Application Performance and Recovery Specialist-Supporting the areas of Network, Distributed, Storage, Mainframe and Workplace domains-Infrastructure Performance Monitoring-Resource Forecasting-Configuration Planning -Architectural Reviews -Application Performance ManagementPerformance and Capacity Management - May, 2009 - December, 2015-Management and development of Performance and Capacity teamMVS/DB2 Systems Programming - November, 2001 - May, 2009-Installation and Maintenance of zOS (in LPAR mode) and DB2 using SMP/E-Monitoring of Performance in MVS and DB2-Used SAS. MICS and MXG to produce reports for analysis and tracking-Disaster Recovery Planning and Support.-Installation and Maintenance of MVS and DB2 related vendor software

Consulted Directors and Middle Management in areas of: -Software Management-Capacity Planning Methodologies -Storage Management and Migration Strategies

-Consulted Directors and Middle Management in Capacity Planning/Performance Methodologies -Recommended implementation and use of application profile and trending databases -Monitoring and impact analysis on resource and application response time profiles (i.e., CICS TS 1.3 implementation, SRDF implementation) -Securities decimal conversion -DB2 Version 6 conversion -Modeling using BEST/1 Datacenter -Capacity and Performance Reporting using SAS and MICS -Provided support in developing hardware forecasts and requirements for budgets -Provided support in streamlining hardware reporting processes -Provided support and recommendations on vendor hardware proposals -Evaluated new IBM Zseries processor features for cost feasibility and exploitation -Developed proposal for replacing IBM G6 processor with IBM zSeries in support of major trading system application.

-Installation and Maintenance of OS/390 Platform (in LPAR mode). -Upgraded OS/390 Platform to Release 7 using ServerPac. -Upgraded and tested vendor products to support OS/390 Release 7. -Planning support for CPU and DASD lease expiration. -Planning for SMS implementation. -Disaster Recovery planning and testing for OS/390, AIX and LAN environment. -Outsourcing Project (planning, development, testing and implementation): -Communication solutions for data center and corporate headquarters connectivity -Token ring solution for 3270 terminal connectivity to network -SNA device emulation using DLSW+ source bridging

-Installation and Maintenance of MVS/ESA (in LPAR mode) and DB2 using SMP/E-Monitoring of Performance in MVS and DB2-Used SAS and MXG to produce reports for analysis and tracking-Developed, analyzed and streamlined Capacity and Performance reports using SAS and MXG-Disaster Recovery Planning and Support.-Managing I/O configurations using HCD/Dynamic Reconfiguration-Installation and Maintenance of all MVS and DB2 related vendor software-Developed and tested DB2 secondary authorization Ids using RACF -Support of RACF administration and design -Installed SHADOW Direct to support PC application access into DB2-Technical Coordinator for Y2K testing activities. -Planned and supported software cost reduction efforts-Application performance analysis and response time tracking-Planned and designed the configuration of the Y2K system configuration for the production environment-Developed the implementation migration methodology for the Y2K system into production-Analyzed and proposed redesign of application utilizing improved SYNCSORT processing techniques-VTAM Local/Remote/LAN/NCI Configuration Support-DASD Management Support using FDR, ICKDSF and DMS-Planned for and implemented SMS in the Test and Production environments-Implemented Data Striping and Compression under SMS-RACF System Administration.

-Planned and presented capacity recommendations and appropriation reviews to corporate management teams-Collaborated with procurement for lease renewals and budget processes-Evaluated/coordinated group training needs based on performance reviews-Coordinated mainframe capacity activities with other support groups-Planned and coordinated application migrations to support rapid business growth-Analyzed, recommended and coordinated implementation of various vendor processor upgrades including IBM, AMDAHL and Hitachi-Analyzed and recommended application migrations for new data center-Evaluated, recommended and coordinated implementation of application contingency and disaster recovery workload configurations, application stress test environment-Evaluated vendor hardware proposals and new strategies including the first EMC Symmetrix-Evaluated several capacity and performance tools (BGS, STROBE, Candle, etc).-Using SAS: Designed and wrote capacity planning forecasting and trending system utilizing queuing techniques and algorithms, MVS performance reporting routines to support DB2 performance efforts, DB2 data-set allocation routine for enhanced placement to support improved DASD utilization, performance and availability, Hardware (CPU, Channel, CU and Device) cross-reference report for managing ESCON and non-ESCON equipment -Installation, Maintenance, restart/recovery and Performance of DB2 data sharing/Non-data sharing-Migrated to DB2 V4/V5-Implemented data sharing to support Y2K testing-Converted DB2 archive logging to DASD from tape to support data sharing in a Parallel SYSPLEX environment-Analyzed and eliminated performance bottlenecks in CICS/IMS/DB2 applications-Analyzed, recommended and implemented changes in DB2 subsystem infrastructure-Installed, tested and maintained DB2 authorization exit-Proposed and implemented improvements to DB2 maintenance processes

-Coordination of installation, testing and implementation of MVS/XA-Analyzed and tuned Virtual Storage (PLPA, CSA, etc) in an MVS/SP environment-Ongoing Capacity and Performance Management-Designed and Implemented I/O configurations for test and production MVS systems -Automated IPL processes using BAL and SAS-Developed and implemented various assembler exits and routines to support installation requirements-Designed and configured VTAM local network-Implemented virtual CTC between MVS and VM eliminating the need for local traffic through NCP-Installed a solid state NAS 7900 for paging, JES2 checkpoint and RACF data-sets-Planned and implemented upgrade to 3084-QX, running MVS/SP1.3.5 under VM-Modeled MVS systems and applications at IBM Raleigh using SNAPSHOT-Recommended CICS MRO for virtual storage constraint relief and to enable multiprocessor dispatching-Analyzed and tuned DASD to eliminate bottlenecks using RMF and IBM CP90. -Tuned system to stabilize for capacity study resulting in an upgrade to 3081-KX -Redesigned and configured paging subsystem -Developed and implemented a system maintenance methodology-Designed and implemented an SMF dump and archive procedure using BAL and SAS-Developed system performance reports using SAS-Designed and wrote a data front-end interface and accounting application using SAS

-Installed program products and maintained an MVS/JES2 environment-Maintained VTAM printing subsystem-Automated operational procedures-Supported the installation of a 3090-200J

-Installed and maintained MVS/XA and TMS using SMP/4-Debugged dumps and applied corrective maintenance

-Responsible for team and completion of night shift production schedule on IBM 308x processors-Technical liaison for operations

-Responsible for completing scheduled processing on IBM VS/1 system

-Responsible for completing scheduled processing on IBM OS/360 with /MVT/HASP system

-Input and Output clerical tasks-Operations tasks on IBM 370 with VM, OS/VS and HASP