Hans-dieter Große-kreul - Life Test Manager

Düsseldorf, Germany

Experience

Dec 2018 - Present

6 years 8 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Life Test Manager

Ergo Versicherung

Test manager for a life insurance policy administration system
Software used: Cobol, DB2, Endevor, ISPW, TSO, JCL, z/OS, IBM Rational Developer for Z (RDZ), ERwin, Case 4/0, MS-Access, Outlook, HP-ALM, MS Office 2019 and 365, SharePoint, Internet Explorer, OneNote, Kanban.

Mar 2016 - Jan 2017

11 months

Hamburg, Germany

Application Development Life

Talanx Versicherung

Maintenance of life insurance policy administration with partial new development of requirements (Riester, FATCA, Code of Conduct, etc.)
Software used: PL/1 for Windows, C, Oracle, Hora, shell scripts, MS-Access, Unix, Outlook, HP-ALM, UTM, HelpDesk ticket system, MS Office, Internet Explorer

Sep 2013 - Dec 2015

2 years 4 months

Bremen, Germany

Application Development Life

Basler Versicherung

Maintenance of life insurance policy administration with new requirement development (Riester, etc.)
Migration to msg life
Software used: Cobol, Assembler, PL/1, REXX, Adabas, JCL, UC4 jobs, CICS, DCF, DB2, HelpDesk ticket system, MS-Access, Lotus Notes, MS Office, Internet Explorer
Data modeling and database design with ERwin
User training on developed applications

Sep 2012 - Dec 2013

4 months

Aachen, Germany

Application Development Life

Generali Versicherung

SEPA project: analysis and change of existing host programs in the life area
Review and adjustment of the data model, update existing and create new DB2 tables
Development of access routines and extensive testing
Software used: IBM Rational Developer for Z (RDZ), ClearQuest, RSA, Cobol, TSO, JCL, DB2, IMS, CVS, Lotus Notes, IBM HelpDesk ticket system, MS Office, Internet Explorer
Data modeling and database design with ERwin

Feb 2012 - Present

13 years 6 months

Bonn, Germany

Application Development

Dental-Zulieferer

Business analysis, maintenance, optimization and SEPA adaptation of modules in an MS-Access invoicing program
Ongoing enhancements
Data modeling and database design with ERwin, VBA and MS-Access
Use of MS Office and Internet Explorer

Jan 2011 - Jul 2012

7 months

Bonn, Germany

Application Development

Dental-Zulieferer

Business analysis, maintenance, bug fixes and new development of modules in an MS-Access invoicing program
Data modeling and database design with ERwin
Use of MS Office and Internet Explorer

Oct 2007 - Dec 2011

4 years 3 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Application Development Life Insurance

Sparkassen-Versicherung

Maintenance of life insurance policy administration with partial new requirement development (insurance law, retirement notices, etc.)
Migration of host life insurance to COR
Software used: PL/1, TSO, JCL, Adabas, Natural, CICS, Endevor, WinSCP, Oracle 10, MS-Access, MS Office, Visio, FS-CD SAP, Lotus Notes
QA of delivered software

Nov 2006 - Sep 2007

11 months

Aachen, Germany

Tool Selection Host & Client/Server

Generali Versicherung

Evaluated tools for planning, IBM Rational tools, ClearQuest, RSA, RequisitePro, Lotus Notes and RMC
Selection and rollout of tools for over 700 workstations
Support of pilot projects
Development with Rational Software Architect 7.0, Java, Eclipse and WebSphere Application Server 5.1, 6.0, 6.1
Software used: MS Office

Jun 2006 - Dec 2006

7 months

Münster, Germany

Quality Assurance Data Warehouse

GAD Bank

Test manager for new BI/data warehouse solution for a banking group (bank21-reporting Release 2.0.0)
Software used: AIX, DB2, SAS, Java, WebSphere, data warehouse ETL, Sagent, Cognos 8 Framework Manager, ClearCase, ClearQuest, Rational RDA and RSA, TestDirector, MS Project, MS-Access, MS Office, Visio, Lotus Notes

