Valparaiso,
IN 46383-9531 Email: bks2@ntrs.com
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.
Bart K. Swanson
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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
Environment: IBM 3090, OS/XA, PS/2, COBOL, CICS, TSO/ISPF,
VSAM, JCL, ROSCOE, LIBRARIAN. Also supported DOS/VSE.
CBS, Inc.,
Environment: IBM 3081, OS/XA, PL/I, CICS, TSO/ISPF, VSAM,
JCL, SAS, FOCUS, LIBRARIAN.
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Data-Link Systems, Inc.,
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.
Northern Trust, 2003 Absolute Quality
Award, Benefit Payments System Conversion Team.
Northern Trust, 2008 Absolute
Quality Award, AR4 Project Team.
BA,
Major: English
Minor: Computer Science
Available upon request.