Deborah Grayer
721 E 102nd Street Brooklyn NY 11236
[Send email to request phone number] 42-4254 347-729-2840
DRG119.1@netzero.com
Profile Sr. Programmer Analyst with 26 years experience. Self-starter, having
worked in team environments with broad backgrounds in mainframe software.
Maintained Purchasing invoice records and produced reports for General Ledger.
Consulted with users to identify current operating procedures and clarify program
objectives. Provided production support for all batch job streams on and off site
via the dial-up process, utilized quick fix procedures, to ensure the job streams
would compete. Met all deadlines as an Application Programmer. Developed
specifications, delegated tasks, maintained Project Workflow as Project Leader.
Pinpointed and resolved issues with Asset Management/Fixed Income, tax Reporting,
Purchasing/EDI and Human Resources, Trades Processing, Reporting, and Trades
Revitalization applications.
Technical Skills: CobolII/VSAM/CICS/DB2/
Changeman/Endevor/Intertest/CEDF/SmartTest/ Xpediter
/XML/DDL/Verify/Xpediter/JCL/MVS/OS/XA/IDCAMS TSO/SPF/ICCF/SDF/BMS/ Spufi/DB2
EASYTREVE /DOS JCL/CMS/Tablebase/IAM Panvelet/Paradox/ Word/Excel/Access
Education A.S.- Medical Technology – York College Diploma - Computer Science -
Programming Systems InstituteCNA License – Nursing - Medgar Evers College June
1978June 1979June 2003
Career History
Merrill Lynch Jersey City, NJ Consultant: Programmer Analyst – Trades
Processing System· Improving and elevating efficiency and effectiveness of the
Trades Upload Processes that exist within the Trades Revitalization
system.· Responsible for documenting all changes/update/additions to the Trade
Upload Document User Manual, based on weekly meetings with the Broadcort
Strategic Services Group, and the Product Development Group, in preparation for
the Trades System Rewrite.· Analyzing current data feeds, while preparing
applications for the conversion to the new trades upload process using CICS COBOL
and MQ.· Adding new clients to the system via Endevor pkgs. Responsible for
creating client specific Jobs (31 per client) for generic procedures, already in
production.· Modified existing CICS /DB2/VSAM/Cobol programs when the MQ series
replaced FTP feeds. Programs were modified to process feeds with/without headers.
· Extensive volume testing in QA coordinating with the MQ group.· Reviewing
scheduling, and monitoring production. · Resolving trouble tickets when
necessary. July 2006 – Current
New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. New York, NY Consultant: Programmer
Analyst · Heavy coding in EasyTreve; COBOL2; CICS; VSAM; OS/390 VSAM; JCL, and On
Demand Reporting System.· Utilized mainframe source level debugger Smart
Test· Automated EMAIL notification process, to send an email when CSC has made a
Medicaid Remittance file available, utilizing XML with DTD and/or or XML
Schema.· Analyzed OnDemand report feeds, while preparing applications for
conversion to new Reporting System.· Solely responsible for developing and coding
new Reporting system for HHC Sick Leave Usage Summary. · Developed EasyTrieve
applications for the College Savings system UPROMISE offering· Developed new
Medicaid Remittance Summary system for Corp. and the Facilities coded completely
in EasyTrieve · Maintained Medicaid Payment Reconciliation Systems.· Maintained
Payroll Audit Reports and Payroll History files.· Added new facilities to G/L and
Fixed Assets applications· Maintained Year End processing, Time keeping and
highly sensitive Payroll systems.· Developed new applications to automate "Run
Year" used through out the Yearend processing· Developing new system to
send/receive verifications from the Social Security Administration December 2005
July 2006
Merrill Lynch Jersey City, NJConsultant: Project Leader/Programmer Analyst
· Project Leader for team off site in Red Bank, New Jersey.· Prepared monthly
status report for the whole Tekmark team on site and at the Red bank location.
