JOSEPH W. KRAMER
6024 Old Vines Street
North Las Vegas, NV 89081
(702) 468-5035
jwkramer@cox.net
SUMMARY
Over thirty years as an information processing professional with responsibility
for all phases of divergent projects from conceptualization to successful
implementation. Excellent design, analysis, programming, creativity,
organization, communication, and management skills.
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
Hardware: IBM and IBM Compatible mainframes, IBM Compatible PC’s
Mainframe Software: CICS, DB2, IDMS/R (including ADS/O & ADS/A), MQ Series,
File/Aid, Abend/Aid, Xpediter, VSAM, Endevor, TSO/ISPF, Panvalet, Librarian, MVS
JCL (JES2 & JES3), MVS Utilities, MDp, DOS JCL (VS & VSE), VM (CMS), DMS, ICCF,
and EDGAR
Mainframe Languages: COBOL (68, 74, II, 370, LE, etc.), Assembler, EZTrieve+,
QuickJob, and Culprit
PC Software: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Project, Word Perfect, Quattro
Pro, Lotus 1-2-3, Office Writer, Writing Assistant, CA Super Project, Project
Scheduler 4, SEEC (Y2K) Tools, Graphics Gallery, and Harvard Graphics
PC Languages: Basic, Visual Basic, and Java
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Accounting, cum laude, University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, Ohio, 1981
ASSOCIATIONS
Alpha Sigma Lambda (Evening College Honor Society)
Delta Mu Delta (Business Administration College Honor Society)
Knights of Columbus (Past Grand Knight, Color Corps Commander)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
9/00 Present REMARKABLE CONSULTING, INC., North Las Vegas, NV
Senior Software Consultant
Responsibilities for a Carmel, Indiana-based life & health insurance provider
include design, analysis, coding, and testing of system enhancements for a health
insurance system using COBOL LE, CICS, and VSAM. Participated in design,
analysis, coding, and testing, for a project to extract data from four different
versions of a life Insurance system to be displayed on a common Customer Service
system using COBOL 370, CICS, VSAM, MDp, and MQ Series.
Responsibilities in Indianapolis, Indiana for a Bloomington, Illinois-based
auto, life & homeowner’s insurance company included participating in a project to
convert a Batch Assembler life insurance legacy system to COBOL LE/CICS/MQ
Series. Charged with analyzing Assembler code and writing programming
specifications for developers to use in writing structured COBOL LE modules.
Also participated in system testing and COBOL LE module modifications. Acted as
team leader for system delivery and warranty work.
Responsibilities for a San Francisco, California-based Child Welfare/Child
Support Tracking and Collection system included design, analysis, coding, and
testing of modifications to on-line screens and batch programs using IDMS/ADSO
and COBOL LE. Also responsible for generating ad hoc reports using EZTrieve+.
9/97 - 9/00 SOFTSCAPE CORPORATION, Miami Lakes, FL
Senior Software Consultant
Responsibilities for a Carmel, Indiana-based life & health insurance provider
included , as a member of the Project Management Team, participating in design,
analysis, coding, testing, and tracking for a project to: (1) reconstruct a
Health Insurance customer service system to be able to display relevant data for
Annuity and Life policies; and (2) extract data from multiple life insurance and
annuity systems to be displayed on the now-common Customer Service system using
COBOL 370, CICS, VSAM, and MQ Series. Previous responsibilities included testing
Assembler, COBOL, QuikJob, EZTrieve, and SAS code renovations made to several
life and health insurance systems for Y2K compliancy. Also renovated COBOL and
QuikJob programs to make them Y2K compliant.
Responsibilities for a San Francisco, California-based Child Welfare/Child
Support Tracking and Collection system included design, analysis, coding, and
testing of new on-line screens and batch programs using IDMS/ADSO and COBOL II.
Also responsible for maintenance of and modifications to existing on-line screens
and batch programs.
Responsibilities for an Indianapolis, Indiana-based health insurance provider
included supervisor of the SEEC Year 2000 Tool Factory and operator of SEEC Code
Renovation Tools for this Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance company. Personally
processed over 5 million lines of code in nine months. Also re-wrote COBOL
subroutines provided by SEEC. Also responsible for maintaining statistics
concerning the productivity of the SEEC Tool operators and the progress of the
SEEC Tool Factory.
