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“My maintenance staff is highly trained and do not like using procedures.” If the statement is valid, and the cost of asset failure is not important to our operation, then your staff must have an unlimited and infallible memory – congratulations!
Did you know that the most complex equipment ever built was a nuclear submarine and that the first nuclear submarines experienced failures due to lack of effective procedures, thus ending in catastrophic failure?
If safety is number one in your organization, then repeatable, effective work procedures should be as well.
This document summarizes a training presentation on building reliability into designs. It discusses the business case for reliability, including asset growth through doing more with less, achieving operability targets, and reducing life cycle costs. It then covers strategies like assessing common equipment reliability, conducting a robust strategic phase for projects, and following the capital project process and gates. Finally, it outlines developing a reliability program plan to identify the reliability tools and methods that will be applied to ensure the design meets reliability requirements.
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Arun Mandadi is an experienced Quality Assurance Consultant with over 20 years of experience in various industries including telecommunications, healthcare, and technology. He has led QA teams of up to 15 onshore and 10 offshore resources. Some of his responsibilities have included test planning, defect tracking, test automation, and presenting metrics to upper management. He has extensive technical expertise in areas such as Java, JavaScript, Hadoop, C++, SQL, and test tools like Jira, Selenium, and LoadRunner. He holds certifications in Project Management, Scrum Master, and Lean Six Sigma.
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Hrushikesh Shreedhar Deshpande has over 7 years of experience in IT projects involving analysis, development and testing on mainframe technologies. He has worked as a team lead and project lead for over 1.5 years. His experience includes 5.5 years in insurance claims processing and 1.5 years in banking and finance. He is pursuing an EPGBM certification from IIM Calcutta and has skills in technologies like COBOL, DB2, IMS, and mainframe systems. He has led several successful projects for clients in the insurance and banking domains.
Ashok Poreddy is seeking a career in Information Technology with over 8 years of experience in testing, designing, developing, supporting and enhancing business applications using mainframe systems. He has strong skills in COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM and testing tools like HP Quality Center and ALM. He has experience working for clients like IBM, Scottish Southern Energy, TD Bank, Canadian Pacific Railway, and SunTrust Bank performing roles such as Senior Test Engineer, Senior System Engineer and Test Analyst.
This resume is for Vijay Sethuramalingam, who has over 5 years of experience in software testing using techniques like manual testing, regression testing, and testing in waterfall models. He has experience testing banking applications and is proficient with testing tools like Quality Centre and Toad. Vijay has strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills and has experience leading testing on projects involving mobile payments, settlements, and anti-money laundering reforms.
Richard Palace has over 30 years of experience in information technology with a focus on information systems research, development, design, programming, testing, implementation, project leadership, and problem solving. He has extensive experience working with mainframe platforms like IBM z/OS and microcomputer platforms. He is proficient in various programming languages, databases, and development tools. His background includes roles as a consultant for companies in the financial services, insurance, and retail industries.
This resume is for Galina Bergan, an IT professional with over 22 years of experience in technical, analytical and programming roles across various industries. She has strong skills in COBOL, DB2, SQL and mainframe systems and experience leading projects involving system development, data modeling, and debugging. Her most recent role was as a consultant at Goldman Sachs, where she worked on clearing systems projects and file transfer upgrades.
Global experience in large IT Programs over two decades in the areas of :
- Banking and financial services
- Assurance services
- System integration
- product development and implementation
- Customer and team management
- US, UK and europe geographies
- Mentor and advisor
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This document contains a summary of an individual seeking a job in software consultancy. It includes contact details, 9+ years of experience in mainframe technology including expertise in banking and cards domains. Technical skills listed are various IBM mainframe technologies like COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM. The individual has experience as a technical lead managing teams of 7-8 resources. Several achievements and awards for work on various banking projects are mentioned.
