Engineer Project Manager

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Milton, GA *****

Phone: 404-***-****

Email: ******@**********.***

Robert Keith Welch

Summary of Qualifications

Practitioner of medical data exchange, NHIN CONNECT, X-12, HL7 V2/3, IHE, and HITSP standards

Expert in of the access and export of data from electronic health record and practice management systems

Practitioner of object oriented analysis, design, and implementation with Java, C#, and C++

Practitioner of business intelligence as applied to healthcare revenue cycle management

Experience

1/2011 – Present CACI, Inc. Arlington, VA (Remote Assignment)

Principal Systems Developer

Engaged with the VA and HHS in constructing the NHIN, a national system to share healthcare records

among federal agencies and private sector HIEs

Java Area Lead on the VA VLER NHIN team

Worked on NHIN CONNECT core team on the 3.1 and 3.2 releases of CONNECT for the ONC

Worked for Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology as a subject matter expert

on HL7/CDA/HITSP transaction standards compliance for onboarding HIEs

Worked with XML, J2EE, Spring, SOAP/Web Services, HL7 2.x/3.x, HITSP, IHE, CCR/CCD

Worked on VA VLER Adapter team integrating CONNECT to VA VISTA

Used Atlassian agile toolset (JIRA, GreenHopper, Crucible, and Confluence)

8/2010 – 12/2010 Essential Development Alpharetta, GA

Product Manager

Conceived, designed and implemented the Mastering Multiplication application for the iPad/iPhone platform

Created a plan for extending product line with Mastering Addition

Implemented iOS applications in Objective C and C++.

5/2010 – 7/2010 MedFx Corporation W arwick, RI (Remote Assignment)

Senior Software Engineer

Worked on the CONNECTfx product, creating and processing XML HL7 V3 message types to implement the

sharing of patient health records between Health Information Organizations (HIOs) and federal agencies

(such as CMS, FHA and VA) via web services. This is a pilot effort in the creation of the National Health

Information Network (NWHIN)

Acting DBA for databases designed and implemented specifically for this project

Performed extensive analysis and interpretation of HL7, HITSP, and NWHIN specifications to insure

standards compliance and systems interoperability

1/2009 – 5/2010 Athena Health Alpharetta, GA

Senior BI Integration Engineer

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Reverse engineered clinical system (EHR/PM) databases. Integrated those systems with Athena’s business

intelligence and practice management products

Created a dashboard interface using Flex/Flash, using web services for data access

Designed and created new databases, and wrote stored procedures and triggers

Designed custom ETL and scheduled data transfers against many different databases and systems

Used C#, Java, XML, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS and ADO.NET against SQL Server

Responsible for integrations involving Intergy, eClinicalWorks, Cerner, Misys Vision, Misys Tiger, Centricity,

EDI 837/835, and HL7/HITSP CCDs

11/2007 – 1/2009 Ethos Partners Health Care Management Alpharetta, GA

Lead / Architect

Managed development and operations of Ethos VitalStats. This application provides analytical services on

revenue cycle and production obtained from a dozen clinical practice management system products

Product consists of ETL from practice management systems and EDI transaction engines into Sql Server

Analysis Services cubes, with a web application providing analysis and reporting via graphs and charts

The technology set for the product was C++, C#, Sql Server 2005, SSIS/DTS, SSAS, SSRS and ADO.NET,

and Flex 3.0

Awarded the 2008 Ethos Star award, recognizing individual excellence within each of the four business units

1/2007 – 11/2007 EDIWatch (Healthcare Claims & Recovery) Alpharetta, GA

Senior Software Engineer / PM

PM and architect of Health Care Insurance Claims Recovery project, a business intelligence solution which

detects waste, fraud and abuse within medical claims, and drives the process of reimbursement from

providers.

Designed and implemented conversion of entire company product line to Java. Used XML/XSD/XSLT, Web

Services, MDA., EDI and Oracle

Rewrote claims ETL and analysis application to handle multi-terabyte datasets

Improved customer system analysis run times by approximately 90 percent

8/2005 – 1/2007 Intercontinental Exchange Atlanta, GA

Senior Software Engineer

Responsible for securities trading system Java-to-C++ interface handling 1/3 of the company’s transactions

(earning $94 million in commissions per quarter).

