functions on business processes.  I performed analysis, design, modifications, testing and implementation of CICS and batch COBOL programs and their attendant job streams and DB2 tables.  Prototyped SQL changes with SPUFI and created QMF reports.  Microsoft Office Suite.  Intertest. Worked through a staffing agency.

February 2005 – June 2005, Inova Health System, Fairfax, VA

Worked with the Medipac team.  Medipac is a patient management/patient accounting/medical records system from McKesson.  Work involved modification to in-house programs which interface with the Medipac files, aiding with upgrades to new releases, and monitoring of production and test cycles.  Software included COBOL/CICS/VSAM, Fileaid, Intertest, Xray.  Code manager used is Librarian.  Dispatch was the report manager and FTP was used heavily.  Prototyped applications with MicroFocus. Worked as an employee.

October 2004 – January 2005, Lockheed Martin, Woodlawn, MD

Analyzed and wrote functional requirements, system specifications and validation test cases for the Enumeration At Birth(EAB) and Enumeration At Entry(EAE) systems at the Social Security Administration.  This work was to prepare for a redesign/rewrite of the systems.  Worked through a staffing agency.

March 2004 – October 2004, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Columbia, MD

Worked in the HIPAA compliance section programming necessary changes to format and edit EDI X12 based Healthcare transactions (type 837) for both institutional and professional subscribers as well as Electronic remittances (type 835).  COBOL/DB2 is utilized for batch processing with IMS checkpointing.  Work involves writing technical specs, writing and testing new code and regression testing against baselines.  Prototyped examples to share with staff using MicroFocus Cobol.  Software includes MicroFocus, Inforeports, Xpeditor, Panvalet, Fileaid, SPUFI, and BMC utilities.  Worked through a staffing agency.

February 2000 – January 2004, SAIC, Columbia, MD & ViPS Inc., Towson, MD

Worked for Politec, a subcontractor on the Data Extraction System (DESY) contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Full SDLC. This system scans the National Healthcare Claims History files and extracts data for multiple user requests simultaneously. Designed and implemented the mainframe side and middleware portion of a large database inquiry and data distribution system for CMS. Also participated in the data modeling and object oriented design of the object oriented Java platform and data warehouse.  Used CICS/COBOL/DB2 and SAS on the mainframe, Sybase middleware and a Java front end with intermediate storage on SQL/Server.  Developed data dictionary and utilized data modeling techniques to architect both the metadata and the request driver data.  Developed dynamic SQL and Stored Procedure applications.  Dynamically generated SAS jobs and JCL steps for initial data extraction prior to further filtering.  Achieved significant performance gains by tweaking database access approaches and tuning code.  Designed, defined and maintained DB2 tables necessary for both test and production. Studies in MQ Series in preparation for migration of system to Websphere. Prototyped all development with MicroFocus, then ported to mainframe.  Provided input to promote identification of process areas and key practices for a Capability Maturity Model(CMM). QMF/SPUFI, COBOL, DB2, Static and Dynamic SQL. Microsoft Office Suite. Intertest.

September 1999 – December 1999, Titan Systems, Washington, DC

Y2K remediation of Oracle ProCOBOL code for the District of Colombia. Utilized MicroFocus to remediate and test hundreds of programs.  Worked as an independent contractor.

April 1999 – August 1999, Marriott, Inc, Bethesda, MD

Migrated/formatted/edited data (ETL) from Microsoft Access database to DB2 database to support a new Capital Accounting system. Utilized SQL on both PC and mainframe. COBOL II, DB2, Rumba. Parsed Microsoft Access metadata with a MicroFocus program to generate necessary conversion code (COBOL). Worked through a staffing agency.

March 1997 – March 1999, Group1 Software, Lanham, MD

Team lead. Re-architected an international address verification product from Clipper to COBOL II using MicroFocus Workbench.  Responsible for database design, access and compression. Product now available on NT, UNIX, MVS and AS400 platforms. Gross sales of product to date are @$2.5 million. Development platform was MicroFocus COBOL II and Workbench on NT. Data analysis and some code generation done on OS/2 DB2/2 using MicroFocus Workbench. Also used Visual dBase and Microsoft Access. Redesigned databases and access methods to speed processing.  PVCS version control software. Full SDLC. Worked as an independent contractor.

