Roger K. Henry
Senior Level COBOL Programmer
RELEVANT SUMMARY:
• Senior Level Programmer/Analyst with over twenty five years of experience
managing, designing, testing, training, programming and implementing large,
complex systems in a mainframe environment, utilizing structured COBOL, with
IMS/DB-DC, JCL, and TSO.
• Utilized SAS for six years to generate detailed accounting reports. Also
created SAS programs to process data into datasets which were then passed to
other SAS or COBOL programs for further processing.
• Experience in Health and Human Services Systems. Worked on the California
‘Medical’ system during a conversion project.
• Began career as an entry-level programmer, and progressed to Senior
Programmer, Senior Programmer Analyst, Lead Analyst, and Project Leader.
• Experienced in all aspects of system life cycle development (SDLC).
EDUCATION:
A.S. Computer Technology
Purdue University
B.S Business Education
University of Indianapolis
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Various platforms, IBM MVS, OS/JCL, IMS DB/DC, CICS, VSAM, SAS, ENDEVOR,
EXPEDITOR, TSO/ISPF, FTP, SAR, OS390 COBOL, and the Microsoft Office suite.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Self Employed as Indendent Consultant.
2009 - Pres
Humana, Louisville, Ky
2007 – 2008Performed analysis and development
for the ‘Open Enrollment’ period at Humana. FTP’d
Client files, wrote translator programs for files that were not in proper
format, ran tests on
Files, then ran in production.
Sallie-Mae, Indianapolis
2007-2007
Worked on short term project to analyze files containing client information,
wrote COBOL
Programs to ‘sync’ up the files, so data in both files contained current
information.
Global Touchpoints, Inc
EDS, Inc. Sacramento, CA
2005-2006
Sr. Programmer/Analyst. Assigned to the rewrite of the California Medi-Cal.
Programmed and identified problems and then proposed solution.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
ArvinMeritor Corp.; Columbus, IN 2004 – 2005
Computer Operations Specialist. Worked in Data Center, made sure computer jobs
ran successfully and on time. Managed resolution process when jobs were
problematic. Monitored IBM mainframes and servers. Utilized COBOL,
OS/JCL, CICS, IMS DB-DC, VSAM, TSO, ISPF,ChangeMan, and ROSCOE.
Lockheed Martin Corporation @ Cummins Inc.; Columbus, Indiana 1997 -
2004
Computer Systems Specialist and Team Lead of the Configuration Management group.
• Designed configuration systems, as well developed material and trained users
and systems personnel on new software and procedures that were to be implemented.
• Managed a controlled software change environment which provided an audit
trail, and improved quality, by utilizing a new Change Management System. Used
CA-Endevor to manage all mainframe software running in production at Cummins,
Inc., worldwide. Also utilized ChangeMan.
• Lead department in converting all OS/VS Cobol programs to OS/390 Cobol.
Department converted approximately 12,000 programs. Utilized testing tools to
ensure that programs that were moved to production would work as specs dictated
they should.
• Lead weekly project status/planning meetings and attended JAD sessions with
users, developers and other business units.
• Utilized IMS DB/DC heavily as a systems project leader and an
Analyst/Programmer.
• Supervised staff of four in the Configuration Management group.
• Moved approx. 25,000 items into Endevor during my work as Configuration
Manager Team Lead.
• Worked on EDI projects, maintained EDI applications.
Utilized IMS DB-DC, JCL, COBOL, MVS, SAS, EDI
Cummins Engine Co., Parts Business; Columbus, Indiana 1993 – 1997
Consultant.
• Maintained, enhanced and conducted training on new/modified systems in the
Aftermarket Business at Cummins.
• Primary mainframe Systems Support person for the Cummin’s After-market Parts
Business.
• Set up a ‘clone’ of the production system in the Test System to support the
move of the parts warehouse from Indianapolis to Memphis, Tenn. This system was
used by the parts business to train new employees at the warehouse in everything
from receiving, pick and pack, shipping, bills of lading and invoice creation.
• Attended project planning meetings and JAD sessions.
• Developed new systems, including interfaces to a new Oracle Client Server
system.
• Utilized COBOL, IMS DB/DC,JCL,SAS and IMS Test. Developed Test Plans to
ensure
New programs or modifications would work in the Production Environment.
• Participated in several legacy system conversions.
• Began a project to improve the quality of the Parts System by gradually
chipping away at problems that had been in the system, unresolved, for several
years.
The Associated Group-Champus Operations; Columbus, Indiana 1989
– 1993
Project Manager.
• Managed the development and design of new computer systems to support the
processing of Health Insurance Claims for the Champus Health Program for
dependents of Military personnel.
• Performed analysis of the system impact of government mandated change orders
(changes in how claims were paid, reported, or processed).
• Served as Project Lead and Lead Analyst for projects in which EOBs
(Explanation of Benefits) were consolidated. Served as acting department manager
when regular manager was out of the office.
• Lead weekly Project Meetings with users, developers and other business units.
• Project Lead and Lead Analyst in the development of an automated claims
processing system, which required minimal manual intervention.
• Utilized COBOL, CICS, VSAM, JCL, XPEDITOR. Conducted unit testing and system
testing for changes to the production environment.
Cummins Engine Company; Columbus, Indiana 1979 – 1988
Senior Programmer in Corporate Systems.
• Developed and maintained systems utilizing COBOL, FOCUS, IMS DB-DC, JCL.
Systems included purchasing, engineering release, pricing, and product
definition.
• Conducted several training classes for beginning programmers. Developed test
plans, held test plan walk-thru’s. Utilized Unit testing as well as system
testing before changes to the production environment were plemented.
• Attended numerous classes in structured analysis and programming.
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