SYNOPSIS

A consultant with eighteen years of system development experience in both on-line and batch environments. Applications experience in Banking, Insurance, Accounting, Medical and Mortgage Loan systems.

EDUCATION

Received Bachelor of Arts Degree, 1977, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas. Major: Biblical Languages. Minor: General Business.Completed all three Phases of Systems Engineer Development program, 1979, Electronic Data Systems, Dallas, Texas.
Completed "Introduction to C", 1995, Eastfield College, Dallas, Texas.

SOFTWARE

MS Access, Microsoft SQL Server, IMS DB/DC, DL/I, OS/2, TELON, CICS, IDMS, UNIX, MVS/XA, DOS, MS-DOS, Windows NT 4.0, VSAM, TSO/SPF, InterTest, File-Aid, Easytrieve

LANGUAGES

Visual BASIC 4 & 5, C, Micro Focus, Realia and IBM mainframe COBOL II, SP-Assist, ASSEMBLER, SAS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Torchmark Corporation
June 1997 - Present

Consultant. Design, code, and test COBOL conversion programs to convert current Investment Accounting System to SS&Cís CAMRA 2000 accounting system. Develop custom reports in Crystal Reports (WinQL). Maintain project plan.

Cornerstone National Marketing Corporation
June 1997 - Present

Consultant. Enhance partially-completed Agency Commission and Licensing system written in Microsoft Access 2.0 to make it available to sell to insurance agencies. Develop custom reports in Access.

United American Insurance Company
June 1995 - June 1997

Team Leader/Programmer for development of the Torchmark Investment Accounting System. Design, code, and test Visual Basic user interface and application programs. Code and test COBOL conversion programs to bring mainframe data to the PC and load into SQL Server database via Microsoft Access queries. Develop and maintain project plan. Supervise team of five programmers. Liaison between programmers and users. Maintain existing CICS/COBOL mainframe investment accounting system.

United American Insurance Company
March 1995 - June 1995

Consultant. Develop project plan and manpower estimate for Torchmarkís Investment Accounting System (above). Design graphic user interface with end-users for new Investment Accounting System.

MBNA
January 1995 - March 1995

Consultant.. Rewrite Name and Address subsystem of MBNA Credit Card System from CICS/ALC to CICS/COBOL/2. Develop technical specifications according to MBNA guidelines. Develop and execute test plan according to MBNA guidelines.

SEI Corporation
August 1988 - January 1995

Implementation Project Manager for SEIís 401(k) Recordkeeping System. Coordinate all phases of bringing new clients onto SEIís recordkeeping system. Develop custom COBOL conversion programs to convert data from prior recordkeepers. Maintain implementation project plan.

Senior Programmer/Analyst on 401(k) Recordkeeping System development team.Code and test various Recordkeeping subsystems including Allocations, Loan Setup, Annual Compliance Testing, and Highly Compensated Employee Determination using Microfocus COBOL/2. Maintain Taxation, Fund-Pricing Interface, and PAY 3000 Interface subsystems.

Team Leader for SEIís Investment Performance System. Supervise team of COBOL programmers responsible for maintaining the IPS system. Write custom interfaces to bring new-client business onto the system.

Policy Management Systems Corp.
September 1982 - August 1988

Team Leader for CIMS:Securities enhancement team. Supervise team of CICS COBOL programmers responsible for enhancing PMSCís CIMS:Securities Investment Management System and Mortgage Loan System. Meet with Client Enhancement Committee to plan and prioritize enhancements. Develop functional and technical enhancement specifications. Code and test enhancements.

Programmer/Analyst for Stock and Bond Investment Accounting System. Maintain and enhance ALC batch system and CICS COBOL data entry/edit front-end. Prepare system releases. Conduct on-site user and technical training. Install system at new client locations.

Affiliated Computer Systems
October 1980 - September 1982

Programmer/Analyst for ACSí Bank Conversion Team. Convert new-client banks onto the Bank Management Information System (BMIS). Design, code, test and execute COBOL conversion programs for the DDA, Loans, Savings, and CD subsystems. Ensure subsystems were in balance after conversion.

Electronic Data Systems
July 1978 - October 1980

Systems Engineer for the New Mexico Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). Enhance and maintain the COBOL Financial/Cash Control and the ALC Recipient Eligibility subsystems. Provide production cycle support. Maintain cataloged JCL procedures.

Health Care Marketing Support Coordinator for EDSí Marketing Support Team. Coordinate the production of EDSí Medicaid proposals.