April 1996 – February 1997, IRS, New Carrolton, MD

Rewrote COBOL II applications to function smoothly under the Service’s district reorganization. Used VSAM files as parameters to drive programs, rather than maintain multiple redundant sets of JCL. Was responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting and enhancing management reports in each of the seven service centers running the Integrated Collection System. Implemented checkpoint/restart processing in large batch COBOL/DB2 applications.  Modified batch DB2 to speed execution. Prototyped code with MicroFocus.  Worked through a staffing agency.

September 1995 – March 1996, National Education Association, Washington, DC

Wrote, tested and implemented RSPs(Remote Stored Procedures) to parse and fulfill data base requests sent to mainframe CICS/DB2/MVS from PowerBuilder via an MDI gateway. These modules were developed and tested using MicroFocus Workbench and DB2/2 under OS/2, then ported to the mainframe. Offloaded DB2 catalog information to enable prototyping and debugging applications on PC platform with MicroFocus.  Worked through a staffing agency.

July 1995 – August 1995, Perot Systems, Reston, VA

As an employee of Perot Systems I taught refresher classes in CICS, COBOL II, DB2 and MicroFocus while waiting for client assignment. 

April 1995 – June 1995, Commsys, Reston, VA

Installed MicroFocus and prototyped offloading COBOL II applications from MVS to a Windows NT network. Worked through a staffing agency.

January 1995 – April 1995, Government Systems Inc., Vienna, VA

Converted an incentive compensation system from a Univac running CSTS to a Sequent running UNIX. Converted data from Manage databases to Oracle tables. MicroFocus COBOL II. Prototyping with DB2 under OS/2. Worked through a staffing agency.

November 1994 – January 1995, GE Information Services, Rockville, MD

As an employee , reworked a transaction capture and routing system in COBOL II/CICS/DB2 from batch COBOL for the Yellow Pages Publishing Association.

October 1994, MCI, Arlington, VA

Analysis and architecture of an approach to speed implementation of billing new promotions. Worked through a staffing agency.

May 1994 – September 1994, Government Systems Inc., Vienna, VA

Converted an Internet billing system from a Univac machine running the CSTS operating system to a Sequent machine running UNIX. Micro Focus COBOL. Worked through a staffing agency.

February 1991 – May 1994, Amtrak, Washington, DC

Full SDLC life cycle development of a system to match union engineers' and conductors' bids with available positions. Integrated a train crew management system, CICS VSAM based, with a DB2 based labor management system. CSP programs rewritten in COBOL II. Micro Focus development and testing. Worked as an independent contractor.

December 1990 – February 1991, KPMG Peat Marwick, Washington, DC

Wrote CICS COBOL applications for a purchasing system Peat Marwick was modifying for Montgomery County, MD. Development was PC based utilizing Realia COBOL and REAL CICS. Worked through a staffing agency.

July 1990 – December 1990, United Mine Workers Association, American Management Systems, National Automobile Dealers Association Washington, DC

While at UMWA wrote COBOL II/CICS/DB2 applications and gained experience with IBM's Cross System Product (CSP). While at AMS I was involved in the development and implementation of a purchasing system which tracks computer products for fulfillment of government contracts requirements. AMS had the contract with IBM. Code was in CSP/DB2. While at NADA I wrote several CICS COBOL applications. Worked through a staffing agency.

February 1990 – July 1990, IBM Gaithersburg, MD

High and low-level architecture, coding, testing and tuning of the mainframe portion of a High Speed Scan project for IBM's Object Distribution Manager (ODM). Team liaison to lab group to assist in testing and tuning. COBOL II CICS DB2 on an MVS/XA system. Worked through a staffing agency.

October 1989 – February 1990, Computer Data Systems Inc Gaithersburg, MD

As a contractor I tested and modified code, wrote up issues for the Single Family Insurance System/Distributed Shares Refund Subsystem--SFIS/DSRS for HUD. DB2/COBOL/CICS.  Studies and application of formalized data modeling techniques. Employee of a consulting firm.

May 1989 – October 1989, MCI Arlington, VA

Helped develop a national marketing system based upon a client rather than an account approach. Wrote DB2, COBOL II CICS applications which provided an integrated approach to identifying potential sales leads. Worked through a staffing agency.

