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Protective Life Corporation

Responsible for code deployments and system debugging on internal and external facing serversCreates and deploys Control-M Workload automation processesWorks closely with other IT and customer departments to facilitate smooth implementationsActs as the lead Production Control Analyst on many high-profile projectsMany projects completed ahead of projected due dateGained experience in internal and external server creation/maintenance, website setup/maintenance, vSphere server access software, IIS, F5 server load balancing software, BMC Control-M Workload software

Protective Life Corporation

Direct supervision of an 8 person team for the fiche and paper processing areaEnsured assigned tasks were performed quickly, efficiently, and accuratelyManaged and coordinated personnel to maximize productivity while ensuring a healthy work environmentApplied previous experience as Imaging Administrator to assisting the Imaging team in deploying a new EMC InputAccel/Dispatcher/ApplicationXtender image processing/storage system Was the major designer and developer for a large-scale process to input and store images for thecompany's policy documentsGained experience with EMC InputAccel and Dispatcher process creation tools, personnel management departmental finances, and conflict resolution.

Contracted to MailSouth Inc. as a SQL/ Visual Basic programmer in support of their in-house system for processing direct-to-home advertising mail. Gained experience in Microsoft SQL and Visual Basic 6.0

APR 2002 - JAN 2006: Visual Basic programmer for the CIS (ECM) department Gained experience in VB 6 for the desktop and distributed processing, ADO, ODBC and COM, SQL 2000/2003, Acorde, project management, and inter-departmental relations. I also gained experience in using the Solimar Print Director software and various SAN storage solutions.JAN 2006 - DEC 2007: Administration of the Acorde Imaging system.o Managed all aspects of the system, including maintenance and performance tuning of 16 server-level computers running MS Windows 2000 Server, productivity management, and working with alldepartments using our system to ensure the system met all the needs of the users at all times of the day and nighto My duties included on-call support, 24/7.

OCT 1998 - APR 2000: Creating and maintaining COBOL programs and DOS JCL to convert and print data for mortgage and installment payment books, escrows, check letters, delinquency notices and other printed materials for financial institutions. I gained experience using IBM mainframe computers, and Siemens, Xerox, and STK printers and the Pres printing system.APR 2000 - APR 2002: Designing, writing, testing, debugging and maintaining Visual Basic programs to provide a PC-based front end for the printing of mortgage and installment payment books, escrows, check letters, delinquency notices and other printed materials for financial institutions.Experience gained was with using Visual Basic 6.0 for desktop applications and distributed processing using ADO, ODBC and COM, SQL 7.0 (including stored procedures and DTS), Oracle DB connections and Solimar Print Director.

Designing, writing, testing, debugging and maintaining COBOL and CL programs to update and maintain information and produce printed reports for United HealthCare's HMO type health care system. I supervised projects involving a number of contract and salaried programmers. I gained experience using IBM AS/400 mainframe computers.

Designing, writing, testing, debugging and maintaining COBOL programs and DOS JCL to convert and print data for mortgage and installment payment books, escrows, check letters, delinquency notices and other printed materials for financial institutions. I gained experience using IBM mainframe computers, and Siemens, Xerox, and STK printers and the PReS printing system