SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / DEVELOPMENT TEAM LEADER / SOFTWARE ARCHITECT
Proven Technical & Leadership Expertise in a Career Spanning 25+ years
Experienced commercial software architect/developer and team-savy management
professional with a career reflecting strong leadership qualifications coupled
with software development expertise. Maintain focus on bottom line on achieving
results while implementing advanced technology and solutions to meet corporate
and customer needs. Superior record of delivering simultaneous large-scale,
mission critical projects on time and under budget. Team based management style
and excellent interpersonal/communications skills. Managed multi development
group projects consisting of software development teams located all across the
globe. Experienced teleworker.
Software Architect / Software Design / Team Leadership/ Project Management
Planning / Customer Relations
Professional Experience
Rocket Software, Newton MA 2001 May 2009
SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPER, MainStar Storage Management Tools
Teleworker. Recruited to upgrade and replace existing IBM Tivoli Interface
Server with a newer enhanced and more efficient version. This server was being
used by 11 Mainstar OEM IBM software products as data transport manager for the
IBM Tivoli user interfaces (GUI).
SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPER, IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for z/OS
Teleworker. Principle Developer and Development Team Leader. Recruited to create
this new product. This product is IBMs DB2 Tool to provide the DB2 DBAs a tool
that would generate DB2 data recoveries that were guaranteed to work with a
return of zero using recovery assets such as image copies, VSAM backups, UNLOAD
backups, volume based backups, and logs. This product provided a user friendly
GUI and wizard to guide non-technical DB2 staff in the generation of accurate
object/data recoveries. Product has 400+ customers.
Hire, train, develop and lead 20+ person technical team. Worked with CTO and IBM
DB2 Tools software management to create product design. Scope of position is
extensive and includes full design, software development, implementation,
testing, technical writing, training, customer relations, and product management.
Worked with development teams located in all time zones of the USA, Europe, and
Russia. Travelled across USA and Europe to work with development teams, QA teams,
and technical writers.
Product z/OS components were written in IBM High-Level Assembler, C++, PL/1,
complex SQL queries (dynamic and static), complex shadow DB2 system catalog
repository, multi tasking programming, and a large complex Java Swing interface.
Key achievements:
Designed and developed complex commercial DB2 Tools software product for IBM.
Completed ahead of schedule.
Completed with minimal problems. Passed QA testing certification on first
attempt.
Drafted user guides and product specification documents for technical
writers.
Trained offshore development and testing teams. Travelled to Chelyabinsk
Russia to train development and test teams.
Primary contributor to IBM Redbook produced and published for this product.
Worked with customers across the globe.
Most important, the product is being sold, making a profit, no major defects
reported by customers.
SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPER, IBM DB2 Object Restore for z/OS
Teleworker. Principle Developer and Development Team Leader. Recruited to finish
this incomplete product. This product was created on request of an IBM customer
that wanted to replace another competitors product that did not fit. This
product allowed the user recover dropped DB2 objects, DDL and data. Product was
written in IBM High-Level Assembler, complex SQL queries (dynamic and static),
complex shadow DB2 system catalog repository, multi tasking programming, and a
large complex ISPF dialog user interface. This product grew from a 1 customer
product to an 800+ customer multi million dollar revenue generating product.
I was initially the sole product developer and designer. As the product matured
I trained, develop and lead 4+ person technical team. Worked with IBM DB2 Tools
software management to create product design and meet customer expectations.
Scope of position is extensive and includes full design, software development,
implementation, testing, technical writing, training, customer relations, and
product management. Worked with development teams located in the USA and Russia.
Travelled across USA and Russia to work with development teams, customers, QA
teams, and technical writers.
Key achievements:
Designed and developed complex commercial DB2 Tools software product for IBM.
Completed product development and deployment targets on schedule.
Product has very few customer issues. Passed IBM QA testing certifications on
first attempts.
Drafted product user guides and product specification documents for technical
writers.
Upgraded product development environment to use SCLM source/build control.
Trained junior development and testing team members.
Travelled to customer sites to get design feedback and enhancement feedback.
Primary contributor to IBM Redbook produced and published for this product.
Most important, the product is being sold for a profit. Multi-million dollar
sales and no major defects reported by customers.
SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPER, Additional Duties
In addition to my product management duties I also:
Researched and prototyped new products.
Created in-house testing utility software.
Created common code software used by all Rocket Software z/OS products.
Earn recognition by IBM and Rocket Software CEO for creating outstanding
product function specifications. Some of these product specification formats are
now being used by IBM.
Attended IDUG user conferences.
EGS Innovations, Joliet IL 2007 2009
CONTRACT PRODUCT DEVELOPER
Teleworker. Recruited to create ISPF user interface for HTML/Java/DB2 based
application meta data product called Syspedia.
Key Achievements:
Designed and developed complete IBM High-Level Assembler ISPF product user
interface to mimic Java HTML user interface.
Created development environment, source control system, and product
packaging.
Create product user guide(s).
