Ron Black

adjlsm@r.postjobfree.com 816-***-****

linkedin.com/in/RonaldEBlack/

Qualifications

Skills

IBM Mainframe:

COBOL, Assembler, REXX, CLIST, SQL, MVS JCL, RPG, PLI, IMS/DB-DLI, DB2, Datacom, VSAM, QSAM, BSAM, BPAM, Zos, DOS/VSE, AIX, VM, CICS, IMS/DC, TSO/ISPF, ISPF Dialogue Manager, DB2, IDCAMS, Syncsort, Expeditor, File-Aid (IMS, DB2), SPFI, QMF, Panvalet, Endeavor, Librarian, SMPE, Apptune, Strobe, Mainview (IMS/DB2/Zos), Insync, ISPW

Front End:

HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, jQueryUI, CSS3, Responsive/Mobile Web Development, Bootstrap

Middle Tier:

Visual Studio, C#.NET, ASP.NET, LINQ, MVC, Entity Framework

Back End:

ADO.NET, SQL, SQL Server, SSMSE

Project Mgmt:

Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, MS Project, MS Office Suite

Experience

Tri-com 2020 – Present

Consultant – Commerce Bank

Provided maintenance and new development for Commerce Bank’s IBM Mainframe Bank Card System.

Applications were Cobol CICS and batch using both VSAM and DB2

Provided configuration and support for Commerce Bank’s bankcard instant Issuance platform utilizing Entrust Datacard’s Card Wizard product

Premier Tech 2019 – 2020

Consultant – United Missouri Bank

Assist United Missouri Bank in a major field expansion project affecting multiple large banking systems.

In-depth analysis using research that has been placed in Access Databases.

Developed several queries/reports to assist the management team in determining project scope and impacts.

DST Inc. 2004 – 2018

Sr. Software Engineer

Provided IBM mainframe application design and development in a COBOL/CICS/DB2 environment.

Supported DST's interfaces to the National Securities Clearing Corporation's (NSCC) suite of products (Fund/SERV, Networking, TORA, etc.) used to support the mutual fund industry.

Successfully completed the redesign and rewrite of DST's Fund/SERV interface. This effort greatly reduced application CPU cycle consumption.

New development accomplishments included the development of interfaces to support the NSCCs Omni Invoicing and Client Data Share 2 products.

Developed an in-house product that significantly reduced the amount of time and cost required to perform application parallel testing.

Fourteen years of experience working with and developing offshore development teams in India and Thailand.

Various Consulting Firms 1994 – 2004

Independent Consultant

Sprint

Responsible for the development of Sprint’s Local Telephone Division data stores/data warehousing initiatives.

Provided application/DB2/SQL tuning support for various systems using tools such as Apptune, BMC Mainview, Strobe.

Transamerica

Responsible for the design and development of life insurance applications utilizing COBOL 2 and DB2 in a CICS environment.

Developed reporting tools using QMF.

Yellow Freight

Led design and development activities for year 2000 conversion efforts.

Provided conversion strategies for the conversion of approximately 6,000 mainframe programs to utilize the year 2000 compliant date routines.

American Century

Coded and tested on-line CICS VSAM/DB2 applications as well as batch COBOL 2/VSAM/DB2 programs used to support American Centuries 401K Defined Contributions applications systems.

Education

Centriq Training 04/2019 – 10/2019

Full-Stack Web Development Program

Core Competencies:

MVC Framework

Trouble Shooting & Debugging

Source Control

Agile/Scrum

Website Deployment

Pair Programming

Code Review

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