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Northbrook, Il

Part of a team responsible for Maintenance and support of existing Inventory control, Shipping, Order Management, Sales, EDI, and Payroll systems for Indak. These systems were written in Wang Cobol ported from the original Wang systems to networked microcomputers. The work consisted of 75 to 80 percent updates and enhancements of the existing programs and 20 percent new development and documentation. I also developed a program that allowed the user to find all versions of an existing file or program on the various drives used in development as an aid to version control.

Richardson, Tx

Projects Include:• Exelon Responsible for coding, testing, and documentation of client custom code additions to the Indus Passport package, Accounts Receivable on-line panels. This project included upgrades to the Accounts Receivable on-line panels for the integration of a recently acquired nuclear energy producer. Environment: COBOL, DB2, CICS, TSO/ISPF, MVS JCL, Spufi, QMF, File-Aide, Intertest in a Windows network environment.

Deerfield, Il

Began supporting batch and on-line applications for both the Retailer and Manufacturer systems; responsibilities includedmodifying and testing existing batch Cobol and CICS programs and converting existing Easytrieve Plus programs to Cobol.Transferred to the development group to assist in the implementation of the Store Level Processing project which allowed a manufacturer to track which specific stores are redeeming their coupons, this was originally intended to benefit the Independent Grocers association but was later expanded to include larger retailers as well. The Store Level Processing project involved modifications to existing batch and CICS programs as well as new program development. Involved in the development of a batch and on-line system to enter, update and track both Retailer and Manufacturer fees allowing NCH to bill customers with greater transparency and accuracy. Participated in a project to allow the Retailer system nightly batch processing to be completed early enough to load daily updates to a web based customer facing application the next morning rather than after a 24 hour delay; this involved working with operations to determine if jobs could be run in parallel rather than sequentially and ways to eliminate processing delays such as waiting for files to become available. Successful completion of this project in a condensed time frame earned both Company and customer recognition.Participated in all phases of the conversion of all mainframe based batch and CICS Cobol systems to Micro Focus Cobol on a server based system, the existing Compuware database system was also converted to a Microsoft SQL Server database at that time. Environment: COBOL, Compuware D/B, CICS, MVS JCL, Microfocus COBOL, Microsoft SQL Server, and FTP

Chicago, Il

Responsible for coding, testing, and documentation of client custom code additions to the Indus Passport package during the upgrade from version 8 to version 10 of the software. This project included upgrades to the interfaces between Passport and Exelon’s EDI applications as well as various other application interfaces. Participated in the updating and standardization of the batch JCL for this project. I was also involved in the defect resolution process during testing and user acceptance of these upgrades. Environment: COBOL, DB2, CICS, TSO/ISPF, MVS JCL, Spufi, QMF, File-Aide, Intertest, FTP, and Windows 2000

Northbrook, Il

Responsible for supporting the Nabisco MRP (Manufacturing Requirements Planning) system solving user problems ranging from the setup of new manufacturing Plants to inaccurate inventory updates and user security issues. I have developed procedures to be followed in the future for new plant activation and removal of discrepant receipts, which caused inaccurate inventory reporting in MRP. In addition, I have completed the design, coding, testing, and implementation of an interface between the Nabisco MRP system and the Kraft Commodity Tracking System (CTS2), this project though it was in production had never worked correctly until the adjustments I made to the programs and JCL were installed.Environment: COBOL, ADS/O, IDMS, DB2, TSO/ISPF, MVS JCL, Assembler, Spufi, Endevor, Visio, FTP, Windows 2000

Chicago, Il

Completed an enhancement to the Open Interest Application for BOTCC, which included changes to both ADS/O dialogs and COBOL II programs and completed documentation of the Open Interest system and workflow using Visio. Participated in a major conversion of the Clearing Corporation’s existing clearing systems, both batch and online, to allow another clearing organization to process their trades through the BOTCC data center. More than 1000 programs and 500 job streams were analyzed for possible changes and approximately 650 programs, using a variety of data access methods including VSAM files along with IMS and DB2 databases. As well as modification of all the JCL job streams in order to meet the requirements of this project. Also involved in addressing a number of customer support issues; including an enhancement to existing programs to allow for the correct pricing of new commodities, as well as enhancing and repairing various programs, which feed data to the Trade Timing Analysis system. The Board of Trade Clearing Corporation used Xpediter and File-Aide for testing and data verification of programming enhancements and repairs. Environment: COBOL, CICS, ADS/O, IDMS, DB2, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, MVS JCL, Easytrieve Plus, Spufi, Changeman, Visio, File-Aide, FTP, Windows 9x

