Hermann josef A.
Application Developer
Experience
Mar 2023 - Present
2 years 6 monthsFreelance Work in Insurance
- Freelance work. Maintenance, testing, and extension of COBOL programs for life commission processing. The current project is the introduction of a new distribution channel.
- Extended the COBOL programs with queries for the new distribution channel.
- Performed test runs.
- Documented the extensions.
- Provided detailed documentation of the COBOL programs.
- Explained the processing steps in the COBOL programs.
- Conducted test runs of the Java programs and compared the results with the COBOL programs.
Feb 2022 - Mar 2023
1 year 2 monthsReplacing COBOL with Java
- Replaced the COBOL interface processing with Java.
- Assisted in the implementation.
- Provided detailed documentation of the COBOL programs.
- Explained the processing steps in the COBOL programs.
- Conducted test runs of the Java programs and compared the results with the COBOL programs.
Jan 2018 - Jul 2018
7 monthsIntroducing COBOL in Eclipse
- Procured a new development and test environment for COBOL processing.
- Migrated the COBOL programs to Eclipse.
- Migrated COBOL applications from the Net-Express environment to Eclipse, made necessary changes, and performed test runs.
Jan 2015 - Aug 2015
8 monthsNew for Old
- Reduced commissions for agents when a new contract is concluded shortly after an existing contract's liability period ended for the same insured person.
- Developed accesses for a validation routine that detects these scenarios and processes the obtained results.
- Created test files.
- Documented the work.
- Developed a COBOL module that loads all commission-relevant records into a database.
- Added database access routines in a COBOL program and verified the history records in the database for NFA cases.
- Generated charge records as needed and passed them to the SAP commission processing.
Jan 2008 - Jul 2008
7 monthsConnecting Interface Programs for Partners to an Oracle Database
- Previously, the assignment of agents was done via file processing. The new agent assignment uses an Oracle database.
- Developed the database access routines.
- I linked the COBOL batch programs for processing the partner data records to an Oracle database so that the agent responsible for a policy could be provided by the database and passed to the SAP commission processing.
- For this, I wrote a subprogram that accesses the database and is called by the COBOL programs.
Apr 2005 - Present
20 years 5 monthsCreation of commission interfaces for cooperation partners (HUK, HN, DFV, GOTHAER, etc.)
VPV
- VPV works together with cooperation partners to build interfaces to the SAP-ICM commission system.
- Creation of the commission interface from the partner data delivery to the SAP-ICM commission system.
- Cooperation partners deliver data sets, which are processed and passed in a prepared form to the SAP commission processing. For this, I developed COBOL batch programs that validate, transform, and format the data sets for the SAP commission processing.
May 2003 - Dec 2003
8 monthsPCVERM Processing
- The SAP commission system provides agent data to the LF4 policy administration system and other systems. For this purpose, the data needed by the systems is filtered out of the commission system and made available in various files.
- Creation of the necessary programs for exchanging agent data between systems.
- Creation of various COBOL programs that extract the required data for each system from the commission system.
Jan 2003 - May 2003
5 monthsIntroduction of Net-Express
- Acquisition of a new development and test environment for COBOL processing.
- Migration of COBOL programs to Net-Express.
- Migrated COBOL applications from the host environment to the new Net-Express environment, performed necessary adjustments, and executed test runs.
Jan 2002 - Mar 2003
1 year 3 monthsIntroduction of Life-Factory and SAP-ICM
- Due to increased requirements, the previous SISS system was replaced by the Life-Factory policy administration system. Because Life-Factory does not include commission processing, the SAP-ICM commission system was acquired.
- Creation of the life insurance commission interface between the Life-Factory policy administration system and the SAP-ICM commission system.
- Development of a program in SNT that extracts commission-relevant data from the Oracle database and makes it available in a file for subsequent COBOL processing.
- Development of COBOL programs that prepare the data, perform validations, communicate with the Oracle database, and pass the data to the SAP processing.
- Migration of the commission history to SAP using COBOL programs.
Jun 1999 - Dec 1999
7 monthsMillennium Project
- Reviewed the processing of date fields in all affected programs because it was uncertain if the turn of the millennium would cause date processing issues.
- Analyzed and, if necessary, corrected the programs, followed by testing.
- Checked data fields and processing in COBOL programs regarding the size and content of data fields, as well as correct data handling.
- Made adjustments to the processing as needed.
Jan 1993 - Mar 1995
2 years 3 monthsSISS Implementation
VPV
- Implementation of a standard software to replace the previously existing standalone solutions. The standard software had to be tailored to VPV's needs.
- Creation of an IT concept for commission processing in collaboration with the specialist department and the subsequent technical implementation and integration of the programs into the standard software system, followed by testing. Based on Cobol processing under the BS2000 operating system.
- Integration of a dialog-based commission processing in SISS using the Cobol programming language.
- Development of batch programs for further processing of commission-related data and generation of commission statements.
Implementation of New Tariffs
- Implementation of new tariffs.
- Integration of processing and validation routines for the new tariffs into the interface programs.
- Creation of test files.
- Documentation.
- Extension of the condition tables with tariff information.
- Implementation of additional queries and processing steps in the Cobol programs in connection with the new tariffs.
Languages
German
NativeEducation
Oct 1979 - Jun 1983
University of Applied Sciences Mönchengladbach
Diploma in Business Administration (FH), IT/Organization, Marketing · Mönchengladbach, Germany
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