Robert Orzel
Email: abpdst@r.postjobfree.com
Address:
City: Lindenhurst
State: NY
Zip: 11757
Country: USA
Phone: 917-***-****
Skill Level: Any
Salary Range:
Primary Skills/Experience:
Accomplished IT professional with over 30 years of IT experience committed to maintaining cutting edge technical skills and up-to-date industry knowledge.
Educational Background:
High School Dipolma from Broome Community College, Binghamton NY 1/2001 to 5/1980 (Computer Science)
Job History / Details:
Career Overview
Accomplished IT professional with over 30 years of IT experience committed to maintaining cutting edge technical skills and up-to-date industry knowledge.
Qualifications
Team building/leadership
Solid knowledge of mainframe technologies CICS, JCL, JES2, TSO, VSAM
Experience with Disaster Recovery Planning
Experience with IT Operations compliance auditing
Strong problem solving/troubleshooting skills
Document management
Proficient in mainframe and open system scheduling
Vendor relationship management
Technical Skills
Skills Experience Total Years Last Used
Mainframe operating systems Z/OS, OS/390 platforms
CICS, TSO, JES2, JCL, VSAM,
TCP/IP, SNA communication protocols
Windows under various operating systems
Document Management utilizing EMC Documentum
Project Management
Mainframe/Open System scheduling ZEKE/ZENA
CA-VIEW, CA-DELIVER
Working knowledge of COBOL
Work Experience
January 2001 to July 2012
Bank Hapoalim New York, New York
Computer Operations Supervisor
Directs and oversees the total operation of Computer Center including all three shifts
Prioritizes jobs to optimize system use and ensures that scheduled jobs are entered into system for processing
Participates in development and administration of department policies and procedures, as assigned
Researches, analyzes and presents information and recommendations to upper management regarding the configuration and acquisition of hardware, software and telecommunications equipment
Maintains mission critical document management applications including daily upgrades and responsible for all major upgrades
Analyzes operations hardware/software problems and assigns responsibilities for specific task completion and project deadlines
Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service
Confers with and recommends changes to users (i.e. programmers, analysts, or users) to identify and resolve processing problems
Responsible for ensuring that user needs and production schedules are met on all shifts
August 2000 to December 2000
TIAA CREF New York, New York
Operations Assurance Supervisor
Responsible for the supervision of the 24x7 Operations Technical Services Unit
Analyzed work flow/procedural problems and devise solutions
Communicate, coordinate and act as Production Processing Liaison with other within and external to the Production Processing Division with regards to problem resolution and major Corporate projects.
Responsible for managing the escalation process through problem resolution
Analyze and access effect on production environment of parallel costs and implementation of modifications/additions to system applications relating to operations software products and operations technical and resource issues
Planned, coordinated and oversaw unit training for Operations Technical staff as well as recommend level of training for staff outside the unit
Communicate with upper management on all project status's, staff progress and production status
Responsible for the level of quality assurance for workload management, JCL/PROCS/PARMS and all libraries
Developed the framework for trend analysis within the Problem/Change management project
Responsible for maintaining all distributed platform applications running under various PC operating systems including VSS, Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Peregrine and others
April 1999 to August 2000
Mobius Management Systems Rye, New York
Technical Support Lead
Provide technical support for customers who use a multitude of Mobius applications for data archival and retrieval. These applications must be able to support platforms including desktop, server and mainframes
Responsible for 24 hour on call service during the week and weekends for technical support of customers
Ability to recreate customers platform in a test environment to troubleshoot customers problems or errors
Working knowledge of MVS JCL, utilities, TSO, VSAM and communication protocols such as TCP/IP and SNA
Responsible for supporting all Client/Server PC applications running on Windows 95, 98 and NT
Assisted in supervision of 5 Customer Support Reps
March 1995 to April 1999
American Asset Recovery Syosset, New York
Customer Service Manager
Supervised staff of four customer service representatives
Responsible for generating new customers
Utilizing interactive computer software, install, maintain and update all company software applications including Windows 95/98
Viewed and appraised commercial furniture and computer equipment for purchase
August 1992 to February 1995
The Press Club Binghamton, New York
Owner/Proprietor
Responsible for the day to day operations in managing a restaurant
Ordering of all inventory and stock
Keeping of accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll
Conducted personnel evaluations and responsible for hiring staff
August 1986 to May 1992
Nova Data Systems Port Washington, New York
Director of Operations
Supervised staff of fourteen employees consisting of programmers, technicians and customer service representatives
Acted as medical consultant liaison to medical practitioners
Responsible for all system configurations proposed to perspective clients
Monitored all ordering of computers and peripherals
Conducted personnel evaluations and responsible for hiring new staff
Actively involved in system design and ongoing modifications to software as mandated by insurance companies
Mainly responsible for converting Nova's proprietary software from Data General Cobol to run primarily on windows utilizing Novell for multi user
June 1980 to August 1986
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Binghamton, New York
Senior Programmer Analyst
Supervised over entry level programmers and analysts
Involved in project and software planning
Design, analyze and implement new and existing financial systems
Modified existing code to fulfill users requests
Utilized IBM PC's and various windows software applications
Prepare formal program documentation detailing component programs, their functions and interfaces
September 1979 to February 1980
International Business Machines Binghamton, New York
Computer Operator
Operate IBM 370/168 and 3033 mainframe and control digital computer equipment with a console device and/or auxiliary control panel
Prepare computer for program processing
Print and distribute computer generated output
Education and Training
Broome Community College Binghamton, New York
Associate of Science Computer Science