Quality Assurance Development

Phillip c. Larkins

**** ******* **** **. ************, OHIO 43068 PHONE 614-***-****

EMAIL: ********@*****.***

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST

Highly effective solution oriented specialist having notable achievements while participating in a broad range of

corporate IT initiatives. Affable, results oriented team player with proven success in identification, strategic thinking

and proficient problem solving in direct support of business objectives with involvement in planning, analysis and

implementation of information solutions. Tendencies to thrive in dynamic environments while remaining pragmatic

and focused.

Proven record of acquiring new skills and responsibility with system cost benefit analysis, design and

development concerning the project management lifecycle.

Experience/understanding of data mining, report writing, and data analysis

Proficient programming data mining solutions in SQL (MS SQL or TOAD) and Mainframe Eztrieve Plus

Data modeling, detailed analysis and design, development, integration/system/UAT.

Development and support of applications in the mainframe environment utilizing COBOL, CICS, MVS,

JCL, MQ and CA Tools.

Active experience managing all phases of the system development lifecycle including gathering business

requirements, system design, architecture, testing and support.

Focused leadership skills, able to facilitate phases of project initiative while managing resources and

leading project teams.

Proficient at developing system documentation and milestones along with technical/business specifications

for business initiatives.

Core Competencies

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Data Analysis & Retrieval Report Structuring & Delivery Requirement Building

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Business Impact Analysis Data Integrity & Recovery Research & Development

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Cost Benefit Analysis Analytical Problem Solving Disaster Recovery

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Retail Finance Knowledge Mortgage Industry Knowledge Quality Assurance/Control

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Applications Development Applications Methodgy PM Development Methodgy

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RA, RE, KO, IT, SM, TS, FI ACH and Lockbox processing Investor reporting processes

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TX yearly process Credit Scoring Systematic Architecture

Technical Proficiencies

Platforms: Oracle Databases, Windows 95/98/NT/XP, IBM VSE/MVS Mainframe, OS/390, Z/OS

Languages: COBOL, VS COBOL II, Micro Focus Cobol, Assembler, Basic, CICS, Dbase 2, Easytrieve Plus,

Visual Basic 3, Delphi, MQ Series, XML, ESQL, HTML, JAVA

Tools: Toad for Oracle, Hyperion for Oracle, MicroSoft SQL, Excel, Secure Drop Zone,

CA Interest Batch/CICS, Compuware Expeditor Batch/CICS,

CA Symdump, CA 7 Scheduling, CA Panvalet, FILE AID, ABEND AID, STROBE 2.5,

CA SORT, CA Scheduler, MVS/JCL, DFSORT, CA 11, Endeavor

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

November 2011 – Present

JPMORGAN CHASE

Senior Analyst

Responsible with identifying, assessing, and documenting technical requirements and specifications,

recommending report writing options, and advising business on the results of my analysis. Conduct

research to determine if solutions to business requirements currently exist within or outside the business

unit, and if not, whether new solutions are feasible. Analyze impact of proposed solution, develop use

cases to explain/demonstrate business requirements/specifications to our customers, and contribute a

business or process perspective during design reviews. Facilitate solutioning a business need by creating

programs and/or queries using various programming and querying tools.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS:

Instrumental in creating processes to streamline the time needed to perform data

mining request for clients.

Maintained access/data for inactive applications in oracle environment.

Created secure processes to deliver results from data mining initiatives.

Author Data Mining scripts utilizing SQL for Oracle and Eztrieve Plus in a MVS

Mainframe environment.

Developed ad-hoc reports and processes to support business functions

July 1999 – January 2010

FIDELITY INFORMATION SERVICES

Senior Systems Specialist

Provide system batch and CICS online support for client on MVS mainframe platform in

financial and mortgage software environment. Maintain system documentation and

program modules. Developed and maintained code utilizing both COBOL and Eztrieve

along with tools such as MQ, Xpeditor, to help attain corporate and business objectives.

Managed business initiatives and projects that aligned with company objectives utilizing

various professional resources.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS:

Instrumental in maintaining daily Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for

the corporate line of of business.

Provide production support and development within the RA, RE, KO, SM, IT, TS,

SA, AP, FM, TX production environments.

Built, maintained, and scheduled batch cycled test regions and MQ resources for

the RA, RE, FI, SA and KO platforms.

Created JCL, Proc’s and batch flows for mainframe jobs.

Created NDM’s and FTP’s for file external/internal file transmission.

Provided support for CICS online services and nightly Batch processing.

Modified and author mainframe COBOL code and CICS screens.

Developed and maintained MQ message flows and processes for front end user

interfaces and vendor data transmissions.

Developed ad-hoc reports and processes to support business functions.

Assessed emerging technologies and implementations to ensure system

efficiency and data quality.

Authored system documentation and protocols in support of business operatons

following the PLC/CMM business standards.

Managed company initiatives with vendors/clients on system and software

upgrades and regression testing.

Recognized for the outstanding quality of customer support with numerous

personal commendations from vendors/clients.

November 1996 – July 1999

JPMORGAN CHASE

Senior Programmer Analyst

Designed code in a mainframe VSE environment and procedures, utilizing COBOL and

Eztrieve, to address business and corporate objectives. Executed Yearly tax functions and procedures.

Maintained test region and JCL for developers. Rotated on a production support schedule .

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS:

Engaged departments in systems design, build, implementation and training

initiatives.

Acknowledged for excellence at providing Ad-hoc request and problem

resolutions.

Provided various levels of production support for business initiatives.

Coordinated and applied software patches for the yearly processes.

April 1996 – November 1996

COMPUWARE CORPORATION

Programmer Analyst

Member of team responsible for the conversion of system platforms for client Banks.

Created both COBOL and Eztrieve modules in a MVS mainframe environment to support

in conversion processes.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS:

Successfully developed and applied code to support client system conversions.

Created Ad-hoc processes and reports for client needs.

MAY 1992 – April 1996

ARM FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

Operator/Programmer

Executed nightly batch procedures and backups in a mainframe/client server environment.

Distributed reports to the various departments. Created and maintained system

documentation. Developed code in a client server environment utilizing

MicroFocus COBOL and Animator to address the business needs and objectives.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS:

Developed and implemented new GUI screens and processes to support core

business applications.

Provided Desktop and Production batch support

Successfully installed and networked new servers and workstation throughout the

company.

Provided operational support and processed daily batch systems.

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

System Development Solutions, 1991 – 1992

Devry Institute of Technology, Columbus, OH

Diploma Data Processing Technology, 1986

PSI Institute of Technology, Cleveland, OH

Professional Training and Certification

MQSERIES – Certified Solution Development

Themis Inc.

Information Technology Development, 2009 - 2010

Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH

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