Christopher S Bradley
Résumé
Incorporated creative computer professional with more than fifteen years of strong software and hardware experience. Easily absorbs new technology and is results-oriented. Recognized for above average attitude and dependability. Skills include systems analysis, full cycle development, technical troubleshooting, mentoring, training, problem solving, and project management. Has a strong insurance, financial and medical background. Takes pride in his work.
Seeks to use the systems analysis, design, programming, project management and business skills, obtained through work experience and education, in a progressive professional environment. To use the excellent communication skills developed, through end user support, training and project management positions to aid clients in finding solutions to best meet their needs and solve their problems. To lead and/or be part of a team in providing first rate IT solutions.
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Professional Experience
Contact Information
Education
Technical Exposures
(programming languages, operating systems, databases and hardware)
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Professional Experience
Sun Life Assurance (Sep 2004 to Dec 2005)
Waterloo, ON, Canada
- Systems Analyst/Lead Designer, Information Systems - Independent Contractor
- large multi-national Individual and Group Life and Health Insurance company
- Windows 95/98/ME/2000, IBM-3090, LAN, WAN, Telon, workbench technologies, IMS DB/DC, COBOL, DL1, DB2, SQL and PL/1, OOD, OOP, SAS, MS Word, MS Excel, Visio, Office 97, Lotus Notes, DCF, ISPF, BTS, Zeke, Xchange, DB2 Pro Edit, QMF, Syncsort, File-Aid, Test Director, Clist, Abend-Aid, Xpediter, Erwin, MQ Series, VPN
- Systems analysis and lead design work for a number of Distribution Compensation (Agent Commissions) projects (Trading Post Enhancements, New Product Launch, Long Term Care), data modeling and db design, FASAT interfacing, mainframe-internet interfacing mainframe COBOL, PL/1, Telon, SAS, DB2 and IMS programming
- Supported all SDLC aspects including testing methodologies, implementations and production support
- Managed a number of both experienced and new developers
- Project management, systems analysis, lead designer, and development
- Prepared detailed programming specifications for junior programmers
- Performed analysis for top-secret Commission system projects
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (Jul 2004 to Sep 2004)
Detroit, MI, USA
- Systems Analyst, Information Systems - Independent Contractor
- large Health Insurance company
- IMS DB/DC, CICS, COBOL, DB2, Windows XP, IBM-3090, LAN, SQL, MS Word, MS Excel, Visio, Office 2000, ISPF, DB2 Pro Edit, FTP, Erwin, XML, MQ Series
- Analysis and design for the CAREN+ System enhancements
Economical Insurance Group (Apr 2004 to Jul 2004)
Waterloo, ON, Canada
- Systems Analyst - Policy Pages Rewrite - Independent Contractor
- large national Property and Automobile Insurance company
- IMS DB/DC, CICS, COBOL, DB2, Windows XP, IBM-3090, LAN, SQL, MS Word, MS Excel, Visio, Office 2000, ISPF, DB2 Pro Edit, FTP, Erwin, GIOS, XML, MQ Series
- Analysis and design for the Personal Lines Re-hosting project, specifically the policy pages portion
Great-West Life Insurance Company (Feb 2004 to Apr 2004)
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Systems Analyst - GIAC Project - Independent Contractor
- large multi-national Individual and Group Life and Health Insurance company
- Windows XP, IBM-3090, LAN,IMS DB/DC, COBOL, DL1, DB2, SQL and PL/1, MS Word, MS Excel, Visio, Office 2000, ISPF, DB2 Pro Edit, Erwin, BEN, EAS,PAS, BDAM, ACESS, GIAC
- systems analysis for the Group Benefit system rewrite, data modeling and db design
Sun Life Assurance (Feb 2000 to Feb 2004)
Waterloo, ON, Canada
- Systems Analyst/Lead Designer, Information Systems - Independent Contractor
- large multi-national Individual and Group Life and Health Insurance company
- Windows 95/98/ME/2000, IBM-3090, LAN, WAN, Telon, workbench technologies, IMS DB/DC, COBOL, DL1, DB2, SQL and PL/1, OOD, OOP, SAS, MS Word, MS Excel, Visio, Office 97, Lotus Notes, DCF, ISPF, BTS, Zeke, Xchange, DB2 Pro Edit, QMF, Syncsort, File-Aid, Test Director, Clist, Abend-Aid, Xpediter, Erwin, MQ Series, VPN
