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Quality Assurance System

Location:
Snow Camp, NC
Posted:
March 17, 2014

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Warner Lee Wells, III (Lee)

Current Address: *** *. *** ******

Mebane, NC 27302

Permanent Address: Same as above

Telephone: 919-***-****

Email: *******@*******.***

Career Summary: Highly skilled senior level software consultant with over 28 years

of experience across multiple platforms that include server based

systems, internet and web interfaces, EDI processing, remote

telecommunications, batch and online mainframe processing,

and extensive QA experience with mainframe applications and

Web based interfaces. Applications experience includes

manufacturing, insurance, utilities, finance, accounting, media,

transportation and logistics, production, registry, food service,

telecommunications, health care, and publishing.

Work Experience: Wells Consulting Services

Mebane, North Carolina

(01/2013 – present)

Senior IT Consultant

• Provide complete project lifestyle development for new

systems and enhancements to existing systems for corporate

clients for high profile, mission critical projects.

• Provide business requirements, functional specifications

design, systems analysis and design, coding, unit testing,

systems integration testing, customer acceptance testing, and

rollout to industry for mainframe software products and

associated interfaces.

• Software tools include VS COBOL, COBOL II, Enterprise

COBOL, MICRO FOCUS COBOL, DB2, CICS, VSAM,

ISPF, FILE-AID, XPEDITER, INTERTEST, IBM ZOS MVS

JCL, MS Office Suite, BMS, MQSeries, BMC for DB2, DB2

utilities, ZOS MVS TSO utilities and procedures, ISPF, QMF,

CA-7/CA-11 Scheduler, ENDEVOR, LIBRARIAN, Panvalet,

EDI Messaging, TCAM, Microsoft Access, PL/SQL, CA

SORT, SYNCSORT, DYL280, Oracle, IDMS, IDMS DML,

SQL, Data Warehousing, Web to Mainframe DB2 Stored

Procedures, IBM Command List Procedures, CICS/TS,

CICS/TG, and Websphere. Strong working knowledge of

OOP, JAVA, and UNIX OS.

• Complete Quality Assurance (QA) services for mainframe

processing, and all connected entities including internet and

web based applications (creation and implementation of

structured test plans, coordination and participation in code

reviews and walk throughs, telecommunication connectivity

testing, front end and backend testing and verification of

either Web Based or Mainframe Online applications.

Driftage, LLC

Venice, Florida

(02/2014 – Present)

Senior IT Consultant

• Provide systems analysis and design, technical support,

maintenance, and overall system QA for the Operations,

Orders, Inventory, Invoicing, Accounts Payable, and

Marketing applications in the restaurant/food service industry.

Includes new development, enhancements to existing

programs, trouble shooting and problem resolution, and data

transfer between locations.

• Applications running in a remote site CICS region using

COBOL and CICS, and interfacing with a remote mainframe

DB2 server DBMS and a remote Oracle client DBMS. Data

transfer and exchange using CICS/TS, CICS/TG, and DB2

Stored Procedures using DB2 Connect and Oracle Gateway.

State of South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina

(05/2013 – 10/2013)

Senior IT Consultant

• Installed government mandated changes to CICS online and

batch programs for the state DOT system. Using business

requirements performed overall system analysis and design,

coding changes, unit testing, system integration testing, user

testing, and migration to production environment.

Approximately 30 CICS programs and 18 batch programs

involved.

• Converted two existing VSAM files to DB2 for the state DOT

system involving six CICS programs and two batch programs.

Performed all data migration, analysis and design, unit

testing, parallel testing, system integration testing, user

acceptance testing, and production migration.

Blue Cross/Blue Shield

Durham, North Carolina

(01/2013 – 03/2013)

Senior IT Consultant

• Provided technical support in the Operations Center.

Development to Production coordinating, staging, and

implementation for software upgrades and new installs.

Performed JCL, PROC, and program trouble shooting and

maintenance on health care billing and claims systems.

Performed pre-implementation JCL, PROC and program code

reviews, verification, and walk throughs.

