Manager Software

Jerry J. Beckwith *** Bethel Rd.Collinsville, IL. 62234

618-***-****

Email: *****.********@*****.***

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Career Objective:

I seek an aggressive company to challenge and further my technical

skills within the IBM system software and application support areas.

This would include IBM MVS and z/OS system software and most third party

software associated with MVS and z/OS.

Professional Profile:

30 years of experience in IT that includes Business Systems Analyst,

Senior Technical Development Consultant, Application Software Development

Manager, System Software Manager, HOGAN UMBRELLA support, Capacity and

Performance Management, Storage Management, Data Security and Contingency

Planning.

Areas of Expertise:

. IBM operating system software and related products.

. Z/OS and MVS third party software.

. Problem determination and resolution.

. Business needs assessment with technical solutions.

. Application programming support and training.

. Capacity and performance management.

. Contingency planning.

. Software Development Life Cycle.

Professional Experience:

Net Effects Chesterfield Mo. 63017

Position:

Consultant for MasterCard WorldWide (8/31/2009 to 4/30/2010)

Responsibilities:

. Support all aspects of ACI PAYMENTS MANAGER software.

. Create and maintain complex dynamic and COBOL SQL for DB2 V9.

. Maintain code modification levels via ENDEVOR.

. Verify job schedules and status via IBM OPC.

. Develop and maintain COBOL programs with embedded SQL.

. Debug complex application code issues and abends.

. Diagnose and validate DB2 table issues with QMF for WINDOWS.

. Validate and update UNIX JAVA code via OMVS.

. Create and maintain DB2 utilities to manage over 200 tables with up to

399 partitions each.

. Execute and maintain contingency test plans.

. Tune vendor supplied software reducing monthly CPU usage by 700 hours.

First Data Resources Maryland Heights, Mo. 63043

Position:

Business Systems Architect (4/2003 to 8/2009).

Responsibilities:

. Perform analysis on complex business requirements.

. Present and document technical solutions.

. Implement and support agreed upon solutions.

. Support 200 plus application programmers with complex application issues

to ensure client service level agreements are achieved.

. Provide daily incident reports and corrective plans to senior management

for all applications.

. Monitor application capacity and performance and provide technical

solutions where needed.

. Debug complex application issues for over 30 core applications including

Batch, CICS, DB2 and a vast number of z/OS third party software products.

. Provide "Best Practices" reviews to application programmers.

. Available for 24 x 7 technical support for application programmers,

computer operations and systems support.

. Manage application teams when assigned, due to manager absence.

Key accomplishments:

. Design and implement 24 x 7 CICS online availability to critical

applications.

. Lead analyst for DATA SANITIZATION project that protected customer

sensitive data when presented to the end users. This encompassed 300+

million credit card holders and 500+ million merchants.

. Provide dump analysis and problem determination training to application

programmers.

. Removed over 700 tape mounts and reduced CPU consumption by 30 hours each

month.

Position:

Senior Technical Development Consultant (5/1999 to 4/2003)

Responsibilities:

This position has the same responsibilities as the Business Systems

Analyst position excluding the business requirements analysis and

solutions.

Position:

Application Manager (5/1996 to 5/1999)

Responsibilities:

. Manage an application team of 15 responsible for 12 core applications

using command and macro level COBOL, High Level Assembler, MQ, DB2, and

SAS in Batch and CICS environments.

. Manage project and incident workloads for the team.

. Provide senior management project and workload reports.

. Communicate incident management and resolution to management.

. Perform semi annual evaluations for each team member and recommend

promotions or corrective actions.

. Provide on going career development plans for each team member.

Position:

Software Development Manager (4/1995 to 5/1996)

Responsibilities:

This position has the same responsibilities as the Application

Manager position with ownership of fewer applications.

Credit Systems Inc. St. Louis, Mo. 63103

(Acquired by First Data Resources in 1994)

Position:

Manager of Technical Systems (4/1988 to 4/1995)

Responsibilities:

. Manage three system software programmers, two data security

administrators, one capacity and performance manager, and one contingency

planner.

. Maintain a $1,500,000 budget.

. Evaluate and recommend new hardware and software as needed.

. Analyze capacity and performance data and recommend the appropriate

solution to senior management.

. Support 280 application programmers with complex application issues.

Key Accomplishments:

. Created, implemented and successfully tested a business continuity plan

within 12 months, which included two successful parallel tests with

client input and output.

. Successfully Migrated 280 application programmers from ROSCOE to TSO.

. Upgraded operating system software and all third party software from

MVS/SP to MVS/XA in 4 months.

Position:

Senior Systems Programmer (4/1987 to 4/1988)

Responsibilities:

. Install and maintain MVS/XA, CICS, VTAM, NCP and a vast number of MVS

third party software packages.

First Federal Savings and Loan Phoenix, AZ.

Positions:

Systems programmer III (9/1985 to 4/1987)

Systems programmer II (3/1984 to 9/1985)

Operations analyst (5/1983 to 3/1984)

JCL setup specialist (9/1982 to 5/1983)

Responsibilities:

. Install and maintain MVS, OS/VS1, VM, CICS, VTAM, NCP, CPCS, BASE24 and a

vast number of MVS third party software packages.

. Install and support HOGAN UMBRELLA DDA/TDA system.

Key Accomplishments:

. Install and convert in house DDA/TDA system to HOGAN UMBRELLA system.

. Install and configure BASE24 to drive bank owned ATM's.

. Update and standardize all JCL.

. Create CA7 scheduling environment and automate daily cycle.

. Create and maintain Computer operations and production control

documentation and procedures.

. Train computer operators and production control personnel.

City of Peoria Peoria, AZ.

Position:

Police Officer I (6/1980 to 9/1982)

American Express Phoenix, Az.

Positions: (8/1977 to 6/1980)

Production Coordinator

Data coordinator I and II

Tape Librarian

Tab machine operator

Operating systems & Software used and maintained:

z/OS, MVS/ESA, MVS/XA, MVS/SP, VM/SP (HPO), OS/VS1, CICS, BTAM, VTAM,

NCP, CPCS, HOGAN UMBRELLA, CDMF/PEM, MQ SERIES, ENDEVOR, INFOSYS, BDAM,

VSAM, ISAM, RJE, NJE, SDLC, STROBE, iSTROBE, QMF for WINDOWS, CA1, CA7,

CA11, TOP SECRET, ACF2, FILE-AID, ABENDAID, XPEDITER, INTERTEST, EARL,

RACF, BASE24, CONECT:DIRECT, CYBERFUSION, SYSVIEW, LIBRARIAN, PANVELET,

CA UNICENTER AND MOST COMMON SOFTWARE PRODUCTS USED IN AN MVS OR Z/OS

ENVIRONMENT.

Languages used:

HLASM, COBOL, SCI, SQL, DYL280, EASYTRIEVE, SAS, REXX.

Education:

Trevor Browne High School, Phoenix, Az. Graduated.

Rio Salado Community College, Glendale, Az. Police officer

certification.

Glendale Community College, Glendale, Az. Data processing Major.

Salary history and references available upon request.

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