Data System
Resume:
Christina daCosta Sebasco
Lebanon, NJ 08833
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Objective: IT professional with many years of experience in application
development using the IBM mainframe suite of products.
Specialized skills and knowledge:
Claim processing applications
Government compliance reporting
Large volume batch
IMS DB/DC with MFS
EDI
IMS/DB2 TELON subject matter expert
Agency services support using IVANS
Technical Large scale system Cobol/IMS application design and
Highlights: development, DB2, IMS DB/DC, TSO/ISPF, JCL, Syncsort, VSAM,
EDI, Zeke, Xpediter, Z/OS, OS/MVS, Utilities, IDCAMS, Procs,
Word, Excel, Visio, Fileaid MVS, Fileaid DB2, Panvalet,
Outbound, TMF, TOT, CICS/MQ, Spufi, Clists, Focus, MFS, Focus,
Datavantage
Professional Chubb & Son, A division of Federal Insurance
Experience: May 1988 to May 2010
As a Senior Programmer Analyst supporting Claims applications
(07/04 - 05/10)
Provided production lights on support to a critical online and
batch system (utilizing IMS DB, Datavantage, DB2, CICS, and
MQ) that captures and processes claim information, supports
monthly financial reporting functions, and transmits data to
both internal Chubb departments and external customers
Worked with IT and Business partners to provide accurate and
timely Workers Comp claim data to NCCI (National Council on
Compensation Insurance) and Independent bureaus
Designed, coded and tested several compliance process
enhancements (both WC and non WC) to provide more timely and
accurate regulatory data to both the State agencies and NCCI
Researched, recommended, and implemented alternative
programming approaches to reduce CPU usage and run time,
resulting in more timely delivery of regulatory reporting
data, Tools used - WINSQL, Spufi, JCL
Created test plans for unit, integration, and system testing.
Completed system test inputs
Disaster Recovery team lead
Key contributor to Claim IT efforts to support Mainframe
system upgrade(s)
Programmer/Programmer Analyst /SPA supporting Legacy claims
applications (02/90 - 06/2004)
Claims Legacy system Subject Matter Expert, solely responsible
for the support of 11 online applications and over 100 batch
jobs that provided claim data capture, catastrophe reporting
to Senior management, and EDI transmissions to State reporting
bureaus. Technologies used - IMS DB/DC, Datavantage, Fileaid,
JCL, Syncsort, Procs, Xpediter, IDCAMs, DB2, Clists, Outbound,
Panvalet
Designed, built and implemented CICS/MQ bridge processes for
claim data captured in the newer client/server claim
application, into the Legacy system
Successfully implemented Y2K changes for the upstream Claims
Legacy transactions and batch processes - systems critical to
the claims handling process
Successfully implemented several new development efforts and
system enhancements to the Legacy Claims applications -
Loss Check Processing Menu using IMS/DB2 TELON
Enhanced Catastrophe processing for more accurate claims
handling and reporting
TELECLAIM processing from TPA systems to Chubb legacy
applications
CIB (Central Index Bureau/AISG) data capture facility and EDI
batch process
Dynamic creation of Agent Letter processing using Procs
Successfully implemented a shrink wrapped WC data capture
product - WCRS - for reporting First Notice of loss
information to the State of Texas. Product was installed and
tested through to the production implementation and release
standards on an NT platform. Worked with the vendor - EDS -
and internal systems support to resolve issues encountered in
the installation, and testing cycle. Worked with the State of
Texas contact to ensure data validity and accuracy.
Education: Certification in Computer Programming from Chubb Institute,
Parsippany NJ (1988)
BS Computer Science from Kean University, Union NJ (1986)
Technical Introduction to XML
Classes Ongoing training as required on IBM Mainframe technologies
used at Chubb
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