RESUME OF WALTER NELL
(Immediate availability)
Walter Nell (Wally Nell)
PO Box 12365
EL CAJON, CA 92022
EMAIL: *****@*********.***
PHONE: 714-***-**** / 619-***-****
TOTAL YEARS EXPERIENCE IN PROGRAMMING: 24 years
COBOL/JCL/VSAM etc - 24 years
IDMS and related - 20 years
EASYTRIEVE - 15 years
DB2, SQL, clientserver - 9 years
TYPES OF BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:
Manufacturing, distribution, statistics, HR, petroleum usage, payroll,
sales and sales analysis, general ledger, pricing, stocks, retirement
programs, bonds, securities, loans, equities, financial systems, change
control systems, publishing, medical laboratory testing, healthcare,
invoicing, gas and electric utilities, billing, customer service, Y2K,
enterprise data warehouse and training.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND ROLES:
Gathering user requirements, technical and business analysis, system
design, database design, program spec writing, coding, testing,
documentation manuals, training and implementation. At times assigned team
lead position.
EDUCATION: High School diploma - West Bank High School, East London, South
Africa (1973)
Van Zijl and Pritchard Cobol Diploma (1981)
LANGUAGES: English, Afrikaans, Dutch and some Arabic
NATIONALITY: United States and South African
DETAILED JOB EXPERIENCE
February 2011 - current
Unemployed.
June 2005 - February 2011
Cairo, Egypt. Photography for news agency ZUMA Press covering local news,
news within the Middle East region, and various documentary projects for
companies like UNAIDS and EPA. Web design. Software used, Photo Mechanic,
Adobe Photoshop, MS Frontpage, MS Office products, FTP, VISIO, HTML,
Javascript, and Flash.
November 1999 - June 2005
SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation), San Diego, CA, USA -
Cobol II, IDMS, LRF, IDD, ADSO, Easytrieve Plus, JCL, VSAM, IDCAMS,
Syncsort, FTP, ADSC, MAPC, DMLO, OLQ, Logical Record, Xpediter, Fileaid,SQL, Stored Procedures, SQL Server, Javascript, BRIO Reporting, Enterprise
Data Warehouse, working within JAVA and J2EE environment, Endeavor, CA-7,
Culprit, Librarian, RACF, MS Office products, VISIO. Programming, technical
and business analysis, user training. Stocks, HR, Y2K, Retirement programs,
HR, Legacy conversion from IDMS to MS SQL.
March 1996 - November 1999
SDG+E(San Diego Gas and Electric)/SEMPRA, San Diego, CA, USA - Cobol II,
IDMS, IDD, ADSO, CICS, Easytrieve Plus, JCL, VSAM, IDCAMS, Syncsort, FTP,
DB2, Stored Procedures, Spufi, QMF, Omegamon, ADSC, MAPC, DMLO, OLQ,
Fileaid, Culprit, Xpediter, Endeavor, CA-7, Librarian, RACF, MS Office
products. Programming, technical and business analysis, DBA, user training.
Electric utilities, distribution, HR, pricing, invoicing, Y2K, statistics.
March 1995 - February 1996
TGSLC (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation) - Austin, TX, USA - Cobol
II, IDMS, IDMS-DC, LRF, IDD, ADSO, Easytrieve Plus, JCL, VSAM, IDCAMS,
ADSC, MAPC, DMLO, OLQ, Fileaid, Syncsort, FTP, Xpediter. Programming and
analysis. Student loan program management.
February 1993 - February 1995
Shearson Lehman/Smith Barney, New York, NY, USA - Cobol II, IDMS, IDD,
ADSO, Easytrieve Plus, JCL, VSAM, IDCAMS, ADSC, MAPC, DMLO, OLQ, Culprit,
Fileaid, Syncsort, FTP. Programming and analysis, project management.
Stocks, bonds, securities, equities, banking, HR.
February 1992 - January 1993
Metpath, Rutherford, NJ, USA - Cobol II, VSAM. Programming and analysis.
Medical laboratory testing and reporting.
January 1992 - January 1992
Shearson Lehman/Smith Barney, New York, NY, USA - Cobol II, IDMS, IDD,
ADSO, Easytrieve Plus, JCL, VSAM, ADSC, MAPC, DMLO, OLQ, Culprit, Fileaid,
Syncsort, FTP. Programming and analysis. Stocks, bonds, securities,
equities, banking, HR.
November 1991 - December 1991
NEWSWEEK Magazine - Mountain Lakes, NJ, USA - Cobol II, IDMS, IDD, ADSO,
Easytrieve Plus, JCL, VSAM, IDCAMS, ADSC, MAPC, DMLO, OLQ, Culprit,
Fileaid, Syncsort, FTP. Programming and analysis, project management.
Publishing and distribution, pricing, invoicing.
September 1990 - October 1991
AT&T - Piscataway, NJ, USA - Cobol II, IDMS, IDMS-DC, IDD, ADSO, Easytrieve
Plus, JCL, VSAM, IDCAMS, ADSC, MAPC, DMLO, OLQ, Culprit, Fileaid, Syncsort,
FTP. Programming, analysis, user training. Telecommunications company,
financial systems, pricing, invoicing.
1990 March - August 1990
Prudential, Rockaway, NJ, USA - Cobol, Microfocus COBOL, IDMS, IDMS-DC,
IDD, ADSO, Easytrieve Plus, JCL, VSAM, IDCAMS, ADSC, MAPC, DMLO, OLQ,
Culprit, Fileaid. Programming and analysis. Stocks, securities, equities
and loans.
1986 October - 1990 February
Afrox (African Oxygen), Johannesburg, South Africa - Cobol, IDMS, IDMS-DC,
LRF, IDD, ADSO, Logical Records, Easytrieve, Easytrieve Plus, JCL,
Panvalet, DBOL, Tracer, IDCAMS, VSAM, ADSC, MAPC, DMLO, OLQ, Fileaid,
Wordperfect, VISIO. Programming, analysis, user training. Gas, petroleum
and engineering, manufacturing, HR, distribution, payroll, general ledger.
1984 January - 1986 October
Wilson Rowntree, East London, South Africa - Cobol, IDMS, CICS, VSAM -
Programming, analysis, user training. Food manufacturing. General ledger,
sales, statistics, distribution, stock management, HR, payroll.
1981 July - 1984 January
Da Gama Textiles, East London, South Africa - Cobol, Cobol online, VSAM.
Programming and analysis. Textile manufacturing, general ledger, stock
management.
1981 February - 1981 July
Van Zijl and Pritchard School of Cobol, Johannesburg, South Africa -
Training in Cobol programming and system analysis.