Senior Mainframe Programmer Analyst and Lead Developer
Resume:
Gerald R. Tracey
Simpsonville South Carolina
864-***-**** HOME
407-***-**** CELL
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
I possess over 35 years of progressive experience in mainframe development, including COBOL, COBOL II, CICS, DB2 and VSAM. I have worked with end users to define requirements and turn them in to technical specs and define test cases to get user sign-off on the projects. I have performed both maintenance and enhancements to a large merchandising system at Walt Disney World. I am well versed in Inventory and Manufacturing Control Systems. I possess good communication skills and have worked with a wide variety of technical and non-technical people. I have exceptional problem solving abilities to resolve issues that may arise.
SKILLS SUMMARY
COBOL II CICS DB2 SPUFI QMF APS
File-Aid IMS DB JCL VSAM Expediter MQ Series
Intertest TSO/ISPF Librarian Panvalet Endevor SMART-TEST
IBM PC IBM 3090 OS/MVS DOS/VSE Platinum GENER/OL
Work History
1/2007 to 11/2016 Wyndham Worldwide
Senior Programmer Analyst Orlando, FL
Worked on the contract compliance system. Dealt with initial input from sales and computation of billing and interest payments. Work included design, testing and implementation. On a regular basis I worked on reported customer problems plus implementation of new features added the system. I researched, coded, tested and implemented these request. I performed on-call duties for production system running at night. These systems were written in COBOL, CICS, VSAM and GENER/OL.
08/2006 to 1/2007 Consultant to Lowes Home Improvement
Senior Programmer Analyst Wilkesboro, NC
Worked on replenishment system adding functionality for Canadian monetary costing. I researched, coded, tested and implemented those changes required to implement Canadian processing. These systems were written in COBOL, CICS, DB2, and VSAM.
10/2002 to 08/2006 Wyndham Worldwide
Senior Programmer Analyst Orlando, FL
Worked on customer billing System dealing with ACH automatic payments and manual check entry. Implemented the consolidation of ACH processing for two of the timeshare resorts, which included design, testing and implementation. On a daily basis I work on reported customer problems. I research, code, test and implement these problems. I performed on-call duties for production system running at night. These systems were written in COBOL, CICS, VSAM and GENER/OL.
03/2002 to 10/2002 Consultant to Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Senior Programmer Analyst Columbia, South Carolina
Worked with claim system, programming in COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DB2 using APS and MQ series. Worked with end user group to define requirements from customer’s request and turn into technical design, which in turn were programmed and tested and put
into production. Used IMS to control restart of jobs.
Tonya Dorsey was my project manager who is now Director of Commercial Systems.
Linda Johnston and Barry Ammons were my project leads and are still in Tricare.
06/2001 to 01/2002 Consultant to JCREW
Senior Programmer Analyst Asheville, North Carolina
Wrote new programs for Warehouse Distribution System. The system was written in COBOL II, using CICS/VSAM and batch COBOL. The process included reviewing functional and technical specifications with the user groups, code, test the programs, and create word documents for program documentation. Some of the online program written would kick off batch processes for reporting purposes. This system was written to improve the warehouse shipping capabilities.
11/1997 to 06/2001 Consultant to Disney
Senior Programmer Analyst Orlando, Florida
Responsible for maintaining Merchandise Inventory Management System. Duties were to get functional specification from the user group. I wrote the program specification, coded the program, unit and system tested and put the modules into production. Each analyst was responsible for being on call on a rotating basis to fix all production problems that occurred while the nightly batch processed. I was also responsible for maintaining Disney’s interface system to EDI. Programs were written in COBOL II, DB2 with CICS and batch processing. Version 6 of DB2 was in use with Version 5.3 of CICS.
04/1997 - 11/1997 Consultant to First Data
Senior Programmer Analyst Maitland, Florida
Wrote technical specifications for customized credit card system for a bank in Israel. Coded the system in CICS, COBOL II, and VSAM. Responsible for assigning work to project team. Kept track of all problem logs submitted by the customer. Run daily test cycles to verify test results for the QA staff.
11/1996 - 04/1997 Consultant to AT&T
Systems Engineer Maitland, Florida
Worked as a system engineer responsible for high level design for Customer Billing System. Analyzed taxing requirements for the Billing system. The systems were written
In COBOL, CICS, and DB2.
04/1996 - 11/1996 Consultant to AHOLD
Senior Programmer Analyst Greenville, SC
Designed and wrote interfaces for grocery store Pharmacy to PCS Prescription Drug Card Company. The system was written in COBOL II, DB2 with CICS and batch processing. Maintained various other grocery systems, interfacing with the users at various stores to solve their data processing problems.
02/1995 - 04/1996 Employee Watkins Motor Lines
Senior Programmer Analyst Lakeland, Florida
Designed and programmed new Freight Management System in COBOL II, DB2 with CICS and Batch processing. Wrote online update and inquiry programs and used CMA spool to print CICS reports.
07/1991 - 02/1995 Consultant to GTE Corp
Senior Programmer Analyst Tampa, Florida
Duties included writing Customer Billing Online Maintenance Inquiry System using COBOL II, DB2 with CICS and batch processing. Tested and installed all enhancements to Carrier Access Billing system. Worked in Employee Payroll System, which included installing new Tax Calculation Package from BSI, adding new features, and correcting any problems that occurred.
08/1989 to 07/1991 Kidde Systems Inc.
Southeast Sales Manger Orlando, Florida
Promoted sales in Southeast region dealing with instrumentation and process computer controls for water and wastewater treatment plants. Designed and programmed financial quotation system for sales in the Southeast.
11/1970 - 08/1989 Martin Marietta Data Systems
Senior Computer Consultant Orlando, Florida Baltimore, Maryland
MAS Product Center (01/1980 - 08/1989)
Responsibilities included technical control of an Inventory/Manufacturing Control System. Duties performed were documentation upgrades, preparing functional and computer system designs, writing test guides and procedures and securing the code once it had been written. System duties included maintaining CICS tables and performing DBD and PSB gens.
Headed up the customer service group that was responsible for handling customer inquiries and problems related to the system. Prepared fixes for customer problems and installed them on their computer. The systems were written in COBOL using CICS online with IMS databases.
Dupont Incoming Materials Management System (07/1978 - 01/1980)
Responsible for writing the design document for an Accounts Payable System to process at 100 plus sites. Worked with the corporate data processing staff and various Dupont sites to get input.
MAS Center (10/1975 - 06/1978)
Designed and implemented the Executive Payroll System for Martin Marietta Corporation in Bethesda. Managed a staff of four programmers during the project. Duties included user training and documentation. Responsible for performing functional and computer system design for financial systems delivered at four customer sites.
Resources Facility Contract (12/1970 - 10/1975)
I was responsible for converting Manufacturing and Payroll Systems from 1401 to COBOL 360/30.
06/1969 to 11/1970 ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER
Programmer Analysis Baltimore, Maryland
I was responsible for maintaining the Payroll System which included 50 offices operating in the U.S. and Canada. Tasks included reviewing tax law changes and making the necessary changes to reflect these in the Payroll System. The systems were written in COBOL using VSAM access.
01/1967 to 06/1969 Londontown Manufacturing Co Programmer Analysis Baltimore, Maryland
Wrote programs for Manufacturing Control System in COBOL.
Personal Data Hobbies include golf and fishing.
Service Honorable discharge U.S. Navy (1963-1966)
Education High School Diploma Taneytown, Maryland
(1963)
Programming System Institute
Baltimore, Maryland
IBM programming course in COBOL
DEC programming course in BASIC PLUS TWO
Contact this candidate