James W. Young
14175 W Indian School Road, PMB B4-437, Goodyear,
AZ 85338
telephone (602) 769-8901 - email
jameswyoung@earthlink.net
LANGUAGES Spanish (fluent), Portuguese (capable but not fluent)
Lucid Solutions, Inc.
Consultant / VP & General Manager, 1/99 – present
LSI, Phoenix, AZ - Running day to day operations of the consulting firm. Responsibilities include supervision of sales, marketing, human resources, and other office/field staff. Provide sales support for Arizona, California, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Handle some “offsite” project management and client service tasks. Responsible for corporate security and for the corporate Web site. (MVS, TSO, COBOL, COBOL II, CICS, VSAM, MS FrontPage 2000, MS NT Server 4.0, MS Windows 98 SE, MS Windows 2000, MS Visual Basic, MS Access, MS Windows 2000 Server, MS SQL Server 7.0, MS Project, MS Office Pro).
IBM, Fort Wayne, IN - I was the test planner and testing coordinator for IBM’s Lincoln Life APS conversion project. I was responsible for overseeing a team of programmers and analysts engaged in this major Y2K conversion effort. (MVS, TSO, COBOL, COBOL II, CICS, IMS/DB, VSAM, INFOPAC, MS Access, MS Project, Project Workbench, MS Office)
PKS Systems Integration, LLC & PKS
Systems Integration do Brasil, Ltda
Project Manager, 2/97 - 12/98
Universal Underwriters Group, Kansas City, KS - Project manager for QA on the Y2K Renovation. Responsible for the team in Omaha (Nebraska) and for interface with teams in Kansas City (Kansas) and Limerick (Ireland). (MVS, TSO, COBOL, COBOL II, Dyl280, CICS, IMS/DB-DC, VSAM, Endevor, DB2)
BASF S.A., Sao Paulo, Brazil - Project manager for Y2K Assessment and Renovation. Responsible for teams in Sao Paulo (Brazil), Monterrey (Mexico), Bangalore (India), and Omaha (Nebraska). I spent many months on site in Sao Paulo with the site team and project manager. Spent many weeks in Monterrey overseeing day to day operation of the software conversion. (MVS, TSO, COBOL, COBOL II, Easytrieve, Mantis, IMS/DB-DC, DB2, VSAM, Viasoft, MicroFocus COBOL)
Motorola Corp., Schaumburg, IL - Trained a new project manager for the Y2K Assessment and assisted her with the project. (MVS, TSO, COBOL, COBOL II, Easytrieve, VSAM, Visasoft tools)
TWA, Kansas City, MO - I was the interim project manager for the Y2K Assessment. Performed analysis and supervised consultants. (MVS, TSO, COBOL, COBOL II, Easytrieve, IMS/DB-DC, VSAM, Viasoft, FORTRAN, Assembler)
Silver Mountain Data Systems, Ltd.
Consultant, 10/94 – 2/97
Wilcox Electric, Inc., Kansas City, MO - (8/96 - 1/97) Performed maintenance on the Labor Distribution System, in COBOL/CICS/MANTIS under DOS/VSE and in the network environment using Access and SQL under Windows NT 3.5.1 during the Oracle Financials installation.
Fleet Mortgage Group, Florence, SC - (4/95 - 7/96) Directed the maintenance effort on existing DLS and FMG software. Taught classes on JCL and PROC construction. Designed standards documents and created requirements documents for PowerBuilder projects. Assisted in design and testing of various PowerBuilder applications.(MVS, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, COBOL, COBOL2, Easytrieve, PowerBuilder, REXX)
James W. Young & Associates, Inc.