Apr 2006 - May 2006

2 months

Hamburg, Germany

Application Development

Deutscher Herold Versicherungsgruppe

Adaptation of existing interface after phasing out CA-Endevor
Software used: z/OS, DB2, CLIST, TSO, JCL, PL/1, Rexx, Lotus Notes, MS Office

Feb 2006 - Mar 2006

2 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Test Manager Migration Data Warehouse

Citibank

Test manager for conversion of an existing data warehouse to a new system
Software used: AIX, DB2, SAS, data warehouse ETL, Cognos, TestDirector, MS Project, MS-Access, MS Office, Visio
QA of data, programs and reports

Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

1 year 1 month

Hamburg, Germany

Migration CA-Tools to IBM Tools

Deutscher Herold Versicherungsgruppe

Technical project lead for migration from CA-MIM to IBM GRS
Support and adaptation of existing interfaces when replacing CA-Endevor and CA-Easytrieve
Software used: z/OS, DB2, CLIST, PL/1, TSO, JCL, Rexx, CA tools, Lotus Notes, MS Office

Sep 2004 - Dec 2004

4 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Technical Project Lead DB2 Migration

Citibank

Introduction of DB2 v8.2 AAA on AIX
Analysis and real-time transfer of bulk data (approx. 3 TB)
Software used: AIX, DB2, SAS, data warehouse ETL, Cognos, MS Project, MS-Access, Lotus Notes

Jan 2004 - Jun 2004

6 months

Bonn, Germany

Test Stock Market Application in Java

Bank

Real-time stock quote application with buy, sell and account monitoring functions
Software used: Java, J2EE, XML, XSLT, MS Office, Access, Excel

Jun 2002 - Dec 2004

1 year 7 months

Mannheim, Germany

Application Development Life Insurance

Sparkassen-Versicherung

Maintenance and new development of life insurance policy administration
Software used: PL/1, Adabas, Natural, CICS, MS Office, Lotus Notes

May 2002 - Jun 2002

2 months

Essen, Germany

Test Customer Information System

Arcor

Support of developer testing during implementation of a customer information system
Software used: Java, Eclipse, Oracle, Sun, MS Office, PVCS

Mar 2002 - May 2002

3 months

Bonn, Germany

Dynamic Website Development

Cosmetics Industry

Created a dynamic website
Software used: Adobe GoLive 6.0, content management system, MS Office, PHP, MySQL

Aug 2001 - Feb 2002

7 months

Wiesbaden, Germany

Test Manager Host Project (Riester)

Sparkassen-Versicherung

Organized testing for host projects including coaching the project manager
Software used: Cobol, Natural, MS Project, MS-Access

Aug 2001 - Nov 2001

4 months

Munich, Germany

Project Lead DB2 for Web Portal

Daimler-Chrysler

Designed DB2 administration for 24/7 availability including backup and stabilization
Software used: UNIX, Windows NT, DB2, Java

Feb 2001 - Jun 2001

5 months

Cologne, Germany

Test Manager Java Project

Zurich Versicherung

Organized testing for Java projects in commercial liability
Software used: Java 1.2.2, TogetherJ, DB2, WinRunner, Lotus Notes, MS Office

Jun 2000 - Feb 2001

9 months

Bonn, Germany

Test Manager & Implementation of Test Management

Zurich Versicherung

Designed and introduced test and release management
Developed test concepts
Software used: Adonis, PVCS, Lotus Notes, MS Office

Jan 1999 - Sep 2000

9 months

Bonn, Germany

Coordination of Test Acceptance

T-Mobile

Oversaw and coordinated test activities for a new rating and billing system
Software used: C++, Oracle, Crystal Reports

Jan 1999 - Feb 2000

2 months

Wesseling, Germany

PPS System Optimization

Delta Top

Revised and optimized a PPS system
Software used: MS-Access and Visual Basic, MS Excel

Nov 1999 - Jan 2000

3 months

Munich, Germany

QA AutoBank

CL-Factoring GmbH (Eurofactor AG)

Reviewed documentation and verified Auto Bank, Auto Avis and Avis Scan software
Software used: Centura/Gupta

Apr 1999 - Oct 1999

7 months

Bonn, Germany

Business Process Optimization

Deutscher Herold Versicherungsgruppe

Developed a process manual and supported tool selection for processes
Software used: Adonis, PVCS

Feb 1999 - Mar 1999

2 months

Dortmund, Germany

Y2K Time Travel Concept

Signal Versicherung

Developed a concept for planned Y2K time travel. Project executed on behalf of Compuware.

