Richard K. Riman
Parker CO 80138-8564
303-***-**** (home); ***********@*****.*** (e-mail)
Education: New Trier High School, Winnetka IL
Yale University, New Haven CT
Position Desired: Senior Applications Programmer/Analyst - Pick/UniData Specialist
Data Processing Background:
30 + years Prime Information, UniData, and Pick Operating System experience (Info-Basic, Data-Basic, UniBasic) for Prime Information, Honeywell Ultimate, Microdata Reality, General Automation Zebra, Amdahl, Unisys (using UniData and UniVerse), IBM PC, Series 1, and 3990, Revelation (G and ARev); Dartmouth Basic for SDS Xerox and Basic-Four.
14 years additional experience: IBM 360 tape/disk BAL under DOS/OS/VS; 1401 Autocoder; Honeywell series 2000
COBOL
Specific Strengths:
Pick Operating System (Data-Basic), Prime Information (Info-Basic), UniData (UniBasic), and Revelation (R/Basic)
programming; Proc; query languages (Recall, English, Access, R/List, Inform, UniQuery); conversions to and from
Pick, Prime, and UniData systems; systems design, analysis, and programming in a wide variety of applications:
Manufacturing (CMI/Brain Trans4m software), healthcare (PowerMHC & CSC Comtec software), oil & gas
(Paradigm/Excalibur software), general accounting (AR, AP, GL), catalog fulfillment, financial reporting, tracking of contracts, construction (CONSTRUCT software), real estate, inventory control, order-entry, insurance, securities analysis, city planning, time-accounting, temporary personnel.
Experience:
11/1983 to Present: Independent contractor: Pick Operating System Programmer/Analyst, using Data-Basic (on IBM and
Ultimate), Info-Basic (on Prime Information), and UniBasic (on Unisys and Digital, using UniData), specializing in
support of a variety of commercially available and custom designed software packages. Clients and projects include:
03/2014 to 08/2014: DST Health Solutions (Southfield MI); maintenance, development of PowerMHC Health Care system, with emphasis on support for Gateway Health Care; UniData environment, IBM hardware.
10/2010 to 11/2010: Royal Bank of Canada (Rocky Mount NC); maintenance, development of Mortgage Loan system, with special
emphasis on security access for users; UniData environment, HP hardware.
04/2005 to 10/2014: RDS Inc (Lakewood CO); Chief Investment Officer, Chief Information Officer for small corporation;
investment and tax analysis, consultation; Revelation environment, Dell hardware (ongoing).
03/2001 to 03/2005: United States Department of the Interior (Denver CO); maintenance, development of Emergency Fire-Fighter
Personnel and Payment system; custom reports for users; Pick/D3 environment, Sun hardware.
02/1996 to 02/2001: ITT Automotive (division sold to Valeo) Electrical Systems (Auburn Hills MI): Maintenance, development of
Brain/CMI 'Trans4m' manufacturing package; EDI order processing; customization for customers (Nissan, Saturn,
Honda); UniData environment, DEC hardware.
06/1995 to 02/1996: Principal Health Care (Rockville MD): Data-base conversions of CSC Comtec (Pick-based) Health Care
systems to IBM-based system (for CIGNA Corporation, Columbus OH and Bloomfield CT) and PC-based system (for Health First, Pensacola FL); project management, analyst liason; Pick Operating System on Sequoia, UniData on AT&T hardware.
03/1994 to 05/1995: Paradigm Technologies (Denver CO): 'Excalibur' and 'Sequel' Oil & Gas Accounting Software; data
conversions of Well History, Facility, General Ledger, Land modules for Amax, Union Pacific, Universal Resources, and Tipperary Oil & Gas; UniData environment; HP, IBM hardware.
12/1993 to 05/1995: Medco Behavioral Care Systems (Englewood CO): Conversion of Mental-Health HMO membership data;
reporting of data anomalies & discrepancies; fixes of eligibility data-bases; analysis of claims paid or denied in error; Pick
Operating System, Monolith environment.
06/1993 to 12/1993: Talent Tree Personnel Services (Houston TX): Development of systems for reporting (via magnetic tape)
payroll tax information (to State taxing authorities), and credit information (to TRW); general financial and credit application reports, fixes and enhancements; Prime 50-series environment.
09/1992 to 05/1993: Alumax Corp (Eastalco Aluminum) (Frederick MD): Development of ALLSWELL (Aluminum Safety &
Wellness) system; monitoring of industrial workers' exposure to chemical and noise hazards; Prime 2250 environment.
10/1991 to 08/1992: Anheiser-Busch (St Louis MO): Enhancements to Bill of Lading system; custom reports for Export system;
Prime, RS6000 environments.
11/1990 to 09/1991: The Coral Group (Denver CO): Enhancements to 'Profile 90' catalog fulfillment software package;
development of interface from Order-Entry to GL; custom enhancements to AR Ledger and aging reports; UniData environment (Unix-based Pick; Sequent, UniSys hardware).