August 1988 – April 1989, Computer Data Systems Inc., Gaithersburg, MD

As an employee, enhanced the CICS portion of a system used by a sheet metal workers' union to accept expanded variable length master records. Modifications and enhancements to eligibility, benefit and remittance calculations.

May 1986 - Aug 1988, Fruit Growers Express, Alexandria, VA

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Provided on-line and batch COBOL programming support to Fleet Management, Inc., a railroad car pool management company.  Significantly reduced response time on several CICS multiple parameter inquiries.  Eliminated most billing program maintenance by designing user maintained table driven edits.  Re-architected hub Car Management and Billing programs; order matching and junction logic.  Designed, coded, tested and implemented real time car data editing and file updates.

February 1985 - May 1986, MCI Telecommunications, Inc., Alexandria, VA

Programmer/Analyst

Assisted in converting circuit tracking systems to accept expanded circuit numbers, re-wrote control scheduling application in COBOL from RPG II.  On-line updates, multiple files and screens, Primos-Midas.

July 1980 - February 1985, Howard P. Foley Company, Alexandria, VA

Programmer and Programmer/Analyst

Converted RPG II applications from IBM System 3 to 4331.  Created and maintained all JCL streams and VSAM files.  Responsible for all data conversion from System 3 to VSAM, utilizing both native VSAM access as well as an ISAM interface process.  Developed all necessary communications and stand-alone software for work-site payroll processing.  Performed physical installation of equipment to include rewiring of phones.  Generated and maintained initial base of on-line applications using DMS/CICS under DOS/VSE.  Coordinated with Chief Estimator to architect an on-line interactive estimating package complete with spreadsheets which was accepted and implemented by FOLEY and its subsidiaries after an extensive study of vendhttps://docs.google.com/uc?id=Summary  &export=download

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November 1979 - July 1980, Technalysis Corporation, Falls Church, VA

Junior Programmer

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Education

BS, Management Science, SUNY-Geneseo, New York

Programming Certificate, Computer Learning Center-Springfield, VA

nna variety of environments with emphasis on IBM mainframes and MicroFocus.  Over twenty (20) years of experience with COBOL, CICS, DB2 and JCL.  Strong IBM mainframe & DB2 utilities experience.  Very strong in MicroFocus(purchased a copy in 1992 and have been leveraging its capabilities since). Experienced with multi-tiered applications and numerous relational databases; DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, UDB, MySQL to name but a few.  Full SDLC experience in multiple business environments to include testing with Quality Center and production implementation using a variety of versioning control software. Experienced with balancing batch execution speed with on-line transaction requirements and database normalization requirements.  Strong in relational database design and data ETL/conversions: VSAM, DB2, UDB, flat files, GDGs, to and from Mainframes/PCs, peer to peer communication using a variety of protocols. Development experience in various disciplines including Healthcare, Government, Address Verification, Crew allocation and scheduling, Distribution, Estimating, Banking, Insurance and Retail.

Technical Skills

Languages:

Enterprise Cobol, COBOL II, Enterprise COBOL, MicroFocus Cobol, Pro-COBOL, Java.

Databases & Query Languages:

DB2, SQL/Server, XDB, UDB, MYSQL, Oracle, Access, OS/2 DBM, SPUFI, QMF, PL/SQL, Dynamic SQL, DB2 Stored Procedures, ERWIN.

Teleprocessing:

CICS (Command Level & Macro Level), MQ Series, TSO/ISPF, QWS3270, Roscoe, ICCF, RUMBA, VI Editor, Vollie, SPFPC.

Access Methods & Utilities:

VSAM, Endevor, Websphere MQ, SmartTest, Librarian, PVCS, SAS, FileAid, BMC and DB2 Unloads/Loads, Intertest, Sybase, CICS/EDF, FTP, Connect Direct/NDM, Expeditor, IDCAMS, Abend-Aid, MVS JCL, DOS JCL, SyncSort, MicroFocus, REXX, Panvalet, EYEWITTNESS, SDF, Easytrieve, DYL280, Unix shell scripting.

