Experienced Information technology professional with broad background in all phases of the Software Development Life cycle.
Extensive experience in: Applications Software Development, Project Management, Technical Training, Systems Software Installation, Vendor Relations, Multi-Platform Development
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tiburon Technologies, Omaha NE ••••• - Present
Senior Consultant
••••• - Present
Specializing in legacy modernization engagements and technology migration.
MSI Systems Integrators, Omaha, NE •••••
Business Integration Legacy Developer
•••••
Contract Developer converting IBM Assembler/CICS to MicroFocus COBOL/Java J2EE as part of our clients migration effort to move from an IBM mainframe to a distributed Linux network platform.
FIRST DATA RESOURCES, Omaha, NE ••••• - •••••
Began IT career at FDR as en entry level programmer in ••••• after working in Customer Service and left in ••••• in the position of Application Architect. While at FDR worked through various levels of Programmer Analyst, Software Engineer and finally Application Architect.
Some highlights from FDR include:
Served as Technical Lead & subject matter expert for Mainframe development tools.
Trained development staff in CA-Easytrieve programming, Case Consults QSuite tools & Compuwares File-Aid tool.
Provided consulting services to management and staff on software metrics and productivity measurements.
Conducted comprehensive review of competing vendor application development software products.
Developed workstation-based automated mainframe tools support system and a Desktop/Web based Software Quality Metrics reporting system in Visual Basic.
Supported programming staff on using application development tools.
Installed, configured, supported and trained programming staff in ASG (formerly Viasoft) Existing Systems Workbench software.
Project managed conversion of programming staff from Roscoe Operating System to TSO/ISPF.
Principal developer of a custom AFP application for credit card statements.
Lead a technical work group to re-engineer a major subsystem application.
Analyzed errors in processing, designed, coded and tested programming changes for various credit card business applications.
MUTUAL OF OMAHA, Omaha, NE
Senior Programmer Analyst
••••• - •••••
Designed, coded and tested online and batch programs for Small Group Insurance business applications.
FIRST DATA RESOURCES, Omaha, NE
Programmer Analyst
••••• - •••••
Analyzed errors in processing. Designed, coded and tested programming changes for various
Credit Card business applications.
Coded and implemented new applications for FDR Cable Services Group.
Computer Operations Support Specialist (QA Rep)
••••• - •••••
Supported FDR Cable Services Group customer service departments special processing requests.
EDUCATION
Engineering degree coursework, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Engineering degree coursework, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE
Technical Certificate in Computer Programming, Electronic Computer Programming Institute, Omaha, NE
•••••+ hours continuing education in Computer Science and programming,
Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE and Metro Community College, Omaha, NE
TRAINING
FDR internal training in Computer Programming, Systems Analysis, Project Management, Business Speaking, Business Writing, First Leaders leadership series.
LOMA FLMI level 1 certificate.
Saunders Corporation Systems Analysis and Design.
IBM Advanced Function Printing (AFP), Introduction and Advanced.
International Institute for Learning, Inc. Project Management.
Microsoft Visual Basic •••••
IBM Rational Suite Analyst Studio.
IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Hardware: IBM Z/OS mainframes, PCs
Software: COBOL, JCL, Visual Basic, REXX, Easytrieve, DYL•••••, TSO/ISPF, IBM AFP, Dialog, ROSCOE, RPF, Comparex, Syncsort, IBM Utilities, VSAM, DB2, SQL, ASG ESW, File-Aid, Java,
Eclipse, WebSphere, MS-Access, Excel, Word, Windows, Outlook, ASP, HTML, XML, MicroFocus COBOL (MainFrameExpress & NET Express), CMM (SQA & SCM), TQM.
