LEN SPEKTOR
BROOKLYN, NY *****
***.*******@*****.***
SUMMARY
Knowledgeable and strong leader of various implementation and efforts as a project manager and technical lead
Outstanding ability to learn quickly and exceptional problem solving skills
Extensive database and data processing skills
Over 20 years in Data Processing with strong background in COBOL, DB2 and CICS
TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT
General: IBM JCL, IBM Utilities, VSAM, VSAM Utilities, ADR Librarian, Panvalet, Endevor,
File Aid, Syncsort, CMS VMX02, CA-PROEDIT, Change Man, Stored Procedures, MQ
Series, HTML, FTP, PGP, VPN.
Languages: COBOL I & II, CICS, SQL, MICROFOCUS / CICS, OS JCL
Mainframe Software: CICS/VS - Command Level, BMS, SDF II, EDF, Intertest, XPEDITER/TSO,
XPEDITER/CICS, CEDF, DB2/SQL, QMF, MVS/ESA, TSO/ISPF, XDB, DOS,
WINDOWS 98, WINDOWS NT, OS/2, SSA, Trillium, MF Workbench, PROX MVS,
SPUFI, EXTENDED SERVICES (Database Manager, QMF), Lotus Notes, SAS
Operating Systems: IBM 3090, IBM 586, IBM303X, IBM 370 Series
Development Tools: MS Office, MS Project, Visio, RTC, Eclipse
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
04/1999 – Present ISO, Inc. (Insurance Services Office)
Lead Programmer Analyst
Project manager of the team responsible for Enterprise Cobol conversion
Technical lead for the team responsible for defining and developing a new Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") system of the US Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, and those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Technical lead for the team responsible for designing and developing the Anti-Car Theft system for National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) that reports to American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) to verify vehicle title information prior to re-titling an out of state vehicle
Technical lead for the team responsible for designing and developing the CSLN (Child Support Lien Network) system
Technical lead for the team responsible for all systems upgrades
Implement Noticing process
For all projects responsible for of the entire project life cycle starting from the system requirements, system design, functional and technical specifications, project planning, conceptual and logical data modeling and database design until implementation stage
Work closely with users during requirements collection, data analysis stage, user testing, spec modification and implementation stages
All work done in CICS, Cobol II, DB2/SQL and TSO/ISPF for program development
Round-the-clock technical/production support
Senior Programmer Analyst
Responsible for evaluation, design, development and implementation of VPN / FTP / PGP/ PDF processing for UF Claim Search system
Developed both the on-line and batch processes including all required JCL programs, Procs, system testing and user acceptance
Member of the team responsible for Second level support and SWAT team.
All work done in CICS, Cobol II, DB2/SQL and TSO/ISPF for program development and positive and negative regression testing
Programmer Analyst
Key member of a team responsible for development, design, testing, implementation and enhancements of ISO ClaimSearch system. ISO ClaimSearch system antifraud claims-information system helps insurers to accelerate the processing of meritorious claims as well as detect fraud, permits claims investigators to identify suspicious claims activity across multiple insurance lines with single search of a single database.
Participated in design, coding, implementation and enhancements of the Claims Reporting function on the Internet, Automatic Update feature for web-based claims
Implemented major enhancements to the Index System (Bodily Injury Claim System), DB2 based system containing
1 billion rows of data
Designed and incorporated SSN intelligence process that significantly improved the fraud detection capabilities of the system
All work done in CICS, Cobol II, DB2/SQL and TSO/ISPF for program development
03 /98 - 04/99 Pinkerton (Consulting Firm)
Senior Programmer Analyst
Prudential Securities
Responsible for development, maintenance, enhancements and testing of Client Profile System (CPS)
Participated in design, coding, implementation and enhancements of Portfolio Calculator Trading System (PCTS) consisted of various on-line and batch processes.
Created all required JCL and Procs, performed system testing and user acceptance testing, provided 24 hours production support for CP maintenance system to Advantage and Harborview users
All work done in CICS, Cobol II, DB2/SQL and TSO/ISPF for program development and positive and negative regression testing
11 /96 – 03/98 Princeton Information Ltd, (Consulting Firm)
Programmer Analyst
Prudential Insurance
Responsible for creating conceptual and logical data modeling and database design of the Consolidated Agencies System for Pay and Recognition (CASPaR)
Responsible for conceptual and logical system process flows, design and implementation of all major Control Modules utilizing Cobol II CICS, and DB2/SQL
Created business and technical design documents and functional specifications of the new system
Participated in conversion of existing DB2 database and VSAM files, extracts from IDMS database into the new DB2 database.
Designed and implemented verification and exception reports,
Created ad hoc reports used by company’s auditors to approve data base conversion using SPUFI and CA-PROEDIT to view and analyze DB2 data
All work done in CICS, Cobol II, DB2 for program development and positive and negative regression testing
EDUCATION
State University of Ukraine
Bachelor’s Degree in Biology
Minor in Mathematics.
ASA
Conceptual Data Modeling. DB2/SQL, COBOL II, MICROFOCUS/CICS,
CICS/VS-Command Level. VSAM-Data organization and utilities.
REFERENCES
Available on request