This resume summarizes Robert J. Elliott's over 20 years of experience in application and systems programming across various industries. He has experience in both permanent and consulting roles, and is able to function effectively in technical, analytical, supervisory, and managerial capacities. His technical skills include programming languages like COBOL, Assembler, and various database and operating systems.
• Overall IT experience 14+ Yrs on implementation and Production support phases in Agile and Waterfall .Arvind is experienced Agile Scrum Master on implementation and Transformation phases ,IT-Project Manager– on Agile Distributed multi vendor, multi / HierarchicalPO, multiple geography environment ; Project Lead on (Waterfall)24*7 Production Support at PAN India Level for one of major Telecom client.
• As Scrum Master, Arvind delivered projects on various technology like SAP (Transformation from Waterfall to Agile), .NET, HYBRIS, APIGEE and Oracle eBS.
• Arvind is part of Agile Center of Excellence (CoE).
• Delivered trainings on Agile of ~90 hrs to Projects, teams, Clients and Green Filed.
• Experienced as a Sr. Research Fellow on Geographical Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing with Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), Govt Of India.
Vera Edelstein has over 30 years of experience leading quality assurance, validation, project management and consulting roles in pharmaceutical, financial services and telecommunications industries. She has expertise in computer system validation, quality processes, and regulatory compliance, especially 21 CFR Part 11. She has managed projects from concept through implementation and retirement, with budgets up to $30 million.
Neil Brittleton has over 20 years of experience in IT, primarily as a contractor developing and maintaining mainframe systems using languages like COBOL, PL/1, and Assembler. He has worked for several large financial institutions, most recently as a Senior Analyst at IPSL supporting mainframe systems that process checks for banks. Prior to that he held contracting roles developing and testing programs, managing teams, and assisting with system integrations and migrations. He has expertise in full life cycle development and a track record of delivering projects on time.
Amanda Toy has over 25 years of experience in change management and production support roles at Barclays bank. She has extensive experience leading teams and driving changes through environments into production. Her skills include project management, requirements gathering, production operations, and incident/problem management. She is proficient in technologies like COBOL, DB2, SQL, and mainframe systems. Currently she is a Mainframe Production Change Coordinator at Barclays, where she is responsible for end-to-end releases and deployments into production.
This document provides a summary of Michelle F C Miller's qualifications and experience. She has over 30 years of experience in IT program and project management, with expertise in financial systems, insurance systems, retail systems, and more. Her experience spans roles from programming to middle management. She has extensive experience managing large, complex projects and multi-million dollar budgets.
John Zacharkan has over 25 years of experience as a senior information technology specialist with expertise in aligning technology strategies with business goals. He has held roles such as senior SQL server DBA, data analyst, and database administrator for companies including Promontory Financial Group, IKA Systems, and The Associated Press. The document provides details on his technical skills and experience in areas such as database administration, data management, performance tuning, and regulatory compliance.
This document provides a summary of Hari Shan's experience as a senior project manager with over 20 years of experience managing IT projects. It outlines his role managing projects involving Windows migrations, virtual desktop infrastructure deployments, network upgrades, and application migrations. It also lists his technical skills including experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies, Windows server and desktop administration, Citrix, and key applications like Microsoft Office, Project, and Visio.
Muralikrishna Kambala has over 8 years of experience in IT healthcare, with expertise in EDI, claims processing, testing, and automation. He has strong skills in Java, SQL, Selenium, and testing tools like Quality Center and ALM. Currently he is an Associate Lead at UHG Information Services, managing a team and overseeing testing, defect resolution, and reporting for various healthcare integration projects.
The document provides a summary of Kevin J. Fox's experience as a Program Manager, Project Manager, and Engagement Manager. He has over 12 years of experience successfully managing projects over $10 million budgets and teams of up to 50 members. He is experienced in Agile project management methodology and global organizations. His background includes software development, program management, project management, engagement management, and experience in various industries.
