Software Developer Engineer

STEVEN F. FRANN

**** ******** ***, ***. ***

Alexandria, VA 22303

603-***-**** (mobile)

******.*****@*****.***

Summary:

Enthusiastic, logical and detail-oriented software developer with over 30 years of IT experience. I have worked in the pharmaceutical, public safety and public sector (state and federal government) arenas. Technologies include Micro Focus Cobol, GTSoftware netCobol, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, 2010 and 2012, SQLServer 2005 and 2008, Oracle embedded SQL, Oracle RdB embedded SQL, Sun UNIX, Linux, Microsoft Windows and OpenVMS VAX and Alpha COBOL, Beginner-level C#.net.

Professional Experience:

Information Delivery Systems on-site at the Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC

March 30, 2016 – present

Senior Software Developer

OpenVMS COBOL developer supporting a legacy procurement application. I do analysis and make recommendations for a plan of action to meet changing user needs. I then implement that plan and make the necessary program changes. I also code modifications to meet regulatory requirements. I serve as backup database administrator for the RdB database. Technical environment: OpenVMS 8.3, COBOL, CMS, MMS, DECForms, embedded Oracle RdB sql.

Prime Therapeutics, Eagan, MN

October 19, 2015 – March 11, 2016

Contract programmer

Soup to nuts COBOL developer working on program enhancements. Most recent project involved creation of a confidential communications database and necessary system changes to write to and update this database.

Technical environment: OpenVMS 8.4, COBOL.

Select Computing, Inc., Columbia, MD

February 9, 2015 – September 18, 2015

Senior Software Systems Engineer

Coded minor enhancements for the US Small Business Administration’s loan processing application written in COBOL. Modified perl scrips to document program input and output files. Technical environment: Micro Focus Cobol, UNIX, embedded Oracle sql.

SEDC, Atlanta, GA

October 20, 2014 – January, 22, 2015

COBOL Programmer

Coded bug fixes and minor enhancements to a COBOL application that supports all aspects of running a small utility company. Technical environment: Micro Focus Cobol, Linux, embedded Oracle sql.

Tiburon Inc., Hillsboro, OR (note: Tiburon has been purchased by Tritech Systems)

April 9, 2012 – January 8, 2014

Senior Software Engineer

Developed multiple interface programs to load data in various formats (text, xml) from different vendors into Tiburon’s law-enforcement records tracking system. Customized Tiburon’s record management system screens

to fulfill clients’ requirements. Technical environment: Micro Focus Cobol, MS Visual Studio 2008, Team Foundation Server, Windows 7 and Windows XP, MS SqlServer, UNIX.

Sungard Securities Finance, Salem, NH

June 15, 2011 – September 15, 2011

Cobol Developer

Coded new COBOL batch programs and developed SQL scripts. Prepared paperwork and populated staging areas for installation of software into unit acceptance testing, disaster recovery and production environments. Monitored and verified success of those installations. Technical environment: Micro Focus Cobol, GTSoftware netCOBOL, MS Visual Studio, Windows XP, MS SqlServer, Accurev code management. Note: Sungard was migrating from Micro Focus COBOL to GTSoftware netCOBOL during my tenure there.

Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, AZ

August 16, 2010 – December 22, 2010

Contract Programmer/Analyst

Analyzed, coded and tested modifications to COBOL programs and SQL scripts that were part of a tracking and reporting system used by the state of AZ and its contract agencies to contain the costs of administering mental health services to needy patients. Technical environment: Micro Focus COBOL, UNIX, Oracle.

Aurora Systems Group, St Louis, MO

May 27, 2008 – January 23, 2009

Programmer/Analyst on contract placement at Express Scripts, St Louis, MO

Coded and tested enhancements to existing interactive and batch COBOL programs and developed new interactive programs to support the pharmacy’s mail-order home delivery business. Technical environment: OpenVMS, OpenVMS COBOL, DECForms, CMS code management.

PSI PAX, California, MD

February 27, 2008 – May 15, 2008

Maintenance Programmer on contract placement at the US Department of Defense Finance Accounting Services in Lexington Park, MD

Analyzed, coded and tested fixes to the customer order/job order subsystem.

Applications Systems Corp. Boston, MA

Various dates 2006 and 2007

Independent Programmer/Analyst

Coded, tested, debugged and documented client-specific modifications to a point-of-sale software package that is the backbone of small to medium-sized retail jewelers. Transmitted changes electronically and installed on clients' systems. Technical environment: OpenVMS COBOL, pre-Net Express 3.1 version of Micro Focus COBOL.

Keane, Inc., Irvine, CA

January 8, 2007 – August 31, 2007

Maintenance programmer on contract placement at Prescription Solutions in Carlsbad, CA.

Investigated and fixed problems reported by users of the RxExpress application that runs Prescription Solutions' mail-order pharmacy business. Tasks included coding, debugging, testing, documenting and implementing of the fixes in production. Technical environment: OpenVMS, OpenVMS COBOL.

Education:

C# programming, March, 2014

Developing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, April, 2014

Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3, May, 2014

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA

Bachelor of Science in Science and Humanities

Naropa University, Oakland, CA

Master of Liberal Arts

Introductory Java programming

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