Bob Cottone Email & Phone Number

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

I started this position in May of 2006. System Management Specialist. Experienced in IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM 6), IBM Tivoli Composite Application Monitoring for WebSphere (ITCAM for WebSphere), IBM Tivoli Composite Application Monitoring for Transactions (ITCAM for T), IBM Tivoli Composite Application Monitoring for Service-Oriented Architecture (ITCAM for SOA), IBM Tivoli Composite Application Monitoring for Response Time Tracking (ITCAM for RTT) and IBM Tivoli Service Level Advisor (ITSLA)

Rtp, Nc

IBM Systems Solution Corporation (ISSC South) - Network System Programmer Supported VTAM, NetView and NCP on the systems supporting the Southeast region (Atlanta, Austin, Bethesda, Boca Raton, Charlotte, Dallas, Lexington and RTP) as well as commercial customers. Assisted in the network design and move of the data centers for commercial customers. Did consulting at commercial customers.Atlanta Committee for the Olympics Games (ACOG) - Network System Programmer Supported VTAM, NetView and NCP on the systems supporting the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta. Responsible for the planning and installation of 20 IBM 3745s at the data center and various venues. Primary person responsible for VTAM and NCP definitions. The Olympic network was an APPN network using Frame-Relay as the primary physical connection and Token-Ring as the secondary physical connection with approximately 85% of the traffic using APPC.IBM Global Services (IGS South) - Network Planning Represented the network group on commercial outsourcing engagements. Did the due diligence for host networking on commercial customers bids. Performed project management for the transition of the commercial customer's SAP system and network to IBM Global Services. Documented IGS South supported commercial networks. Tracked education, Travel and IT costs for 2nd line manager. Mentored new hires to the network support area. Assisted with the cost reduction of customer networks.

Rtp, Nc

Manufacturing Information Systems (MIS) - MVS System Programmer (Teleprocessing support). Supported TSO, VTAM, NCCF (NetView), NPDA and NCP on systems supporting RTP manufacturing.Programmer (Network support) Supported VTAM, NetView and NCP on the systems supporting RTP. Implemented the CMC concept (A system dedicated to running the network) and dynamic definitions for terminal screen sizes (created a standard definition that could be used for all terminals, eliminating 90% of our monthly change activity).IBM Southeast Region(SER) - Network System Programmer (Network support) Supported VTAM, NetView and NCP on the systems supporting the Southeast region (Atlanta, Austin, Bethesda, Boca Raton, Charlotte, Dallas, Lexington and RTP). Project leader for a project which merged the SNA network at each site into a single SNA network resulting in over $2 million is cost savings. Implemented dynamic definitions of token-ring attached terminals dramatically reducing the amount of coding required to support the network.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

IBM development in Tivoli for system management products. Duties included creating a Functional Verification Test environment for testing products to monitor WebSphere MQ, Message Broker and SAP, creating test plans, executing plans and reporting results. Duties also included developing system management products and providing customer support for those products.

Atlanta

Atlanta Committee for the Olympics Games (ACOG) - Network System Programmer Supported VTAM, NetView and NCP on the systems supporting the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta. Responsible for the planning and installation of 20 IBM 3745s at the data center and various venues. Primary person responsible for VTAM and NCP definitions. The Olympic network was an APPN network using Frame-Relay as the primary physical connection and Token-Ring as the secondary physical connection with approximately 85% of the traffic using APPC.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

MVS System Programmer supporting mainframe networking at the Department of Health and Human Services. Designed and wrote database software for the Federal Aviation Agency's "Notice to Airman System" (NOTAM).

Washington D.C. Metro Area

MVS System Programmer supporting system software to connect IBM mainframe systems to a private implementation of ARPANET. Wrote user interface for File Transfer Protocol (FTP) in IBM assembly language.

Ms, Computer Science

Bs, Computer Science

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