Consultant, 10/84 - 10/94
Household Credit Services, Salinas, CA - (1/94 - 4/95) Performed maintenance on GM credit card systems. Prepared presentations for Banco Mexicano (Mexico City) and Banco de Santiago (Chile). Chief consultant on the joint credit card venture between HCS and Banco Mexicano (Mexico City). Project leader for development of enhanced usage features for Ameritech and for the “secured card” project. (MVS, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, COBOL2, CICS, MS Project)
Sungard Shareholder Systems, San Mateo, CA - (8/91 - 1/94) Led a major conversion project for Sungard’s largest client, the Franklin Funds. Developed the Statement of Average Cost (SOAC) system. (MVS, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, IMS, COBOL2, CICS, Easytrieve)
Charles Schwab, San Francisco, CA -
(4/91 - 7/91) Performed maintenance on existing mutual fund systems, both batch
and on-line. (MVS, TSO/ISPF, COBOL,
COBOL2, DATACOM/DB-DC, CICS)
California Medical Review, San
Francisco, CA - (10/90 - 3/91) Redesigned the input/inquiry/update on-line
system for records under review. (DOS/VSE,
VM/CMS, VSAM, COBOL, CICS)
C&H Sugar, Concord, CA - (11/89 -
9/90) Designed, wrote, and tested batch programs to support marketing and tax
reporting. (DOS/VSE, COBOL,
DATACOM/DB-DC)
Integral Systems, Walnut Creek, CA - (5/89 - 11/89) Project leader for design and development of an applicant tracking system for the City of Phoenix. (VM/CMS, MVS/XA, TSO/ISPF, COBOL2, VSAM, CICS, TAPS)
County of San Mateo, Redwood City, CA -
(11/88 - 5/89, 11/89 - 6/90) Converted programs, JCL, and PROCs from DOS to
MVS. Performed maintenance for assessors, tax collection, payroll, and
personnel systems. (DOS/VSE, MVS/XA,
TSO/ISPF, VSAM, CA Converter, COBOL)
Citicorp, Pleasant Hill, CA - (10/87 - 11/88, 3/89 - 4/89, 6/89 - 7/89) Installed releases of PEP+ and lockbox systems. Designed and wrote the HOGAN interface. Modified systems to support branch sales. (MVS/XA, TSO/ISPF, COBOL, Easytrieve, VSAM)
VISA, San Mateo, CA - (4/87 - 12/87) Designed and wrote the invoicing portion of the billing system for member banks. (MVS/XA, TSO/ISPF, VM/CMS, VSAM, COBOL, CICS).
Colt Stewart, Inc., Sacramento, CA - (1/85 - 10/93) Installed PC hardware and software. Provided technical support to PC users. Created graphics and presentation materials. Offered prepress services.
CalFarm Insurance, Sacramento, CA - (4/86 - 2/87) Wrote file conversions and modified systems to support a major systems conversion. (MVS, VM/CMS, TSO/ISPF, AUTOCODER, ASSEMBLER, EASYTRIEVE, COBOL, VSAM)
Farmers Savings, Davis, CA - (10/84 - 3/86) Wrote file conversions to support mortgage trading. (DOS/VSE, VM/CMS, Easytrieve, COBOL, CICS, SQL/DS)
Department of Defense -
Sacramento, CA & Madrid, Spain
Computer Specialist, 1/81 - 10/84
Developed and installed logistics systems (IMS, MVS, COBOL, ADF) for the Spanish Air Force. Translator for IMS DBA classes in Madrid and trainer of Spanish Air Force programmers (IMS DB/DC). Led the team that developed a procurement tracking system (COBOL, FORTRAN). Supervised programmers and data technicians, presented briefings to the commanding general, and was a frequent speaker at design conferences. Responsible for installation of PCs and the creation of a PC evaluation/training center.
Farm Bureau Data Services -
Sacramento, CA
Senior Systems Analyst, 7/80 - 12/80
Developed
insurance policy rating modules, online inquiry/add/update transactions, and
reports to support claims processing. (OS/VS1, COBOL, CICS).
Computer Sciences Corporation
- El Segundo, CA &
Sacramento, CA
Senior Member Technical Staff, 8/78 - 6/80
Design/devlopment
team leader on a management reporting system for California Medi-Cal. Wrote
batch and on-line programs for inquiry
and ad-hoc reporting. (OS/VS1,
COBOL, VSAM, CICS).
