Technical Summary

Providing Information Technology Consulting Services to clients for more than 17 years, in a broad range of industries. Significant experience with Software Development Life Cycle, and Project Management solutions. In both waterfall and agile environments. Able to drive requirements forward, and solve issues to resolution. Allowing for efficient deployment of solid, tested and production ready implementations. Ongoing production support always needs modifications, I believe that my technical background combined with years of experience in this field lends me to be an asset to any organization.

Professional Experience

TransferMations Inc. Project Capital Blue Cross, Harrisburg, PA

10/2015 to 12/2015

Installation engagement. Set-up of Standards Processing Engine (SPE) in AIX environment exporting of old Trading Partner Manager trade links into new TPUI and SQL Database. Installation and configuration of ICD 10 2016 code values into SPE and configuration.

MS SQL Database SQL with WTX Applications reading and writing to tables Created migration solution and entered project to QA region for User acceptance Testing. Handed off knowledge transfer to client for further evolutionary cycles in agile environment.

AIX / Windows

TransferMations Inc. Project AmeriHealth Caritas, Philadelphia, PA

09/2015 to 10/2015

Sr. Application Developer engagement. WTX Maps for X12 Transactions 277, 837 Institutional, 835 created reviewed and implemented. Scripting created and tested with SPE called for software as a service (SaaS).SPE Performance Testing and documentation.

Participating in Development and Project Planning in a management waterfall type environment. Database SQL and WTX Application Achieving milestones for processes to Quality assurance regions, then hand off to client for production support and further cycles in development and modifications. Linux/Windows

TransferMations Inc. Project Costco, Issaquah, WA

01/2015 to 09/2015

Sr. Application Developer engagement. IIB9 Broker Flows and WTX mapping retail purchase orders, Advance ship notice and Purchase order changes to costco proprietary enterprise canonical data model. (xsd). WTX trees, maps and message flows that allow for real time processing into and out of WMQ. Oracle Databases SQL in Broker Flows Zos mainframe connections with WMQ and IIB Broker flows, used z/os file aid to check data in copybook layout, reviewed cobal programs for and modified downstream applications in IIB9 Maps. Created and monitored Queue Manager Queues and troubleshooting errors. Linux/Windows

IBM Corporation - Client Technical Professional (FTE) - Industry Solutions

09/2012 to 01/2015

Fulltime Employee. Deliver use case centric solution demonstrations to business and technical audiences.

Consult with clients of all sizes and across various industry sectors, leveraging technical expertise to assist your sales counterparts

Providing in-depth, complex technical demonstrations, designing solutions, technical evaluations, and/or proof-of-concepts

Facilitating technical consulting with clients and helping clients design technical solutions.

Ensure client satisfaction with IBM solutions IBM db2 databases SQL at client sites for POC with WTX applications

Collaborate with other IBMers to provide complete solutions

Develop POC's to demonstrate IBM products and value to potential and existing customers.

Demonstrate IBM Industry Solution products and solutions at partner events, trade shows and conferences.

Engage with existing and potential clients to identify business opportunities.

Achieved IBM regional sales and revenue targets in the South East and Mid-West Regions to management expectations.

Maintain leading-edge knowledge of IBM products and technologies.

Share technical expertise and collateral with the broader IBM technical community.

Support IBM products development and marketing teams by sharing customer and market insights.

Windows/AIX-Unix/zOS/zLinux/Pure Systems

TransferMations Inc. Project Sikorsky Aircraft Manufacturing, Stratford, Ct.

07/2012 to 08/2012

Training engagement. Mentoring and implementing WTX solution with OAGIS XSD’s for SAP solution. In a WMB in Enterprise Linux Environment (UNIX). Aircraft Work Order XSD’s developed mapping solutions and workflows. Using WTX with the Oracle tables created error handling for workflows for SAP. Oracle Databases SQL Created training materials and participated in client project discussions. Recommended solid software development lifecycle process to integrate WTX into existing infrastructure. Data flows through Queue Manger Queues into and out of WTX Maps and downstream applications. Enterprise Linux Environment (UNIX). / Windows

TransferMations Inc. Project ODS Portland, Or.

07/2011 to 05/2012

Systems Architect / Sr. Application Developer engagement. IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender project Migration to 8.3.3. Creating of real time transactions for 270/271 and 276/277. Compliance Checking implementation and Development in Linux / UNIX environment for QA/DEV/Prod regions and support of all HIPAA Transactions and infrastructure. Oracle databases SQL with Toad and IBM WTX applications data flows through WMQ Queues into and out of environment and downstream applications. Reported to stakeholder’s progress of project as well as led the development efforts within the agile management scrum and sprints. Collaborated with other developers and testing entities to insure smooth production roll out.

Linux / UNIX / Windows.

