Fabian Bode - Application Developer

Q: Where is Fabian based?

Fabian is based in Munich, Germany .

Q: What languages does Fabian speak?

Fabian speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Fabian have?

Fabian has at least 29 years of experience. During this time, Fabian has worked in at least 8 different roles . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 11 months . Note that Fabian may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Fabian's latest experience?

Fabian's most recent position is Application Developer .

Q: Which industries is Fabian most experienced in?

Fabian is most experienced in industries like Insurance , Government and Public Administration , and Banking and Finance . Fabian also has some experience in Information Technology (IT) .

Q: Which business areas is Fabian most experienced in?

Fabian is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Business Intelligence , and Project Management . Fabian also has some experience in Product Development and Quality Assurance (QA) .

Q: Which industries has Fabian worked in recently?

Fabian has recently worked in industries like Insurance and Banking and Finance .

Q: Which business areas has Fabian worked in recently?

Fabian has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT) .

Q: What is Fabian's education?

Fabian attended education in Business Informatics .

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Munich, Germany

Experience

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024

2 years

Application Developer

Implementation and deployment of never-ending processes in batch with new DB2 tables
Implementation of new plausibility checks in CICS screens for minor account holders and legal representatives
Creation of refund credits without positions in all categories without a deletion flag, but with a date of death for at least one account holder
Handling of special cases in refund credits with specific posting types and/or inactive payment methods
Development of a new batch process for buying and selling individual, collective, or implicit transaction costs through third-party providers
Loading of spread rates and annual cost rate updates
Performance optimization due to initialization processes in batch programs
Adjustments of authorizations/powers of attorney at the main account level and not the sub-account level
Skills: Cobol, PL/I, CICS, DB2, Eclipse, JCL, z/OS, TSO/ISPF, JIRA, Confluence, Git, Toad, stored procedures, Postman, VS Code

Jul 2018 - Dec 2022

4 years 6 months

Application Developer, DB Design and System Support

Support of the health insurance policy application, including issue and production fixes
Implementation of new processes for undeliverable mail and digital/online record management
Rollout of a booklet for policies
Support of the health insurance claims applications, including issue and production fixes
Implementation of new partner and document logistics processes
Migration of VPs into the partner portfolio and introduction of the BKV card for group contracts
Creation of subsidy certificates and introduction of new subsidy rates for health insurance
Implementation of a general error logging and monitoring system
Development of a prototype for the new account statement ("NEW") and reports on commission payments for canceled, inactive, and reactivated policies
Introduction of Index Invest, SafeSmart products and associated dynamic print documents
Migration of CoreLife/new system with contract reorganization and migration of residual credit with contract reorganization
Introduction of an error reporting system for migrations and error correction in the composite dialog
Conversion of programs to the new Cobol compiler version including syntax adjustments
Skills: Cobol, PL/I, Assembler, DB2, Tabex, IMS/DB, CICS, JCL, MVS, TSO/ISPF, SCLM, MQ Series, Dopix, Xpediter, IDz, JIRA, Confluence

Sep 2009 - Jun 2018

8 years 10 months

Application Developer, Business Analyst, DB/System Support

Support of partner and intermediary systems in daily operations and production fixes
Migration of residual credit contracts and the associated IMS/DB2 database
Introduction of a customer-partner-contract history and migration of the partner database, including interface adjustments
Introduction of duplicate checking and consolidation for partner addresses
Implementation of a partner sanctions dialog, including batch sanction lists
Migration of motor vehicle contracts with third-party beneficiaries and lenders (Cobol, DB2, VSAM)
Business analysis and implementation of open item dialogs and dunning/blocking dialogs from SAP FS-CD Collections/Dunning
Implementation of SAP FS-CD reports for open item dialogs, dunning and blocking (ABAP, Cobol)
Introduction of a bank code account check during bank mergers and SEPA migration of bank details
Analysis, design and implementation of an interface from intermediaries to FS-CD
Migration of partner master data from ICIS and replacement of VSAM/VTAS files to DB2
Skills: Cobol, PL/I, IMS/DB DC, DB2, CICS, JCL, MVS, TSO/ISPF, Changeman, Rexx, VSAM, Panvalet, ABAP, SAP FS-CD, FI-CO, Assembler

Mar 2009 - Aug 2009

6 months

Business Analyst, Application Developer

Analysis of the existing content management system and development of a business concept and technical design for a new Cobol development under IMS/DB, TSO, ISPF and DB2
Analysis of existing Rexx procedures and Cobol programs in the CMS under SWT01
Programming of new requirements in the CMS based on the functional specification
Documentation and bug fixing in the existing CMS
Skills: Cobol, Rexx, IMS/DB, DB2, JCL, MVS, SWT01, TSO/ISPF

Mar 2002 - Feb 2009

7 years

System Architect, Application Developer, Project Lead, Business Analyst

Development of a functional and technical design for "late payment rules" and "interest" in the patent fee billing system
Creation of cross-team specifications for test runs and production implementations
Redesign of database structures for the introduction of new member countries
Adaptation of online and batch programs
Business analysis and design of new statistical programs for lapse conditions, durations and mortality rates for controlling and budget planning
Development of a DB2 database extraction in Cobol for the data warehouse (CDW1)
Development of new SAS programs and data marts for controlling
Conversion of an IMS/DB structure with patent payment rates to DB2 with Cobol
Design and implementation of a batch process between fee management and controlling to monitor revoked patents
Coordination of production release rollouts, troubleshooting, administration and fine-tuning of SQL accesses on DB2
Skills: MVS, Cobol, TSO, ISPF, PL/I, Java, CICS, DB2, Windows Rexx, Tivoli, Lotus Notes, JCL, SAS, WA-Administrator

