JEFF KNAGGS Flat 11, The Quays, Cumberland Road, Bristol, BS1 6UQ e-Mail: jefferyknaggs@gmail.com SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER / IMS SPECIALIST ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMER DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR 20+ Years experience of installing, maintaining, monitoring and managing large-scale software systems. Mainframe database/data-communicationsspecialist. Skilled at programming in Assembler, REXX, COBOL, SQL. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS: As a Systems Programmer :- Managed a large-scale IMS system containing 500 databases, 1000 different transactions,12,000 terminals at 4 UK sites and a transaction rate of up to 20 per second. Installed and maintained IMS over many releases, together with associated software, such as ADF, BTS and IMSPARS. Designed and implemented modifications for IMS to support non-standard hardware and software, and automated operations. Installed, maintained and managed DB2, QMF, CICS, MVS/AS, Office Vision, IEF and other software products under MVS. Installed, maintained and managed the VM operating system, together with RACF, VTAM, RSCS, SQL/DS, QMF, PROFS, CATIA & CAEDS. As a Programmer :- Designed and coded ASSEMBLER language programs in the Batch environment including General Purpose Utilities, Systems Monitoring, Statistics Gathering and Reporting and Automated Operations. Designed and coded ASSEMBLER language programs in the IMS, CICS, ISPF, and native VTAM environments (including LU 6.2). Have an in-depth knowledge and programming experience of VSAM files, DL/1, DB2 and Sybase databases. Converted a suite of Assembly language application programs from Macro Level CICS to Command Level CICS in order to run under CICS/ESA. Can program in SQL, REXX (MVS and VM), COBOL, FORTRAN and BASIC. Some knowledge of HTML, Java, JavaScript and Smalltalk As a Database Administrator :- Responsible for the physical and logical design, performance monitoring and DASD space management of large DL/1 (Full Function and Fast Path), DB2 and Sybase databases. Responsible for the integrity of DL/1, DB2 and Sybase databases, and for the creation and automatic scheduling of Image-Copy, Reorg, and Integrity Analysis jobs. UNDERLYING SKILLS Totally conversant with JCL, IBM Utilities, TSO, ISPF, VSAM. Experienced with Endevor and Infoman. CAREER SUMMARY: Retired 1998- Tesco Stores Ltd Senior Data Analyst 1996-1998 Temporary Early Retirement 1995-1996 CSC at British Aerospace Principal Systems Programmer 1994-1995 British Aerospace Dynamics Principal Systems Programmer 1993-1994 Senior Systems Programmer 1979-1993 Systems Programmer 1978-1979 Applications Programmer 1973-1978 HIGHER EDUCATION: Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry BA (Hons) - Open University PERSONAL DETAILS: Born 7 December 1943; Married; Health very good, non-smoker INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES: Researching my Family History, Reading, cinema, opera, walking, travelling, cooking eating, learning Italian.