Objective
Seeking challenging contracting or full time COBOL developer position. Experienced developing programs and project management for 18 years. Lead teams of 5-20 people. BS in Science and Technology
Experience
2008-Present Confidential, Edina, MN
Realtor
As a member of MAAR, demonstrated commitment to the highest ethical and professional standards.
1998 - 2008 Confidential, Bloomington, MN
Project Manager
As Project Manager, I followed the Methodology approved by the Project Office Department at HealthPartners and Workbench Solutions/Niku Clarity: Created Project Charter, Communication Plan, initiated WBS, Project Plan, and Issue Log; estimated tasks and resources needed, obtained resources based on availability from Team Managers; held Stakeholder meeting and obtained Project Approval. Reviewed and reported project progress weekly to stakeholders. Implemented change control plans for scope and schedule management. Coordinated integration testing plans, and Implementation plans. Determined Change Management needs.
Proficient in Resource Management and Task Management in Niku Clarity and Workbench Solutions; Microsoft Office. Some exposure to Microsoft Project.
Project Manager for various Mid - Size projects related to EOB changes- Added Individual Out-of-Network Out of Poket, In-Network Out of Poket, Tier 2/extended OOP and Individual Out-of-Network Deductible
In charge of Zero Liability EOB Letters that needed to be mailed every six months (Government Mandate)
As Pharmacy IS Contact, I was the first one to respond and coordinate solutions to production problems for Pharmacy; I coordinated and monitored quarterly refreshes of production files between IS Pharmacy and PharmaCare; I ran Anderson Windows claims production data which needed Excel conversion on a monthly basis. Attended company wide Stakeholders quarterly meetings and reported back to the management on topics discussed.
Annual SAS70 Audit Contact
Represented the Claims, Membership and Authorizations Teams in the annual SAS70 audit performed by Deloitte & Touche.
Conversion of MUMPS System to AIX CACHE
Completed an inventory of existing Print Forms on VMS which indicated forms that needed conversion from MUMPS to AIX CACHE and 130 forms that were obsolete.
Project Manager and Liaison for IS side for Data Center Relocation - The HealthPartners Data Center was relocated from Bloomington to Mendota Heights in May 2004. I was the PM for the whole IS Department and liaison to the Program Manager. Hundreds of servers were physically moved and each application had to be accounted for - from inventory of applications, to removal of obsolete ones, to conversions to new servers; I formed teams of 2-3 representatives from each area, coordinated information gathering, testing, and implementation - Vendor Contact Info, Trading Partners, Communication Plans, Staffing Plans, IS Testing Plans and Business Testing Plans for 62 teams under Admin, Health and Finance Systems. Attended Senior Steering Committee meetings to present Change Management Report and Admin Systems Application Update. The implementation was scheduled over two long weekends which I coordinated and went by with minimally invasive issues, which were promptly resolved. The project was a complete success which attracted the attention of the company\'s President and CEO, Mary Brainerd who congratulated the team effort.
Programmer Principal
Programmer Principal on IBM Mainframe, COBOL, JCL, TSO, CYCARE, VSAM, DB2.
Implemented changes and testing for Y2K for the Eligibility System. As part of the CYCARE conversion, I was technical project lead for the conversion of the eligibility files.
File conversions for implementation of HIPAA.
During the 2003 implementation phase of the Claims and Remits, I acted as testing coordinator for the conversion of HIPAA 837_835 formats. This involved coordinating IS Claims, EC area and AOD; keeping Issues Log up to date; creating the Implementation Plan and coordinating the User setup; attending Integration Mtgs, managing distribution lists, public folders, project calendars, meeting with PMs on a weekly basis. The project was successful.
AP system conversion from proprietary to Vendor Master. Implemented the Lawson Interface; Features impacted were weekly Vendor Adds and Ross/Lawson Vendor Add Backfeed, Claims PY Pend and Note 2 Build, AP to ERISCO Interface and ERISCO to AP Interface.
Contributed to conversion of BHCAG system from Aetna Cycare to MUMPS.
Business Object Reports; Training in BO Universe Design
1992 - 1998 Confidential, Minneapolis, MN
Programmer Senior and Project Lead
Enrollment/Billing Team on HealthPartners BHCAG System
Extensive knowledge of enrollment/billing and programming COBOL and JCL, and the design, planning and implementation phases as a project lead.
Support of eligibility and billing systems in CYCARE and HONEYWELL systems for various clients.
Participated in conversion of St Louis Client from Honeywell to CYCARE.
Modified eligibility system to allow for 3-Tier enrollment (individual, individual plus spouse, or family).
Created Ad-Hoc group reporting at various clients\' request.
Ran monthly billing as business required.
1990 - 1992 Confidential, Hartford, CT
Programmer Analyst
Pension Department, maintained the IBM Benefit Payment and Tax Systems using COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, EXPEDITER.
Maintained the integrity of the test and production systems by effectively monitoring and performing migration functions.
Recommended improved migration procedures.
Education
MN Real Estate License
Principles of Supervision (Grade:A)
BS in Applied Science and Technology
3 years towards a BS in Electrical Engineering
