Experience

Boston College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Specialist

  • Aug 2016 - Present



The Family Handyman / Networking Group Moderator

• Volunteer / Handy Man

  • Apr 2014 - Aug 2016

  I am currently keeping busy doing the following:Volunteer work at The Career Place in Woburn (moderator for the networking group)Updating my technology skills: Microsoft Office, Java programming, NDM / FTPWorking as a handy man at my home as well as others performing tasks such as: minor plumbing jobs (sinks, toilets) minor electrical repairs such as: replacing light switches, plugs, ceiling lights and fans house painting, gutter/drain pipe repair, house siding repair, fence / gate repair, clothes dryer cleanings minor carpentry work such as: repairs to sheds, fences and decks



JPMorgan Chase & Co.

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production Support Developer

  • 2012 - Mar 2014

• Transmissions Help Desk Specialist

  • Jul 2011 - Mar 2012



PNC Global Investment Servicing

• LEAD PROGRAMMER ANALYST

  • Dec 1999 - May 2009

  ResponsibilitiesMonitor daily transactional processing within online Mainframe applications. Support user community. Oversee application security. Manage development and maintenance projects. Perform routine application coding, testing and software turnover. Provide technical documents for projects and train co-workers. AccomplishmentsImproved data security for mutual fund clients by performing a total rewrite of their online application's security system. Implemented major application code changes for the Y2K project.Assured the proper operation of online applications by testing mainframe upgrades such as: MVS/ZOS, ACF2, Language Environment, CICS and Com-plete. Streamlined online applications by improving the navigation between screens.Eliminated response time problems by replacing inefficient program logic in the application programs with new code.Oversaw the use of a dedicated online region for special application projects.Provided de-conversion teams with an environment to store and view their data.Coordinated the testing of online regions during disaster recovery projects.Oversaw the conversions of online Mainframe applications from Cobol 2 to Cobol 3 programming language.



First Data Corporation

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• SENIOR PROGRAMMER ANALYST

  • Jan 1993 - Dec 1999

  ResponsibilitiesSupported and maintained in-house online Mainframe applications, as well as online software packages, installed new versions of CICS software packages, modified programs and maps to user specifications and managed most of the online application projects.AccomplishmentsOversaw the conversions of online Mainframe applications from Cobol 1 to Cobol 2.Played a role in a data center move by representing the team for all online application issues at both the old and new data centers. Coordinated the conversion of online applications from a manual to an automated turnover procedure.Improved online application performance by vsam tuning and program modification.

• Programmer / Analyst

  • Jun 1989 - Jan 1993



KPN

• Netherlands
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• CICS Programmer/Analyst

  • 1983 - 1989

  Supported / maintained a CICS Invoicing application that had a user community across the country.Volunteered to be the oncall backup to the manager for all batch cycle problems.