AL WASHINGTON
(PMP, Six Sigma, PMI-ACPSM, CSM)
Contact: 954-***-****
E-mail: acgdxz@r.postjobfree.com
Pembroke Pines, Fl. 33029
EDUCATION:
Certified Scrum Master - International Scrum Institute, 2013
PMI-ACPsm certification from PMI (Project Management Institute), 2012
Six Sigma Green Belt - 2005
PMP certification from PMI (Project Management Institute), 2002
Project Management Certification by Comptia, 2001
Graduate J Reynolds College - Computer Operation - 1977
Norfolk State University, Virginia Commonwealth University
ASSOCIATIONS:
Project Management Institute -- South Florida Chapter
PMI-ACP - Agile Certified Practitioner
Scrum Alliance - Scrum Master (candidate)
Six Sigma - 6sigma Study
SUMMARY: SUCCESSFUL MULTI-DISCIPLINE LEADERSHIP
DELIVERY & SOLUTION PROVIDER
U.S. Citizen, who has a documented and proven background as a value
oriented Project Manager. Who has a history of turning around troubled
projects and delivering results! DRIVING CRITICAL PROJECTS TO DELIVERY
IS MY FORTE!. If Mission Critical, High Visibility or Troubled
Projects are one of your concerns, I am your Consultant! Results are what
I produce! I am intimately proficient with Waterfall, Agile, Scrum and
other project management methodologies. Open to project engagements of
short or long term duration. Incorporated and available for direct or
subcontract engagements, mentoring or training. Optimistic, Senior Project
Manager Consultant, with over 17 years of experience delivering SDLC
applications, infrastructure, ERP, CRM and Omni-Channel retailing, related
projects for domestic and international clients. Who understands Lean Six
Sigma and Theory of Constraints principles? Extensive IT background
includes over 28 years of roles as Senior Program Manager, Senior Portfolio
Manager, Senior Project Manager (PMP), Agile (PMI-ACP)/Scrum (CSM) Project
Manager, Agile Trainer, System Developer, Data Warehouse (DW) Architect,
Business Analyst and a Six Sigma Green Belt practitioner across many
platforms within the enterprise. Hands-on technical and management
experience with respect to development and deployment of large scale
application systems, infrastructure architecture, business intelligence
(BI) tools, support and efficient design. Project Management
proficiencies and knowledge base includes PMI methodology, CMMI3
methodology, Agile Coach / Scrum Master methodology, Kanban, SAFe
Framework, SDLC 2.0, PDLC, Six Sigma Green Belt, Integration / Migration
Process management, Critical Chain Management, Testing Scripts, Cloud
technology research and others. Initiatives including feasibility studies,
data warehouse (Kimball), star schema, snowflake schema, data gathering,
data modeling, data architecture, system/business analysis, design, coding,
system deployment, tuning, quality control, project standards, data
conversion, VMware, DBA work and Hyperion OLAP development are also tools
in my tool belt. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to
Line Management, benefits/cost analysis, ROI tracking, Payback analysis,
Earned Value (EV) analysis, Oracle and SAP ERP upgrade evaluation, Data
Integration Design Documents, Entity Relationship Diagrams, Logical Views,
Schema maps, Power Point and Visio presentations, Reporting tools
include, Clarity, Sharepoint, Open Workbench, MS Project/Server, PMO
dashboard, Office365, Smartview and others.
Technical milestones include; 2008 MS SQL Server, Disaster Recovery (DR)
replication, Oracle DataGuard, Snap Manager,
Snap Mirror, Gird, 3 Tier Architecture, Citrix, Web, VMware, LUN and SAN
configurations, online IMS, CICS, batch IMS, CICS, DB2/SQL, graphical
user interface (GUI) tools, VOIP, TELON, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, COBOL, COBOL
II, interfacing with Oracle ERP RDBMS. Exposure to Hyperion Series 9
fundamentals, HFM, HDM, OLAP concepts with Essbase, DB2 UDB, MQseries,
PL/SQL, MS/SQL, SQL SERVER, JAVA, Web site publishing, CMMI, Six Sigma
Green Belt Certification, PMP Certification, Agile/Scrum, Rational Unified
Process (RUP) methodology, JAD, Sarbanes-Oxley SOX, UML, XML, LOTUS NOTES,
Domino, Infrastructure Architect, Data Architect, Data Warehouse (DW), Data
Mining, ETL tools), Business Intelligence (BI), Disaster Recovery, LAN/WAN
SAN, infrastructure installation, eCommerce,
SKILLS:
PM METHODOLOGIES: PMP, SIX SIGMA, Agile, XP, Lean, Scrum, DSMD, FDD, AUP,
JAD, CMMI, SOA, Waterfall - SOFTWARE: IMS DB/DC, IMS DL/1, DB2, CICS,
COBOL, COBOL II, MICROFOCUS COBOL, Erwin, Metadata, CLOUD CONCEPTS, JCL,
MFS, BTS, ADF, PSBGENS, MGSGENS, OS/MVS, SQL, QMF, EASYTRIEVE, SAS,
HTML, UML, XML, JAVA, WINDOWS, EXCEL, MS WORD, LOTUS NOTES, Walker
Financials CARMS, MS SQL, TIBCO, SNAP MIRROR, NetApps, Snap Manager, Grid
Tool, MS 2007 Office Suite 2007, Guardium, HFM, HDM, etc.
