TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Familiar with Microsoft Windows Platforms, UNIX/Linux, .Net, SQL, ASP 3.0, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic 6.0, VBScript, HTML, Confidential, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Access, Crystal Reports, PGP, Dawning SNI Middleware Solutions, Data Innovations Instrument Manager, Orchard LIS, Copia.
• 7 years experience working with Data Innovations
• Cloverleaf Level II Certification
• Epic Bridges Cert ification 2014 and 2015
• HL7 Experience
• Intranet Development
• EDI Experience
• Application Development
• Customer Service Specialist
• Analytical Laboratory Experience
• Training Experience
• Patient Care Experience
• Human Resources Knowledge
• 10 years working in UNIX/LINUX environments.
• Crystal Reports

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Virginia Beach, VA

Senior Applications Analyst/Interface Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate, setup, test, and validate laboratory analyzer interfaces to and from Epic Beaker utilizing Data Innovations middleware.
• Created a parsing program utilizing vendor specifications and C# to take a flat file containing multiple record types, discern which record type a line of the file was, send it to the correct parsing method, and add the record to the appropriate table in an Access database.
• Performed an analysis and extraction of transplant history data from tables in an SQL Server DB which had been imported from Access and had lost all linking during the import. Provided extracted data to vendor after writing SQL functions to scramble the patient demographic data.
• Use Epic Bridges to search, modify, and resend results to 4Medica for distribution to Physician Practice offices.
• Create, update, and modify Crystal Reports per customer requirements.

Confidential, York, PA

Senior Applications Analyst/Interface Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed mammography, radiology, and transcription data from legacy systems to convert into Epic 2015.
• Created Confidential translation procedures and setup Cloverleaf 6.1 interfaces on Linux and Windows platforms to normalize the data going to Epic for conversion loads.
• Setup Bridges interfaces in Epic to accommodate translated conversion data.
• Gathered legacy table codes and assisted with setup of all Mammography and Transcription tables used with the Epic interfaces for conversions.
• Worked with data validators to test accuracy of the data going into different Epic environments.

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Senior Applications Analyst/Interface Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on all parts of the interface project life cycle from initial meetings through go - live.
• Main systems programmed interfaces.
• Lead Epic Bridges analyst for the Laboratory and Radiation Oncology implementation of Epic.
• Developed Laboratory HL7 interfaces between Data Innovations middleware and Epic Bridges versions 2014 and 2015 for laboratory instrumentation.
• Developed HL7 interfaces for Point of Care testing analyzers and software to Epic.
• Cloverleaf Interface Analyst, coding interfaces using Confidential on UNIX and LINUX platforms.
• Developed detailed interface technical specifications performing field by field mapping between ancillary application data elements in HL7 and flat file message types.
• Used .Net programming skills to create an archived HL7 message statistics program used for reporting and metrics utilizing C#, SQL Server 2008, Cloverleaf ODBC, various UNIX utilities (cron, bash, ksh, environment variables), and Confidential .
• Assisted in implementation of the McKesson Paragon Financial system upgrade from McKesson TPA by comparison of interface coding, testing, and working with internal resources and outside application vendors.
• Performed On-call support for after-hours emergencies occurring with the interfaces for the hospital system (5 sites geographically separated).

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Laboratory Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered information and requirements for laboratory software upgrade projects.
• Resolved daily issues within the laboratory information system.

Confidential, Indianapolis, IN

LIS Administrator/Interface Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw and managed HL7 interface projects between main laboratory and hospitals, physician practice systems.
• Created custom program code for functionality of individual HL7 interfaces based upon vendor system.
• Monitored interface logs and resolved issues prompted by them.
• Assisted in maintenance and issue resolution of the Orchard laboratory information system.
• Used ASP.NET/C# programming skills and knowledge to create a central repository for all data related to interface projects.

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Vendor Integration Engineer/Clinical Implementation Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Led remote installations of reference laboratory, medication dispensing, PACS, results, orders, and transcription HL7 interfaces between hospitals and third party vendors such as LabCorp, Quest Labs, Pyxis, Omnicell, and many others.
• Traveled to client sites to install laboratory information systems and coordinated with personnel and hospital staff to setup and configure all aspects of the system.
• Interfaced laboratory analyzers and equipment to the laboratory information system using Data Innovations Instrument Manager and Dawning SNI boxes and drivers using RS-232 communications standards and many file formats.
• Setup new installations of Data Innovations software and hardware on-site at hospital facilities across.
• Provided support for new analyzer installations remotely with Data Innovations.
• Wrote basic rules in Data Innovations.
• Provided support for staff for laboratory instrument interface setup and troubleshooting while they were remote on-site.
• Provided customer support for HL7 interfaces, laboratory instrument interfaces, and laboratory information systems using remote connection tools.
• Modified Crystal Reports per client specifications.
• Created custom formulas to build check digit on reports for Code 39 barcode setup for handheld scanners to read.
• Used SQL to perform queries to pull, update, and insert data into an IBM DB2 database.
• Developed, wrote, and modified instructions and procedures on software use.

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Human Resources Information System Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Constructed and maintained a data collection intranet site for gathering of information from seven field HR offices.
• Redesigned and programmed yearly benefit statements for open enrollment periods using nested reports and custom programming with Crystal Reports.
• Coordinated with medical, dental, flexible spending account, and COBRA vendors to create, test, and implement eligibility and payroll electronic data feeds.
• Created from scratch all Benefits eligibility reporting for the company using only programming tools, saving the company over $50,000 and receiving an excellence award.
• Automated electronic data feeds execution process for non-technical staff operation.
• Utilized programming skills to develop internal customer solutions for other sections (IT, AP, AR, Admin Staff).
• Wrote and compiled custom reports using Crystal Reports for internal and external clients.

Confidential, Fort Campbell, KY

91K10 / Medical Laboratory Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Performed blood-banking procedures and advanced examinations of biological and environmental specimens.
• Supervised and performed testing as a Stat laboratory technician during off shifts.
• Entered and modified data into a laboratory information system.
• Lived around the world learning about different people and cultures.