- systems analysis and lead design work for the Sun - Clarica integration of the Agent Commissions systems (COBOL and PL/1 batch and Telon online), data modeling and db design, FASAT interfacing
- managed a number of both experienced and new developers
- production support and oncall for the Agent Commissions systems
- project management, systems analysis, lead designer, and development
- lead designer on Policy Issue system for new product launch – Ingenium Integration
- frequently traveled to Ottawa for Ingenium project work
- systems analysis and design for the new product (COBOL, PL1, Telon, DB2, IMS, SAS, JCL)
- prepared detailed programming specifications for junior programmers
- Commission system analysis for top-secret projects
Royal Bank Insurance (May 1999 to Feb 2000)
Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Project Manager - Independent Contractor
- IBM mainframe, Windows NT, LAN, WAN, client server, IBM PC, MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project 98, CAPS-I-L, COBOL 2, MS Access, MS Internet Explorer, Intranet, MS Front Page, HTML and Java
- managed the entire Year 2000 project for Westbury Life (sub-group of RBC Insurance)
- reviewed each of the systems, prepared the project definition report, scheduled, staffed and supervised the testing
- MS Project 98 used as the planning tool (Gantt’s, Resourcing etc.) - managed individual system managers
- systems included Group Insurance, Individual Insurance, Billing, MIB, mainframe and client-server
- provided weekly status reports to the Director of IT
- held presentations and meetings ranging from the very high level (for VP's etc.) where the project was explained in business terms, to the very detailed technical level for the developers
- documented and revised the IT Configuration Management Procedures and added to the company intranet using HTML and Java
Verizon (Bell Atlantic) (January 1999 to May 1999)
Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Systems Analyst, Customer Care Systems - Independent Contractor
- multi-site, multi-machine company
- Windows NT, IBM-370, IBM-586, IBM-3090, MVS, TSO, ISPF, VS COBOL 2, CICS, DB2, SQL, SPUFI, File-Aid, DB2-File-Aid, Telon, Endevor, MS Word, MS Excel, Omegamon and Lotus Notes
- performed production support for the Order Management system
- systems analysis - determined the point and cause of production and test abends
- assisted with some Telon problem investigations
- analyzed and formulated solutions for production and test abends
- reported investigation results to a central assignment area via a Lotus Notes database
- investigated urgent production orders of a "presidential appeal" priority
- participated in many teleconferences
Manulife Financial (March 1998 to December 1998)
Canadian Head Office, Waterloo, ON, Canada
- Senior Designer, Group Systems Year 2000 Project - Independent Contractor
- very large multi-national Individual and Group Life and Health Insurance company
- Windows NT, IBM-3090, CICS, MVS, TSO, ISPF, VS COBOL 2, DB2, SQL, SPUFI, File-Aid, DB2-File-Aid, Endevor, EMC2, MS Word, MS Excel, COBOL, PL/1, Telon, SAS, VSAM, JCL, Eztrieve, Lotus Notes, and Xchange
- senior designer in the Pay Direct Drug and Clients II Y2K conversions (Group and Individual Insurance)
- systems analysis of these systems to determine complete extent and impact of changes
- Telon screen Y2K conversion and support for many screens
- met with the business partners, prepared Business Requirements Documents
- identified required system changes, made code revisions, unit tested
- performed complete user acceptance testing
- assisted with implementation to production
Clarica Life Insurance Company (May 1990 to March 1998)
Head Office, Waterloo, ON, Canada
- Systems Analyst, Information Systems
- Windows 95, OS/2, IBM-3090, AS/400, LAN, WAN, Telon, workbench technologies, IMS DB/DC, COBOL, DL1, DB2, SQL and PL/1, OOD, OOP, SAS, Rexx, VB, MS Access, MS Word, MS Excel, Visio, Office 97, Papyrus, Lotus Notes, FTP, DCF, Script, AFP, ISPF, BTS, Zeke, Xchange, DB2 Pro Edit, QMF, Syncsort, File-Aid, Clist, Abend-Aid
