Project Manager Software
Resume:
Michael Ray Throgmorton
St. Louis, MO 63128
(H) 314-***-****
(C) 314-***-****
OBJECTIVE
Senior Technical/Business/Systems Analyst/Project Manager/Manager of IT.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Senior IT professional with 20 plus years of IT experience including computer operations, programming, business and system analysis, project management and management.
Significant IBM mainframe and AS400/ISeries experience (ten plus years) as both a developer and manager.
Managed an IBM mainframe and AS400/ISeries environment in addition to network infrastructure for four years.
Proven experience working with upper management including CFO’s and company owners.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
• Like to engage others for ideas
• Willing to make difficult decisions
• Committed to excellence
• Love a challenge
• Competitive
• Love problem solving
• Strive for perfection
• Philosophy of work hard but enjoy the experience
• Strong professional and personal ethics
• Encourage team concept
Favorite quote
“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
SKILL PROFILE
Hardware IBM Mainframe, IBM AS400, ISeries, MVS, VSE, Windows
Databases: SQL Server, OS400, MS Access, DB2
Software: MS Office Suite, Lotus Notes, Lotus 123, EZView, Robot, MAS-90
Languages Cobol, CICS, RPG, SQL, JCL, CL, EZtrieve, Visual Basic, Basic
Other: TSO, ISPF, NDM, RUMBA, SDA, FTP, Sharepoint
Packaged
Software: Leadtech, Infinium Software (formerly Softwarer 2000), Information Science
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CitiMortgage – O’Fallon, MO Feb 2011-present
Contract Business Analyst
Assigned to numerous projects to work with business requirements developed by the business users and from that develop functional requirements to be utilized by the developers.
A few of the projects I worked on were as follows:
• Dodd-Frank Disclosure
• Flood Compliance
• PINS – Personal Insurance System
• Disbursement Notification
• Two Merger projects
National States Insurance Company (NSI) - St. Louis, MO 2004 - 2008
(Placed into receivership April 2010 and ordered to liquidate in November 2010)
IT Manager 2004 – 2005
Responsible for all activities related to IT for NSI as well as two subsidiary companies a law office and a real estate company. Responsibilities included:
• Project management
• Network infrastructure.
• Disaster Recovery
• Hardware/Software acquisition and support
• Vendor negotiations
• Training and mentoring
• Participation in weekly management meetings with company owner and management team
• Telephony system
• Employee performance reviews
Accomplishments
Managed project and participated in technical activities for system consolidation to move core business application (health system) from IBM mainframe to ISeries and eliminate mainframe and associated expenses.
Project specifics:
Developed proposal and cost/benefit analysis for hardware/software conversion. Received approval by owner and proceeded with project
As a pre-cursor to conversion led project to identify all production programs
Reviewed vendors and selected vendor (KPIR) to assist with conversion
Developed sequence of tasks and assigned resources to tasks
Developed plan for unit and regression testing
Led project meetings to evaluate project progress and to solicit ideas for system solutions
Personally performed all batch parallel testing and verification for weekly, monthly and annual processing and performed corrective programming when necessary
Assisted assigned staff with testing, debugging and resolving online program issues
Personally developed the Iseries CL to receive conversion files from mainframe
Project results
Project completed in mid-2008 with company realizing an approximate annual savings of $200,000
Improved batch and online response time.
Reduced operator interaction with batch process by 90 percent.
Converted all file transfers from RUMBA to FTP
Managed project to convert AS400 to ISeries
Worked with Iseries vendor to install and convert entire system from AS400 to Iseries over weekend
Installed new LTO tape backup system
Project results
Improved batch and online response time
Reduced time to take backups
Provided a platform for which a viable Disaster Recovery plan could be realized
Miscellaneous accomplishments as Manager of IT
Personally initiated and developed Excel spreadsheet to track IT expenses for review by CFO. Provided monthly and annual expenses with variances. Prior to my arrival, IT expenses were not tracked.
Achieved $9,000 annual savings by negotiating new contract for hardware support with no degradation in service.
Delegated upgrade to server and desktop hardware which resulted in improved response time, network security and reduced number of servers.
Identified problem with broker commission statements process, developed the concept for improvement and contracted outside vendor to perform technical modifications to website which provided timelier information and more historical information.
Personally improved efficiency by reprogramming and automating monthly reinsurance process. Three-day process was reduced to less than one hour.