Wrote and maintained modules for C++ interface to company trading system.

Crafted UML/XMI-driven technique to generate Java and C++ object serialization wire protocols, including

FAST (FIX Adapted for Streaming).

3/2003 – 8/2005 eMag Solutions, LLC Atlanta, GA

Lead / Architect

Responsible for software development, configuration management, product management, and project

management functions in a multinational company of 130 employees.

Responsible for management of MediaMerge PC/Unix, and the MediaMerge Tape Management System,

and the business intelligence repository.

Developed using C#, C++, Oracle (PL/SQL), and SQL Server 2000.

Designed application databases, and implemented stored procedures.

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Used Enterprise Architect 5.0 for UML 2.0, utilizing a metadata-driven development process.

10/2002 – 3/2003 GE Power Systems Atlanta, GA

Lead / Architect (Contract)

Led a team of J2EE developers in the implementation of a pricing, proposal, and quote web application.

The system uses Java/XML binding, JUnit, EJB, JDO, JSP, Struts, Oracle PL/SQL, and Actuate .

Performed design with Rational Rose and the RUP in a CMM 5 organization.

Completed six courses at Rational University on design, UML, and the Unified Process (RUP). Followed GE

Program Management Methodology and SDLC, and standard change management practices.

10/2001- 10/2002 Computer Sciences Corporation Atlanta, GA

Lead / Engineer (Contract)

Led SOAP messaging initiative to send disease notifications via XML documents compliant with both the

HL7 and SOAP standards using JAXM to implement Web Services, Castor for XML/Java binding.

Assisted in the development of NEDSS for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), an application to track

Anthrax and other epidemics.

Created mechanism to generate session and entity EJB source code and deployment descriptors from the

database metadata and XSLT. Used C#.NET to implement an XSLT-based diagnostic message viewer.

Used JSP, Struts, and Cocoon to provide an interface to the EJB’s.

10/2000-09/2001 Flamenco Networks Atlanta, GA

Lead / Architect

Implemented Java and .NET SOAP interfaces to company product.

Managed effort to create a web services integration platform

Systems utilize C#, C++, and Java.

10/1999-09/2000 ACS/Consultec, Inc. Atlanta, GA

Architect / Engineer (Contract)

Advised and assisted the company in its web medical information system implementations, which involve the

distribution of healthcare eligibility information from COBOL CICS and DB2 transactions on a

J2EE/XML/JNDI/EJB/JSP/XML/OS390/RUP/WebSphere environment.

Designed and implemented an LDAP-based, single sign-on ACL in support of a HIPAA mandated security

strategy.

Created Java classes from COBOL copybooks to access mainframe data.

Created MVC framework using JSP/servlets, prior to the advent of Struts.

9/1998-9/1999 Interliant, Inc. Atlanta, GA

Project Manager (Billing Implementation)

Managed the implementation and integration of the Portal Infranet Billing System for the second-largest

commercial web-hosting provider.

Conducting billing batch operations, integrated with various processors for credit card and ACH transactions,

and provided AR detail reports to accounting.

Integrated billing, CRM, service provisioning, and web sales systems.

Designed and implemented Sql Server databases to support billing and provisioning requirements.

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Used C++, Java, and XML technologies to integrate with enterprise systems via XML messaging over HTTP

(IIS/Apache).

12/1997-9/1998 Nexchange Corporation Atlanta, GA

Lead / Architect

Designed and directed the implementation of the Nexchange affiliate management system for electronic

commerce, consisting of over 20 subsystems. Created a development organization for this purpose.

Conceived an ASP/IIS, C++ (MFC), VB, COM/DCOM, Oracle, and Objectstore-based system capable of

scaling to more than 500 transactions per second.

1/1997-12/97 XLConnect Atlanta, GA

Enterprise Consultant (multiple clients)

Performed strategic planning for Fortune 500 companies on Internet and Intranet projects.

