Palmer Goodwin

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Wheaton, IL 60187

630-***-****

acdqfs@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Experienced IT Professional supporting mainframe systems, technical systems

management, systems programming, performance tuning, capacity planning,

storage management, system security, and system administration.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

John Drake & Associates / Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Chicago, IL

Dec. 2013 - Feb. 2014

Consultant

? Perform CPU assessment

? Provide recommendation to eliminate bottlenecks and high CPU

consumption

? Monitored CICS and z/OS performance

Apex Systems / Kohl's Department Stores, Menomonee Falls, WI

Nov. 2012 - March 2013

Consultant / Storage Administrator

? Planned DASD replacement project with 325 Terabytes on the floor

reducing overall operating costs

? Monitored system and DASD performance

Apex Systems / Kohl's Department Stores, Menomonee Falls, WI

Nov. 2011 - May 2012

Consultant / Storage Administrator

? Analyzed and documented three lpar parallel sysplex (ICF) for

performance

? Installed third party software products

? Analyzed job performance and capacity issues using SAS/ITRM and MXG

? Solved network performance problems on DASD and virtual tape PPRC

Hudson Consulting / Newell Rubbermaid, Freeport, IL

Sept. 2010 - April 2013

Consultant / System Administrator

? Assisted in the down sizing a five lpar two sysplex (ICF) configuration

into a three lpar monoplex environment

? Installed z/OS release 1.12 and z/OS release 1.13

? Installed third party software products for Newell

? Customized Mainview software products to monitor CICS and DB2 regions

? Supported the Oracle (STK) VTSS (VSM) and SL8500 tape environment

Trident / Integrys, Chicago, IL

Sept. 2010 - March 2011

Contract System Administrator

? Converted client from CA-Allocate and Serena Start IOO to DFSMS

environment on a z/OS release 1.11 system

? Converted five DB2 sub-systems to DFSMS management

Lawson Products, Inc., Des Plaines, IL

March 2007 - Sept. 2009

Senior System Administrator

? Reduced DASD storage from 53 Terabytes to 33 terabytes resulting in a

saving of $12,000 per month.

? Converted DASD sub-systems to 3390 mod 9 and mod 54 reducing the number

of volumes to manage.

? Implemented DFSMS rules to control and manage DASD growth.

? Planned and supervised the upgrade of IBM 890 to IBM z9 processor.

? Supervised the installation and configuration of two IBM 2106 (DS8100)

DASD sub-systems for the VSE to MVS conversion.

? Converted from IBM DFrmm tape management to CA-1 tape management.

? Managed a group of four individuals

Management Associates of America, Inc. / Lawson Products, Des Plaines, IL

June 2004 - March 2007

Consultant / System Administrator

? Implemented RACF security for Sarbaines-Oxley compliance.

? Performed RACF security administrator duties.

? Created three additional MVS lpars.

? Installed and migrated DB2 release 7.1 across all lpars.

? Installed z/OS rel. 1.6, CEC configuration changes using HCD,

configured an IBM 2105 model 800 shark subsystem.

EDUCATION

Master's Degree Economics Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Computer Science & Electrical Engineering

University of California, Berkeley, CA

Bachelor's Degree Electrical Engineering Southern Illinois

University, Carbondale, IL

MCSE & MCTS certified MicroTrain, Lombard IL

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE

MAINFRAME

HARDWARE: 70,000 MIP IBM zEC12 processor

3390, 3590, 2105, and DS8100 & DS8870 DASD subsystems &

PPRC

TS 7740 TAPE subsystems & PPRC

SOFTWARE: ACF2, Automate, BAL, BMC products, CA-90s, CA-1, CA-7,

CA-11, CATALOG SOLUTION, CICS, COBOL, DB2, DCF,

DELIVER, DFDSS, DFHSM, DFP, DMS, Endevor, ENF, EREP,

EXPRESS, FDR, FILEAID, HCD, IBM Utilities, ICF

Catalogs, ICKDSF, IDCAMS, ISMF, INFO/SYS, INFO/MGMT,

INFO/MVS, ISPF, JCL, JES2, LE/370, L-Serv, Mainview,

Megacryption tape encryption, Mimm, Mobius ViewDirect,

MQSeries, MVS/ESA, NCP, NetPass, NETview, ODDS,

Omegamon, OS/390, Panvalet, PDS, PR/SM, PRO/Jcl,

QUICKFETCH, QUICKREF, RACF, RMF, SAR, SAS, SDSF,

SHOWMVS, SMF, SMP/e, SMS, STOP-X37, SWICTH, Syncsort,

Tasid, TCP/IP, TLMS, TMON/MVS, TMON/CICS, TMON/DB2,

TMON/VTAM, TMS, TOP Secret, TPX, TSO/E, TSOMON,

VPS/TCPIP, VTAM, WSF2, z/OS release 1.13, z/VM

MICROCOMPUTER

HARDWARE: IBM PCs and compatibles, Client server LAN/WAN

SOFTWARE: Cisco IOS, DynaComm/Elite, DynaComm/TN3270, Excel,

Internet Explorer, Java, Jolly Giant qFTP file

transfer, SuSe Linux, Lotus Notes, MS Project, Outlook,

PowerPoint, Visio, Visual Basic, Visual C++, Windows

XP, 7 & Server 2012, Word

MCSE & MCTS Certified

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