Perry Harclerode Email & Phone Number

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Positioned as Claims tech lead, working collaboratively with 3 other SMEs to create Specification Design Docs, Epics, AEDs, and Stories to be used by all BAs and Developers on the claims team, as part of our Agile transformationProactively assisted in the transformation from Endevor, in February 2021, to our new tools which include IDz, Gitlab, UCBuild, and UCDeploy, for editing and moving Cobol code and other mainframe elements between test environments and our production environment.Became the SME of the new Endevor replacement tools and assist other developers daily in understanding and using the new tools. Set up monthly hands-on meeting to actively engage other developers from my team and other teams to teach them how to use the new tools as efficiently as possible, all while continuing to handle my own workload.Lead developer of the LSV HI project where we brought on Hawaii as a new partner and now process their claims for them. I wrote out the technical specifications, as well as the stories to be used by the developers who were making the changes. I also assisted with both business and technical questions throughout the entire lifecycle of the project. We were able to implement on time and with no issues.Continued to update various programs accessing DB2 and IMS Tables for monthly and quarterly releases to existing Customer and Claims Systems

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

Lead Developer of the FEP Migration project where we identified and updated over 50 programs to remove hard-coded values, which then gave us the ability to bring on new FEP business partners in 10% of the time it previously took. The FEP NY project was the first to see this success after the FEP Migration effort, and we were able to save over $150,000 of costs on only one project, with multiple more coming in the upcoming years. Asked for and given the opportunity to attend a mainframe bootcamp course that taught me how to understand COBOL and JCL/PROCs on a mainframe emulator, successfully passing to become an Associate Application Developer under the same area, and same team.Rapidly enhanced my SQL skills to be used on more complex queries, creating inline SQL that would update or delete PAT, MSP, or CCT rows on DB2 tables, and on Bluedevil modules to update DB2 tables and access DB2 tables for calls.Updated, Coded, Documented, and Tested multiple IMS On-line and Batch Claims Processing and Claims Adjudication programs to either enhance code as part of our monthly or quarterly releases, or fix production issues, all in support of our Claims system and our customer needs.Leveraged my BA skills, when needed, to help complete certain testing deadlines and to meet customer expectations and needs

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

Wrote up and executed System, Regression, and Performance Test Cases that the customer would use to view and understand the changes that were being implementedAttributed to multiple successful projects being implemented within our Production environment that ended up saving customers time, money, and reduced certain forms of waste within the company that ended up saving nearly $90k in processing costs.Quickly understood and made use of the Mainframe to build queries, watch jobs, and update customer tables in Test and ProductionMade use of my SQL skills by writing queries with QMF, IBM Data Studio, and within inline JCLRegularly handled queried data with Excel and Ultraedit, with which I was able to build tables, charts, run macros, and produce documents and diagrams to help my customer to understand and follow business objectives.Contributed to multiple meetings and discussions, which ultimately lead to earning CMMI Level 3 certification

Camp Hill

Duties included supervising an efficient, friendly, and diverse group of 5-20 team members ranging in all ages while effectively managing customer and employee needs to promote a positive experience.I started my job at BJ's my Junior year of high school. I started as a cashier, but was promoted to a member service supervisor not long after. I obtained the skills to work in a fast-paced environment; all while staying positive, even in hectic situations. This role had leadership responsibilities that included technical troubleshooting; management; merchandising; stocking; training; customer service.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Information Technology With Applications Development Concentration

Associate'S Degree, Computer And Information Sciences, General

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