Lloyd A. Binns Jr
*** ********* **** ***** **, **634-3352
Telephone: 805-***-**** Email Address: ********@*****.***
Summary:
Over 44 plus years of Software experience in Design, Development and Support of business and insurance applications for Oracle,H.P. and IBM and systems using technologies ORACLE, ,COBOL, UNIX/ADDS MENTOR,OS/MVS (XA) and DOS/VSE, interfacing with relational and hierarchal databases such as Oracle, HP Image, CICS, DL/1, Dataworks Manufacturing (ADSO), MSA Manufacturing, Insurance Policy Management and VSAM.
• Involved in full software life cycle of analysis, designing, developing, testing, installing, configuring and maintaining order processing, manufacturing and insurance applications.
• Experience with various Software Development Methodologies like H.P. Structured Design Analysis, Dataworks Manufacturing System Development, MSA Manufacturing System Development.
• Experienced in web application development and debugging using SQL Developer.
• Extensive design and programming experience for online and batch systems.
• Experienced in the design of web site pages.
Technical Skills:
Languages PL/SQL,COBOL, Visual Basic, CICS Command Level, DL/1, RPGII, PICK BASIC
Operating Systems Oracle, H.P. Image, IBM OS/MVS (XA), IBM DOS/VSE, Windows 2000/XP
Databases Oracle8i/9i/11, H.P. Image, Dataworks, Pick Basic, DL/1, VSAM
Web SQL Developer
Education:
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science - Cal State Northridge.
Other Courses:
Oracle Database Design
HP3000 Database Programming
CICS/VS Command Level Coding
DL/1 Applications Design and Coding
DL/1 Logical Database Design
VSAM Programming and Structure
Dataworks Manufacturing Systems Administration
Military Service:
U.S. Navy veteran.
Professional Experience
See’s Candy Shops Inc. Apr’95 – 12’11.
Carson CA.
Systems Analyst
Responsibilities:
• Involved in writing functional design and detail design documents for all order processing,
web site, small package, customer satisfaction and donation systems.
• Generate all of the detailed specification documents that were handed out to the programmers for the completion of the programming tasks. This included new online screens, reports, update programs and modifications to existing programs either to correct a problem or to provide an enhancement.
• Work with the programmers to resolve any issues and to provide help whenever necessary.
• Responsible for the testing of all new programs and program enhancements done by the
programmers.
• Responsible for maintaining all master system control and shipping charge tables.
• Interface with the call center director, shipping manager and all office supe?rvisors to ensure that all systems were performing correctly during the busy seasonal periods.
• Provide training to all managers and supervisors when a new system or enhancement was introduced to get their approval and prior to putting it into production.
• Prepare Test Plans and Test Cases for all major system enhancements.
Accomplishments:
• Generated the design and programming specifications for enhancements to the company web site.
Worked with the Web Development Manager to troubleshoot problems and suggest enhancements.
• Generated the design and programming specifications of a new online Quantity Discount order
processing system.
• Generated the design and programming specifications for many enhancements to the online
Mail Order processing system.
• Generated the design and programming specifications for all new batch report and update programs.
• Generated the design and programming specifications for a new batch credit card validation
sub system.
• Generated the definitions of many new H.P. image data bases and data sets.
• Generated the design and programming specifications of a new small package shipping system
utilizing Federal Express, U.P.S. and U.S.P.S. that generated bar coded shipping labels and
interfaces for daily shipment detail and tracking confirmation information.
• Wrote the design and programming specifications of a new shipping tracking sub system
that measured the delivery performance of the Postal Service. This system not only pointed
out problems with the delivery timing, but also saved the company over $50,000 a year due to
the late delivery where the company was able to recover this cost of having to re-ship the
customers order with no charge to them.
• Generated the design and programming specifications of a new online and batch Customer
Satisfaction system.
• Generated the design and programming specifications of a new online and batch Donations system.
• Generated over 300 ad hoc reports using the Visimage reporting tool. These reports were
made available so the users could request and run them without my intervention.
Environment: Oracle, SQL, COBOL, H.P. Image, Visimage Ad-Hoc Reporting Tool.
Harman International Industries Nov’88– Feb’95.
Northridge CA.
Systems and Programming Manager, Systems Analyst, SR. Programmer/Analyst.
Responsibilities:
• Manage the programming staff that included both in house and contract programmers.
• Work with the MIS director regarding the development of all new systems and enhancements.
• Interface with the department managers and supe?rvisors regarding new sub systems and enhancement requests.
• Generate all of the detailed specification documents that were handed out to the programmers for the completion of the programming tasks. This included new online screens, reports, update programs and modifications to existing programs either to correct a problem or to provide an enhancement.
• Responsible for the maintaining of the in-house payroll system.
• To write, test and debug the code for all new and program modifications that were assigned to
me by the programming manager.
• Generated the definitions of many new IBM system data sets.
• Provide training to all managers and supervisors when a new system or enhancement was introduced to get their approval and prior to putting it into production.
• Prepare Test Plans and Test Cases for all major system enhancements.
Accomplishments:
• Led a downsizing team to convert from an IBM 4381 system to a NCR 3450 system without
loss of data or user downtime.
• Generated the design and programming specifications of a new CICS real time scheduled
part monitoring system that showed the current status of a part or assembly.
• Generated the design and programming specifications of a new electronic data interchange
(EDI) processing system that tracked finished goods inventory from shipping to the
distribution warehouses.
• Generated the design and programming specifications of 8 new CICS sub systems that
replaced the manual data entry functions.
• Generated new and modified over 100 programs using all items described in the environment.
Environment: COBOL, CICS Command Level, DL/1, RPGII, Dataworks Manufacturing System,
MSA Manufacturing System, DOS/VSE,VSAM
20th Century Insurance Sep’83 – Nov’88.
Woodland Hills CA.
Systems Analyst/SR. Programmer/Analyst
Responsibilities:
• Manage the programming staff assigned to me regarding the generation of new programs or the enhancement to existing programs.
• Work with the MIS vice president regarding the development of all new systems and enhancements.
• Interface with the department managers and supe?rvisors regarding new sub systems and enhancement requests.
• Generate all of the detailed specification documents that were handed out to the programmers for the completion of the programming tasks. This included new online screens, reports, update programs and modifications to existing programs either to correct a problem or to provide an enhancement.
• Provide training to all managers and supervisors when a new system or enhancement was introduced to get their approval and prior to putting it into production.
Accomplishments:
• Generated the design and programming specifications of a new CICS real time automobile
policy quotation system.
• Generated new and modified over 100 programs using all items described in the environment.
• Generated the definitions of many new IBM system data sets.
Environment: COBOL, CICS Command Level, DL/1, OS/MVS (XA), BMS/GT, ASSIST/GT
Olga Company Mar’73–Sep 83.
Van Nuys CA.
SR Programmer/Analyst, Systems Programmer, Computer Operator
Responsibilities:
• To write, test and debug the code for all new and program modifications that were assigned to
me by the programming manager.
• To maintain all CICS program, data and file control tables
Accomplishments:
• Promoted to the lead programmer/analyst in the department.
• Generated the definitions of many new IBM system data sets.
• Generated new and modified over 200 programs using all items described in the environment.
Environment: COBOL, CICS Command Level, DL/1, DOS/VSE, VSAM, DYL280