1. Linda Colsky
8911 SW 200 Street
Cutler Bay, FL 33157
(305) 495-2870
Summary:
 I am a mainframe programmer with over 30 years of experience. I have designed and
developed technical solutions that satisfy business requirements for function,
performance, security and maintainability, written program specifications and coded
programs, tested and debugged programs, performed maintenance and provided 24 x 7
support.
 I am seeking an opportunity to utilize my extensive experience in system analysis,
design, development, testing, debugging and implementation, using SDLC methodology,
to the benefit of my employer.
Technical Skills:
COBOL, IBM Utilities, Outlook, DB2, Expediter, Lotus Notes, JCL, Endevor, NDM, VSAM,
TSO/ISPF, FTP, SQL, MS Excel, SPUFI, EZTRIEVE, MS Word, CA7, Abend-Aid, MS Project,
File-Aid
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with High Honors,
Major in Computer and Information Sciences, University of Florida
Experience:
March 1998 to Present
Senior Systems Engineer, Assurant Solutions, Diversified
Financial Services Department, Production Services
 Implement, enhance and support clients' claims and activations processing for credit
card insurance and debt protection products.
 Work with users to clarify and refine their specifications.
 Perform analysis of the current system and design effective and efficient solutions.
 Create and/or modify programs and processes.
 Perform Unit, Integration, User Acceptance and End to End testing with users and
clients.
 Document programs and processes.
 Implement and monitor production processing.
 Lead conversions and major projects, coordinate and oversee the efforts of team
members.
 Provide training and guidance to new team members.
 Provide 24 x 7 support for critical production systems.
July 1995 to March 1998
Business Systems Analyst, American Bankers Insurance Group, Financial Rate Services
Department
 Supervisor of 9 employees. Gathered specifications for, prioritized and scheduled work

2. requests. Monitored work and performed employee evaluations.
 Managed day to day operations of the department during four month absence of
manager. In addition to supervisory responsibilities, duties included writing job
requirements for open positions, screening applicants and interviewing candidates,
providing job cost estimates to clients, and negotiating with vendors.
 Programmed and tested computer based rating software for clients using Basic and
C++.
 Provided programming assistance to clients and researched and resolved discrepancies
between company and client calculations.
 Developed Lotus spreadsheets of rates and rating formulas.
 Developed project schedule for, designed and developed Lotus Notes application for job
and customer tracking.
 Provided training to new group members, marketing personnel and operations area
employees.
 Performed testing and quality control on products for both external and internal
distribution.
October 1993 - July 1995
Business Systems Analyst, American Bankers Insurance Group, Accounting Department,
Accounting Systems
 Technical liaison between Accounting and Information Technology departments.
 Coordinated processing of interfaces to daily and monthly General Ledger jobs,
reviewed results and resolved error conditions.
 Set up and scheduled monthly interface jobs.
 Provided 24 x 7 support for critical systems.
 Developed Eztrieve programs for ad-hoc reporting and facilitating GL processing,
balancing and maintenance.
 Gathered requirements, designed, implemented and supported Oracle GL system for
Managed Companies.
 Developed, tested, balanced and supported Profit andLoss Analysis online system.
July 1986 - October 1993
Accounting Systems Specialist, Florida Power and Light Company, Accounting
Department, Corporate Systems Development, Production Control and Accounting
Systems Sections
 Gathered requirements, designed, developed and supported batch and online financial
systems, primarily general ledger applications, using COBOL and tools provided with the
Walker general ledger package.
 Technical liaison between Accounting Production Control and Information Services
departments.
 Responsible for JCL, space estimates, job scheduling and abend resolution.
 Trained 150 employees in use of general ledger online inquiry system, which I helped
design and program.
 Installed, converted data and programs, and performed testing of upgraded version of
existing Walker general ledger package.
October 1982 - July 1986
Systems Analyst, Burger King Corporation, Management Information Systems, Corporate

3. Business Systems Group
 Gathered requirements, designed, developed and supported batch financial systems,
primarily payroll, benefits, human resources and general ledger applications.
 Lead programmer for payroll/human resources/benefits system which paid and reported
on over 50,000 employees nationwide.
 Lead programmer on installation and conversion to a new MSA payroll/ human
resources/employee benefits system, the company's first online CICS system. Team
member on installation of Wang human resources system. Gathered requirements,
reviewed RFPs, selected, installed, converted data and programs and set up JCL and
run instructions for both of these systems.
 Provided 24 x 7 on-call support of critical production systems.