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Anita Heape

Anita Heape

Moultrie,GA

Summary

Software Engineer Results-driven lead programmer in the bankcard industry; committed and hard working with a quest to learn new technologies and undertake challenging tasks. Extensive experience in data analytics and performed data manipulation and data cleansing. Expert multi-tasking skills; adept at prioritizing tasks. Excellent organizational and time management skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Consultant, Software Engineer

Mastercard
10.2007 - 08.2021
  • Develop, maintain and support application programs pertaining to Merchant Data in the Data Warehouse
  • Analyze code for system testing and debugging; create test transactions to find, isolate and rectify issues.
  • Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
  • Orchestrated efficient large-scale software deployments.
  • Supported clients with business analysis, documentation and data modeling.
  • Adjusted design parameters to boost performance and incorporate new features.
  • Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Mastercard
01.2004 - 01.2007
  • Led programming tasks including enhancements, maintenance and automation of the Operations Center
  • Accomplishments:
  • Developed solutions that involved process automation of everything from mundane everyday tasks to replacing time-consuming, error-prone manual processes with elegant, automated solutions
  • Responsible for defining and maintaining Website recorded macros designed to continuously execute to ensure uninterrupted availability of MasterCard online resources.

Systems Programmer

SYSPROG, INC
01.1998 - 01.2004
  • Worked on highly complicated projects during a time when military base closings were driving initiatives to cut massive amounts of spending
  • Using Base SAS, was instrumental in seamlessly migrating all the data access, application access, and all other security related information on 6 mainframe environments into one consolidated environment
  • This was critical to the success of aiding the USMC in consolidating all of their mainframe partitions into one, resulting in several millions of dollars per year in savings
  • Built a system using Base SAS that saved $1M annually by aggressively identifying files residing on high cost storage that could be migrated onto lower cost tape media based on system data collected and analyzed.

Education

BS - Computer Science

WEBSTER UNIVERSITY
2007

AA - Information Systems

DARTON COLLEGE
1983

Skills

  • Languages: Base SAS, SAS Macro, Python, NiFi, Shell Scripting, DMExpress (Syncsort), Pig and Hive (Hadoop), HTML, REXX Exec, JCL, Cobol
  • Systems: AIX, Linux, Unix, Windows, Mainframe
  • Databases: Oracle 11, Hadoop, SAS, MS Access

Accomplishments

  • Designed and developed a highly customizable system designed to allow flexibility and convenience for data analysts in locating information in the Data Warehouse Merchant database. This system was originally developed using Base SAS, SAS Macros. It was converted to Python in 2018 and then NiFi in 2020. It also utilizes Oracle and Hadoop
  • Instrumental in the design and development of a process maintaining the integrity of the Merchant database by identifying possible duplicate merchants.

Timeline

Consultant, Software Engineer

Mastercard
10.2007 - 08.2021

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Mastercard
01.2004 - 01.2007

Systems Programmer

SYSPROG, INC
01.1998 - 01.2004

BS - Computer Science

WEBSTER UNIVERSITY

AA - Information Systems

DARTON COLLEGE

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