Working for a client in the US Health insurance industry:• HIPAA certified• Developed Suprtool and QTP scripts to port Group benefit setups from the production to QA platforms• Conducted Manual testing on client interfaces and batch processes• Worked with Automation team to develop automated scripts and validation processes for client medical and pharmacy external interfaces• Developed Suprtool scripts for migrating individual, multiple or all members from one benefit group to another or from production to QA Test platform• Developed Suprtool and QTP scripts as needed to assist in analysis and data selection for testing.• Considered SME for Tahpmaster online processes and frequently generated test data for myself and other testers using the Tahpmaster source system. • Developed “How To” documents for these Tahpmaster Screens which were to be used when creating test data rather than modifying data manually. • Legacy Client testing involved UNIX based batch and online processes using Suprtool, Quiz, Cobol, etc• Developed Oracle SQL scripts for identifying/updating Oracle data as needed for testing scenarios.• Tested Informatica and Oracle ETL processes, including table conversions, Oracle to Unix Tahpmaster data migration, Unix Tahpmaster to Oracle data migrations, Oracle to warehouse data migration, generation of outgoing data files and processing of incoming data files into Oracle and SQL Server• Developed Oracle and SQL Server scripts for use validating processes being tested; these were then submitted to the automation team for incorporation in iCEDQ• Developed “How To” test documents for each of the batch processes I tested which were then used by BAM’s, Test Leads, developers and other QA Testers.

Working for a client in the US manufacturing industry supporting their HR and Payroll applications:• Designed and developed a mainframe application to translate data from a new client server based timesheet system to allow it to interface into legacy mainframe applications with minimum impact.• Implemented and developed value add to the HR and payroll mainframe systems in use at PMUSA• Was a member of the mainframe on-call team responsible for supporting mainframe components across all of the Philip Morris business areas we were responsible for• Increased efficiencies in mainframe interface processing reducing the duration and CPU time required by 65%• Participated in the design of a reporting warehouse to house all mainframe based timesheet historical information.• Developed support documentation used by all support sites including an overview training program for supporting the Tesseract package as implemented at the client site.• Designed and coded a custom reporting interface into the Hourly employees vacation System. To minimize overhead the application was designed to utilize an existing parameter DB2 database and re-purpose the columns for use in holding the required report criteria

Working for a client in the US financial industry converting mainframe applications from using fractions to decimals for the US stock exchange. Primary Responsibilities included: • Developed a comprehensive procedures manual for use in converting existing Mainframe code components for the decimalization of the US Stock Exchange which became a major deliverable for the engagement.• Primary technical contact for the team responsible for assigning tasks, attending technical meetings with client, performing peer reviews• Participated in the analysis and coding required for CICS, COBOL and JCL components• Trained Halifax developers on the use of Endevor and VIASOFT Tools, primary resources used for the code conversion.

Worked on an internal project for the corporate head office:• Defined and documented the requirements for building a system for tracking effort and reviews against work products which led to the development of KADET.• Developed the interviewing approach and questionnaires to be used during the requirements identification phase• Interviewed a cross section of personnel from all areas of responsibility to understand what the system needed to do and what would be the nice to haves• Researched and costed the development of the identified requirements using multiple platforms.• Documented the requirements, interview findings and cost benefit results

Working for an American Health services Pharmaceutical company:• Developed the testing strategy used for testing a new mainframe accounting system written in CICS, COBOL, DB2 and JCL.• Developed the testing templates used for test plans, results presentation and defect tracking.• Primary point of contact for testing issues for the sponsoring branch development team, Halifax development team, Halifax testing team and the client’s project team• Documented and tested mainframe Cobol/JCL batch and CICS Cobol programs

Working for a major international financial institution:• Developed complicated technical analysis documents of key mainframe processes/systems which were then used in understanding the components being modified and tested.• Developed the template utilized to document the components of legacy mainframe systems, detailing the components, component type, component inter-relationships, data stores, data sources, etc.• Supervised a team of 14 analysts working overseas with responsibilities including, amongst others, time management, status reporting, estimating, risk management, task assignment and staff evaluation.

Working for a major US financial institution:• Used experience on the mainframe platform to provide technical assistance to the analytical/development team to provide aid in overcoming environment testing challenges presented• Involved in the identification of, coding and testing of Y2K COBOL mainframe code changes• Developed and maintained SQL scripts for DB2 for data identification and validatiin• Developed project specific training materials and coursework on the use of the VIASOFT suite of tools.• Conducted VIASOFT team and train the trainer training• Developed templates for use in the tracking and reporting of results of the application analysis.• Analyzed mainframe components and documented changes needed to make the jobs/programs/files/tables Y2K compliant.• Developed Cobol, JCL and mainframe training materials for use at the Halifax ADC level

Involved in various aspects of establishing NTT Data’s Halifax Application Development Center (ADC). Developed RFP’s for various aspects of the buildout of the Scotia Square location, performed admin tasks ranging from answering phones, assisting the recruiter, scheduling interviews and appointments, conducting aptitude and COBOL efficiency tests; basically anything and everything necessary to get the office up and running. Worked with architects on floor plans, floor and wall colors and sourcing and pricing furniture for the Halifax location visiting vendors in Halifax and Toronto.

Senior Programmer Analyst and Project Lead for Far East Insurance Support Team