MICHAEL J. CASSIDY
7121 Preston Highway
Louisville, Kentucky 40219
(614)-216-1365 or [Send email to request phone number] 68-8811 x315
E-Mail:MJCassidy3333@Yahoo.com
Summary:
Twenty-five (25) years of information processing experience, comprising all
aspects of the applications development process, primarily focused in the
Financial, Insurance and Health Care industries.
Education:
Banking Certificate, American Institute of
Banking, June 1989
Delaware County Community College, Media, Pennsylvania - Current
Hardware/Software Experience::
Mainframe:
COBOL, COBOL II, COBOL/MVS, CICS, CICS BMS &
SDF2, VSAM ASM, TSO/SPF, OS/MVS JCL,
Easytrieve Plus, FileAid, FileAid IMS, Endeavor
Expediter, SAS, Panvelet, DB2 (training),
Basic, dBUG-Aid, IMS DB/DC, Telon, IBM309X,
IBM43XX, VSE, LE390, COBOL/MVS, ChangeMan,
OS/390, RMO
PC/Network:
MS Excel, MS Access, MS Visual Basic, DOS, FTP,
Windows95, Timeline, Word, FastBack, OS/2,
Network (Novell) training, Crystal Reports, Java (training), Web (training),
HTML
(training) , Oracle, SQL/Developer Peregrine, Formula, Lotus Notes, Smalltalk,
Notes Buddy, NetBackup.
Design Tools:
Project Life Cycle, HIPO, Yourdon Method, Nassi/Shneidernan, IE diagrams, RAD
and
Decisions Tables
Employment:
As an Independent Consultant 10/2005 to Present
2/2008 to 9/1/2008
Design, Test, Support, Analyst -Consultant - Integration Engineer
Humana – Louisville, Kentucky
Project#1; Perform coded, tested and problem determination on Florida Medicaid,
X.12 NCPDP claims project. Tasks included: Designed, coding and tested
extraction of data from EBDIC fixed formatted mainframe data sources that were
then transformed to EDI ASCII network accessible formats for transmission to the
State of Florida.
Also, worked with resources in-house and with the State of Florida assigned
vendors, both technical and non-technical, on data validation and receive
transmission EDI certification for Medicaid payment. Also, advised co-worker on
various software.
Project#2; Monitoring Production Operation of Oracle PDE system both on IBM
Mainframe and using SQL/ Developer on Oracle.
Tools: IBM MVS JCL, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, FileAid, Cobol, SQL/ Developer, Oracle DB,
TOAD(training), Easytrieve Plus
7/2007 to 12/2007
Design Support and Testing Analyst -Consultant - Integration Engineer
National City Bank – Cleveland, Ohio
Part of a team, migrating ASSM H based DDA Fee Controls to a Websphere, MQ,
J2EE, Oracle based platform to enable Customer Based Relationship Banking. Task
included preparing various design documents, research, development of
interpreting mainframe to GUI spec.’s, preparing testing scripts, working with
offshore resources. I personally derived 10,000 possible test scripts from the 50
main test cases identified by the group for automation with Mercury QTP. I was
personally reasonable for training the entire test team on the current and new
system requirements. I also tested and reported problems with the Oracle/J2EE
portion of the test build. And, I was heavily involved in designing the testing
of the new MQ extracted Mainframe Data that was the end produce of the effort.
Tools: IBM MVS JCL, TSO/ISPF, FileAid, SQL/ Developer, Oracle DB, TOAD,
Easytrieve Plus, Sharepoint, Mercury QTP
5/4/07 to 6/30/07 - Short Term Project
Testing Analyst -Consultant - Integration Engineer
State of Ohio, Department of Jobs and Family Services - Columbus, Ohio
Part of an emergency team, system testing the OAKS/FACSIS interface for
01-July-2007 implementation. Tasks included design of test protocols,
problem determination, determination of resolutions, and communications
with other project groups to affect the needed result. I also fixed programming
bugs on the fly. The area affected was Foster Care and Adoptions payments.
Tools included: DB2, QMF, SQL, ATQ, IMS-DB, FileAid IMS, Cobol, OS/JCL.
