Katherine J. Schooley
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*     PROFILE

IT Developer and Analyst with many years experience providing new systems, product support and information systems maintenance. Demonstrated ability to define, design and build information systems in a team environment. Work with clients to ensure business requirements are met. Liaison between technical staff and user groups.

*     TECHNICAL  SUMMARY

*     IBM Mainframe: 30XX, MVS/XA, VM/CMS, JES2-3, COBOL I&II, COBOL 370 (total COBOL 23 + years), JCL, DB2, VSAM, SQL, CICS, IBM Utilities, IMS/MFS, EZPlus, TSO/ISPF, ENDEVOR, Panvalet, Fileaid, Xpeditor and Changeman

*     PC: Mainframe Express, Microfocus COBOL includes Workbench and Animator (3 years), DOS, SPF2, DB2, SQL, VSAM, MS Office, Word for Windows, Excel, MS Outlook, Lotus Notes, Word Perfect, CC Mail, Access, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, HTML

*     BUSINESS APPLICATIONS EXPERIENCE

*     Insurance: Life (UL ,VUL), Diability, document processing, Health Care, Medicare, Annuities, Personal Lines, Property (auto and homeowners), Policy Administration, billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and Supplemental

*     Banking: investment

*     Hospital Administration: Medicare.

*     PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

* 2007 to 2009

Lincoln Financial Group, Hartford, CT

Technical Analyst (contract): Fusion Project: Vantage One integration of V3.4 upgrade to V15.19. Technical analysis and coding for IBM Mainframe, TSO/ISPF, COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, Endevor, and Changeman. DB mapping, retrofit review. Illustration interface design, analysis, coding and testing. Set up and run QA cycles. Dry run support. Analysis, design and execution of Sunsetting Plan. Use of PASS (like Test Director), Planview, Microsoft office suite, MS Outlook, MS Word and MS Excel.

* 2005 to 2006

EDS at MassMutual, Hartford/Enfield, CT

Contract information analyst: Provided COBOL and JCL support for Insurance Machine on IBM MVS systems for disability insurance with IMS database. Use of TSO/ISPF and IBM Utilities. Use of Fileman, MS Office Suite, and project management software required. Cisco VPN client, Test Director and Aventail Connect use. On-call rotation support.

* 2005


SBC, New Haven, CT
Contract programmer/analyst: Viking Project: accept charges from certified local exchange carrier and generate a service order to be applied to customer’s billing telephone number using MVS, TSO/ISPF, Cobol, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IMS/DB, Panvalet, Fileaid, and SPUFI. Wrote high level design, interface agreement, and detail design using Express/Panagon.

CSC, East Hartford, CT
Technical Analyst: Vantage One integration for John Hancock into Manulife. V11 and V15.3 upgrade to V15.16. Technical analysis, COBOL, DB2, VSAM, QSAM, CICS, DSS Btrieve, Mainframe Express; data warehousing, Cognos feed. IBM Mainframe, TSO and ISPF. Microsoft office suite.

*     2003 to 2004

Stafford Public Schools, Stafford Springs, CT
Substitute teacher.

Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association, Avon, CT
Assist in development of organization web pages by doing research, writing and using HTML, Dreamweaver and FrontPage.

*     2000 to 2001
MassMutual Life Insurance Co.,
Springfield, MA
Sr. Systems Analysis
Support for variable life system using mainframe COBOL, JCL, VSAM, Vantage Oneand PALLM software, TSO, ISPF, Fileaid, CICS, Expeditor and Ezplus.  Major projects included MEC: identifying policies for program and reporting, updating systems per federal specifications; 1099 tax correction project; production support for fixes and legal needs.

*     1994 to 2000
IT Consultant with support to following clients:

Aetna USHealth Care (2001) Support for provider database using Zeke, COBOL, JCL, DB2.

Lincoln Financial Group (2000) Provided consulting services for Microfocus COBOL system supporting output technology for new business life insurance and variable life insurance.  Interfaced with DSS Btrieve, support BAT files, scripting files and image databases.

Financial Adm. Services (1999) Production support for Leverage System, a PC Network based Microfocus COBOL system, for Variable life products at third party insurance company.  Support for client companies.  Enhancements and fixes. VRU support.  Help desk support.  Use of Access and Excel.

United Health Care (1996 & 1998) Provided consulting services for system migration using MVS systems, Word, MS Access and Excel for documentation, also worked on Y2K analysis in Access. Y2K analysis, coding and testing in COBOL for MVS.  Electronic publishing interface.

Gaylord Hospital (1998) Analysis for Medicare Part B EFT transfer to replace paper system.

Fleet Bank (1997-98) Y2K analysis, coding and testing in COBOL for MVS, DB2, CICS.

Aetna (ARS) (1997) Converted COBOL II to COBOL for MVS in preparation for Y2K conversion.  Migration from Panvalet to Endevor.  Removed file accesses links to system software for IBM LE upgrade.

Travelers-Aetna Property Casualty (1996) Provided security administration support using TPX systems.

ITT Hartford Insurance Group (1995-96) Provided consulting services for personal lines insurance (homeowners) using IBM MVS systems with COBOL I&II, Microfocus COBOL, JCL, DB2, MFS and IMS, and Panvalet.  Multiple projects involving discounts and surcharges for property insurance rating.

CT Mutual Life (1994-95) Provided consulting services for group billing, for personal lines insurance using IBM MVS systems with COBOL I&II, CICS, VSAM, DB2, JCL and Panvalet.

*     1994
Savings Bank of
Manchester, Manchester, CT
Tech. & Application Support Analyst
Supported and debugged banking package, apply vendor and custom patches on banking systems using COBOL.

 

*     EDUCATION

*     Professional Development:
New Horizons Computer Learning Center: Over 2000 hours training in MCAD and MCSD track.

Manchester Community College: Dreamweaver 4
MassMutual: Intro to Unix
FAS: Access Database
RCG Information Technology: DB2, Cobol for MVS
On-line Software International, Inc.: CICS
Monarch Capital Corp.: Desktop Publishing with PageMaker, PC basics and PC (Novell) Network; Effective Communication & Managing Conflict; Develop Procedures, Policies & Doc. (Info Mapping); Building Effective Project Teams (QED Info Sciences); Fund. of Life and Health Insurance (LOMA Level 1)

*     Colleges:

*     Holyoke Com. College
Holyoke, MA  01040
A.S. Computer Technology: Graduated High Honors

*     University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
M.A.T. in Art Education

*      Webster University, Webster Groves, MO 63119
BA in Art

*      AFFILIATIONS

1995-2003 Connecticut Songwriters Association (www.ctsongs.com)
Two recognition awards.

1996-2006 Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association (www.aboutcapa.com)
Contributor to The Authority.

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