Insurance Maintenance
Resume:
James Randolph
Columbus, Ohio
United States Army Veteran
abmcs1@r.postjobfree.com
Summary
. Senior Mainframe Programmer/Analyst with over ten years of dedicated
experience focusing his expertise in the areas of COBOL, VSAM, JCL, File-
Aid, TSO, Changeman, Xpediter, CICS, SDLC and DB2 within a IBM 390
Mainframe and IBM z/OS Mainframe environment .
. Has over 11 years of experience working in the Insurance Industry.
. Served as an effective liaison managing and training the staff on the PMS
(Policy Management Systems) for the project enhancements and the support
of the PMS software packages.
. Has articulate communication, time management, organizational and
analytical skills which have aided in his overall success of his Senior
Mainframe/Lead positions.
. He works well independently or within a team environment with minimal
supervision.
Skills
Software Languages: COBOL, COBOL II, CICS, JCL, Microfocus COBOL
Hardware: IBM 370/3090, IBM PCs
Operating Systems: MVS/ESA, OS/370, 0S/390, z/OS, WINDOWS 98,
WINDOWS 2000,
Tools: FILE-AID, TSO/ISPF, XPEDITER, CLIST, SPUFI, AL3-ACCORD, QUALITY
CENTER. QMF, OUTLOOK, CHANGEMAN, LIBRARIAN, ROSCOE,
ZEKE SCHEDULER, XML, LOTUS NOTES, VISIO
Databases: DB2, GTAM, VSAM
Education
. Associate of Science, Columbus State Community College
Licenses & Certificates
. Data Processing Certificate
. Universal Billing System Technical Education Class
. CICS Command Level
. Advanced CICS/ESA Command Level
. CICS Debugging
Experience
CDI Corp / IBM/Duke Energy, Cincinnati, Ohio
May 2008 to Mar 2009
Senior Applications Programmer
Responsibilities
. Creating a Sale of Bankruptcy Accounts Receivable Report program of
accounts being sold and sent for distribution.
. Gas Meter Change Project - expanding the gas field from six bytes to nine
bytes in all programs, copybooks, and DB2 tables.
. Energy Efficiency project - expanding the EE-SAW fields from 4 fields to
10 fields in all programs, copybooks, DB2 tables.
. FRE Location project enhancing all programs, copybooks, and DB2 tables
(which includes modifying six control break report listings to include a
new Location field) to ensure Tax Department has the information needed
to comply with certain requirements per state regulations
. Creating Design Documents
. Participation in team Design reviews.
. Performing the SDLC functionality - Analysis, Design, Development,
Implementation, Operation and Support of Duke Energy Applications with
IBM Developers Team in the IBM z/OS Mainframe, IBM 390 Mainframe
environments using all projects.
Environments: COBOL, CICS, TSO, JCL, VSAM, FILE-AID, TSO, XPEDITER,IBM
370/3090, IBM z/OS, DB2, OUTLOOK, POWER POINT, ROSCOE
Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio
Dec 2006 to Jun 2007
Senior Applications Developer/Pos Portal Project
Responsibilities
. As a Senior Application Developer, my responsibility was to create a
program that will create a XML file used in the ordering of equipment
used in POS Portal.
. The XML file will be sent to a POS Portal team located in California
which would automated the ordering of per phial, printers, and cables.
. In additions my responsibility including maintaining two XML response
files, FTP XML files to POS Portal team in California, which would update
DB2 tables on their end, maintaining the Fifth Third Bank Billing System.
Performing the SDLC functionality - Analysis, Design, Development,
Implementation, Operation and Support of Fifth Third Applications with
Developer Team in the IBM z/OS Mainframe, IBM 390 Mainframe environments
using all projects.
Environments: COBOL, CICS, TSO, JCL, VSAM, FILE-AID, TSO, XPEDITER,IBM
DEBUG, XML FORMATOR, QUALITY CENTER-TEST DIRECTOR,IBM 370/3090, IBM
z/OS,DB2, FTP, LOTUS NOTES, VISIO, Billing System
Nationwide Insurance, Columbus, Ohio
Aug 2005 to Oct 2006
Information Developer
Responsibilities
. Created reports for the Quality Assurance Teams.
. Uploading Agent applications using AL3- Accord, COBOL, DB2, and JCL into
the Mainframe environment. Fixing defects report to Quality Center.
Maintenance of the Billing Systems.
. Provided daily on-call support. 90% Batch, 10% CICS.
