Software Development Programmer Analyst

Xia Nelson

Tempe, Arizona

SUMMARY

Looking to make use of 19 years of experience of Software Development with an organization that will give me a chance to continue to learn and make contributions while maximizing productivity

KEY SKILLS

Problem Solving • Self Driven • Teamwork • Multitasking • Cool:Gen • SQL • DB2 • JCL

• COBOL • CE Edit • Jira • Software Manual Testing • Microsoft Office • Mandarin and English EXPERIENCE

The State of Arizona

AZ Department of Economic Security Phoenix, AZ June 2000 - December 2014 AZ Department of Child Safety Phoenix, AZ January 2015 - August 2019 Cool:Gen Programmer Analyst

Conducted meetings with management analysts to discuss change requests made by field workers of Child Protective Services regarding new policies and modifications to existing policies

Wrote technical specifications based on management analysts' business requirements

Created brand new window applications and modified existing window applications to implement users' change requests using Cool:Gen technology and IBM mainframe

Converted an existing COBOL application of medium level of complexity into a series of new Cool:Gen window applications to implement users' change requests by following business rules and logic in the COBOL application

Planned, tested, and documented test scenarios, test cases and test data

Wrote SQL code to display, create, update, and delete data for testing purposes, fixing bugs reported by field users, and so on

Utilized ISPF, CICS, TSO, JCL and other tools on mainframe to generate Cool:Gen code, create, copy, and delete datasets, upload changes, check job status, migrate changes to the next region, and so on

FieldWorks Mesa, AZ April 2022 - November 2022 Dec. 2023 - July 2024 Political Canvasser

Influenced and persuaded voters to sign petitions to support national and local initiatives

Registered people to vote for national, state, and local levels of elections

Helped existing voters update their voter's registration information

Knocked on doors to conduct surveys about candidates in the elections Worker Power Phoenix, AZ Oct. 2023 - Dec. 2023 July 2024 - Present Political Canvasser

Registered people to vote for national, state, and local levels of elections

Helped existing voters update their voter's registration information

Distributed flyers at Phoenix airport to support its food service workers

Knocked on doors to influence voters in the city of Glendale to sign petitions and call city council members and the mayor to support local initiatives

Knocked on doors to conduct surveys about candidates in the elections EDUCATION

Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ

MBA with an emphasis on Management Information System

B.S in Hotel and Restaurant Management

AZ Maricopa Community College Avondale, AZ

Java Programming: Level 1, Visual Basic Programming I AZ Coconino Community College Flagstaff, AZ

Level 1: MS Word, MS Excel, MS ACCESS, Keyboarding Shanghai Institute of Tourism Shanghai, China

Diploma in English and Tourism

Udemy Certificates:

1) C, C++, Python and Ruby Programming

2) Microsoft SQL Server For Beginners With Project 3) Code DB2 on COBOL Programs for Absolute Beginners 4) Mainframe: The Complete COBOL Course From Beginner To Expert 5) The Complete Mainframe Professional Course - 4 Courses in 1 6) The Complete Job Control Language (JCL) Course

7) Oracle Analytic Functions In-Depth & Advanced Oracle SQL 8) Complete Python Developer in 2021: Zero to Mastery 9) Microsoft Excel Pivot Tables - The Beginner Course 10) Python + SQL + Tableau: Integrating Python, SQL, and Tableau 11) Java Programming Complete Certification Training 12) SDET Training: Selenium WebDriver, Java Project & Code Tests 13) Mainframe REXX for Absolute Beginners

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