Quality Assurance Project

CAREER SUMMARY

Versatile I.T. professional, with diversified experience in application

development and support, project management, and business management.

Detail oriented and organized, with strong analytical skills. PMP certified

with project management experience, yet has maintained technical skills

with hands-on programming, testing, quality assurance, and related tasks.

Experienced in all aspects of system life-cycles (from feasibility study

through system retirement and historical data archiving) with excellent

documentation skills. A proven team player, including experience in working

with off-shore contract personnel.

SUMMARY OF TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

Qualified by 20+ years of data processing experience in programming,

analysis, system design, quality assurance, project leadership and

management.

Hardware Experience:

Various IBM mainframes (MVS/ESA, OS/MVS, DOS), AS/400, various PCs

Software Experience:

Mainframe: DB2, SQL, IMS-DB/DC, CICS, COBOL, PL/I, SAS, FOCUS,

DYL280, FILEAID, TSO, LIBRARIAN, ENDEVOR

AS/400: COBOL, DBU, CL, PDM, TURNOVER

PC/Web: Windows operating systems, MS Office, MS Project, MS

Access, QuickBooks, Lotus Notes, Oracle, Cognos, Paradox

I.T. EXPERIENCE

MRM CONSULTING, INC., Westerville, Ohio 1993-

2009

Senior Consultant under contract with Ashland Inc (Dublin, OH) - major

projects and activities:

* Legacy Application Archiving and Retirement - following the Ashland SAP

implementation, I was responsible for all stages of the project to retire

Dublin-based legacy applications. Completion of the project resulted in

operational savings from reclamation of numerous resources (servers,

mainframe capacity, dasd, AS/400 elimination, etc Activities and

deliverables included:

. Analyzed legacy applications in regards to data retention policies

. Wrote requirements documents and obtained user signoff

. Designed Oracle schemas and table structures, wrote specifications for

use by off-shore developers

. Developed application-specific extraction programs to retrieve and

format data for loading to archives

. Developed and executed verification metrics and test plans

. Designed and wrote Cognos report specifications for off-shore

development

. Shepherded user groups through acceptance testing, obtaining user sign-

off

. Removed legacy application software and data

. Tools employed: Oracle, Cognos, Excel, Access, Cobol (MF & AS/400),

PL/I, SAS, Focus, FileAid, DB2, VSAM, IMS-DB, DBU, Paradox

* SAP Implementation - Analyst/Programmer responsible for conversion of

legacy application data -

. Developed design specifications for conversion programs (mainframe,

AS/400, and PC)

. Performed development activities (programming, testing, QA reviews)

. Developed and executed integration and system test plans,

implementation scripts

. Tools employed: Cobol (MF & AS/400), PL/I, DB2, VSAM, IMS-DB, DBU,

SAS, Focus, FileAid, Excel, Access, Paradox

* PRISM ERP System - Lead Analyst/Programmer for numerous AS/400 /

mainframe interface projects - EDI Invoicing, Price Supports, Accounting

interfaces, feasibility studies. Lead team of 1 to 5 programmers.

. Developed Project Charters, WBS, program specifications, and estimates

. Performed development activities (programming, testing), and created

and executed system test plans

. Prepared User and Support documentation, and trained key user and

support personnel.

. Managed team and prepared regular status reports, and coordinated

activities w/other teams.

. Tools employed: Cobol (MF & AS/400), PL/I, DB2, VSAM, IMS-DB, DBU, CL,

Focus.

* Legacy Application support - performed support activities for PRISM ERP

system and various legacy applications (mainframe, AS/400, PC) - included

direct End-User support, 24/7 application/system support,

design/develop/implement fixes/enhancements. Managed development teams as

needs arose.

. Tools employed: Cobol (MF & AS/400), PL/I, SAS, Focus, FileAid, DB2,

SQL, VSAM, IMS-DB/DC, DBU, CL, Paradox, Excel, Access.

* Sarbanes-Oxley audit support - developed queries and reports (mainframe,

AS/400, Access) to identify and mitigate potential security exposures and

role/responsibility conflicts.

. Tools employed: DB2, Focus, DBU, CL, SQL, Access.

* Y2K - Lead Analyst/Programmer - Identified and inventoried all

applications to be reviewed for Y2K risks. Developed mitigation plans,

documented detail program modifications and system test plans. Managed

team of 1 to 5 programmers. Performed development and testing activities.

Executed quality reviews.

. Tools employed: Cobol (MF & AS/400), PL/I, SAS, Focus, FileAid, DB2,

VSAM, IMS-DB/DC, DBU, Paradox, Excel.

* Hazard Label reproduction and archiving - proposed and developed a

process to convert 33,000 historical drum label print files (driver-

encoded text files) to electronic images (JPEGs), utilizing vintage

Printronix and Weber/Pentax hardware. This project provided the client's

Legal Department the ability to generate 100% accurate replicas of

historical drum labels, to aid in the quick resolution of potentially

costly litigation.

APPLIED SYSTEM RESOURCES, INC., Columbus, Ohio

1990-1993

Senior Consultant to Ashland Inc (Dublin, OH) - Analyst/programmer for

mainframe and AS/400 interfaces to the PRISM ERP system. Tools employed:

Cobol (MF & AS/400), PL/I, DB2, VSAM, IMS-DB/DC, DBU, Focus, Paradox.

WHITE CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC., Dublin, Ohio

1989-1990

Team leader and lead analyst/programmer for Inventory Tracking and Control

applications. Tools employed: Cobol (MF), CICS, DB2, VSAM.

GOLD CIRCLE STORES, INC., Worthington, Ohio

1983-1989

Lead analyst/programmer for Inventory and Price Management applications.

Tools employed: Cobol (MF), IMS-DB/DC, DB2, VSAM.

REPUBLIC STEEL CORPORATION, Massillon, Ohio

1979-1983

Programmer/Analyst for Shop Floor Inventory Tracking and Process Control

applications. Tools employed: Cobol (MF), CICS, IMS-DB, DB2, VSAM.

Non-IT Experience:

TIMKEN MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, Canton, Ohio

1976-1979

Assistant Supervisor of Hematology, Supervisor of Automated

Hematology, Medical Technologist in Hematology Department

EDUCATION

B.S. Medical Technology, University of Akron. Certified MT (ASCP).

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Active member PMI (Project Management Institute)

PMP Certificate - 2004 - PMP # 191913

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