System Project

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Over ** years of extensive experience in design and development of

mainframe and database programming

. Coordinated effort of five programmers as Project Leader for Field

Restructuring to modify four systems comprising over forty programs and

jobs in just two months.

. Wrote the business design specification documents for all changes, and

the technical design specification documents for the Vehicle Invoicing

systems

. Wrote all technical specifications documents for large projects:

Sprinter, Crossfire, and conversion of interfaces to SAP-required

formats.

. Proficient in COBOL, DB2, IMS, SPUFI, JCL, File-AID, SYNCSORT and

XPEDITER; supported vehicle invoicing systems using EDI for customer

reporting.

. Extensive use of JCL and job scheduling.

. Wrote database extract programs in COBOL/DB2/IMS DB/DC AND BMP'S.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

. Bachelor of Arts, Economics, University of Michigan

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Databases / Management: MS Access, DB2, Stored procedures, File-Aid,

IMS Batch and Online (IMS DB/DC), IMS Shell,

System 2000 (S2K)

Languages: CICS, JCL, COBOL-II, PL/I; Java (online class)

Operating Systems: MS-DOS

Others: PUPS 2000 Migration Processing System, ChangeMan (Change

Management Software), SYNCSORT, ConnectDirect,

Visual Basic, Visio, Timeline, Project

Management Book of Knowledge, QMF, XPEDITER,

Systems Life Cycle (SLC), CLIST's, SCRP,

STROBE, SAS, PACBASE, FOCUS, RACF, Control-M &

Control-R.

Reporting Tools: EASYTRIEVE PLUS.

Software: Lotus Notes, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, Access, and

Powerpoint

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Ford Motor Credit Company (for Millennium Software, Inc.): Mar '07 -

Present

Mainframe Programmer/Analyst

Vehicle Remarketing Systems - Used Vehicle Information Systems (UVIS)

Responsibilities:

. Gather requirements for UVIS system enhancements and modifications by

working directly with Vehicle Remarketing Systems business customers;

prepare detailed requirements and system specifications, test plans

and related documentation, using the SDM methodology

. Develop, test and implement system enhancements, and participate in

documentation and code reviews, using COBOL, DB2, SYNCSORT, File-AID,

BTQ, and JCL

. Provide on-call duty analyst support 24/7 for mainframe batch jobs on

rotation

Ford Motor Credit Company (for Millennium Software, Inc.): Mar '06 - Mar 07

Business Analyst

Wholesale & Dealer Loan Systems - Dealer Finance Project

Responsibilities:

. Develop and test conditions and scenarios for interface files in the

Dealer Finance system to ensure compliance with design specifications;

interfaces include NASA Draft, NASA In-Transit, Ford Canada Draft,

Ford Trading, Hertz Inventory, Hertz Payments, and Cendant Payments

. Create test files for specific testing conditions to support testing

in development and UAT environments using File-AID, SYNCSORT,

ConnectDirect and SAS

. Diagnose reporting and balancing issues with DF online reports and SAR

reports

. Contact field representatives at branches and dealers to handle post-

implementation incident tickets, and provide assistance, instructions,

and solutions to problems

Ford Motor Credit Company (for Millennium Software, Inc.): Aug '05 - Feb

'06

Mainframe Developer

Finance Systems

Responsibilities:

. Completion of 2005 Systems Review Control Process (SCRP)

documentation, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) part 2 and non-SOX, for seven

Finance Systems applications: General Ledger Summarization; Branch &

Centralized Checkwriting (B&CCW), FASTTAX, Kentucky U-Drive-It, 1099-

Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Accounting/GL Extract, and Profit

Analysis System (PAS)

. Completed seven enhancements to Finance Systems applications in COBOL

and JCL

. Production support duties 24/7 for two weeks every three months on

rotation with other team members

. Participated in technical reviews in support of teammates and

submitted technical designs and code to technical reviews

Ford Motor Company (for Millennium Software, Inc.) : Jul '04 - Jun '05

Mainframe Developer

CPARS/CORA Transition & Support

Responsibilities:

