347 Arlington Court Phone: 219-465-1448
Valparaiso, IN 46383-9531 Fax: 219-462-2117
Email: bartswanson@verizon.net
Northern Trust Company (7/00 present) Senior Systems Analyst in Benefit Payments. Gathering requirements, providing project
estimates, analysis, coding, testing, implementation, plenty of user
interaction. Designed, wrote and
implemented Client Reverse Feeds 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 2001 tax year-end. Shepherded 2002
Retirement Services System tax year-end process, including many program changes
under time pressure. Worked on many
firecalls and docket items and assisted other team members.
Environment: COBOL III, PL/I, DB2/SQL, FOCUS,
Easytrieve, TSO/ISPF, PowerBuilder, Sybase, UNIX, Oracle, ProCobol, IBM
mainframe and IBM-compatible PC, Lawson financial software, FILEAID, JCL,
ENDEVOR, 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
followup.
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.
Environment: COBOL, Easytrieve Plus, CICS, Supra,
TSO/ISPF, JCL, VSAM, Microsoft Office 97, IBM-compatible PC, IBM mainframe,
OS/MVS/ESA.
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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
jobstream, 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.
Northern Trust, 2001 Chairmans Diversity Advocate
Award.
BA, Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN, May 1983.
Major: English
Minor: Computer Science
Available upon request.