Applications:

Healthcare                                          

System Design for Thruput speed                   

Multitier – Mainframe/Web                              

Sybase Open Client Connect                            

Sybase Open Server Connect                           

DB2 Performance Tuning                                  

Cobol Performance Tuning                               

CMS Data Match

Address Verification                           

Data Normalization                                             

Language Conversion – Clipper/COBOL        

Database Design & Tuning

Data Compression                              

Multi-platform Software Packaging                 

 

Other

 Crew Management

 Proposal Entry/Summary

 Export Regulations

 Timesheet Upload

 Long Distance Billing

 Data ETL

 Financial Information Systems

EXPERIENCE:

March 2011 – present, Compass Bank, Birmingham AL

Analysis, design, coding and unit testing of modifications to batch and on-line COBOL programs to support the migration from the IMPACS (Fidelity System) to the ALNOVA (Accenture System).  Some changes are prototyped and tested with MicroFOCUS.  COBOL, CICS, .bat files, Changeman, Xpeditor, FTP.  MS Office programs: Word, Excel, Visio, VBScript. JIRA. Responsible for troubleshooting problems to determine root cause. Working through a staffing agency.

January 2010 – December 2010, FreddieMac, McLean VA

Worked in a production support capacity.  Responsible for the successful execution of the Rates, Cash Pooling and Consumer Mortgage Home Price Index (CMHPI) applications.  Troubleshoot execution problems; data caused abends, space allocation and scheduler timing issues.  Document these and other applications' runbooks and handbooks in Sharepoint libraries to include Visio diagrams, dependencies space utilization, triggers and timing.  Investigate problems utilizing SPUFI, OS utilities, COBOL programs, SAS programs and MS ACCESS queries.  Entered and executed test plans and test cases in HP Quality Center to verify functionality of new Remedy release.  Enter and resolve Remedy tickets.  Extracted prior release Remedy information so that problem resolution would be available for new Knowledge Base in Access. Parsed mainframe file and SAR SYSOUT data for loading into Access and Excel. COBOL, DB2, Endevor, Jobtrac, Unix Shell Script debugging, Connect Direct/NDM, FTP.  Maintained SOX compliant documentation to include runbooks, logs and securing User IDs/Passwords. MS Office programs: Word, Excel, Visio, VBScript. Clearcase, Clearquest. Worked as an employee.

August 2009 – December 2009, Regions Bank, Birmingham AL

Work involved integrating Regions’ back-end account processing with Enterprise Banker Solutions’ Java front-end to process account transfers for DDA, Savings and Loan accounts.  Transport platform is Websphere MQ.  Code is Enterprise COBOL, CICS and DB2.  Debugger is SmartTest.  Version manager is Endevor.  Teleprocessor is RUMBA.  Microsoft Office Suite. Worked through a staffing agency.

January 2008 – October 2008, Bank of America, Charlotte NC (Telecommute)

Full SDLC using Waterfall methodology.  My initial assignment was to participate in High Level Design (HLD), Low Level Design (LLD) and testing to support changes to the eXtended Account Database (XAD) architecture and implementation of the Debit Card Initiative (DCI).  Was then involved in the high and low level design of the Flexible Product Infrastructure (FPI) initiative which is designed to allow the bank to bring new products to market in a 30-45 day timeframe rather than 6 months to a year.  Participated in data modeling of database architecture and impact analysis on existing systems.  This included Data Flow Diagrams and impact analysis of SLAs(Service Level Agreements).  I was the technical lead for ETL of product information and participated in XML design, storage and presentation of same in the object oriented Java layer.  This ETL was to interface with 8 other systems, among them the data warehouse system.  I designed and prototyped the code necessary to accomplish this for all systems using MicroFocus to eliminate the need for offshore development.  Also utilized MicroFocus to parse Excel spreadsheets to generate specs, COBOL code and metadata.  Worked on DB2 design to modify tables for tuning batch streams to meet Service Level Agreements. COBOL, DB2, Changeman, Connect Direct/NDM.  MS Office programs, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Visio, VBScript, Erwin ERDs.  Entered and executed test plans and test cases in HP Quality Center. Worked through a staffing agency.

October 2007 – December 2007, Geico, Macon GA

My assignment was to set up necessary programs, JCL, Procs, Control members, and scheduling to alert users to needed changes in commissions paid to agents in New Jersey due to commission rule changes.  Created COBOL/DB2 programs using MicroFocus, tested and migrated to production.  Utilized DB2 unloads to speed batch runs.  COBOL, DB2, Endevor, MS Office programs.  Worked through a staffing agency.

