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L-1160 Luxembourg, Lu

Responsibilities include support for production units and departments in establishing best practices to TS 16949. Develop statistical analysis approaches to support complex problem solving to analyze product and process robustness.Lead and develop the statistical support function for the validation of product performance. Analyze Design of Experiments (DOE) and Multivariate data analysis to optimize formulations and processes. Provide statistical support and training as required: SPC, Capability analysis, DOE, simulations. Provide support for investigations, evaluation of specifications, stability data trending, process capability assessment. Providing guidance in Risk Assessment and Control Strategy evaluation processes. Overseeing statistical methodologies and tools utilization to support product and process robustness efforts. Design of Experiments (DOE) and Multivariate data analysis to optimize formulations and processes. Develop process models that provide optimum process conditions for scale-up, robustness and manufacturability.

Hanover, Md, Us

Develop reports for the quality assurance department utilizing SAS Base/Macros, SAS Enterprise Guide, and Excel with VBA coding for quality daily, weekly and monthly reports; including statistical analysis of quality parameters and production units. Design, develope and revise program code; modification of software to perform data analysis and analyze system capabilities to resolve input/output problems; Generate, revise, update, compile, debug and write simple to moderately complex business, scientific software computer programs and edit data sets as required to prepare for analysis. Customize reporting to meet the needs of production units and develop reports for senior management requirements, reporting, analysis, documentation, and presentations.

Offering personal consulting in the development, integration, and operation of complex IT systems. Experienced in programming, operating systems support and services, third party vendor software installation and maintenance, project management, performance and tuning, capacity planning, mergers, migrations, data center relocation, procurement, and project management and statistical consulting services.

Data analysis, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load), and reporting in support of daily pricing and marketing of electricity to mid-sized companies for Reliant Energy.• Utilized SAS Base/Macros (PC and/or mainframe) and research data to compile and prepare reports, graphs and charts with Excel for reporting purposes supporting Pricing and/or Cost Analysis in a commodities based environment (Energy, Telecommunications).• Provided analytical and technical support to Retail Operations teams for analysis of internal business processes and system capabilities to improve accuracy and efficiency related to completion of global issues utilizing spreadsheets, graphics, and word documents as required for reporting, analysis, documentation, and presentations.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Performaed data analysis, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load), and reporting in support of daily pricing and marketing of electricity to mid-sized companies for Reliant Energy. • Utilized SAS Base/Macros (PC and/or mainframe) and research data to compile and prepare reports, graphs and charts with Excel for reporting purposes supporting Pricing and/or Cost Analysis in a commodities based environment (Energy, Telecommunications).• Provided analytical and technical support to Retail Operations teams for analysis of internal business processes and system capabilities to improve accuracy and efficiency related to completion of global issues utilizing spreadsheets, graphics, and word documents as required for reporting, analysis, documentation, and presentations.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Enrolled in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. program, in the coordinating discipline of Mathematics and Statistics and the co-discipline of Economics with econometrics emphasis. Received the M.S. in Mathematics and Statistics in May, 2011

Using SAS Programming to support the Database Marketing Group for M&I Bank's financial services. Applying technical skills in SAS and SQL analyzing and interpreting data and looking for data issues/problems.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Using SAS Programming and Database Marketing expertise to support the Database Marketing Group for M&I Bank's financial services. Applying technical skills in SAS and SQL analyzing and interpreting data and looking for data issues/problems.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Career research and transition.

Windsor, Connecticut, Us

Capacity planning for all mainframe systems totaling more than 20,000 MIPS of processing capacity. • Performed statistical modeling of these systems to forecast future capacity requirements and to assist in purchasing decisions, pricing of services and cost analysis. • SAS programming, database development, data analysis, statistical modeling, SAS macro writing. • Developed statistical model for balancing processor workloads to make effective use of underutilized processors.• Implemented the Capacity Planning Analysis database as part of the comprehensive processor forecast model. • Recent accomplishments include the forecasting of processing requirements for sizing an upgrade of 5 mainframe processors totaling over $10,000,000.• Prepared the annual Capacity Plan for the Mainframe Processors.• Conducted statistical analysis of XRC Ciena communication circuits supporting the Data Center’s remote hot-site disaster recovery center.

