Patrick Murphy

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P rofessional Summary

Expert software developer with extensive technical experience in mainframe applications. Strong analytical skills. Enhanced

existing applications with new features and improvements. Provided post-implementation support. Able to communicate

effectively verbally and in writing. Known for being detail oriented. Committed to accuracy and timeliness in completing

assignments. Good time management skills. Willing to learn new technologies, both in mainframe as well as distributed

computing. Firm believer in effective planning and organization.

Technical Skills

Hardware: IBM zSeries mainframe, Windows-based personal computer

Operating systems: z/OS MVS, Windows XP and Windows Vista

Languages: COBOL, Easytrieve Plus, DB2 SQL, JCL, CLIST, REXX, Microsoft Office 2007 – Word & Excel, FOCUS

Utilities: CICS, FileAid, File Manager, IDCAMS, SYNCSORT, ENDEVOR, AbendAid, Fault Analyzer, TSO/ISPF,

LIBRARIAN, SPUFI, VSAM

Experience

CIBER, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 15222 March 2012 to October 2012

Application Developer, contractor working at Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

• Set up functional and performance test runs for the claims processing system, by modifying and executing JCL that

prepared the databases and set up execution parameters. Test runs were successfully executed.

• Executed adjudication processes for defect claims. Datasets containing the claims were inserted into JCL and were

processed successfully upon execution. Parallel to baseline data comparisons were executed. Comparison results were

verified by the use of a macro that collected the information from the job output. Results were communicated to

business analysts in a timely manner.

• Reimbursement Notification run ID’s were inserted into a DB2 SQL, which was executed. Comparisons of parallel data

to baseline data were then executed. Results were verified as correct by the use of a macro that collected the pertinent

information from the job output, and were communicated to the business analysts.

• Added new fields to comparison programs for the July 2012 and October 2012 releases. Programs were executed with

no errors.

• Monitored claims processing cycle runs. Resolved JCL errors and program abends in a timely manner to minimize delay

in testing.

• Technologies utilized: COBOL, DB2 SQL, JCL, Fault Analyzer, InSync, ESP, Omegamon, TSO/ISPF

Pyramid Consulting Group, Inc., Wexford, PA 15090 March 2011 to December 2011

Senior Consultant, contractor working at PNC Financial Corporation in the Automated Clearing House application.

• Wrote conversion programs for in-house ACH Customer Information System. This involved uploading an Excel

spreadsheet and converting it to a fixed-length file. Spreadsheet was created by the user. Conversion of the spreadsheet

resulted in program meeting user’s specifications. Results were verified utilizing SQL queries created in SPUFI.

• Coded changes to ACH monthly billing programs. Page breaks for the Monthly Billing Report were modified. This

resulted in one report for the entire bank, rather than separate reports for each market.

• Technologies utilized: COBOL, Easytrieve Plus, FileAid, DB2 SQL, JCL, SPUFI, AbendAid, Microsoft Office 2007 –

Word & Excel

Fiserv, Inc., Pittsburgh PA 15222 June 1998 to February 2011

Software Development Engineer, Deposits/Cash Management Applications

• Increased client satisfaction due to discovery of coding error in ACH addenda processing that was affecting the

creation of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) statements. There were no longer any erroneous EDI statements due to

invalid data.

Minimized delay in resolving production issue by dialing in and assisting on call individual when she was unable to do

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so. Service Level Agreement (SLA) was achieved for that particular day.

Enabled the timely implementation of a software upgrade by researching alternate compiling methods. Programs were

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flawlessly compiled and executed.

Mentored offshore resources in Deposit/Cash Management applications, enabling them to resolve production issues

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during off work hours, resulting in increased productivity for system developers.

Coded paragraphs in ACH collection processor program to perform account renumbering for acquisitions by client

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banks, which resulted in greater efficiency.

Participated in conversion of ACH software package from VSAM based application to DB2. Created test data files

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based on specifications received from business analysts. Executed system testing of the ACH collection/distribution

runs with test data files as input. Created test scenarios for daily and monthly testing of ACH billing subsystem and

executed these test scenarios successfully. Executed production parallel tests of programs and ran automated

compares with test result files.

Technologies utilized: COBOL, File Aid, File Manager, DB2 SQL, JCL, SPUFI, CICS, REXX, AbendAid, Fault

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Analyzer, LIBRARIAN, Endevor, Microsoft Office – Word & Excel, IDCAMS, VSAM

UPMC Mercy (formerly The Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh), Pittsburgh, PA December 1988 to May 1998

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System Developer, Financial and Administrative Systems

Resolved payroll tax calculation issue by installing vendor software release upgrades, resulting in accurate tax and net

pay calculations.

Saved manual effort during end-of-year processing by creating custom files using payroll software report generator.

Changes to various deductions were processed with little or no errors.

Coded interface program to provide data from clinical database, resulting in a savings of $35 in outside programming

costs.

Reduced delays in labor cost processing by rewriting main program to eliminate table overflow-related abends.

Technologies utilized: COBOL, FOCUS, CICS, JCL, IDCAMS, VSAM

E ducation

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

Bachelor of Science in Accounting.

Curriculum included courses in Data Processing and Programming for Business Applications.

Westmoreland County Community College, Youngwood, PA

Course in advanced COBOL techniques.

Center for Electronic Commerce

PEP+ Basic Training – overview of Automated Clearing House application.

Themis, Inc.

CICS application programming.

Introduction to DB2.

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