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Matthew Ciresa
Senior Applications Architect
_____________________________________________________________________________________ Summary: Over 13 years experience in a wide variety of Programming Applications Including: Clinical Drug review, Claims Processing, Billing & Invoicing, Accounts Payable, Distribution, Warehousing, Inventory, Cash Management, Sales Auditing, and Financial Analysis. Participated in large, small and maintenance projects as both a team member and project leader. Comfortable with all aspects of application programming from initial design and analysis through spec writing, programming, debugging, testing, and implementation. Hardware: IBM Software: COBOL(II), CICS,DB2, ADR/DATACOM,VSAM, TSO/ISPF, OS MVS/XA, ASSEMBLER, C, MS OFFICE, HTML, and Javascript(lite). Experience: MERCK MEDCO MANAGED CARE Position: Senior Applications Architect 4/95 - Responsible for the design coding and maintenace of an on-line claims processing system using CICS, COBOL II, VSAM, and DB2 in the MVS environment. This system featured both LU 6.2 and MRO communication functions in a multi-region processing environment. I specifically worked on the Drug Utilization Review (DUR) project which integrated Mail processing claims with POS processing claims, to insure FDA compliance and clinical editing for drug claims. This system used an internal Client/Server architecture using rules engine processing features. DOW JONES/TELERATE Position: Senior Programmer Analyst 5/ 93 - Responsible for design, implementation, and maintenance for an on-line 10/94 Billing system utilizing CICS, COBOL, VSAM, and DB2. First call on all production problems and enhancements. Project Leader for major enhancement: Moving from VSAM to DB2 architecture including writing program specs and supervising junior programmers. Redesigned on-line screens for compliance with IBM CUA/SAA guidelines. HERMANS SPORTING GOODS Position: Senior Programmer Analyst 12/88 - Responsible for all phases of applications development from project 5/93 inception to installation. Project Leader on several successful projects including Distribution, Warehousing, Traffic, and Financial Applications. All work is accomplished utilizing COBOL and CICS on an IBM 3090 under OS/MVS. Worked on several financial application areas namely Accounts Payable, Sales Audit, and Cash Management. Designed, coded, and tested a new Accounts Payable Drop Shipment system; System included downloading of information to NCR Registers and uploading information to interface with newly designed on-line accounting and perpetual inventory system. Responsible for designing, coding and testing Sales Audit Draft Capture system to transmit Credit Card data via TALCS to major credit card bank accounts. Create, design, and test Cash Management System which included transmitting the day’s cash and check receipts (with hold) to NatWest bank. MERIT SYSTEMS Position: Programmer/Analyst(Consultant) 2/88 - Client: National Starch & Chemical 12/88 Worked on a 9 month project to implement an Inventory Control system. Responsible for coding and testing both on-line and batch COBOL programs. DUN & BRADSTREET Position: Programmer/Analyst 10/85 - Worked in the Duns Financial Profile department. 2/88 Responsibilities included maintaining and enhancing financial IDMS databases that were used to provide financial profiles on selected companies. Trained in CICS and placed on an on-line project that used On-Line Software’s FREESTYLE product and involved retrieving data and producing financial reports for D & B customers. EDUCATION: Airco Computer Technical College Degree in Computer Programming - graduated with honors Raritan Valley Community College AAS Degree in Business Administration - GPA 3.89 Phi Theta Kappa Thomas Edison University Business Administration/Computer Science - GPA 3.91


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