1. WINSTON C. BROWN JR
Senior Mainframe Developer/Analyst
I have more than 30 years experience in Information Technology. I have experience in analysis,
design, development, testing, implementation, and supporting various applications using Mainframe
Technologies. I also have experience in gathering and analyzing requirements and creating design
artifacts.
3336 West 8th Street Lawrence KS 66047
belwynsystems@yahoo.com
908.419.5981 (c)
877.883.6390 (f)
Major Strengths:
 Interacting with clients to gather requirements
 Creating design document including Visio flow diagrams
 Porting applications from VM and AS/400 to MVS
 Providing programming modifications using COBOL, PL/I, IMS, CICS, DB2, and REXX
 Modifying and implementing DB2 stored procedures
 Writing and enhancing QMF stored queries for reporting
 Utilizing ISPF Dialog Manager to create interactive dialogs
 Utilizing CA-7 to schedule batch jobs and report on batch jobs/cycles
 Some experience in DB2/DBA and data mapping (EAI and ETL)
 Expertise in MVS: VSAM, Endevor, Expediter, MS Visio, and FTP
 Proficiency in utilities: Syncsort/ICETOOL, File-Aid batch
 Experience utilizing IBM WebSphere, IBM Data Studio
Technical Skills:
Languages SQL, QMF, REXX, COBOL, PL/I, COBOL II, Visual Basic 6.0, JCL, DL/I,
CLIST and Fortran
Operating Systems OS/390, MVS, MS Windows 2000/XP, z/OS, Unix, and AS/400
Software/Databases MS Office (Word, Excel, Visio, Powerpoit), TOAD, CICS, DB2, ISPF,
HIPAA, CA EasyTrieve, CMS, TSO, MS Access, IMS, VSAM, SAS,
Changeman, CNTL-M, Clear Quest, Winrunner, LoadRunner, Abend-Aid,
DB2, Test Director, CA-7, IDCAMS, RACF, Syncsort, Panvalet, Librarian,
Adabas, Natural, Comparex, SDF, Intertest, DL/I, Endevor, Expediter, File-
Aid, Telon, RDBMS, and SQL/DS, IBM WebSphere, IBM Data Studio, MQ
Series, Viasoft Smartest
Networking FTP and TCP/IP
Project Experience:
Blue Cross Blue Shield, Topeka, KS March 2011 to present
Claims Enhancements
Senior Programmer/Analyst/Consultant responsible for implementing maintenance and
enhancements to Claims Adjudication and Inquiry Systems. I’ve modified IMS screens, several IMS
DB and DC programs both in PL/I and COBOL, and written 1 COBOL stored procedure.

2. Environment: COBOL, PL/I, DB2, IMS DC, CICS, MQ Series, Stored Procedures, Viasoft Smartest
Archer Daniels Midland, Decatur, IL November 2010 to March 2011
SDS Enhancements
Senior Programmer/Analyst/Consultant responsible for implementing enhancements to Direct Sales
for Stratas Foods subsidiary. I wrote 11 CICS programs to provide Stratas Foods with various
abilities to view, modify and insert online data, and run various reports.
Environment: COBOL, PL/I, IBM WebSphere, File-Aid, VSAM, DB2, IMS, IBM Data Studio
Office Depot, Boca Raton, FL March, 2010 to October, 2010
Customer Order and Transportation Systems
As Senior Programmer/Analyst/Consultant, My responsibilities include:
 Implementing changes to both online & batch processes
 Improved processing for bundled and seasonal orders
 Changed outbound data to commingled carriers from “push” to “pull” from OD SFTP servers
 Allowed users to generate new online and batch reports
 Prevented trucks from being “load/closed” before physical cartons were on the truck
Environment: COBOL, Changeman, Intertest, File-Aid, MS Visio, VSAM, DB2, MQ Series, SFTP
Aflac, Columbus, GA November 2009 to December 2009
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Project (PCI DSS)
As Senior Systems Analyst/Consultant, My responsibilities include:
 Researching all the places where credit card information is displayed, housed or in transit
 Developing cost effective strategy to mask credit card information
Environment: COBOL, Endevor, Expediter, File-Aid, MS Visio, VSAM, and FTP
Blue Cross Of Michigan, Detroit, MI June 2009 to October 2009
ClaimsQuest Project
As Programmer/Analyst/Consultant, I was responsible for leading a team from design through
implementation. ClaimsQuest is an analytical tool supplied by Consortium Health Plans (CHP). My
responsibilities included:
 Implementing extensive changes to this semi-annual process, utilizing Syncsort, File-Aid
Winston C. Brown, Jr. 2
batch, COBOL, and DB2
 Filtering over 200 million claims records to process detailed line item information, producing a
final extract. Each line item provided various reports for each defined population. The final
population was then put through the finishing process, and this extract was shipped to CHP
via FTP
 Creating design document including Visio flow diagrams
Environment: COBOL, VSAM, Endevor, Expediter, File-Aid batch, MS Visio, Syncsort, and FTP

