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Master of Cobol with 26 years in the work force.
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Degrees

Bachelor of Science -- Penn State University. Computer Tech -- Certificate in Business Programming

My Expert Service

Over 26 years experience in Data Processing as a project leader and programmer analyst. Hardware/Software: CICS/VS,DB2, SQL,VSAM, JCL, IMS DB/DC, XPEDITER, FILEAID, TSO, ENDEVOR, IBM UTILITIES.

Experience & Qualifications

Fidelity Information Services, Pittsburgh, PA (EDI, SQL, IMS DB, DB2, CICS, JAVA, ASP HTML, JAVASCRIPT, ORACLE, XML) November 1997 to Present: Assign to the following accounts. Citizens Bank, Providence, RI (2000 to Present) Position: Sr. Programmer : (Paperless Electronic Processing) Technical lead for Charter One Converison. Also, part of team to install R6.2 DB2 Version of PEP, and Websphere. Addition duties included the day to day operation and administrative duties Associated with WEBSPHERE. I also split duties on TouchPoint application In which I do distributed application development. Also responsible for Wire and EDI. Temple Inland, Austin, TX Position: Technical Consultant: Wrote Software to create statement files that are File-transferred to PC based application used for internet banking. Also created test files for Texas State Savings Banking Conversion. Also aided operations during system testing handling any type of abends that would occur. Keybank, Cleveland, OH Position: Business Analyst: Developed project plan and program specifications to utilize IBM’S Parallel Sysplex. Defined CICS and DB2 program changes so Parallel Sysplex would function correctly. The use of Parallel Sysplex allows Keybank to continue processing no matter what type of outage occurs. USAIRWAYS, Pittsburgh, PA (IMS DB/DC, DB2, CICS, PC APPLICATIONS) July 1991 to November 1997 Position: Project Leader/Business Analyst: Lead development team to interface and rewrite two PC applications using intranet solution. Responsible for project plan, program specifications, user interfaces, and employees assigned to project. Wrote WEBSPHERE interfaces to migrate data to from PC base applications to mainframe. Position: Project Leader: Parts Bin Project: Developed system to eliminate the reordering of parts that reduces USAIRWAYS inventory. Addition duties were: Maintenance and small project, new hire training, on call support and supervision of 1 to 3 employees depending on project. Also, developed monthly block bid system to convert manual system to automated system. Implemented mandated pilot and flight attendant contract changes. Consultant for the following Corporations through Robert DePaul and Compuware. April 1981 to July 1991 J&L Specialty Steel, Midland, PA -- IMS DB/DC (2 Years) Successfully wrote J&L’S Grind Data system to conform to MIS standards and procedures. Additional responsibilities included major enhancements to Railcar system, Claims system, Mapps system, Project Management system, and Heat Expansion system. Assisted in training junior level personnel in COBOL, JCL and IMS. Equibank, Pittsburgh, PA -- CICS, VSAM (1 Year) Installed Shaw Commercial Loan system and wrote conversion program to load account data to new file. Also, installed and supported Shaw Mortgage system. Blue Cross, Pittsburgh, PA -- CICS (4 Years) Responsible for new development on Membership Billing System. Duties included program specifications, coding CICS background tasks, user walk through and training. PNC Bank, Pittsburgh, PA -- CICS, VSAM (1 years) Responsibilities included: Conversion of affiliated Banks to the PNC

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