Mar 2007 – September 2007, Talbots Inc., Tampa FL

My assignments involved setting up necessary programs, JCL, Procs, Control members, GDGs, scheduling, DB2 loads and unloads and FTP jobs to send/receive data to/from other entities to support a company acquired by Talbots.  Modified batch and CICS COBOL/DB2 programs and above mentioned members as needed.  Both unit and string testing.  Heavy use of MicroFocus COBOL to streamline repetitive functions.  Excel usage to create and store metadata.  COBOL, DB2, Endevor, MS Office programs.  Worked through a staffing agency.

October 2006 – March 2007, Sungard Insurance Systems, Miami FL

Extracted data from an Oracle database to fulfill client and partner requests.  Updated existing programs as required.  Created scripts to streamline repetitive tasks and increase productivity and accuracy.  MicroFocus COBOL on both Windows and Unix platforms.  Was troubleshooter for ETL data conversion problems between mainframe and Oracle.  PL/SQL against Oracle tables on Unix box.  SPFPC editor. Worked as an employee.

May 2006 – July 2006, Metavante/Kirchman, Orlando FL

Performed code changes and testing of COBOL programs in preparation for a merger of two clients’ systems.  Expansion of an account type field requires numerous code changes as well as some record/file expansion effort.  Utilized MicroFocus COBOL on the PC and ported code to a mainframe running MVS.  Worked through a staffing agency.

February 2006 – April 2006, Cibersites, Tampa FL

Performed analysis and wrote specifications for programmers in India to modify online and batch COBOL programs.  Parsed COBOL code utilizing custom MicroFocus code to generate documentation.  Harcourt (the client) must expand the ISBN publishing number utilized by their CICS and batch COBOL  and DYL280 systems.  Changeman release software.  Generated and maintained metadata repository and Data Flow Diagrams.  Worked as an employee.

July 2005 – January 2006, JP Morgan Chase, Tampa FL

Worked in Treasury Services on the CORE/IBIS team.  The Chase On-line REpository (CORE) system provides an information environment capable of supporting the business rules and goals of the Bank. The Integrated Bank Information System (IBIS) is a financial application that gives you the ability to inquire and perform maintenance functions on business processes.  I performed analysis, design, modifications, testing and implementation of CICS and batch COBOL programs and their attendant job streams and DB2 tables.  Prototyped SQL changes with SPUFI and created QMF reports.  Microsoft Office Suite.  Intertest. Worked through a staffing agency.

February 2005 – June 2005, Inova Health System, Fairfax, VA

Worked with the Medipac team.  Medipac is a patient management/patient accounting/medical records system from McKesson.  Work involved modification to in-house programs which interface with the Medipac files, aiding with upgrades to new releases, and monitoring of production and test cycles.  Software included COBOL/CICS/VSAM, Fileaid, Intertest, Xray.  Code manager used is Librarian.  Dispatch was the report manager and FTP was used heavily.  Prototyped applications with MicroFocus. Worked as an employee.

October 2004 – January 2005, Lockheed Martin, Woodlawn, MD

Analyzed and wrote functional requirements, system specifications and validation test cases for the Enumeration At Birth(EAB) and Enumeration At Entry(EAE) systems at the Social Security Administration.  This work was to prepare for a redesign/rewrite of the systems.  Worked through a staffing agency.

March 2004 – October 2004, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Columbia, MD

Worked in the HIPAA compliance section programming necessary changes to format and edit EDI X12 based Healthcare transactions (type 837) for both institutional and professional subscribers as well as Electronic remittances (type 835).  COBOL/DB2 is utilized for batch processing with IMS checkpointing.  Work involves writing technical specs, writing and testing new code and regression testing against baselines.  Prototyped examples to share with staff using MicroFocus Cobol.  Software includes MicroFocus, Inforeports, Xpeditor, Panvalet, Fileaid, SPUFI, and BMC utilities.  Worked through a staffing agency.