Worked with Pragmatic Solutions, Inc. management to train and create product
demos.
Travelled to customer sites to get design feedback, enhancement feedback, do
demos.
Exelon Energy, Chicago IL 1999 2001
PROGRAMMING TEAM LEADER, Meter Billing Systems
Programming group Team Leader for meter data gathering system. Lead a team of 4
contract programmers. Scope of position included providing direction,
engineering, implementation, support, and administration. Development was done in
COBOL, complex SQL (dynamic and static), batch JCL, CICS, and using VSAM and DB2
repositories.
Platinum Technologies (now CA), Oakbrook Terrace IL 1993 1999
SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPER, Product Packaging
Office and Teleworker. Recruited to upgrade and replace product SMP/E
installation manager software that was shipped with each product. Worked with
product packaging group to create this software installation manager software.
This software was a complex REXX based ISPF dialog that generated the product
SMP/E installation JCL based on installation environment and existing installed
software versions.
SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPER, Product Common Services
Office and Teleworker. Recruited to maintain existing common/general services
software used by all of the Platinum Technologies z/OS products. This software
was considered a product unto itself and was installed and maintained as such.
Product consisted of complex IBM High-Level Assembler, ISPF, REXX, CLIST, SQL,
and DB2 interfaces.
SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPER, Additional Duties
In addition to my product management duties I also:
Researched and prototyped new products.
Created in-house testing utility software.
Worked on DB2 Tools product projects as a developer.
May & Speh, Inc. (now Axciom), Downers Grove IL 1988 1993
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, Research and Development Department
Recruited to manage research and development group. Hire, train, develope, and
lead 5+ person research and development team. Scope of position is expansive and
includes department direction, design, engineering, implementation, support,
training, administration, and management authority for:
Marketing analysis software products.
Printing software. Includes bar coding software certifications by USPS.
Address correction software services. Includes USPS testing and certification
of the software.
USPS mail sorting and optimization software. Includes USPS testing and
certification of the software.
Data modeling and manipulation software.
SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPER, Address Correction Services
Recruited to high performance address correction and validation software
products. Products written in IBM High-Level Assembler, COBOL, PL/1, and REXX.
ISPF dialogs and batch JCL interfaces for all products.
Key Achievements:
Designed and developed complex high performance software.
Created software that built, updated, and accessed databases stored in VSAM,
Linear Data Sets, BDAM, tableBASE, and DB2.
This software received very high test scores from USPS certifications.
Worked with University of Chicago Professors to build marketing and
demographics analysis algorithms for use in customer data profiling software.
LPC, Inc. (now Pitney Bowes Software), Downers Grove IL 1986 1988
SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, FINALIST and Mailers Choice Products
Recruited to develop CICS and ISPF user interfaces for batch FINALIST address
correction product written in IBM High-Level Assembler. Product development lead
for Mailers choice product written in COBOL. Software products were multi-million
dollar revenue generators.
Key Achievements:
Worked with product marketing to design user interfaces.
Wrote product user guides for user interfaces.
Performed USPS software certification tests.
Travelled to customer sites to demo software and resolve problems.
Official Airline Guides, Oakbrook IL 1980 1986
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, OAG Electronic Edition and Air Cargo/Passenger Systems
Recruited to convert DOS VSE COBOL programs to MVS COBOL. Became Air Cargo
database/print system programming group leader. Recruited to work on writing the
OAG EE Product which had a CICS teletype VTAM user interface for PC user access
(tymnet, telenete, compuserv,
prior to the internet or PC GUIs).
Key Achievements:
Worked with databases in BDAM, VSAM, and IMS.
Worked with CICS VTAM user interfaces.
Received intensive IBM CICS training and IBM CICS certification.
Received intensive IBM Assembler language and Macro language training at IBM
training center in Los Angeles, CA. IBM Assembler/Macro language certifications.
Wrote extensive documentation and product specifications.
Skills
IBM Pcomm, Vista, Bluezone
ISPF, Tachyon (T.I.D.E), SPF PC, Rational, Eclipse, FTP, XMIT
SCLM, SMP/E, Librarian, Panvalet
JCL, REXX, CLIST, ISPF programming (functions, panel, messages, skeletons),
IBM High-Level Assembler (HLASM), COBOL, PL/1, Java, C, HTML, XML, SQL, DDL,
DML
DB2 for z/OS, DB2 LUW, VSAM, BDAM, BSAM, PDS(E)
CICS
Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, Power Point, Project, Publisher, Outlook,
Visio)
Education
Lewis University, Computer Science
University of St. Francis, Computer Science
Joliet Junior College, Computer Science
IBM advanced training in CICS
IBM advanced training in MVS Assembler Language and Macro Language
Platinum Technology training programs:
o DB2 database administration
o SQL programming
o Advanced DB2 programming
Publications
IBM Redbook IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for z/OS, contributor
IBM Redbook IBM DB2 Object Restore for z/OS. Contributor
Naspa magazine, authored several articles on MVS control blocks.
MVS Update, authored several articles on various programming techniques
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