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Responsible for multi-disciplinary group of Database administrators and engineers IBM WebSphere Portal Server / Application Server administrators Application system administrators, including Business Objects XI Job schedulers and change control administrators Results includedMade the right hires and implemented the right processes to launch and run an IBM Websphere-based internal portal used by 2000+ employees and key business partnersCreated and… Show more Responsible for multi-disciplinary group of Database administrators and engineers IBM WebSphere Portal Server / Application Server administrators Application system administrators, including Business Objects XI Job schedulers and change control administrators Results includedMade the right hires and implemented the right processes to launch and run an IBM Websphere-based internal portal used by 2000+ employees and key business partnersCreated and implemented formal Change Control policies and procedures for the distributed platform, where none had existedLaunched a formal, enterprise-wide job scheduling function for the server platform, implemented appropriate software, and migrating over 400 batch jobs into a centrally controlled schedule, increasing thruput over 25%, and eliminating contentions over databasesSaved over $1,500,000 in excess software license and maintenance fees for the mainframe and server platformsTransformed the IT department view of distributed computing from a collection of individual departmental solutions to a integrated, enterprise-wide computing platformAlso acted as IT Department key contact for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning and exercises, and for external and internal IT controls audits. Familiar with Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPPA, and SAS70 audit concepts and requirements.Was Operational Sponsor for several software upgrade projects, and for a transformational project that used an Indian outsourcer. Show less

Responsible for a group of 25 - 30 mainframe COBOL programmers in a matrix environment. Provided HR management (performance evaluations, training, etc.) and assignment to project teams. Also managed acquisition and release of supplemental staff. Results includedProvided internal and external staffing, as well as management support and legacy system expertise, for major SAP deployment, replacing existing general ledger and accounting systems.Introduced SEI's Capability… Show more Responsible for a group of 25 - 30 mainframe COBOL programmers in a matrix environment. Provided HR management (performance evaluations, training, etc.) and assignment to project teams. Also managed acquisition and release of supplemental staff. Results includedProvided internal and external staffing, as well as management support and legacy system expertise, for major SAP deployment, replacing existing general ledger and accounting systems.Introduced SEI's Capability Maturity Model concepts and practices to the organization. Working primarily with one other manager, and with a good deal of executive support, we were able to move the department from Level 1 to Level 2, as determined by an outside audit.Led effort to review and adopt appropriate formal System Development Life CyclesMade a somewhat awkward staff management model run smoothly Show less

Responsible for 3 to 5 project teams (12 to 20 developers) executing 1000 - 2000 hour projects to add significant feature enhancements to existing in-house developed applications. Results includeDelivered several concurrent projects on time and budgetDeveloped the project management skills of some of our key employees.Managed project to replace legacy mainframe system

Responsible for team of mainframe COBOL developers, maintaining and enhancing the Unicover system, an in-house developed commercial insurance policy administration system Results includeDelivered three major policy product upgrades to meet business needsDeveloped 10-12 junior programmers into useful members of the IT profession

Started as a junior programmer on an IBM mainframe, using COBOL, CICS. IMS, DB2. Progressed through the ranks to Team Leader

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