Developer Software
Resume:
GATHARA THUMBI
Milton, GA 30004
770-***-**** (C)
678-***-****(H)
*******@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Experienced Passport Developer/MicroFocus Cobol/Mainframe Programmer/QA
Tester with more than twenty five years of programming/testing experience.
Solid background in creating effective software solutions and mentoring
other less seasoned software professionals.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
20+ years mainframe application experience.
7+ years of Mainframe QA Testing
5+ years MicroFocus Cobol experience.
10+ years COBOL/COBOLII experience
5+ years DB2 experience
15+ years MVS JCL
20+ years of TSO/ISPF experience
5+ years of Unix(Vi) and Shell Scripts
Experience with Expediter and Fileaid
Experience with Spufi.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT (FPL), INC,. JUNO BEACH, FL 10/2007 - 07/2010.
Production Passport Support/Developer(Consultant)
Working in Supporting the Passport Software that is required for the
maintenance of the Work Control Function of the Nuclear Power Plants in
Turkey Point and Port Saint Lucie in Florida and the other FPL sites using
Passport. Production Data Modifications (PDMs) involve creating SPUFI
software for Data Changes . Software development uses Cobol and DB2
databases and download to Microsoft Access 97 databases used by WC teams.
Environment: Cobol/DB2, MS Access 97.
PEARSON EDUCATION INC,. IOWA CITY, IA 04/2007 - 10/2007
QA Developer/Tester(Consultant)
Worked for this Education Testing Company developing the Testing tools for
the Schools in different states and subject matters. Software development
uses EXCEL and Proprietary Scripting for testing.
Environment: Excel, Scripts.
PRINCETON RETIREMENT GROUP(PRG), INC,. ATLANTA, GA 01/2007 - 03/2007
MicroFocus Cobol Developer(Consultant)
Worked for this Merrill Lynch subsidiary for their SUNGUARD release 5.6
system upgrade and Online Capability interface. Software development uses
MicroFocus Cobol with UNIX Vi and Unix Scripting for testing.
Environment: Microfocus Cobol, Unix Scripts(vi).
WILLIAM CARTER'S GROUP, INC,. Griffin, GA 10/2006 - 11/2006
MicroFocus Cobol Developer(Consultant)
Worked for the William Carter's Group, Inc, in Griffin for their
OshKosh/BGosh integration for the order processing systems. Software
development uses JAD methodology in MicroFocus Cobol and Net Express 4.0
with imbedded Oracle 9.2 SQL. Testing was done using TOAD on a HP/Unix
platform with an EDI interface.
Environment: Microfocus Cobol, Oracle, PL/SQL, DB2, Unix Scripts(vi).
PERSONIX, INC, Indianapolis, IN, 07/2006 - 09/2006
MicroFocus Cobol Developer(Consultant)
Worked for the Personix, Inc, to create a MasterCard/Visa interface for the
support of transactions between United HealthCare Group Inc (UHG) and the
Financial Data Management (FDM). This was be the first software to provide
integration of financial data and healthcare data. Software development was
in MicroFocus Cobol and Net Express 4.0 with an imbedded Oracle 9.2 SQL.
Testing was done on a HP/Unix platform. DB2 SQL was also tested for the
Mainframe back-end. My duties included extracting personal data from UHG
and creating financial data for Visa/MC processing. A Full System
Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process was used.
Environment: Microfocus Cobol, Oracle, PL/SQL, DB2, Unix Scripts(vi).
PNM RESOURCES, INC, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 04/2006 - 06/2006
MicroFocus Cobol Developer(Consultant)
Completed work for the largest Provider of Electricity and Gas for the
States of New Mexico and Texas to create an accounting interface for the
support of transactions between PeopleSoft and Indus Passport platforms.
Software development uses JAD methodology in MicroFocus Cobol and Net
Express 4.0 with an imbedded Oracle 9.2 SQL. Testing is done on a HP/Unix
platform. My duties included completing several accounting data
reconciliation processes from creating work orders, issuing the invoices
and processing checks. Providing users with the correct accounting data was
critical. Created a Vendor update and address change reconciliation. Used a
Full System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process.
Environment: Microfocus Cobol, Oracle, PL/SQL, Unix Scripts(vi), Passport
WM tools.
THOMPSON WEST LEGAL PUBLISHERS, INC, EAGAN, MN 01/2006 - 03/2006
Production Software Support Lead(Consultant)
Worked for a Legal Journal Publishing Company with the responsibility of
getting quick response to software defects that cause incorrect publishing
scenarios.
My duties included but were not limited to being the on-site coordinator
leading an offshore team of software technical resources. Ability to
effectively communicate with users and the support team members was
essential. PVCS was used for change management and migration from
development to production. Testing was usually running JCL instream or
PROCS.
