Jeff Berger       601  Brightwater   court,  # 1i  ,  Brooklyn   NY    11235, 
 [Send email to request phone number] 58-8086,  [Send email using form at bottom]    

Summary :
High performance, result-oriented multi-faceted IT Professional with outstanding
achievements, knowledge, and expertise in the development, implementation, and
support of business systems and solutions. Combine excellent analytical, support,
and technical acumen with strong team leadership skills, to consistently deliver
outcomes that surpass company objectives and expectations.
Hardware:
IBM Mainframe, IBM PC and compatibles.
Operating
Systems:
MVS/ESA, OS/JES-2, z/OS 1.8, MS-DOS, MS WINDOWS 2000 & XP.
Languages:
COBOL II & 390, SQL, JCL and IBM Utilities, JAVA, HTML 4, Easytrieve, ADSO, IE
for GEAC, Visual Basic 6.0.
Software,
Databases &
Technologies:
CICS (command-level), IDMS, DB2, MS Access 2000, VSAM, INFOR-GEAC (E series),
Peachtree Accounting, MS Office.
Professional experience:
05/2000 - Present         Long Island Rail Road                Jamaica, NY 
Senior Systems Programmer/Analyst IV

Responsibilities include: 
* Providing expertise in Processing INFOR (formerly GEAC) Payroll/Human
Resources/Benefits system, diversifying to a divisional level allowing
centralized software support and operational control.
* Principal design and on-going maintenance of the interface between LIRR
financial and administrative systems (INFOR-GEAC) and State of New York
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)' PeopleSoft Pension system. 
* Develop and support of multiple governmental/financial interfaces from and to
LIRR financial and administrative systems (INFOR-GEAC), W2 generation and
Year-End processing. Implementation of the INFOR-GEAC software update packages.
Providing internal INFOR-GEAC training at corporate level, empowering end-users
by translating technical information into non-technical business terms. Assisting
stuff with daily system support and collaboratively sustained requests from user
areas.
* Providing on-request maintenance and support for the Mail&Ride Revenue System,
other existing LIRR essential financial and administrative applications such as
LPAA, Sick Leave, and General Ledger.
Environment:  COBOL 390, Enterprise Cobol, JCL, VSAM, CICS, IDMS (batch and
on-line), IE, Visual Basic 6, Microsoft Office. 
08/98 - 02/00	Stone Services, Inc., 	New York, NY
Consultant, Programmer/Analyst

Client(s):
08/98 - 02/00	First Data Merchant Services, 	Melville, NY

* Involved in the design, coding, and implementation of the New Billing System
for Chase Merchant Services (CMS). The major goal of the system is to provide CMS
with automated unbundled pricing and billing instead of manual calculations
against Net Sales based upon Variable Cost per Transaction for all services
provided by FDMS. General processing requirements are to generate interface files
to process them via New Billing System in an automated fashion with minimal
manual intervention and balanced them using Unitech.
* Responsibilities included:  Design and development of a number of interfaces;
Modification of the process at program level to use the input data from DB2
tables instead of VSAM files; Analysis of Fee Calculation routines; Analysis of
user requirements; Unit testing, full file testing and parallel process testing;
All turnover procedures.
* Environment utilized: COBOL II, JCL, VSAM, IDMS, CICS, and DB2/SQL. 

02/95 - 07/98     Generated Computer Software, Inc. 	 NJ
Consultant, Programmer/Analyst

Client(s): 
03/96 - 07/98	Alliance Capital Management, 	Secaucus, NJ

* Participated in the enhancement and implementation of the Advise of
Confirm/Correction/Cancellation System. The major goal of the system is to track
and resolve the trade discrepancies, provide an electronic record with complete
audit details and create ad-hoc reporting. The system allows requesting DTC for
on-line correction and/or cancellation of a trade as well as provides all
necessary on-line messages and/or batch reports to support this new
functionality. 
* Responsibilities included:  Design and development of new programs for the
above mentioned system; Assisted DBA in creating new and modification of existing
DB2 tables; Worked closely with the user community in resolving problems and
outstanding requests; Provided on-going production support and wrote system
documentation.
* Environment utilized: COBOL II, DB2/SQL, CICS, JCL, and VSAM.

02/95 - 02/96	Salomon Smith Barney, 	NYC, NY
* Involved in the design, coding, and implementation of the Margin System, which
provides detail information about client accounts including balances on trade and
settlement dates, long and short positions, money market dates and history of
transactions. The new enhancement allows a margin clerk or registered
representative to view accounts that are subject to Margin Call, House Call,
Sell-Out, or Buy-In.
* Responsibilities included:  Analysis, design, coding and production turnover;
Developed a number of on-line transactions and batch programs, procedures for
completed modules; Modified JCL to accommodate new report process, designed
technical documentation.
* Environment utilized: COBOL II, JCL, VSAM, CICS.

07/92 - 07/94	The Center of Food Processing Industry,     
                                        Vinnitsa, Ukraine
Programmer/Analyst
* Involved in the design, coding, and implementation of the one of firsts in
Ukraine computerized Payroll System that consisted of three main modules such as
Earnings and Deductions, Attendance and Disciplinary actions Tracking, Payments
processing.  The revolutionary for that time and place system allowed compute of
employee wages for all branches and maintained all the historical information in
the centralized Employee Master File.
Environment utilized: COBOL, JCL, and VSAM.       

Training:

10/2003 The Inteq Group, Inc.,  The LIRR  training center, Hillside  NY
Business Systems Analysis.
05/2003   Geac Enterprise Solutions,   Atlanta  GA
Central and Online Payroll Systems Technical Concepts.
02/2002    TelTech  Training, Inc.,  New York NY
Visual Basic 6.0
06/2001    Computer Associates International, Inc.,  New York  NY
CA-ADS  Application Development
06/2000        Oracle Education Center,  New York NY
Intensive hands-on training in Oracle8 for Software Professionals.
10/99 - 04/00    American Training Center, Inc., Forest Hills NY
Intensive hands-on training program in JAVA and Web Design for Software
Professionals.
Education:
09/87 - 06/92      Polytechnic University, Vinnitsa, Ukraine
Computer Science and Accounting.