Christopher J Pomasl p. 303-***-****

***** * *** ***** **. s. 303-***-****

Pine, CO 80470-8920 acfmyp@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/pub/christopher-pomasl/a/9a/256

Professional Summary

Highly motivated IT manager and Software Engineer leading teams, providing

programming and database expertise through the full life-cycle using waterfall and agile

methodologies. Distinguished performance driving innovation and profitability, with

expertise in a variety of programming languages. L ooking to utilize extensive knowledge

base and previous success.

Core Technical Competencies

Expert

COBOL, z/OS Assembler, CICS, IMS/TM, DB2 for z/OS, JCL, z/OS, Business Intelligence,

Reporting, CA Report Facility (PRF), IBM Query Management Facility (QMF), CA Intertest,

Expediter, 3270 data streams, Waterfall methodology

Experience

ISPF/DM, CLIST, REXX, HTML, PHP, JAVAScript, MySQL, C, C++, PostgreSQL, MS

Access, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, LibreOffice, PC/Windows, PC/Linux, Agile,

SCRUM, LAMP, WIMP, DB2 for LUW, CA DB2 Tools, SCLM, SDSF, SysView, Data

Warehouse, BASIC

Exposure

JAVA, XML, Macintosh, SQL Server

Professional Experience

05/1991 – 03/2014 CA Technologies; Platinum technology Islandia, NY

Independent Software Vendor

Principal Software Engineer; Team lead, CA Report Facility

Responsible for the full life-cycle and team management of the CA Report Facility for DB2

for z/OS, a highly complex commercial software product that executes in the three major

teleprocessing environments, CICS, IMS/TM, and TSO, and batch from essentially the

same code-base. Architect, develop and implement highly innovative solutions to customer

problems and requests through numerous releases using the waterfall and agile

methodologies. The reports that can be generated are diverse and complex, ranging from a

standard columnar report, a tabulation/summary report, block reports and extracts.

Instrumental in the careful attention required to the most minute detail to ensure adequate

performance and flexibility. Create a highly tuned COBOL and Assembler structure to drive

the application through the equally tuned application environments. Distinct mentoring of

team members to maintain the highly tuned nature of the code and a close knowledge of

how that code impacts the performance of the application and environments in which it

executes. Reduce the impact of the application on those environments, providing the

performance requirements to allow for many more users to use the tool at once.

• Provided configuration support for subsystems used by the product including DB2,

CICS and IMS/TM.

• Design new DB2 for z/OS database schemas as needed through application

enhancements and DBMS upgrades

Evolve keen customer relationships to gather innovative ideas and requirements

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Drive the product to a multimillion dollar product suite

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Design a program style that is neatly structured and maintainable

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Nurture internal relationships with marketing, sales and services to ensure that the

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product line was marketed, sold and implemented to its full potential including site

visits to drive conversion efforts from competitor products

1989 - 1991 CG Computer Services Chicago, IL

Consulting Services

Consultant

Consulting Programmer for 3 assignments:

• Steel Company - Rewrite order and distribution system.

• Paper Company - Build ISO-9000 documentation for existing systems.

• Gas Company - Integrate the business systems of a newly acquired company.

1986-1989 Sears Merchandise Group Hoffman Estates, IL

Consumer Retail

Programmer/Analyst

Maintain floor-covering and retail distribution systems including on-call duty entailing late-

night discovery and repair of the systems during the critical batch window.

1998-present Sound of the Rockies Chorus Englewood, CO

Barbershop Chorus

Webmaster, intranet

Developed the members-only website for the barbershop chorus chapter to which I belong.

• Designed current roster using PHP, HTML forms and MySQL

• Utilize current roster to secure access to members only

Education

University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN

1986, BA Computer Applications; Communications and Theater

Certification

IBM Certified

• IBM Certified Specialist - DB2 UDB V6/V7 User

• IBM Certified Solutions Expert - DB2 V7 Family Application Development

• IBM Certified Solutions Expert - DB2 UDB Database Administration for OS/390

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