Quick and precise problem tracking and resolution was neccesary.
Environment: PL/1, ADABAS NATURAL, PL/SQL, JCL, PVCS.
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES, Atlanta, GA 12/2000 - 12/2005
Software Engineer
Worked as a Team Leader to resolve software issues involving several
mainframe skill sets. Most testing was JCL oriented but also used Web front-
end testing tools from Mercury Interactive such as Test Director, Winrunner
and Loadrunner and PL/SQL for Oracle/Peoplesoft/DB2 back-end databases.
System and End-to-End levels. This included the Software Test Design,
Software Test Plan and Test Execution. Having good oral and written skills
allowed me to effective contribute to the team. SDLC process was used. My
duties included:
Collaborating with customers and other team members to gather information
necessary to resolve customers problems.
Duplicating customers problems and environment.
Creating solutions tailored to each customer request and environment.
Delivering customized solutions to all customers at each environment.
Environment: MAINFRAME ZOS, PL/1, COBOL, CICS, DB2, ORACLE, IMS, IDMS,
ENDEAVOR and FILEAID
TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, Inc., Piscataway, NJ 11/1998 - 11/2000
MAINFRAME QA Tester (Lead Consultant)
Worked in a Lead Consulting position for the SMS/800 project for their 8XX
numbers exhaust effort. This was an enhancement for the toll-free phone
service. This was an IMS DB/DC-based system in PL/1.My duties included:
Leading the efforts of gathering input from requirements, User-Centered
Design UCD) and Development Groups and creating Test Plans based on their
input.
Creating the test teams based on functionality.
Running the test cases and verifying the results.
Using UNIX-based in-house testing tools (MYNAH and PASTEL).
PVCS was used for change management and migration from development to
production. Running end to end testing using JCL and PROCS.
Environment: IMS DB/DC, PL/1, Unix scripts, Analysis, writing and
executing test cases, documentation.
PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY 05/1997 - 11/1998
Analyst/Developer/Tester(Consultant)
Worked as a Consultant for Y2K effort in their Customer Record System. This
was a Cobol/2-based system in an IDMS/IDD environment. My duties included:
Using analyzing tools to isolate data fields with year as one of the
fields. Manipulating these fields to accomplish the Year 2000 processing
without expansion. Testing using JCL and PROCS. Achieving Year 2000
compliant data.
Environment: Mainframe Cobol/2, Microfocus Cobol, IDMS/IDD.
TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, Inc., Piscataway, NJ 04/1995 - 04/1997
MAINFRAME QA Tester (Consultant)
Worked in a Consulting position for the SMS/800 project for their 8XX
numbers exhaust effort. This was an enhancement for the toll-free phone
service. This was an IMS DB/DC-based system in PL/1.My duties included:
Gathering input from requirements, User-Centered Design (UCD) and
Development Groups and creating Test Plans based on their input.
Running the test cases and verifying the results.
Using UNIX-based in-house testing tools (MYNAH and PASTEL).
PVCS was used for change management and migration from development to
production.
Running end to end testing using JCL and PROCS.
Environment: IMS DB/DC, PL/1, Unix scripts, Analysis, writing and
executing test cases, documentation.
HOME INSURANCE Company, Allentown, PA 04/1992 - 04/1995
Analyst/Developer/Tester(Consultant)
Worked as a Programmer/Analyst in ORACLE-based platform, developing
MicroFocus Cobol software to serve as the front-end to the Customer Order
Processing system. Responsibilities included programming, testing and
debugging code which was done on an Intelligent Work Station in an OS/2
environment as the client and an IBM 3090 mainframe as the server. Testing
was done using OS/2 Database Manager for SQL tables and SQL was imbedded in
MicroFocus Cobol code.
BETHLEHEM STEEL, Allentown, PA 01/1990 - 04/1992
Analyst/Developer/Tester(Consultant)
Worked for this Consulting Company as a Programmer/Analyst developing
MicroFocus Cobol software with imbedded PL/SQL to serve as the front-end to
the Customer Order Processing system. This was done on a HP/Unix platform
using Indus Passport Work Management tools. Full System Development Life
Cycle (SDLC) process was used.
AT&T INC. Piscataway, NJ 06/1982 - 12/1989
Worked for AT&T as a Programmer/Analyst on the Management Reports Budgets
and Tracking Systems in an MVS PL/1 and VSAM based and later on an IDMS
ADS/O platform. Was a part of one of the first TERADATA projects.
PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Roseland, NJ 02/1981 - 06/1982
My career began at Prudential in the Group Financial Systems. It was a
Cobol project with QSAM files.
EDUCATION
New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
Bachelor of Art in Mathematics with Computer Science, cum laude.
Minors in Physics
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