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Doit - Hfs - Mmis - Claims Unit Manager

• Plans, directs, and evaluates the operations and activities of the Bureau of Medicaid Management Information Systems and Services Claims Unit• Assesses the needs and develops policies and plans for the new MMIS system• Effectuates policies and authorizes the development of systems which provide connectivity with medical service providers and other outside entities• Provides management functions for the support and utilization of a major segment of the MMIS of staff of 2 supervisors, 12 system analyst and 4 contractors• Contributes to overall system design and development; receives and analyzes request from system users for new developments or modifications to the Hospital Claims Support, Data Entry and NIPS/Pharmacy sub-systems and communicates with users to provide system perspective input and guidance related to requests• Coordinates employee training• Temporary responsible for additional unit of Management and Reporting Systems for 2 months with staff of 1 supervisor, 9 analysts, and 5 contractors

Springfield ,Il

Information Technology Systems Integration Engineer 2011 – Present  Work with the Business Process Owners to ensure integration solutions meet the business requirements Work with the integration partners to ensure integration solutions are optimal and consistent Oversee the designing and development of the integration effort through the proper documentation Actively engage in all phases of unit, integration, and user acceptance testing Work with management to develop, maintain, and enforce the integration policies and procedures Provide production support for all system integration points between Legacy, Manhattan and SAP Report any obstacles and purpose solutions to management for resolution Resource of knowledge for All Teams for Legacy programs.Information Technology Software Development Manager 2008 – 2011 Managing the work load of 7 Programmers. Mentoring and review of projects of Development Staff to make sure they are following Design and Programming Standards. Writing up projects per Business Specifications and providing Technical Specification as well as Testing Specification for the Development staff. Review projects with requesters. Determining Prioritized Work Load for Development Staff through Agile process.  Resource of knowledge for the AS400, Web Development Team and Helpdesk. Part of IBM I-Series upgrade team to upgrade our operating system from V5R4 to V6R1. Ability to analyze problems quickly and provide quick solutions during the middle of the night when called upon by staff members who monitor the system via Blackberry.

Springfield ,Il

Information Technology Team Leader 2005 - 2008 Managing the work load of 3 Programmer Analyst and 10 Programmers. Mentoring and reviewing work of Development Staff, as well as peers. Writing up projects per Business Specifications and providing Technical Specification as well as Testing Specification for the Development staff. Review projects with Business Analyst and requesters. Resource of knowledge of both the AS400 and Web Development Teams. Leader of 2 Analyst and 3 Programmers for converting our systems to feed the WMS system from Manhattan Associates that was integrated with a Knapp WMS for a fully automated warehouse. Was a key member in determining the initial setup and design of our systems to feed the WMS system and receive files to update the host legacy systems. Leader of 3 Analyst and 2 Programmers of Inventory by Lot Number project to track all Rx Item Inventory by Lot Number through the warehouse facility in Florida.  Submission of Monthly information to the Drug Enforcement Agency. Pharmagen Contract Load System for our most profitable program. Ability to analyze problems quickly and provide quick solutions during the middle of the night when called upon by junior staff members who monitor the system via Blackberry. Part of Disaster Recovery Team that was instrumental in 3 Disaster Recoveries within a 60 day period that switched from our Primary AS400 to our Backup AS400 and maintained all Business Integrity Part of IBM I-Series upgrade team to upgrade our operating system from V5R3 to V5R4

Springfield, Illinois Area

Information Technology Programmer Analyst 2002 - 2005 Mentoring and reviewing work of 4 Programmers. Provide Programmers with feedback using Project Performance Reviews Implementing of Accounts Receivable EDI process for the payment of Customer Accounts Balance, for payments that happen Daily, Weekly, Semi-Monthly, or Monthly. OrderBase III system feeds of information for all the accounts. Keeping AS400 system feeds up to date with current AS400 and OrderBase III systems. Team Member of Conveyor project for Carlstadt, New Jersey facility. Billing System modifications. New Substitution Programs logic.Information Technology Programmer 1998 - 2002 Team Member Year 2000 conversion of current system. Team Member Conversion of Texas and Barnes facilities to our current systems. Implementation of Bar Code tracking system to track the shipping of product to the customers.  Implementation of Bar Code tracking system for receiving product. Implementing 2-Dimension Bar Code tracking of certain product required by FDA.  OrderBase III system feeds for both 6 and 7 digit Inventory master files during Texas and Barnes conversions. Conversion of Barnes Telemarketing System to H.D. Smith standards. Sales History searching program.

Hannibal Mo

Information Systems Analyst Write Expert Configurator code for MAC_PAC. Develop RPG programs for external calls from Expert Configurator. Maintain existing RPG programs to current Manufacturing procedures.Document programs, assist end users, maintain MAPPER programs. Develop reports for MP2 data using Crystal Reports. Wire and connect users to a Novell Network, and install new software.AS400 Assumed Lead Programmer role at Hannibal for MAC_PAC Implementation Team of WATLOW Corporation. Developed MAPPER program to convert MAPPER/UNIS information to MAPPER format for download to AS400. Write Sales, Pricing, and Manufacturing Rule sets for the Expert Rule Configurator side of MAC-PAC for configurable products. Improve existing rule sets to process information more efficiently. Develop Sales, Pricing, and Manufacturing data files for Expert Configurator. Write External RPG programs to interact with Expert Configurator. Write Query Language programs for AS400 to provide daily informational reports to sales and planning departments.MAPPER Develop Shop Loading program to load Manufacturing time to departments with Capacity planning. Incorporate Bar Code information into several reports: Work-In-Process, Hold, Late Reports for departments, Lead time Weekly and Monthly Reports, and Sales Analysis reports Developed Sales Analysis reports for General Manager and Controller on Gross Margins by Customer Account, Product Line, and Product Number. Used information from UNIS for Part Cost and Shop Loading program for Manufacturing times. Developed Inventory reports for Work-In-Process with bar code information, UNIS part cost information, and calculated Labor costs from Shop Loading program for Manufacturing times.

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