COBOL developer on an IMS/DB2 real-time mutual fund accounting system (Investar) for use by Franklin.

• Led onshore/offshore resources to finish large, multi-year projects:

o Omnibus Conversions

o History Database Expansion

o Fund Number Availability

• Demonstrated ability to breakdown very complex concepts and devise solutions that were focused on the needs of the customer.

• Very resourceful in resolving production on-call issues quickly and efficiently, minimizing impact to internal and external customers.

• Documented changes necessary for a project: the jobs and files that would be affected, the code that would be changed, and the unit testing to confirm the new functionality. This documentation was required for the Quality Assurance team to prepare test cases.

• Used Disciplined Agile Delivery to continuously deliver software and get buyoff from the stakeholders to fund a multi-release Customer Information Profile project, giving the company system functionality that they wanted, which could move to production at any time.

COBOL developer on an IMS/DB2 real-time mutual fund accounting system (Investar) used by external clients.

• Served as a key member of a programming team to bring a real-time mutual fund accounting system (Investar) live for multiple clients.

• Worked on a team to change Pre-Authorized Draft and Systematic Withdrawal Plan transaction processing from IMS to DB2, so multiples of each type could be handled.

• Subject Matter Expert who streamlined same-day and next-day jobs to automatically reverse and reapply transactions that had incorrect prices.

• Contributed to moving the Investar system in-house for Franklin Templeton, resulting in a job offer.