• Utilize resource management and planning tools such as MS Access and MPS to help manage projects (includes assigning work, submitting planned hours needed to fulfill requirements and approving approaches for scope and design)• Work with various IT areas to facilitate understanding of project needs and eliminate silos• Work with management to resolve barriers and conflicts that affect project performance• Ensure projects stay on track to meet required deadlines by communicating with developers and analysts on my team as well as using tracking tools and techniques to help make sure that hours remain consistent and within the budget of the project• Responsible for the successful implementation of five enterprise-level projects over the course of the past year including one that received acknowledgement and a corporate award from upper management• Work closely with management throughout the course of projects including conveying accurate statuses as required• Accountable for walkthrough approvals of coding and test planning• Facilitate the timely resolution of project defects by coordinating with team members and providing updates on a defect tracking report when needed• Ensure code is migrated successfully during project life cycle including special handling of listeners, online transactions, database updates, customer owned scripts, etc.

• Developed DB2/IMS and other mainframe programming tasks, primarily using COBOL/APS, for various projects• Served as the lead developer on 12 enterprise-level projects, each with 200 coding hours minimum, where primary responsibility was to deliver quality technical solutions in a timely manner• Developed program logic for new applications and modified logic for existing applications• Resolved defects and other technical issues by leveraging strengths in coding, debugging and integration testing• Provided estimates to project managers for specific coding and testing tasks• Completed a four month entry level training program (ELTP) to gain the necessary programming skills and tools to be successful as an application developer• Mentored a new entry level developer during their initial training process to ensure a successful transition to a developer position

• Resolved reported software technical issues through debugging and investigation• Modified and tested software code for web-based financial services applications utilizing C#, ASP.Net, and SQL Server• Supported scheduled software releases to production