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DOB:   28/12/1958

Contract Analyst/Programmer/Trainer

Married with two children

Interests: Amateur dramatics, light operatic, reading, crafts

Areas of Expertise in years

IBM Mainframe:

(Development/Support/Training)

Ø      COBOL                             23       

Ø      MVS                                  23

Ø      VSAM                                23

Ø      JCL                                   23

Ø      TSO/ISPF                         23

Ø      DB2                                   16

Ø      Easytrieve Plus                 16

Ø      SQL                                   16

Ø      CICS                                 15

Ø      VM/CMS                           10

Ø      SAR                                   9

Ø      XCOM                               9

Ø      Panaudit Plus                    5

Ø      CA7                                   5

Ø      Endevor                            3

Ø      FileAid                               3

Ø      Telon                                 2

Ø      Panvalet                            2

Ø      Roscoe                             2

Ø      REXX                                2

Ø      DJDE                                2

Ø      IMS/DL1                            1

Ø      Strobe                               1

Ø      OPC                                  0.5

Ø      Connect Direct                 0.5

Other:

Ø      COBOL/PC                       1

Ø      SQL Server 7                    1

Ø      HTML                                1

Ø      DB2 UDB for Windows    0.5

Ø      SQL Server 2000              0.5

Flexibility

I will work full-time, part-time, or provide a flexible ongoing service as and when required. I work onsite or from home.

Support

Ongoing support can be provided after the completion of an assignment on an hourly rate or at a fixed price.

Rates

Negotiable on an hourly, daily, weekly rate or as a fixed price.

References

I will provide references from previous clients & employers on request.

Key Achievements

Ø      3 awards for delivering exceptional support service at Avis

Ø      A quality award for development work at ITT London & Edinburgh

Ø      High marks & very favourable comments from training delegates

Key Strengths

Ø      Committed team player

Ø      Ability to work well with technical and non-technical people

Ø      Work well under pressure, to tight deadlines

Ø      Take pride in developing high quality work

Ø      Produce high quality documentation & presentations

Education

Ø      8 ‘O’ Levels

Ø      3 ‘A’ Levels

Ø       B.A. Dual Honours Degree in Economics & Mathematics (2.1)

Ø       Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Distinction)

Employment Experience

Ø      May 05-present

Contract Mainframe Support Analyst at Inform Information Systems, Maidenhead, working on financial systems using COBOL, Easytrieve Plus, JCL, TSO/ISPF, OPC, Endevor, SQL,  MVS, DB2, VSAM, File Aid, REXX, SAR, XCOM, Connect Direct

Ø      March 04 - April 05

Contract Trainer and courseware developer for CASE Training and Verhoef, teaching Easytrieve Plus, DB2 application programming, SQL, COBOL, JCL, TSO/ISPF, MVS, VSAM, CICS, Business Systems Analysis, Microfocus COBOL.

Studied for MCAD in SQL Server 2000.

Worked onsite and from home.

Ø      May 03 - March 04

Permanent Trainer for CASE Training teaching Easytrieve Plus, DB2 application programming, SQL, JCL.

Developed courseware including DB2 version 8.

Wrote programs in COBOL PC.

Amended company website using HTML.

Used Strobe to analyse DB2 performance.

Worked onsite and from home.

Ø      Nov 96 – April 03

Contract Mainframe Development and Support Analyst/Programmer for Avis, Hayes, working on payroll system, financial systems, rental systems, insurance systems using Easytrieve Plus, JCL, TSO/ISPF, REXX, CA7, Panvalet, VSAM, XCOM, MVS, CMS, SAR, SQL Server 7.

Managed support team.

Responsible for change management.

Project managed Y2K changes & conversion from Easytrieve to Easytrieve Plus.

Worked onsite and from home.

Trained users on in-house applications.

Ø      Oct 94 – Oct 96

Contract Mainframe Development and Support Analyst/Programmer for ITT London & Edinburgh, Worthing, working on policy and cancellation letter systems using Roscoe, JCL, MVS, TSO/ISPF, DB2, Endevor, VSAM, Easytrieve Plus, COBOL, and DJDE print statements.

Taught Easytrieve Plus to other team members.

Ø      July 93 – Dec 99

Contract Trainer for Computer Associates teaching Easytrieve Plus and Telon.

This training was combined with the contracts at ITT and Avis.

Ø      July 89 – July 93

Permanent Pre-Sales Technical Consultant for Computer Associates, Slough on mainframe products.

Provided technical support to sales people; gave demonstrations & presentations; set up evaluation & pilot studies; provided implementation support & training; developed courseware for Easytrieve Plus, EZ/Online, Panaudit Plus & Telon running against DB2 & IMS/DB under MVS and CMS.

Ø      Feb 88 – June 89

Permanent Training Consultant with BIS Applied Systems, London. Taught & developed courseware for Business Systems Analysis, Practical Systems Design, Structured Programming Techniques, COBOL, Presentation Techniques and Train the Trainer.

Ø      July 82 – Jan 88

Permanent Programmer & Systems Analyst at Reckitt & Colman, Hull, working on manufacturing and stock control systems using COBOL, JCL, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, File Aid, CICS.

Ø      Sept 81 – July 82

Secondary School Teacher of Mathematics.