JOHN KENTZEL

Rock Island, IL *****

309-***-**** / accr0p@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Senior Programmer/Analyst with extensive experience in computer programming

for financial applications, primarily in brokerage and banking. Excellent

technical skills and experience in a variety of applications and

environments. Especially good and highly adept at meeting challenges,

analyzing and solving problems and completing assignments in a timely and

efficient manner.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

JAVA, COBOL / COBOL II, JCL, CICS, VSAM, TSO / ISPF, Dialog Manager, SQL,

DB2, Assembler, C/C++, Panvalet, MVS, Librarian, MQSeries, PL/1

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Computer Operator MidAmerican Rock Island, IL

2013 - 2014

Responsible for entering and updating map data for gas service lines.

Created Excel spread sheet to track work orders by area for weekly

reporting.

Computer Specialist Rock Island/Moline Townships Rock

Island/Moline, IL 2006 - 2013

Responsible for entering and extracting data for Property Assessment.

Produced ad hoc reports as requested. Responsible for computer related

issues. Entered sales data and created reports to analyze sales data for

assessment purposes.

. Wrote JAVA program to match township data against report from Rock

Island county assessor.

Sr. Programmer/Analyst Salomon Smith Barney New York, NY

2000 - 2002

Responsible for maintaining Code 1 addressing software. Maintained CICS

Command level and batch programs written in COBOL II with SQL using VSAM

and DB2 tables.

. Created interface, which allowed for input from Web-based system using

MQSeries.

Sr. Programmer/Analyst Bank of New York New York, NY

1999 - 2000

Maintained CICS command level and batch programs written in COBOL II.

. Responsible for supporting the Global Securities System. Made changes

to system to allow third parties to act as custodian.

Programming Consultant Self-Employed New York/New

Jersey 1993 - 1999

Smith Barney; New York, NY (1994) & (1997-1998)

Sr. Programmer/Analyst: Customer Profile Information System: Designed,

coded and tested document copy sub-system. Used SQL to access and

update DB2 tables. System was written in COBOL II batch and CICS

command level with some Assembler programs.

. Removed hard-coded account category codes, which increased system

flexibility. Modified or converted Assembler modules to COBOL II.

. Provided programming support for Institutional Delivery reporting

system. System was written in CICS and batch COBOL II.

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Prudential Securities; New York, NY (1997)

Sr. Programmer/Analyst: Supplied programming support to Securities system

online and batch, which allowed for multi-company support. System was

written in CICS command level and COBOL II batch.

Pershing; Jersey City, NJ (1994-1996)

Sr. Programmer/Analyst: Provided programming support to brokerage system.

Wrote and made modifications to online and batch programs.

. Helped design code, test and implement No Fee Transaction System.

Made modifications to Mutual Fund Load/No Load System. Programs

were written in CICS and batch COBOL II.

Blue Cross-Blue Shield; Newark, NJ (1993-1994)

Sr. Programmer/Analyst: Responsible for providing programming for

Customer Billing System. Made changes to comply with legal

requirements and provide increased flexibility.

Sr. Programmer/Analyst Algemene Bank New York, NY

1990 - 1993

Replaced Assembly check processing system with PL/I system. Was responsible

for new check processing system from design, coding, testing, and

implementation. System took raw data from check sorter, assigned float, and

interfaced with DDA system. Provided support for DDA interface on Foreign

Exchange trade interface. System was written in CICS and batch PL/1 with

Assembler, COBOL, and C.

Programming Consultant Self-Employed Washington, DC

1988 - 1990

Amtrak (1989-1990)

Sr. Programmer/Analyst: Responsible for developing enhancements to online

programs. Wrote and maintained batch programs for Employee Rail Pass

System, which was written in COBOL II with CSP.

US Customs (1989)

Sr. Programmer/Analyst: Wrote and maintained batch programs for Import

Quota System. System was programmed in COBOL with batch and CICS

components.

MCI Communications, Inc. (1988-1989)

Sr. Programmer/Analyst: Designed and built an interface to MCI's

Connect Cost files for the Cost Optimization system. Interface was

programmed in PL/I using TSO.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE INCLUDES

. Louisiana Land & Exploration; New Orleans, LA (1988)

. CBS Television Network; New York, NY (1985-1988)

. Merrill Lybnch Pierce Finner & Smith; New York, NY (1984-1985)

. Manufacturers Hannover Trust Co.; New York, NY (1983-1984)

. Baldwin Data Services; Denver, CO 1982-1983

. First National Bank of Commerce; New Orleans, LA (1980-1982)

. Hibernia National Bank; New Orleans, LA 1980

. Louisiana Department of Labor; Baton Rouge, LA (1977-1980)

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Mathematics; Louisiana State

University

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