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Frank M.

IBM Mainframe Consultant

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  • Overall Experience: 30 Years  
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Frank M. 

IBM Mainframe Consultant

Commitment
0/5
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0/5
Reliability
0/5

Time zones ready to work

  • Eastern Daylight [UTC -4]

Willing to travel to client location: Yes  

About Me 

  • Managed projects from design phase through final implementation as well as ensuring that the projects are aligned with IT strategies including all required data
  • Managed projects from design phase through final implementation as well as ensuring that the projects are aligned with IT strategies including all required data migration reporting on project performance.
  • Managed development and testing projects on mainframe, iSeries (AS/400), and Client Server platforms using current technologies including Microsoft (.net; asp.net), Sun (Java/J2EE), SOUP, SQL Server, MS Visual Studio, XML, and legacy COBOL with RPG holding code reviews.  In addition, I have managed a staff of web developers using different content management systems (CMS).  Skilled and experienced working in a matrix and virtual team environment.
  • Performed multiple roles/tasks including Project/Program Manager, Business Analyst, Release Manager, Systems Analyst, Requirement Study, Analysis, Design, Development, Conversion, Configuration Management, Re-engineering, System Testing, Implementation and Production Support.  Certified Scrum Master.
  • COBOL transformation from RPG to COBOL, COBOL to COBOL II, VMS COBOL to Micro Focus COBOL
  • Familiar with Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and supporting technology.
  • Oversee the fiscal, operational, administrative, and human resources management aspects of the IT resources required to make your program successful. Responsible for overall management of critical IT programs and develop and manage overall program strategy and roadmap
  • Develop project concept, feasibility, statistical analysis, and long term strategic plan documentation
  • Create and manage project plans; manage project to project plan, facilitated project planning incorporating all business needs, and managed vendor relationship with matrixes resources and shared services
  • Managed project scope including documenting all change order requests on assigned projects and vendor management
  • Full use of the PMI (PMP) lifecycle methods, process and vernacular enhanced by additional best practices.  PMO setup and creation, best methods mentoring
  • Over 13 years in commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) application configuration, management, and implementation services.
  • Managed vendor relationships for supported products, technologies and services
  • With extensive knowledge and experience in project management methodologies and tools, made and communicate tactical decisions as necessary when balancing questions between cost, schedule, technical functionality and quality
  • Monitor day-to-day development performance of engineer team against project schedule
  • Identify and assemble internal and external resources as a project team to implement the project plan
  • Extensive experience creating and delivering on budget, strategic and tactical planning, task management, resource management, project strata communications and risks mitigation
  • Supervise project resources to achieve project goals and project schedules, including third party vendors
  • Oversaw program milestones, resolve issues, and remove the barriers that might have hindered project execution
  • Complete project in accordance with timeline, quality and client budgetary constraints delivering 95?fect free code
  • Communicate regularly with clients, managers and stakeholders regarding project goals, objectives, deliverables, and plans providing status reporting through executive dashboards, charts, diagrams and tables fielding questions with appropriate responses.
  • Created Requests for Information (RFI), Requests for Proposal (RFP), provided answers to both RFI and RFP, and created Statements of Work (SOW) for potential and achieved engagements
  • Manage multiple projects simultaneously with the ability to speak to highly technical issues in a manner allowing all to understand
  • I have managed and influenced technology project teams as small as 6 and as large as 200.
  • Knowledge of Object Oriented Analysis and Design using Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Rational Unified Process (RUP)
  • Initiated functional requirements gathering, authoring Use cases using UML and Project Delivery Framework (PDF).
  • Proficient in developing Use Case Diagrams, Behavior Diagram (sequence diagrams, collaboration diagrams, and activity diagrams), Data Mapping, and Class Diagrams based on UML methodology.
  • Strong facilitation skills and experience in leading requirements gathering, Use case walkthroughs, scenario development, test script writing, functional and automated testing, and functional requirement sessions.
  • I have assumed projects that were behind in their implementation schedules, brought them back into focus and eliminated further schedule slippage providing successful implementation and deployment. 
  • Responsible for creation of Business Requirement Document (BRD), Use Case Specification Document, Software Requirements Specifications (SRS), Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD), and required wireframes as per the guidelines of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Methodologies being used at that time.
  • Facilitated daily and weekly Team Meetings to identify risks, impediments and identify work around solutions
  • Facilitated Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions communicating and managing expectations for the development of new and modified systems.
  • Strong ability to identify project impacting issues with able to work with senior members of the project management team to develop and implement solutions.
  • Provided management and oversight of the quality assurance for multiple testing engagements implementing not only on time and within budget but moreover successfully ensured the systems met all of their respective objectives.
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Portfolios

Bank of the West, Tempe, AZ Technical Delivery Project Manager

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Role:

  • As a member of the PMO, provided guidance over 5 significant work streams (mortgage, commercial card, know your customer [AML], on-line account opening, visionIP) for the separation between Bank of the West (BoW) and First Hawaiian Bank (FHB) for the program known as Buffalo. This was a da
  • As a member of the PMO, provided guidance over 5 significant work streams (mortgage, commercial card, know your customer [AML], on-line account opening, visionIP) for the separation between Bank of the West (BoW) and First Hawaiian Bank (FHB) for the program known as Buffalo. This was a data migration project.
  • The Buffalo Program Objective was the disaggregation of FHB data, reports and metrics from Banc West Corp and Intermediate Holding Company Regulatory, Financial and Management reporting including all digital channels through the enterprise data warehouse (EDW) and Master Data Management (MDM).
  • Rerouted the first mortgage loans from FHB mainframe to BoW and Unix client server
  • Created, maintained and owned the overall program plan in an on-shore off-shore environment
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Skills:

Tools: Ms Office 365CA PPMInformatica MDMTeam Foundation Server (TFS)Oracle 12CR2HP ALM

Deloitte Consulting, Lake Mary, FL Test Manager

Website Link:

Role:

  • Deloitte Consulting was awarded an open Connecticut bid to develop and replace the current mainframe “Care 4 Kids” with “Connecticut Child Care”. This is a new portal application that collects data and provides low income families with financial support to subsidize daycare. The pa
  • Deloitte Consulting was awarded an open Connecticut bid to develop and replace the current mainframe “Care 4 Kids” with “Connecticut Child Care”. This is a new portal application that collects data and provides low income families with financial support to subsidize daycare. The parent/s are required to be working full time or enrolled in school full time.
  • With 10 quality assurance technicians and 2 lead technicians, began the task of writing test scripts against in flux business system design documents. With an extremely aggressive time line using a hybrid agile methodology, began to use the completed test scripts to test the completed part of the code identifying defects in the newly developed application.
  • Developed a comprehensive and detailed test plan. With limitations, provided detail Agile test schedule.
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Skills:

Tools: Ms Office 365SQL DeveloperJIRAjamaSelenium

Johnson & Johnson, Monument, CO Senior Project Manager

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Role:

  • The Rainbow Synthes Program is a $12.6M supply chain management project to provide an AI20 variant indicator to existing medical device bar codes primarily for packaging and labeling changes.
  • The objective is to establish the capability to manage multi-variants products E2E on a
  • The Rainbow Synthes Program is a $12.6M supply chain management project to provide an AI20 variant indicator to existing medical device bar codes primarily for packaging and labeling changes.
  • The objective is to establish the capability to manage multi-variants products E2E on a large-scale and compliant way
  • Reported on project performance
  • As a member of the Transformation PMO, provided guidance to 14 senior core team members to establish the AS-IS configurations leading to the TO-BE implementation until the project was cancelled.
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Skills:

Tools: Ms Office 365JD Edwards 9.1.x

Louisiana Department of Education, Baton Rouge, LA Program Quality Assurance Test Manager

Website Link:

Role:

  • The Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) provides Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) to assist low-income families to pay for child care while working, attending school, or training. This program was assumed from the Louisiana Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS). There were
  • The Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) provides Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) to assist low-income families to pay for child care while working, attending school, or training. This program was assumed from the Louisiana Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS). There were massive changes required to the CCAP applications before LDE was able to assume this responsibility. Development was provided by Deloitte Consulting, LDE was responsible for testing this customer facing and backend processing application.
  • Managed the User Acceptance testing effort supporting 468 test scenarios with 12 quality assurance test analysts and a business test team of 16 power users including the validation of test data for end to end testing
  • Provided support for the business ad-hoc test execution, defect reporting and daily testing statistics for senior management.
  • Working closely with the development team, maintained a daily defect triage meeting with business partners and test analysts
  • Was a significant part of the senior management team and clearly articulated the status of testing efforts supporting the implementation of CAFÉ (Common Access Front End).
  • This is a J2EE frontend to a COBOL CICS backend supporting batch processing and reporting.
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Skills: MainframeMainframe Testing

Tools: COBOLCICSIBM Rational

Employment

Management Consultant

2015/06 - 2019/12

Skills:

Your Role and Responsibilities:

Bank of the West, Tempe, AZ              Technical Delivery Project Manager

Deloitte Consulting, Lake Mary, FL      Test Manager

Johnson & Johnson, Monument, CO    Senior Project Manager

CitiBank, Tampa, FL                           

Bank of the West, Tempe, AZ              Technical Delivery Project Manager

Deloitte Consulting, Lake Mary, FL      Test Manager

Johnson & Johnson, Monument, CO    Senior Project Manager

CitiBank, Tampa, FL                              Global Quality Assurance Test Manager

Louisiana Department of Education, Baton Rouge, LA           Program Quality Assurance Test Manager