3. CROSSUSA, Eveleth, MN February 2009 to June 2009
Benefit Adjudication System
As Programmer/Analyst/Consultant, I was involved in supporting Emblem Health’s off-site benefit
adjudication system. This system administered medical benefits for providers, facilities and members
after passing a series of edit checks. Responsibilities included:
 Modifying several programs to support the application
 Modifying some Easytrieve reports
Environment: COBOL, CICS, VSAM, PL/I, MQ Series, Librarian, Expediter, Easytrieve, File-Aid, and
MS Visio
Aflac, Columbus, GA November 2008 to December 2008
Escheats System
As Programmer Analyst/ Consultant, I was involved in developing the Escheats System, which
sends unclaimed insurance payments to all 50 states. The mainframe portion of this system is a hub,
accepting claim data from various sources, combining and massaging this data, then passing it onto a
check processing system.
Environment: REXX, COBOL, CICS, DB2, PL/I, Endevor, Expediter, and File-Aid
Blue Cross Of Florida, Jacksonville, FL April 2008 to July 2008
Enterprise Data Warehouse Project
As Programmer Analyst/ Consultant, I was involved in the analysis, design, coding, enhancing, and
maintaining the systems.
Environment: REXX, COBOL, IMS, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and MS Visio
Horizon Blue Cross - Newark, NJ August 2006 to September 2007
Image Processing System
As Programmer Analyst/Consultant, I was involved in the analysis, design, programming, testing
and implementation of Image Processing System
Environment: QMF, REXX, COBOL, CICS, CA-7, VSAM, and DB2
New York Life, New York, NY October 2004 to April 2006
Development Environment Project
As Programmer Analyst/Consultant, I was involved design and development of application. This
involved providing a centralized interface under ISPF Dialog Manager for developers perform all
development functions
Environment: ISPF, JAD, PL/I, REXX, OS/390, RACF, VSAM and MS Visio
Empire Blue Cross, Brooklyn, NY June 2003 to October 2004
Multiple Projects
Winston C. Brown, Jr. 3

4. As Systems Analyst/Consultant, I was involved in the analysis and development for various
projects. My responsibilities included:
 Analyzing and defining government regulations
 Facilitating JAD/JRP sessions with management, SMEs, users, and developers
 Published high-level requirements utilizing MS Visio and MS Word.
 Producing use cases and organized test plans
 Preparing detailed business processes and requirements for providers, customers and FEP
 Providing management and client reports using CA EasyTrieve
Environment: HIPAA, Systems Analyst, JAD, MS Visio, MS Word, Use Cases, Test Plans, and CA
EasyTrieve
Citibank, New York, NY November 2001 to April 2003
Multiple Projects
As Senior Programmer/Analyst/Consultant, I was involved in the various projects. My
responsibilities included:
 Analyzing and designing changes to CitiBusiness online system
 Structuring modifications to back-end of the CitiBusiness online system due to the acquisition
Winston C. Brown, Jr. 4
of European American Bank
 Modifying and enhancing COBOL, PL/I, CICS, VSAM, DB2, and IMS programs incorporating
changes for EAB conversion
 Designing and implemented the following functions:
o Downloading checking, savings, credit, securities and IMMA data in BAI format
o Accessing Intra-Day checking activity for reporting
o Directly debiting/crediting Citibank-to-Citibank wire transfers instead of treating
o Allowing different account types to be reported including checking and securities tracking
o Adding Entitlement processing for accounts within businesses
o Adding 3-day account holds processing to back-end check processing
o Converting data from Adabas to DB2
Environment: COBOL, PL/I, CICS, IMS, VSAM, Adabas, Natural, and DB2
Keyspan Energy, Brooklyn, NY September 2000 to September 2001
As Programmer/Analyst, I was involved in the various projects such as Customer Related
Information System and Revenue and Statistics System. My responsibilities included:
 Provided detailed analysis for both systems, developing and testing changes
 Developing and maintaining CICS components using TELON
 Writing in PL/I and DB2
Environment: PL/I, DB/2, and CICS
New York Times, New York, NY October 1999 to September 2000
Payroll Application

