IBM Mainframe programmer, software developer

Durrell Beauchamp

***** * *** **, **********, OK, 73750

405-***-****, ********@****.***

SUMMARY

Application Consultant professional with 20 years’ experience in computer programming in several languages, with core competencies in problem resolution and technical support. Adept at learning and applying new skills and technologies. Supported users at all organizational levels, and able to work as a project leader as well as an effective team player. Additional experience with business applications development.

Skilled in:

Languages/Programming:

SQL

VB6 Enterprise Edition

COBOL

C++

C# beginner)

SAS

Fortran

Systems:

Linux vi

HP Non-Stop (Tandem) vi

IBM (OS390) TSO ISPF-PDF

Databases:

DB2

Oracle 10

Skills in IBM OS390:

SQL DB2

SDF2

QMF

CICS

JCL

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Maintain application “Client Servers”, processing over 6 million transactions per day using MQ.

Edited and enhanced daily and weekly batch program to decrease runtime by 80 percent.

Evaluated and restructured online reservation “Client Server” application and data servers to decrease processing time by 50%.

Debug and fix a bug introduced by a calling application which cost the company $2.3 million in lost revenue over a 3 day period, saving the company over $700,000 per day.

Improved in-house from 60 minutes to 5 seconds in the user interface program, by analyzing and improving work flow efficiencies in VB6 programs.

Coordinated and implemented the port of applications from HP mainframe to Tandem server. Then, several years later, from Tandem to Linux servers. Completed projects 100% on schedule, within project budget.

Developed in-house user logon access, recording invalid logon attempts and reporting those attempts to Information Security.

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Hertz Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK 2000-2016

Car Rental Company

Application Consultant 2007-2016

-Worked with application project leaders to insure user requests, operational considerations, business requirements, and efficient cost-effective systems are designed that meets the users needs and properly utilizes the data processing resources and properly interfaces with all other systems.

-Studied user operations and identify areas of improvement or problems and improved the operations to make more time efficient and ultimately increase revenue.

-Worked with the application project teams to insure all file structures are efficient and interface efficiently with all file structures

-Evaluate proposed design solutions and determine feasibility and practicality in user environment and assist users in establishing system acceptance criteria.

-Ensured the completeness and accuracy of coded programs, created program test data and program test plans and prepared system acceptance test plans and system test data.

-Perform the designing, coding, testing and implementation of new and existing programs.

-Create detail program specifications and user documentation for project team members.

-Confirm programs are designed to meet application requirements and ease of future enhancements and maintenance, providing user and program documentation according to installation standards

-Debug programs utilizing resources such as dump analysis, data verification and language debugging.

-Assisted in developing project work plans for schedules and task priorities.

-Studied user operations and identified areas of improvement and problems, following through to improve operations.

Senior Programmer/Analyst 2000-2007

-Assisted in the creation of detail program specifications and user documentation for project team members

-Ensured the completeness and accuracy of coded programs by creating program test data and test plans. Assisting in the preparation of systems acceptance test plans and test data.

-As programming problems occur in either the testing or production environment, perform the debugging of programs.

-Ensure programs are designed to meet application requirements and to allow for the ease of maintenance and future enhancements.

-Perform cost analysis on medium level programs, and participated in information exchange meetings with user groups.

-Communicated with Senior Project staff on a regular basis discussing problems, changes and the status of current projects.

-Ensure that all assigned tasks are completed within the time scales required under normal development conditions.

EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Computer Science Technology Courses - Rose State College, Midwest City, Oklahoma

JavaScript – Microsoft Virtual Academy

ASP.net MVC – Microsoft Virtual Academy

IBM Learning Services CICS Application Programming 1

IBM Learning Services DB2 Advanced SQL Workshop

Circle Computer Group CICS Technical Design

Circle Computer Group Screen Definition Facility II – SDF2

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