. Waterfall Project Manager (PMP)
Agile / Scrum Master Trainer (PMI-ACP)
. Program Manager Portfolio Manager
. Quality Manager (Six Sigma)
Process Project Manager (PMP)
. Infrastructure Project Manager
Conversion / Integration Specialist
. Agile / Scrum Project Manager (PMI-ACP) Engagement
Manager
. Complex and Distressed Project Manager Director
(FTE)
EXPERIENCE:
Jan 1996 to Present NuSoft Management
(NSMI)
Director / Senior Program Project Manager Consultant
(NSMI engagements below)
May 2011 to Present
Project Management Consultant - Various Engagements
Various consultant engagements including Wal-Mart (World
Headquarters), Marathon Petroleum (Marathon purchase of BP, Texas City
Refinery), American Express, Florida A&M University, Broward
Convention and Visitors Bureaus, LOHA (Lake Okeechobee Habitat
Alliance), various start-ups and mobile app engagements.
. As a Program/Portfolio/Planner Manager I had as many as 13
direct reports and 50+ indirect reports.
. As a Senior Project Manager, I utilized the full spectrum of the
project manager's tool chest and worked on Data Warehouse
(ETL/BI/Data Marts), Infrastructure, and Application Development
projects.
. Technologies used included MS Project, Project Server, Clarity,
SharePoint, Microsoft Lync 2010 (communicator), SDLC 2.0,
Agile/Scrum, Hyperion, Oracle, Open Workbench, Microsoft Office
2010, Cloud, Live Meeting and a host of KPI metrics.
. Other project efforts included global deployments, I owned two
global, multi-day, multi-continents implementations, Agile
mentoring, Agile Trainer, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Agile
Project Manager coach and Waterfall Project Manager.
. Co-located and Distributed (geographically dispersed) Agile
projects.
. Many of the java customer support applications integrated with
VRU's and Unified Voice.
. Projects financials and forecasting were maintained using
Clarity, SharePoint and OpenWorkbench.
. Global teams were located on 6 continents.
. I also engaged in meetings whose goals were to roll-out
Agile/Scrum standards, tools, guidelines and practices
enterprise wide along with evaluating PEGA software as an Agile
tool.
. Lead Wealth Management Initiatives and training
. Created Agile/Scrum Instructional Presentations
. Created PMP Instructional Presentations
. Consulted and Brainstormed with business partners on Hyperion
HFM, FDM and reporting products
. Lead Mobile Application Development projects
August 2010 to April 2011 Bayview Financials
Project Manager Consultant
Bayview Asset Management, Coral Gables, Florida
As a Project Manager for this Asset Management Company I was the owner
of four enterprise wide projects.
. In a matrix environment I managed or supervised teams of 8 (core
team) to 50 (deployment) resources.
. Upgrade from 2005 to 2008 SQL Server database platform,
implementing Data Encryption for all data at rest (DAR),
implementing Data Obfuscation and implementing an enterprise
wide multiple locations Database Disaster Recovery strategy.
. Architecting a Data Center move is also the backdrop to the DR
project. This included all applications, infrastructure, and
Data Warehouse environments. Currently four deployments or
rollouts has been implemented.
. As the PM, I have brought some structure to a complex
organization.
. Aggressive delivery of project results were made possible by
using advanced project management techniques. Some deliverables
include
o 1) Project Charter, Architectural Design document, Project
Schedule/WBS, Project Plan and other project documents.
