347 Arlington Court Phone: 219-465-1448

Valparaiso, IN 46383-9531 Email: bks2@ntrs.com

 

BART K. SWANSON

 

Projects:

Northern Trust Company (7/00 present) Senior Consultant, Applications. Technical and project lead. Gathering requirements, providing project estimates and project plans, writing detailed technical documents, analysis, assigning tasks to on and offshore personnel, coding, testing, implementation, plenty of user interaction. Currently working on design, coding, and testing front office reconciliations for new IOO clients. Supported SLA, IRE, PTT, MCF, POD, FBD, CTARO and other applications. Worked on bank-wide projects for Windows upgrade, WebFocus upgrade, Z/OS upgrade, APAC, AIPS-TIPS, and TNT alphanumeric security number projects. Worked on various phases of the bank-wide iTool project. Led our divisions participation in a number of bank-wide projects, including New Zealand SF, DDQ, MEOD, and OSI. Implemented many system performance enhancements, such as rewriting seven programs from FOCUS to COBOL. Designed, wrote and implemented Client Reverse Feeds process. Designed, rewrote, tested, and implemented participant transfer process. Wrote, helped design and implemented check imaging CD process for billable client. Worked with conversion team to convert all clients to new Web-based Benefit Payments system. Designed screens and wrote programs for Activity Management System. Wrote and implemented programs for new Benefit Payments system. Maintained and enhanced 7 client/server applications. Implemented upgrades to Tax Reprint System for tax year-end. Shepherded 2003 EBS tax year-end process and worked on 2002 tax year-end process, including many program changes under time pressure. Worked on many fire calls and docket items and assisted other team members.

Environment: FOCUS, WebFocus, PowerBuilder, Sybase, UNIX, COBOL, PL/I, DB2/SQL, SCLM, SDLC process, TSO/ISPF, Oracle, ProCobol, IBM mainframe and IBM-compatible PC, Lawson financial software, FILEAID, JCL, SCLM, Microsoft Office,

XPEDITER, Animator, Business Objects.

 

TTX Company (4/00 7/00) Consultant. Heavy analysis and coding. Wrote new rail car ETA calculations, added multi-level switch reload disposition messages for client railroads, and many other small projects as needed.

Environment: COBOL II, DB2/SQL, FOCUS, PowerBuilder, TSO/ISPF, Citrix WinFrame, IBM mainframe and IBM-compatible PC, FILEAID, JCL, LIBRARIAN, Microsoft Office.

 

Associates Information Services (8/99 11/99) Consultant. Helped build enhanced billing system to interface revolving sales finance system with installment system. Also helped with adhoc insurance refund report and letter file.

Environment: COBOL II, CICS, DB2/SQL, TSO/ISPF, IBM mainframe and IBM-compatible PC, FILEAID, VSAM, JCL, LIBRARIAN, XPEDITER, Microsoft Office.

 

Whiteco Data Services (3/99 7/99) Consultant. Helped remediate all programs to Y2K compliance, including coding, testing, implementation, and follow-up.

Environment: COBOL, Revolve/2000, SPF SourceEdit, DEC mainframe, IBM-compatible PC, Microsoft Office 97.

 

Emerson Power Transmission (9/98 2/99) Consultant. Helped convert online and batch order entry system to Y2K compliance, including system design, coding, testing, installation, and follow-up. Also rewrote assembler programs into Easytrieve Plus for CINCOM payroll system.

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Environment: COBOL, Easytrieve Plus, CICS, Supra, TSO/ISPF, JCL, VSAM, Microsoft Office 97, IBM-compatible PC, IBM mainframe, OS/MVS/ESA.

 

Old Republic Insurance (1/98 9/98) Consultant. Helped convert in-house and package insurance systems from VSE to MVS systems, including running unit, system, and parallel tests, retrofitting programs and JCL, rewriting programs from Easytrieve Plus to SAS, and producing adhoc reports and year 2000 fixes.

Environment: COBOL II, CICS, DATACOM/SQL, SAS, Easytrieve Plus, TSO/ISPF, JCL, VSAM, WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, IBM-compatible PC, IBM mainframe, OS/MVS/ESA, CMS/VSE, RLinkW.

Amoco Oil Company (7/96 1/98) Consultant. Production support, technical support, and product upgrades and fixes for client-server contractor tracking system and mainframe order tracking system. Extensive customer contacts, immediate problem solving, user presentations, and complete project life cycle involvement.

Environment: PowerBuilder, Oracle, UNIX, FOCUS, COBOL II, CICS, DB2/SQL, SAP interfaces, TSO/ISPF, IBM-compatible PC, IBM mainframe, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Lotus Notes, JCL, VSAM, JOL, FILEAID, OS/MVS/ESA, VM/VSE, ReachOut.

 

Northern Trust Company (1/96 7/96) Consultant. Designed, coded, tested, and installed trust system templates and programs, including asset detail, funding and disbursement, transaction detail, and equity and trustee reports. Developed many customized reports for clients. Worked extensively with users and analysts to develop in-house development standards and setting up test environments.

Environment: PowerBuilder, Sybase, COBOL II, CICS, DB2/SQL, TSO/ISPF, IBM-compatible PC, IBM mainframe, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, JCL, OS/MVS/ESA.

