Geneva Nelson

Tampa, FL

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How would you describe your dream job in 10 words or less?

A permanent or contract position in the Tampa, FL. area for a stable company that practices a mature, professional systems development methodology, as a Systems Analyst responsible for designing and dcoumenting software for new development, or the maintenance of existing systems.

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Work history

Health Plan Services July 2007 to May 2008
Pogrammer Analyst III

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How would you describe your time at Health Plan Services?

I began as a contractor and was hired as an employee after 1 yr. I was responsible for maintenance of and enhancements to commission checks, commission reporting, and other financial applications for existing clients, as well as development of financial applications for new clients.
apex systems July 2006 to July 2007
Programmer

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How would you describe your time at apex systems?

Placed as a contractor ar Health Plan Services, who hired me after 1 year. I took a COBOL pre-employment test and scored one of the highest scores Apex had ever seen on it, after having been out of IT for 4 years.
Gwinnett County, GA Public Schools October 2003 to July 2006
Paraprofessionl

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How would you describe your time at Gwinnett County, GA Public ...?

I began as a substitute for all grades K-12, all subjects, in multiple schools. I was hired 08/2004 as a full-time Paraprofessional (Teacher???s Aide) at Rockbridge Elementary School without having applied for the job, based on teacher recommendations. I worked with autistic 5 - 7 year olds, assisting the teacher with all aspects of academics and classroom management.... read more
Ausable Solutions February 1996 to May 2002
Senior Programmer Analyst

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How would you describe your time at Ausable Solutions?

I was responsible for all aspects of developing, installing, and supporting custom client applications that used various barcode readers to collect data and transmit it over Radio Frequency or wired networks to servers that stored and processed the data. Development was done on the platforms and environments the customer already had, or purchased for the application. The industries included textiles, bottling, and automobile, motor, brake, and aircraft manufacturing, Her duties included extensive travel to client sites throughout the U.S; being on-call 24/7 telephone customer support for incidents escalated by the Call Center; when functioning as Technical Lead, responsible for all aspects of the project life cycle for both batch and on-line applications; when functioning as a team member, being responsible for one or more aspects of the project life cycle; applications developed include Clock in/Clock out, Shipping/Receiving, Inventory Control, Quality Control, Production Control and 2 large applications using screen scraping through 5250 Emulation; serving on a committee to develop a survey for employees worldwide, for which she received an award for Outstanding Service; and developing and conducting a class for co-workers on functioning as a DB2 DBA for clients with none... read more
Bank South August 1993 to February 1996
Senior Programmer Analyst

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How would you describe your time at Bank South?

I was responsible for all aspects of developing, installing, and supporting major modifications to and new development for both on-line and batch processing, primarily on Hogan CIS (Customer Information System) on IBM 430x mainframes. My duties included being on monthly rotation for on-call production support; when functioning as Technical Lead, responsible for all aspects of the project life cycle; when functioning as a team member, responsible for one or more aspects of the project life cycle; Project Leader for CIS portion of several projects to install and retrofit new releases of Hogan; occasional maintenance projects on Hogan DDA (Demand Deposit Accounting), and TDA (Time Deposit Accounting); Project Manager for a project of 12 users and developers to determine requirements, develop, and implement new Voice Response Unit, using LBMS Systems Development Methodology; and extensive user contact for determining requirements, assisting user testing, and support .... read more
Allied Insurance Services April 1990 to July 1993
Senior Programmer Analyst

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How would you describe your time at Allied Insurance Services?

I was responsible for all aspects of developing, preparing for installation, and supporting major modifications to and new development for both on-line and batch processing in Billing, Policy, and General Ledger in Allied???s Property and Casualty Insurance Software on IBM AS/400. My duties included extensive telephone customer support; when functioning as Technical Lead, responsible for all aspects of the project life cycle; when functioning as a team member, responsible for one or more aspects of the project life cycle; supervising 12 programmers on 2-month project to standardize program documentation; and extensive user contact for determining requirements, assisting user testing, and on-going support... read more
C&S June 1988 to April 1990
Systems Analyst

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How would you describe your time at C&S?

