Mitchell Finlay Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Omaha, Ne

(ALC, COBOL, OS/390, JCL, TSO/ISPF, Endevor, Intertest)Online Credit/Debit Authorizations. System maintenance.• Maintain team related production reports• Resolve customer issues with transactions and reports.

Offutt Afb, Ne

Contract to maintain a communications system for the U.S. Air Force.I maintained a Top-Secret security clearance for this position which is a lifetime commitment. As such, I am not at liberty to discuss any related specifics.

(ALC, COBOL, C, C++, OS/390, JCL, TSO/ISPF, REXX, Endevor, XDC)Developed and maintained the RSI System (Real-time Settlement Interface) for VISA.• Determined rules, edits, and other processing requirements for Card Issuer, Merchant, and Card Acquirer for Visa transactions based on Jurisdiction (Interregional, Regional, or Domestic)• Created spreadsheet using VB macros to assist with monitoring of project software installation during biannual worldwide release for VISA, allowing the task to be performed using 2 fewer people and ensuring accurate transaction processing.• Successfully modified the TSO/ISPF 3.4 Dataset Panel allowing different users to access or maintain multiple datasets depending on terminal type for all production and test systems for VISA. This saved an average of 20 minutes per user per day keying in dataset name information.• Assisted with creation and operation of software migration process ensuring that software tested was accurately migrated through staging libraries to production at VISA. This replaced a manual verification process and saved an average of 16 man hours per release.• Led project to add preauthorized payment cancellation service for VISA. Project was brought in on time, within budget, and allowed for 1-day turn-around on cardholder cancellation requests.

Englewood, Co

(ALC, COBOL, CICS, OS/390, JCL, TSO/ISPF, Intertest, Roscoe, Endevor)Consultant at USBank, Equifax Card Solutions, & Citibank South Dakota sites.• Designed, coded and tested credit card processing system changes to add card activation feature for a Canadian bank for Equifax client for SESC.• Improved statements file compression and decompression programs for Citibank client for SESC which decreased DASD usage by 15%.• Created and taught a 1-week Assembler Language course targeted at experienced COBOL programmers for Citibank client for SESC.

Thornton, Co

(ALC, CICS, Intertest, Roscoe)Maintenance and development of cable control system used to manage addressable converter boxes, services, and pay-per-view events on cable television system.

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