Nov 1998 - Jan 1999

3 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Maintenance Test Concept

WestLB

Developed a concept for reusable tests
Software used: Silverrun, EPK, Aris

Sep 1998 - Oct 1998

2 months

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Y2K Time Travel Concept

SEB (BfG)

Developed a concept for Y2K time travel
Project on behalf of Compuware

Apr 1997 - Sep 1998

1 year 6 months

Cologne, Germany

Project Lead Y2K Conversion

DEVK Versicherung

Project and sub-project lead of the JTW core team for host Y2K conversion
Test automation and creation of integrated test environment concept
Software used: MVS, PL/1, CICS, JCL, TSO, Lotus Notes

Jun 1996 - Mar 1997

10 months

Cologne, Germany

Data Center Optimization (MVS)

Air Force

Optimized applications for a 24-hour data center service
Developed REXX procedures with dialog manager
Software used: PL/1, IMS DB/DC, JCL, DB2

Jan 1994 - Dec 1995

1 year

Cologne, Germany

WinGauss Migration Project

Gothaer Versicherungen

Created migration program to transfer Cobol data into MS FoxPro databases
Development in MS FoxPro and extensions to inventory management systems

Apr 1991 - Dec 1995

4 years 9 months

Bonn, Germany

CEO and Software Product Sales

proCASE GmbH

Developed and sold a development environment ('BrainStorm') for rapid client-server applications
Sold 400 copies of the in-house code generator
Carried out projects (seminar information system, inventory management system)

Summary

Industry-neutral implementation of software projects with in-depth business process analysis. Using the following tools (Aris and Adonis).
Extensive sector knowledge in insurance: broad project experience in all core insurance processes: policy administration, property & casualty and life, commercial liability, sales management, commissions, mortgages/construction financing, auto insurance. Experience in migration projects. Field sales experience.
Extensive sector knowledge in banking (trained bank clerk). Projects in mortgages, construction financing, factoring, lending, securities trading.
Agile project management of various sizes: studies, analysis, implementation through production rollout. Responsibilities included in-house leadership (functional and technical design, planning, team leadership, coaching and consulting), external representation in oversight committees, and rollout including staff training.
Many years of experience as an application developer on IBM mainframes with standard systems and development environments (MVS, IMS, CICS, DB2, Cobol, PL/1, etc.) and also in client-server environments (UNIX, Windows, Oracle, DB2, C, C++, Java, XML, PHP, VB, Clipper, etc.). Specialist in database design, programming and administration (IMS, DB2, Oracle, MySQL, MS-Access), data modeling in data warehouse ETL with Cognos and PowerPlay. Years of experience creating reports (Crystal Reports, Cognos, MS-Access). Use of change management tools: ClearCase, etc., in large-team software development with rollout and deployment.
Many years of experience as a test manager in mainframe and client-server environments. Created and implemented many concepts emphasizing the need for testing from the first phase through maintenance of projects. Tools used in these projects: CONTINUUS (PT), Compuware: FILE-AID, XPEDITER, HIPERSTATION, ABEND-AID, DATA AGER, SQS:-Kadett, etc., HP/MERCURY tools (LoadRunner, WinRunner, TestDirector), RATIONAL (ClearCase, ClearQuest, etc.).
Mastery of analytical methods (data modeling, structured analysis, object-oriented analysis, etc.), creation of requirements specifications, development of test strategies.
Training experience (data modeling, ISPF, analytical methods, IDE).