SUMMARY:

• A twenty plus year career of successfully architecting, developing, and implementing EDI and EAI solutions.
• Successful in the Healthcare, Banking, Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Supply Chain, and Service sectors.
• Successful with numerous operating systems (UNIX, AIX, LINUX, z/Linux, MVS, z/OS), d Confidential bases (ORACLE, DB2, SQL Server), and SAP R/3 (ORACLE, DB2, SQL Server).
• Unless otherwise stated, all development was done in Confidential WebSphere Transformation Extender, a.k.a. Mercator, D Confidential Stage, and Confidential Transformation Extender.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• On sabbatical - Rest, Reflection, Friends, Family, Travel and Study
• Now available for engagement.

Confidential

Senior WTX Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed application mapping methodology and provided recommended practices.
• Reviewed application architecture and provided recommended best practices.
• Reviewed application maps to ensure that mapping best practices were utilized.
• Identified key performance bottlenecks and risks for leadership and decision makers.
• Reviewed WTX, Launcher, HIPAA Pack, and Trading Manager configuration settings and provided recommendations based on Confidential recommended practices.
• Provided performance tuning recommendations.
• Evaluated upgrade to ITX Release 9 and made upgrade recommendation.

Confidential

Senior WTX Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Performed d Confidential mapping to facilitate the following services: Confidential Corporation’s Contract Management/Claims Pricing ServiceMegas, LLC claim scrubbing serviceSSI Group’s claim scrubbing serviceMedAssets claim scrubbing service.
• Developed transformation maps for HIPAA claims to Cerner’s standard XML and JSON formats.
• Developed custom Eligibility (270 & 271) maps.
• Developed custom Health Care Services Review Information (278) maps.
• Configured and implemented the WTX HIPAA Pack for X12 validations, Acknowledgment (997/999/TA1) generation, and non-compliance reporting.

Confidential

WTX Architect/Senior WTX Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as WTX Architect on the Confidential Global Business Services Architecture Team in the replacement of a HIPAA 4010 compliant Gentran mainframe processing system with a 5010 compliant WTX z/Linux based processing system.
• Created mapping templates for Claims Status Inquiry & Response, Eligibility (batch & online), Institutional & Professional Claims, and Remittance Advice.
• Lead Developer in the mapping of HIPAA 5010 transactions: Claims Status Inquiry & Response, Eligibility (batch & online), Institutional & Professional Claims, and Remittance Advice (X12 -270, 271, 276, 277, 835, and 837 I & P). All transactions were mapped for COBOL backend processing.

Confidential

Senior WTX Consu ltant

Responsibilities:

• Developed supply chain systems and maps for processing orders, fulfillment, warehousing, customs brokerage, and transportation transactions. Transactions mapped were X12 - 110, 210, 310, 214, 240, 943, 944, 945, 850, 810, 856, EDIFACT - CUSDEC, CUSRES, and Rosettanet Pips - 3B3, 3B11, 3B12, 3A13, 3B13. WebSphere TX 8.1, Launcher and Trading Manager were utilized in an Confidential /LINUX environment.

Confidential

WTX Architect/Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided short-term Confidential on-site support for:
• Installation and configuration of the latest releases of WebSphere TX and WebSphere Message Queue (WMQ) in a Windows 2003, SQL Server 2005 environment
• Migration of a newly acquired Depot Management System written in an older version of WTX.
• Redesigned and developed an Eligibility Inquiry and Response System to improve performance against current service level agreements and to facilitate anticipated future growth. The system accepts Hipaa X12 270 inquiries in HTTP format via the Event Agent and returns Hipaa X12 271, 997, and TA1 responses. It runs in an AIX environment, and utilizes DB2.
• Designed and developed a Hipaa Compliance Checking System that compliance checks mainframe generated X12 835 Claim Payment/Advise transactions files, creates payment summary reports, and sends both to the trading partner.

Confidential

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in the migration from an older WebSphere TX version to the current version in a Windows 2003 environment.
• Modified numerous maps and DOS batch scripts to utilize Resource Registry and Windows Environmental Variables.
• Tested newly modified systems and batch scripts which performed Secure FTP transmission, encryption/decryption, zip/unzip, email, and archiving functions.

