• Assisted in the complete rewrite of the PFAB system.• Participated in on-call rotation.• Performed program modifications and new program development for Companion Life.• Gained knowledge and experience with the EZT cross-platform software development system.• Utilized Enterprise COBOL, CICS, DB2, APS, SQL, SYNCSORT, OS/JCL, VSAM, FILE-AID, ABEND-AID, ENDEVOR, and TSO/ISPF in an IBM Z/OS environment, as well as Windows 7, Word, Excel, and Outlook.

• Worked with IBM’s Migration Utility. This is a utility which converts EASYTRIEVE and EASYTRIEVE Plus to COBOL.• Worked extensively with clients to determine exactly what they had in the way of EASYTRIEVE programs and what they needed.• Analyzed, converted, and tested EASYTRIEVE and EASYTRIEVE Plus programs.• Provided time and hour estimates for prospective clients based upon how many and what type of EASYTRIEVE programs they had.

• Worked to analyze, document and flowchart several hundred Stored Procedures written in Sybase. • Utilized Sybase, SQL, and VISIO.

• Acted as part of a team working with IBM’s Migration Utility. This is a utility which converts EASYTRIEVE and EASYTRIEVE Plus to COBOL.• Worked extensively with clients to determine exactly what they had in the way of EASYTRIEVE programs and what they needed.• Analyzed, converted, and tested EASYTRIEVE and EASYTRIEVE Plus programs.• Conducted on-site, multi-day training classes on Migration Utility for clients. • Provided time and hour estimates for prospective clients based upon how many and what type of EASYTRIEVE programs they had.• Participated in enhancing and upgrading Migration Utility and helped to revise the Migration Utility User’s manual.• Utilized EASYTRIEVE, EASYTRIEVE Plus, COBOL, DB2, SYNCSORT, OS/JCL, VSAM, FILE-AID, ABEND-AID, ENDEVOR, and TSO/ISPF in an IBM OS/390 environment, as well as Windows XP, Word, Excel, and Outlook.

• Helped to optimize the batch cycles by getting rid of unneeded datasets and jobs.• Analyzed, designed, coded, tested, and implemented system enhancements.• Analyzed system modifications to accommodate new customer accounts.• Generated ad hoc claims reports using Easytrieve Plus. • Participated in on-call rotation for online support with end users.• Acted as part of conversion team on several large and complicated database conversion projects.• Responsible for performing ad hoc SQL queries (using QMF and/or SPUFI) for analysis of DB2 table data.• Utilized COBOL II, CICS, DB2, IMS, APS, SQL, SYNCSORT, OS/JCL, VSAM, FILE-AID, ABEND-AID, ENDEVOR, and TSO/ISPF in an IBM OS/390 environment, as well as Windows XP, Word, Excel, and Outlook.

• Responsible for running test batch cycles and diagnosing and correcting COBOL, DB2, and JCL. problems as they occurred. Significantly reduced the cycle run time and enabled the cycles to run much smoother.• Also performed analysis and research in order to make program changes in response to user requests.• Utilized COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SPUFI, SQL, SYNCSORT, OS/JCL, VSAM, FILE-AID, ABEND-AID, ENDEVOR, CA-7, and TSO/ISPF in an IBM OS/390 environment, as well as Windows XP, Word, Excel, and Lotus Notes.

• Acted as a part of the team responsible for bring in a new book of business from JP Morgan into Bank of New York’s strategic systems.• Involved in testing batch and on-line programs and running batch cycles.• Performed diagnostic work on problems that arose during testing, and performed analysis on programs and JCL to determine how to fix the problems that occurred.• Acted as part of team that performed COBOL to OS/390 COBOL conversion.• Acted as part of team that was involved with bringing on business from Merrill Lynch. This involved COBOL, CICS, and DB2 development and testing.• Utilized COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SPUFI, QMF, SQL, SYNCSORT, OS/JCL, VSAM, FILE-AID, ABEND-AID, ENDEVOR, and TSO/ISPF in an IBM OS/390 environment, as well as Windows NT, Word, Excel, and Lotus Notes.

• Worked in the Cards Technology department.• Assisted in the installation of software releases and improvements to the Cards Technology processing system. This system was used for both online access and maintenance of credit card accounts, as well as batch billing, statement printing, and other batch functions.• Utilized COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, SPUFI, QMF, VSAM, SQL, SYNCSORT, OS/JCL, XPEDITER, CHANGEMAN, FILE-AID, ABEND-AID, NDM, and TSO/ISPF in an IBM OS/390 environment, as well as Windows NT, Word, Excel, and Microsoft Project.

• Participated in Y2K project.• Acted as a member of a three-person troubleshooting team, which had the responsibility of diagnosing and fixing problems in the remediated Y2K code and JCL which less experienced members of the project were having difficulty with.• This position required strong analysis and debugging skills, as well as the ability to instruct less experienced members of the team.• Utilized COBOL, COBOL II, OS/JCL, CICS, DB2, SQL, SPUFI, QMF, VSAM, SQL, XPEDITER, SYNCSORT, CHANGEMAN, ABEND-AID, HIPERSTATION, SMARTTEST, VIASOFT tools, FILE-AID, TSO/ISPF, and EASYTRIEVE PLUS in an IBM/3090 MVS environment, as well as Windows NT, Word, and Excel.

• Participated in the conversion of customer information files from VSAM to DB2 database.• Main areas of responsibility were to analyze exist program code and help identify which on-line and batch application programs and JCL jobstreams needed to be changed to accommodate the conversion, help design the coding changes and to implement them.• Assisted in testing program and JCL changes and to provide problem solving and troubleshooting when needed.• Utilized COBOL II, COBOL, DB2, SQL, SPUFI, QMF, INTERTEST, CICS, MVS/ESA, VSAM, FILE-AID, ENDEVOR, SYNCSORT, ABEND-AID, and TSO/ISPF in an IBM/3090 MVS environment, as well as Windows 95, Word, and Excel.

• Supported and developed a variety of in-house software in a mortgage banking environment.• Gathered requirements for as well as designed and wrote several new in-house systems.• Maintained and developed CICS programs.• Provided on-call production support for nightly batch cycles on a rotating basis.• Utilized COBOL, COBOL II, CICS, OS/JCL, VSAM, QUICKJOB, ABEND-AID, SYNCSORT, INTERTEST, TSO/ISPF, LIBRARIAN, and FILE-AID in an IBM/3033 MVS environment.

• Supported, modification, and enhancement of in-house accounting software.• Worked daily with Payroll, Personnel, and Accounts Payable Software.• Utilized COBOL, OS/JCL, VSAM, ROSCOE, SYNCSORT, and LIBRARIAN in an IBM/3033 MVS environment.

• Maintained, modified, and enhanced existing systems in a property/casualty insurance environment.• Gathered requirements for, analyzed, designed, and developed new programs in batch and CICS environments.• Worked extensively with property/casualty insurance premium and claims handling and rating systems• Provided support for production cycle on a rotating basis.• Utilized COBOL, CICS, OS/JCL, SYNCSORT, VSAM, and TSO/ISPF in an IBM/3033 MVS environment.