The document provides an executive summary and resume for Kevin J. Fox, an experienced Program/Project Manager with over 20 years of experience successfully managing projects up to $10M budgets and 50-member teams across various industries. Fox has a strong background in Agile project management methodologies and experience delivering technical solutions on time and under budget. He provides expertise in strategic planning, project management, engagement management, software development, and leadership.
1. ANDREW ROBERT NUNN
The Grange, East End Road, Bradwell-on-Sea, Southminster, ESSEX, CM0 7PX
Tel: 01621 776233 - Mob: 07973 474980 - Email: Andy.Nunn@BTinternet.com.
PROFILE
I am a Highly Experienced Operations Analyst with over 30 years service in the Credit / Debit Card and
Payment Scheme Industry, working for a global credit card processor; familiar with all aspects required
of an Operations Analyst.
I possess Excellent Analytical and Problem Solving skills including JCL, IBM Utilities, TSO, Roscoe,
Endevour, Jobscan, JCLPlus, CA7, CA11, GDG, QSAM, VSAM, IAM, DB2, Vision Plus, Problem Solving,
Production Support, Install, Release & Project Management, Change, Problem & Incident Management
and ITIL Foundation. I have been responsible for the implementation of all the major projects ensuring
these are fully tested and signed-off at governance before installing into the Production environments.
I am both an intelligent and competent person possessing good communication skills both verbal and
written, can meet tight deadlines and work under pressure. I am equally happy working alone or as a
member of a team.
I am also an experienced Team Leader having run a team of eight Operations Analysts responsible for all
aspects of JCL Implementations including JCL, DASD, CA7 Scheduling, Connect Direct and View-Direct.
EXPERIENCE
Latest –Shift Lead working for Pomeroy (IBM) at The Royal Bank of Scotland on the Williams and Glyns
Bank migration project, responsible for 12 Operations Analyst’s supporting all aspects of the testing
environment and Batch Cycles - Cycle Support, JCL manipulation and conversion adhering to standards,
Job Scheduling (CA7 & TWS), liaison with Project Managers, Offshore and Onshore project and support
teams utilizing the Defect Management HP Quality Centre Tool.
I was responsible for ensuring the work was completed to a high standard, carried out in an efficient and
effective manner, meeting timescales and thus ensuring an error free environment.
2. Previously – Started work as a Trainee Operations Analyst with The Joint Credit Card Company (JCCC),
progressing through the ranks to Senior Operations Analyst II. Company changed name to Signet Ltd
then taken over by First Data Corporation (FDC) and relocated from Southend-on-Sea to Basildon .
I have been responsible for All JCL Implementations utilizing Endevour JCL Management System,
ensuring all changes are fully tested and signed off before release into the Production Environments.
I have also been responsible for a team of eight Operations Analysts covering all aspects of Project
Implementation, Testing and Support. This includes JCL Management, Endevour, Jobscan, Space
Management, CA7 Scheduling, Connect Direct / NDM Transmissions and View-Direct Report
Management System.
SKILLS
JCL, IBM Utilities, TSO, ISPF, SDSF, Roscoe, Endevour, JobScan, JCLplus, CA7, CA11, UCC1, CA-View, CA-
Service Desk, GDG, QSAM, VSAM, IAM, DB2, Vision Plus, DASD, SMS, HSM, DFDSS, Tape, Cassette,
Virtual Media, Production Support, Problem Solving, Problem Mgmt, Incident Mgmt, Change Mgmt,
Install Mgmt, Release Mgmt, Project Mgmt, System Testing, ITIL, IT Operations, Batch Processing,
Mainframe, MVS, Visa, MasterCard, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Payment Schemes, Batch Datasets, CICS,
Recovery & Rerun, Disaster Recovery, Parallel Runs, Selcopy, Fileaid, SORT, ICETool, SAS, ACF2, Multsess,
NDM, Connect Direct, View Direct, Rexx, Microsoft Office.
