Acting Director and IT Management Specialist

Home Address: *** ********* ***, *********, ** ***29; Home Phone:

410-***-****; Mobile Phone: 301-***-****; E-mail: ******@*******.***

Objective

Obtain a Challenging Position as a Director of Software Development.

SKILLS

Spoken Languages: Programming Languages:

English

Spanish Assembly Language

Swahili ASP Classic

ASP.net (w/ AJAX toolkit)

CSS

Flash

HTML

JAVA

JavaScript

JSP

MS Access DB Management

MIPS Machine language

Perl

PHP 5.0/MySQL

PostgreSQL

relational algebra via WinRDBI

SQL

Smalltalk

VB

XML

XSLT

Operating Systems: Applications:

DOS

Solaris Adobe Suite

Windows Content Management Systems (i.e. Drupal, Joomla!,

zLinux osCommerce, etc.)

Corel Office Suite

Dreamweaver

FTP Clients

HP Application Lifecycle Management (Formerly Quality

Center)

Microsoft Expression Web

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Project

Microsoft SQL Server

MicroStrategy

Open Source Technologies (i.e. CaBIG)

Oracle Suite

Oracle E-Business Suite

Oracle Customer Relationship Management

SAS

Wordpress

NOTEABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

. Educating, training, and providing technical assistance on effective

use, operation, and updating of health IT systems for Centers for

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Central Office and 10 National

Regional Office staff, along with State Medicaid and CHIP Agency staff

- including, but not limited to the Medicaid Model Data Lab (MMDL)

System, Waiver Management System (WMS), Medicaid and CHIP Program

(MACPro) System, and Medicaid.gov, 2010 - Present

. Gathering of business requirements and deployment of computer

application systems for the implementation of provisions within the

both the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and the

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)

. Conception, implementation, transition, education, and training of CMS

and State staff through a culture change from paper-based manual

processes to electronic automated processes, 2010 - Present

. Education and training of Nationally Recognized Native American Tribes

and their Housing Authorities' staff on information regarding their

HUD Offices of Native American Programs Block Grant, 2004 - 2006

. IT Technical Education and Training Support of staff on MS Office

Suite, Client-based software, Custom Software, and Web Applications at

most of the positions that I've held in my career, 2002 - Present

STANDARDS

. Following of Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and Centers

for Medicare & Medicaid Services Technical Reference Architecture

Standards for all live computer applications as identified here:

(http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/CMS-

Information-Technology/Technical-Reference-Architecture-Standards/)

. Developed computer applications using the HHS/CMS System Development

Life Cycle

. Implementation of the HHS/CMS Expedited Life Cycle (XLC) to quickly

delivery IT solutions that satisfy business demands

. Abided by Federal Information Security Act (FISMA)

. Complied with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

(HIPAA)

. Applied International Classification of Diseases (ICD) when

implementing computer applications and exploring the transformation of

the Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS)

. Applied Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) when

exploring the transformation of the Medicaid Statistical Information

System (MSIS)

. Gathering of business requirements for Advanced Planning Documents

(APDs) that abide by the Health Information Technology for Economic

and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act

EXPERIENCE

Division of Data Strategy & Enterprise Architecture, Centers for Medicare &

Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health & Human Services, Acting

Director and Health IT Data Management Specialist, Woodlawn, MD, Summer

2010 - Present

. Serving as senior staff as well as staff managerial duties as Acting

Director of the Division

. Health and IT Business requirements gathering and research management

for Medicaid and CHIP Business Information Solutions (MACBIS) of

multiple projects within the scope of the greater MACBIS project

. Experience developing, implementing, and applying a wide range of

policies, regulations, and procedures applicable to Medicaid and

Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) into automated computer

application systems in the following areas: Section 1115

Demonstrations, 1915 Waivers, Quality Evaluation and Performance

Measurement, Eligibility, Enrollment, and Services

. Developed and implemented strategy to solve Enterprise business and IT

problems in Windows, Solaris, zLinux, within both a contractor's data

center, and the CMS Baltimore Data Center with custom code as well as

with Adobe's LiveCycle Commercial Off the Shelf tool

. Develop data analysis methods to assist Medicaid and CHIP data

stakeholders with decision making, modeling, and impact analysis of

Medicaid and CHIP eligibility, medical use, and expenditure data

. Management of IT related projects from business process and data

modeling, to development, risk management, testing, and implementation

. Management of technical contractors to deliver IT solutions utilizing

XML, 3-tier architecture with J2EE/JAVA/Oracle/MQ, as well as the .Net

Platform

. Participation in the management of Master Data Management requirements

gathering initiatives

. Lead an Enterprise initiative to business process model about 15 of

the "as is" Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

business processes, as well as lead the creation of a "to be" business

process model that combined most of the 15 into 1 business process

. Managed the Medicaid and CHIP Enterprise data modeling of legacy

systems as well as systems as they were being built

. Managed the development of computer applications and web-based systems

utilizing standard systems development life-cycle methodologies

. Managed the design, implementation, and integration of Web Application

Integrator (WAI) Portal/Portlet for the Medicaid and CHIP Program

(MACPro) System

. Represented the Data and Systems Group as the lead in Scrum agile

software development teams for the development of MACPro

. Created/managed the creation of security documentation for CMS Federal

Information Security Act (FISMA) Controls Tracking System (CFACTS)

. Served as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for a contract

to develop the Medicaid Model Data Lab, Waiver Management System, and

MACPro system as well as other modules. Guided/instructed and approved

the hiring of the IT development, project management, and subject

matter expert staff.

