Greater Indianapolis
Provided technical support and problem resolution to a staff of over 600 application developers worldwide.
Mainframe COBOL Programmer
Contract Application Development using COBOL and IDMS for Department of Defense.
Successfully managed projects up to a year in length involving many teams at several locations. Provided technical support and problem resolution to a staff of over 600 application developers worldwide. Responsible for upgrading software and resolving issues for all mainframe developer tools. Spearheaded COBOL6 usage within our system development life cycle. Performed testing and made written recommendations on application development software. Wrote validation scripts in HP ALM Quality Center for z/OS teams. Developed and taught classes, in addition to giving individual instruction. Act as the technical expert for ADS/O, COBOL, IDMS utilities, Laser printers, TSO/ISPF, and debugging tools for all languages. Was instrumental in IDMS upgrades, including the security conversion. Participated as a lead analyst on the Y2K project. Developed the ADS/O, SyncSort and QuikJob renovation techniques. VOLUNTEER WORK Participated in Bible study at Hamilton County Jail.
USA Group merged with Sallie Mae in 2001, then spun off Navient in 2014
IDMS Database Administrator