Participated in presales activities.

Implemented web solutions in Java and C++.

3/1996-1/1997 Equifax Atlanta, GA

Consultant - Electronic Commerce (Contract)

Designed and developed a high-volume Web credit report eCommerce system accessing data on Oracle

and mainframe systems.

Used Java (both client-side and server-side), JavaScript, and C++/CGI programs to implement Electronic

Commerce transactions.

Used Secure Sockets (SSL) and PGP encryption technologies to protect sensitive order information, such as

consumer’s credit card numbers.

2/1994 – 3/1996 BellSouth Cellular Atlanta, GA

Lead Developer/Designer (Contract)

Directed front-end development for a cellular rental/billing system used by the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Games

Implemented credit card processing using TCP/IP.

Implemented a Windows sockets (TCP/IP) application to control cellular switches with Visual C++.

Designed and implemented UNIX services and daemons to under XLC.

Designed and implemented a high volume programming system for cellular phones.

8/1991 – 2/1993 Comsell Atlanta, GA

Programmer Analyst

Created a C++ class library to implement multimedia events.

Created various Windows multimedia courseware titles.

1983-1989 US Navy Mayport, FL

Work Center Supervisor

Work center supervisor responsible for computer-driven maintenance.

Developed systems in C, Pascal, and the Condor 3 database system.

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Publications

Using ODBC 2 (Macmillan: 1996), Author of record.

Using Visual C++ 4 (Macmillan: 1995), Contributor to book.

Visual C++ Certification Test (QWIZ: 1996, 1997, 1999) 4.2, 5.0, 6.0.

Certifications and Courses

Flex Boot Camp: 2008

UML/RUP (Rational University): 2002-2003

Managing People Certification: 2003

J2EE Certification: 2001

XML Certification: 2001

XSL Certification: 2002

EJB Certification: 2001

JSP Certification: 2001

SQL Certification: 2001

C++ Certification: 2001

Technical Inventory

Computer Languages

Java: 15 years (IDEA, Netbeans, and Eclipse)

C++: 15 years (Many tools, many platforms)

C#: 7 years

SQL: 16 years (Oracle,Sql Server, DB2, Sybase, MySql, others)

XML: 10 years (XSL/XSLT/XPATH/XSD/SOAP)

Visual C++: 11 years

ASP: 3 years

Objective-C: 1.5 years

Flex/Actionscript: 1.5 years

JSP/Servlets 6 years (Tag libraries, Struts)

HTML: 13 years (XHTML/DHTML/CSS/VBScript/JavaScript)

Application Servers

Apache Web Server: 5 years

Tomcat:6 years

BEA Weblogic: 2.5 years

JBoss: 2.5 years

Glassfish: 1.5 years

Operating Systems

Windows: 19 years (Windows NT, Windows 9X, Windows 3).

Solaris: 6 years.

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Linux: 5 years.

Methodologies/CASE/PM Tools

UML OOA/OOD Methods: 10 years (Enterprise Architect).

Entity/Relationship Design: 10 years (ERW in).

Microsoft Project: 5 years.

Relational Database Management Systems

Oracle: 10 years

Microsoft SQL Server: 8 years

DB2 (UDB): 2 years

Sybase: 3 years

MySql: 4 years

Reporting / Presentation Tools

PowerPoint

Visio Enterprise

Awards Received

Ethos Star: individual excellence at Ethos Partners, 2008

Zenith Data Systems Masters of Innovation: first place national award for the development of innovative

educational software.

Most Outstanding in Major: Limestone College.

Most Industrious Superlative: Cullowhee High School

Military Decorations: United States Navy.

Meritorious Unit Citation (Persian Gulf)

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Persian Gulf)

Sea Service Ribbon (2)

Good Conduct Medal

Royal Order of the Blue Nose

Education

Keller Graduate School of Management Atlanta, GA

MBA/MISM Program (in progress)

Valdosta State Valdosta, GA

Cooperative Program: Computer Engineering

Limestone College Gaffney, SC

Bachelor’s Degree

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