Mainframe Developer

Tim O’Leary

908-***-**** • *******@*****.*** • LinkedIn • Clinton, NJ

COBOL Application Developer

Specializing in workflow development and delivery

Accomplished and driven Programmer with success across all phases of software development lifecycle (SDLC). Strong hands-on COBOL and DB2 expertise, as incorporated with workflow-based applications. Demonstrated ability to optimize programs, data structures and process flow as aligned with business objectives. Excellent interpersonal communicator able to collaborate with regionally-diverse global teams and interface between multidisciplinary groups in order to resolve complex problems. Core strengths include:

COBOL • DB2/CICS • TSO/ISPF • MVS JCL • z/OS JCL • SQL • IBM BPM

Requirements Analysis • Enterprise Architecture • SDLC Agile Methodology

Workflow Case Processing/Development • Oracle Database • TIBCO Business Suite

RD/z Suite • Vendor Management • Fixed Income • Team Leadership

Professional Overview

UBS Capital Management 2000-2016

Service & Product Manager 2014-2016

Led service and product management for the firm-wide service and task management platform. Managed and mentored mainframe development team as new business functionality was required. Interfaced with business owners requesting application on-boarding to task management platform. Gained strong expertise in financial regulations, and monitored activities for compliance. Collaborated with development teams located onsite and at remote locations.

Served as a Subject Matter Expert during long-term project migrating existing workflow applications from TIBCO/iProcess and IBM BPM to a new Activiti-based middleware solution.

Worked hands-on with COBOL/DB2 while updating proficiencies in Oracle.

Managed, updated and supported mission-critical COBOL/DB2 codebase during application back-end migration.

Broadened existing application functionality and led new development by promoting analysis-driven strategy.

Cross-trained and mentored junior developers and team members.

Facilitated communication between business users and application development team to ensure timely and accurate resolutions to issues and enhancement requests.

Senior Programmer – Workflow Systems 2005-2014

Designed, created, deployed, and supported an in-house cash transfer application, enabling cash transactions via Fedwire, ACH transfer, central check processing and branch check printing. Created and maintained workflow case processing middleware using TIBCO iProcess/BusinessWorks and IBM BPM toolsets, interfacing with DB2 databases using COBOL CICS programs and Native SQL stored procedures.

Spearheaded development and implementation of the first workflow-based application used in UBS Americas.

Worked with Client Services business group in designing and developing new cash transfer application, which was brought on-line ahead of schedule.

Designed and built DB2 database systems in support of new cash transfer application, and supported legacy DB2 systems necessary for business rule functionality.

Worked closely with on-site contractor team to ensure business specifications were met and delivered on-time.

Delivered technical analysis based on internal and external specifications, coding, and documentation.

Continued to support previous applications’ online and batch processing modules.

Distributed Systems Programmer 2000-2005

Developed and supported in-house time reporting system, used by 3,000+ hourly employees.

Worked closely with HR/Payroll business group to enhance and update new time reporting system, allowing for payroll batch jobs to more accurately reflect hourly employees’ work efforts.

Analyzed and developed future-dated scheduling capabilities, giving users the ability to create and automatically deploy different default time schedules.

Converted time management application back-end from Sybase to Oracle, redesigning and rewriting 40 tables and 200+ stored procedures.

Updated stored procedure functionality with Oracle capabilities not available in Sybase.

PaineWebber, Inc. 1993-2000

Distributed Systems Developer 1998-2000

Managed on-shore and overseas resources for HR/Payroll systems group during Y2K conversion of mainframe code.

Tested all Y2K changes to ensure COBOL program functionality was unaffected by vendor’s code updates.

Developed VTNS billing application, using Visual Basic and Access.

Enhanced and supported in-house client/server communications billing application, built on Visual Basic/Sybase platform.

Documented code changes and translated jargon to be used by multidisciplinary departments.

Mainframe Developer 1993-1998

Supported vendor-supplied CICS/VSAM inventory billing application, including suite of batch billing modules.

Worked with Communications Billing business users with additions to batch billing processes.

Designed and implemented additional hardware billing allocation processes using existing vendor-supplied Data/Voice billing modules.

Developed and supported secondary batch processing jobs in support of vendor-supplied CICS application.

Supplied business users with ad-hoc reports using COBOL, DYL280, JCL and procs.

Education

The Chubb Institute Certificate in Computer Programming 1992-1993

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