February 2000 – January 2004, SAIC, Columbia, MD & ViPS Inc., Towson, MD

Worked for Politec, a subcontractor on the Data Extraction System (DESY) contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Full SDLC. This system scans the National Healthcare Claims History files and extracts data for multiple user requests simultaneously. Designed and implemented the mainframe side and middleware portion of a large database inquiry and data distribution system for CMS. Also participated in the data modeling and object oriented design of the object oriented Java platform and data warehouse.  Used CICS/COBOL/DB2 and SAS on the mainframe, Sybase middleware and a Java front end with intermediate storage on SQL/Server.  Developed data dictionary and utilized data modeling techniques to architect both the metadata and the request driver data.  Developed dynamic SQL and Stored Procedure applications.  Dynamically generated SAS jobs and JCL steps for initial data extraction prior to further filtering.  Achieved significant performance gains by tweaking database access approaches and tuning code.  Designed, defined and maintained DB2 tables necessary for both test and production. Studies in MQ Series in preparation for migration of system to Websphere. Prototyped all development with MicroFocus, then ported to mainframe.  Provided input to promote identification of process areas and key practices for a Capability Maturity Model(CMM). QMF/SPUFI, COBOL, DB2, Static and Dynamic SQL. Microsoft Office Suite. Intertest.

September 1999 – December 1999, Titan Systems, Washington, DC

Y2K remediation of Oracle ProCOBOL code for the District of Colombia. Utilized MicroFocus to remediate and test hundreds of programs.  Worked as an independent contractor.

April 1999 – August 1999, Marriott, Inc, Bethesda, MD

Migrated/formatted/edited data (ETL) from Microsoft Access database to DB2 database to support a new Capital Accounting system. Utilized SQL on both PC and mainframe. COBOL II, DB2, Rumba. Parsed Microsoft Access metadata with a MicroFocus program to generate necessary conversion code (COBOL). Worked through a staffing agency.

March 1997 – March 1999, Group1 Software, Lanham, MD

Team lead. Re-architected an international address verification product from Clipper to COBOL II using MicroFocus Workbench.  Responsible for database design, access and compression. Product now available on NT, UNIX, MVS and AS400 platforms. Gross sales of product to date are @$2.5 million. Development platform was MicroFocus COBOL II and Workbench on NT. Data analysis and some code generation done on OS/2 DB2/2 using MicroFocus Workbench. Also used Visual dBase and Microsoft Access. Redesigned databases and access methods to speed processing.  PVCS version control software. Full SDLC. Worked as an independent contractor.

April 1996 – February 1997, IRS, New Carrolton, MD

Rewrote COBOL II applications to function smoothly under the Service’s district reorganization. Used VSAM files as parameters to drive programs, rather than maintain multiple redundant sets of JCL. Was responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting and enhancing management reports in each of the seven service centers running the Integrated Collection System. Implemented checkpoint/restart processing in large batch COBOL/DB2 applications.  Modified batch DB2 to speed execution. Prototyped code with MicroFocus.  Worked through a staffing agency.

September 1995 – March 1996, National Education Association, Washington, DC

Wrote, tested and implemented RSPs(Remote Stored Procedures) to parse and fulfill data base requests sent to mainframe CICS/DB2/MVS from PowerBuilder via an MDI gateway. These modules were developed and tested using MicroFocus Workbench and DB2/2 under OS/2, then ported to the mainframe. Offloaded DB2 catalog information to enable prototyping and debugging applications on PC platform with MicroFocus.  Worked through a staffing agency.

July 1995 – August 1995, Perot Systems, Reston, VA

As an employee of Perot Systems I taught refresher classes in CICS, COBOL II, DB2 and MicroFocus while waiting for client assignment. 

April 1995 – June 1995, Commsys, Reston, VA

Installed MicroFocus and prototyped offloading COBOL II applications from MVS to a Windows NT network. Worked through a staffing agency.

January 1995 – April 1995, Government Systems Inc., Vienna, VA

Converted an incentive compensation system from a Univac running CSTS to a Sequent running UNIX. Converted data from Manage databases to Oracle tables. MicroFocus COBOL II. Prototyping with DB2 under OS/2. Worked through a staffing agency.

November 1994 – January 1995, GE Information Services, Rockville, MD

As an employee , reworked a transaction capture and routing system in COBOL II/CICS/DB2 from batch COBOL for the Yellow Pages Publishing Association.

October 1994, MCI, Arlington, VA

Analysis and architecture of an approach to speed implementation of billing new promotions. Worked through a staffing agency.

