Real-Time Programmer Analyst

Grigoriy Yankelevich

Email : *******@*****.***

Phone: 347-***-****

Address : **** ** ****** ********, **, 11228

Professional Summary:

Experienced COBOL, CICS, and DB2 programmer analyst with over 20 years of expertise in the brokerage industry. Demonstrated success in developing and maintaining critical financial applications, including investment funding systems, real-time balance and position calculations, SMA/Fed call calculations, Global shares Stock plan. Extensive experience in delivering efficient, scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment, ensuring accuracy and regulatory compliance as well as a high performance for high volume processes. Lately worked on Global Shares project DOPT plan for US and international companies. CICS system conversion from Monoplex to Sysplex

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with deep understanding of financial processes, trading systems, and industry standards.

All development done using Agile project management approach. Familiar with "waterfall" and SDLC project phases.

Technical Skills:

Languages: COBOL, CICS, JCL, SQL

Databases: DB2, VSAM

Mainframe Tools: TSO/ISPF, Changeman, File-AID, Abend-AID, CA-7,

Control-M, Intertest(batch/online), Xpeditor(batch/online), Mainview

Operating Systems: z/OS, MVS

Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, SDLC

Financial Services Knowledge: Equities, Fixed Income, Trade Settlements,

Real-Time Balances & Positions, Investment Funding, REGT Calculations

Other Tools: MQ Series, FTP, NDM, IBM Utilities, Platinum, Toad, Sort

Professional Experience:

Senior Software Lead, JP Morgan Chase, New York NY

05/2008 – 3/2025

Designed and implemented COBOL batch and CICS programs and Stored procedures for brokerage and investment funding applications, enabling real-time funding

Developed CICS online screens and batch programs for real-time balances, memos and positions, improving accuracy in managing customer portfolios.

Collaborated with business analysts to design new systems for REGT calculations and

investment portfolio analysis, automating key processes for enhanced efficiency.

Tuned DB2 queries for large-scale data retrieval to ensure real-time updates and

optimized performance in balance and position tracking systems.

Managed the full SDLC for complex applications, ensuring successful deployments and

minimal disruptions in production environments.

Provided ongoing support for brokerage applications, utilizing Xpediter and Abend-AID

to troubleshoot and resolve critical production issues.

Led development and migration projects for legacy systems, ensuring that applications

were up to date with regulatory requirements and business needs.

COBOL Programmer Analyst, Bear Stearns, Brooklyn NY

11/1994 – 5/2008

Built and maintained critical applications for real-time balance and position tracking in

brokerage systems, providing up-to-date financial information to customers and trading

desks.

Developed COBOL and CICS programs and stored procedures to automate REGT calculations

Enhanced investment funding applications, ensuring proper allocation of funds across various customer accounts based on real-time account balances.

Worked closely with QA teams to define test cases for all application enhancements and modifications, ensuring high quality and error-free delivery.

Tuned SQL DB2 queries to ensure optimal performance, especially for large-scale portfolio data retrieval in real-time systems.

Developed batch jobs to automate trade settlement and end-of-day processing, reducing manual intervention and ensuring timely reporting.

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Key Accomplishments:

Built automated recurring payment and journal system handling over 1.5 MM schedules for taxable and IRA account, including tax distributions with volumeover $8 Billions

Successfully built and implemented real-time position and balance tracking systems, improving accuracy, and reducing delays in trade processing.

Developed initial REGT calculation integrated into brokerage services

Led a project to automate investment funding processes

Developed recurring money movement system for brokerage accounts

Improved system performance through DB2 query optimization, leading to a 30% faster response time for real-time data retrieval.

Skills:

•Leadership and Team Management

•Project Management Expertise

•Analytical Development

•Interdepartmental Relations

•Excellent Verbal Communication Skills

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