# "Go to" IBM Mainframe COBOL Guy Now Python Professor: Willing to Assist with Urgent Projects **URL:** \ **Category:** Calling all COBOL Programmers\ **Created:** [April 11, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/go-to-ibm-mainframe-cobol-guy-now-python-professor-willing-to-assist-with-urgent-projects/825 "2020-04-11T00:14:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rick\_hubbard](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openmainframeproject.org/rick_hubbard/32/188_2.png) [@rick\_hubbard](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/rick_hubbard)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/go-to-ibm-mainframe-cobol-guy-now-python-professor-willing-to-assist-with-urgent-projects/825/1 "2020-04-11T00:14:56Z")
“Go to” IBM Mainframe COBOL Guy in mid-late 1970s and early 1980s. (Today: R/Python, AWS Architect, and University Professor). Lead Developer for 100k+ LOC COBOL Code Base. Also “Head [COBOL] Debugger-in-Charge,” COBOL teacher, and COBOL technical advisor. Willing to scrape off the rust and assist with urgent projects in this time of COVID-19. [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickhubbard/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickhubbard/) ---
**Author:** ![mfosss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@mfosss](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/mfosss)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/go-to-ibm-mainframe-cobol-guy-now-python-professor-willing-to-assist-with-urgent-projects/825/2 "2020-04-12T15:36:14Z")
I have 22 years experience in COBOL, JCL, DB2. I am in Florida and Currently working in the Utilities industry, but willing to help out on a part time basis. Please contact me at [mfossa@verizon.net](mailto:mfossa@verizon.net)…if you need me. Thanks Mario Fossa