Senior IT Development Manager, Global Transformation

Curtis J. Stone Sr.

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EXPERIENCE

General Motors February 2013 – Present

Development Manager (Hands On) November 2023 – Present

Works as Development Manager of a very large and diverse team on Global IT Transformation projects. Managed Midrange (.Net and Java) and Mainframe teams in US, Brazil, Spain and Canada. Provides innovative solutions to IT Business projects. Meets with Solution Architects to verify and agree on solutions for .Net, Java and Mainframe applications based in COBOL, PL/I, DB2 and IMS. Insourced Business Process Objects (BPO), reducing cost paid to vendors by providing better service and a more robust product. Meets with Project Managers to determine project size and allocating resources in PPM. Provides project and resource status to Directors and Vertical CIOs. Manages application to configuration management standards including Technology, Business Continuity, Operation Readiness and Security.

Managed Java, .Net and Mainframe resources to build many interfaces for key Corporate Function applications including Org Manager, Customer Vehicle Management, CISA, Supplemental Payments, Canada Badge, Vendor Benefits and Brazil Pension Fund. Negotiated with Sales and Marketing and Mainframe Services to acquire additional resources to fulfill project allocation. Conducts employee performance reviews and assist employees with career plans and goals. Works with Midrange Tools Team and Mainframe Services to provide developers tools and accesses needed to perform work. Works with Architects to assist in long term strategic solutions for applications. Works with HR to identify job candidates and perform interviews. Working to prepare Team Leads to become mangers by allowing them conduct one on one team members assigned, tracking project work for assigned team members, tracking team allocation, and allowing them to provide input employee reviews. Provides guidance to Team Leads in developing code solutions and performing code reviews. Works with Architects to assist with designs and interfaces and Project Managers, helping with strategic timelines and estimates. Serves as a Mentor to employees internal and external to my direct team.

(Lead Developer) Feb 2013 – October 2023

Worked as the Lead Developer on Financial and Payroll Projects for Canada. Completed the Canadian Auto Works Project for Shift Premiums and Grandfather Supplemental Workforce Employees for 2012 Canadian Union negotiations. Task include working with the Business Representative and Project Manager, research, analysis, coding, testing and implementation. Provided all IT documentation including the ROM, Proposal, PPR, Requirements as well as Unit and UAT testing results documents. Built test file with over 1500 pay scenarios to clean up discrepancies in Payroll files. Utilized ECV to store all documents and user sign-off. Completed many change request for Finance while assigned to projects. Worked on the Data Center Migration, which included documenting, testing and reviewing mainframe apps.

Worked on the ADP project to interface legacy mainframe applications to ADP for Canada Payroll.

Worked as Lead Mainframe Developer on the Global Corporate Functions Innovations Team. Worked as mainframe lead on eSocial Projects in South America for Absence Codes, performing research, analysis, coding and testing on many COBOL, PL/1, IMS, DB2, JCL and EZtreive programs. Conducted meetings with HP consultant and GM employees to gather information on the Brazil applications process. Provide update to Management and track project status. Work with team to perform analysis and research.

Worked as Technical Team Lead completing Multiple Employment and Fixed Time of Labor Contract – Guarantee Fund for Time and Service (FGTS) Projects for the GM Business in Brazil. Conducted meetings with HP consultant gathering information on the Brazil applications process. Worked with the QA representative, HP consultant and Business to set up and validate testing. Perform successful Implementation of both Projects without incident.

State of Georgia Department of Revenue, August 1998 - February 2013

Project Manager/Lead Development Analyst

Working as Lead Payment Developer/Analyst for all State of Georgia Revenue Tax Types, Including Individual, Corporate, Withholding and Sales, Motor Fuel, Alcohol, Tobacco, International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) and Composite tax. Converted Georgia tax system to a COTS package to achieve an Integrated Tax Solution. Supervised team of developers and contractors, Verified requirement documents, Conducted meeting with Business community, Created Implementation Specifications, Reviewed Implementation Specs with Business Representatives, Scheduled and held meeting with external agencies such as the IRS, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, Set up Connect Direct or Secure FTP transmissions with Banks and other external agencies. Designed and developed ACH and EFT connections with banks and other state agencies. Designed and developed ACH Credit process State Income Tax Levy Program (SITLP). Designed and developed Business Objects (.Net) to work with COTS package including Check and Credit Card payment processing. Created Debit Card process with financial institution. Worked with Business Representatives and Team to re-engineer our process with the Treasury Offset Program (TOP) administered by Financial Management Services (FMS). Conducted Checkpoint meeting with business community and stakeholders. Provide weekly status to Executive Management. Provided analysis and program specification to junior analyst. Reviewed resumes to identified qualified candidates for interviews, Conducted interviews for new employees. Responsible for recommending qualified candidates to senior management.

