RICHARD L. OWENS

Lewis Center, OH ***** adnqi0@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/Richard-L-Owens

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COMPUTER PROGRAMMER

INSURANCE HEALTH CARE FINANCIAL SERVICES

Dedicated and hard-working Computer Programmer with experience in analyzing, designing, developing, testing, debugging, testing, enhancing, maintaining, and implementing programs. Open to relocation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming: MVS COBOL, Visual Basic, JCL Job, Proc(s), Copybooks, Subprogram

Software: MS Office Suites (Word, Excel, Outlook), Beyond Comparison, Core FTP, OnDemand

Systems: Condor, TSO, Windows, Xpeditor, GTAM (Generalized Table Access, Method), VSAM and Sequential files, SAVR$, File-Aid, Changeman

CORE COMPETENCIES

Debugging Implementations Program Design Analysis Visual Basic Code

Data Validations Integration Testing Business Requirements

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GRANGE INSURANCE, COLUMBUS, OH 1/1998 – 2/2021

Senior Application Programmer

Maintained and updated the legacy system rating engine for the commercial lines of business.

Partnered with Business Analysts in gathering business requirements, as well as obtaining clarifications and approval during functional analysis, data validations, and integration testing.

Participated in the requirement analysis, design, coding, and testing.

Uploaded the rate file to PC and maintained the visual basic code that created the rate file updates on Excel. Sent the Excel to the Business Analyst to update the rates, and subsequently ran visual basic to convert the rates from Excel and download to the mainframe.

Heavy maintained internal table system (GTAM).

Coded for File Search and Renewal Conversion.

Cleaned up and saved a lot of spaces from the rate file and GTAM from old effective date from 1970 to 2000.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION/ACCESS MARKETING SYSTEM, Deerfield, IL, System Consultant

GILLDORN MORTGAGE MIDWEST CORPORATION, Schaumburg, IL, COBOL Programmer

R.C. DEPASO PAVING COMPANY, Columbus, OH, Co-Owner

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA)

ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (RIT), Rochester, NY

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