AMIR SASSANI
mbjetc@r.postjobfree.com
Experience Summary:
Information Specialist / Systems Analyst with extensive experience in the Information Systems arena. Project leader responsible for all phases of the systems life cycle for various mainframe and client server projects. Utilized COBOL II, DB2, Visual Basic, JAVA, JAVA SCRIPT, C, HP/UX and XPEDITER. In addition, led teams and developed numerous systems using COBOL, DB2, CICS, IMS DB/DC, VSAM, MFS, BTS, and XPEDITER. Extensive experience with Teradata and Mainframe environments including SQL Extract and ETL. Possesses strong technical skills and leadership as well as excellent interpersonal communication skills.
Education:
Attending school at New Horizons (Network Administration)
Pursued Masters Degree in Computer Science at the University of Detroit
Bachelor of Arts in Business and Banking
Network+ Certification by COMPTIA
A+ Certification by COMPTIA
CCNA Certification by CISCO
Technical Skills:
Languages: COBOL / II, PL/1, Visual Basic, JAVA, JAVA SCRIPT, HTML/XML, C
Operating Systems: J2EE, MVS, HP/UX, WINDOWS 9.X, VMS
Ancillary Skills: DB2, CICS, IMS DB/DC, MQ SERIES, WEBSPHERE, VISUALAGE for JAVA
WEBSERVER 5.0, DIMENSIONS, SHELL SCRIPTS, ENDEVOR, CA-7, XPEDITOR, VIASOFT
TSO/SPF, JCL, MFS, BTS, PROJECT MANAGEMENT (SSP), VSAM, INGRES, DBA UTILITIES
ABENDAID, FILEAID, IBM MAINFRAME, IBM PC’S, DEC VAX
Experience:
08/08 – 02/09 Consulting Company
Assigned to: Ford Motor
Title: SYSTEMS ANALYST
Developed a System to Incorporate 4 new European markets using Teradata, SQL Assistance, JCL, CA7 and various Mainframe utilities
Participated in production support to maintain the entire Enterprise Data Warehouse Integrated Systems (roughly 80 systems)
Developed various ETL projects to Load Teradata tables maintained by the projects
04/02 – 05/08 Consulting Company
Assigned to: Daimler Chrysler Co.
Title: SYSTEMS ANALYST
Developed a complete CICS/DB2/IMS DB subsystem for COIN (Customer Owner Information Network) to collapse 2.3 million consumers from operational DB2 tables
Developed and maintained COIN’s Data Warehouse system using UDB / DB2 Table structures (SQL Extracts) on UNIX and Main Frame environments
Used very large partitioned DB2 tables via ETL / OPTILOAD software which maintained the Data Warehouse on the Unix servers
Developed and maintained Consumer Purge sub-system using DB2 / IMS DB
Developed and maintained Consumer Collapse sub-system using DB2 / IMS DB
Performed programming in WEB enablement of various CICS on line transactions utilizing IBM VISUALAGE for JAVA, JSPs (Java server pages), EAB through CICS gateway
03/97 - 03/02 Electronic Data Systems
Title: INFORMATION SPECIALIST
Project Leader responsible for the design and implementation of various Mainframe and Client Server projects in Customer Delivery Reporting System (subsystem of Vehicle Order Management System). CDR is a three-tiered platform including VB/UNIX/MAINFRAME. Utilized COBOLII, C, HP/UX, INGRES and DB2 and IMS DB. Duties included:
Provided analysis to improve run time of several critical jobs.
Maintained and enhanced the system.
Developed design and functional specifications.
Programmed and tested the system elements
Participated in VB GUI front-end conversion to JAVA
Designed, developed and implemented the VOM Sales Web page.
Utilized JAVA, JAVA SCRIPT, HTML and JAVA APPLETS.
Participated in analysis and programming of a PILOT system which converted a GUI dealer application to WEB.
Utilized JAVA, JAVA SCRIPTS, HTML and JDBC.
Environment: COBOL II, DB2, XPEDITER, HTML, JAVA, JAVA SCRIPT, INGRES, C, and HP/UX.
