Manager Quality Assurance

Jimmie L. Harris

***** ******* **

San Antonio, florida 33576

Phone: 334-***-****

Cell: 614-***-****

E-mail: *************@*****.**.**

Primary Military Branch: Army

Highest Pay Grade: O-4 (Senior Officer); Retired

Job Category: IT Management-Project Manager or Tech Support/Help Desk

Willing to relocate: No

Career Level: Senior Level Career (10+ yrs experience)

Compensation: Unspecified annual salary or Unspecified hourly wage

Work Experience:

Supervisor IT Specialist (APPSW) - DISA Ogden

08/2002 to 30 Sept 2009 (Retired)

GS - 2210 - 13 Date of last promotion: 08/10/2003

Employment Type: Permanent Hours worked per week: 44

Supervisor: Ted Lewis Phone: DSN 388-7002

Job Description:

Supervisor of nine GS-12 computer specialists, supporting the MOCAS, SRD1,

STANFINS and HQ MIS applications. The primary mission of the section is to provide "Application Support" services to our two main customers, DFAS & DCMA. Overseeing training, administrative actions, problem resolution, briefings and issuing guidance and recommendations to customers to resolve processing conflicts.

DESCRIPTION MOCAS: A fully integrated business system that supports the Contact Management functions performed by DCMA and the Contract Payment function performed by DFAS. Currently my shop supports five copies of MOCAS. Of these, three (3) are production copies, one (1) environmental test and one (1) development copy. In addition, MOCAS Contract Audit Follow-Up (MOCA) is used exclusively by DCMA in production, as is the MOCAS Payment Revalidation Module (PPVM) used by DFAS.

DESCRIPTION SRD1: Supports Disbursing and Accounting processing of vendor and travel payments for the Defense Commissary Agency customer of the DFAS Columbus Center .

DESCRIPTION STANFINS: A financial accounting system in support of DFAS and the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA). STANFINS is primarily a batch processing system, with database files updated during nightly batch cycles, and is used for query purposes only.

HARDWARE PLATFORM: AMDAHL Millennium; GS-765

SOFTWARE PLATFORM: SUPRA; CICS (Prevalidation); OS/390 V2R10

• AIS SUPPORT/APPLICATION ADMINISTRATION:

Application support includes these tasks:

• Run daily cycles

• Run weekly cycle

• Run monthly cycle

• Run Quarterly cycle

• Quality Assurance cycle

• Production redesign cycle

• Year-end processing cycle

• Backup MOCAS databases after each cycle.

• Ensure MOCAS on-lines are up after cycles finish.

• JCL Maintenance

• Systems Administrator

• Technical software upgrades

• Technical improvements for efficiency

• Security

• Cycle Scheduling

• Release/Configuration Management

• DUMPS/Housekeeping

• COOP

• External Reporting

• Maintenance of MORDS

• Maintenance of four DFTPITS

Computer Specialist - Defense Enterprise Computing Center Columbus

02/1989 to 08/2003

GS - 0334 - 12 Date of last promotion: 09/07/1986

Employment Type: Permanent Hours worked per week: 40

Supervisor: Jim Wheeler Phone: 614-***-****

Job Description:

As a Senior computer Specialist in the Contract Management and Payment Branch, I have the responsibility to resolve customer problems as related to MOCAS, as well as, to recommend and implement system enhancements. Chief responsibilities include external financial reporting, FTP/IP, entry & exit processing, and disbursement processing. To include system-related activities associated with the pre-validation of contractor payments. Time is also, devoted to assisting the operations branch with resolving systems stops and delays, issuing scheduling guidance, and co-ordinating activities of data base personnel. Another primary function is to provide intra-staff coordination with DFAS, DSDC, and DLA. Primary tools utilized at DECC Columbus includes MVS-XA, Lan/Wan, FTP/IP, TIS DBMS, and Cobol 74.

Computer Specialist - Defense Information Systems Agency

04/1993 to 06/1993

GS - 0334 - 13 Date of last promotion: 04/01/1993

Employment Type: Full Time 40 + hrs per week

Supervisor: Sharon Cherney Phone:

Job Description:

As a Senior computer Specialist in the Contract Management and Payment Branch, I had the responsibility as the lead computer specialist. Lead duties were inclusive of the duties noted above. Responsible for assisting/training other associates, leadership position on new projects, coop activities and representing MOCAS at various meetings.

