David A. Eckert
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CAREER To obtain a position as a Senior Programmer Analyst that
OBJECTIVE: will utilize my skills while offering an opportunity for
career growth with a progressive company.
HARDWARE: IBM Mainframes , PC Workstations (Windows NT,2000,XP).
SOFTWARE: OS/MVS/XA, COBOL, COBOL II, CICS (command level), Visual
Basic 6, TSO/ISPF,CMS , OS/JCL, VSAM, DB2, QMF , SPUFI,
BMC, IBM Utilities, IMS, CMS,Expeditor, ZEKE, Nomad, Interest,
Changeman, Endevor , Crystal Reports, MicroFocus Cobol,
Oracle, Cognos, Microsoft Access, Xerox Elixir Printing, Toad
(Oracle), Fileaid, Dyl280, DFHSort ,Java, Java-
Script, HTML, XML, MS-Frontpage, C++, UNIX, Java Server
Pages JSP, Excel, Power Point.
EDUCATION: Union County College, Scotch Plains, NJ - 1983
A.A.S. degree in Computer Science/Data Processing.
2003-2004 Brookdale Community College , Fulltime Classes
for JAVA , HTML-XML, JSP Server-side-Scripting,
Java-Script, C++, UNIX , MS-Frontpage, .
EXPERIENCE:
EXPERIENCE:
04/2011 – Texo Solutions Consulting for Bank of New York – PNC Bank ,
Current Wilmington Deleware
Maintenance on a Cobol CICS Batch DB2 Vsam on a Banking Funds System . Project involves converting a system being moved
from PNC Bank to Bank of New York . Most of the work involves
moving and testing 40,000 modules in Endeavor from PNC Bank to
Endeavor at Bank of New York.
10/2010 - Sharp Decisions Consulting at EmblemHealth , New York NY
01/2011 Programmer Analyst.
Maintenance on a Cobol CICS Batch Vsam Medical Insurance claims system . Included work on Easytrieve reports , met with users for
specifications , testing and implementation.
01/2008 - ACS - Affiliated Computer Services , Washington DC.
07/2010 Programmer Analyst.
Maintenance and new development on a converted Medicaid
Claims System for the District of Columbia , Washington DC. This new DB2 (Omnicaid) system replaced a VSAM based Medicaid system (MMIS). Involved on the conversion dealing with updating specifications, converting CICS + Batch cobol programs. Worked with Easytrieve for ad-hoc reports.
Involved in implementing an Oracle based Cognos reporting system.
Worked closely with customer for specifications,
testing and full life cycle implementation.
Provided off hour programming support.
01/2006 - VIPS Inc , Towson Md.
12/2007 Programmer Analyst.
Maintenance and new development on a Claims history system
for the US Department of Health Human Services ,Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , utilizing
CICS ,DB2 , COBOL , MQ-Series , Java Front-end.
Worked closely with users for specifications, testing,
and full life cycle implementation.
09/2005 - Medco , Montvale NJ for Galaxy Consulting
12/2005 Programmer Analyst
Maintenance and new development on Claims systems
using CICS, DB2, VSAM, Batch , Java-Script , HTML.
12/2004 - Patel Consultants for Johnson&Johnson , Piscataway NJ
12/2004 Programmer Analyst
Created Pro-cobol programs for a Contracts system using
Mainframe Oracle .
09/2003- Went to Brookdale Community College Fulltime.
05/2004
10/2001 - Softlane Consulting for Kraft-Nabisco East Hanover, NJ
12/2002 Programmer Analyst
Converted Mainframe Nomad system to Cobol DB2 .
Redesigned , coded and implemented a new Forecasting
System. System involved new DB2 tables, Cobol Batch
Programs managed in Endeavor.
Worked closely with users for specifications and
implementation.
05/1997 - American General Financial Group, Neptune NJ
05/2001 Programer Analyst.
Maintained and enhancing Cobol Batch CICS DB2 Life
Insurance, Group Medical and Claims systems. Developing
and maintaining Visual Basic 6.0 front-end programs to
CICS (screen scraper) and Oracle Data Bases.
Project leader developing a Visual Basic Claims History
Inquiry system to access Mainframe DB2 and VSAM files.
Implemented a PC based check printing system from
Bottomline Technologies.
Developed reports using Crystal Reports off an Oracle
Database.
Worked closely with users for specifications, testing,
and implementation. Duties include creating and
submitting JCL, system trouble shooting, MVS dump
reading, off hour programming support.
Responsible for all Xerox Elixer Forms systems .
09/1996 - Associated Merchandising Corporation, Piscataway, NJ
04/1997 Programmer Analyst
Maintenance of a COBOL CICS Batch IMS, Billing system.
08/1995 - Prudential (Group Credit Insurance Organization),
09/1996 Roseland, NJ
Programmer Analyst
Maintenance of a Cobol2 CICS Collateral Protection Insurance system.
Heavy user contact and problem solving.
06/1994 - MetLife Bridgewater, NJ
09/1995 Senior Programmer Analyst
Maintenance of a Cobol2 Batch CICS on a Medical Insurance
systems.
08/1992 - ADP Automatic Data Processing (Brokerage Services) ,
06/1994 Jersey City, NJ
Programmer Analyst
Development and maintenance of a Cobol2 CICS Batch Order
Entry for Brokerage Service System, Utilizing Micro
Focus Cobol.
03/1985- C.R. Bard Inc. Murray Hill, NJ Programmer Analyst
08/1992 Developed and maintained Cobol Batch and CICS systems for
Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable , General Ledger,
Order Entry .
Development and maintenance of an IMS Product Inventory
system.
Provided off hour programming support.
Lead Computer Operator 3/1985-2/1987.
Scheduling jobstreams. Updating JCL, Creating Clists,
Skells, ISPF Panels Dialog.