Project Developer

BARBARA J. DISBROW

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Meriden, CT 06451 Email: ******@***.***

SUMMARY

Senior Software Developer with experience in healthcare and personal lines

insurance, consulting, retail, manufacturing and financial service

industries. Skilled at adapting to a variety of environments while

improving efficiency and quality. Recognized for timely and diplomatic

communication, relationship building skills and results orientation.

ACCESS METHODS: QSAM, VSAM and BDAM

HARDWARE: IBM OS/390 V2R10, IBM 9672(CMOS)R56, IBM 3350, IBM 3380 and

IBM POS 3680/3684

SOFTWARE: COBOL II, DB2, SQL, Assembler, IMS, CICS, JCL, SyncSort, NDM,

Streamweaver,

Endeavor, Panvalet, Smartest, CEDF, Xpeditor, Intertest, Dump

reading, UCC7, Micro

Focus (Cobol, Revolve, Mainframe Express (MFE)), Module

Coordination System (MCS),

MQSoftware Qpasa!, Online Viewer, OHC, Excel, MS Word,

PowerPoint, Easytrieve,

Visio, Brio, NetMeeting, Mercury TestDirector, HP Quality

Center, Mercury IT

Governance Center (ITG) and Project InVision Project Portfolio

Management (PPM).

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

. Decreased daily batch processing from 3 hours to 15 minutes and reduced

weekly processing time over 60% through implementation of master file

conversion, earning divisional bonus.

. Converted 12 SQL adhoc reports to DB2/COBOL program code. Tasks required

were research, analysis, design and communication: Combined JCL from some

jobs and deleted others to create a more efficient and less confusing new

process. Created or altered 6 DB2/COBOL programs. Redesigned report

resulting in improved readability and 50% savings.

. Received a total of 4 recognition rewards presented by management for

moving project from development to production.

. Recognized by manager for error-free code.

EXPERIENCE

Hartford Insurance Group, Hartford, CT 04/2008 - 10/2008

Mainframe Developer Consultant - Commercial Lines Insurance:

Development

ADM BI Delivery (Ratabase) Project:

. Applied program changes per specification.

. Performed online testing in all pre-production environments.

. Analyzed output test results (rating, narratives, forms, etc.) using

Online Viewer and OHC.

. Documented defects in HP Quality Center.

. Performed program analysis, applied code fixes and retested identified

defects.

Hartford Insurance Group, Farmington, CT 06/2007 - 12/2007

Mainframe Developer Consultant - Personal Insurance:

Development

Pap 2005 Endorsements (Excess Electronic Equipment) Project:

. Performed analysis, wrote and presented specifications and code as

well as testing on a monthly schedule for 6 state groups scheduled for

Excess Electronic Equipment production rollout.

. The project required coordination with other areas to make sure that

rate tables, endorsements, stuffers were updated prior to testing to

assure the correct results were achieved through each stage of

development.

. Testing required that all rate plans be tested for each state.

Depending on the rate plan policy type testing included: new business,

rewrite/renewals and change amends. Policies were created in Client

and tested in both the Sales Front End (SFE) and CAF . Test results

were verified via CAF inquiries and PROOF. Performed Integration

testing and defect tracking. Note: Incorporated into

the Excess Electronic Equipment testing was the testing for

Depopulation (DEPOP) of the writing companies that required similar

testing and production rollout scheduling.

Pennsylvania Introduction to Dimension 2006 Project:

. Contributed to the writing of code per specification and testing when

project demands required it.

Hartford Insurance Group, Farmington, CT 06/2006 - 05/2007

Mainframe Developer Consultant - Personal Insurance:

Development

Personal Lines Auto Self Service (PLASS) Project:

. Performed analysis, wrote specifications and code, and performed

testing for Exceed

Feedback Change Amends process. Information was retrieved from

personal lines auto mainframe

files then were fed back via MQ to the Exceed Client for database

update purposes.

. Performed Integration testing and defect tracking.

Universal Customer Front End (UCFE) Project:

. Performed analysis, wrote specifications and code, and performed

testing for AARP Print/No

Print option enhancement for current quote processing.

. Performed analysis, wrote specifications and code, and performed

testing for Temporary ID

Card (PDF format) processing for Bind and Issue functions.

Celerity IT, LLC, McLean, VA 01/2006 - 05/2006

Mainframe Developer Consultant - EDS, East Hartford, CT

EDS is a highly process driven company. Projects are conducted with teams

working together across the country communicating via phone line, Net-

meeting and email communication. Participated in all aspects of Systems

Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for Medicare government contract.

