10 years within the last 12 years in an IBM IMS DB/DC environment including design and team lead experience covering:
o Application programming, Data mapping, system migration & integration
o Structured System Design, Data Flow Diagramming & Logical Data Modeling
o Development of 3270 IMS screen displays using MFS
o Development of COBOL IMS message processing (MP), DL/I and BMP programs.

• 8 years of within the last 12 years in Application programming on IBM mainframes using relational databases, OS/JCL, TSO ISPF.

• 3 years within the last 5 years in:
o Technical writing, creating documentation related to systems development, design, on Mainframes running some combination of IBM system software including Z/OS (1 year), IMS/DB, and IMS DC
o Designing and documenting systems in UNIX and Windows Computing Environments along with legacy platforms, including familiarity with distributed systems and N Tiered Data Structures.
o Working with relational databases, including Oracle, DB2 and MS SQL Server.

• 3 years of management experience within the last 10 years re-engineering & application mining, prospecting and extracting business rules, consolidating and modularizing projects for systems on IBM Mainframes running some combination of system software including Z/OS, IMS/DB, and IMS DC, with tools such as MicroFocus.

• 5 years of management and technical experience within the last 10 years in:
o Full Life Cycle Software Development including requirements gathering, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance.
o Systems and functional analysis including interface with Subject Matter Experts and Management.
o Conducting JAD and RAD Session with a Structured Development Environment.
o Managing teams that have consolidated multiple systems, including data migration, configurations, and “go-live” planning.
o Leading and developing feasibility & analysis studies; and reviewing technical & user design plans.
o Code evaluation (conducting code reviews, reviews for adherence to programming standards, and adopted methodologies.
o Personnel reviews encompassing code evaluation, and adherence to programming standards, and programming methodology.

EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY

Application Architect / Project Lead – Rockwell Collins 1/2001 - Present
Global Employee Management System

Responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects and provide a single point of contact for those projects. Currently project lead for the Global Employee Management System (GEMS) human resources, personnel and benefits systems. Responsibilities include:

• Systems and functional analysis of business and user needs, including direct interface with Subject Matter Experts and Management
• Including prospecting and the extraction of business rules, feasibility studies, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper system requirement specification also including program design, coding, testing, debugging and documentation.
• Provided primary support for both online transaction and batch jobstreams in personnel, payroll and benefits systems. Aforementioned includes
o New hire, leave transaction, EIN changes, new vendor files, mock purchase, benefits download and upload data processes
o LPC software upgrade, DB2 upgrade from version 5 to 7.
• These systems are written in COBOL IMS DB/DC and DB2, running on OS/MVS and now Z/OS, using software tools, such as Xpediter, Fileaid and Librarian
• As Lead, responsible for managing team of programmers and testers.
• Was responsible for ongoing Code evaluation and periodic Personnel reviews encompassing code evaluation, and adherence to programming standards, and programming methodology.


Senior Associate II, Ernst and Young 1/2000 – 12/2000
Sprint ION Integrated On-Demand Network

• Development and Architecture of Sprint ION Integrated On-Demand Network. This a fully integrated broadband communications network that can turn voice, video, data, and high-speed Internet service into a revolutionary e-business tool. Utilizing various tools including:
o I/Watch to monitor multiple databases, applications and operating systems across the enterprise
o SQLab Tuner to identify, records and tune offensive SQL statements in production applications
o SQLab Xpert context-sensitive tuning advice to aid in resolving common database problems
o Instance Monitor to monitor performance and diagnose problem areas
o Space Manager to recover wasted disk space and ensures peak performance with capacity planning and reorganization tools
o LiveReorg to reorganizes tables and their associated indexes
o Environment: TOAD, PL/SQL editing, and SQL Navigator for tuning, debugging and advanced PL/SQL code libraries to assist DBA’s with Oracle Application Tuning, Oracle Query Optimization, Oracle Database Backup & Recovery and Oracle8 & 8i Database Administration on UNIX and Windows NT-based systems.


Programmer/Analyst, City of Los Angeles 3/1998 - 12/1999

• Street maintenance system - IMS DB/DC online and batch.
• Business & System Analysis, including prospecting and the extraction of business rules, feasibility studies, documentation of requirements, and translation to specifications.
• Extensive maintenance and modification to street lighting system - DB2, COBOL II.
• Worked on tax systems and new open enrollment in Command Level CICS & COBOL II.
• Worked on election system written in COBOL II
• Assisted IN LUPANS System DB2, COBOL II, with LAN usage.

Programmer/Analyst, County of Los Angeles 10/1997- 2/1998

• Responsible for redesigning the building permit system. This system included over 15 modules interfaced with users.
• Solely responsible for Analyses of business and user needs, including prospecting and the extraction of business rules for revision, feasibility studies, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper system requirement specification.
• Coding testing, and implementation.
• Environment: COBOL, IMS, DB/DC.