Damon R. Kurpakus, Mba Email & Phone Number

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Pittsburgh, Pa

The product owner acts as liaison between the software development teams and product marketing to implement customer requirements.Managed three agile development scrum teams focusing on the creation and implementation of:• REST APIs to allow external customers to securely access sleep therapy data for patients.• Updates to the CareOrchestrator web-based application to support external customer data requirements.• HL7 integration with external EMR customers.• Backend migration of internal services that support a mobile application that manages sleep apnea therapy for patients.Responsibilities included:• Creating and managing backlogs of features using Rally for scrum team work.• Planning program increments and supervising agile ceremonies.• Creating and managing software requirements.• Verifying and approving completed work.

Monroeville, Pa

Hired as full-time employee to continue integration, API and customer technical support activities.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Supported external customers by setting up data, analyzing SOAP and REST service issues and debugging API call errors. • Contributed to API documentation efforts for existing services.• Developed and maintained SQL scripts and user documentation to create seed data for web service and API testing.• Supported a Orion Rhapsody environment for hospitals using a Philips HL7 integration offering.• Developed and documented new Orion Rhapsody objects to enhance Philips HL7 offering.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Created and maintained technical requirements documentation to assist developers with the integration points for a healthcare product renewal application.• Assisted in the testing of application functionality by manipulating service data, database information and XML output.• Responsible for application deployment to client test servers using CA Harvest Workbench.• Supported client test and production environments by researching issues, analyzing logs and evaluating database transactions.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Led quarterly and off-cycle projects to update, enhance and maintain the vendor software portion of Highmark’s claims reimbursement system. • Facilitated the vendor software updates by interfacing with various Highmark systems, business and technical departments.• Maintained numerous desk-top and web-based reimbursement applications for internal and external customers.• Designed and implemented the process by which Highmark’s plan partners utilize the vendor software within the claims processing system. Created and maintained provider rate data specific to plan partner reimbursements and facilitated the transition of the maintenance for this information. Created content and delivered on-site training to plan partner for web-based applications.Operating Reporting Analysis Team Lead, 2006-2010Led and managed the technical development of a multi-user, intranet based, National Accounts Audit Tool.• Managed two contractors, one full-time resource and 2 part-time resources to successfully meet deliverable deadlines and development targets.• Interacted with a business team consisting of 6 members to facilitate the creation of requirements, specification and design documents that met the needs of the development team.• Programmed all database stored procedures, functions and triggers.• Successfully met all production target dates with all planned functionality and minimal defects.Systems Consultant I, 2002-2006• Responsible for creation of detailed design documents and development estimates for assigned projects. • Created/maintained GUI front-end functionality and database procedures, triggers and views. • Member of the ICIS support rotation team. Carried pager, answered user questions and fielded ICIS related support calls on a 24x7, rotating basis.Contractor, 2000-2002• Acted as principal developer on select modules with the ICIS business system.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science