This WBS outlined a very aggressive sponsor lead timeline,
o 2.) Coordination of SAN, DBA, Windows, Networking, VRU
(with Unified Voice capabilities), Application teams and
Business users to work together to complete significant
deliverables,
o 3) Contributing to their PMO tools and procedures,
o 4) Mentoring,
o 5) Completing multiple Proof of Concepts initiatives,
o 6) documenting and bringing clarity to project objectives
in alignment with long-term organizational strategic goals,
o 7) driving Application and Business User's Acceptance Test
and implementations,
o 8) Successful completion of four (4) enterprise wide
implementation roll-out,
o 9) meeting daily with Directors, VP level stakeholders and
occasionally with outside Vendors.
June 2009 to August 2009 Private Venture
Director / Project Management Consultant
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
As a Director, I drove the process of obtaining licensing and state
approval for this business. From an IT prospective,
. I used PM skills to manage and direct the activities of this
company.
. Project Initiation, Planning, Execution, Controlling and Closure
methods were used to develop the significant initiatives of this
organization.
. Web Management Design, developing Business SOP's (standard
operating procedures), network integration,
. overseeing Procurement and Contract negotiation skills were also
used to successfully pursue the business of this company.
March 2008 to March 2009 PepsiCo / Tropicana /
Quaker / Frito Lay
Project Manager Consultant Bradenton, Florida
As a Project Manager for this international manufacturing and
distribution logistics concern, my projects included multiple
nationwide server upgrade procurements and deployment projects.
. In a matrix environment, I managed and supervised 8 resources.
. I also was the Program Manager for Infrastructure Architecture
Management of two new facilities. The new construction of a
four line production and manufacturing facility along with the
build-out of a separate chilled distribution facility.
. Both projects interfaced with the chilled supply chain and other
distribution centers.
. My PM duties required me to perform the full complement of PM
activities along with gaining
o CMMI3 level compliance (Project Feasibility & Approval,
Project Preparation, Blue Print Design,(HLD), Realization
Design, Realize Construction, Realization Test, Final
Preparation, Go Live & Support, Project Closure).
. Other deliverables included the migration of data from legacy
systems to SAP data warehouse environment, Project Charter,
Project Plan, Project Schedule/WBS, Server Build Procedures, SAP
ERP Integration, Deployment / Go Live Procedures, Disaster
Recovery Plans, Training, Architecture Assessments, SDLC
remediation, Decommission of Infrastructure, Functional/Non
Functional Business Requirements, Traceability matrix,
Infrastructure Architecture Assessments (LAN, WAN, SAN),
Equipment Accounting (capital/expense), etc.
. Tools used include MS Project Server 2007, Outlook 2007, eRoom,
Primavera, KnowledgeNet, KnowledgeStore, Caliber, Star Team,
Oracle 10g, Oracle8i, etc.
August 2007 to December 2007 Capital One
Financials
Project Manager Consultant Richmond, VA.
Enterprise Wide (All lines of business domestic and international) -
As a project manager for the Cost Complexity Reduction (CCR) Program,
I worked on Agile/Scrum and Waterfall/Phased methodology projects.
Capital One is recognized as an industry leader in the BI (Business
Intelligences) analytic space.
. In a matrix environment, I managed and supervised 12 resources
on the first project, 12 onshore and 3 offshore. On the second
project, I directed and supervised 6 international directors.
. My projects or iterations involved evaluation of business tools
and processes for complexity reduction, cost savings or cost
avoidance.
. BI tools such as Micro Strategy, Business Objects, SAS, Hyperion
BRIO, Planning, HFM, Essbase, Financial Reports, FDM and other
enterprise wide tools were evaluated during this project.
. Work on Data Warehouse, Data Mart and Business Intelligence
initiatives. BI tools such as Micro Strategy, Business Objects,
SAS, Hyperion BRIO and other enterprise wide tools were
evaluated during this project.
. Another project is assessing which business processes should be
re-used or adopted enterprise wide due to their efficiencies.
This project involves management at the international (UK,
Canada, India, US) or global level, involving only director
level members.
. Hardware Infrastructure, Architecture and Project
recommendations would be socialized along with their best
practices.
. Under my direction previous projects were brought out of red and
yellow status to green status. Iterations had been completed
and multiple pilots began.
. Metadata Management is one of our piloted processes.
. MS Project Server 2003, SharePoint, Knowledge link and Project
One were some of the tools I used, along with an
Onshore/Offshore model.
. Ensuring compliance to established PMO standards were also my
duties.
July 2006 to December 2006 IBM - IBM Global
Services
Infrastructure Project Manager Denver, CO.
