SUMMARY:

• Accomplished Programmer Analyst with comprehensive experience in developing applications for the health - care, insurance, and banking sectors.
• Broad and applied knowledge and experience with several programming languages (COBOL, SCOBOL, DB2/SQL, CICS, TAL, C++, JAVA, HTML), software applications, and hardware platforms (IBM Mainframes, Tandem, HP, PCs).
• Holds expertise in database design, data processing, and systems programming.
• A continuous learner, team player and invaluable resource to development/debug efforts.

TECHNICAL S KILLS:

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: COBOL85, SCOBOL, COBOL2, C, Linux, IBM Assembler, C#, JAVA, C++, PL1, SQL SERVER, DB2/SQL, SQLCI, SQL/REPORTWRITER, MICROFOCUS, DYNAMIC SQL, MEDITECH, CICS, TSO/SPF PHAMIS/IDX TAL, HTML, TACL, JCL, AS400, RPG

SOFTWARE: PATHWAY, GUARDIAN, ENSCRIBE, ENFORM, DDL, SAFEGUARD, NETBATCH, PATHCOM, TMF, EMS, CONTROL, FUP, SCUP, PERUSE, BINDER, REPORT WRITER, TCP/IP, Confidential FRONTEND, IMS, RMS, IBM ISAM, OLQ, IDMS, FOCUS, VSAM, QSAM, SPUFI, IMS, Interface protocol, SMARTTEST, INTERTEST, MQSERIES, MVS/XA,CICS COMMAND?MACRO LEVEL, CLIST, ENDEAVOR, IDCAMS, SPF, TANDEM, NONSTOP II, SCREENBUILDER, .BASE24, VISIO, ACCESS, EXCEL, CLEARCASE, CLEARQUEST,. J2EE, JAVASCRIPT, VBSCRIPT, XML, JSP, JAVA SERVLETS, ANT, JBOSS, SOAP, JAVABEANS, .NET and ASP, PHP, JAR FILES, WAR FILES, VANTIVE, ORACLE, Micro focus COBOL.

HEALTH-CARE APPLICATIONS: Confidential Healthcare Centricity, PHAMIS/IDX Confidential, Healthcare, Hospital, Abstracting (ABS), ADT(Admission/Discharge), AIF-ADT interfaces, Encounters (ENCR), LST (Patient Lists), Medical records interface (MIF), Chart completion (MRC), Chart Location (MRL), Medical Records General (MR), Patient Registration (REG), Pharmacy(PHAR), Medicare Part B.

HARDWARE: HP Non-Stop, TANDEM Itanium, IBM AS/400, IBM Mainframe, IBM and similar PC.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Rochester, Minnesota

Senior Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Senior Programmer -Worked on the Point of Sale system for their retail stores.
• MAINFRAME, TANDEM, PATHWAY, TACL, CICS, JCL, COBOL, SQL, INTERTEST, ISPF, DB2, C, MQSeries, FTP, SAS, Endeavor, Mainframe Assembler, Microsoft Excel. Jobtrac.
• Mostly coded on Tandem using COBOL and C programing languages.
• I made complicated changes to COBOL-DB2 programs for their POS region-store structure and also made complicated changes to their coupon system. Coded in
• C on a Unix platform to create HTML message to send through MQseries.

Confidential, Louisville, Kentucky

Senior Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Worked on the mainframe platform for the ARMY at FORT KNOX using CICS, JCL, COBOL, SQL, Mainframe Assembler, ENDEAVOR, ROSCOE, INTERTEST, ISPF, Microsoft Excel, Access.
• I did maintenance and development work on the mainframe system for the enlisted personnel in the army for both CICS and BATCH tasks.
• Work was done in both COBOL and IBM Assembler.

Confidential, Louisville, Kentucky

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on the mainframe platform for Marathon Petroleum using CICS, JCL COBOL, Roscoe, IMS, and other mainframe utilities to upgrade their software to a new release.
• Did work in Microsoft ACCESS and SQL queries.

Confidential, Louisville, Kentucky

Lead Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Designed, implemented and supported software for Confidential ’s Centricity healthcare system running on a Tandem(HP) platform using COBOL, TAL (a C++-like language), JAVA, ANT, and SQL, Linux..
• Did some DBA work defining and creating tables, and doing performance analysis., using Oracle, SQL Server.
• Worked extensively with multiple interfaces and HL7 on the Centricity EMR system, both in interface setup and modifying programs that set up the HL7 data.
• Did much work on (ADT) admissions and registrations, including program changes for reports, screens, database updates, and ADTIN, ADTOUT interfaces, as well as setup work for their associated screens commands, and reports. The work was done in COBOL, SCOBOL, and TAL.
• Improved provider productivity by implementing ability to copy patient lists for other providers.
• Did considerable analysis and merge work with Clearcase, ClearQuest, and Eclipse.
• Documented all the analysis, code changes, and testing done for each modification of the system.

Confidential, Louisville, Kentucky

Consulting Technical Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Boosted security on the Tricare claims system by implementing complex security upgrades in CICS DB2/SQL programs using IBM assembler. Used TSO, SPF, VSAM, CLIST, IDCAMS, IDMS, COBOL, IBM Assembler, and other mainframe modules. Mainframe scheduling using Jobtrac.
• Augmented functionality of the Tricare system by modifying the online authorization, referral, provider, and patient demographic screens, and made changes for Medicare Part B claims.
• Enhanced the report system by developing new batch reports, altering existing ones and modifying reports generated automatically to providers by the EMC system.
• Wrote code for Confidential hospital system on Tandem including coding nonstop programs; worked with Front End, lab screens, setup of Confidential, PATHWAY management.
• Wrote MQseries-CICS software in COBOL and C++ to facilitate web access; utilized knowledge of HTML to create HTML formatted messages that had to be sent to web servers.

Consulting Systems Programmer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Optimized online performance using Omegammon, installed new releases of Omegammon using SMP and monitored CICS and general system performance; implemented all required fixes and notified other departments if they needed to make modifications.
• Wrote exits in IBM Assembler for installed software to enhance functionality.
• Authored statistical reports including capacity planning reports using MICS, SAS, C++, C, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access. Unix.
• Implemented new modifications to enable operators to monitor and control system tasks more efficiently using IBM assembler to program them.

Confidential

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created and maintained applications for the accounting and Fee Schedule systems; enhanced efficiency of applications, trained programmers and maintained and developed IDMS, also made enhancements to Medicare Part B code.
• Designed a new DB2/SQL database architecture for a provider project using novel concepts in database design not used previously at the company regarding normalization techniques, and new programming styles.
• Worked on the lab interface between Tandem and other systems including AS400 using PL1, RPG, COBOL, and TAL
• Worked on Meditech applications for the hospital system.