Confidential

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in the migration to current versions of WebSphere TX and Trading Manager (EDI transaction management system) in a Windows 2003 SQL Server environment.
• Installed, configured, and tuned the new WTX/Trading Manager (TMGR) environment.
• Assisted in integration and stress testing.
• Designed and developed a non-invasive system to capture and record process and transaction monitoring.
• Worked remotely converting maps from an older version of WTX to the latest version. Converted and tested 40+ maps in the z/OS mainframe environment via TN3270 Emulation software using TSO/ISPF and SDSF. Utilized previous Mercator MVS Execution Engine experience and extensive experience working with mainframe d Confidential formats (EBCDIC, BCD, packed decimal, packed unsigned, binary, zoned decimal).
• Sent to HSH Nordbank, a large international bank in Kiel, Germany, to assist in the resolution of migration related problems. They were migrating approximately 1400 maps and 5000 type trees to the latest version of WTX.
• Resolved user errors and procedural issues.
• Analyzed and isolated product related problems.
• Documented, packaged, and sent these test cases to the Lab.
• Applied and tested product patches as received.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Quickly grasped the new concepts and terminology associated with Telecommunications Networks and developed the WTX interface architecture and processing methodology that facilitated rapid network element interface development. The ability to quickly develop and deploy interfaces contributed significantly to Confidential achieving an ROI in excess of 900 percent on this project.
• Developed an interface to a hardware provisioning system API (via SOCKET Adapter) to extract d Confidential required for network element processing. This enabled the cancellation of a third party service which provided this d Confidential and resulted in annual savings of $240,000.
• Developed Proof of Concept and interfaces to 11 different network elements types in the initial nine months of the project.
• Contributed significantly to Confidential ’s ability to get into the Long Distance business and stay in that business without severe penalties by creating and maintaining a stable, high performance EDI software environment that facilitates transaction processing within government mandated time requirements.
• Provided Enterprise wide EDI and WTX technical support.

This environment resides on twin SUN E4500’s running Solaris 9. ANSI X12 orders are received in batch via VAN and individually via Confidential WebSphere MQ. Pre-order transactions are received via Confidential WebSphere MQ only. Both are translated to XML format for down stream processing.

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• As Chief Technical Architect, worked with Deere personnel to design the SAP R/3/Mercator interface framework, operating environment, and mapping guidelines.
• As the Lead Developer, developed interfaces utilizing R/3 ALE and BAPI adapters in support of IDOC’s, custom IDOC’s, BAPI’s, and custom RFC’s. Also, used DB2 D Confidential base, MQ Series, MQ/IMS Bridge, and FTP adapters to exchange d Confidential between mainframe application systems and the SAP AIX platform. IDOCs used were for orders and invoices.
• As Mercator Specialist, provided on-site Mercator technical support and served as mentor to nine new Mercator developers.

Confidential

A Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) project.

Responsibilities:

• As Technical Architect, worked with Mercator, Inc consultants on the design of the ISB/Mercator interface architecture, and later designed the SEM/PA/Mercator interface architecture.
• As the Lead Developer, created banking application system/ISB interfaces and lead a team of four Developers at National Bank of Detroit in Detroit, MI ( 9).
• Functioned as Team Leader of a team of 10 Mercator developers maintaining ISB interfaces in Chicago, IL ( 9).
• As the Lead Developer, created banking application systems/SEM/PA interfaces and lead a team of four developers at Bank One in Columbus, OH ( ).
• Provided in-house Mercator support for development staff of ten. Served as primary contact with Mercator, Inc. technical staff during beta testing of Mercator Releases 2.0 and 2.1 for the HPUX environment.

Confidential

Manager of External Interface Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for establishing the SAP/EDI operating environment, implementing ANSI X12 Purchase Orders and P.O. Acknowledgements for the SAP Materials Management System, and managing trading partner relationships.
• Worked with Practice Transition and Client Services Directors in coordinating PMS conversion activities when integrating newly acquired medical practices into MedPartners. Managed a small staff of programmers supporting the conversion process.

Confidential

Technical Director of Library Automation and Manager of Electronic Commerce

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development of 124 interfaces with 52 commercial library systems that facilitate electronic ordering, claiming, invoicing, and exchange of bibliographic d Confidential . This was accomplished through years of establishing and nurturing technical relationships with library system vendors.
• Developed interfaces which utilized both X12 and proprietary formats. X12 transactions mapped were 850, 855, 856, 869, 870, 832, and 810. Maps were executed under DOS, Windows, and MVS operating systems.
• Serving as Confidential ’s technical representative to the Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee (SISAC), worked with publishers, librarians, and library system vendors to develop industry standards for X12 orders, order acknowledgements, claims, claims responses, and invoices.
• Serving as Confidential ’s technical representative to the International Committee on EDI for Serials (ICEDIS), worked with the worlds leading scientific, technical, and medical publishers in developing industry standards for X12 shipping notices, price/sales c Confidential log, and inventory inquiry.
• Performed Trading Partner setup,, and management activities
• Traveled extensively, both nationally and internationally, with Confidential sales personnel selling the benefits of our EDI capabilities and securing millions of dollars in new business.

Manager of Confidential Information Systems Support Services

Responsibilities:

• Standards and Procedures
• Systems & Programming Administration
• PC Applications & Support
• AS/400 Programming
• PC Hardware & Software Purchasing
• Source Program Maintenance & Control