Computer Specialist - DCASR-CLE-QTX

09/1985 to 02/1989

GS - 0334 - 12 Date of last promotion: 09/06/1986

Employment Type: Permanent Hours worked per week: 40

Supervisor: Stephen Lisy Phone: 216-***-****

Job Description:

Provided technical assistance and guidance to other specialists and operating branches on complex technical problems. Tasks included the implementation of software quality assurance programs. Software QA activities were conducted on all aspects of contractor developed software, to include performance testing, specification review and validation of contractor's systems. Contract deliverable items included special purpose test equipment, automatic test equipment and deliverable software.

Systems Manager - DCASR-CLE-ZW

02/1984 to 09/1985

GS - 0334 - 11 Date of last promotion: 02/15/1984

Employment Type: Permanent Hours worked per week: 40

Supervisor: Don Grispino Phone: 216-***-****

Job Description:

As the Systems Manager on the third shift, I was responsible for the operational continuity and effectiveness of DCASR ADP Systems, with additional responsibility of developing or revising OS-JCL. I Oversaw data base operations during assigned shift, monitored runtime and made recommendations to improve the run streams. Provided resolution to problems resulting in system stops or delays for MOCAS and APCAPS applications. I also, provided assistance and on-job training to operators and schedulers that were assigned to the shift. Work was completed on an AMDAHL 470 and four phase computer systems.

Computer Programmer/Analyst - Army Corp. of Engineers, New Orleans La.

08/1983 to 02/1984

GS - 0334 - 11 Date of last promotion: 08/15/1983

Employment Type: Permanent Hours worked per week: 44

Supervisor: Marice Nickerson Phone: 504-***-****

Job Description:

Responsible for the analysis, coding and testing of work processes to accomplish, through the use of a Gould computer, the processing of applications that track nationwide water transport statistics at local and national levels. Devise, maintain and update complete computer programs utilizing Cobol. All work was completed in accordance with Army regulations.

Systems Analyst - National Convenience Stores, Inc

03/1980 to 08/1983

Annual Salary: $22,500 Hours worked per week: 40

Supervisor: Duane Crawford Phone: 713-***-****

Job Description:

As a Systems Analyst my assignments included the development of written program specifications for current and new software applications. I also assisted customers in identifying current data elements and writing procedures for tasks that have been identified for computer systems development. As a programmer, I was chiefly responsible for providing maintenance to financial systems, including accounts payables, account receivables and company payroll.

Education:

Central Michigan University, Columbus, Ohio, DSCC

M.S., Information Resource Management

12/2005 to present

Credit Hours: twelve quarter hours

Relevant Coursework:

CPS 603 Computer Info Systems 3 qtr hrs

BIS 635 Business Stst. Appl. 3 qtr hrs

MSA 635 Financial Management 3 qtr hrs

IET 524 Technology and Environment 3 qtr hrs

Houston Baptist University, Houston Texas

Other, Personnel Administration

06/1981

Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio

B.S., Distributive Education

12/1973

GPA: 2.5

Relevant Coursework:

Accounting 15 Quarter Hours Miliatary Science 36 Qtr Hours

English & Technical Writing 20 Qtr Hours

Business Law 3 Qtr Hours

Economics 10 Qtr Hours

Math 15 Qtr Hours

Training:

VSAM essentials, 40 hours, 1996 Officers Basic Course, 14 weeks, 1974

CICS Concepts & Facilities, 16 hrs, 1996 Vision Format Programming, 32 hours, 1984

MVS Fundamentals, 40 hours, 1984 Easytrive, 16 hrs, 1984

Command General Staff Course, Phase 1 & 2, 1990 Fortran, 3 semester hours, University of Houston 1982

CAS3, Combines Arms Staff Training, 1990 Basics System Analysis, 80 hours, 1980

Ordnance Officer Advance Course, 1985 Cobol 74, 80 hours, 1976

Software Quality Assurance, 8 hrs, 1985 Configuration Mgmt for Computer Software, 1987

CQA of Computer Software, 1988 Open Edition MVS, 1998

TCP/IP, 40 hours, 1998 Introduction to Human Resources Management, Dec. 2003

Introduction to Supervision, 40 hrs 2003 Technical Writing, 3 Semester hours, 40 hrs, 2001

Honors, Awards, and Special Accomplishments:

Certificate of Recognition, from Defense Communication Agency, 26 Sept. 1990

Certificate of Appreciation, from Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1994

Certificate of Appreciation, DISA, June 1996

DLA Performance Award Certificate, June 1985

Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (2nd OLC) 1978, 1982, 1984

Army Commendation Medal, 1979 and 1987

Certificate of Official Recognition and Appreciation, 1984

Supplemental Information:

Highest pay grade held is GS-13 from 08/10/2003 to present

Veterans' Preference: 5 Point

OPM/DEU Consideration: yes

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