Bassel Khattab

Experience Summary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analyst Programmer – IBM Mainframe

Information Technology Professional with more than nine years of experience in the development of financial and commercial data processing applications. Extensive experience in the design and implementation of systems using COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DL/I, and DB2. IBM Mainframe and AS400 Platforms. Industries include Banking and Government Sectors (Pension & Insurance).

 

Claims to the job

 

§      Mainframe courses for developing applications using COBOL, CICS, AND VISUAL GEN  (IBM Cairo – AMAC).

§      Practical training in Programming using PL/I – ASA (Liverpool Victoria – UK)

§      Good experience in developing applications using COBOL, CICS, DB2, and DLI (BATCH & ONLINE) dealing with SAM & VSAM files, IMS databases, and DB2.

§      PMP preparing courses in Mina chapter Egypt and EDS Egypt.

 

Professional Experience

 

Jul 2008 - Current                                             Saudi Arabia    

  Consultant, Outsource to RAJHI bank

  (KSA – Elsag datamat  contractor)

    

·         Project Description: Production support for SIB2000 banking systems.

·         Contribution: Analyze and coordinate technical and business problems with support team in Italy, Maintenance & support to solve programming problems in production systems .

·         Technologies and methodologies used:  IBM Mainframe S/390, OS/390, CICS, DB2, COBOL III.

 

 

Aug 2002 – Jul 2008, EDS                                    Cairo, Egypt    

Liver Pool Victoria Project

 

·         Project Description: Choice Liverpool Victoria is an insurance project which offers a lot of products to costumers.  EDS Egypt is in charge of enhancements and modifications. 

·         Contribution: Participated in implementing and programming of Choice Insurance system.

·         Technologies and methodologies used: PLI / ASA – MVS, IBM Mainframe .

 

Jun 2001 – Jul 2004, SIS                                       Cairo, Egypt

IT Manager for SIS (Scientists for Information Systems)

 

·         Project Description: Technical support management  

·         Contribution: Participated in managing the technical support department for the PC’s software & hardware maintenance.

·        Technologies and methodologies used: Microsoft Operating Systems (MS DOS / WINDOWS95, 98, MELINIUM, AND XP) – IBM copatible Pc’s.

Apr 2000 - May 2001                                             Saudi Arabia    

  Consultant, Outsource to RAJHI bank

  (KSA – IBM sub-contractor)

    

·         Project Description: Production support for Payroll / Trade & Finance & IPACRI banking systems.

·         Contribution: Maintenance & support to solve programming problems in production systems (Trade and Finance, Payroll, and IPACRI).

·         Technologies and methodologies used:  IBM Mainframe S/390, OS/390, CICS, DB2, COBOL II.

 

Nov 1999 – Apr 2000                                             Cairo, Egypt

   Analyst programmer, DMS.

 

·         Project Description: Implementation & support for BMIS (DMS banking package).

·         Contribution: Packages maintenance & support to Alexandria and & Industrial development banks.

·        Technologies and methodologies used:  IBM AS/400, COBOL/400,  DB2/400.

 

Mar 1999 – Nov 1999                                            Saudi Arabia   

   Analyst programmer, STC (Saudi Telecommunication Center)

LUCENT- ICMS Project

 

·         Project Description: IMS database migration to flat files.

·         Contribution: Developing batch programs (COBOL – DL/I) to migrate IMS database to flat (SAM) FILES.

·         Technologies and methodologies used:  IBM Mainframe S/390, COBOL II, DL/I, IMS databases, SAM files.

 

Sept 1998 – Mar 1999                                           Saudi Arabia

   Analyst programmer, RAJHI bank (KSA – IBM sub-contractor)

 

·         Project Description: Support for technical programming problems.

·         Contribution:  Solving technical programming problems with end-users in production systems (Online–CICS/MVS): LG – Letter of Guarantee system and SD – Share Deviance system.  Also Joined Arabization teams for IPACRI banking system (DB2) and Riyadh bank – Saudi Arabia.

·         Technologies and methodologies used:  IBM Mainframe S/390,  COBOL II, CICS, DB2.

 

Nov 1991 – Sept 1998                                         Cairo, Egypt                 

Analyst programmer, Pensions & Insurance Organization

 

 

·         Project Description:  Design & programming of pensions systems.

·         Contribution: 

·         Participated in development of the following production systems:

§         Main inquiry system for pensions (design & programming)        (Online using COBOL – CICS/VS).

§         Pension calculation system  (analysis & programming) used to calculate current value for pensions at the end of service (Batch using COBOL, Online using CICS/VS & DL/I).

§         Salary calculation system used to calculate the total sum of variable parts of the salary at the end of service (analysis & programming) (Batch using COBOL, Online using CICS/VS).                                                                                  

§         Pension substittution system used for calculating the current value of partial or total substitution of  pensions (Batch using COBOL).

§         Financial position evaluation system used to evaluated the financial position of the PIO.(Batch using COBOL).

·         Monitoring the execution of batch jobs.

·         Monitoring the execution of online systems (User’s problems, updates, …ETC)

 

·         Technologies and methodologies used:  IBM Mainframe, VSE/ESA, COBOL,  COBOL II, CICS, DL/I.

 

 

Qualifications & Proficiencies

 

B.S. in Commerce, Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration

Helwan University – Cairo, Egypt 1991, grade GOOD