Manage a team of developers supporting Simon and Schuster Publishing and CBS Television Distribution Receivables systems.Primary areas of responsibility: - Supply Chain Management software- Royalties Management software- Television Distribution Receivables software- Project Management- Software Release Management

Consultant for CBS Corporation. Providing subject matter expertise and hands on assistance with the migration of a television receivables system from an IBM mainframe to a Windows server environment. I'm working closely with both the technical teams and business analysts to help insure a smooth transition into the new environment.Responsibilities Include:Develop new software for the target Windows Server environment in .NET using ASP.NET, C#, and Jscript.Insure migrated legacy code performs as well or better in the new environment.Configure and maintain online and batch processing server environments.Manage TFS change and build processes.

As the Director of Product Management and Customer Support, I helped drive the direction and development efforts for the NeoSuite product line and helped insure that our customers and partners received world-class customer support. I worked closely with both the sales and technical teams to assure that product feedback was evaluated and properly applied towards future enhancements.Responsiblities Include:Lead product planning strategy and assisted the marketing department in product positioning and value propositions.Responsible for establishing the development roadmap for NeoSuite product line.Assisted executive team with strategic planning by presenting market and competitive research.Managed the customer support team and established support guidelines for incident processing, escalation and service recovery.Established company-wide Service Level Agreement standards for customers and partners.Worked directly with the Fujitsu NetCOBOL development team in Japan to prioritize product enhancements and expedite the release of product patches for reported bugs.Managed the technical relationship with Microsoft’s Enterprise and Partner Group (EPG).Provided technical assistance to sales team.Merged separate product support processes and teams into a single team providing support for all of the company’s software product lines thus eliminating duplication of effort and expense.

As VP of Strategy and Alliances, it was my job to help drive the development roadmap for our NeoSuite product. Assist the sales teams with product postioning and value propositions for our software. I also promoted, established, and nutured partnerships with ISVs who have complementing technologies and SIs groups with excellent track records in the legacy migration space.

While VP of Alchemy’s Professional Services division, I assembled a team of professional consultants with a wide variety of experience in both mainframe and Windows environments. This diversity of skillsets directly contributed to the successful migration of legacy applications for a major trucking company.

Provided subject matter expertise and best practices advice to clients and partners using Alchemy Solution's suite of mainframe migration tools. Also assisted in the maintenance and enhancement of the software by providing functional and behavioral requirements for the mainframe characteristics the software seeked to replicate.

Hired as a Systems Engineer for a then fledgling mainframe migration market as a COBOL mainframe expert. Co-developed a suite of mainframe migration tools for CICS and MVS batch systems in C# and ASP.NET. In November 2008, this division of Fujitsu was spun off into Alchemy Solutions.

Technical lead and solution architect on a mainframe migration project for Stanislaus County, CA. This CICS online and batch system was migrated to .NET.

Author of several bestselling mainframe text books, including Murach's CICS for the COBOL Programmer, Murach's OS/390 and z/OS JCL, and Murach's Mainframe COBOL.

Designed and implemented major rewrite of a permits and inspections system for a local municipality. Enhanced and maintained a mid-range AIX platform loan system. Worked on a variety of mainframe CICS and batch projects.

Lead programmer for a banking and savings system. Responsible for designing several sub-systems including a payment lockbox system for HOA payments.

Lead programming and maintenance manager on an automobile claims system.