I was Technical Lead responsible for all aspects of developing, preparing for installation, and supporting major modifications to and new development for both on-line and batch processing, primarily on Hogan CIS (Customer Information System) on IBM 309x mainframes. My duties included being the primary on-call for Hogan CIS production support; when functioning as Technical Lead, responsible for all aspects of the project life cycle; when functioning as a team member, responsible for one or more aspects of the project life cycle, Project Leader for CIS portion of a project to install and retrofit a new release of Hogan; occasional maintenance projects on Hogan DDA (Demand Deposit Accounting), and TDA (Time Deposit Accounting); supervising a contract programmer; serving as QA Analyst for all CIS, DDA, and TDA development done by 5 contract programmers; serving on Standards Committee to develop and document departmental technical standards and procedures; preparing and conducting a formal presentation to users and management to familiarize them with CIS; and extensive user contact for determining requirements, assisting user testing, and on-going support... read more
First Wachovia January 1984 to June 1998
Systems Analyst II

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How would you describe your time at First Wachovia?

I was responsible for all aspects of developing, preparing for installation, and supporting major modifications to and new development for both on-line and batch processing, primarily on Hogan CIS (Customer Information System) on IBM 308x mainframes. After 2 years, she was promoted to Lead Analyst Programmer. My duties included being on weekly rotation for on-call production support; when functioning as Technical Lead, responsible for all aspects of the project life cycle; when functioning as a team member, responsible for one or more aspects of the project life cycle; developing CIS test scripts through Intertest for regression testing; Project Leader for CIS portion of several projects to install and retrofit new releases of Hogan; occasional maintenance projects on Hogan DDA (Demand Deposit Accounting), and TDA (Time Deposit Accounting); being Technical Lead over 2 programmers, responsible for all aspects of the project life cycle for 4 CIS conversions of purchased banks, extensive user contact for determining requirements, assisting user testing, and on-going support; and preparing and conducting several formal presentations to users and upper management to make recommendations for technical decisions.... read more
citibank November 1983 to January 1984
Programmer Analyst II

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How would you describe your time at citibank?

I was responsible for maintenance of both on-line and batch processing on Hogan DDA (Demand Deposit Accounting) on IBM 308x mainframes. My duties included coding, debugging, testing, and preparing for installation of minor modifications and fixes; and writing a user manual to aid in evaluating Hogan RPM (Relationship and Product Management System)... read more
First Tennessee Bank August 1981 to October 1983
Systems Analyst

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How would you describe your time at First Tennessee Bank?

As Programmer Analyst, I was responsible for maintenance of both on-line and batch processing on a legacy DDA (Demand Deposit Accounting) system. After 1 year, I was promoted to Systems Analyst and became the only developer for the Hogan CIS (Customer Information System), which had just been installed on IBM 308x mainframes. My duties included being on weekly rotation for on-call production support; single-handedly converting 17 purchased banks to CIS in 7 separate conversions in 6 months, resulting in over one million customers, the largest Hogan CIS database world-wide at the time; designing, programming, testing and preparation for installation of fixes and enhancements to both on-line and batch processing for CIS; writing a CIS Operations Manual; being a team member on a project to install and retrofit a new release of Hogan; developing and conducting training classes for new team members on how to provide on-call production support; and serving on Standards Committee to develop and document departmental JCL standards.... read more
Union Carbide July 1977 to August 1981
Programmer

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How would you describe your time at Union Carbide?

After one year as Programmer Trainee, I was promoted to Programmer, responsible for new development and maintenance on IDMS databases for Production Control Applications on an IBM 360/50 and a CDC 3300; and promoted to Training Coordinator for new hires. I obtained the required FBI Q Level security clearance for this position, as the company was under contract to the U.S. Dept. of Energy. My duties included being on weekly rotation for on-call production support; coding, debugging, testing, and preparing for installation of modifications, enhancements, and fixes for batch processing; developing and conducting classes on SAS, COM, and CULPRIT; and supervising new hires on self-study courses on JCL, IDMS, and using flow charts and decision tables... read more

Education

University of Tennessee September 1970 to December 1977
Mathematics

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How would you describe your time at University of Tennessee?

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, cum laude, 3.4 GPA while working full-time as a waitress

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