Managed, directed, coordinated, communicated and drove closure of IBM
and Honeywell International infrastructure assets and financials.
. I facilitated the orderly transition of assets, primarily
servers and memory storage, from or to IBM's client. Managed
and coordinated a national team of providers to, build,
commission, wipe and decommission servers.
. Validated closure letter process and financials of other project
managers before asset were finally closed.
. Scheduled agenda meetings with Honeywell and IBM stakeholders.
. Attended meeting with Honeywell and IBM stakeholders weekly to
communicate status, issues or concerns.
. Attended training sessions related to IBM's products (i.e. ODBS,
Financial Reporting, RUP, etc.)
January 2006 to February 2006 Cannon Cochran
Management Services (CCMSI)
Project Manager / Business Analyst Danville, IL.
My charge with this national leader in worker compensation claims
services, were to lead a team to produce IAIABC compliant EDI
transmission records. My duties involved being the business analyst
and managing the project using Project Management Institute (PMI),
Project Management Professional (PMP) methodology.
. In a matrix environment, I managed and supervised 3 resources.
. Duties included, evaluating the customer's 700 plus page
requirements document, producing business rules, producing
business requirement specs, producing test cases and quality
requirements for the project team.
. My role also included,, defining project objectives, milestones,
prioritizing work schedule while establishing timelines,
establishing meeting agenda items with stakeholders, defined
reporting requirements, defining quality requirements,
producing test cases, preparing end-user questionnaires and
data gathering.
. Project administration included Initiating, Planning, Executing,
and Controlling, and Closure, post implementation review for the
project.
. Establishing best practice guidelines, identifying lessons
learned, producing acceptance criteria requirements and creating
consensus while managing customer expectations were also
initiatives that were provide.
. Copious amounts of documentation, interviews, charts, flows,
benefit analysis, risk management, loss control and best
practice techniques were used or produced.
. The software construction used each phase of the Software
Development Life Cycle (SDLC). MS SQL SERVER and MS SQL was
the backbone of the construction phase. Other tools used are
Project, Visio, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF Professional etc.
February 2003 to January 2006 Realty Financing
Director / Project Manager Davie, Florida
Managed and directed infrastructure and business analysis for this
start-up company. Evaluating stakeholder's requirements, creating
business rules, creating, business requirements, creating test cases,
producing quality requirements, establishing best practice principles,
identifying lessons learned, creating consensus while managing
customer expectations and defining acceptance criteria were also
initiatives that were completed.
. Duties included each phase of the project development life cycle
(PDLC) and the software development life cycle (SDLC).
. RUP methodology including: quality by design, got the
users/developers involved, overall focus on quality, functional
documents, performance issues, scorecard deployment, etc., were
used.
. I managed and supervised 12 people. Other involvement
included:
. Creating and Implementing Business Plan
. Creating and Executing Project Plan
. Creating and Implementing Network Plan, LAN/WAN IP
configuration (VOIP) etc.
. Conception, Development and implementation of companies Web
Site (SDLC)
. Creating, developing of data mapping repositories (Data
Architect)
. Create data warehouse concepts and schema
. Evaluate, Create, Develop Infrastructure (Infrastructure
Architect)
. Managing day to day activities, issues (network/hardware) and
executing plan
. Created and Implemented best practice and lessons learned
methodology.
. Evaluated Sarbanes-Oxley SOX fundamentals for compliance
. Evaluated UML and XML for data modeling and future web
initiatives
January 2001 to June 2002 TYCO/ADT Security
Account
Project Manager / Business Analyst Boca Raton, Florida
With this client, I was the Project Manager and business analyst for
three projects. Technical support was provided for this client when
requested by the CIO to support other critical efforts. Duties
performed for this clients included but were not limited to:
. I managed and supervised 3 people.
. producing business needs request or other project initiation
documents
. driving the needs request process, obtaining stakeholders
signoffs, setting stakeholders agenda items, producing business
requirements for development team, defining business rules,
producing test cases, defining quality requirements,
establishing best practice repository, identifying lessons
learned and creating consensus while managing customer
expectations.
. Creating Project Definition Plan, producing all supporting
project documentation such as WBS, schedules, cost accounting,
risk plans, communication plans, scope definitions etc.,
organized meetings with project sponsors and key stakeholders.
. Coordination of activities between team members in multiple
states with four different companies, evaluated, create and
develop infrastructure facilities for various implementations.
. Additional projects included the migration to a new Oracle Data
Warehouse environment including data mapping, data integration,
ETL, referential integrity, and data validation. Data migrations
(ETL) were also preformed to move data from one data center to
another. Integration upgrades from MVS to Oracle were analyzed
weekly.
