JAMES G. STRACKA 20 Westwood Drive North West Trenton, New Jersey 08628 Telephone: (609)915-6048 E-mail: JimStracka519@aol.com SUMMARY Extensive technical experience in VM Operating Systems installation, maintenance and performance tuning running CMS users and z/Linux guests. Provisioned z/Linux guests and implemented V-DISK utilization for SWAP space. Monitored z/Linux guests performance. Installed and supported TCP/IP and VTAM telecommunications software. Designed and implemented Disaster Recovery solutions. Implemented various Security Software products and applications. Installed a Cooperative Office Automation system. Comprehensive experience installing various software products in both the VM and MVS environments. Implemented DASD Management. Many years experience in application design and programming. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY MERRILL LYNCH 1996 - PRESENT Consultant (VM) 2003 - Present Created two additional z/VM LPARs to run z/linux guests. Wrote various system monitoring routines using REXX EXECs and VM:Operator, ESAMON and VMFTP macros for these systems and the z/Linux guests. Performance tuned the systems using ESAMON and ESAMAP. Created a system to clone new z/Linux guests using REXX EXECs and an XEDIT Macro. Install and maintain the z/VM software and related software such as SAFESFS, TCP/IP, VM/VTAM and LE. Resolve end user application problems. Maintain and test the VM disaster recovery plan. Monitor the day to day operations of the systems. Consultant (VTAM) 2001 - 2003 Fully integrated the VM/VTAM application with the rest of the SNA network. This included training the SNA staff to update the application on VM. Wrote REXX EXECs to bulld the USSTABML, MODE and ISTSDCOS tables in VM. Updated existing NCCFLST clists to include the VM subareas and wrote new NCCFLST clists for NetView/VM. Did NCP gens as well as assisted in the removal of the FEPs after removing all EP lines from the VM system software. Consultant (VM) 1996 - 2001 Install, maintain and monitor VM/ESA Operating Systems, including CP, CMS and amdahl modifications. Designed and implemented a 2nd level VM system for installation, maintenance and testing of software and applications. Work with application support groups doing YR2K testing of software and applications on the 2nd level system. Resolve end user application problems. Revise, enhance and test the VM disaster recovery plan and backup software. Responsible for all SNA products on the system including: VTAM, RSCS, AVS, CONNECT:Direct and NetView. Manage the DASD usage on both the 1st and 2nd level systems. Saved over $50,000 annually by eliminating unused and duplicate software licenses. J P MORGAN 1994 - 1996 Consultant (VM) 1994 - 1996 Install, maintain and performance tune the VM/ESA Operating System, including two operating system upgrades, for a global investment bank. Install and maintain various application products. Extensive end user contact doing problem resolution. Identified the telecommunications requirements for the department when it moved into another building. Coordinator for all LAN troubleshooting and printer support for the system staff. Assisted in testing a replacement printer for aging IBM 3820 laser printers. Rewrote the VM portion of the disaster recovery plan. Support various PC/file transfer utilities. JAMES G. STRACKA (Page 2) IBM CORPORATION 1994 - 1994 Consultant 1994 - 1994 Designed and wrote programs for various IBM internal applications using BookMaster, GML, REXX and IOS3270 running in either the VM or PC environments. MOBIL CORPORATION 1980 - 1993 Senior Telecommunications Analyst 1989 - 1993 Installed, maintained and distributed VTAM and Net/Master software and applications on 21 processors world wide on any of the four VM platforms, including performance tuning and problem resolution. Saved $100,000 annually by designing and implementing a REXX system to maintain the network applications on all the supported systems from a single CMC source. Installed and supported software to communicate with DEC and WANG processors. Supervised two programmers who maintained various software products. Designed and tested the Telecommunication portion of the Disaster Recovery Plan. Senior Software Supervisor 1988 - 1989 Performed on-site installation in Europe, Asia and the United States of 15 VM Office Automation processors running Office Vision (PROFS). Designed and coordinated change management practices for the ongoing maintenance of these systems. Supervised an implementation team of two. Assisted with the installation of VM/ESA and VM/XA at various locations within the corporation. Software Supervisor 1987 - 1988 Designed a VM Operating System environment that could be distributed and installed world wide with SNA network connectivity. Installed and maintained VM/SP and VM/HPO operating systems. Wrote procedures for the day to day operations of these processors. Trained local personnel to administer and backup the systems. Senior Systems Programmer 1986 - 1987 Install and maintain the VM/HPO 4.2 operating system on two IBM 3090 processors, using IBM's Inter- System Facility (ISF) product. Maintenance of ACF2/VM. Extensive personal contact with both end users and the operations staff in problem determination and resolution. Coordinated the activities of four systems programmers. Established guidelines for the installation and maintenance of software products. Systems Programmer (VM) 1984 - 1985 Installation of ACF2/VM and SQL/DS. Designed and implemented a system to administer the ACF2/VM data bases and the VM directory whenever users are added to or deleted from the systems. Taught classes to the Security Administrators throughout the corporation. Supported an SQL/DS environment of 22 service machines. Installed and maintained various VM program products. Designed a system allowing the Customer Service Desk personnel to add, delete and change the size of a user's mini-disk. Systems Programmer (MVS) 1980 - 1984 Install, maintain and provide user support for a multitude of MVS software products. Upgraded eighteen of these products to run in the MVS/XA environment. Installed a DASD management system using ASM2. This included the evaluation of software, designing the criteria for dataset placement and aging, and writing programs to implement the DASD management policy. Chairman of the DASD committee. Responsible for the 3350 to 3380 DASD conversion. Perform VSAM and OS/CVOL catalogue maintenance. Guest speaker at the 1983 and 1984 ASM2 User's Group meetings.