Manager System

EXPERIENCED MAINFRAME PROGRAMMER ANALYST

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• 20+ years of experience in Analysis, Design, Development and Production Implementation to create Business Application Solutions for Military Health / Purchasing / Materials Management Systems

• Extensive experience with large relational and hierarchical databases

• Analyzed and Interpreted business requirements and functional specifications and prepared all documentation including Technical Specification documents like Analyst Packet, Developer Packet and Use Cases

• Tested software designs and solutions (including debugging, troubleshooting, unit and system testing, and user acceptance testing). Implemented and verified production changes for Quality

• Interacted directly with customer / end users. Offered business analysis contributions to assist the users in the design and development of new enhancements and in resolving existing problems

• Managed an offshore team of 15 people to provide system maintenance and technical support for locations worldwide; facilitated weekly teleconferences and prioritized work to resolve issues.

• Knowledgeable of Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance. Implemented Sarbanes Oxley guidelines in the Financial Approval Business Process

• Involved extensively in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

• Enthusiastic, dedicated and organized, team player and leader, with strong attention to details.

• Have approved Security Clearance.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

HARDWARE: IBM PC, IBM MAINFRAME: ES/390, ES 9000, IBM Compatible

OPERATING SYSTEMS: OS/390, MVS, MS Windows NT/XP, MS DOS

LANGUAGES: PL/1, COBOL VS, COBOL II, Enterprise COBOL, SQL, JCL, ASSEMBLER,

FORTRAN, SAS, APS COBOL, APS CICS, Easytrieve

DATABASES: DB2, IMS DB

COMMUNICATIONS: CICS, MQ Series, IMS DC,ADDC

UTILITIES: File Aid, Abend Aid, Strobe, Xpeditor, Smart Test, ENDEVOR, QMF, IMS Expert, SPUFI, IBM File Manager; Sequential Files

ANCILLARY SOFTWARE: VSAM, TSO/ISPF, CA7, CA11, Control M/R, MS Office, Lotus Notes, Internet Explorer, MS Outlook

APPLICATIONS: TRICARE ( Military Health System )– Membership and Billing, Procurement and Supply, Non-Production Material Purchasing System – Requisitions/Releases and Purchase Orders, Materials Management, Multiprocessor Software, Road Accident Statistics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CONSULTANT 07/2010 - current

SYSTEMTEC, INC Columbia, SC

Contracted to Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina as Software Developer, TRICARE Membership and Billing System

TRICARE is the health care program serving Uniformed Service members, retirees and their families worldwide. TRICARE Membership and Billing System provides functionality and capability to support TRICARE enrollment activities, related specifically to Membership, Billing and Fee processing.

It provides online real time updates with the ability to track different benefits and coverage options.

● 2010: Participated in the Developmented and Implementation of the TRICARE T-3

Enrollment Project. The work request is to provide the systematic support for the

transitioning in of enrollment data for the TRICARE T-3 North Contract and for systems

changes necessary to continue providing on-going enrollment functionality in

compliance with the specifications of the TRICARE T-3 Contract.

● 2011: Development and Implementation of new functionality for the TMBS Enrollment

System to create and process One-Time Electronic Funds Transfers (EFT) and

One-Time E-Check Payments for PRIME and TRS/TRR accounts.

● 2011: Development of the TRICARE Young Adult project as a result of recently-signed

National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2011 which includes a provision to

extend premium-based health coverage to eligible dependent children until age of 26.

● 2011: North TMBS Shutdown – discontinue the extract and transmission process for the North TNEX TMBS data and reports to save resources.

● 2011: T3 Contract for South - the transitioning in of T3 South Enrollment data for

TRICARE T3 South Contract with Humana Military Health Services. Systems changes

enabled to continue providing Enrollment functionality in compliance with the

requirements of the TRICARE T3 contract.

Technical Environment: COBOL, DB2, CICS, IMS DB, VSAM, GSAM, PSB, DBD, JCL, FILEAID, FILE MANAGER, SMART TEST, ABENDAID, QMF, ENDEVER, APS COBOL, APS CICS, MQSERIES, EZETREV,ADDC

CONSULTANT 04/2000 – 05/2009

SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY GROUP Troy, MI

Contracted to DaimlerChrysler as Senior Programmer Analyst, Facilities and Materials Purchasing System project.

