Business Application Analysis, Development and Integration - z/os and 390 Mainframe and UNIX
Converted inventory system components from Macro-Level CICS Assembler to Command-Level CICS
COBOL to enhance systems maintainability and therefore increase productivity time
Translated COBOL code into business rules for componentization of health claims system, using COBOL, IMS
and JCL, that increased maintenance and future development efficiency by 35%
Developed and tested health-claims and historical-data system to analyze rejected claims, to decrease losses
Remodelled internally written system components for Cheque Processing Control System, using COBOL, JCL
and Assembler, to eliminate costs of using redundant third-party written software
Analysed business requirements, solved problems, developed and maintained Property and Casualty
insurance systems and interfaces, using COBOLII, CICS, VSAM, IMS, EASYTRIEVE, JCL and DB2 thus
meeting clients' business needs
Developed Claims�Assured component that increased insurer&aposs revenue
Converted Phoenics insurance components to PROGRESS, under UNIX-SUN5.6, using EDI interface,
COBOL II, CICS, RDBMS, SUPRA, JCL and Easytrieve
Developed Data Warehouse application, Rewards Programs and resolved trouble logs, using DB2, COBOL II,
FOCUS, REXX, JCL, Fileaid and 390-ASSEMBLER
Developed and integrated P.M.S.C. claims-tracking using COBOL, CICS, VSAM, JCL and 390-Assembler,
and integrated new online and batch components into P.M.S.C. application package. This involved
interpreting business requirements in terms of technical implementation, meeting legal needs
Consolidated annuity and whole-term life insurance information from diverse screens into one screen, for
customer quick reference, using COBOL II, CICS, JCL, IDMS, DB2 & SDF, that increased underwriter
productivity by 39%
Spearheaded conversion from CA-ROSCOE to TSO. Converted utilities from CA-ROSCOE screen editor to
TSO-REXX and PANELS, increasing programmer productivity by 46%
Enhanced and supported in-house system written in COBOL/DB2, REXX and CSP which was used for
manipulation, consolidation and on-line reporting of MVS/SMF and DMS data, using Fileaid
Translated Property and Casualty business requirements into code, using JCL, CICS, COBOL, VSAM and
Assembler to increase revenue.
Training, Coaching and Facilitating
Coached and mentored new programmers in troubleshooting and system architecture, on a one-to-one basis,
which increased productivity
Mentored business analysts to interpret programming code to increase skills and productivity
Taught in-house Systems Development Fundamentals course
Developed legacy components, Preferred Customer Handling and MICR Cheque Format Modification and
Symcor systems integration, using 390-Assembler, PL1 and JCL, to increase Deposits efficiency.
Investigation and Research
Assessed compliance with Federal Privacy Laws in requirements for development of legacy system that
removed legal liability from bank
Researched productivity tools. Extensively liaised with internal clients at all levels
Won client testimonial for investigation and subsequent documentation of encrypted data-bases which required
compliance with California Privacy Act that removed legal liability from client
Enhanced PROGRESS applications, which required detailed research of business requirements.
Documentation and Communication
Documented technical support issues on third-party software and converted Command - CICS COBOL
programs to reduce volume of customer queries by 65%
Specified legacy modernization of health-claims system to increase efficiency
Specified functions in UNIX Shell and PROGRESS for scheduled runs of mutual funds systems
Documented customized mutual funds accounting system to enable easy maintenance
Conducted technical presentations of third-party productivity tools.
Debugging and Technical Support
Technical Support of Assembler interfaces and TRAC debugging package
Increased PROGRESS program run-time, improving computing productivity by 28%, while applying
application fixes
Eliminated environmental problem causing CSF-A.F.P. abend, thus increasing system productivity
Problem analysis and resolution of system crash problems and slow response times in insurance system, using
CICS, 370-ASSEMBLER, REXX, JCL, VSAM and COBOL problems, which increased system productivity
that won a client citation.
Systems Software Development and Analysis
Developed functions in UNIX Shell and PROGRESS for scheduled runs of mutual funds systems
Cleaned up multi-platform and client-server HURON-OBJECTSTAR enterprise system, using
390-ASSEMBLER, OOPS concepts and CICS, that increased systems efficiency by 42%
Maintained HURON-OBJECTSTAR, acting as Client to Servers, IMS/DB, UNIX-HP9 & -SUN
Customized P.M.S.C. Customer Information System Dialogue Manager using 390-Assembler, CICS, JCL
and DB2 in an IBM MVS/ESA environment
Re-engineered a DB2 network reporting system for computer usage accounting, written in REXX and CSP, for
which no source code or documentation existed
Developed REXX, CLISTS and utilities for 2nd level programming support.
Quality Assurance and Testing
Developed and administered effective strategies to test IMS, Fileaid, Abendaid, PL/I, COBOL,
MVS/ASSEMBLER and SAS, in upgrade from 390 to z/os
Extensively tested own written systems and enhancements, as well as third-party software.
Systems Tools Development
Created utilities to collect data for internal market research, using 390-Assembler, CICS, REXX & JCL to
increase bank revenue
Wrote REXX software tool to discover which z/os partitioned-data-set contains a given member.