10/1989 to 10/1990: Partners National Health Plans (Irving TX): Data-base conversions of Pick- and IBM-based Health Care
systems to Pick-based (Comtec software) system; concentration on Membership module; Billing and AR payment history reporting; reconciliation of data discrepancies; cross-referencing of file ids; post-conversion user support; IBM and Amdahl Ultimate environments.
12/1988 To 09/1989: Prime Computer (Natick MA): Development of Contract Administration and Tracking system for State of
New York, Office of General Services; conversions of IBM-based data and software to Prime Information system; Contracts, Payments and Marketing modules, 'Solomon' program generator; Prime 50-series environment.
03/1988 to 12/1988: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (Windsor CT): Data-base conversion of IBM-based Health Care system to
Pick-based (Comtec software) system; concentration on Membership, Group enrollment, Pharmacy modules; Group billing; reconciliation of data discrepancies; post-conversion user support; enhancements to membership reports and cards processing; Honeywell Ultimate environment.
06/1986 to 03/1988: Healthsource Inc. (Concord NH): Extensive enhancements to CSC Comtec Health Care software package;
concentration in Claims and Utilization modules; developed complex Utilization Review reporting system, used by both Financial and Utilization departments, including reports of analyses of categorized costs by admission/bed type, service type, pro-vider, Employer group, and risk group; custom design for Facility (e.g., lab) capitation processing; Provider capitation and chargeback enhancements; data-base and software conversion from Comtec STD IPA to MHC package; Claims entry screen enhancements; calculations for processing withhold, copay, COB, discounts, hospital per diem allowances, manual payments; enhancements to Remittance Advices and AP-GL interface; Honeywell Ultimate environment.
05/1985 to 05/1986: Meridian Oil & Gas (Englewood CO): extensive enhancements to 'Excalibur' Oil & Gas accounting package;
concentration in Revenue, Joint Interest Billing; extensive Financial reporting and user-interaction; Prime Information, 9955 environment.
04/1984 to 04/1985: Loup-Miller Construction (Denver CO): Developed and programmed AP system from ground up; extensive
Financial reporting; development and programming of AR-GL interface and complex AR aging reports; General Automation Zebra, Honeywell Ultimate environment.
10/1982 to 11/1983: Software Management Systems (SMS) (Englewood CO): Senior Programmer and Analyst
Duties: Experience with Pick Operating System on Prime Information, Info-Basic and SMS 'ESCAPE' program generation. Maintained SMS 'CONSTRUCT' package modules. Developed systems for program and file definition management, and for Marketing Analysis.
08/1981 to 10/1982: Independent Contractor; continued experience in Dartmouth Basic on SDS (Xerox) and Pick System Data-
Basic for Honeywell Ultimate. Developed screen and report utilities for BMS Corp. and systems for General Ledger,
Accounts Receivable/Payable, Order-entry and Financial reporting for Titsch Publishing Inc (Denver CO).
12/1977 to 07/1981: (Gathers & Associates, name changed to) Aurotech of Colorado (Denver CO): Programmer/Analyst
Duties: Experience on Basic-Four using Dartmouth Basic; concentrated experience with Pick Operating System on Microdata Reality and Honeywell Ultimate using Data-Basic and Proc. Specialized applications included a manu-facturing system for McFall-Konkel & Kimball, a growth-forecasting system for the City of Lakewood CO, and an
inventory and order-entry system for Red Seal Quality Foods.
02/1969 to 05/1977: Boettcher & Company (Chicago IL and Denver CO); Senior Programmer and Analyst
Duties: Continued work on the same project, expanding it to provide additional rankings of trends for volatility, alpha
and beta, earnings-growth and stability, chart-plotting of these rankings, and expansion of the performance history
system. Converted the 1401 system to Honeywell 1250 and the 360/30 DOS system to 360/158/VS.
08/1963 to 01/1969: Service Bureau Corporation (Chicago IL); Programmer and Analyst, also customer rep and sales support
Duties: System design and programming in AR, inventory control, sales analysis, insurance, securities analysis and
portfolio appraisal applications. Designed, programmed and implemented a sophisticated stock-market trend-ranking
system for 360/30 under DOS for Boettcher & Co.
References:
Sally Crawford, Corporate Director, former CEO of Healthsource Inc., 603-***-****
David P. Littell, Senior Enterprise Consultant, Configuration Systems & Consulting, 616-***-****, 616-***-****
Mark D. Guthrie, Global PC&L Systems Manager, Delphi Automotive Systems, 248-***-****
Robert Cross, President, Cross Business Systems, 303-***-****
Russell G. Lofquist, MIS Analyst, P2 Energy Solutions, 303-***-****
Scott Marshall, MIS Analyst, P2 Energy Solutions, 303-***-****
Nancy Kichler, Manager of Systems, U S Department of Interior, 303-***-****