TransferMations Inc. Project Bank of NY - Mellon, New York City / West Paterson, NJ

12/2010 to 07/2011

Sr. Application Developer engagement. SWIFT / FpML implementations across international markets utilizing WTX in a MVS/CICS environment. ISPF/TSO Reviewed and modified COBOL programs to match copy book layouts and convert to XML in WMB via WMQ. Message Queues on Mainframe and UNIX monitored and troubleshooting errors as needed. SDLC processing for DEV/QA/Production within international banking guidelines of SWIFT. DB2 Database SQL to FpML via Websphere Transformation Extender in a CICS environment. Db2 Control Panel SWIFT standards ISO15022 / 7775 for WTX Maps into proprietary cobal copybook format in CICS via WMQ. Participated in many project planning and milestone establishing meetings in order to facilitate and develop, deploy and maintain created artifacts in a waterfall project. All environments and platforms addressed to a successful production release. Z/os and Windows

TransferMations Inc. Project Travelport Sabre Services, Atlanta, Ga

10/2010 to 11/2010

Training engagement. Conducted WTX Training in Classroom environment for Travelport staff. WTX Type Trees created from TPFDF and XSD from United Airlines used in classroom. Tivoli Agent put on the WMB/WTX Linux box and hooked into our WMB/WMQ used to training and demonstrating. Architect and design Failover and DR as well as load balancing. WMQ Managers using Queues to flow of data into and out of Websphere Message Broker (IIB) and Oracle databases SQL with Toad and WTX

AIX UNIX / Windows

TransferMations Inc. Project with Qualedix Inc / Director of Product Development

07/2010 to 07/2011

Overlapping management engagement. Architect and designed Co-ordination of X12 Transaction through Qualedix applications to client destinations. Db2 databases in various platforms sql with control panel and WTX app Participated in Proof of Concepts and architectural design, and client implementations. ISPF/TSO in MVS for DB2 data using various Mainframe utilities such as File-Aid and using JCL to execute WTX maps (mvs) Lead development team with software development lifecycle ideology through agile management practices. Participating in sales calls with CEO, and Executive VP's at multiple client sites. Unix/Windows/zOS

TransferMations Inc. Project Group Health Co-Operative, Seattle, WA.

01/2010 to 07/2010

Migration engagement from WTX Event Server Launcher to WMB in a UNIX environment. (Solaris) and Mainframe Cobol programs to DB2 in CICS with the new WMB Broker Flows with WMQ Queue Managers. Healthcare X12 Transactions Sets 837I, P/835/270/271/276/277 transformed. Data to Mainframe OS with WMQ Queues. Some transactions are to step up step down in 4010 to 5010 standards with WTX Maps to maintain the legacy programs integrity. Daily participation in Scrum Meetings meeting sprint objectives, and addressing stakeholders and management of progress. Designed clear objectives and worked closely as a developer and architect to the many sprints within the projects evolution. Unix/Windows/zOS

TransferMations Inc. Project Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, Newark, NJ

07/2009 - 12/2009

Migration engagement Project Planning and Scoping of time and estimates and forecasting for client. Gentran Mainframe Processes to UNIX Informatica Process. SDLC testing utilizing the Informatica Data Transformation Assistant (DTA). UAT EDI Test Cases to fulfill Functional Requirements. Testing in UNIX environment, against new Informatica components from existing Gentran Mainframe. MVS TSO utilizing Mainframe utilities against Cobol copybooks with data in File-Aid. SQL results compared from DB2 on Mainframe and Unix Oracle. This was a waterfall project with multiple divisions leading to one conscious push to production of this implementation. Although I was not a PM I did participate in planning sessions and gap analysis as well as development of artifacts used in the deployed project milestones. UNIX/Windows/zOS

TransferMations Inc. Project IBM Corp. / Center for Medicaid Medicare Services, Linthicum, MD

10/2008 – 07/2009

Architect / Sr. Application Developer. WMB creation and testing of Broker flows that interact with AIX Oracle tables in the US Department of Treasury. Websphere MQ Managers utilizing WTX and WMB to write and extract data to and from Queues, allowing broker flows to and from FTP Landing zones to AIX Oracle Tables in the US Department of Treasury.

Proprietary X12 HIPAA Transaction sets specifically for CMS Financial data, acting as SME, creating, maintaining, debugging WTX maps for use in CMS HIGLAS project interacting and mentoring System Analyst and Business Analyst to test all facets of WMB Workflows. Following a rigorous Software Development life cycle from DEV/QA/Prod. AIX/Windows/UNIX

TransferMations Inc. Project Nationwide Insurance Corp. HQ, Columbus, Ohio

02/2008 - 08/2008

Sr. Application Developer engagement. WTX mapping on MVS TSO utilizing WTX Load Libs on the Mainframe, executed by JCL within data flows for Insurance processing the output billing documents. Programmed in COBOL for IBN project and SQL queries to DB2 Database tables on the z/os mainframe environment. Created streamline processing on mainframe reducing CPU usage by 14% across all regions. Modified existing applications to utilize a simpler JCL by augmenting Proc Libs to run and test WTX maps in MVS. Developed maps from business needs, and project documentation, for ongoing insurance policies. Developed and created paperless mapping solution using COBOL copybook with Mainframe Utilities to XML for OMS solutions reading from and writing to DB2 Database Tables in CICS. Windows/UNIX/zOS