Worked as a senior programmer analyst on the Individual, Corporate, Composite and Batch Cashiering Tax Teams. Assisted in developing and implementing the Individual Electronic Filing systems. Worked as a team member to convert the mainframe Individual and Corporate tax systems to a client server application. Converted the Batch Cashiering, Composite, Withholding Electronic Transfer and Alcohol & Tobacco systems to COBOL 390 and CICS/TS. Worked on a team of two to move same tax applications to Changeman and putting all reports on View Direct. Responsible for research, analysis, debugging, coding, testing and implementing application enhancements. Responsible for daily support to the users as well as on call support. Working as a lead on the Process Control Group in which I grant all team members passwords to correct production problems. Worked as lead analyst developing and implementing Credit Card system. Utilize COBOL II, COBOL 390, CICS/TS, DB2, Oracle, Expeditor, Changeman, Connect Direct, TCP/IP and View Direct.

Bank of America

Manager I (Assistant Vice President)

Managed ATM Application Development and Support Team of 6, Responsible for daily support and development of ATM System, developed work plans, created design documents, and conducted cost analysis on technical projects to insure proper installation. Conduct mid-term and annual reviews. Met with ATM Business Representatives to define Projects and Change Request. Conducted Team Meetings. Prepared Status Reports for Senior Management. Assigned task and tracked development team’s progress. Managed the installation and upgrades to TM-Monitor, a PC based application that monitors the entire Bank of America ATM network. Managed the upgrades to Attalla's A7000 security device for ATM network. Implemented a dual control procedure for ATM DES Keys.

Senior Systems Engineer (Bank Officer)

Worked as senior programmer on the Merlin Platform Technical Team. Developed, modified, analyzed, and debugged programs, GUI screens, and financial forms for Merlin. This included loans, IRAs, checking and savings, mortgages, and other bank applications in COBOL, CICS, VSAM, JCL, CA and TSO/ISPF. Created and updated detailed designs for upcoming projects related to Merlin platform. Installed and supported a CICS application, Chex Systems, which verifies derogatory data on applicants.

Managed workgroups, developed workplans, created design documents, and conducted cost analysis on technical projects to insure proper installation. Managed the installation and upgrades to TM-Monitor, a PC based application that monitors the entire NationsBank ATM network. Managed the upgrades to Attalla's A7000 security device for ATM network. Implemented a dual control procedure for ATM DES Keys.

Senior Programmer Analyst

Developed, modified, analyzed, tested, and debugged programs for ATMs, plastic card control, automated adjustments, debit card and point of sales systems in COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, and TSO/ISPF. Served as lead programmer analyst for Plastic Card Control System (PCCS). Responsible for card reissues and system availability. Worked on the Automated Adjustments System (AAS) and Point of Sales System (POS). Maintained ATM Settlement Systems which included program modifications, troubleshooting, testing and installing. Interfaced CICS online ATM system to Base24, a Tandem application using Link24. Provided continuous oncall for the Mtech ATM authorization, ATM settlement, and Plastic Card Control systems.

Rock Island Arsenal (DOD Munitions Command Center)

Programmer Analyst

Developed, modified, analyzed, and debugged programs for material management and payroll applications in COBOL, CICS, VSAM, JCL, and S2K database. Served as lead programmer analyst for US Armament, Munitions, and Chemical Command Personnel and EEOC systems. Assisted in quality review of the AMC intern program.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Management, Leadership, Mentoring .Net, Oracle, SQL, TOAD, COBOL, COBOL II, COBOL 390, MVS, TSO/ISPF, DB2, IDZ, TSO/ISPF, DBug-Aid, Bankpro, GUI, Easytrieve, JCL, Sequential & GDG files, SAS, CICS, CICS/TS VSAM, NDM, Expediter, FileAid, S2K-DB, Client/Server, View Direct, Control-M, Intertest, Changeman, SharePoint, Connect Direct, Tumbleweed, Secure FTP, Excel, Word, IMS, PL1, Visio, Power Point, SharePoint, Rationale Developer, REXX, IMS, PL/1 Enterprise, DevOps, Java, HTML, Spring Boot, PCF, Kafka, Kara, Oracle, Scrum, Agile, Waterfall, Iterative, PPM, Galileo Automation.

EDUCATION

Alabama A&M University - Normal, AL

B.S., Business Management

Cum Laude

Georgia Technology Authority

Certificate of Completion

-Project Management Foundations

-Project Planning, Scheduling and Control

-Identifying and Managing Risk

-Project Assurance

Armament Munitions Engineering College

Rock Island, Il

IT Certification

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