Nicholas J.

Mattera
West Milford, New Jersey 07480 (973) 697-1020 nmat@optonline.net

MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL Business Support Project Management Financial Deliverables

I am a motivated, accomplished and a hands-on IT manager whose focus is bringing my teams to successful completion of tasks while maintaining top notch performance levels. A brief overview of some of my responsibilities include, utilizing project management tools to track and ensure objectives are being met and also identify any process enhancements. Provided instruction on new software products introduced on the mainframe platform. Provided continued interface with management and staff to prioritize projects and tasks in accordance with departmental goals. Identified and resolved any daily brush fires (technical issues) that impacted any mainframe system(s). . CORE MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES Strategic Contribution Results Driven Project Management Leadership Communication Continuous Learning PROFESSIONAL EXPERENCE The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Montvale, NJ 1979 2013 Manager of Mainframe Systems and MQ Series Administration: 2002 - 2013 Developed, managed practices and performed operational standards to ensure performance and stability on platforms interfacing with the mainframe. Credit card data that entered in to the system was carefully scrutinized and made compliant with Payment Card Industry (PCI) requirements. Partner with IT Project Management teams to define key IT project criteria Proposed and delivered the annual operating budget and business plan for my department that aligned with the Company goals and objectives. Designed, built and deployed into production environment a network of MQ Series, queue managers and servers for data transmissions inside and outside the IT infrastructure. Performed Windows system administrator duties for vendor report repository package (VISTA) Presented strong recommendations for disk storage and memory usage based on trending reports. Conducted Performance Management evaluations with each team member. Established good vendor relationships with hardware and software vendors critical to assigned systems and hardware platforms Requested RFPs, evaluated, selected and negotiated with hardware and software vendors for required equipment and services.(Unix, Linux, Windows and Mainframe) Prepared supporting documentation for contracts and offers and presented offer to Companys legal department for legal review and modifications. Plan, review, set-up and test mainframe environment for yearly disaster recovery event. Created user policies for Data Center operations and Help Desk Developed executable plan for mainframe computer equipment to complete data center closing Active participation in Company cost saving initiative by reducing costs relating to the mainframe. Conducted exploratory downsizing and Co-location feasibilities for mainframe environment. Provided 24x7x365 on-call availability via smartphone/laptop. Financial and Business Acumen Managing Human Resources Strong Interpersonal Skills

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Mainframe Systems Programmer/Supervisor:

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2000 - 2002

Installed, tested and implemented IBM operating systems (VSE, VM, MVS, z/OS) and system program products. Mainframe Systems Programming skills include: OSA (Networking Interface), ESCON/ FICON (Connectivity to peripheral devices), DASD Storage and ATL Tape Storage, and Network Routers (Manage device setup and addressability) Operating Systems experience include JES2, SMP/E, TSO, ISPF/PDF, RACF, VTAM/SNA, TCP/IP, OSPF (TCP/IP Routing Protocol), VSAM, and FTP Applications and programming experience include: Assembler, COBOL, CICS, MQ/Series ISV Vendor list: SYNCSORT, BMC, LRS, FILE-AID, IOF, MXG, OPEN TEXT, TPS, and SAS. Configured, installed, tested and implemented independent software vendor products required to support development and production application systems. Configured, installed, tested, implemented and modified CICS online communication software used in core retail store systems.(COBOL and Assembler Language) Configured IBM communications software (NCP) and used TCP/IP in an existing SNA network. Designed, coded, tested and implemented, VTAM communications program that reduced costs in the maintenance of the core retail store systems. (Assembler Language) Analyzes changes and enhancements to software issued by manufacturer and determines impact on existing production systems Maintains the development and quality assurance test systems for new application systems Guide system designers and programmers in the use of system software Physical hardware planning (tape and disk storage media and communication equipment) Interaction with IBM and other hardware vendors for RFPs. support and upgrades Teaching Experience 2001 - 2003 A&P Corp Hq Montvale, NJ Corporate Trainer Leadership Development Series 1990 1997 Computer Learning Center Paramus, NJ VSE, PC Operations, Novell Administration 1982 - 1983 Bergen Community College Paramus, NJ Programming Instructor/Advisory member 2000 Current Martial Arts instructor. Peaceful Valley Martial Arts. Adult/children education Professional Profile Proficient with Microsoft Office Strong organizational and time management skills Interpersonal and leadership skills: Ability to work with teams in a fast pace environment Personable and professional demeanor while speaking with business associates Education BS / Computer Science: Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI American Management Association IBM Education Center: New York, NY (VTAM, CICS, MQ, VSAM and System Programming) Learning Tree/Global Knowledge. Unix Administration classes, CISCO networking Currently enrolled in online IT webinars for interests in technology advancements