CAREER HISTORY
May 2005 to Jun 2015 - Senior Operations Analyst II - First Data Corporation – Basildon, Essex.
Manager of Team of eight Operation Analysts, Writing appraisals, attending the Daily Change
Management CAB meetings, attending the Install Governance meetings and ensuring handover JCL
adheres to Company JCL Standards.
Still retaining JCL, Endevour, JCLPlus and CA7 knowledge applying daily JCL changes via the Endevour JCL
Management System, also retained as part of the 24 X 7 On-call support Team.
Setting up and executing Parallel Runs of the Production Batch Cycles to ensure the upgrade to Cobol-5
programs would not cause any issues. Part of team assigned to setting up and executing the Disaster
Recovery Test scenarios as well as the migration of the FD Italia platform to the UK Mainframe.
Introduction of Vision Plus account processing system, this was a brand new system to run alongside
current Equasion System. All JCL changes were made utilizing Endevour JCL Management Control system
and Jobscan JCL Manipulation tool, later to be replaced by CA’s version JCLPlus.
Played major role in the Vision Plus system setup requiring new JCL, Building new CA7 Batch Job
Schedules, New Dataset naming conversions with New JCL Suite for Visa and MasterCard processing
3. Client Migrations from the Equasion System to the Vision Plus system. eg Lloyds / TSB and CFS. Boarding
New Client Credit and Debit Card accounts to Vision Plus. eg National Australia Group and New Day ,
Halifax Bank of Scotland was also converted into to the Lloyds Banking Group portfolio.
Team Leader responsible for the Production Support and Monthly Install teams. Expanded to include
responsibility for System Testing as well as User Acceptance Testing and Production. Team consisted of
10 operations analysts, responsible for JCL from Development through to Production. Wrote Company
JCL Standards document detailing the JCL Life Cycle where JCL must be developed in test, Unit Tested,
System Tested and User Acceptance Tested prior to being released into Production Environments.
Attended ITIL V3 Foundation course.
Major Achievements Prior to April 2005 - FDC, Signet, JCCC (Access) – Southend-on-Sea / Basildon.
Worked on major Projects including :- The Stream-Weaver Statement Project , Integrated Chip Card and
the Lloyds/TSB conversion project.
Y2K Project and Test team - involving setting up and executing parallel run testing on a mirror
production system with data advanced to the millennium date.
Senior Analyst on the Migration from the National Processing System to the Equasion Processing
System. This Involved major rewrite of Batch Processing, a complete overhaul of Dataset Naming
conventions, a switch to GDG processing and a complete rewrite of CA7 Batch Processing Schedules.
Also included a six month secondment to Computer Operations to provide ‘On the Spot’ Support.
Setup the Future Test System, a mirror image of the Production System but in the Test / Development
environment. Used for User Acceptance and System Testing containing approx 5% of the production
volume but all the functionality, this also required an extract and feed from production to keep the
Future system up to date. Built new CA7 Batch Schedules, numerous Connect Direct File Transmissions
and a replication of the production JCL in the testing environment.
Team Leader of the Production Support Team, the team consisted of four members including myself. As
well as being responsible for ensuring overnight failures were resolved we were also responsible for
implementing the JCL and amending the CA7 job schedules.
Production Support Team. Responsible for ensuring all JCL issues occurring in the overnight Batch Cycle
were resolved prior to next run. Joined the Overnight Support Rota, part of the team that provided 24 X
7 On-call support.
Played a major role in the DASD migration project and the introduction of the UCC1 Tape Management
System.
4. EDUCATION
Sep 1973 to Jun 1978 - The King Edmund Comprehensive School - Rochford, Essex.
GCSE / O Level - Eight GSCE Passes
Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, English, History, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, German.
INTERESTS
Married with 3 Children. Ex Cricket and Football player now supporter, also enjoy Driving, Cycling and
Dog Walking. Manager of Burnham Ramblers Juniors Football Club between 2001 & 2011.