Environments: COBOL, CICS, TSO, JCL, VSAM, FILE-AID, TSO, XPEDITER,
CHANGEMAN, IBM DEBUG, QUALITY CENTER-TEST DIRECTOR,IBM 370/3090, DB2, AL3-
ACCORD, LOTUS NOTES, VISIO
Florida Farm Bureau Insurance, Gainesville, Florida
Apr 2005 to Jul 2005
Systems Analyst
Responsibilities
. A System Analyst for a Property/Casualty Insurance corporation, Create
Detail Claims Report listing check amounts, payee, and check number for
the Claims Department.
. Created a report listing all MVRS, Clue Autos, Clue Properties, and NCFS
ordered/received from ChoicePoint using DB2 for the Accounting
Department.
. Was involved in creating a Commercial Lines Report listing all drivers
who have violation points > 6 in addition to listing all major violations
120 days before renewal.
. Created Participant codes and Keylines for outgoing Declaration pages
according to the USPS Publications 8 booklet. Create two new fields for
the Online Utility Screen.
. In addition I was responsible for the Test Cycle Region, maintenance of
the Billing Systems, COBOL batch maintenance, Unit Testing, System
testing, and debugging using Time Sharing Option (TSO/ISPF), XPEDITER,
JCL, Policy Management System (PMS), VSAM, IDCAMS, File Master,
ChangeMan, Document Direct and File-Aid, System Analysis and SDLC
Development life cycle. 90% Batch, 10% CICS
Environments: Microfocus COBOL, CICS, TSO, JCL, VSAM, FILE-AID, TSO,
XPEDITER, IBM 370/3090, IBM z/OS, DB2
Covansys/GMAC Insurance, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Sep 2003 to Mar 2005
Senior Programmer
Responsibilities
. As a senior Consultant for a Property/Casualty Insurance corporation, I
was involved in an effort to enhance and support the PMS software
package.
. As a part of this effort- this individual applied daily on call support.
. Onshore coordinator for offshore assignments, DMV Submission coordinator,
Print Cycle coordinator, Polk Update coordinator, System Test
coordinator, GTAM Updates coordinator, DOS Disk coordinator, Rate-file
submission coordinator. I provided daily on-call support.
. Responsible for the maintenance of the Billing Systems, COBOL batch
maintenance, unit testing, system testing, and debugging using Time
Sharing Option (TSO/ISPF), XPEDITER, JCL, Policy Management System
(PMS), VSAM, IDCAMS, File Master, Change Man, Document Direct and File-
Aid, System Analysis and Programming Development life cycle 80% Batch,
20% CICS.
Environments: COBOL, CICS, TSO, JCL, VSAM, FILE-AID, TSO, XPEDITER, PMSC,
CHANGEMAN, IBM DEBUG, AL3- ACCORD, TEST DIRECTOR, IBM 370/3090, ROSCOE,
GTAM, LOTUS NOTES
Computer Horizons Corporation / Westfield, Insurance Independence, Ohio
July 2003 to Aug 2003
Senior Programmer/ Analyst
Responsibilities
. As a senior programmer/analyst for a Property/Casualty Insurance
corporation,
. Was responsible for COBOL batch maintenance, creation of new batch
programs, unit testing and debugging using Time Sharing Option
(TSO/ISPF), XPEDITER, JCL, Universal Billing System, Policy Management
System (PMS), VSAM, IDCAMS, File Master, and File-Aid, System analysis
and Programming Development life cycle. 100% Batch.
Environments: COBOL, TSO, JCL, VSAM, FILE-AID, TSO, XPEDITER, CHANGEMAN,
AL3- ACCORD, TEST DIRECTOR, PMSC, IBM 370/3090, ROSCOE, GTAM, LIBRARIAN,
ZEKE SCHEDULER
Grange Insurance, Columbus, Ohio
Nov 1997 to Dec 2002
Applications Programmer/ Analyst
Responsibilities
. As a applications programmer/analyst for a Property/Casualty Insurance
corporation, CICS online maintenance, Universal Billing System
maintenance the creation of new online screens, COBOL batch maintenance,
creation of new batch programs, unit testing, system testing, and
debugging using Condor, Time Sharing Option (TSO/ISPF), XPEDITER, JCL,
Policy Management System (PMS), VSAM, IDCAMS, and File-Aid: 75 to 100 or
more projects were assigned to me yearly. 10% Batch, 90% CICS.
Environments: COBOL, CICS, TSO, JCL, VSAM, FILE-AID, TSO, XPEDITER, AL3-
ACCORD, IBM 370/3090, GTAM, LIBRARIAN, PMSC
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