Seasoned IT professional with 15 plus years of experience in Mainframe technologies. Extensive experience in application development, production support, leading teams in multi-vendor projects using mainframe and distributed systems, mainframe modernization and migrations of applications, data, and datacenters, mainframe operations, working on IT audits including SOC 2, SOX, DOI (Department of Insurance) audits, external audits with PWC and EY, cyber security audits, and remediation of findings, IT budgeting, forecasting, and planning. Domain expertise in insurance. Expertise in conceptualizing business problems, designing technical solutions using Mainframe technologies like COBOL, CICS, CICS Webservices for Mainframe (using XML, XSD, SOAP UI), DB2, IMS DB, and JCL. Extensive work experience with both online and batch environments. Hands-on experience with ETL tools like DataStage, Infogix, Oracle, Tableau, and their integration with mainframe systems. Experience with DevOps on the mainframe using CI/CD. On-field experience in issue-based consulting with government entities. Excellent analytical and communication skills for working with different teams, spread across various countries and time zones.