Facilities and Materials Purchasing Systems are used to procure goods and services that are categorized as non-production, such as raw materials, pre-production items, facilities, and standard non-productive items. Four interconnected system components: Non-Production Material Catalog, Requisition / Release, Request for Quote, and Purchase Order. Statistics: 6,000 users; Processed 1+ million transactions daily.

• 2003-2004: Developed and Implemented the Non-Production Purchasing application (Global Buying System) to interface with Germany, which allowed for a single purchasing system with common functionalities between Germany and Auburn Hills MI site. Developed a very detailed Technical Design documents which allowed new- hired programmers successfully pursue with coding. Received BRAVO award for job well done.

• 2005: Redesigned the Facilities and Materials Requisition / Release Approval process to meet Sarbanes Oxley requirements. The redesign effort included the migration of the database platform from IMS to DB2 and required the transfer of 110 ODIMS production elements. Due to diligent and detailed planning for testing the data conversion, the smooth implementation with minimal issues allowed 6000 users to begin using it when launched. Received BRAVO award.

• 2007: Successfully implemented the Non-Production Purchasing application to interface with

Mexico, which allowed to bring Mexico buyers into the Global Buying System.

• 2008: Successfully retired an existing DaimlerChrysler Global Buying System and replaced it with an enhanced Chrysler Facilities and Materials Information System for Non-Production Purchasing. The project was completed on time as planned, through hard work, commitment, and had excellent team cooperation, with no interference to day-to-day purchasing activities when launched. Received BRAVO award.

• 2008-2009: Managed and Facilitated the knowledge transfer to a third-party, offshore team of 15; Facilitated weekly teleconferences including assisting the offshore team from home after work hours made possible to deliver projects on time.

Technical Environment: COBOL, DB2, DB2 Stored Procedures, CICS, IMS DB/DC, VSAM, GSAM, PSB, MFS, DBD, JCL, FILEAID, FILE MANAGER, XPEDITOR, STROBE, ABENDAID, QMF, SPUFI, PROEDIT, RC/UPDATE, MQSERIES

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST 01/1996-11/1999 ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS Troy, MI

Assigned to General Motors Account, as Senior IT Programmer Analyst / Specialist, Global Materials Management and Purchasing Systems,

These systems provided daily processing of the latest engineering data, tooling and scheduling forecasted data and the reporting of vehicle assembly production.

• Adapted and implemented the system functional specifications for use in non-US country where customer has manufacturing business and plants: Brazil.

• Analyzed and Interpreted business requirements and functional specifications (e.g. contract data from DB2 tables) and prepared all documentation including Technical Specification documents like Analyst Packet, Developer Packet and Use Cases for US version of the Global Materials Management and Purchasing System. Successfully implemented this project to receive access to global contracts and capacities, which allowed the buyers to make informative business decisions.

• Supervised testing of Materials Management System for Y2K implementation and usage

• Developed reports for executive summary daily production statistics. Used SAS.

Technical Environment: PL/1, SAS, DB2, IMS DB, IMS DC, VSAM, JCL, FILE-AID, ABEND-AID, QMF, SPUFI, PROEDIT.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• LEAD PROGRAMMER ANALYST, Cybernetic Company in Academy of Science, Baku, Azerbaijan

Involved in all stages in the design and development of a new programming language / system for

modeling electrical circuits.

• SENIOR PROGRAMMER ANALYST, a statistical company, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Supported system to generate statistical road accidents reporting.

Technical Environment: PL/1, ASSEMBLER, FORTRAN, VSAM, JCL

TRAINING

• IBM Debug Tool and Debug Tool Utilities and Advanced Functions for z/OS-02

• Sarbanes-Oxley Compliant SerV System

• SQL Application Programming for DB2

• IMS Online and Batch Programming

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems, Polytechnic University, Baku, Azerbaijan

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