 

Associates Information Services (4/95 12/95) Consultant. Designed, coded, tested, and installed COBOL II upgrade of insurance claims system and of insurance billing system. Analyzed, coded, tested, and installed corrections and enhancements to other insurance systems.

Environment: COBOL, COBOL II, CICS, DB2/SQL, TSO/ISPF, IBM-compatible PC, IBM mainframe, WordPerfect, Microsoft Excel, FILEAID, LIBRARIAN, INTERTEST, XPEDITER.

 

Amoco Oil Company (2/94 3/95) Consultant. Designed, coded, and tested co-branded marketing programs for Amoco and Visa credit card. Wrote and tested programs to convert credit card system to outside purchaser system. Created solicitation lists as

requested. Made changes to programs for other ancillary credit card marketing products.

Environment: FOCUS, PL/I, COBOL, CICS, DB2/SQL, IBM mainframe, IBM-compatible PC, TSO/ISPF, FILEAID, VSAM, JCL, JOL, OS/MVS/ESA.

 

National Steel Corporation (8/93 1/94) Consultant. Helped design and write inventory control system in team environment at corporate headquarters, including many planning sessions and much contact with users and systems personnel at offsite company divisions.

Environment: COBOL II, CICS, DB2/SQL, TSO/ISPF, IBM mainframe, JCL, LIBRARIAN, XPEDITER, OS/MVS/ESA.
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Associates Information Services (8/92 7/93) Consultant. Helped convert Associates programs to new system for Ford Motor Credit Corporation, including general ledger, monthly interest accrual, expense accounting, and numerous online updates and batch reports.

Environment: COBOL, CICS, TSO/ISPF, IBM mainframe, IBM-compatible PC, WordPerfect, FILEAID, VSAM, JCL, LIBRARIAN, XPEDITER, INTERTEST, OS/MVS/ESA.

 

Sara Lee Bakery, Inc. (4/92 8/92) Consultant. Helped write online profit and loss system allocated by line item expense for each baked good, worked in team environment with employees and other consultants.

Environment: COBOL, CICS, TSO/ISPF, IBM mainframe, FILEAID, VSAM, JCL, PANVALET, ROSCOE, XPEDITER, OS/MVS.

 

Data Link Systems, Inc. (3/91 10/91) Consultant. Streamlined and updated JCL for entire system, thoroughly tested daily job stream, made numerous program changes, was responsible for project planning, troubleshooting, coordination of changes with other designers and programmers, and project justification to management.

Environment: COBOL, PATTERN online language, TSO/ISPF, IBM mainframe, FILEAID, VSAM, JCL, OS/MVS.

 

Gibraltar Savings (9/89 1/91) Consultant. Helped plan savings and loan acquisition, supported acquisition research and due diligence reporting, retrofitted and installed programs, copybooks, procedures and JCL for quarterly and year-end software releases, wrote numerous fixes and reports, other troubleshooting as needed, supported nightly production.

Environment: COBOL, PATTERN online language, TSO/ISPF, IBM mainframe, FILEAID, VSAM, JCL, LIBRARIAN, DYL-280, OS/MVS.

 

Computer Language Research, Inc., Rosemont, IL (7/87 9/89). Senior Systems Engineer. Corporate income tax software developer. Downloaded mainframe tax data to a micro-based laser printer, interfaced mainframe general ledger files with micro-based software, uploaded Lotus 1-2-3 files to mainframe tax files.

Environment: IBM 3090, OS/XA, PS/2, COBOL, CICS, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, JCL, ROSCOE, LIBRARIAN. Also supported DOS/VSE.

 

CBS, Inc., Columbia House Division, Terre Haute, IN (7/86 7/87). Programmer/Analyst. Mail order video club. Wrote online credit card system for video club, implemented multiple warehouse and drop ship capability.

Environment: IBM 3081, OS/XA, PL/I, CICS, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, JCL, SAS, FOCUS, LIBRARIAN.


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Data-Link Systems, Inc., South Bend, IN (9/84 7/86). Programmer/Analyst. Mortgage banking service bureau and software developer. Wrote handling of miscellaneous fees, including screens and reports and modifications to major portions of the system. Worked extensively on the daily audit trail report, the trial balance and reconciliation reports, and the pivot. Wrote file conversions for new customers, wrote file fix programs, maintained existing products, and supported nightly production.

Environment: IBM 4381/3083, OS/MVS, COBOL, PATTERN online language (in-house, CICS-like), TSO/ISPF, VSAM, JCL.

 

Thermoplastics, Inc., Mishawaka, IN (11/83 9/84). Programmer/Analyst. Plastics manufacturer. Worked on inventory, ordering, payroll, materials handling, and planning.

Environment: Apple and HP micros.

 

AWARDS

Northern Trust, 2001 Chairmans Diversity Advocate Award.

Northern Trust, 2003 Absolute Quality Award, Benefit Payments System Conversion Team.

Northern Trust, 2008 Absolute Quality Award, AR4 Project Team.

 

EDUCATION

 

BA, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, May 1983.

 

Major: English

Minor: Computer Science

REFERENCES

 

Available upon request.