Zytron Corporation -
Sacramento, CA
Senior Systems Analyst, 7/77 - 8/78
Designed micrographics applications for Pacific Bell, the State of California, and others. Provided technical support and training in micrographics to Pacific Bell. Responsible for sales support for Northern California and Nevada.
The Mark Larwood Company - Sacramento, CA
COM Operations Manager, 1/76 - 6/77
Took a money losing department and made it profitable. Trained operations staff and sales personnel to utilize the full potential of their equipment. Provided sales support for all of California and Nevada.
County of Yolo - Woodland, CA
Programmer/Analyst, 1/75 - 12/75
Converted applications written in RPG for the IBM 360/20 to COBOL for the IBM 370/125. Redesigned, documented, created JCL, coded, tested, and installed systems for personnel, treasury, tax collection, jury selection, welfare, roads maintenance, and payroll.
Systems Support Manager, 9/73 - 12/74
Provided technical support for application programmers, computer operations, and management. Responsible for selection of micrographics applications and vendors. Supervised OCR personnel. Installed all Burroughs software changes, including operating system patches. On the board of directors of the Burroughs Users Group.
Burroughs Corporation -
Honolulu, HI; Washington, DC; and Montgomery, AL
Systems Representative, 4/70 - 8/73
Installed a B-3500 system for the Army at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Worked with Army personnel and Burroughs engineers during site preparation, trained programmers and operations personnel, and provided follow-on support after installation. At the Air Force Design Center in Washington and then in Montgomery, Alabama, I was responsible for testing, debugging, and QA on all compilers, assemblers, and utility programs. Troubleshooter on all military contracts. Taught COBOL classes and provided technical support for Burroughs’ software. I wrote the analysis portion of the “software monitor” version of the Burroughs medium systems operating system.
United States Air Force -
Offutt AFB, NB and Hickam AFB, HI
Programmer/Analyst, 3/66 - 3/70
At Offutt AFB, designed and wrote system utilities for the Strategic Air Command’s Command & Control System: including dump analyzers, relocatable bootstrap loaders, utility print programs, and their first assembler. All systems software was written in machine language for custom built AT&T computers. At PACAF HQ, Hickam AFB, Hawaii, wrote COBOL manpower and personnel systems on Burroughs and Honeywell equipment. I also led the team that designed and developed the personnel system for the whole Pacific Communications Region.
SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
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CICS |
COBOL |
COBOL2 |
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DATACOM/DB-DC |
DOS/VSE |
Easytrieve |
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IMS/ADF |
IMS/DB-DC |
MANTIS |
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MS Access |
MS FrontPage 2000 |
MS Visual Basic |
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MS Windows 95/98/NT/NT Server |
MVS/TSO |
MicroFocus COBOL |
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Oracle |
PANVALET |
PC-DOS |
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PowerBuilder |
SAS |
SDF |
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SQL/DS |
VMLIB |
VM/CMS |
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Viasoft Estimate 2000 |
Viasoft Validate |
Viasoft Smart Test |
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VSAM |
XBUG |
XEDIT |
and much more, including many other PC and Mac based applications
HARDWARE EXPERIENCE
Mainframes
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Amdahl |
Burroughs (Medium Systems) |
CDC |
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Honeywell |
HP |
IBM |
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IT&T |
RCA |
UNIVAC |
Microcomputers
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Apple |
IBM |
and other IBM compatibles |
COM Recorders and laser/page print systems
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DatagraphiX 45xx |
Kodak Komstar |
Xerox 9700 |
APPLICATIONS EXPERIENCE
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Banking (PEP+, HOGAN) |
Credit Cards |
Command & Control (C3) |
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Human Resources |
Insurance |
Inventory Control |
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Logistics |
Manpower & Personnel |
Medical Billing/Reporting |
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MediCal & Medicare |
Mutual Funds |
Mortgage Trading |