Consultant supporting Armed Forces Insurance, Leavenworth, KS, a medium sized auto and home insurance company as a systems programmer.• Maintained IBM OS/390 operating system. • CICS systems support.• Installed and migrated systems to new mainframe IBM z890 processor.• Installed 2 TB DASD storage.• RACF security administrator.•System Managed Storage Administrator.

Consultant supporting Armed Forces Insurance, Leavenworth, KS, a medium sized auto and home insurance company as a systems programmer.• Maintained IBM OS/390 operating system. • CICS systems support.• Installed 2 TB DASD storage.• RACF security administrator.• Systems Managed Storage Administrator.• Migration of the client’s data center from Kansas City, Missouri to their headquarters location in Leavenworth, KS.• Upgrading the operating system from OS/390 1.3 to OS/390 2.10.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

In June 2000, SMS was purchased by Marconi, Inc. and a new organization was formed, Application & Infrastructure Solutions (AIS) Group, a part of Marconi Global Managed Services. Through a subsequent reorganization in February 2001 my position became that of national Mainframe Consultant for AIS. • Evaluation of mainframe server technology to meet customer service and AIS cost objectives• Performed as technical lead for customer mainframe migrations• Provided information on industry technology direction for mainframe servers• Provided guidance and mentoring on mainframe technology and products• Provided advanced comprehensive problem solving support• Significant accomplishment was the successful consolidation of the Kansas City Data Center to Brea, CA. Developed the project plan and guided the migration team in implementation of the move that closed down the Mid-West Division.

Systems Management Specialist, a medium sized nation-wide outsource provider, headquartered in Brea, CA, • Managed data systems group supporting six client mainframe systems in the Midwest division including CICS, DB2, IMS, and Datacom database systems. • Participated with and assist in network design and troubleshooting, systems performance and tuning and systems storage management.• Successful migration of a large outsource client’s operations center to the Kansas City Data Center. As a lead member of the migration team planed and implemented migration tasks of this new outsource contract. • Performed due diligence functions and conducted migration tests. Wrote Assembler programs in support of system and application projects, consulted on technical issues and performed performance analysis on client mainframe environments.

Systems support of CICS/ESA 3.3.0/4.1 and DB/2 4.1.0 on OS/390 system for this direct sales company (no longer in business). • Consulted as an independent contractor with House of Lloyd from February 12, 1997 to March 3, 1997, permanently hired beginning March 3, 1997.• Managed the mainframe technical services group that included MVS/ESA, CICS, DB2 and Datacomm systems. Accomplishments include:• Installation of CICS Comet, an OEM software product that enables CICS macro level programs to run under CICS/ESA and installation of DB/2 4.1.0 and DB/2 5.1.0. • I wrote ALC programs and assisted in COBOL application development.• Most significant accomplishment was the establishment of a Y2K test environment for application systems along with the software upgrades necessary for Y2K compatibility. • Performed first successful disaster recovery test for the company.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Project consultant assigned to a national credit and debit card authorization processing company. Project involved coding CICS/ESA application in Assembler and COBOL II using IBM MQSeries software for message store and forward application.