Manager of Health System 2004 – 2005
Responsible for all issues related to mainframe health system residing on IBM mainframe
Tasked with reviewing, recommending and executing corporate network support modifications. A consultant working out of Florida with access to the St. Louis systems was supporting the network support function. After reviewing his billing and consulting with vendors locally it was felt he was charging in excess of what was necessary. His annual billing was approximately $100,000 per year. Personally interviewed local vendors and selected vendor to perform the network support function which led to a 75 percent cost reduction and my promotion to IT Manager.
General American Life Insurance Company - St. Louis, MO 1998-2004
Senior Systems Analyst
Responsible for analysis and programming as part of team that supported Managed Care portion of business.
Created automated process to feed prescription processing company with eligibility data extracted from core eligibility system.
Analyzed, programmed and tested portion of business systems as part of Y2K.
Created process to feed client server Medical Management system with eligibility data. Provided users of client server application ability to work with current data. This was accomplished by writing Cobol data extract programs and then loading the data to the client server platform
Hermann Marketing - St. Louis, MO 1997-1998
Senior Systems Analyst
Company lacked direction and cannot recall specific projects. Corporate Express bought out the company.
Infinium Software (formerly known as Software 2000) - Boston, MA 1997-1997
Senior Software Consultant with St. Louis as home base reporting to Chicago office (100% travel)
Assigned to client Ball Glass Container in Muncie, IN
Assigned to Sisters of Catholic Charities in San Francisco, CA
Responsible for going to client sites and assisting client implement purchased payroll and HR applications written by Infinium Software.
EDS/Kellwood Company - St. Louis, MO 1995-1997
Project Manager
Responsible for payroll, pension and HR systems
Project leader for payroll, HR conversion 1995-1997
Resumed and completed conversion project started in 1992. Converted 18 plants and 5 subsidiaries from internally developed applications developed in Cobol and Assembler running on IBM mainframe to purchased applications developed in RPG running on AS400. Software was purchased from Infinium Software out of Boston, MA. Conversion included plants/subsidiaries in Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, West Virginia, California and Massachusetts
Project specifics:
. Project specifics:
Selected to be on committee as IT representative to evaluate and select package system for HR and payroll applications for the AS400 platform
Developed project plan for HR/payroll conversion using Excel
Developed system configuration to automate creation of General Ledger entries associated with payroll
Trained users with respect to executing the payroll process and navigating the system to enter data, produce reports, run payroll, etc
Attended vendor held training classes to learn software implementation process and data migration process
Performed all programming in Cobol and RPG to convert data from mainframe legacy databases to AS400
Developed reports using Cobol and Easytrieve report writer that were used by contract personnel to enter HR benefit data that could not be converted by an automated process
Performed all parallel payroll processing and verification
Acted as Help Desk for all user questions regarding newly installed application
Project results
Improved payroll processing throughput
Provided users with ability to generate reports on-demand by utilizing package report writer
Turned creation of general ledger entries from a manual process to an automated process
RHI Consulting - St. Louis, MO 1994-1995
Senior Systems Consultant
Assigned to client MEDCO
MEDCO was in a state of hardware transition and do not recall specifics about job. As I recall they were moving to Hewlett Packard and my skill set was not one that matched the direction they were taking
A.G. Edwards - St. Louis, MO 1994-1994
Senior Systems Analyst
Responsibilities included support of software package developed by Infinium Software
• Worked with HR business users to define user requirements and convert them to system requirements
• Developed program specifications for customization of software package to meet business needs
Kellwood Company - St. Louis, MO 1983-1994
Senior Systems Analyst
Note: All IT was outsourced to EDS in 1994
Project manager - Payroll, HR conversion 1992-1994
See Project leader for payroll, HR conversion under EDS/Kellwood
Programmer/Sr. Programmer/Sr. Systems Analyst 1983-1992
Developed several spreadsheet templates using LOTUS 123 (sales forecast, cost sheets) that were used by division in North Carolina which resulted in increased accuracy and elimination of some manual processes.
Created LOTUS 123 spreadsheet that HR department used to perform pension calculations. Company recognized an approximate one-time savings of $100,000. This function was previously being done by a third party at $120 per calculation.
Responsible for payroll/HR applications.
Led project to modify payroll/HR applications to handle pre-tax health insurance. In addition to my technical responsibilities I had to be the main speaker at an HR conference held in Tennessee to present the system details of this change to HR managers brought in from the various divisions and subsidiaries from around the U.S..
McAuto - St. Louis, MO 1978-1983
Computer Operator
Worked in various roles including report distribution, tape monitor, remote operator and mainframe computer operator
EDUCATION
University of Missouri at St. Louis
Graduated 1990 with Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with emphasis on Information Technology
Degree was obtained attending night school while working full time in data processing and raising a family
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