Self Employed

Mebane, North Carolina

(03/2007 – 12/2012)

Real Estate Rental Property Management

• Managed all aspects of self-owned vacation and long term

rental properties (twenty one properties at the peak). Included

all interior and exterior maintenance (repairs, painting,

carpentry, plumbing, light electrical, grounds and landscaping,

cleaning). Handled all bookkeeping, purchasing, accounting,

rental bookings, and tenant related issues for properties directly

rented myself and for properties rented through rental agencies.

Extensive interaction with rental clients, as well as contractors,

sub-contractors, realtors, lenders, and rental agents. Properties

located in eastern North Carolina (Brunswick, New Hanover,

Onslow, and Carteret counties) and in western North Carolina

(McDowell County).

Railinc Corporation

Cary, North Carolina

(07/1999 - 03/2007)

Senior Programmer Analyst, QA Software Engineer

• Responsible for complete project lifecycle development for

new development and enhancements to existing systems.

• Large VSAM to DB2 conversion with major enhancements

and improved functionality for the American Association of

Railroads (AAR) Hazardous Materials and Waste System

(online and batch).

• Conversion of a manual system to DB2 with new online

functionality (CICS) and streamlined batch functionality for

the AAR’s Emergency Response System.

• Implemented a very high profile and extensive VSAM to DB2

conversion project for the AAR’s equipment management

system (UMLER).

• Assisted several team members on all projects in learning or

improving CICS and DB2 skills.

• Streamlined and improved functionality of both batch and

online processing for the AAR’s Equipment tracking system

for all of its railroads and associated companies (300+) in

North America.

• Extensive work with EDI messaging using TCAM and MQ

Series.

• Served as the head of the Quality Assurance for all mainframe

processing, and served in a support QA capacity for all

Internet applications.

• Coordinated all of the application verification and testing (46

systems) for a complete transition from our previous

outsourced data center vendor to our new outsourced data

center vendor. Included coordinating the testing and

verification efforts of 15 in-house project teams, the previous

vendor transition team, the new vendor transition team, all

hired transition consultants, our external customers (30+ rail

carriers, including all of the major rail carriers in North

America), and our senior management staff.

• Conversion and upgrade of the Customer Interface System

(CIF) from VSAM to a streamlined DB2/Internet application.

• Designed, wrote, tested, and implemented several stored

procedures to the interface with the front end Web application

and the DB2 repository.

• Assisted with several Interline Information Data Quality

projects to measure the railroads’ consistency and accuracy of

data reported. Included design, analysis, upgrades, overseeing

work of other programmers, and problem detection and

resolution.

• Implemented a large VSAM to DB2 conversion and upgrade

of the Interline Settlement System that tracks and administers

payment settlement between the rail carriers in North

America.

• Implemented bi-annual Industry Reference File EDI upgrades

for the entire railroad industry.

• Implemented the bi-annual Rate EDI Network (REN) upgrade

for the entire rail industry. The REN system handles all of the

pricing for all of the Rail Carrier EDI messaging in North

America.

American Kennel Club

Raleigh, North Carolina

(04/98 - 07/99)

Senior Programmer/Analyst and Project Leader

• Provided complete support for the Interactive Fulfillment

System (all AKC publications).

• Analysis and design on the Registration System re-

engineering project (mainframe to server based, VSAM to

Oracle).

• Project lead on the mainframe to OPUS / Elixir NT Server

based print applications.

• Project member on new Web Server Intranet and Internet

applications.

Accurater, Inc.

Durham, North Carolina

(10/97 - 04/98)

Computer Programmer/Analyst

• Responsible for maintenance, upgrades, and enhancements to

existing automobile insurance rating systems.

• Worked exclusively in a PC DOS environment using Micro

Focus COBOL.

American Kennel Club

Raleigh, North Carolina

(05/89 - 09/97)

Computer Programmer/Analyst, Project Lead

• Responsible for new development and maintenance of the

batch and online Registration System.

• Lead and implemented several major internal and external

data conversion projects.

• Designed and developed remote laptop system for the

Investigations Department.

• Served for six months as Special Projects Manager, reporting

directly to the executive vice-president in charge of North

Carolina operations.