Mar 2001 - Feb 2002

1 year

Application Developer, Test Analyst

Analysis and adaptation of programs for the Y2K conversion in the residual credit system
Development and documentation of the technical conversion
Introduction of the euro in the residual credit system and conversion of screen sets
Implementation of a product maintenance dialog for non-life insurance based on a functional specification
Migration from CICS maps to Java screen sets including source code analysis and code optimization
New development of Java screen sets for the product maintenance dialog in non-life insurance
Bug fixing for the residual credit system
Skills: MVS, Cobol, TSO, ISPF, CICS, DB2, Java

Dec 1998 - Feb 2001

2 years 3 months

System Analyst, Application Developer

Coordination and implementation of the Y2K conversion for life insurance
Program analysis, planning, development, and testing for the introduction of a new tariff generation for life insurance
Implementation of a single-premium system based on the functional specification
Euro conversion in the life insurance department
Skills: CICS, Cobol, TSO, ISPF, DB2, Assembler

Mar 1998 - Nov 1998

9 months

Application Developer

Optimization of Java programs and screen sets in various departments
Skills: Java, JBilder, Visual Cafe

Jul 1996 - Apr 1998

1 year 10 months

System Analyst, Application Developer

Business analysis to extend the interface from the life insurance department to reinsurance and check coverage amounts
Rewriting a legacy system from Assembler to Cobol in the life insurance department
Optimization of batch processes and JCL
Enhancement and maintenance of reinsurance programs
Skills: Cobol, Assembler, Rexx, DL1, VSAM, CICS, JCL, MVS, TSO, ISPF

Oct 1995 - Jun 1996

9 months

Administration

Implementation of IBM standard software
Skills: OS/2, IBM standard software

Summary

Over the past 30 years, I have worked as an application developer, system designer, system analyst, test specialist, business analyst and in project management for migrations. My work covered insurance companies, government agencies and banks. My main focus was the development and maintenance of new and legacy applications on the mainframe using Cobol, CICS, IMS and DB2.

Skills

Operating Systems: Mainframe: Mvs Os/390, Z/os, Dos/vse, Dos, Os/2; Novell 3.0, 3.11, 4.0; Microsoft Windows; Sap R/3, Sap Erp
Databases And Dc Systems: Cics, Ims/dc; Db2, Ims/db, Dl1, Oracel, Tabex
Programming Languages: Assembler, Cobol, Pl/1, Rexx, C, Sql, Java, Sas, Abap
Software Design: Business And Detailed Design, Technical Design
Software Development And Data Modeling Methods: Erm (Entity Relationship Model), Iaa Model, Fsa (Function Structure Analysis), Npg Programming
Software Development Kits: Micro Focus Cobol Workbench; Sas Base, Sas Enterprise Guide; Wa-administrator, Di Studio; Sap R3 Fs-cd
Mainframe Software Products: Ispf, Jcl, Jes, Sdsf, Mainview, Arc, Xinfo, Tso, Bmc, Beta 92/93, Opc, Racf, Strobe, Dumpmaster, Tws, Iws, Mq Series, Xpediter, Ibm Debug Tool, List Generator, Culprit Princeton, Rt-tool, Intertest, Swt01, Swt03, Endevor, Vsam, Bsam, Gsam, Changeman, Panvalet, Sclm (Software Configuration And Library Manager), Fileaid, Abend-aid, Abendaid
Pc Software Products: Ms Office, Visio, Project; Jira, Hpsm, Servicenow; Lotus Notes, Outlook; Rdz, Idz, Rtc, Ide, Procman, Postman; Innovator, Toad, Vs Code, Intellij, Squirrel; Control-m, Webadmin, Git, Gitlab, Github
Sap: Fi-co, Fs-cd

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Business Informatics Specialist · Business Informatics

Profile

Created

December 2024

Last Update

December 2025

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Where is Fabian based?

Fabian is based in Munich, Germany.

What languages does Fabian speak?

Fabian speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Fabian have?

Fabian has at least 29 years of experience. During this time, Fabian has worked in at least 8 different roles. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 11 months. Note that Fabian may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Fabian be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Fabian would be well-suited for roles such as: Application Developer, Application Developer, DB Design and System Support, Application Developer, Business Analyst, DB/System Support.

What is Fabian's latest experience?

Fabian's most recent position is Application Developer.

Which industries is Fabian most experienced in?

Fabian is most experienced in industries like Insurance, Government and Public Administration, and Banking and Finance. Fabian also has some experience in Information Technology (IT).

Which business areas is Fabian most experienced in?

Fabian is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Business Intelligence, and Project Management. Fabian also has some experience in Product Development and Quality Assurance (QA).

Which industries has Fabian worked in recently?

Fabian has recently worked in industries like Insurance and Banking and Finance.

Which business areas has Fabian worked in recently?

Fabian has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT).

What is Fabian's education?

Fabian attended education in Business Informatics.

What is the availability of Fabian?

Fabian is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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