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Providing Thought Leadership of the Weblayers Standards process for application governance.Provided Architecture oversight for Weblayers provisioning with NSC.Architect Lead for development of CICSPlex test environment implementations within Nationwide z/OS, establishing a model for other applications to use. Participated in the initial phases of COBOL Currency effort mapping Application code bases to an Application Portolio Management system.

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Mainframe Center of Excellence in the Enterprise Office of CTO

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Columbus, Ohio, Us

Currently serve as a technical lead supporting the Deferred Annuity systems area.

NASD Series 6/63 License Ohio Life Insurance LicensePursuing ChFC designationTax Consultant

Architect Lead on enterprise CICSPlex implementation.Contributing Leader of the Application Process and Tools are of the Mainframe Center of Excellence (MCoE) Core team.Actively participate with P&C Interface Integration team on Architecture and Infrastructure design.Support shared component application interfaces in Des Moines.Co-developer of the Application Modernization Framework used by MCoE.Manage Des Moines Integration Application Infrastructure.Author of several Technical 'White Papers', for publication within the Enterprise.Presenter at numerous MCoE Technical Sessions - highlighting new technologies and how they can be applied at Nationwide.Author and co-author of Architectural Building Codes for use by design and development teams. Participate as a member of the PCIT Technology Council.Participated as the COBOL and Mainframe Standards Lead. Consult on various other architectural issues as needed. Application consulting support of Mainframe infrastructure tooling.

Consulting IT Architect (NF office of the CTO reporting to the CTO) Consult on architecture strategy and development with various Business Segments.Lead Architect and designer of the NOSS system for OFAC processing. Lead all aspects of the Enterprise Solution Delivery (ESD) domain within NF.Participate in EPMO and NFPMO Leadership Teams. Provide guidance to the System and Solution Architects in terms of Enterprise Solution Delivery. Oversight of all large NF complex programs and projects using the Enterprise Solution Delivery framework.Participate in the Technology Standards Board (TSB). Employ modelling techniques (Zachman framework, IBM e-business patterns, UML, etc.), project management methodology (Agile, RUP, etc.), and tools (measuring, development and monitoring).Leading strategy to define all NF Business Segment Current State Architecture and defining Future State Architecture. Recommendations and establishment of key training initiatives to improve IT competencies.Facilitated establishment of NF office of the CTO.Provide enhancements to the Enterprise Solutions Delivery architecture framework, resulting in more cost effective and reliable solutions with higher quality. This included: fewer errors in production, detecting errors earlier in lifecycle, lower operational cost to keep systems running, faster time to market, applications built to consistent reference architecture, standard approach to delivery, more projects delivered on time and within budget, high risks are identified earlier, mitigated and fixed, and fewer audit findings.

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Involved in various design engineering phases of z/OS infrastructure programs and projects.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Participated as a member of the Product Systems Architecture GroupDeveloped design concepts for Concurrent Processing model for Individual Annuity Systems.Designed and implemented OO concepts to mainframe applications using layered techniques (MVC patterns).Technical consultant to development areas.Designed and implemented High Availability strategies such as 24 x7 support. Provided problem determination on in depth and complex system functions in a client server environment.

Articulated architectural direction for Individual Annuity Systems (IAS).Developed Modernization Plan linking Business and IT Values utilizing roadmaps (conceptual, logical and physical views). Participated in the Individual Annuity Systems Cabinet providing guidance from an architecture perspective.Participated as a member of the IAS Design TeamParticipated in the "Be the Best" initiative to reshape NF's technology strategy.Provide high-level design consulting of Web aware CICS applications.Produced prototypes of browser based User Interface and back office systems using CICS Web Support.

CICS System Programmer responsible for 53 online regions including performance tuning. Enterprise EDI support.Developed CICS utility software for application use.Installed and maintained CICS software from IBM via SMP/E.Installed and maintained associated software for utility functions in support of online systems including IAM, Filesave/RCS, Intertest, DebugAid. Developed, performed and maintained CICS Disaster Recovery procedures for the enterprise.Provided CICS level 2 Problem Determination for enterprise application areas. Participating member of the CICS Steering Committee.

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CICS program design and development.IMS DB/DC Program design and development.Installation, customization, and tuning for CICS based Claim Processing package software.Project lead for Electronic Claims Collection Systems, utilizing client server technology.Served on the Board of Directors of the Blue Cross Federal Credit Union.

Maintenance and development of new insurance application programs. (Assembler and COBOL).Support of 1099 statement system. All in Assembler

Bs, Business Administration

Associate Of Applied Business, Business Data Processing, Computer Science