Experience

Lighthouse Technology Services

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior IT Recruiting Specialist

  • 2015 - Present

  The Place for Technology Talent | Technology Staffing, Technology Services, Technology Jobs. Manage IT Staffing processes and procedures for new and existing clients. Talent Acquisition and Business Solutions. Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, resources, and vendors. Recruiting efforts for IT Technical Recruiting, skill assessments, and ATS. Development of HR & recruiting procedures, practices, and processes. Vendor Management and relations. Training, events, conferences. Account Management. Show less



Kvs Information Systems Inc

• United States
• Software Development

• Senior Software Engineer

  • 1998 - 2015

  COBOL Developer, Software Support, Report Specialist. Designed, analyzed, and developed various software for local municipalities. Developed COBOL programs for General Ledger, Payroll, Tax Collection, Utility Billing, Business Occupational Licenses, COMPASS, AP, AR, Meter Inventory, Parking Tickets Systems. Assisted with annual user conferences and events. Trained coworkers in various systems. Provided software support for various systems across 300+ municipalities. CQCS Report Writer. Show less



Transamerica Finance

• Williamsville, NY

• Software Developer

  • 1996 - 1998

  Designed and Developed COBOL Report programs. Development of financial applications for UK System Implementation. Modified EBL statements to attain more efficient processing runs. Added error message logs to program streams to flag critical errors. Provided general program maintenance and fixes. Maintained and enhanced existing program streams for batch runs. Designed and Developed COBOL Report programs. Development of financial applications for UK System Implementation. Modified EBL statements to attain more efficient processing runs. Added error message logs to program streams to flag critical errors. Provided general program maintenance and fixes. Maintained and enhanced existing program streams for batch runs.



County of Erie, PA

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Conversion Specialist

  • 1995 - 1996

  Consultant for a large-scale General Ledger Data Conversion Initiative. Assisted with G/L Conversion to Solutions for Government (SFG) Application. Developed various Micro Focus COBOL programs to assist in conversion. Developed dBbase III+, dBaseIV & dBaseV programs to assist Comptroller's Office. Developed and managed payroll conversion throughout testing and production phases. Consultant for a large-scale General Ledger Data Conversion Initiative. Assisted with G/L Conversion to Solutions for Government (SFG) Application. Developed various Micro Focus COBOL programs to assist in conversion. Developed dBbase III+, dBaseIV & dBaseV programs to assist Comptroller's Office. Developed and managed payroll conversion throughout testing and production phases.



M&T Bank

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Computer Programmer

  • 1994 - 1995

  Assisted with conversion specifications for acquisitions. Developed COBOL programs to convert real estate loans. Developed numerous Easytrieve reports to assist with conversions. Assisted with conversion specifications for acquisitions. Developed COBOL programs to convert real estate loans. Developed numerous Easytrieve reports to assist with conversions.



AM&A's Department Store

• Buffalo, NY

• Computer Programmer / Conversion Specialist

  • 1992 - 1994

  Subcontracted through IBM to assist with large retail conversion from DL1/CICS environment to a 5th GL Sapiens application (Object orientated relational database). Developed COBOL programs to access DL1 and VSAM data files and format data into Sapiens transactions to feed new application. Led the conversion team from design through implementation of new Inventory System. Developed batch reports in DBCOBOL to verify data was successfully converted. Data mapping, verification, manipulation, and cleansing. Tracked general statistics regarding conversion streams. Stakeholder meetings to provide project updates, statuses, and concerns to assure successful delivery. Show less



U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Data Anaylst/Program Developer

  • 1990 - 1992

  Designed, developed, and implemented new applications for financial tracking and loan management systems using dBaseIV and dbaseV in a LAN environment. Provided system documentation and training for end users. Assembled, analyzed, and entered all relevant data for a newly implemented government subsidy tracking program Control File Subsystem (CFS). Designed, developed, and implemented new system for tracking information relevant to CFS. Data analysis, verification, and cleansing. Designed, developed, and implemented new applications for financial tracking and loan management systems using dBaseIV and dbaseV in a LAN environment. Provided system documentation and training for end users. Assembled, analyzed, and entered all relevant data for a newly implemented government subsidy tracking program Control File Subsystem (CFS). Designed, developed, and implemented new system for tracking information relevant to CFS. Data analysis, verification, and cleansing.