. Consulted weekly on data, functional and platform issues
regarding the Oracle environment.
. Brainstormed features and functional impact of ERP upgrades from
Oracle 8i to 9i.. Performed SME analysis for application
integration into the Oracle platform.
One of the projects impacted many major databases, many applications on
various platforms. (I.e. Customer relationship management (CRM)),
revenue maintenance, account receivables (Walker CARMS), general
ledger, plant and equipment applications on UNIX, Informix, ODS, AS/400
and IBM MVS Mainframe hardware.
. This project had national impact on every system that used a
customer number. The communications, coordination and timing
between systems and departments throughout the US were critical.
. The content of this project interfaced with TIBCO midware due to
its multi-platform, multi-lingual features.
. TIBCO features such as data transportation/ transformation,
multicast and routing were critical to the successful completion
of this project. Indoctrination to TIBCO components such as
Message Broker, Rendezvous, Adapters and Hawk features were
understood. Analysis of Websphere also undertaken to interface
with project.
. I also produced documents for: 'Project Need, 'Project
Definition', 'Business Requirements' and 'Project Plan'. Project
plans were created using MS Project, PMO (project management
office - James Martin) methodology is used to communicate project
scope, issues, status and milestones throughout the organization.
MS PowerPoint was used for his presentations to the VP and
directors. He coordinated stakeholders meetings, set the agenda
and communicated issues to the national team.
November 2000 to January 2001 Blue Cross & Blue
Shield of Mississippi
Project Manager/Data Architect/Business Analyst Jackson,
Mississippi
This client had a desire to create new DB2 system with a data warehouse
focus and convert/integrate data from legacy files UB92 and HCFA1500
files to populate the newly created DB2 system tables. These DB2
tables would also be the data warehouse / data mart for some WEBFOCUS
intranet reporting in a 3-tier NT server environment. HIPAA
As Data Architect and Business Analyst the duties I preformed included
but were not limited to,
. I supervised 3 people.
. evaluating stakeholders requirements documents, meeting with
stakeholders, analyzing requirement, creating business rules,
creating business requirements, producing test cases, defining
quality requirements, establishing best practices and identifying
lessons learned. JAD and project development lifecycle
methodology was used on this project. Conceptual, Logical and
Physical designs were created. Data Warehouse techniques
(Kimball) such as data gathering, design, interviewing,
requirements definition, analysis, stars schema, snowflake schema,
etc., were used.
. His duties involved, evaluating, creating and developing the
necessary infrastructure to facilitate this project, producing
entity relationship diagrams (ERD) for the DB2 tables, logical and
physical views for the data,
. Data Conversion Requirements Definition documents for each system
and also defined task & resources needed to complete this project.
. Developing physical models for the DW using ERWIN, understanding
HIPAA and working with metadata were also his responsibilities.
. All work was performed in an IBM MVS Mainframe environment.
February 1998 to May 2000 TYCO/ADT Security
Account
Project Lead/Business Analyst Boca Raton,
Florida
Data migration (data center move) was from one data center location to
another. Scope included the migration of Applications, Infrastructure,
and Enterprise Data Systems. This client was in transition from their
legacy mainframe systems to an Oracle/UNIX based environment. Duties
included maintenance support,
. applying legal/regulatory changes and formatting data for the
Oracle database /UNIX environment.
. I was the primary contact, in regards to all conversion issues,
arising from data on the mainframe going to the UNIX box.
Year2000 (Y2K) considerations and issues were also services
provided to this client.
. Travel to the client site in Dallas, was also part of the support
provided. Administrative skills used in this environment where
time reporting, status reporting, project forecasting, scheduling
and coordination of activities between departments, users and
region to bring about the expected end.
. Technical skills used in this environment were IMS/DLI, CICS, DB2,
Easytrieve, JCL, and FTP, in a COBOL, VSAM, and HISAM in an IBM
Mainframe environment.
.
The support levels with this client, covered many applications (i.e.
Invoicing, Account Receivable, Contract Processing, Electronic Billing,
Weekly Mailing and I lead the monthly conversion file process, which
were used by the ORACLE applications).
. FTP's (file transfer protocol), of data, files, reports, etc., to
other national locations, was a large part of the conversion
process.
. I was on call for production support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week. Providing answers and enhancements to user issues in the
field.
. Problems solving / Solution provider for work request were also a
part of my responsibilities.
