Andreas User

Developed and optimized PL/I and COBOL + DB2 applications for a major Austrian bank, handling integration, decommissioning, and system modernization.

Managed the full SDLC, from analysis and coding to testing and deployment, ensuring stable batch and online processing on z/OS.

Tools used: EDZ (IBM Developer for Z Systems), OPC/TWS, QMF, SPUFI, xInfo, OPC/TWS, MetaMon, etc.

Building AI-powered automation, large-scale web crawlers, and data pipelines for business intelligence and process optimization.

Key projects:

AI-driven data enrichment: Intelligent address validation, fraud detection, and automated compliance checks.

Web intelligence at scale: Custom spiders for real-time price monitoring, inventory tracking, and sentiment analysis across millions of records.

Managed POC's and POV's technical presales for FSI's legacy modernization for, crafting end-to-end demos showing the Legacy <> FlowX synergy, using live Mainframe Environments.

Designed and developed Mainframe Connectors (ssh, CTG, MQ, etc) using Java, Node.js, and Python, and prototyped their integration into Model Context Protocol (MCP) workflows to standardize legacy-to-AI connectivity.

Consu

Pl/1 Software Development using EDZ on Mainframe and Linux-based Mainframe Environment in the insurance field.

PL/1, Cobol, Shell Scripting, DB2, Oracle DB, JCL, TSO, EDZ, DbVis, DQBT, etc.

Implementation of new features, maintenance and root-cause analysis of Bugs.

Agile Methodology.

DBA activities for the second largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world:
creation and maintenance of DB2 / IMS databases, space management, change management, test and dev refreshes, maintenance of jobs related to the backup and restore process, Cobol Development of DB2 / IMS related subprograms.

Cobol / DB2 / IMS / JCL / CA Technologies Tools (RC/Querry, Update, Fast Load & Unload, etc) /

I joined Voquz in a project for UniCredit Bank Austria AG - Mainframe Infrastructure which implies among others:

OPC abend managment, on-demand scheduling, analysis and reactive action to errors, all to ensure business continuity.

JCL, PL/I, Batch Scheduling, OPC, etc.

PL/I Software Maintenance & Development + Automated Testing (Rational Functional Tester with Java) of HOST-Applications & Web-Portals in the Life Insurance Area for Vienna Insurance Group.

I joined Accenture through a reskilling program to Mainframe development which covered the
following topics:

z/OS, TSO, ISPF, JCL, batch / online jobs, PL/I, COBOL, DB2, IMS, CICS, and other tools specific to
the Mainframe environment.

We offered 2nd and 3rd level support for a critical & central Mainframe application for the engineering department of BMW. It implied analysis of programs, jobs,

Worked as AR DACh Process Specialist Credit Hold & Inbound with German at Office Depot.

Worked as AR DACh Process Analyst Credit Hold & Inbound with German at Office Depot.

Worked as AR DACh Process Assistant Credit Hold & Inbound with German at Office Depot.

Worked as Investment Banking Analyst at BCR.

I chose this Master's Program to build upon the self-acquired knowledge in the field of ML / AI.

I am continuing the studies I have started in Brasov trough a 2 year postgraduate Informatics program, which is accredited by the Ministry of Education and will also allow me to follow a master in computer science afterwards.

I have attended the 1st year of this university and will continue it in Cluj.

C++ Objective Programming
Database structure
Computer Architecture

From the 1st to the 12th grade I was a student of the Johannes Honterus Theoretical High School
(with German as the teaching language) in the Natural Sciences department.

Baccalaureate grades:

1. Mathematics:
97 / 100

2. Computer Science:
94 / 100

3. German:
80.5 / 100

4. Romanian:
73 / 100