. Performed analysis, technical design, coding, unit testing and element

moves to the Endeavor environment. Each phase described went through

a team review approval process and sign off. Precise processes and

standards were strictly enforced for all. Programs were written in

Assembler and Cobol.

. Utilized Project InVision Project Portfolio Management (PPM) to

identify projects and their related tasks, record time for those

tasks, document identified project related risks and issues, and

document system installation needs for production success.

Hartford Insurance Group, Hartford, CT 06/2005 - 12/2005

Mainframe Developer Consultant - Actuarial Services Data Management (ASDM)

Development

. Performed analysis, coding, and unit testing for program enhancements per

specification, working closely with business analyst to achieve expected

results.

. Created and submitted all Production Release forms for Panvalet and

scheduling purposes.

Hartford Insurance Group, Farmington, CT 07/2003 - 04/2005

Mainframe Developer Consultant - Homeowner Strategy Personal Lines

Homeowner Strategy is a project focused on giving customers the opportunity

to customize their policies with their personal endorsement needs thereby

providing them more control over the rates they are charged.

Development

. Performed analysis, coding changes and unit testing of all programs that

would need to be identified as ISO 2000.

. Performed coding changes per specification and unit testing necessary for

problem log items.

Quality Control

Headed countrywide Agency front-end testing.

. Designed comprehensive test cases per business specification.

. Performed execution of test cases.

. Identified, documented, and followed through on all test case problems.

Problems identified included online entry and system flow errors as well

as batch processing errors.

. Performed monthly rollouts of states entering production.

CIGNA, Bloomfield, CT 10/2000 - 12/2002

Senior Software Developer - Transformation Migration

Transformation Migration was a project focused on standardizing systems by

transferring data from Legacy systems to new systems that included

improving data accessibility and processes. Participated in all aspects of

Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Was handpicked to be liaison and point person between development, systems

test and production areas. Provided support and communication to meet

environment needs for development, testing and production. Standardized

all JCL (>150 jobs and procedures) to meet CIGNA regulations. Organized

and completed Endeavor packaging through test and production environments

for all components of >150 jobs and procedures, and >120 DB2/CICS

programs. Coordinated, communicated and developed complete job schedule

(CA7) for new system.

. Selected by manager to function as Team Lead - Environment Management due

to communication skills. Requested all team TSO Ids, security access for

all data types, and ensured the readiness of

Endeavor environments for each stage of system development. Also, filled

out forms, obtained

signatures, and communicated and coordinated with other departments.

Developed COBOL II/DB2 data comparison and extract programs. Tasks

included analysis, coding, JCL, unit, systems and end-to-end testing.

. Developed and maintained Transformation Migration systems flow-chart as

it evolved from development through production. Also, created "Hit-by-a-

bus" documentation and various pre-production documents.

Production Support Team

. Transformation Migration and CAIP (Common Accumulator Interface Process)

systems. Tasks included: on-call 24/7 duties during beeper rotation,

communicating with data-center team, monitoring

jobs through systems completion, compiling and reporting daily job run

status, problem solving run-time abends (dump reading); improving job and

program run times through analysis; job scheduling; communicating with

remote systems.

. Documented procedures performed by all team members.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, North Haven, CT 01/1994 - 12/1999

Senior Developer - Enrollment and Billing

Member of >100 person team partnering with Andersen Consulting on 4-6 year

Enrollment and Billing systems redesign project. Participated in all

aspects of SDLC.

Production Support Team

Wrote specifications for, designed, developed, and documented a large

account membership data reconciliation process.

Provided developer support, created extensive job streams, and coordinated

all phases of production turnover efforts to meet date mandated federally

legislated reporting requirements (Kassebaum-Kennedy Bill).

Resolved production problems through analysis, and the implementation and

testing of program fixes.

Coordinated with the Quality Assurance area for new system releases by

ensuring company JCL standards were met, and by organizing and packaging

all program and job components through Endeavor stages to production.

Development Team

Designed, developed, and documented batch automatic termination and

cancellation process.

Wrote program specifications, coded and tested numerous data extract and

report programs including their associated job-streams.

Created adhoc reports for client using SQL queries, forms and procedures.

EDUCATION

BSN - 2002, Magna cum Laude, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

ASN - 1997, Magna cum Laude, Wilcox College of Nursing, Middletown, CT

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