5. As Programmer/Analyst/Consultant, I was involved in enhancement and maintenance of Payroll
Application.
Environment: CMS, MVS, TSO, PL/I, VSAM, REXX, RACF, and COBOL
IBM Global Services, Armonk, NY August 1991 to August 1999
Multiple Projects
As a Consultant, I functioned in a variety of roles including Lead Programmer, Analyst, Project
Leader, DBA, and more for various projects such as Re-Inventory Analysis and Reporting, Re-
Inventory and Control System, Year 2000, Executive Information System, Tri -State Information
System, Customer Master Record System, and Announcement Box system. My responsibilities
included:
 Sole programmer/analyst on a Re-Inventory Analysis and Reporting (RIAR) system.
 Ported data from SQL/DS to DB2
 Lead programmer and development DBA for a Re-Inventory and Control System.
 Participating in the analysis, design, through implementation of Y2K changes to the Re
Winston C. Brown, Jr. 5
Inventory Control System.
 Sole mainframe person on an Executive Information System (EIS).
 Project Leader/DBA on the Tri-State Information System (TIS).
 Enhancing several PL/I batch programs to accommodate phase 1 and phase 2 changes to a
Customer Master Record (CMR) system
 Functioning as project leader on the Announcement Box system.
Environment: Visual Basic 6.0, DB/2, MS Access, DBA, PL/I, CICS, REXX, JCL, QMF, AS/40, MVS,
PC, VSAM, Netview, FTP, TCP/IP, Informatica, DB2 Database, IMS, IBM, SQL, and JAD
New York life Insurance Company, New York, NY February 1991 to August 1991
Multiple Projects
As Programmer/Analyst/Consultant, I was involved in various projects. My responsibilities included:
 Modifying PL/I, COBOL, IMS/DB system, providing rate, claims, and actuarial data
 Using EZTrieve to produce management requested ad hoc reports
Environment: PL/I, COBOL, IMS/DB, and EZTrieve
PEPSICO, Purchase, NY September 1990 to January 1991
Flexible Benefits System
As Programmer/Analyst/Consultant, I was involved in enhancing the Flexible Benefits System. My
responsibilities included:
 Writing in PL/I, CICS and IMS/DB, consisting of several modules requiring major
modifications, and enhancements for the upcoming benefit year
 Modifying and creating new SDF screens
 Performing unit and system integration testing
Environment: PL/I, CICS, and IMS/DB
Prodigy Services Company, White Plains, NY August 1986 to September 1990
Multiple Projects

6. As Programmer/Analyst/Consultant, I was involved in various projects. My responsibilities included:
 Designing, maintaining and upgrading several mid-sized systems for host
Winston C. Brown, Jr. 6
development/support groups
 Writing PL/I, DB2, Dialog Manager, VSAM, CICS, CLISTs, and MVS JCL
 Analyzing through implementation of all enhancements to these systems, including heavy
user interface
 Providing problem determination and correction, user and system documentation
Environment: PL/I, DB/2, VSAM, CICS, CLIST, MVS, and JCL
Merrill Lynch, New York, NY January 1980 to August 1986
Multiple Projects
As Programmer/Analyst/Consultant, I was involved in various projects. My responsibilities included:
 Designing and developing various PL/I, DB2, FOCUS programs for securities and money
market processing
Environment: PL/I, DB/2, and Focus
Education:
 Computer Science major, City College of New York, NY