Résumé of Bruce C. Grant

<body lang="EN-US" link="#000066" vlink="purple" alink="#660000" style="tab-interval:.5in" background="../img/bg/bg-cesg3.gif"> <a name="top"></a><h1><font face="Times New Roman">Résumé of <b>Bruce Cameron Grant</b></font><a href="img/BG0812.jpg"><img alt="photo" hspace="8" src="img/BG0812th.jpg" align="middle" vspace="4" border="1"></a></h1> <p><b>Information Systems Consultant / Project Manager</b> (Systems Programming, Data Security, Information Technology Standards, Performance Management, and System Conversions);<b> President of <a href="http://www.cesols.com">COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS Inc.</a></b>, Belmont, CA</p> <p>Diversified information systems experience since 1969, with extensive expertise in both IBM mainframe systems and in microcomputers.  Sometimes described as an "Information Technology Efficiency Expert," Bruce Grant's major strengths are:<br> <ul type="disc"> <li>Planning and implementation of Data Center hardware and software installations, conversions, and upgrades, working as lead technician and/or as Project Manager</li> <li>Operating system software (IBM & 3rd-party) installation/conversion/upgrade planning and implementation</li> <li>Information Systems performance measurement, tuning, workflow management, and system troubleshooting</li> <li>Design, coding, and implementation of high-performance, user-friendly, ISPF interfaces to existing applications</li> <li>Information Security systems implementation, auditing, analysis, and improvement</li> <li>DASD management, tape management, and job management subsystems</li> <li>Computer Operator and Programmer/Analyst training</li> <li>Information Systems Standards development, Configuration Management, Y2K conversions & compatibility testing</li> <li>MVS Internals: OS/390, MVS/ESA, MVS/XA, MVS/370 and JES2 systems programming</li> <li>Teleprocessing network design and implementation (mainframe, LAN, and WAN)</li> <li>IBM & compatible microcomputer systems integration & programming, with Windows</li> <li>UNIX, UTS, and LINUX system administration</li> <li>CICS systems programming (multi-experienced in version conversions)</li> </ul> <center><font face="Helvetica,Arial,Sans Serif"> <table cellpadding="6" border="2" bgcolor="#003333"> <tr align="center" onmouseover="#FFFF00"> <td><a href="#mainf"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Mainframe<br>Technical Experience Summary</font></a></td>  <td><a href="#mfcli"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Mainframe<br>Consulting Client List</font></a></td>  </tr> <tr align="center" onmouseover="#FFFF00"> <td><a href="#empl"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Relevant Employment<br>Experience</font></a></td> <td><a href="#refs"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Professional References</font></a></td> <td><a href="#affil"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Professional Affiliations</font></a></td> <td><a href="#top"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">return to top of page</font></a></td> </tr> </table> </font></center> <a name="mainf"></a><h3>MAINFRAME TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY <font size="-1"> (in strength order within each category)</font></h3> <h4>Hardware:</h4> <ul type="disc"> <li>IBM S/390, ES/9000, 3090, 3084, 3081, 3083, 3033, 4381, 4341, S/370, S/360</li> <li>Hitachi Skyline, Amdahl 5895, 5890, 5880, 5860, 470/V8, 470/V6</li> <li>IBM 3745, 3720, 3725, 3705, 3704</li> <li>Comten 3690, 3670-II, 3650</li> <li>IBM 3990, 3880, 3850, 3830, 3390, 3380, 3350, 3330, 2319, 2314, 2311, 3480, 3420, 2401</li> <li>STC 8880, 8650, 8360, 8000, 3670, 3650</li> <li>many other mainframe peripheral devices</li> </ul> <h4>Software:</h4> <ul type="disc"> <li>z/OS, OS/390, MVS/ESA, MVS/XA, MVS/370, MVS/SE, SVS, OS/VS1, MVT, MFT, PCP, VM/XA, VM/SP, VM/370, UTS (Amdahl's mainframe UNIX); DOS/VSE and DOS/360 conversions/interfacing to MVS</li> <li>JES2, JES2 NJE, JES2 RJE, VPS, HASPRPS, JES, HASP, HASPNJE, HASPRJE</li> <li>SMP/E, CA-Activator, SMP4</li> <li>Omegamon II/MVS, Omegamon II/CICS, RMF, Omegamon, TMON for MVS</li> <li><b>ASA/TSS™</b>, CA-TSS (CA-Top Secret Security), CA-ENF, RACF, CA-ACF2, CICS/ALERT</li> <li>TSO/E, TSO, ISPF, ISPF/PDF, XBMS, SPF, VM/CMS, XEDIT, NED, FSE+, INTERACT, SUPERWYLBUR</li> <li>CTS (CICS Transaction Services), CICS/ESA, CICS/MVS, CICS/VS, DB2, IDMS, IDD, LDD</li> <li>MVS Utilities, Access Method Services,SDSF, PDS/E, PDS, IOF, DF/DSS, DSF, DF/HSM, DF/SMS, MVS-SOF, FDR</li> <li>StorageTek Tape Silos, CA-1/TMS, CA-7, CA-TLMS II</li> <li>DCF (SCRIPT/VS), XROFF, TROFF, OS/DITTO</li> <li>DFSORT, OS/VS Sort/Merge, SYNCSORT, SM-1 SORT/MERGE, Panvalet</li> <li>SNA, CNA, ISO</li> <li>ACF/VTAM, TPX, NetView, NCCF, NPDA, TCP/IP, NetPass, NDM, SuperSession, BTAM, TCAM, X.25</li> <li>ACF/NCP/VS, PEP, EP, CNS2, NCP2, EP4, MAF, SRM, TILS, APS, SILS, DSS-1</li> </ul> <h4>Languages and Compilers:</h4> <ul type="disc"> <li>MVS JCL, OS/VS Assembler & Macro languages, COBOL, PL/S, FORTRAN, SAS, DYL-260, EASYTRIEVE, CA-EARL, CODEL</li> <li>TSO CLISTs, ISPF Dialogs, REXX, EXEC2, INTERACT EXECs</li> <li>ASM H, ASM G, ASM F, ASM/360, COBOL/370, LE/370, COBOL II, VS/COBOL, ANS COBOL, COBOL F, FORTRAN G, FORTRAN H, PL/I Optimizing Compiler & Library</li> </ul> <center><font face="Helvetica,Arial,Sans Serif"> <table cellpadding="6" border="2" bgcolor="#003333"> <tr align="center" onmouseover="#FFFF00"> <td><a href="#mainf"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Mainframe<br>Technical Experience Summary</font></a></td>  <td><a href="#mfcli"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Mainframe<br>Consulting Client List</font></a></td>  </tr> <tr align="center" onmouseover="#FFFF00"> <td><a href="#empl"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Relevant Employment<br>Experience</font></a></td> <td><a href="#refs"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Professional References</font></a></td> <td><a href="#affil"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Professional Affiliations</font></a></td> <td><a href="#top"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">return to top of page</font></a></td> </tr> </table> </font></center>        <center><font face="Helvetica,Arial,Sans Serif"> <table cellpadding="6" border="2" bgcolor="#003333"> <tr align="center" onmouseover="#FFFF00"> <td><a href="#mainf"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Mainframe<br>Technical Experience Summary</font></a></td>  <td><a href="#mfcli"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Mainframe<br>Consulting Client List</font></a></td>  </tr> <tr align="center" onmouseover="#FFFF00"> <td><a href="#empl"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Relevant Employment<br>Experience</font></a></td> <td><a href="#refs"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Professional References</font></a></td> <td><a href="#affil"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Professional Affiliations</font></a></td> <td><a href="#top"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">return to top of page</font></a></td> </tr> </table> </font></center> <a name="mfcli"></a><h3>Mainframe CONSULTING Client Roster <font size="-1"> (most recent first)</font></h3> <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="4" border="0" width="90%"> <tr> <td width="50%"> <ul> <li>New United Motors Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI), Fremont, CA (2000-01)</li> <li>Visa USA, San Mateo, CA (1998)</li> <li>Pacific Gas & Electric Company, San Francisco (twice: 1997, 1993-94)</li> <li>The Gap, Inc., San Bruno & Rocklin, CA (1997)</li> <li>Pacific Stock Exchange, San Francisco (1996-97)</li> <li>Behring Diagnostics Inc., San Jose & Fremont, CA (1996)</li> <li>Roche Biosciences Inc., Palo Alto, CA (1996)</li> <li>Syva Co., Palo Alto & San Jose, CA (1996)</li> <li>Syntex (USA) Inc., Palo Alto, CA (five times 1996-1986)</li> <li><i>[an unnamed, $multi-billion, financial institution, S.F. Bay Area (1995) <font size="-2">(non-disclosure still in effect)]</font></i></li> <li>Calif. State Automobile Assn. Inter-Insurance Bureau, San Francisco (twice: 1994-95,1992-93)</li> <li>DeltaNet,Inc., San Francisco (1994)</li> <li>Bank of the West, Santa Clara, CA (1992-93)</li> </ul></td> <td width="50%"> <ul> <li>USS Posco Industries, Pittsburg, CA (1992)</li> <li>IBM Professional Services Division, Oakland, CA (1992)</li> <li>Wells Fargo Bank, Private Banking Group, San Francisco (1991)</li> <li>Charles Schwab & Co., San Francisco (1989-90)</li> <li>Amdahl Corp., Sunnyvale, CA (1988)</li> <li>Viacom Cable Corp., Pleasanton (1987)</li> <li>Enigma Logic Inc., Concord, CA (twice: 1987, 1984)</li> <li>TDS Healthcare Systems, Santa Clara, CA (1986-87)</li> <li>Fujitsu Microelectronics, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (1986)</li> <li>HBO & Co., Foster City, CA (1986)</li> <li>General Electric Corp., San Jose, CA (1985)</li> <li>Blue Cross of Northern Calif., Oakland, CA (1984-85)</li> <li>Computer Resources Group, Systems Support Division, San Francisco -- Senior MVS Consultant (1984-87)</li> <li>Tesseract Corp., San Francisco (1978)</li> <li>Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco (1974)</li> </ul></td> </tr> </table> <center><font face="Helvetica,Arial,Sans Serif"> <table cellpadding="6" border="2" bgcolor="#003333"> <tr align="center" onmouseover="#FFFF00"> <td><a href="#mainf"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Mainframe<br>Technical Experience Summary</font></a></td>  <td><a href="#mfcli"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Mainframe<br>Consulting Client List</font></a></td>  </tr> <tr align="center" onmouseover="#FFFF00"> <td><a href="#empl"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Relevant Employment<br>Experience</font></a></td> <td><a href="#refs"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Professional References</font></a></td> <td><a href="#affil"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Professional Affiliations</font></a></td> <td><a href="#top"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">return to top of page</font></a></td> </tr> </table> </font></center>             <a name="empl"></a><h3>Relevant Employment History <font size="-2"> (1983-1969, most recent first)</font></h3> <ul> <li>Raychem Corp., Menlo Park (1981-83: Systems Programming Group Lead)</li> <li>NCR Comten,Inc., San Francisco and Roseville, MN (1980-81: Western Region Tech. Consultant)</li> <li>Fireman's Fund Insurance Cos., San Rafael (1978-80: Senior Systems Programmer)</li> <li>Tesseract Corp., San Francisco (1977: Systems Consultant and Product Manager)</li> <li>Stauffer Chemical Co., San Francisco (1975-77: Lead Systems Programmer)</li> <li>Rand Information Systems (1973-74 Systems Programming Manager)</li> <li>Wellsco Data Corp. (Wells Fargo Bank subsidiary), San Francisco (1972-73: Senior Systems Programmer)</li> <li>IBM Corp., Field Engineering Division, San Francisco (1969-72: Program Support CE)</li> </ul> <center><font face="Helvetica,Arial,Sans Serif"> <table cellpadding="6" border="2" bgcolor="#003333"> <tr align="center" onmouseover="#FFFF00"> <td><a href="#mainf"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Mainframe<br>Technical Experience Summary</font></a></td>  <td><a href="#mfcli"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Mainframe<br>Consulting Client List</font></a></td>  </tr> <tr align="center" onmouseover="#FFFF00"> <td><a href="#empl"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Relevant Employment<br>Experience</font></a></td> <td><a href="#refs"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Professional References</font></a></td> <td><a href="#affil"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Professional Affiliations</font></a></td> <td><a href="#top"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">return to top of page</font></a></td> </tr> </table> </font></center> <a name="refs"></a><h3>Professional References</h3> <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" border="0" width="90%"> <tr valign="top"> <td width="50%">Mr. Charles "C.J." Johnson<br> Computer Operations Manager<br> County of Alameda<br> 1221 Oak Street<br> Oakland, CA 94612 <br> (510) 272-3732   <a href="mailto:cjohnson@co.alameda.ca.us?subject=Reference%20request%20-%20Bruce%20Grant" title="e-mail to Charles Johnson">cjohnson@co.alameda.ca.us</a></td> <td width="50%">Mr. Edward M. Wagner<br> Information Security Program Manager<br> Genentech, Inc.   m/s 85<br> 1 DNA Way<br> South San Francisco, CA 94080<br> (650) 225-8546   <a href="mailto:wagner.edward@gene.com?subject=Reference%20request%20-%20Bruce%20Grant" title="e-mail to Ed Wagner">wagner.edward@gene.com</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Mr. Kenneth Jordan<br> Systems & Programming Admin.<br> Pacific Gas & Electric Co.<br> 425 Beck Ave.