Project Cobol
Resume:
Michael Early ** Willis Ave
Cornwall on Hudson
N.Y. 12520
*******@***.***
Education:
B.A. Fordham University
Certificate in Data Processing N.Y.U
Certificate in Web Page Design - Marist Cyberskills Inst
Experience:
Over 25 years experience in areas of System Analysis Design and programming.
I have worked as an Employee and as a Consultant in the Brokerage (Prudential Securities,
Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Paine Webber), Health Care (H.I.P, Merck) and Retail Service
(Saks Fifth Ave, Mercedes Benz) Industries.
I have had increasing levels of responsibility in Project Analysis/Design/Coding
QA and team supervision. I have full life cycle experience in multiple projects in a
wide spectrum of industries. My work has included a heavy emphasis on CICS on-line
development as well as DB2/SQL, and IMS database processing.
Assets:
I have experience working in several different Industries each with unique standards and
protocols. I have been able to produce in all situations and under difficult time constraints.
I have the work experience and flexibility to adapt to new situations. I look forward to
learning new skills and meeting new challenges.
Skills:
Cobol-II, IMS,DB2,SQL
Unix, Informix
VSAM,OS-JCL,CICS,TSO/ISPF
BMS,SYNCSORT,
Xpediter,Changeman,Intertest,
IBM DeBUG,
Classroom work on:
HTML,XML,CSS,
ASP,JavaScript,Flash,Dreamweaver,
Web Page Design
FrontPage
TCP/IP,FTP,Network Topologies,
EXCEL
Work Experience:
Express Scripts 06/2013 - 09/2013 Technical Lead
* Express Scripts recently bought out Medco and is in the process of merging
their IT prescription claims development/delivery system.
* Responsible for Functional and Technical design documents on several projects
that were handed off to the offshore development teams.
* Coordinated with offshore teams and Business Users to resolve any functional or technical
Design and DB2/Cobol coding questions.
* Involved with testing all specified deliverables to ensure project met all design specifications
* Held daily status meetings with Business Users and Offshore teams to monitor
progress and ensure meeting project delivery dates.
* Major skills used: COBOL,CICS,VSAM,DB2/SQL,OS/JCL/EXCEL/MS Project
.
Emblem Health Insurance 03/2007 – 12/2010 Technical Project Leader
This company was result of a merger of 2 Health Care agencies, H.I.P. and GHI.
I was invited back to this company because of my former employment at H.I.P.
* Responsible for new project development from inception thru to project promotion
and follow up.
* Part of a team that worked on a major integration of another Health care
claims processing systems,(GHI), into HIP’s claims processing system. Helped resolve claims
processing integration problems, DB2 logic to Cobol-2, and acted as the IT claims department’s
representative during weekly departmental meetings.
* Organized meetings with Business Partners at Emblem to clarify project parameters and
expectations.
* Wrote Functional and Technical design documents for multiple projects that were used
as guides for programmers in writing the Cobol code for these projects.
* Coded and tested major segments of claims processing upgrades.
* Met with Quality Assurance team and Business Partners to review the design documents
to ensure all aspects of the projects could be delivered in a timely and efficient schedule.
* Supervised several in-house Analysts and other Analysts working in a remote location
and created Project Schedules with milestone dates in order to track project status.
* Coordinated new claims updates with the Data Warehouse group, to help maintain
that DB2/SQL database.
* I was a technical resource for other Analysts working on other projects to help explain
how Claims were processed from the entry of a claim into the system to the payment
of that claim. Also helped to resolve Cobol coding issues with Production Support group.
* Major skills used: CICS,VSAM,DB2/SQL Xpediter, BMS,OS/JCL/EXCEL/MS Project
COBOL-2
UBS 2/2005 - 3/2007
* Enhanced Bank Deposits System – COBOL/DB2/SQL
Met with Users, performed analysis and coding enhancements to production
programs that process Client Account movement from Tier to Tier.
* Client Statement System – COBOL/DB2/SQL system
Enhancements to the Clients Statements
Adding a new features on the Account Statement that is sent to UBS clients.
* Meet with Users to determine and define program enhancements
* Develop Test Plans/Program specifications
* Skills used : DB2/SQL,MQ,CICS,VSAM,OS/JCL/COBOL/Changeman/EXCEL
Manager - Cezar Muzones
Prudential Securities 1/1998 - 4/2004 Mutual Funds Department
* Y2K compliance programming issues.
* Worked on large, complex COBOL Batch and Online Trading systems
revising online screens to include new fields / creating additional
online screens to incorporate new data / revising processing logic
to meet new standards.
* Scheduled meetings with Users to review wish list enhancements,
performed the program and system analysis and presented results to management
along with time and degree of difficulty estimates.
* I was recommended to other areas within Prudential after completion
of work on Mutual Fund projects.
* Responsible for all QA testing on affected trading program modifications,
i.e. regression testing, creating test data, reviewing results and obtaining signoffs.
* Skills used: SQL, DB2, IMS,CICS,VSAM, Xpediter, Synsort, BMS, Changeman,
COBOL,OS/JCL
Morgan Stanley 6/1997 - 12/1998 Mutual Funds Department
* Supervised Jr. programmers (2). Reviewed all programming changes and
was available for any technical problems/advice.
* Provided Batch and Online programming technical support for several project
managers.
* Responsible for correcting a key trading program problem resulting from
an undocumented previous revision.
* Performed QA testing on all affected trading programs, Batch on Online.
* Skills used: SQL, DB2,SQL,VSAM, Xpediter, Syncsort, BMS, OS/JCL,COBOL
E.T.C. Data Services 09/1995 - 06/1997
* Improved Batch Production run cycle by 50%.
* Assisted in System migration from Cobol to Unix/Informix platform
* Sent to school to learn Informix, then returned to start converting
several batch programs to Informix.
* Designed/Coded major tax reporting program for a prospective new client.
I was given responsibility to code and test within a two week period.
Client supplied the test data and the new tax report was returned to client
for review. Client approved the reports and E.T.C. had a new client.
* Skills used: Cobol-II,UNIX,Informix, OS/JCL/COBOL
H.I.P. 10/1993 - 09/1995
* Part of team responsible for new Medical Claim Software package.
H.I.P. was using an outside vendor to process claims, they deceided
to purchase the software and integrate it into the current claims processing
cycle. At the same time, the team was responsible for adding a new
feature involving the elimination of multiple claim inputs and using a
new universal input claim form.
* Responsible for designing and testing new online screens, coding new
batch medical claim reports, creating new OS/JCL procs and procedures.
* I had worked at H.I.P. 2 years prior and was brought back again
to assist with this new project.
* Skills used: IMS, VSAM, CICS, Xpediter, Syncsort, BMS, OS/JCL
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