Bruce Harvey

In a prior life I worked decades with IBM mainframe transaction processing in really big bank $$$ data centers.   Automated setups for 100+ CICS regions, IMS and DB2 using combo of REXX, TSO/E, ISPF, JES, JCL, VTAM, VSAM, abendaid, utilities etc. etc.  Haven't done it for a while but still miss it.  Want to get back into the track-like an old railroad engineer.  Would like to use zSecure with RACMAP and RACDCERT with the MF piece of a CLOUD distributed network.  l am also a sharp shooting IT auditor, like with RACF's AUDITOR attribute in z/OS op systems.  No kid/family responsibilities.  Can be remote or onsite.   Prefer odd/weekend/night shifts. US citizen.  Vet.  Had secret clearance.

First, see my profile remarks by my picture.  It pretty much summarizes what I'd like to say here.  

I've done management-up 20+ staff in IT auditing with offices in Singapore and Malaysia.  Also managed 2 systems programmers in Bank of America.   So budgets, plans and IT project management are all familiar.  However, I prefer to concentrate on technology now.  PM for me and my simple old approach seems to be too much turned upside down by extraneous objectives, mandates and fashionable terminology.  My successes at the machine interface prove constantly that I either do or do not know what I am doing.  I like the validation of my competency.  

I also have a lot of experience as an IT auditor.  I've worked at all levels.  For 6 years I reported directly to the CEO of United Overseas Bank in Singapore.  So I can provide a very high executive level insight/perspective if needed-I've been on the scene for Board-level smashups, failures, scandals, acquisitions, government investigations, etc.  It is priceless experience since audit executives only ever get experience with severe problem resolution.  [CEOs know they need an audit executive but really do not ever want to see one as it just means some trouble coming their way.]  I can do that for a firm-in general or for IT-but the price will have to be right because there is not much novelty for me.

That is enough.

MBA with an emphasis on managing IT, National University, San Diego, 1981.  I needed the management/business courses.  They helped my function at the executive level later in my career.  I need the IT courses then but that content has all aged now with the pace of technology.  One thing that, in retrospect has not improved over time, is project management.  Waterfall model was screwed up then.  Since then my opinion is all the other newer methods in vogue are all malfunctioning too.

MS in “Information Science” Drexel University 1972 [Yes, looong ago].  Still relevant.  The name evolved into what is now called “data mining”.  Those were the days when compute power could not support products like SAS and such.  But my career took me away from intelligience discovery into processing productivity.

BA English Trinity College Hartford CT.  What to sy.  I did not know what I wanted to do.  Taught me there is more to life than IT.  And helped me be brave through Viet Nam era.