10/2005 to 05/2007 – Three(3) JPMongan Projects
JPMorganChase(McCoy) Columbus, Ohio
DDA - Development Staff 12/2006 to 5/2007
Coding, testing, problem determination, analysis as part of a team
implementing global Multi-Bank close settlement for Asia, Europe in the national
DDA
Retail Banking System including corporate cash management accounts.
JPMorganChase(McCoy) Columbus, Ohio
SBS - Development Staff 1/2006 to 12/2006
Coding, testing, problem determination, analysis of tasks for CIS Retail
Banking System (PACBASE to Cobol ZOS conversion). Heavy focus on testing
of IMS DC transactions using MQ series, IMS DB and DL/I. Other software
included Changeman, Strobe, FileAid IMS, Easytrieve Plus.
JPMorganChase(MCC) Newark, De.
Net Support Staff 10/2005 to 1/2006
Performing various background support task for network operations
and on-call support as 24-7 on site staff. Tools used are Peregrine,
Formula, Lotus Notes, Smalltalk and NetBackup.
6/2002 to 10/2005 - Various short-term assignments (many)
6/2002 to present (1)
Independent Software Development
Performed concept development for a new confidential software product. Tasks
also
included platform selection, capitalization and market research.
6/2002 to 10/2005(2)
Various short-term assignments - Lay-Off Jobs
Various task in marketing (Sunoco Mini-Market, Wendover, Grand Scale Fund
Raising), construction (Labor Ready), warehousing (Labor Ready), dishwashing &
food preparation (Tower Hill School) and software anti-virus installation
(Ajilon Consultants). Tasks were preformed while caring for my dying mother.
Harleysville Group
4/2001 to 6/2002
Harleysville Group Insurance Co., Harleysville, Pennsylvania
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
Coding, testing, problem determination, analysis of tasks for the agent
commissioning and payment support system using CICS, COBOL/MVS, VSAM, OS LE390,
JCL, Endeavor. Also, performed analysis, testing and problem resolution for
the clients and agents. This assignment started as a consultant engagement
from which I was hired and then laid-off.
PNCBank-PFPC
8/1999 to 1/2001
PNC Bank - PFPC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
Coding, testing, problem determination, analysis of tasks for mutual fund
support
system using CICS, COBOL/MVS, VSAM, OS LE390 JCL, Endeavor, FileAid, and NDM.
Task included analysis, testing, and problem resolution for clients/vendors and
on-call support. Coding for custom transmissions.
As an Independent Consultant 10/1991 to 6/1999
6/1998 to 6/1999
Computer People (now Ajilon) at First USA (now BankOne), Wilmington, Delaware
Independent Consultant
Coding, testing, problem determination, analysis of tasks for a VSE to MVS/COBOL
conversion using CICS, COBOL/MVS, VSAM, OS LE390 JCL, ChangeMan, FileAid,
DataAger. Assignments were in analysis, testing and problem resolution of
vendor converted Y2K modules. Conversion of 50 Assembler programs from VSE
CICS 2v1 to MVS Assembler CICS 4v1. Support for previous VSE staff/users for
MVS information. This assignment was extended but both the consult firm and
the bank were acquired by other firms.
9/1997 to 6/1998
RHIC at Wilmington Trust Company, Wilmington, Delaware
Independent Consultant
Designing test methods; analysis of testing, executing all levels of project
testing (unit, jobstream, system), debugging and verifying of all Trust Banking
Division software for the Year 2000/COBOL MVS Upgrade project, using COBOL/MVS,
DL/I, CICS, FileAid IMS, CSS. Also provided timely coding and conversion of
programs to help the team maintain the project schedule.
