Served as on-site consultant for Boeing’s Sonic Release Group to implement Phase I in migrating data from an IMS System to SAP (MS System). • Served as a technical expert under the guidance of the Senior Programmer and FA, analyzed, identified course of action and defined code changes to IMS Cobol programs written in APS in a team environment. • Implemented code changes in rapid succession to meet test implementation deadline.• Successfully provided technical support to FA’s in the SONIC group to update Part Number Release data. Skill sets: Analysis/Design, COBOL, APS, IMS DB/DC, DB2 V9/10 for z/OS, DB2 (DB2I, QMF, Spufi, Utilities), FILE-AID, IBM MQSeries, JCL, JES2, Procs, VSAM, SQL, TSO ISPF/SDSF, ClearQuest, MS Exchange, MS Office, Rational RequisitePro, Windows XP, IBM Z/OS OS/390.

Worked independently and in a team setting in supporting the State of Washington’s DSHS ACES welfare system - TANF, Medical, Cash and Food assistance programs.• Provided on-time, on-budget analysis, design, development, testing, and documentation of tasks on mainframe applications and adhered todesign and development standards. • Active in unit testing and integration testing of assigned tasks following approved testing procedures and guidelines and provide maintenance support of existing applications.• Took ownership of support of code in Acceptance Test and Production.Skill sets: Analysis/Design, COBOL II, CICS (DTCN, EXEC DLI, BMS MAPS), IMS DB/DC, DB2 V9 for z/OS, DB2 (DB2I, QMF, Spufi, Utilities), FILE-AID, HIPAA, IBM (MQSeries, Utilities), JCL, JES2, Procs, VSAM, SQL, TSO ISPF/SDSF, ClearQuest, MS Exchange, MS Office, Rational RequisitePro,Windows XP, IBM Z/OS OS/390..

Core contributor in support of the Government’s HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 healthcare initiatives, in defining, analyzing, developing, testing, and implementing of mission-critical software systems including major enhancements to existing Claims Subsystems.• Instrumental as a technical team member in implementing corporate mandate to modernize legacy COBOL applications using IMS DB/DC and DB2.• Analyzed mandated requirements, designed, coded, tested and implemented Batch, BMP, and MPP COBOL programs (100+) for Claims subsystems using CICS, IMS DB/DC and embedded DB2 SQL. • Enhanced and implemented numerous BMS maps and MFS screens populated with claims data.• Developed and maintained mission-critical production Batch and BMP JCL and PROCS. • Insured quality control of mission-critical software by executing, validating and documenting test cases, test defects, and test results.• Implemented ETL data sourcing solutions for migrating healthcare data from disparate source systems into the enterprise data warehouse to meet a wide range of business and system requirements.Skill sets: Analysis/Design, ISO 9001 SDLC, COBOL for z/OS, CICS, IMS DB/DC, DB2 V9 for z/OS, DB2(DB2I, ADMIN, QMF, Spufi, Utilities), Endevor, ETL, FILE-AID, FTP, HIPAA, IBM(BTS, Host On-Demand, MQSeries, Rational ClearQuest, Rational RequisitePro, and Utilities), JCL, JES2, JES3, Platinum, Procs, VSAM, Metadata, SQL, SyncSort, TSO/ISPF, Xpediter, Lotus Notes, MS Office, VISIO, Windows XP, IBM System z9, and z/OS.

As an active team member, provided technical support to the Income Support Division’s Integrated Services Delivery (ISD2) system. This project supported the systems that determines eligibility of and distributing benefits to Food Stamp, Medicaid and Cash public assistance recipients.• Collaborated with end users to ascertain functional requirements and created comprehensive technical designs of software solutions.• Modified, tested and implemented ISD2 Cobol, CICS, and DB2 software to introduce changes and new features required by law, policy and other government initiatives.• Insured quality control of software by executing, validating and documenting test cases, test defects, and test results.• Resolved technical production issues in a timely manner while on-call 7/24 one week a month.Skill sets: Analysis/Design, ISO 9001 SDLC, Abend-Aid, COBOL II, Microfocus Cobol, CICS, DB2, DB2 (Platinum Tools. DB2I, QMF, Spufi, Utilities), JCL, JES2, Procs, VSAM, Panvalet, SQL, SyncSort, TSO, ISPF/SDSF, Xpediter, MS Office, Windows 2000, IBM MVS/ESA.

Recruited to supplement DB2 support of the Comprehensive Enterprise Social Services System (ACESS).• Administered and optimized DB2 databases, including creating data structures and all related objects.• Increased level of user support in responding to requests to update DB2 tables to meet new project objectives.Skill sets: Analysis/Design, DB2 UDB for z/OS, DB2 (Database Design and Normalization, DB2 Admin, DB2I, QMF, Spufi, Utilities), ERwin Data Modeler, IBM Host On-Demand, JCL, JES2, JES3, Platinum, Procs, SyncSort, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, MS Office, Novel Groupwise, Linux, Windows 2000, IBM System z9, and. z/OS.

Supported the American Express’s MRA (Membership Rewards Accelerator) Project. Teamed with System and Application Architect in defining system architecture/design and determine scope of change. Focal point for all the deliverables that were produced during the design phase and ensured that Design, Build, and Test were aligned with the requirements established during the analyze phase.

Team Member supporting the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) and Part D for Kaiser Permanente to provide coverage and expansion of health plan choices at affordable costs.

Enhanced and supported a component of an online IMS Medical System requiring additional functionality to meet current business requirements.

Enhanced, maintained and supported the Orbit/Edit sub-system of a US Domestic billing system in a teaming environment for FedEx. Greatly reduced the number of Airbills in error and recaptured lost revenue by incorporating new software business rules

Enhanced, maintained and supported an IMS Commodity Management System/Shipping for the mid western United States.

Technical lead and team member in the development and maintenance of a highly specialized and complex IMS, DB2 and Oracle manufacturing systems that supported NASA’s Space Shuttle and Space Station programs requiring Configuration Status Accounting (As Designed, Built and Maintained).