4/92 9/97 CIBER, INC., Greenwood Village, Colorado
Field Manager and Consultant
Responsibilities for a Fishers, Indiana-based student loan servicer included
analysis, construction, and testing of various on-line and batch modules for a
new Lender Servicing System for Student Loans using IDMS/ADSO and COBOL. Acted
as a Project Leader for a project to provide follow-up service and reporting for
pre printed applications mailed to borrowers and not yet returned. Provided
on-line and batch maintenance and enhancement support for the Pre Printed
Applications System. Also provided support for the Lender Servicing System,
including investigation into and correction of on-line and batch errors and
abends, and analysis, coding, and testing for major and minor system
enhancements. Also acted as a consultant and mentor for IDMS coding for less
experienced programmers.
Responsibilities in Indianapolis, Indiana for a Columbus, Ohio-based bank
included writing programs and loading VSAM files for the conversion of Trust
portfolios using CICS and COBOL. Provided support for maintenance of and
enhancements to the Mortgage Loan System. Wrote several programs to extract data
from Mortgage Loan files for ad-hoc reporting.
10/91 4/92 CAP GEMINI AMERICA, Beachwood, Ohio
Information Systems Consultant
Responsibilities for a Cleveland, Ohio-based vinyl products manufacturing
company included analysis, coding, and testing of maintenance changes and
enhancements to on line and batch systems using IDMS/ADSO and COBOL.
Applications supported were: sales, forecasting, engineering cost, order entry,
inventory, credit, billing, plant accounting, and profitability.
10/80 10/91 GE CAPITAL CORPORATION, Stamford, Connecticut
7/83 10/91 Retailer Financial Systems, Canton, Ohio
5/86 10/91 Project Manager
1/85 5/86 Project Leader
7/83 1/85 Systems Analyst
Managed a staff that varied between four and eight Systems Analysts,
Programmer/Analysts, and Programmers in a COBOL/CICS/IDMS environment.
Responsible for design, scheduling, and implementation of development projects,
enhancements, and maintenance for the Private Label Credit Card Receivables
System, processing 35 million accounts with $8 billion outstanding. Responsible
for hiring/firing, performance appraisals, salary administration, and career
planning. Led the following projects to successful completion with teams ranging
from two to six people in a COBOL/CICS environment, demonstrating an ability to
build a team for a specific purpose and an ability to oversee multiple projects:
(1) portfolio acquisition project, (2) master file expansion project, (3)
promotional programs project, (4) deferred sales project, (5) filing fee
reporting project, and (6) commercial billing project. Participated in a
several-years long Honeywell to IBM conversion project during which I accepted
delivery of, unit tested, parallel tested, and implemented four systems that
included 62 programs and their associated JCL streams. Designed, coded, and
implemented programs as part of a Ledger Reconciliation System using COBOL and
CICS. Designed and implemented plan to transfer the Credit Card Embossing System
to another data center. Designed, coded, and implemented new programs as well as
enhancements and maintenance for Private Label Credit Card Receivables
processing.
- Received Management Awards for the portfolio control conversion project in
1990, the Montgomery Ward portfolio conversion project in 1989, outstanding
achievement during 1988, and the Honeywell to IBM conversion project in 1984
- Awarded membership in the 1986 GECC Summit Club for outstanding achievement
10/80 7/83 GE Mortgage Capital Corporation (subsidiary of GECC), Cincinnati,
Ohio
11/82 7/83 Senior Programmer/Analyst
10/80 11/82 Programmer/Analyst
Provided systems support for the mortgage pass through conduit and pool
insurance policies using COBOL and CICS. Designed and implemented a plan to
transfer control of information systems to the new data center in Raleigh, NC.
Supervised three programmers. Designed, coded, tested, and implemented an entire
mortgage insurance processing system using COBOL and CICS including on-line
processing for insurance applications, premium receipts, and file maintenance,
and batch processing and reporting for commitments, premium receipts, and
certificate generation
- Received Management Awards for the Cincinnati to Raleigh systems integration
project in 1983 and the certificate file creation project in 1982
- Awarded second place in the GECC New Horizons incentive contest for
outstanding achievement in 1981
11/78 10/80 ASSOCIATED FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, Cincinnati, Ohio
7/80 10/80 Senior Programmer
7/79 7/80 Programmer
11/78 7/79 Programmer Trainee
Installed the Weiland Computer Group Demand Deposit Accounting and Installment
Loan Reporting Systems using Assembler and CICS. Assisted in the design of and
coded enhancements to the on line Teller Totals System to support the Demand
Deposit and Installment Loan Systems. Coded and implemented an on line
Construction Loan Processing System and a batch Construction Loan Reporting
System using Assembler and CICS. Coded and implemented enhancements and
maintenance to the on line Mortgage Loan Processing System and the batch Mortgage
Loan Reporting System. Coded and implemented a batch Programmer Time Analysis
program and a batch Mortgage Loan Escrow/Impound Account Analysis System using
Assembler. Performed maintenance to the batch Mortgage Loan Reporting System. |
