Joel Arrington

Technical Lead for B2B and EDI program.

* State of SC Unemployment Insurance System team performed Data Validation for Federal program information requirements, application maintenance and program development. COBOL II, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, DB2, SQL, Panvalet, SDSF, z/OS, JCL, MS Office, Visio, Access, SharePoint, QWS3270, Xpediter.

On contract to the State of SC Unemployment Insurance system working on the Data Validation Project for the Federal DOL program information requirements. COBOL II, TSO/ISPF, CA7, VSAM, Endeavor, SDSF, z/OS, JCL, MS Office, Visio, MS Access, QWS3270, Visustin.

On contract to FedEx as a Sr. Programmer Analyst working on the EDI system. COBOL, TSO/ISPF, Websphere Data Interchange (WDI), ANSI X12 Standards thru 5010 (214, 240), EDI Mapping, CA7, IMS, DB2, SQL, Panvalet, IOF, SDF z/OS, JCL

On contract to Deloitte Consulting in support of the Defense Health Information Management System EHR. Product Engineer for integrated single sign-on, a GUI front end for legacy information presentation and a theater based medical information database. Vista, Citrix, COBOL, Java

On contract to IBM at Blue Cross of MN testing the FEP program HIPAA 5010 Federally mandated changes and updates. COBOL, SAS, TSO, ISPF, CA7, EOS, SoapUI, WebSphere MQ Explorer, COBOL II, JCL, Z/OS, AIX, Linux, Windows XP, VMware, FEP Direct.

Revenue Accounting System, using COBOL, Adabas, Natural, DB2, SQL, MS Office, SharePoint, HP Quality Center, JCL, z/OS, Panvalet, Writing and executing Test cases, HP-UX 11.23, Creating/manipulating/managing test data.

EDI Programmer - COBOL II, Gentran 6.3, ANSI X12 4030, TSO/ISPF, IDMS, VSAM, FTP, Test Center, MS Office.

Server Administrator and Helpdesk Support Technician for the Computer Assisted Data Collection (CADC) hardware department of the Office of Field Operations. Assisted with configuration, deployment, and maintenance of tablet PCs. CheckPoint VPN, CITIRIX, POINTSEC, Entrust, Security, Windows Active Directory, Remedy, Datakey CIP, Smartcards, and pcAnywhere. Entrust Security Administrator

Network Installation and Desktop support. MS Office, MS Server 2007, Ubuntu Linux, Open Office, Windows XP/Vista, MS Access, MS Visio, MS Project, Adobe Photoshop and Gimp.

Performed COBOL software development for the State of Tennessee, Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development, Unemployment Insurance Administration. Programmed both on-line and batch programs using COBOL 74 in a TSS, IDS/II DM IV, TP8, & Bull Honeywell GCOS environment. Worked with MS Excel and other products performing data conversions for special requirement projects.

Independent computer consultant.

Formerly on contract to Lockheed Martin as a Senior Computer Systems Analyst / Mainframe Developer for the Social Security Administration’s Agency-Wide Support Services Contract (AWSSC), on the LOTS (Litigation Overview Tracking System) conversion of a legacy dBase IV system to a CICS, DB2 and Java web based browser application. Other projects were COOP/Disaster Recovery Planning and as an Analyst writing DFRs. Utilized CICS, DB2, COBOL, TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, Endevor, Testbase, File-Aid, dBase, JCL, z/OS, VSAM.

various assignments including: Onshore Project Leader for CICS, COBOL II Financial System; Project Manager; Project Leader; SME; Business Analyst/Consultant for Legacy Applications’ Renewal Group; Business Analyst and SME for COBOL Mainframe Programming project; Mainframe Developer; EDI Project Manager on EDI conversion project; Senior Computer Systems Analyst; EDI Programmer Analyst; Business Analyst; Consultant; Systems Administrator, Senior Consultant and COBOL Mainframe Programmer.

US Dept of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics – Help Desk / IT Support Manager. Managed IT support staff including Help Desk, UNIX and Novell support personnel. Responsibilities included staff management, time accounting, proposal writing, client interface and technical support. Technical areas of responsibility included GroupWise 5.5, NetWare 4.11, Solaris 7/8, SunOS, Red Hat & Caldera Linux, Server 2000, Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP, Oracle, C/C++, Visio, Legato, and RSA security.

various contracts: HIPAA, requirements and renovations, COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, FOCUS, VM, TSO/ISPF, IMS DB/DC, ADF, MQ Series, WebSphere, IEF, Cool Gen, Telon, File-Aid, Data-Xpert, IMS Xpert, Intertest, Abend-Aid, Visual Age COBOL, GroupWise 5.5 and 5 mail system administration, UNIX System Admin (Linux, BSD, HP/UX, OSF/1), Novell NetWare Admin (3.11/4.x/5.x), Y2K conversions, EDI/EC, Harbinger TLC/TLE (Unix/NT/MVS), Gentran (Unix/NT/MVS), XML, Oracle, FTP, Connect:Direct, & Data Warehousing

COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, TSO/ISPF, IMS DB/DC, ADF, software development contract for parts inventory management system.

Various contracts including data warehousing for a major health organization and logistic scheduling system. COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, TSO/ISPF, IMS DB/DC and FOCUS.

At the Salt River Project (SRP), a political subdivision of the state of AZ, entrusted with the power generating and reselling authority for the State of AZ, as a Sr. Project Leader, Web Architect and EC/EDI Coordinator, I established and defined corporate strategies for electronic commerce, trained users in Harbinger TLC (NT/Windows). established the Harbinger EDI program for New West Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the SRP entering the newly deregulated California energy market, and acted as a tech.

Managed staff and contract Programmer/Analysts. Analyzed & recommended both present and future technology solutions. Administered BSD, Novell, & Windows NT (3.51 & 4.0) Internet servers. Utilized Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, HTML, Visual Basic, C, C++, Java, PERL FTP, Telnet, CGI, VBScript, JavaScript, and other WEB products. Performed HTML, PERL (4 & 5), Access & Visual Basic programming. Used GroupWise, SendMail, Apache WEB Server, O'Reilly's WebSite, WS_Ftp, Telnet, Microsoft Office. & Bind. A

Security Management - Graduated with Honors

Did not graduate. Completed 12 credits with a 4.0 GPA

Did Not Graduate. Completed 60% of Program (20 of 32 Credit Hours) 3.58 GPA in this ACBSP (Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programs) Accredited Program.

Graduated Summa Cum Laude - 3.957 GPA

Graduated Summa cum Laude - 3.857 GPA

Graduated w/Honors

Graduated w/Honors