MICHAEL H. ROBINSON

623-***-**** - Cell Phone 801-***-****

abland@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GUEST TEACHER

INVISION HR - August 2010 to Present

With an Education Certification from the State of Arizona, this job

involves: teaching elementary and

Middle school (K-12); conducting advanced gifted student classes; working

in a dynamic environment;

carrying out lessons; having a high level of knowledge in all subjects;

using excellent communication skills; addressing various learning styles;

implementation of strategies; using ethical judgment; establishing and

maintaining order in the classroom; using time wisely; following school

policies; and, working well with staff and students. The primary areas of

instruction involve math, reading, English, science, the arts, and special

education.

GUEST TEACHER

FOWLER SCHOOL DISTRICT - February 2009 to August 2010

This position entailed teaching elementary and middle school classes (K-8).

PROGRAMMER ANALYST

COVENTRY HEALTH CARE - July 1998 to December 2008

As the lead programmer analyst for, "The Dental Claim Adjudication System",

I: maintained logic for the

multi-million dollar claim payment system; enhanced/created 100 on-

line/batch applications; used COBOL and embedded SQL logic on an Oracle

platform; relational data bases, applied SDLC concepts in projects; did

quality assurance testing; worked with testing and business analysts staff;

used TOAD (Tool for Oracle Application Developers), used MS software;

converted the system to Y2K logic; and, provided 24/7 on-call support.

During my 10 years: system efficiency was improved by more than 50%; logic

enhancements simplified the adjudication.

PROGRAMMER ANALYST

AMERICAN STORES - January 1997 to July 1998

For this warehousing system, I: wrote new and modified existing batch

programs within an IBM environment; used COBOL II and JCL (via TSO);

worked in teams to develop logic for price scanning equipment

(revolutionized grocery store inventory, saving millions of dollars);

updated the logic to handle Y2K; and, provided 24/7 on-call.

PROGRAMMER ANALYST

ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS - June 1996 to January 1997

At EDS, I supported "Smith's" food chain, which entailed: analyzing system

needs; trouble-shooting application anomalies; implementing programming

enhancements; developing new batch code; modifying/creating JCL to control

processing within a VSAM CICS environment (TSO editor), and, providing 24/7

on-call.

PROGRAMMER ANALYST

SAFECO - August 1989 to May 1996

For SafeCo insurance company, as the programmer analyst for the Human

Resources system and

assistant Payroll application analyst, I: created the first adhoc

management information system with MS ACCESS, giving the Human Resources

instant data access and reporting abilities; maintained hundreds of

batch/on-line

programs; developed a dynamic JCL generation concept, eliminating the need

for a programmer to do the work manually; made Payroll system enhancements

to comply with the government requirements; performed system analysis,

design, coding, maintenance and implementation of DLI DB systems on an IBM

mainframe (3090X series); did PC work; held regular meetings with customers

to coordinate projects; created JCL; worked with IMS/DLI COBOL (ISPF &

TSO); created all the documentation for the HR system; and, provided 24/7

on-call support.

PROGRAMMER ANALYST

COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION - October 1987 to August 1989

This position involved the creation of a new system to track toxic waste

clean-up for "The

Environmental Protection Agency's" super-fund. It involved working with

government clients, analyzing data, designing/testing code, and creating a

NATURAL database system. I wrote more than 100 batch and on-line programs

(in NATURAL and SAS) for this multi-million dollar system. Additionally, I

assisted the technical controls

staff in maintaining and trouble shooting machine communications issues.

SENIOR FACULTY ASSISTANT

DeVry INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - April 1986 to October 1987

This job involved assisting professors with class administration, and

mentoring students about programming. It also involved working in the

computer lab, where I ran an IBM system 36 computer for the school . There

were

also various control room functions to do. I also wrote a spread-sheet to

track grades.

SENIOR COMPUTER OPERATOR/SUPERVISOR

U.S. AIR FORCE - January 1979 to April 1985

With 10 years of service in the Air Force, I scheduled operator work loads,

weekly shift assignments, computer usage, and supervised 9 operators at one

of the main data centers in the country. I was responsible for computer

operations training, setting operational schedules, and operating 5

mainframes simultaneously. At that time, those were top of the line

machines, which included a: CDC6600; CDC 730; CRAY-1; and, an IBM 3031.

That high-tech assignment

was at Kirtland AFB, in New Mexico. We did weapons development and

research for President Regan's famous "Star Wars" project, which laid the

foundation for today's laser system technology. A second assignment was in

The Republic of Panama. That was a joint services assignment where we did

Top Secret work in association with "Central America" issues. I operated

Honeywell Level 6 computers and the communications equipment for a

worldwide network (the prelude to today's internet). I also was the

assistant computer security specialist.

SPORTS EDITOR, STAFF WRITER, RADIO HOST

U.S. AIR FORCE - May 1975 to December 1978

As a writer/reporter for a weekly newspaper, I: secured news; wrote

features; and, provided photographic coverage. In addition to writing

regular news stories, I was the Sports Editor. The job entailed

researching news events and collecting accurate details, conducted

interviews, writing, editing, and designing page layouts for the press.

Monday through Friday, I served as a news announcer at the base radio

station for the "News at Noon." On Saturday, I hosted an interview radio

program of important base officials.

WORK SKILLS

- Write/maintain numerous on-line/batch COBOL/SQL claims processing

programs.

- Lead Programmer for the adjudication process of the Dental claims

payment

application within a Unisys/Oracle environment.

- Perform software coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and

installation tasks for on-line

and batch processes in accordance with industry practices and specific

internal procedures.

- Contribute to development and direction of task identification, work

effort

estimates, and work schedules for development and maintenance activities.

- Participate in and direct problem definition and problem resolution

activities.

- Responsible for complex implementations in a large mainframe and client

server environment.

- Participate in and direct the analysis and definition of efficient, cost

effective application

solutions which support client business processes and functional

requirements.

- Used critical thinking and analysis to meet facilitation of objectives,

employed verbal

and written communications, along with interpersonal relationships in a

team oriented

environment (e.g.: partnering, conflict management, consulting, etc).

- Coordinate with internal departments to provide associated deliverables

required for the

successful completion of development and maintenance assignments (e.g.

database development,

job scheduling, network support, help desk orientation, client

implementation readiness, etc.)

Conduct client interviews in order to perform analysis of client business

processes and functional

requirements and preparation of appropriate documentation.

- Performed on-call duties, trouble shooting, and interacted with customer

base.

- Set up test cases, did quality assurance testing to produce desired

results.

- Corrected maintenance issues.

- Compile and write documentation, and made internal comments.

- Relational database concepts.

EDUCATION / IT BACKGROUND

DEGREE

Bachelor Of Science in Computer Information Systems (accounting minor).

October 1987.

DeVry Institute of Technology, Phoenix, Az. GPA 3.69/4.0, Presidential

Honor Society.

LANGUAGES

COBOL II, OS/JCL, MS ACCESS2.0, DYL280, NATURAL (2.1), EASYTRIEVE

CLISTS, SAS, ROSCOE (editor), TSO(editor), TOAD, Xpediter, EXCEED, Ultra-

Edit,

SQL, MUMPS, CACHE / IDX, Kronos, Remedy, File-AID, MS OFFICE, MS WORD,

EXCELL, Exceed, Ultra-Edit, TSO, File-Aide, Expediter, Abend-aid

HARDWARE

IBM309X Series, CRAY-1, IBM 3033-NB, Various PCs, UNISYS,

IBM 3081-32MB, IBM 370/158-3, HONEYWELL 6000, CDC-730

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