Programmer Analyst Leader

Lon Peper

Email: yg7qph@r.postjobfree.com

(h) 864-***-**** http://www.linkedin.com/in/lonpeper (c) 864-***-****

SUMMARY

Innovative Programmer/Analyst with extensive years experience in Annuities and Life Insurance on the Vantage-One system. Skilled in programming and designing mainframe information systems using COBOL, JCL, CICS, with DB2 and VSAM files. Production support experience and proficient in performance tuning.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CSC – Greenville, SC

A global leader in providing technology-enabled business solutions and services.

Programmer/Analyst Leader 2006 – 2010

Responsible for independent projects, fast track modifications, and analyzing and developing performance enhancements to reduce cycle times and processing costs. Estimate work efforts and develop technical specifications from business requirements.

• Saved $68K per year in chargeback costs for a client by co-developing COBOL performance enhancement modifications and implementing multi-row fetch capabilities in DB2.

• Reduced nightly batch cycle by 1.6 hours through COBOL performance enhancements and job balancing.

• Reduced quarter end critical path cycle time by over 6 hours through COBOL performance enhancements, job balancing and scheduling changes.

Computer Scientist: Programmer/Analyst 2004 – 2006

Provided 24-hour on call production support and lead other staff members in project work. Responsible for creating ad hoc reports and maintaining data integrity. Developed and implemented performance enhancements. Estimate work efforts and develop technical specifications from business requirements.

• Saved over $185K in tape transfer costs per year by creating two backup tapes with a single job step to eliminate a tape-to-tape copy.

• Reduced CPU time by 40% and Tape I/O by 99% by identifying and properly blocking files through COBOL and JCL modifications.

• Reduced processing time by 6 hours and saved 21 CPU minutes on a monthly process by restructuring the COBOL program to retrieve the information it needed in a single pass of the history files.

• Lead a team of application and system programmers, as part of a group created to improve system performance so as to delay the need to increase system capacity, in several efforts to reduce CPU usage across multiple LPARS used by several clients.

Consultant 1995 – 2004

Provided 24-hour on call production support and lead other staff members in project work. Responsible for creating ad hoc reports and maintaining data integrity. Estimate work efforts and develop technical specifications from business requirements.

• Reduced processing time of several Easytrieve steps by 50% by adding LSR and NSR buffering to the JCL.

• Saved over 1 - 2 hours of processing time and an 11% - 38% CPU time on long running jobs through efficient LSR buffering.

• Designed and implemented a modification to Vantage-ONE to calculate interest on a 360-day calendar year instead of a 365-day calendar year.

• Saved several hundred hours in testing by creating an Access database used by Business Analysts to create and track test cases

• Saved several hours in programming by creating an Access database to track modifications and system problem reports that were being applied to a new Vantage-ONE installation.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Six Sigma Greenbelt Training

• Assemble, fix and install PCs

• Web site design

• Create cables to connect PCs to network, TI-990 mini-frame, and SCO UNIX system

• Trained users on new software and applications

• Convert COBOL systems from TI-990 environment to AcuCobol systems on an SCO UNIX environment, including all source and data files

• Developed and maintained Quikjob/VISION: Report programs to create special reports for users and maintain files for two separate Lifecomm insurance blocks

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Information Systems

DeVry Institute of Technology, Kansas City, MO

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

• AbendAid

• Access

• AcuCobol

• APA

• Assembler

• Blog Spot

• CA-1

• CA-11

• CA-7

• Changeman

• CICS

• Clist

• COBOL

• Comparex

• ConnectDirect (NDM)

• DB2

• DSS

• Dumpmaster

• Easytrieve (Plus)

• ENDEVOR

• Excel

• Expeditor

• Extra

• FileAid

• Flasher

• IDCAMS

• Intertest

• JCL

• Life 70

• LIFECOMM

• Lotus Notes

• MS Exchange

• MS Outlook

• MS-DOS

• MVS

• NBU

• OS/390

• OS/VS

• Panvalet

• Performance Plus

• PowerPoint

• QMF

• Quikjob/VISION: Report

• Rexx

• Roscoe

• RPS

• Rumba

• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

• Smart Edit

• SQL

• Strobe

• SyncSort

• TMON

• TSO-ISPF

• Unix (SCO)

• Vantage-ONE

• VM

• VSAM

• Wealth Management Accelerator

• Windows

• WordPress

• z/OS

• Zeke

HARDWARE

• IBM 3090 Mainframe

• TI-990 Mini-Frame

• IBM Display Terminals

• Wyse 150/160 Terminals

• TI 911/924/930 Display Terminals

• IBM Laser Printers

• HP LaserJet and DeskJet Printers

• PCs

• Apple Mac

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