TransferMations Inc. Project Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. Corp. HQ, Jacksonville, Florida

03/2005 - 02/2008

Systems Architect / Sr. Application Developer engagement. Architect and designed Launcher/Event Server Set-up and implementation in Enterprise Architecture Infrastructure, for formal Development, Quality Assurance, Production environments IBM WTX Launcher Systems. Development, testing, production implementation of WTX compound systems through entire software development life cycle. Utilizing resource registry variables and implementing Launcher/Event Server administration, testing and all related facets of debugging, support, and architectural data flow within other systems. Utilizing MQ Series Queue managers for cross platform flows of data into and out of the Launcher/Event Servers. Database Interface Designer in conjunction with Integration flow designer for updating and SQL 7 databases, z/OS COBOL Copybook Layouts and reviewed Cobol Code. MVS/TSO/JCL using WMQ for dataflow into and out of Mainframe and UNIX environments. Modified accordingly when data did not map to DB2 Tables and File-Aid Layout. MVS DB2 databases SQL with mission critical transformed data from various compound systems. Windows/UNIX/Zos

Skill Sets

Skill Set Name

Types

Years

Level

IBM Standard Processing Engine

AIX, Windows, Linux

2

Advanced/Expert

IBM Websphere Transformation Extender

Mapping rules and commands

10

Advanced / Expert

IBM Websphere Message Queue

Message Queues and Queue Managers

10

Advanced / Expert

EDI Standards

4010, 5010

10

Advanced / Expert

HIPAA X12 Transaction sets

837D, 837P, 837I, 835, 834, 820, 270, 271, 276, 277, 278, 810, 824, 997, 999

10

Advanced / Expert

Railroad/ Shipping Transaction Sets

204, 210, 214, 404, 417, 418, 997, 999

10

Advanced / Expert

Telephone / Retail Transaction Sets

850, 855, 860, 865, 997

10

Advanced / Expert

Mainframe : Z/OS

MVS, TSO, CICS

10

Advanced / Expert

UNIX

UNIX, AIX, Linux

10

Advanced / Expert

Windows (all versions)

XP, NT, Server, 8.1, 10

10

Advanced / Expert

Linux

Fedora, Enterprise, Red Hat

10

Advanced / Expert

Java Scripting

HTML Website

10

Intermediate

SQL user

DB2/Oracle/Sybase

10

Intermediate / Advanced

JCL

TSO/MVS

10

Intermediate / Advanced

COBOL

Copybooks, Job cards, Programming

10

Intermediate / Advanced

HTML

CSS, Apache, Media, Website

10

Intermediate / Advanced

XML

Dom Schemas, databases, Websphere

10

Intermediate / Advanced

XSLT

Databases

10

Intermediate / Advanced

Unix-AIX

Shell Scripting

10

Intermediate

C

C

5

Intermediate

Unix-BASH

Shell Scripting

10

Intermediate

Unix-KSH

Shell Scripting

10

Intermediate

DHTML

Websphere

5

Intermediate (only in Retail POS)

SWIFT ISO 15022 /7775 Message Types

Treasury and Securities Markets

4

Intermediate / Advanced

Perl Scripting

Awk Sed

6

Intermediate

CL

TSO/MVS

3

Intermediate

RPGIII

TSO/MVS

3

Intermediate (long time ago)

UML

Rational Rose

1

Intermediate

JavaScript

Web Pages and Applications

8

Intermediate

FpML

Futures and Options

2

Intermediate

FpML

Websphere

2

Intermediate (Banking / swift)

Sybase v9

Aqua Studio

1

Intermediate (user only)

Professional certifications

1999 - TSI Mercator, Danbury, Ct

2001 - Ascential Datastage TX Software Certifications, Boca Raton, FL

2012 - IBM Websphere Transformation Extender

Education

1985 - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, USS Enterprise/NAS Whidbey Is. Oak Harbor, Wa.

Jet Engine Power Plant (J52) of A6/KA6D Aircraft (Intruder)

NAMTRAGRUDET (*active duty US NAVY)

A6E/KA6D Intruder Power Plant and Related Systems

AD “A” (A6 Intruder) Power Plant Systems

A6 Intruder Corrosion Control

E-780-0010 Flight and Hanger Deck Fire Fighting (USS Enterprise)

1987 - Skagit Valley Community College, Oak Harbor, WA.

Advanced Mathematics

Part time Student gpa 3.5

Full time US Navy (active duty)

1993 – Cittone Institute, Princeton, NJ

Computer Programming

Assembler 400

ANS Cobol / Cobol 400

RPG II, RPG III, RPG 400

AS/400 CL, JCL

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