Sr. Software Engineer
Resume:
CHARLES A. COOPER
Stone Mountain GA 30083
Objective: To obtain a Software Engineering/Programmer Analysts position with a company that will benefit from my highly developed organizational skills, my educational background in computer programming, my desire to produce consistently good work, and my insistence on professionalism.
Education: DeKalb Technical Institute, Clarkston, GA.
A. A. T. in Computer Programming, December, 1992. Coursework included Accounting, Business Mathematics, Systems Analysis and Design, and Public Speaking. Cumulative GPA = 3.2.
Programming
Experience: COBOL, encompassing XEDIT, OS/COBOL, and The Method of Structured Programming, has successfully developed, coded, and tested programs that included calling programs, called programs, and menu-driven programs that accurately created, or updated VSAM in a VM/SP environment.
CICS, independently developed, coded, tested, and implemented menu-driven programs. While incorporating BMS, SPFPC, Command Level CICS, Pseudo-Conversational Programming, Program Control Commands, and REALIA COBOL, the programs successfully and accurately created or updated VSAM in a DOS environment.
RPGII, developed and coded programs that successfully created or updated sequential files on magnetic tape; in addition to programs that created or updated ISAM files on disk in a DOS/VSE environment.
C, with the use of VI and UNIX C, has written programs providing me with a thorough understanding of pointers, structures, unions, as well as reading from and writing to direct access devices in an UNIX environment.
JCL, wrote code that successfully created and updated source libraries, and loaded load modules in PDS; coded DD statements that created ISAM or VSAM files; created and stored procedures in procedure libraries; established and use generated group files for MVS/JES and DOS/VSE operating systems.
BAL, has written programs which has provided me with thorough understanding of register functions, storage functions, reading from and writing to disk in a VM/SP environment.
Proficient, in SQL, DB2, and Assembler.
Employment: Lexisnixis (formerly Choicepoint, Inc.), Atlanta, GA.
Senior Software Engineer: Using TSO, COBOL II, CICS (Batch), MVS JCL, ISPF, SAR, FILEAID, and ENDEVOR: perform maintenance on existing COBOL II, CICS and JCL modules and developed new COBOL II, CICS and JCL modules by designing, coding, testing and implementing modules into production. Modules maintained or developed included copybooks, COBOL II and/or CICS programs and subprograms, JCL jobs, PROC(s) and jobstreams.
Using ADABAS/Natural (Structured Mode), and SYSPAC: perform maintenance on existing Natural modules and developed new Natural modules by designing, coding, testing and implementing modules into production. Natural modules maintained or developed included globals, locals, programs, subprograms, subroutines and various maps.
In addition to performing programming duties: meet with client to determine requirements for enhancements and/or new development needed to the existing system; analyzed and identified problems of the existing system then, provided solutions for those problems; wrote responses to and produced correspondence for customer service requests; prepared program, job and results specifications for the enhancement or new development; wrote detailed documentation that explained to the Quality Control testing team the nature of an enhancement or new development, the method that is to be used to test the enhancement or new development and the expected results of the enhancement or new development; wrote documentation for programs, jobs and changes to application; prepared the required forms, reports and other documentation needed to have modules implemented into production and participated in an on-call rotational that provided assistance to production support.
Programs and jobs were either modified or developed to perform batch, online or FTP processing in a home/auto insurance claims reporting environment. February 26, 2001 – March 12, 2011.
Canada Life Assurance Company, Atlanta, GA.
Senior Programmer/Analysts: Using TSO, COBOL II, CICS, MVS JCL, ISPF, DB2, QMF, SQL, FILEAID, Control M, and ENDEVOR: perform maintenance to or developed copybooks; COBOL II and CICS programs; JCL PROC(s) and jobstreams. Place jobs into the scheduler. Programs an jobs were either modified or developed to perform batch, online or FTP processing in an health care environment. October, 1998 – February, 2001.
Direct Recruiter Associates Consultants (Alltel Information Services), Atlanta, GA.
Programmer/Analysts: Using TSO, COBOL II, MVS JCL, ISPF, DB2, SAR, QMF, SQL, FILEAID and ENDEVOR, perform analysis of, create new, or modify copybooks, COBOL programs, JCL PROC(s), or jobstreams while developing mew or performing maintenance to COBOL programs that perform cellular phone telecommunications processing at Alltel Information Services. March, 1997 - October, 1998.
American Signature, Inc., Atlanta, GA.
Production Programmer: Using COBOL, wrote new programs; in addition to, writing maintenance and enhancement programs that perform catalog printing processing in a production environment. August, 1995 - January, 1997.
BFRAME Data Systems, Inc., Atlanta, GA.
Programmer: Using Micro Focus COBOL, perform maintenance and wrote enhancements to programs that perform credit-reporting processing. June, 1995 - August, 1995.
SoftWord Services, Inc., Atlanta, GA.
Software Trainer: Train clients who has physical or mental disabilities to use Wordperfect 5.1, Lotus 1-2-3, Q&A Database Management, DOS, and Windows. Install and maintain hardware and software in a MS-DOS environment. Provide hardware and software support to staff and students. Prepares related courseware and trouble-shoots both hardware, software, and procedural problems. February, 1993 - June, 1995.
Georgia Department of Administrations, Computer Services Division, Atlanta, GA.
Programmer: As an active member of a programmer team, I incorporated TSO, QMF, BMS, ISPF, INTERTEST, SPUFI, VS COBOL II, CICS, SQL, and DB2 to write numerous programs that accurately maintained DB2 tables on-line in a MVS environment. October 16, 1992 - December 14, 1992, Internship.
Ritz Carlton Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia.
Musician: As a full-time student during the day, during the night I played drums while providing entertainment for various functions in the hotel. 1990 - present.
Budget Rent-A-Car, Atlanta Georgia.
Service Technician: Washed and detailed vehicles prior to their rental. 1985 - 1990.
Motown Productions, Los Angeles, California.
Musician: Played drums for various recording artist during live performances. 1978 - 1984.
Honors Epsilon Delta Pi Honorary Society.
& Awards: Dean's List.
Activities: Treasurer, Epsilon Delta Pi Honorary Society.
Student Member, DPMA.
References: Available on request.
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