Metro Information Services

Raleigh, North Carolina

(06/88 - 05/89)

Information Systems Consultant

• Responsible for providing programming and analysis services

for client companies which included a large insurance

company, and a major utilities corporation.

• Converted several VSAM and flat file systems to CA

Datacom database architecture with the insurance client.

• Converted and rewrote the Field Compensation System, the

Payroll System, and Special Management Reporting systems

with the insurance client.

• Designed and implemented several finance and budget related

extract, report, and conversion programs with the utilities

client.

• Assisted in analysis and debugging with regard to production

and maintenance problems with both clients.

• Was responsible for staff training with regard to CA Datacom,

CICS, and ROSCOE (program and file manager) with the

insurance client.

University of North Carolina,

Administrative Data Processing

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

(04/84 - 06/88)

Applications Programmer/Analyst II

• Responsible for system maintenance and support on the UNC

General Administration systems on the IBM 3083 mainframe.

• Implemented several systems for the UNC General

Administration’s financial and budget reporting that were

previously generated manually.

• Wrote several new programs (updates, interfaces,

conversions, general reporting) for different areas of the UNC

General Financial Department (Contract and Grants, Budget,

Accounting, Trust Funds).

• Designed and implemented three new CICS systems for the

UNC Accounting Department (6 - 8 screens each).

• Designed and implemented a new CICS system for UNC

Research Services (12 screens).

• Substantial development on a new CICS system for UNC

Public Television (30+ screens).

• Designed and implemented the conversion of 35+ programs

of the UNC Financial System from VSAM to IDMS/R data

base architecture.

• Created and built Panvalet storage library for the UNC

General Administration system.

Qualex Corporation

Corporate Systems

Durham, North Carolina

(01/82 - 04/84)

Computer Programmer

• Responsible for system maintenance and support on several

existing systems (Production, Mail Order, Fixed Asset

Accounting, Monthly Sales, Pricing, National Sales,

Production Cost, Invoicing, Accounts Payable and

Receivable).

• Designed and implemented the IT Department Administration

System.

• Supported and maintained the IBM 5280 system which

included system configuration, programming maintenance,

and communications for all 26 remote processing plants.

• Involved in an extensive research project of the pricing and

production systems, and ultimately rewrote the Production

Cost System based on the research findings.

Hunter-Douglas, Inc.

Management Information Systems

Roxboro, North Carolina

(05/81 - 01/82)

Computer Programmer

• Responsible for complete documentation of all systems and

operations procedures.

• Responsible for training new second shift operators.

• Performed maintenance and new development work using

COBOL and RPG II.

Education: Chapel Hill Senior High School (1970 - 1973)

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (1973 - 1979) *

B.S. Degree in Industrial Management and Political Science

Overall Grade Point Average: 3.27 (on a scale of 4.0)

Activities: UNC Football Club (1975 - 1977)

Durham Technical Community College (10/80 - 05/82) *

Business Data Processing (38 Quarter Hours)

Overall Grade Point Average 4.0 (on a scale of 4.0)

* Transcripts available upon request

Structured Analysis and Design

Control Data Corporation (November, 1982)

CICS Command Level Programming

On-Line Software International (May, 1983)

CICS Command Level Programming

Broadway and Seymour (October, 1984)

IDMS OLM, ADSA, ADSO, and ADSG (May, 1986)

IDMS Culprit Report Generation (October, 1986)

CA Datacom and Data Query (June, 1988)

Microsoft ACCESS

Executrain (April, 1995)

Micro Focus COBOL

Micro Focus, Inc. (July, 1996)

Introduction to Oracle SQL and PL/SQL (May 1997)

Oracle Corporation

Data Warehousing Design and Development

Information Builders (June, 1998)

OPUS Print Management System

New England Printing Solutions (November, 1998)

Introduction to PERL Programming

Interim Technology (February, 1999)

Elixir Print Design and Development

New England Printing Solutions (March, 1999)

Endeavor for OS/390 for Application developers

Computer Associates International, Inc. (February, 2002)

Empirix QA Software: ETester and Eloader



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