6/1996 to 9/1997
RJL Partners at IMS Americas (now IMS Health), Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
Independent Consultant
Designing, coding, analyzing, testing, and verifying software to produce custom
client-requested pharmaceutical marketing data from the following IMS database
sources: DDD - sales reports covering 97 percent of the market and used to
track sales activity for manufacturers' direct sales; EarlyView - a
customized mix of data, analytics and reports for field sales
representatives to identify the specific information needs of
prescribers; Xponent - the industry the most comprehensive
prescription database; Relational Data Model (RDM) - a standardized
data delivery system designed to feed IMS HEALTH market research
information into relational databases). Also, participated in QC
review of the final data for delivery. Tasks were accomplished
using COBOL II, MS Excel, MS Access, Visual Basic, FTP, VSAM, and
OS/MVS JCL. Participated in development and management of IMS's
"New Product Spectra" PC pharmaceutical product launch marketing
tool. Many projects included design and coding to deliver
mainframe data to a PC based relational DB platform.
7/1994 to 6/1996
Boudrue Consultants at Shared Medical Systems (SMS, now Seimmens), Malvern,
Pennsylvania - Independent Consultant
Analyzing, coding, testing, and implementation of modifications and maintenance
to UB92, 1500, and HDX medical billing software products for legal requirements
and client requests. Other tasks included using MS Excel, Visual Basic and SAS
to prepare management reports on project productivity, throughput, and
reliability.
The initial assignment required analysis, design, coding, and testing of a major
upgrade to SMS's General Financial Services software products in the General
Ledger, Payroll, Labor Distribution, Deduction/Benefit and Time Card reporting
areas. Tasks included COBOL to COBOL II conversion, report prototyping, CICS
testing problem resolution, Coding of common batch and CICS I/O routines, and
integrated test review. COBOL II, VSAM, CICS, FileAid and EXPEDITOR were
utilized.
2/1994 to 6/1994
IMI Consultants at General Health Insurance Co., New York, New York
Independent Consultant
Development of general modifications to existing health insurance applications
using COBOL, COBOL II, CICS, VSAM, and SMART TEST.
10/1993 to 1/1994
Boudrue Consultants at PECO Energy Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Independent Consultant
Coding and testing of batch and CICS applications for credit skip trace and
commercial customer billing analysis.
7/1993 to 10/1993
RCG at Reliance Insurance Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Design, code, test litigation, history and tracking, sub-system to interface
with
PMS V7 and other in-house claims systems. COBOL, VSAM, and CICS were utilized.
3/1993 to 7/1993
Computer People (now Ajilon) at Colonial Penn Insurance Company, Trooper,
Pennsylvania - Independent Consultant
Code, test and implement Assigned Risk Auto Insurance inquiry sub-systems as
part
of a high visibility project using CICS, VSAM, COBOL II and Intertest.
9/1992 to 1/1993
Computer Horizons at Merrill-Lynch Securities, Princeton, New Jersey
Independent Consultant
Responsible for coding, testing and implementing programs to correctly transfer
private client accounts between offices and also sum multi-account households
for SEC reporting.
10/1991 to 7/1992
Boudrue Consultants at PECO Energy Company (Nuclear Division), Chesterbrook,
Pennsylvania -Independent Consultant
Develop a program from spec. Produced by AI Knowledgeware to meet NRC plant
modification requirements. Knowledgeware, CICS, COBOL and VSAM were used.
Also, required interfacing with the PIMS software package.
QVC Network
3/1990 to 9/1991
QVC Network, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Sr. Program/Analyst
Part of the order fulfillment team sourcing orders from Tandem to IBM using
CICS,
Cobol II, VSAM and Data Pipeline. Also, supervised source code development by
consultants. This included providing specifications and review results. Other
task included writing a physical inventory system and various management
control reports using CICS, Cobol II and Easytrieve Plus.
Citibank
9/1986 to 3/1990
Citibank (Citicorp), New Castle, Delaware
Systems Officer
Responsible for developing, enhancing, and maintaining software for several cash
management systems handling $1B in transactions daily. Part of a team that
developed several new income generating products in the ACH and EDI areas using
CICS, VSAM, PEPS+ and COBOL. Supporting all other CICS applications based at
the Delaware location as part of a three-person team.
Performing all activities needed to implement applications; analysis, coding,
testing, scheduling, change management request, security request, status
reporting and user contact activities. Work as a team leader in developing a
peak-load lockbox data entry sub-system to support a major account.
References: Available upon request.
Resume of M. J. Cassidy
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