Rich Schwartz

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Contact Information: Los Angeles, California • 818-674-3048 •rnidmsguy@aol.com

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EDUCATION

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University Of California

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Berkeley, California

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BS in Computer Science,rn 1981

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OBJECTIVE

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Remote contracting,rn temporary or regular part time work as a COBOL analyst or programmer.  Full Time is a possibility for an idealrn position.

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FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

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COBOL, IDMS/DB-DC, ADS/O, MVS, JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF,rnXpediter Debugger, Abend-Aid, File-Aid, etc. Microfocus COBOL. SQL with DB2,rnOracle and SQL Server and some Unix/Linux. rnVarious scripting tools/languages. rnScrum Agile Team Member.  Excellentrnskills helping others debug their programs.

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SELF DRIVEN PROFESSIONAL REACCLIMATION PROGRAM

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January 2026 – Present

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Refreshing my marketable skillsets by reading Murach’srnMainframe COBOL, Murach’s OS/390 and z/OS JCL, and installed HERCULES MVSrnEmulator and installed Microfocus COBOL (now called Rocket Visual COBOL). Alsornreviewed all the online Broadcom IDMS Reference Manuals.  Installed PostgreSQL 19 and refreshing my SQLrnskills with a refresher course.  Conceptsrnwere just as I remembered from my many years of experience.

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EXPERIENCE

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August 1987 – July 2025

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Sr. Systems Analyst IV • Northrop Grumman Corporation/TRWrn(GENERAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS)

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2022-2025  Migratedrnmy core systems to new platforms I no longer maintained.

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Migrated eRoom collaboration system to Sharepoint withrnContent Matrix migration tool,

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Migrated Guided Search engine as is to companywiderninternal search engine platform.

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Migrated EEMS as is to vendor platform (including OraclernDatabase and external attachments) manually.

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2008-2022

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Sr. Systems Analyst/Architect and Systems Administratorrnfor a number of in-house systems

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Programmer for Microfocus COBOL Net Express with IDMS-PCrnfor General Business Systems converted from retired MVS mainframe.

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Application Administrator for: Guided Searchrn(Microsoft Server/Unix/Linux OSs) using Exalead search technology with an ORACLErnDatabase.  eRoom collaboration systemrnwith SQL Server. Autosys with SQL Server/Oracle.  Remedy Incident Management System withrnDB2. All involved various SQL queries and scripting.

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1987-2008

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Sr. Programmer/Analyst and Internal Technical Consultant forrnGeneral Business Systems on IBM OS/390 Mainframe Computer with JCL, TSO/ISPF, IDMS/DB-DCrnand ADS/O. Helped 20+ programmers resolve all technical mainframe programmingrnand operating system interface issues.

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Y2K Certification Analyst to mitigate failure on 1/1/2000.  Sarbanes – Oxley Compliance Analyst.

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August 1986 – August 1987

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Sr. Programmer/Analyst / Technical Lead • FirstrnInterstate Bank (BANKING)

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COBOL Programmer for General Business Systems on IBM MVS/ESArnMainframe Computer with JCL, TSO/ISPF, IDMS/DB-DC and ADS/O.  Helped my team resolve technical issues withrntheir programs.

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October 1983 – August 1986

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Contract Programmer/Analyst  • Megadyne Information Systems / The Doctor’srnCompany (INSURANCE)

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COBOL Programmer for General Business Systems on IBM MVSrnMainframe Computer with JCL, TSO/ISPF,  IDMS/DB-DC and ADS/O.

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July  1982 –rnOctober 1983

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Programmer/Analyst rn• Apple Computers (FINANCE AND MANUFACTURING)

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COBOL Programmer for General Business Systems on IBM MVSrnMainframe Computer with JCL, TSO/ISPF,  IDMS/DB-DC and ADS/O.

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January 1981 – July 1982

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Programmer/Analyst rn• Northstar Computers (FINANCE AND MANUFACTURING)

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Basic++ Programmer for General Business Systems on PDPrn11/70 Midrange Computer with RSTS/E OS

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April 1977 – April  – 1979

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Programmer/Analyst/Architect • University Of California,rnBerkeley Counseling Center

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After 1 class in Basic, conceived, wrote and maintained anrnentire client appointment system in Basic with files spread over a series of 5rn¼” floppy discs (providing infinite storage capacity) before there were indexedrnfiles.

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