Contract
CIBC Wealth Management — iSeries Senior Application Developer
- Analyzed and assessed existing code with the goal of migrating a mutual fund system to an ASP — specifically Citi; formerly Unisen which used to be Jewelstone Systems Inc. The project encompassed several
low-contrast
situations requiring tenacity, persistence and the ability to discern significant items from the clutter.
- Implemented sftp (ftp over SSH — first time for the system) for secure data exchange with external entities including error-detection and recovery and later implemented (ftp over SSL).
- Implemented FTPs exit-point programs.
- Conceived, designed and implemented (i.e., coding and testing rigorously the API myself) the standard API to the CIBC corporate FeedHub as team-leader. This newly built API remarkably simplified (and standardized) the mitigation of the existing custom application code. Produced and published a 25-page
Operations Guide
as well as a Programmer's Guide
(130-pages) for this new API.
- Programming, documentation and testing to achieve the successful migration.
- Technically evaluated and vetted contract programmer/analyst employee candidates to fill 7 of 9 positions.
- As team lead, mentored and guided several programmer/analysts within as well as outside of my team of 3 programmers.
- Used COBOL/400, ILE-COBOL and SQL/400 along with CL and Help System's SEQUEL product.
CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc. — Business Analyst
- Employed as a business analyst with technical as well as business domain expertise in mutual funds.
- Primarily tasked to evaluate test automation software and assess the fit into their corporate culture and existing methodologies.
CTG, Buffalo, NY — iSeries Consultant
- Short-term sub-contract assignment telecommuting to do programming/analysis for a large health insurance firm in Buffalo, NY (Independent Health).
- Worked as a Senior COBOL Programmer/Analyst for the I.T. department using COBOL/400, ILE-COBOL, SQL/400 and CL.
- Built program code from technical specifications.
- Produced technical specifications from business use case specifications.
- Conducted unit test and documented tests.
CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc. — iSeries Programmer/Analyst
- Primarily worked on a project that massively impacted the system since it entailed the expansion of several database fields (of financial and identification significance).
- Worked as an AS/400 (iSeries) COBOL lead programmer-analyst with the Core Development team.
- Conducted impact analysis.
- Advised project leader on available technical options as well as peers on issues and questions concerning technical and functional matters.
- Built program code and unit tested the same.
- Wrote technical specifications as well as reviewed those written by others.
- Coded, conducted unit test and documented tests.
- Used COBOL/400, ILE-COBOL and SQL/400.
CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc. — iSeries Programmer/Analyst
- Worked as an AS/400 (iSeries) COBOL programmer-analyst primarily servicing The Bank of Nova Scotia's mutual fund arm in administering their client base and transactions.
- Wrote the technical specifications after being provided functional specifications for several new programs requested by CGI's clients.
- Built program code and unit tested the same.
- Wrote implementation documentation as well as provide post-implementation support.
- Designed QA Test Cases, conducted and supported QA Testing.
- Provided mentoring and technical assistance where required/requested.
- Used COBOL/400, ILE-COBOL and SQL/400.
Canada Life Assurance Company — iSeries Programmer/Analyst
- Worked as an iSeries COBOL Lead Programmer-Analyst assisting Canada Life with interface building for GENELCO™ (particularly with the member eligibility conversion program CARS990).
- Wrote system design and implementation strategy documents for each interface project.
- Built program code and unit tested same.
- Assisted and provided technical support for integration and quality assurance testing as well as to production support personnel.
- Mentored full-time and contract employees on AS/400 (iSeries) technology particulars, general design and programming techniques as well as shop standards
- Designed QA Test Cases, conducted and supported QA Testing.
- Used ILE-COBOL and SQL/400.
Logisil Consulting — iSeries Programmer/Analyst
- Assigned to AdminSource-AGF in Oakville.
- PowerHouse™ and COBOL/400 are the high-level languages utilized at the client site.
- Primarily deployed as a programmer-analyst with prior Mutual Funds experience.
- Part of the Year 2000 Tax Development Team.
- Was assigned to mentor a peer contract programmer on technical issues as well as mutual fund industry particulars.
- Used COBOL/400, ILE-COBOL, RPG III, RPG IV and SQL/400.
Stallworth Technologies — iSeries Consultant
- Subcontracted to do work at eTK (Thomson Kernaghan).
- Analyzed data extraction and integration requirements.
- Implementation undertaken using SQL/400 and SEQUEL-400.
AdminSource-AGF — iSeries COBOL Programmer/Analyst
- Programming and analysis to convert and assimilate data from other vendor databases into the mutual fund administrative system utilized at AdminSource-AGF.
- Used COBOL/400, ILE-COBOL, RPG III, RPG IV and CL/400.
Merrill Lynch Asset Management — iSeries COBOL Programmer/Analyst
- Lead programmer/analyst for front-end and back-end support of Unitrax system.
- Programming was done primarily in SEQUEL™ (then from ASC, now Help Systems), COBOL (COBOL/400 and ILE-COBOL) and CL.
BPI Financial — iSeries COBOL Programmer/Analyst
- Programming and analysis for front-end and back-end support of Unitrax system.
- All programming was done with COBOL/400, ILE-COBOL, CLP and QUERY/400.
DMR — iSeries COBOL Programmer/Analyst
- Sub-contracted to Ministry of Consumer & Corporate Relations.
- Y2K project.
- Responsible for making COBOL/400, ILE-COBOL and CL programs millennium compliant.
Jewelstone Systems Inc. — iSeries COBOL Programmer/Analyst
- Jewelstone Systems Inc. was a software house (now part of Citi) for Unitrax, a comprehensive administration system for mutual fund management companies and intermediaries.
- Was hired by and responsible to the CEO.
- Analyzed data conversion requirements and conducted feasibility assessments as well as designed and implemented the programs to convert data for several new Jewelstone clients.
- Programmed in COBOL/400 and ILE-COBOL.
- In addition, I provided technical assistance, support and training to Jewelstone staff for both AS/400 particulars, OS/400 subtleties, Windows technical help, strategies and techniques for Client-Server application development.
- Two of the 9 clients serviced were banks.
Royal Bank, International Systems — iSeries Consultant
- Implemented iSeries COBOL on-line programs for the loans subsystem of RIBS (Royal Bank Integrated Banking System).
- Mainly involved in ensuring the replication of mainframe CICS program functionality on the AS/400 with enhancements to assimilate the native capabilities of the machine.
Baycom Inc. — iSeries Consultant
- Analyzed Shareholders Management System projects (Hongkong Bank and Seaboard Life).
- Produced technical specifications based on user-specifications cleared with client and business analysts.