Robert Whaley

*** ****** **., **** ********, PA. 19401

610-***-**** (h) 267-***-**** (c)

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT

• Highly skilled IT professional with 20+ years of experience in system / software engineering, installing, customizing, and controlling operating systems, and ISV software in healthcare, publishing distribution and hosting centers with recognized industry leaders.

• Advanced expertise in distributed systems design, Mainframe and Unix architectures, operating systems software, storage management and disaster Recovery.

• Demonstrated an extensive knowledge of Project Management, incorporating SDLC, including requirement analysis, writing specifications and validation of products.

• Experienced developing test procedures and test cases.

• Solution focused thinker providing support to clients in designing, defining, planning, and executing Data Center strategies for large complex integrated environments - software consolidation, moving software infrastructures or maintaining service levels system and products.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Software Engineering (2011)

Villanova University, Villanova PA.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (1994)

Drexel University, Philadelphia PA.

Technology Expertise

Operating Systems: Z/OS 1.13 - 2.10; Z/VM 6.1; Z/Linux, AIX SP2 V4.1, / SLR, DFSMS, SMPE

Languages: Java, C Language, SharePoint, UNIX Shell Scripts, SQL Database query and development, BAL, COBOL, PL/1, FORTRAN, REXX, TSO CLIST, and SAS.

ISV Products: Microsoft Project, Visio, PowerPoint, SQL, LRS/VPS/DRSV, STARTOOLS, CHANGEMAN, QUICKREF BMC/MAINVIEW SRM, Computer Associates Products Suite, SYSTEMWARE XPORTER, ORACLE STK/EXLM/EXPR and IBM Virtual tape solution, SYNCSORT, Tivoli Mainframe Data Collector and Chargeback system.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IBM GLOBAL SERVICES,

IT -Project Manager (Contractor)

Verisk/ISO, Jersey City, NJ 2015 - Present

• Guided staff on the relocation planning and implementation of an EC12 (lift and shift), and installation of Z/13 mainframes, with the addition of over 900 servers and infrastructure, from Jersey City, NJ to Somerset NJ.

• Assessed many requirements, which included software that entailed four business units and one hundred twenty three applications.

• Provided leadership and guidance to team members. Worked with stakeholders to insure project goals. Managed project risk and mitigations along with project scope, schedule, and budget.

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IBM GLOBAL SERVICES,

Z/OS IT specialist (Contractor)

Contra Costa County Township, Ca 2014 – 2015

• Responsible for the installation and upgrade of Z/10 mainframe and IBM 8700 DASD.

• Developed and Implemented a disaster recovery plan.

• Implemented and educated the staff on mainframe best practices, such as catalog structures, RACF security vigilance with the use of Vanguard program product, tape catalogs, Vaulting, ISV product upgrades, and the proper use of system utilities. Installation of Tivoli Mainframe Data Collector and chargeback system.

• Provided ongoing support

IBM GLOBAL SERVICES,

Z/OS IT specialist (Contractor)

General Motors, Southfield MI 2013 – 2014

• Part of a large data center consolidation team responsible for the insourcing of twenty-two LPARS from five different locations, Germany, Mexico, Australia, Brazil and Plano-Texas, to be installed on two IBM EC12 systems in Michigan. This action produced a savings of half a billion dollars in Managed Systems charges.

• Primary responsibility is the definition, installation and support of Z/OS systems and all ISV products. Additional responsibilities involves testing of those systems and client support.

• Provide ongoing support for Z/OS and ISV environments during period of staffing additions by client

IBM GLOBAL SERVICES

IT-Project Manager / (Contractor)

Caterpillar Corp 2012-- 2012

• Primary Z/OS project manager that led a group of system programmers in the separation and movement of datacenter software and data from Peoria Illinois to Boulder Colorado for a widely known industrial corporation. Involved more than thirty ISV products that had to be upgraded or reinstalled.

• Reviewed contractual documents with stakeholders.

• Performed requirements analysis to develop scope document.

• Developed project schedule to align with contractual milestones.

• Managed sector project budget of $800,000.

• Utilized project change requests as necessary for any changes to scope, schedule, or budget. Insured that necessary resources were available to complete project.

• Created strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning

SIEMENS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, Malvern PA 1997 2012

Sr. Systems Programmer

• Matrix managed a team of systems programmers (Systems, Networking, Security, CICS, DB2, Storage, and Operations) with large scale z/OS operating systems and datacenter moves, migrations and upgrades.

• Provided technical leadership for the team to develop, and implement, many Z/OS managed services clients. Each clients valued contract was multi-year in excess of $25 million.

• Maintained account management and organized technical support for five widely known health care providers.

• Provided business consulting, knowledge expertise in strategic system design and strategic performance management.

• Developed and managed disaster recovery initiatives for each client.

• Developed several company- wide software initiatives, which included development of an interactive customer accounting database system, including batch customer reporting databases using SDLC methodologies. Project increased customer service/client requests resolutions. Additionally gave field account management employees immediate access to client billing records.

• Led the Installation and support of AIX operating system, on a P Series, running IBM Lotus Notes software which supports four thousand users as an email and database storage system.

• Provided the full scope of technical expertise in discussions with stakeholders to determine project, gather information and formulate RFP and requirements documents. Also met with customers throughout the development of project to manage customer expectations, Service Level Agreements, resolve issues and provide project status.

Other Positions

CURTIS CIRCULATION CORPORATION, Pennsauken NJ

Sr. Systems Programmer

SUNGARD CORPORATION, Philadelphia PA

Systems Programmer

Education course:

AIX Basics Course: Backup, Security, and User Administration: IBM

AIX System Administration / Installation, Startup and Shutdown: IBM

AIX System Administration / LVM, File Systems, and Paging Space: IBM

AIX System Administration Course / Devices and Printing: IBM

Custom CA-OPS/MVS II

DFSMS/MVS: Tape

RACF: IBM

TCPIP: Z/OS

UNIX Systems Basics: ProTech Professional Technical Services, Inc.

UNIX System Services Implementation:

StarTool: Serena Software

Introduction to Project Management: Center for Systems Management, Inc.

Project Risk Management: Center for Systems Management, Inc.

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