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Education

1974 - 1978

US work authorization

Are you legally authorized to work in the United States? Yes

Skills

ActiveX Agile Software Development Amazon Relational Database Service Advanced Message Queuing Protocol - (AMQP) Android
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Tools

Active Directory ALGOL Assembler BizTalk Build and Release Tool (BART) Business Basic C/C++ CA-7/CA-11 Case Management Society of America (CMSA) Changeman CICS Clipper Clist/REXX COBOL, II, LE, 390, 400 Connect Direct Corporate Medical Clearance Applicati

Hobbies

Rugby, sailing, swimming

Achievements

  • Managed projects from design phase through final implementation as well as ensuring that the projects are aligned with IT strategies including all required data migration reporting on project performance.
  • Managed development and testing projects on mainframe, iSeries (AS/400), and Client Server platforms using current technologies including Microsoft (.net; asp.net), Sun (Java/J2EE), SOUP, SQL Server, MS Visual Studio, XML, and legacy COBOL with RPG holding code reviews.  In addition, I have managed a staff of web developers using different content management systems (CMS).  Skilled and experienced working in a matrix and virtual team environment.
  • Performed multiple roles/tasks including Project/Program Manager, Business Analyst, Release Manager, Systems Analyst, Requirement Study, Analysis, Design, Development, Conversion, Configuration Management, Re-engineering, System Testing, Implementation and Production Support.  Certified Scrum Master.
  • Successfully achieved end-to-end coordination and management of multiple IT projects from concept through implementation adopting SDLC methodology, ISO 9000 and CMMi Level 5 processes translating concepts into practice.
  • Familiar with Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and supporting technology.
  • Oversee the fiscal, operational, administrative, and human resources management aspects of the IT resources required to make your program successful. Responsible for overall management of critical IT programs and develop and manage overall program strategy and roadmap
  • Develop project concept, feasibility, statistical analysis, and long term strategic plan documentation
  • Create and manage project plans; manage project to project plan, facilitated project planning incorporating all business needs, and managed vendor relationship with matrixes resources and shared services
  • Managed project scope including documenting all change order requests on assigned projects and vendor management
  • Full use of the PMI (PMP) lifecycle methods, process and vernacular enhanced by additional best practices.  PMO setup and creation, best methods mentoring
  • Over 13 years in commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) application configuration, management, and implementation services.
  • Managed vendor relationships for supported products, technologies and services
  • With extensive knowledge and experience in project management methodologies and tools, made and communicate tactical decisions as necessary when balancing questions between cost, schedule, technical functionality and quality
  • Monitor day-to-day development performance of engineer team against project schedule
  • Identify and assemble internal and external resources as a project team to implement the project plan
  • Extensive experience creating and delivering on budget, strategic and tactical planning, task management, resource management, project strata communications and risks mitigation
  • Supervise project resources to achieve project goals and project schedules, including third party vendors
  • Oversaw program milestones, resolve issues, and remove the barriers that might have hindered project execution
  • Complete project in accordance with timeline, quality and client budgetary constraints delivering 95?fect free code
  • Communicate regularly with clients, managers and stakeholders regarding project goals, objectives, deliverables, and plans providing status reporting through executive dashboards, charts, diagrams and tables fielding questions with appropriate responses.
  • Created Requests for Information (RFI), Requests for Proposal (RFP), provided answers to both RFI and RFP, and created Statements of Work (SOW) for potential and achieved engagements
  • Manage multiple projects simultaneously with the ability to speak to highly technical issues in a manner allowing all to understand
  • I have managed and influenced technology project teams as small as 6 and as large as 200.
  • Knowledge of Object Oriented Analysis and Design using Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Rational Unified Process (RUP)
  • Initiated functional requirements gathering, authoring Use cases using UML and Project Delivery Framework (PDF).
  • Proficient in developing Use Case Diagrams, Behavior Diagram (sequence diagrams, collaboration diagrams, and activity diagrams), Data Mapping, and Class Diagrams based on UML methodology.
  • Strong facilitation skills and experience in leading requirements gathering, Use case walkthroughs, scenario development, test script writing, functional and automated testing, and functional requirement sessions.
  • I have assumed projects that were behind in their implementation schedules, brought them back into focus and eliminated further schedule slippage providing successful implementation and deployment. 
  • Responsible for creation of Business Requirement Document (BRD), Use Case Specification Document, Software Requirements Specifications (SRS), Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD), and required wireframes as per the guidelines of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Methodologies being used at that time.
  • Facilitated daily and weekly Team Meetings to identify risks, impediments and identify work around solutions
  • Facilitated Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions communicating and managing expectations for the development of new and modified systems.
  • Strong ability to identify project impacting issues with able to work with senior members of the project management team to develop and implement solutions.
  • Provided management and oversight of the quality assurance for multiple testing engagements implementing not only on time and within budget but moreover successfully ensured the systems met all of their respective objectives.

Certification

Certified Scrum Master

Preferred Languages

English - Native/Bilingual