. Performed as Lead mainframe programmer for the launch of the Indirect

Inventory Transition, moving purchasing data from Oracle database system

to mainframe Corporate Procurement and Receiving System (CPARS), a

mainframe system using COBOL, IMS BMP, DB2, and DB2 Stored Procedures

. Created the technical design, coded, tested, and implemented the launch

on time and with no customer issues

. Compliant with all Solution Delivery Method (SDM) and Sarbanes-Oxley

requirements

. Created the technical design, coded, tested, and implemented enhancements

to production CPARS

. Participated in technical reviews in support of teammates and submitted

technical designs and code to technical reviews

Looking for employment: Sep '03 - Jul '04

DaimlerChrysler ITM: Nov '96 - Aug '03

Consultant programmer/analyst

Global Vehicle Invoicing, Sales and Marketing Process

Responsibilities:

. Coordinated effort of five programmers as Project Leader for Field

Restructuring to modify four systems comprising over forty programs and

jobs in just two months;

. Wrote the business design specification documents for all changes, and

the technical design specification documents for the GVI systems.

. Maintained daily production systems for Domestic Invoicing; Price Audit

Systems for Domestic, Canadian and Mexican markets; and Transfer Pricing

systems via modification, testing and implementation of over 1200

mainframe COBOL, DB2, CICS, IMS DB/DC AND BMP'S, and Easytrieve programs,

plus jobs, procedures, and parameters, all using the DCCS change control

system; ensured processing of daily deposit of approximately $250 million

in receipts; wrote all technical specifications documents for large

projects: Sprinter, Crossfire, and conversion of interfaces to SAP-

required formats

. Acted as liaison between Daimler Chrysler's Global Vehicle Invoicing

Systems and Daimler Chrysler de Mexico ITM, Mexico Customs, and the Union

Pacific Railroad to solve issues regarding importation of vehicles to

Mexico.

Environment: Mainframe COBOL, DB2, CICS, IMS DB/DC AND BMP'S

Ford Motor Company (for TAC Automotive Group): May '96 - Oct '96

Programming consultant

Material Planning & Logistics (MP&L)

Responsibilities:

Modified COBOL programs with embedded DB2 to eliminate redundant code,

replacing with calls to common subroutines, for the Bill of Material

systems in the Common Manufacturing Management System (CMMS)

Extensive use of JCL, SPUFI and XPEDITER; also modified MFS for IMS BMP

online screens

Environment: COBOL, DB2, JCL, SPUFI and XPEDITER

EDS: Dec '88 - May '96

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Development of new GMAC Manufacturer Billing system in all phases:

definition, analysis, business and technical design, construction, testing

and implementation; and production support for the preceding legacy system

Created programs using PACBASE, a COBOL code generator, plus associated

jobs.

Extensive use of JCL and job scheduling via Control-M; wrote all associated

development and production support documentation.

Account interface between GMAC customers in Detroit and EDS technical

support system engineers in Ohio and Texas for eight retail payments and

reporting systems including the following: Extended Report Distribution

(ERD); 1099-Miscellaneous Income Reporting; PC Cashiering; Payments

Processing Center; Flexible Finance Plan; Employee Payroll Deduction Plan;

Electrochek; Retail Payments

Provided production support, systems maintenance, and user training on the

ERD system.

Project leader for two years for annual updates to 1099-Miscellaneous

system and year-end processing.

Assisted in development of new payroll system for sale to non-GM customers

Converted customer data to new payroll system formats, wrote employee

payroll and demographic report programs in EASYTRIEVE

Wrote database extract programs in COBOL/DB2/IMS DB/DC AND BMP'S.

Served as Account Corrective Action Leader; co-authored a project to

combine jobs into one, thereby saving $2000 per month in processing charges

Computer Dynamics, Inc: Dec '87 - Jun '89

Consultant programmer

Responsibilities:

Maintained hourly employee payroll system in COBOL for Ford Motor Credit

Company

Rewrote in-force policy tracking systems in COBOL for League Insurance

Companies

Supported development of payroll systems in COBOL and EASYTRIEVE for EDS

United States Army Tank-Automotive Command: 1984 - 1987

Computer Specialist

Responsibilities:

Maintained database system for vehicle logistics support using COBOL, S2K,

and FOCUS

Designed small database for daily news reporting from major sub-command to

headquarters

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