October 1997 to February 1998 FPL (Florida Power
and Light)
Consultant Miami, Florida
Year 2000 (Y2K) methodology, concepts and techniques was the focus for
this client.
. Year 2000 (Y2K), acceptance testing, implementation and analysis
were the primary task performed at this site.
. Supporting the financial accounting area, with new program
development, analysis, design and user communication was a large
part of the functions performed with this client.
. These tasks were performed in an IMS, CICS, DB2, and IBM
Mainframe MVS environment.
January 1997 to October 1997 Continental Airline
Project Lead/Consultant Miramar, Florida &
Houston, TX
Responsibilities included participating in the development, analysis
and design of a performance incentive system.
. I supervised 2 people.
. Design phase also included DB2 tables with referential integrity
and other proficiency considerations.
. The incentive system would reward the sales force of Continental
Airlines, for the performance of their travel agencies or
telesales staff that were associated with their territory's sales
volume.
. The software tools used were DB2, COBOL II, EXCEL and MS WORD in
an IBM MVS Mainframe environment.
. There were significant communications with top management at
Continental (Houston) daily, in an effort to further enhance this
system and offer solutions to business issues and needs etc.
. Travel to the client site in Houston, was also a part of the
support provided.
. These tasks were performed in an IBM mainframe and PC network
environment.
. The next phase of this project scheduled is to have a GUI
interface with probably Visual Basic as its platform. CICS
appears to be the second choice as a platform. This phase will
make the results available to the national community of sales
representatives and travel agencies, not just the administrators,
as phase one does.
October 1995 to December 1996 RYDER SYSTEMS
Consultant Miami, Florida
Responsibilities included developing software in the Insurance and Risk
Management areas. Analysis, design and maintenance were duties
performed in this area.
. Software tools used, were DB2, COBOL II and EASYTRIEVE PLUS.
. Responsibilities also included developing software to standardize
reporting of benefits to over fifteen different vendors that
provided benefits to the employees of this company.
. Supporting Human Resources and Payroll areas, with new reports.
. Addition duties were to provide the end user reporting systems
with strong user interface (directors, vice presidents, senior
vice presidents) in the field and headquarters. Human Resources,
Work Force Analysis development and Marketing Research Analysis
were also areas that major time was spent.
. COBOL II, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, SAS, FTP and OS JCL were the primary
tools used in the completion of those tasks in an IBM MVS
Mainframe environment.
June/85 to Jan/96 Hi-TECH SOFTWARE (HTS)
Information Technology Consultant (HTS engagements below)
June 1995 to September 1995 JOHN ALDEN
INSURANCE (LNC)
Consultant Miami, Florida
Modified online and batch CICS programs. I supported multiple
enhancement projects which supported their HMO/PPO organization.
This work was done using CICS, COBOL and XPEDITER skills in an IBM MVS
Mainframe environment.
January 1995 to June 1995 RYDER SYSTEMS ( R )
Consultant Miami, Florida
Responsibilities included maintenance and enhancements to the Human
Resource System.
. Responsibilities also included interfacing with multiple users,
analyzing their needs, coding and implementing the required
changes.
. Their technical environment used COBOL, DB2, and IMS DL1 under
MVS on an IBM mainframe.
. In addition, designed and developed inquiry software for the
above systems using TELON and DB2.
November 1993 to January 1995 AMERICAN EXPRESS
(AXP)
Consultant Weston, Florida
Engagement for their Global Risk Management System (GRMS) initiative.
. Responsible for producing conversion programs that produced
variable length output for every account in the American Express
system. The output records would then be loaded to an IMS
database which provided worldwide support for decision making
consideration on each account when needed.
. Support was also provided in the system test cycles. Multiple,
multi-level tables, records ranging from 41 to 14,000 bytes,
COBOL and Xpediter were used in this task.
. Resolved maintenance request submitted by users of the
Merchandising Information Data Analysis System (MIDAS).
. The MIDAS system primarily required expertise in COBOL II, IMS
DL1, IMS DB/DC, EDI and JCL in an IBM MVS Mainframe environment,
with good communication and organization skills to interface
with user in New York City and Phoenix, Arizona.
November, 1991 to November 1993 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
(UTX)
Consultant (Pratt & Whitney division) Palm Beach, Florida
July, 1989 to September, 1990 UNITED
TECHNOLOGIES (UTX)
Consultant (Pratt & Whitney division) Palm Beach, Florida
September, 1988 to July, 1989 AT&T (T)
Consultant Dulles Corners, Virginia