<br> Fairfield, CA 94533<br> (707) 427-7802   <a href="mailto:kaj2@pge.com?subject=Reference%20request%20-%20Bruce%20Grant" title="e-mail to Ken Jordan">kaj2@pge.com</a></td> <td>Mr. Bruce Wexler <br> Senior Systems Programmer<br> Wells Fargo Bank     m/s 0186-070<br> 155 Fifth St.<br> San Francisco, CA 94106<br> (415) 234-6226   <a href="mailto:zwexler@wellsfargo.com?subject=Reference%20request%20-%20Bruce%20Grant" title="e-mail to Bruce Wexler">zwexler@wellsfargo.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mr. Norman Pennington<br> Security Administrator<br> Sungard Shareholder Systems<br> 951 Mariners Island Blvd., 5<sup>th</sup> floor<br> San Mateo, CA 94404<br> (650) 377-3789   <a href="mailto:npennington@sss.sungard.com?Subject=Reference%20request%20-%20Bruce%20Grant" title="e-mail to Norm Pennington">npennington@sss.sungard.com</a></td>  </tr> </table> <a name="affil"></a><h3>Professional Affiliations</h3> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:.4in; border-collapse:collapse; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <tr> <td width="50%"> <ul> <li>National Systems Professionals Assn. (NaSPA)</li> <li>Bay Area Chapter of NaSPA (BACON)</li> <li>Systems Programmers Assn. of Nor. Calif., officer</li> <li>Information Systems Security Assn. (ISSA)</li> </ul></td> <td width="50%"> <ul> <li>Northern Calif. Top Secret Users Group (TopCats)</li> <li>West Coast Chapter of the Computer Measurement Group (CMG), founder, President</li> </ul></td> </tr> </table> <br> <center><font face="Helvetica,Arial,Sans Serif"> <table cellpadding="6" border="2" bgcolor="#003333"> <tr align="center" onmouseover="#FFFF00"> <td><a href="#mainf"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Mainframe<br>Technical Experience Summary</font></a></td>  <td><a href="#mfcli"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Mainframe<br>Consulting Client List</font></a></td>  </tr> <tr align="center" onmouseover="#FFFF00"> <td><a href="#empl"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Relevant Employment<br>Experience</font></a></td> <td><a href="#refs"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Professional References</font></a></td> <td><a href="#affil"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">Professional Affiliations</font></a></td> <td><a href="#top"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1">return to top of page</font></a></td> </tr> </table> </font></center> <center> <p class="hr"><img src="../img/LgrnOrn.gif" vspace="3" height="21" width="623"></p> <p><i>For a Microsoft Word version of this résumé, please click here: <a href="resBGe2.doc"><img src="../img/btn/downlodT.gif" width="98" height="30" border="0" hspace="8" align="middle"></a></i></p> </center> <font face="Verdana,Arial,sans-serif" size="-1"> <center> <p><font color="#336633">This page has been accessed<br> <img src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=cesi-resBG.dat&dd=C" alt="page counter" vspace="4"><br> times and was last updated<br> 1/20/04 14:25 PT</font></p> </center> <p><img src="../img/shim.gif" align="LEFT" width="30"><img src="../img/shim.gif" align="RIGHT" width="30"><img src="../img/ani/wip_anim.gif" align="RIGHT" width="88" height="31"><font color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica" size="-1">Please <a href="mailto:webmaster@cesols.com?Subject=CESI website- resBGe1c">e-mail our webmaster</a> if you discover anything wrong with this page (invalid links, image failures, non-compliant code, etc.).  This webpage <u>should</u> display correctly on all browsers written within the last 5 years.  Thanks.</font> <center> <table border="0"> <tr> <td align="CENTER" valign="MIDDLE"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana,Arial,sans-serif" size="-1">Content & format Copyright ©2002-2009<br> Cost-Effective Solutions.<br> All Rights Reserved.</font></td> <td align="CENTER" valign="MIDDLE"><a href="http://www.cesols.com"><img src="../img/cesb1sm2.gif" alt="C.E.S. logo" border="0" hspace="8"></a></td> <td align="CENTER"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif"><b><a href="http://www.cesols.com">COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS Inc.</a></b><br><i>"Solving business problems with technology"</i></font></td> </tr> </table> </center></p> </font> <p align="center"><font size="-2">Last update: 12/22/09 15:30 PT</font></p> </body>