Maureen Thompson

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Overview

Senior Developer and Business Analyst who leverages my technical and financial expertise to develop, implement and maintain data processing solutions that are efficient and effective solutions for keyed business objectives.

Programmer with a broad background in Information Technology in various roles and; expertise in solo, team as well as department-wide initiatives. Extensive collaboration with team members, business units, business partners and/or external vendors.Strong knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle and Agile Methodologies, proficient in industry standards and emerging software practices.

Core Competencies

Extensive experience with all aspects of in-house developed systems.

Deep understanding of retail, Banking and Payroll application systems.

Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.

Strong analytical and problem solving abilities.

Adept in time and task management.

Provide innovative solutions by thinking outside the box.

Go a step beyond to assure project completion.

Self-starter requiring minimal supervision.

Equally productive on solo projects or as part of a team.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Flexible when faced with changing priorities.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Software Products: MVS/ESA, VS Cobol II, IBM MQ Series, SQL, JCL/Proc, Easytrieve, CICS, Control-M, CA7, TSO/ISPF, IBM Utilities, DB2, IMS, Access, Microsoft Word, MS Visio, Stored Procedures, Microsoft Excel, MFT(Managed File Transfer) Systems: OS/390, MVS, Windows, MS/DOS, SQL Server Hardware: IBM Mainframe S390, SQL Server Databases: DB2, Datacom, Oracle, SQL Server Languages: Cobol, CICS, JCL, SQL System Tools / Technologies: VSAM, ISPF, IDCAMS, SPUFI, File AID, QMF, Intertest, Endeavor, ISPW, Xpeditor, BMC, Platinum tool for DB2, Batch/Online debug, Agile/Waterfall, SDLC /GitHub /Service Now.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EQUIFAX 2018 – 2021

Responsible for changing JCL and Procs. Quality(QA), checking changes made by junior Analyst before

moving changes to Production. Also creating Service Now Requests for team members.

Macy’s System and Technology - Johns Creek, GA. 1991 – 2017

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsible for developing new in-house applications and providing maintenance support for existing applications. Served in various roles including Dev Lead, and Testing Advocate on projects; including but not limited to:

Macys Credit System - New Accounts, Accounts Receivable and POS Authorization

oDivision consolidations – Consolidate the company from seven divisions to four and merged accounts without impacting customers.

oNew Account Enhancements - Working with third party using File Transfer and program modifications to allow Billing and aged account processing.

oAuthorization routine customization – Worked with algorithms to merge stores.

Omni-Channel Selling: BOPS - Buy online pick up in store.

Merchandising Allocation: MFT – Managed File Transfers for Merchandising A3 System

Merchandising Buying systems: Fed buy (Vendor Purchase Order System)

Responsibilities:

Interacted with the Business Analysts and users in understanding business specifications and transforming them into technical solutions.

Provided support during system testing and user stress testing.

Developed new programs, maintained and provided support using COBOL, DB2, JCL, VSAM, Datacom and CICS, Control-M, Jira, IBM Utilities, JCL, TSO/ISPF, Xpediter, and Intertest.

Following corporate and regulatory policy standards, Implemented programs into production; using Endeavor and ISPW, ensuring versioning of code, staying in compliance with corporate and regulatory

Devise impact analysis for requirements changes, finding affected list of programs and homogeneous implementation.

Prepared Technical Specifications based on the existing functionality and requirements.

Conducted JAD (Joint Application Development) to review business documents with teams of business end users, application developers and technical analysts.

Prepared test plans for Independent Unit testing and System testing.

Provided support during system testing and user stress testing. Conducted functional design document reviews, unit test case reviews, system test case reviews, and provided feedback.

Reviewed test results to validate that they were according to plan.

Performed Peer reviews and logged any issues and track them until they were closed.

Prepared turnover elements check lists to make the turnover process seamless.

Reported status and was responsible for the final project delivery

Set up processes to be followed by Offshore while supplying them with transfer information.

Knowledge Transfer to the offshore team with business functionality

• Mentored and developed talent of junior-level application developers

• Provided technical direction to associates, developers and contractors

• Estimated project time and work efforts for technical design

• Worked with project manager to determine a project timeline

• Communicated project statuses to project stake holders

• Lead formal technical reviews of systems, applications and code

• Coordinated packaging and deployment of application code to development and production environments.

Merrill Lynch – New York, NY 1986 – 1991 Programmer Analyst

Code and modified Mainframe programs for investment portfolios.

Education/Training

1991-2017 Numerous in house training programs on DB2, SQL, ISPW, Agile, Stored Procedures.

Computer Programming Certification – New York University, New York.

Baruch College (BS in Accounting) – The City University of New York (CUNY) System, New York.

REFERENCES: Available upon request

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