· Processed all requests from the client, and assigned tasks to Consulting Team
stationed in Red Bank NJ· Performed system analysis and system re-design when
removing obsolete reports from current trades reporting system.· Developed:
Change Mgmt. Control Guide, Problem Mgmt. Guide, and Technical & User manuals for
various applications.· Worked with SA, QA and Tech Support staff to identify
and/or resolve problems encountered during Trades Processing Rewrite.· Teaching
Endevor change management process to new hires, system and/or /application
updates· Resolved problems encountered during production runs.· Modified
copybooks, Recoded 65% of the programs, rewrote them where it made sense to do
so. Replaced Old Trades Layout with the new GTR Trades Layout, programs were
written in Cobol II /DB2/VSAM Implemented using Endevor change control
utility.· Kept track of all turnovers and AdHoc changes utilizing Excel
spreadsheets· Utilized mainframe source level debugging tools, Xpediter and
Intertest· October 2004 February 2006
Deutsche Bank New York, NYConsultant: Programmer Analyst· As part of the
Corporate Systems development team, developed and enhanced backend applications
for the GEM Limit Monitoring System, and the OBA Acknowledgement system utilizing
COBOL 2, DB2 Stored Procedures and SQL Stored Procedures.· Utilized mainframe
source level debugger SmartTest. July 2004 – October 2004
Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney New York, NY Project Leader/Sr. Programmer
Analyst· Developed GLAS applications, which was a full project life cycle used by
the Asset Management clients; · Developed online system PMEO/PMIN used by
Purchasing Agents, Accounts Payable, EDI and Traveler's Fulfillment. Utilized
CobolII/CICS/SDF/DB2/VSAM/SQL/QMF queries/FTPs to Gentran/Novell and UNIX boxes,
so Purchasing Agents could generate Adhoc reports from their desktop. · Developed
test scripts with Verify to automate testing of various CICS
applications.· Utilized mainframe source level debugging tools, Xpediter and
Intertest, and CEDF.· As a Project Leader, I presented feasibility study to upper
management for the GLAS system. I was responsible for the consulting team of five
consultants.· Maintained Purchasing invoices and produced reports for General
Ledger, Accounts Payable and Travelers via FTP, from the Mainframe to the Unix
and/or Novell servers. · Executed daily operations of Tax Reporting and Remics
also known as CMO systems, using COBOL/CICS/VSAM/Tablebase.· Prepared and
presented Project Work Flow at Status meetings.· Restructured and improved Year
End Tax Reporting/1099-Corrections Systems using Cobol/CICS/VSAM.· Developed
Stored Procedures for the Comtracks applications to process Uploads/downloads
from requisitions and Purchases of equipment, utilizing shared options.· Taught
internal CICS/BMS classes for the organization.· Provided data analysis and
conversion while doing Travelers fulfillment · Followed SDLC process in
developing systems, as well as developed: Change Mgmt. Control Guide, Problem
Mgmt. Guide, and Technical & User manuals for various applications. April 1987 –
January 2003
J. Walter Thompson Inc. New York, N.YSr. CICS Programmer Analyst · Implemented
and maintained Uniformed Accounts and Production System. Migrated online
applications from Macro level CICS to Command level. Software used
COBOL/CICS/VSAM/JCL· Utilized mainframe source level debugging tools, Xpediter;
Intertest, and CEDF July 1985– April 1987
Bank of America New York, N.Y.Sr. Programmer Analyst · Implemented and
maintained applications for Letter of Credit and Reimbursements system utilizing
Cobol/CICS and VSAM.· Utilized mainframe source level debugging tools, Ready
Trace; Intertest, and CEDF January 1984 – July 1985
Manufacturers Hanover Commercial Corp. New York, N.YProgrammer · Developed new
programs, maintained existing applications for OLIS system, utilized Macro Level
CICS, COBOL, VSAM, Native mode BMS.· Utilized mainframe source level debugging
tools, Ready Trace; Intertest, and CEDF. November 1979 – January 1984
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