Objective



To acquire a position in the field of Information Technology as an IT Specialist with focus towards the Enterprise Resource Planning process, Business Knowledge Management, Project Management, User Experience, Development and Programming.
Career IT Specialist with over 20 years in Information Systems, eager to accept new challenges with the ability to grasp new technologies. Strong written and verbal skills with a experience in Business Analysis, Project Leadership, Program Analysis, Design and Programming. Experienced in business process evaluations, feasibility reviews, coordination and prioritization of key IT systems directed toward the business goals.


Employment

January, 2006 -  December, 2008
Senior Systems Analyst/Team Lead

Hired as System Analyst, promoted to Senior in September 2007
Team Lead of up to 10 members, with project management and estimating responsibilities

February, 2006 -  November, 2008

Developed financial information systems in an Enterprise Database environment EIP using DB2/COBOL stored procedures, SQL, IBM Datastage ETL tool, Sybase Stored Procedures and JCL. The EIP is a primary source of financial analytics, benchmark and pricing information. This information is used by the web, mid-tier and back end systems.

Developed Personnel and Organization system Person-Org using DB2/COBOL Stored Procedures, SQL. Lead Analyst responsible for requirements gathering and data mining to provide personnel and organization data for use by in-house, intranet systems. This system was linked to an Oracle client system for data capture.
Worked in systems developed in both Agile and Waterfall Project methodologies.
Responsible for application management and development utilizing the Software Development Life cycle.
Collaborated with internal and external clients to develop value added systems.

June, 2005 -  December, 2005
Business Analyst

Business Analyst responsible for IBC Medical Management System integrating the Kentucky Medicare System into IBC s Medical Management System. The system utilized Landacorp Corporation maxMC Software package, providing Utilization Review, Case Management, Care Coordination and additional supporting functions.
Responsible for requirements gathering, project planning using Project, Testing at all levels of the System Development Life Cycle, Meeting planning and system documentation.

June, 1989 -  January, 2005

Business Analyst with experience in working with auditors, vendors and business partners through requirements, planning, design and implementation stages.

Project Leader responsible for planning and implementation of several projects designated as corporate goals by PMA ; like Year 2000 renovations, PMA National Paper Initiative and PMA Customer Profile System and a Web based PMA First Notice of Loss System.
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Project Leader and Lead Analyst on a team that provided PMA with their first Graphical User Interface GUI System directed at customer and claimant payments. Lead Analyst and designer for an effort that would allow PMA clients to bypass the CITRIX client software allowing remote demonstration of PMA Web based systems.
Experienced in programming, data mining and reporting with a proven results in corporate, statutory and ad-hoc reporting. Strong commitment to Data Quality with a belief that clear data definitions and finely defined business rules can combine to build strong corporate communication and quality systems.

November, 1986 -  June, 1989
Programmer

Programmer on the Accounts Receivable systems, assigned to a team that worked towards satisfying audit recommendations. Responsible for meeting, coordinating, applying and documenting system changes required by the Audit.
Programmer assigned to the Financial Reporting Systems team. The Financial Reporting was developed using IBM COBOL in a batch environment and FOCUS Reporting Language by IBI.

January, 1984 -  November, 1986
Programmer

Developer of Medical and Financial information front end systems.
Responsible for developing custom programs for client hospitals and interacting with the client to achieve their business goals.
Member of a team responsible for the development of the general ledger portion of SMS Independence System, a key element of the SMS Action 2000 A2K architecture. This system was an IBM Mainframe System and was developed using IBM CICS Command Level language with an Intel 2000 database.
Developer responsible for analysis, design and support of client custom billing systems.

Education

Miscellaneous

Methodologies, Software and Databases : Agile Project Methodology, Project, IBM DB2 Stored Procedures, IBM SQL, IBM Datastage, Excel, Word, Access, Sybase Database, Sybase Stored Procedures, Landacorp maxMC, HP Interactive/Test Director, Sql 2000, Sql 2000 DTS, QMF, Brio Reporting, Crystal Reporting, IBM COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, IMS, VSAM, FOCUS, Easytrieve
Community Involvement
Coordinator for Adult Golf League. Previously held positions as CYO Football Coach, no League Board Member, Rowing Association Board Member and President of Home and School Association.