- project management, systems analysis, design, programming, RAD, JAD
- very high level of security access for analysis and preparation of confidential reports and production support
- solved end user problems, primarily by developing a software solution
- considerable experience with Universal Life, Automatic Cheque and Policy Issue systems
- systems analyst for these systems and for a number of projects on other systems (Group Life and Health)
- Telon screen development and support for over 30 screens
- application development and maintenance, full cycle project developer, production implementations
- on-call production support, carried a pager
- participated in the development of an OO PL/1 pre-compiler
- provided MS Access, Rexx and Visual Basic support
- systems analysis and design on a number of Year 2000 projects
- piloted the TMG introduction of the Papyrus Statement Formatter by Isis
- acted as mentor at the Mississauga Application Delivery Centre
- provided technical support and education to new programmers in Mississauga
- made presentations to a variety of audiences ranging from the high level (CEO) to junior developers
TD Canada Trust (April 1989 to September 1989)
Head Office, London, ON, Canada
- Programmer Analyst, Human Resources Information Systems
- very large financial institution
- IBM 3090, ISPF, Cobol, JCL, SQL, Spufi, QMF, EMC2
- involved in several HRIS projects and prepared many reports in QMF
Ontario Ministry of Health (May 1983 to September 1988)
London, ON, Canada
- Registered Nursing Assistant
- developed a good knowledge of the health and medical field
- strong team experience
Agricultural Tax Service Limited
(April 1982 to August 1982)
St. Thomas, ON, Canada
- Systems Analyst
- DEC PDP 11, Fortran
- maintained income tax software systems
- Income Tax Consultant
- prepared income tax returns and year-end analyses for small businesses and agricultural operations
- traveled independently across Ontario, returning to the head office every two weeks
Holiday Rent-A-Car Limited
(April 1980 to December 1981)
Head Office, London, Ontario, Canada
- Systems Analyst
- DEC PDP 11, DIBOL, Basic
- designed, programmed and implemented software systems
- sole IT support person, thus handled all aspects of the computer system including systems analysis
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Contact Information
525 Highland Road West, Suite 263
Kitchener
Ontario, Canada
N2M 5P4
Cell: (519) 496-3499
CBradley2000@gmail.com
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Education
- completed 8 of the 10
FLMI (Fellow, Life Management Institute) courses
- MS Access Programming, September 1997,
Application Developers, New York City, NY, USA
- Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, June 1990,
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Registered Nursing Assistant, June 1983,
Fanshawe College, London, Ontario, Canada
- Data Processing program, April 1980,
Fanshawe College, London, Ontario, Canada
- Secondary School Honours Graduation Diploma, June 1979,
Arthur Voaden Secondary School
, St.Thomas, Ontario, Canada .
- Courses Completed Post Graduate
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Programming Languages
PL/1, Telon, COBOL, JCL, OO PL/1, Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, Rexx, HTML, SAS, SQL, Eztrieve, DIBOL, VAX Assembler, Pascal, FORTRAN, Modula-2, C++, Papyrus
Operating Systems and Databases
Windows (3.1, 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP), UNIX, MVS, TSO, IMS DB, CICS, VSAM, DB2, DL/1, IDMS
Software
Endevor, EMC2, Lotus Notes, DCF, SPF, Extra, BTS, Zeke, FTP, AFP, Xchange, Omegamon, Expediter, Syncsort, File-Aid, Abend-Aid, Librarian, Panvalet, Elips, Data Ager, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Project 98, Project Managers Workbench, MS Office 97, Word Perfect, FTP, LaTex, Visio, EMACS, MS Power Point and various other PC software
Hardware
IBM-370, IBM-586, IBM-3090, AS/400, IBM PC, VAX-6330, PDP-11, Cyber-930, MIPS-2100
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