Anthony James DiCosimo

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Medina OH 44256

330-***-**** (Home)

330-***-**** (Cell)

acgmeb@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Application Programmer Analyst with experience implementing and supporting customer

information and data warehouse systems.

Proven abilities in various programming

languages and data structures used by mainframe and client-server technologies.

Motivated, team-oriented individual with the dedication to accept challenges, expand

abilities, and contribute to the success of the organization.

SKILLS

Operating Systems:

Mainframe (MVS, z/OS, CICS), Unix, and Windows

Data Structures:

VSAM, IMS, DB2, Oracle, and SQL Server

Languages, Utilities and Products:

COBOL, Easytrieve Plus, JCL, SQL, SDSF, TSO/SPF, SyncSort/DFSort, IDCAMS,

Panvalet/Librarian, Endevor/Serena, QMF for Windows, APS Cobol, ASDD

(Microfocus), Xpediter, SmarTest, Informatica PowerCenter, MicroSoft Office Products,

Zeke/ESP (Job Schedulers), TOAD, Management Studio, Report Builder, Visual Studio

Continuing Study:

.NET programming and various networking concepts

EXPERIENCE

* Progressive (Modis) - Cleveland, Ohio

* Programmer Analyst - July 2014 - October 2014

Worked on project team formed to convert mainframe processing to accommodate

RACF security product.

* Blue Cross / Blue Shield (Apex Systems) - Columbia, South Carolina

* Programmer Analyst - April 2013 to June 2014

Member of application development team assigned to maintain and enhance the online-

inquiry component of the health-care claims system.

Developed and deployed new online application/screens associated to third-party

claims processing and continued health benefit contributions.

* Parker-Hannifin (Modis) - Cleveland, Ohio

* Programmer Analyst - April 2012 to December 2012

Member of application development team assigned to maintain the inventory application

system for various product divisions of Parker-Hannifin, a major multi-national

manufacturing and supply company.

Responsible for coding and testing mainframe modules (online CICS and batch) written

to process within a variety of data mediums, such as VSAM, IMS, MQ.

* American Electric Power (Maximation) - Columbus, Ohio

* Programmer Analyst - July 2011 to Feb 2012

Member of application design team assigned to enhance and ma intain the mainframe

(z/OS) components of AEP’s customer service and information system.

Responsibilities include analyzing, coding, and testing batch and online modules

(Cobol, JCL, etc.) associated to Percentage of Income Payment (PIP) business

process.

PIP requirements were determined by business analysts and assigned to an

implementation phase based on overall need and complexity. For example,

government-mandated requirements carried more weight than non-government-related,

business-critical items.

The more complex requirements and comprehensive testing efforts were monitored and

maintained using the (HP) Quality Center product. Less involved modifications were

monitored by company-accepted, team-defined protocols.

Test Plans were established to positive and negative test conditions for each

requirement. Basic regression test cases were defined also, reused from previous

projects when applicable/appropriate. The complexity of the change drove the need for

more/less involved regression testing.

* Duke Energy (Business Control Systems) - Cincinnati, Ohio

* Programmer Analyst - May 2008 to April 2011

Member of application design team assigned to enhance and ma intain Duke Energy

customer service and information system.

Utilized QMF (Query Management Facility) extensively to verify DB2 test results as well as acquire specific data scenarios for use in the test environment. Also used Easytrieve Plus, sort utilities, and IDCAMS to format and report information contained in QSAM and VSAM files.

Worked predominantly in a mainframe (z/OS) environment to modify modules

associated to customer billing (batch) and inquiry (CICS online) using TSO and Roscoe

corporate toolkit resources.

Aided in the coding/testing effort while assigned to the Percentage of Income Payment

(PIP) plan project. Modules were comprised of COBOL, JCL, and BMS (GTAssist)

source code.

Used the Quality Center (HP) product to assist with the PIP Project’s Software

Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Using this software, the SDLC was condensed to 4

basic (traceable) components: (1) Business-defined Requirements; (2) Test Plan

Development; (3). Test Case Execution; (4) Defect Identification/Resolution.

Developed test plans for online and batch modules to accommodate requirement and

regression testing. Constructed customer specific test data to match requirement

definitions and prove regression sustainability.

Reused test cases and test data when/where appropriate. For online interface

verification, script-playback-replay software was not used in the unit test phase,

although it was most likely used for string and system testing. Logged and corrected

(when directed) defects & anomalies as they were discovered, presented, and resolved.

Developed SSRS reporting modules to generate various customer contact letters,

customer invoices, work orders and business summary/detail listings using Microsoft

Report Builder and Visual Studio.

* Dominion East Ohio Gas (Exclusive Search) - Cleveland, Ohio

* Programmer Analyst - April 2006 to February 2008

Member of development team assigned to enhance and maintain the customer

information system used by the gas operating companies of Dominion East Ohio.