May 1994 – September 1994, Government Systems Inc., Vienna, VA

Converted an Internet billing system from a Univac machine running the CSTS operating system to a Sequent machine running UNIX. Micro Focus COBOL. Worked through a staffing agency.

February 1991 – May 1994, Amtrak, Washington, DC

Full SDLC life cycle development of a system to match union engineers' and conductors' bids with available positions. Integrated a train crew management system, CICS VSAM based, with a DB2 based labor management system. CSP programs rewritten in COBOL II. Micro Focus development and testing. Worked as an independent contractor.

December 1990 – February 1991, KPMG Peat Marwick, Washington, DC

Wrote CICS COBOL applications for a purchasing system Peat Marwick was modifying for Montgomery County, MD. Development was PC based utilizing Realia COBOL and REAL CICS. Worked through a staffing agency.

July 1990 – December 1990, United Mine Workers Association, American Management Systems, National Automobile Dealers Association Washington, DC

While at UMWA wrote COBOL II/CICS/DB2 applications and gained experience with IBM's Cross System Product (CSP). While at AMS I was involved in the development and implementation of a purchasing system which tracks computer products for fulfillment of government contracts requirements. AMS had the contract with IBM. Code was in CSP/DB2. While at NADA I wrote several CICS COBOL applications. Worked through a staffing agency.

February 1990 – July 1990, IBM Gaithersburg, MD

High and low-level architecture, coding, testing and tuning of the mainframe portion of a High Speed Scan project for IBM's Object Distribution Manager (ODM). Team liaison to lab group to assist in testing and tuning. COBOL II CICS DB2 on an MVS/XA system. Worked through a staffing agency.

October 1989 – February 1990, Computer Data Systems Inc Gaithersburg, MD

As a contractor I tested and modified code, wrote up issues for the Single Family Insurance System/Distributed Shares Refund Subsystem--SFIS/DSRS for HUD. DB2/COBOL/CICS.  Studies and application of formalized data modeling techniques. Employee of a consulting firm.

May 1989 – October 1989, MCI Arlington, VA

Helped develop a national marketing system based upon a client rather than an account approach. Wrote DB2, COBOL II CICS applications which provided an integrated approach to identifying potential sales leads. Worked through a staffing agency.

August 1988 – April 1989, Computer Data Systems Inc., Gaithersburg, MD

As an employee, enhanced the CICS portion of a system used by a sheet metal workers' union to accept expanded variable length master records. Modifications and enhancements to eligibility, benefit and remittance calculations.

May 1986 - Aug 1988, Fruit Growers Express, Alexandria, VA

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Provided on-line and batch COBOL programming support to Fleet Management, Inc., a railroad car pool management company.  Significantly reduced response time on several CICS multiple parameter inquiries.  Eliminated most billing program maintenance by designing user maintained table driven edits.  Re-architected hub Car Management and Billing programs; order matching and junction logic.  Designed, coded, tested and implemented real time car data editing and file updates.

February 1985 - May 1986, MCI Telecommunications, Inc., Alexandria, VA

Programmer/Analyst

Assisted in converting circuit tracking systems to accept expanded circuit numbers, re-wrote control scheduling application in COBOL from RPG II.  On-line updates, multiple files and screens, Primos-Midas.

July 1980 - February 1985, Howard P. Foley Company, Alexandria, VA

Programmer and Programmer/Analyst

Converted RPG II applications from IBM System 3 to 4331.  Created and maintained all JCL streams and VSAM files.  Responsible for all data conversion from System 3 to VSAM, utilizing both native VSAM access as well as an ISAM interface process.  Developed all necessary communications and stand-alone software for work-site payroll processing.  Performed physical installation of equipment to include rewiring of phones.  Generated and maintained initial base of on-line applications using DMS/CICS under DOS/VSE.  Coordinated with Chief Estimator to architect an on-line interactive estimating package complete with spreadsheets which was accepted and implemented by FOLEY and its subsidiaries after an extensive study of vendor packages. Full SDLC.

Trained three junior programmers.

November 1979 - July 1980, Technalysis Corporation, Falls Church, VA

Junior Programmer

Entry level programming duties for consulting firm.

Education

BS, Management Science, SUNY-Geneseo, New York

Programming Certificate, Computer Learning Center-Springfield, VA

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