03/95 - 03/97 Consulting Company
Assigned to: AAA of Michigan
Title: SYSTEMS ANALYST / TEAM LEADER
Developed a complete CICS/DB2/VSAM system for Daily Transaction Reporting Financial system.
Project included batch and on line programs (25) screens and reports.
Worked with user to design and implement system. Researched and developed test system using XPEDITER.
Systems Analyst/Team Leader for Point of Sale Auto Insurance, known as Surcharge Automation. This is a very large IMS/DB2 on line system that automates home and auto insurance.
Contributed heavily to the analysis of the current system and the system/program specifications for the necessary enhancements.
Set up test environments and coordinated testing facilities.
Also participated in projecting the efficiencies of various database and subsystem designs.
01/83 - 02/95 Consulting Company
03/89 - 02/95 Assigned to: Ford Motor Company, Parts and Service
Title: SYSTEM ANALYST
Served as Systems Analyst in STARS system. This is an IMS/DB2 system, which is supplied to all Dealers for their training purposes.
Designed, coded and tested many IMS/DB2 modules using the latest XDB/Workbench techniques. Suggested and applied various IMS techniques to increase efficiency and improve the runtime of Production modules.
Participated in technical review for vital System components.
Systems Analyst and IMS Technician for the E.D.S.R. system. Tasks included designing, coding and implementing key software components.
Worked on the O.A.S.I.S. system as a maintenance analyst specifically in the area of improving and refining the current processes.
Assisted in the analysis requirements and preliminary design phase of the C.N.A.C.S. system.
Served as an IMS reference point and consultant for areas of concern regarding IMS efficiency and provided debugging assistance on key problems in the Production environment.
Environment: IBM 30XX, IMS DB/DC, COBOL/COBOL VSII, BTS, MFS, VSAM, DBA UTILITIES and XPEDITER
03/88 - 03/89 Assigned to: Ford Motor Company, Body and Assembly
Title: SYSTEM ANALYST
Assisted in systems analysis.
Designed and developed BMP programs for the Parts Packaging System.
Set up test environment using BTS and XPEDITER.
Developed on line prints and background MPP programs for inquiry and updating plant databases. This system included forty-two on line and batch programs.
Environment: IBM 30XX, IMS/DB/DC, DB2, COBOL, BTS, MFS and XPEDITOR.
08/86 - 03/88 Assigned to: 3PM Company
Title: SYSTEMS ANALYST
Developed various systems to include: Inventory Control, Parts Explosion and Implosion and Bill of Material. These systems were all on line, menu driven using RMS databases and SMG for screen handling.
Wrote and maintained over sixty on line programs and fifteen batch programs.
Environment: DEC/VAX, SMG, VMS, RMS DCL, and COBOL
04/84 - 07/86 Assigned to: Michigan Bell
Title: PROJECT LEADER
Designed, coded, documented and implemented a Corporate Payroll system.
The Payroll system was converted from a Burroughs b-6700 to an IBM 3083, COBOL - IMS on line system. The system consisted of over forty IMS screens with multi-level databases.
Acted as DBA for dbdgens, psbgens, acbgens, reorgs and other IMS utility functions.
Set up all JCL, BTS CLISTS and GEN environment for program testing and debugging.
Designed, coded and implemented the Wage History which consisted of twenty IMS on line programs.
Environment: IBM30XX, MVS, COBOL, IMS DB/DC, JCL, BTS, MFS, ABENDAID, LIBRARIAN.
01/83 - 04/84 Assigned to: Chrysler Corporation
Title: SYSTEMS ANALYST
Maintained a variety of manufacturing systems programs.
Supplied day-to-day support of existing programs to users.
Developed, implemented and documented several batch update and report type programs using COBOL and IMS DB/DC.
Designed, coded and implemented an interface between an IBM mainframe and parts suppliers TELEX and TWX equipment.
Environment: IBM 30XX, OS, COBOL, TSO/SPF, and IMS DB/DC