Responsibilities included coding and testing mainframe programming modules

(programs, JCL, SQL, etc) written to process data maintained within a DB2 architecture.

Requirements were defined and assigned by business analysts. Application

development, testing, and defect resolution was accomplished by means of

regular/frequent communications with team leaders, team mentors, and technical

analysts.

* Parker-Hannifin (Modis) - Cleveland, Ohio

* Programmer Analyst - May 2005 to April 2006

Member of development team formed to enhance the inventory application system for

the Nichols Airborne Division of Parker-Hannifin, a major multi-national manufacturing and supply company.

Responsibilities include coding and testing mainframe programming written to process IMS and VSAM data structures.

* Dept. of Finance-Accounting Services - DFAS - Cleveland, Ohio

* Programmer Analyst - September 2004 to February 2005 (CACI Intl)

* Programmer Analyst - May 2004 to September 2004 (Comsys)

Served on project team assigned to modify government finance and accounting system

processes. Responsibilities included understanding mainframe system facilities,

interpreting functional requirements, compiling program modifications and developing

unit test plans. Researched uses of XML formatted data for online requests.

Achieved successful process modifications by applying experiences with CICS

environments, Cobol and Easytrieve Plus languages, MQ-Series interfaces, and VSAM

data structures.

* Kaiser Permanente (Excell Data/CompuCom) - Cleveland, Ohio

* Programmer Analyst - March 2004 to April 2004

Served on project team assigned to configure mainframe finance and accounting

system processes with client-server technology for Kaiser-Permanente, a major

healthcare organization.

Responsibilities included understanding mainframe system facilities, interpreting functional requirements, and developing unit test plans.

* FirstEnergy, Centerior Energy, Cleveland Electric Illuminating - Akron, Ohio

* Programmer Analyst - January 1985 to November 2003

Served on several project teams formed to resolve specific large-scale business issues impacting corporate revenue, profitability and customer service, including Enterprise Data Warehouse Project, Customer System Conversion, Year 2000 Project, Customer System Consolidation, Customer System Support.

Assisted in the design and support of an outage management data warehouse/mart

used to retain and report power availability/outage information. Responsibilities included translation of mainframe legacy data into Oracle data structures and development of Unix shell scripts to perform various ETL processes.

Contributed to the development and support of a marketing data warehouse/mart used

to provide customer research information. Responsibilities included standardizing

vendor-provided customer data by implementing ETL processes using Informatica

PowerCenter to update existing or create new Oracle table structures.

Member of the application design team formed to convert the customer information

systems used by Cleveland Electric Illuminating and Toledo Edison with Ohio Edison,

and Penn Power. Responsibilities included production support of online and batch

systems by modifying Cobol and Easytreive Plus programming, JCL, and IMS database

components as needed or directed, correlating business functions and system

processes between companies, and generating numerous data analysis reports to

assist in the development of conversion program modules.

Assisted on the project team formed to ensure the Y2K-readiness of the customer

system used by Cleveland Electric Illuminating and Toledo Edison. Partnered with Cap

Gemini to ensure that modifications were consistently applied using reliable industry-accepted methods. Responsibilities included modifying data components (IMS, VSAM, etc) and program modules (Cobol, etc) and establishing production caliber processing environments for application, stress, and regression testing. Implementation resulted in virtually non-existent system integrity/reliability issues.

Developed a method of extracting, archiving, and reporting daily customer receivable

balances to facilitate the issuance of asset-backed securities. Responsibilities included translation of business requirements into customer system change specifications and presentation of design concepts, infrastructure overview, and disaster recovery procedures to corporate and financial client sponsors. Implementation of mainframe system enhancements resulted in the establishment of investor certificates.

Restructured cash remittance processing to accommodate stub processing for multiple

companies. Responsible for testing vendor-supplied modifications made to the cash

remittance equipment. Streamlined cash-balancing workflow and realized operational

savings as a result of eliminating the additional processing delays and costs associated to stub exceptions.

Implemented several customer system design modifications necessary to accommodate

vendor-contracted services for remittance processing, credit noticing and account

collection. Investigated several data transmission options (FTP, RJE, etc), met with

client and vendor teams to define business rules and process expectations, and

assisted in the coordination of the technical teams involved with testing and

implementation. Accomplished deployment of infrastructure changes and application

modifications without any service interruptions to daily cash remittance processing and instituted a consistent standard for in-house and vendor-provided credit collection functions.

* American Greetings - Brooklyn, Ohio

* Programmer Analyst - May 1982 to December 1984

Member of the Seasonal Sales Application Support team. Responsibilities included

production support and ad hoc reporting for various systems that maintained the sales

transaction master files.

Developed and implemented the TraveLetter system designed to streamline and

centralize the gathering and reporting of information provided by the sales and

marketing field representatives.

EDUCATION

Heidelberg College (University) - Tiffin, Ohio

Bachelor of Arts graduate with majors in Music Merchandising and Computer Science.

Graduate May 1982

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