Objective

My ideal job would involve at least some coding .I get a thrill when I


Summary

complete a programming request. I'm definitely a self-starter and can do

almost anything with access to manuals .I put myself in the user's shoes to

make sure I produce the desired results .I love problem solving, it's 1 of my strengths and I love the challenges that come along with it .I often

tell people that I was born to be a programmer because I enjoy it !

QUALIFICATIONS : I

have 20 years of experience in information technology with very

strong communication and problem solving skills .I learn new things

very quickly and enjoy doing so .I have extensive experience in COBOL

and JCL and some experience with other languages and tools detailed

below .I have experience in the Insurance, Financial, Mortgage, and
Managed Medical Care industries .I have designed small systems from scratch and have rewritten portions of several large systems.

Extensive Experience : Cobol, JCL, EASYTRIEVE, SUPRTOOL

Moderate Experience : CICS, Access, Cognos products like Quiz, Quick, QTP, etc, AMISYS

system, Image Database

Some Experience : HP3000, UNISYS, IBM, MQSeries

Tools : File-Aid, InSync, Expeditor, Intertest, Endevor

I would be interested in expanding my skills to other languages

and object oriented languages .I learn things VERY quickly and I

have strong analytical and problem-solving skills. If you would

be interested in training me in something new - you would be very

happy with the results ! !


Employment

2002 -  2006
Application Systems Engineer

Supported the Decision System, a third party software system that interacts with credit report data and determines which products to offer a customer with pricing and limits, etc

Supported the SSE system, a pass-through CICS system that

pulled credit bureau reports from 1 of the 3 major credit bureaus.

MQSeries was used to send messages from the System of Record through our system

2000 -  2001

Supported Managed Medical Care claims dept using Amisys and in-house COBOL

programs

Researched and resolved production issues

Worked with users on process improvements

Involved with several data feeds to and from the system

Rewrote several COBOL programs to make them more efficient

Completed several large and small projects delivering on time

1997 -  2000
Application Systems Engineer

Supported the Emerging Markets, Fair Lending and HMDA sub-systems

Developer, analyst and point of contact for these businesses

Member of retail production support team

Assisted the Y2K remediation and testing

Automated several HMDA processes

Rewrote program with 14000 lines of code, used a 7 - dimensional table and used

1990 -  1997

Education

Miscellaneous

Supported the Homeowners Insurance System

Involved in converting this system from IBM to UNISYS

Researched and corrected balancing problems

Responsible for moving programs and ECL to production and for production abends

Assisted in converting and maintaining the Claims System, Claims Drafts

Reconciliation System, Personal Lines Referrals System and several interface

jobs between the IBM and UNISYS

Accounting Clerk, Budget Clerk and Programmer/Analyst,
American Federal Savings and Loan

Accounting Clerk - 1 year

Budget Clerk - 6 months

Programmer for the duration - Supported in-house applications, the

Payroll System, Pension Plan System, Accounting programs and some subsidiary business programs