Product Developer, 1999 to 2014Technical Support Analyst, 1996 to 1999o Responsibilities include feature design, product development, testing, and documentation for Log Master for DB2 and the BMC high speed utilities used to manage DB2 databases that run on the z/OS platform. o Provide worldwide L3 support for diagnosing customer problems.o Code PTF’s and provide root cause analysis and identify workarounds.o Provide support for QA for new features. Data Capture and Load for Large Objectso Modernized functionality of a DB2 product to manage loading large amounts of data that include large objects (LOBs). o Devised a feature to read DB2 log LOB data, and store data in a new type of repository using a method that did not run out of storage. o Conducted extensive analysis of log records for LOBS in order to design processes for storing and retrieving LOB records in data repository. o Conducted research that played an important part in how the data repository managed records for XML documents. Developed a process for retrieval and reassembly of entire XML documents.o Resulted in 2 patents: Log Data Store and Assembler for Large Data Objects in a Database System US Patent 7,730,044 B2. http://www.patentbuddy.com/Patent/7730044US Patent 8,121,992 B2. http://www.patentbuddy.com/Patent/8121992Log Record Processing for Large Objectso Resulted in 1 PatentUS Patent 8,595,190 B2. http://www.patentbuddy.com/Patent/8595190

Provide technical support for Recover Plus for DB2 and Log Master for DB2• Developed and maintained backup and recovery software installation utilities.• Enabled the quick analysis and debugging of data management errors by implementing a diagnostic analysis feature to programmatically gather information when DM errors occurred.Performance Improvements for Disaster Recovery, Data Storage/Migration, and Data Management: • Developed and maintained backup and recovery software installation utility. • Won Product Management award for bench marking data integration capabilities between SyncSort and IBM to identify best parameters to use for performance enhancements. • Enabled the quick analysis and debugging of data management errors by implementing a diagnostic analysis feature to programmatically gather information when Data Management errors occurred.

Project leader, with a 4-member team for corporate systems development and support of infrastructure. Played a key role in disaster recovery planning and execution.Special projects included:- Designed, developed, and deployed a programmer’s workbench, with customizable development features in a shared environment. Data Center Consolidation for New Jersey and Australian data centers move to Texas site. Led a 6-member team to develop utilities to manage mass changes to all test and production-batch JCL corporate wide, for the entire consolidation.

Lead the performance and tuning area for the Dallas data center for all the performance and tuning for all MVS/VM and DASD performance analysis, Service Level Agreements, and troubleshooting of all performance problems.

Installed maintained and supported IBM MVS/XA/ESA operating systems in a Large Sysplex environment along with IBM program products and many OEM ancillary products.Special projects included:-Data Center Move and Coordination for new facility. Led design for all hardware layouts and hardware installations. Designed and planned for all newly purchased hardware, and coordinated with multiple vendors for hardware configuration and installation.