Engineer Software

Joseph P Zelenka

630-***-****

Itasca, IL *****

*********@*****.***

Linkedin(www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-zelenka)

SUMMARY

Worked as a Principle and Senior Software Engineer, Product Developer and Senior Program Analyst. I have 30+ years of Mainframe experience. In the process became well versed in multiple programming languages. Designed, developed,and led teams in tool applications for the DB2 and mail ware industries. Did consulting work writing custom software for small business applications. Primarily worked in mainframe, although versatile having worked in other platforms such as the AS400. Led training efforts for fellow team members. Trained in the AGILE process, participated in PI planning and in team project sprints. Very experienced in problem solving, both in development and customer support. Innovative, analytical, and holding a US patent.

KEY SKILLS

Problem solving, Developing Project Plans, Programing, System design, Analyzing data, Customer Oriented, BAL (Basic Assembler Language) including 64 bit grand instructions, Mainframe Programming, Application COBOL programming on both the Mainframe and AS400 platforms, DB2,DBA tools, JCL, ISPF, VSAM, C++, AGILE, SDSF, Software AG Natural with ADABBAS, Knowledge of CICS, and IMS. DB2 DBA certified. DB2 object creation, Utilization of DB2 utilities, Knowledge of DB2 page formats, Analyzing customer problems, Detailed knowledge of DB2 catalog structures, ZPARM implementation, HTML and JAVAscript as applied to WEB design

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Addison Group, Schaumburg IL 09/2018 –05/2019

Worked as a contractor for Mainframe development at Follett School Solutions. My role was as an individual contributor for a new project to open remote fulfillment centers throughout the country. I wrote new applications in mainframe COBOL assembler and AG software’s Natural language with use of CICS and VSAM. I also refactored assembler language code to Natural programs source.

CA Technologies Inc. Lisle, IL 06/1999 – 05/2018

Principal Software Engineer in the DB2 tools group

My role was to lead special projects to design, support, and develop DB2 utility tools. Achieved all team goals as well as exceeded performance goals established through designing and planning within the AGILE process. Work with the product owner, completed the requirements of the project on time and within budget My primary responsibility was the Reorg DB2 utility product, though I supported all other CA utility tools. The project and support work employed knowledge of DB2, DB2 utilities, JCL, VSAM, SQL, and CA DBA tools. I used knowledge of DB2 Page formats, catalog structure, VSAM linear datasets, and ZPARM implementation to address customer support issues within DB2 tools. The following is short list of accomplishments from my time at CA Technologies:

•Lead product training for team members, developing and teaching with Powerpoint Presentations

•Developed educational material including videos to be used for customer training.

•Re-architected the Reorg product to attain a greater than a 30% zIIP offload, exceeding the team goals.

•Implemented DB2 ZPARM functionality to allow for greater availability for the online option of the reorg utility.

•Worked with 3rd party vendors to co-develop a better sort methodology attaining more than a 30% performance improvement in CPU and elapsed time.

•Received a US patent, US PATENT 7,177,885 B2, Method and system for reorganizing a tablespace in a database.

•Provided continual customer support, 24/7 for critical product outages involving utility tools.

•Received numerous “Above and Beyond” awards for reducing the most technical debt within the company.

Platinum Technologies Inc. Oakbrook Terrace, IL 06/1994 – 06/1999

Senior Software Engineer/Product developer/Senior Program Analyst

(Acquired by CA technologies in 1999 see above)

As an individual contributor I supported all the DB2 utilities tools including maintaining support for the latest DB2 releases.

LPC, Pitney Bowes Inc. Lisle, IL 08/1980 – 06/1994

Senior Software Engineer in the malware industry.

I supervised, designed, developed, and supported the Finalist mail software product, a zip+4 attachment program currently used by direct mailers to perform mailing list hygiene. The project required JCL VSAM and COBOL. I wrote an AS400 version of Finalist in COBOL and DB2

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Biology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL

C++, College of Dupage

DB2 Certification, IBM Tech Conference

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