Chicago, Il

Completed programming for the regulatory reporting associated with Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s Globex II electronic trading system using Easytrieve Plus and Cobol II. Converted the Reportable Positions reporting system from IDMS to DB2, while eliminating obsolete reports and incorporating Y2K conversions in both batch and online (CICS) environments. The report consolidation project involved elimination of multiple copies of the same report using different input files and creating output files with slightly different formats based on an input parameter. Enhanced the Terminal Billing Adjustment application, written in Visual Basic, converting from Remote Data Objects (RDO) to Active X Data Objects (ADO) database access as well as user interface enhancements.Environment: COBOL, CICS, IDMS, DB2, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, MVS JCL, Easytrieve Plus, Spufi, Panvalet, File-Aide, FTP, Windows 9x

Des Plaines, Il

Senior programmer analyst on a database conversion from IDMS to DB2 in an MVS environment. This large-scale project converted the company’s order entry and inventory management systems to DB2 database architecture. Developed several new CICS and COBOL II programs to access the new database structure using Xpediter and Spufi for debugging purposes. All program functionality remained the same while converting from a network to relational database. Additional responsibilities included writing detailed program specifications, as well as test plan development and execution. Environment: COBOL, CICS, IMS, DB2, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, MVS JCL, Easytrieve Plus, Spufi, Changeman,

Alington Heights, Il

Assisted with the design and development of a system, using Microsoft Access 7.0, to automate the test creation and scoring for new hire candidates.Environment: VB6, Access VBA, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 9x

Northbrook, Il

Developed and tested a complex COBOL program that merged weekly and monthly cardholder information for trend analysis. The program created variable length output records based on dynamically allocated tables in each input record. Working with minimal direction, completed the program specifications, coded and tested the program. When implemented, the program provided more timely information to the firm’s business users and reduced the processing time that was previously required. Environment: COBOL, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, MVS JCL, Changeman, Unix, FTP

Vernon Hills, Il

Analyzed and organized a large and complex Loans Reporting System coded in Easytrieve Plus. Responsible for determining which reports needed to run in regular production and the proper sequence and schedule to create the reports. Standardized the reporting hierarchy for a variety of branch management reports allowing the firm to produce reports that were consistent in format and content across the remote branches. Environment: DB2, TSO/ISPF, MVS JCL, Easytrieve Plus, Spufi, Windows NT 4.0

Chicago, Il

Participated in a joint project between the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Specific responsibilities include coding, testing, and implementing a variety of complex online programs that were written in COBOL, using CICS and IDMS. Provided technical assistance to correct problems with the configuration of the system’s CICS communication areas to facilitate the high degree of interaction and data passing that was required. Environment: COBOL, CICS, IDMS, TSO/ISPF, MVS JCL, File-Aide, Xpediter, Windows 9x

Lincolnshire, Il

Supported the development of the firm’s Item Database System, developed to integrate the firm’s packaged manufacturing, distribution and order processing systems. Responsibilities included designing and developing a series of online data entry and system maintenance CICS transactions as well as daily remote operations for a Unix based warehouse management system.Participated in the conversion of all application systems (including both application programs and JCL) from DOS/VSE to an MVS operating system environment.Designed and wrote a series of programs to convert existing IMS database to DB2 database formats with significant user contact. Also participated in the conversion of all batch and CICS based applications from IMS to DB2 data access methods. Assisted with enhancement and maintenance of the firm’s order processing system. Redesigned the online portion of the order entry system to accept post-translator EDI data as sequential VSAM file input. Specific responsibilities included working with system users to validate program specifications, creating new programs, testing, creating system documentation and user training. Responsible for enhancing and maintaining the proprietary online (CICS) order entry system until it was replaced with a packaged system in 1995. ACCO employed Spufi, Xpediter and File-Aide products for testing and data verification purposes.Environment: COBOL, CICS, IMS, DB2, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, MVS JCL, Easytrieve Plus, Spufi, Changeman, File-Aide, Xpediter, Unix, FTP, Windows NT 4.0