Systems Engineer z/OS
Resume:
THOMAS A. DECKER ***** SPRING GROVE AVENUE
DALLAS, TEXAS 75240
*************@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a contract IT position, with emphasis on IBM z/OS / MVS mainframe programming.
EDUCATION
Economics, Bachelor of Science June 1972
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
GPA 3.3/4.0
Law, Juris Doctorate June 1976
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
GPA 3.1/4.0
EXPERIENCE
Systems Engineer II, Technical Services December 2004 – Present
J C Penney HQ, Plano, Texas
Enhance and support in-house developed managed file transfer system Network Data Transfer 2 (NDT2). Enhance and support in-house developed Workflow Management System Utility Datasets (UDS). Created, enhanced, and support TIBCO Enterprise Message System interface for IBM z/OS mainframe application developers. J C Penney is transitioning from NDT2 to IBM Sterling’s Connect:Direct and as a result I am in the process of rewriting UDS to interface with Connect:Direct as its file transfer vehicle. Developed tool set (EMSHNDLR) to be used by application programmers so they may easily interact with z/OS TIBCO client. This has been in wide use for over two years and has never had a trouble ticket.
Contract Systems Engineer June 1995 – December 2004
COMSYS, Dallas, Texas
Contract at EDS working on Texas Medicaid System. Contract at MBNA as a Technical Lead for Year 2000 project. Contract at TXU as a DB2 DBA. Contract as Project Manager for Allstate Insurance, South Barrington, IL, supporting legacy Minor Lines of Insurance systems while replacement system was being developed. Contract at JC Penney Corp as Lead for the new Associate Discount Card system, and Planner/Tracker System.
Independent Consultant April 1993 – June 1995
Worked with the U.S. Navy identifying and remediating hazardous material waste areas at twenty-eight different Naval installations located in Southern California.
Manager, Environmental Information Systems April 1987 – April 1993
Northrop Corporation (now Northrop-Grumman), Hawthorne, California
Managed the automation effort for acquiring, organizing, and maintaining the Northrop Aircraft Division’s data on its use of hazardous materials. My organization developed the first automated Hazardous Material Tracking System in the United States. This system supported the reporting requirements at the Federal, Regional, State, and Local levels.
Manager, Information Systems June 1984 – April 1987
Northrop Services Arabia, LTD, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Managed the IT effort for Northrop’s Saudi Arabian F-5 program. The four IT sites were located in Riyadh, Taif, Jeddah, and Dahran. During last seven months of the program (the demobilization period) I served as the Manager of all Operations at Taif in addition to my IT duties.
Corporate Systems Engineer January 1977 – June 1984
Data General Corporation, Westborough, Massachusetts
Corporate Systems Engineer supporting Data General’s Small Business Systems line of mini-computers.
Previous Experience includes IT work at Southern Bell, Atlanta and Birmingham, and Birmingham Trust National Bank, Birmingham.
Skills Expert
IBM Z/OS MVS
IBM Assembler
Enterprise COBOL V4.2
IBM DB2 V9
SQL
JCL
VSAM
DFSORT
TIBCO EMS z/OS
Assorted Utilities
Skills Journeyman
PL/I
CICS
MS Office Suite
XML
VB.NET
Skills Some Familiarity
IBM Z/OS C
C#.NET
Skills Non-Technical
Project Management
Risk Management
Change Management
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