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Chief Information Technology management for large urban public school district• Directed the Department of Technology Systems and Services managing an immediate organization of 20 with multiple outside support contracts, and an annual operating budget in excess of $1,500,000 and approval authority over district wide Information Technology procurement. • Information Technology projects under this position include the development of an educational technology architecture design for the district's Vision 2005 $30 million technology plan. • Data Center Management. Served on the board of directors of the Mid-Iowa Computer Center managing a service bureau with a Unisys A14 mainframe processor and an IBM AS/400 mid range processor. Mid-Iowa Computer Center was jointly owned by the Des Moines Public Schools and the Iowa Area Education Agency for Area 11. The processing center provided services for approximately 80 Iowa school districts. Major application services include financial, purchasing, and property management systems, payroll/Human Resources and student records systems. • District Telecommunications Support linking 63 locations to the central processing center, telephone communications (ROLM PBX), design and installation of personal computer local area networks including over 4300 personal computers. • District Technical Repair Services providing for the maintenance and repair of Audio/Visual, video, intercom and personal computer equipment. These services are provided by a combination of staff and external service contracts. • The most significant accomplishment was the selection of the new enterprise application system to update the district's application systems.• The design and approval of the district's telecommunications standards and design and implementation of six demonstration schools for the district's new education technology.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Information Technology manager for this large urban public school district. • Managed an immediate organization of 27 with multiple outside support contracts, and an annual operating budget in excess of $3,500,000 and approval authority over Information Technology procurement in excess of $5,000,000 annually. • Conversion of applications from DOS/VSE to MVS/ESA.• Installation of MVS/ESA in new IBM processor.• Remodeling of the mainframe data processing center.• Developed and implemented a quantitative/statistical methodology for objectively scoring and evaluating RFPs for technology projects. • Designed a new district digital communications network, a Wide Area Network (WAN) linking 90 District locations supporting voice, data, and distance learning video communications, design and installation of local area networks (LANs, Novell and IBM), Internet Services (TCP/IP, WWW), design of telephone networks (ROLM CBX, ISDN). • The most significant accomplishment is the development and approval of a new Information Technology architecture designed to save the District $2.1 Million in acquisition costs and operating savings of $1,000,000 per year. The project, totaling $18 million, completely integrated the District's voice, data and video conferencing functions into a single digital network.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Manage the section responsible for all mainframe operating systems support. Also accountable for IMS database management, DASD management, performance and tuning and software evaluation.• Performed hardware evaluations, capacity and long range planning, and disaster recovery tests. • Most significant accomplishment was the development of installation plan for conversion from MVS/XA to MVS/ESA and PR/SM. • Additional responsibilities included MVS/XA JES2, RACF security software and communications software linking IBM mainframes with ATMs, Tandem and Wang processors.

A $600 million 60 store grocery chain following the leveraged buy out of the Kansas City Division of Safeway Stores. • Planed the installation of a new data processing center and the Installation of a new IBM 3090 processor. Complete responsibility for operating systems support, performance and tuning and long range planning, auto operations, DASD management and telecommunications. • Established and managed the CICS network that processed the Data Design Associates financial applications software and the World Wide Chain Stores Warehouse management software and various other applications. • Implemented and managed SNA communications network with link into the nation wide Safeway SNA Network using an IBM 3725 and IBM 3745 communications controllers. • Installed the MVS/ESA operating system environment while the company was converting computer operations from DOS/VSE to MVS/ESA.

Member of the systems programming staff of this $1 Billion subsidiary of Sears Roebuck, Inc. (no longer in business). • Converted approximately 1000 DOS/VS Assembler programs to run natively under MVS by writing DOS emulation routines saving the company from purchasing similar functionality from a software vendor.• Project leader in IBM mainframe systems support and planning, disaster recovery planning, data base administration, data communications, performance planning, hardware installation planning.• Significant accomplishments were numerous. A few of the accomplishments are listed: Lead conversion from two OS/MVT HASP operating systems to MVS 3.8 JES2, the to MVS/SP JES2, CICS/OS to CICS/VS, converted point of sales polling system from PDP11 to MVS CICS BTAM application, converted front end telecommunication control from Memorex 2703 compatible to 3705 EP, updated TOTAL database system from OS/MVT to MVS/SP system.

Member of the systems programming staff of this credit card processing subsidiary of Mobil Oil Corporation.Developed the conversion plan to convert the OS/VS1 system to MVS/SP1, DYL280. Developed conversion plans and led project to install an automated tape management system.

Reported to an applications project leader for point of sales systems for this $600 million subsidiary of Beneficial Finance Corporation. Programmed in COBOL and Assembler languages. Senior Programmer/Analyst in the development and implementation of the Point of Sales system for Western Auto.

Member of the programming staff at this privately held computer services bureau. Responsible for a large electronics mail order and retail store company's inventory, mail order and point of sales and other application systems. Assembler language programming on a DOS operating system. CICS/VS applications programming. Developed an automated on-line letter generating application for CICS. Helped to convert operating system from DOS to DOS/VSE. Operated occasionally the 370/125 DOS/VSE system.

Huntsville, Tx, Us

Joined University faculty as an assistant to Masters and Doctoral candidates providing statistical programming support. FORTRAN language programming.

Huntsville, Tx, Us

Taught computer labs (COBOL, FORTRAN and ASSEMBLER) and tutored students in debugging programs and computer programming languages. Assisted professors by grading papers and tests.

Masters Of Science, Mathematics And Statistics

Mba, Finance

B.S., Mathematics/Computer Science