. Served as Government Task Lead (GTL) for a contract with Aquilent to

develop the MACPro Portal/Portlet

. Lead User Acceptance Testing, Quality Assurance testing and

verification for all developed application and relevant modules.

. Identified major defects, failure of contracted development team, and

show stoppers early on in the development of MACPro, and implemented

contingency modules through the Medicaid Model Data Lab (MMDL); then

instructed the reassignment of staff, as well as bringing on new staff

for MACPro

. IT Help Desk/Technical Support of staff on MS Office Suite, Client-

based software, and Web Applications

. Programmatic, Policy, and technical, and customer service assistance

for MACPro, MMDL, and Waiver Management System (WMS)

. Lead the data collection and analysis of data in the MMDL for analytic

use of data for Medicaid and CHIP

. MS Access database development utilizing SQL and VB

. Liaison with other CMS components, HHS components, and senior

leadership of CMS through representing the Data & Systems Group (DSG)

on committees and work groups and arranging for the requests of

information and comments

. Direct, monitor, and report on major projects to the Office of Center

Director

. Attend high-level meetings and conferences with the Office of Center

Director and serve as a source of background data on the basis of

research performed in the preparation for the meetings and conferences

regarding MACPro, MMDL, and WMS

. Work with and advise Office of the Center Director on variety of

assignments involving MACPro, MMDL, and WMS

. Lead efforts to conduct on-going environmental scans to identify the

business needs and program requirements for the Medicaid and CHIP Data

Enterprise (MCDE) from internal and external partners

. Support Centers for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) components in

the design of new and existing business requirements and processes,

data elements, data schemas, entity relationship diagrams, data

dictionary, metadata, and data record layouts, data definitions, and

managed recommendations for all of their integration to the MCDE

. Design, implement and manage an enterprise-wide Medicaid and CHIP

business operating system to support program oversight and management

which will address the standard collection of data/information

regarding core State operational functions, coverage and reimbursement

under State Plan Amendments and Waiver authorities

. Lead data driven culture change in CMCS environment and work with

other CMCS components to design and implement opportunities to foster

data use in program oversight and management among CMCS staff as well

as key stakeholders

. Work collaboratively with other DSG Divisions to provide consultation

with all CMCS components to establish standardization in all Medicaid

and CHIP program evaluations by managing multiple micro projects

within the scope of the greater MACBIS initiative

. Provide consultation and technical assistance to senior Medicaid and

CHIP State Agency officials, providers, and Federal leadership

regarding core State operational functions, coverage, and

reimbursement under State Plan Amendments and Waiver authorities

. Manage and implement the security and testing requirements for the

Division's systems

. Provided transparent reports and status updates

. Monitored the daily activities and performance of the IT development

team

. Managed the completion of the projects within budgetary constraints

Hipolitics, LLC, IT Director, MySQL DBA/PHP Development, Project Manager,

Washington, DC, Winter 2011 - Winter 2012

. MySQL DBA - development of complex SQL for retrieval of data

. JavaScript and PHP code development

. IT Project Management by specifying the projects' scopes and

objectives

. IT Help Desk/Technical Support of staff on MS Office Suite, Client-

based software, and Web Applications

. Lead User Acceptance Testing, Quality Assurance testing and

verification of website

. Identified major defects, failure of contracted development team, and

show stoppers early on in the development of the Teaser site, and

therefore hired a different team to assist in the development

. Integration with, Management of, and advertising of community content

and tone/sentiment on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Google+

. Provided transparent reports and status updates

. Monitored the daily activities and performance of the IT development

team

. Managed the completion of the projects within budgetary constraints

Binary Logix, IT Project Manager, Potomac, MD, Summer 2009 - Summer 2010

. IT Project Management duties from conception to implementation

. Project/Contract representative

. Provided transparent reports and status updates

. Monitored the daily activities and performance of the IT development

team

. Managed the completion of the projects within budgetary constraints

CardiacAssist, Inc., Data Analyst, Microsoft Access DBA, Project Manager,

Programmer, Pittsburgh, PA, Spring 2007 - Summer 2009

. Documented formal business requirements and developed Use Cases,

Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams for the database and web

systems identified below utilizing CardiacAssist executive

requirements and their clients', Mayo Clinic and Texas Heart

Institute, direct feedback

. Managed a team of systems analysts and computer programmers, and

participated in design and implementation of a database-driven website

portal on a SQL Server 2005 through ASP.net

. Designed and implemented an in-house patient registry database on

Microsoft Access through SQL and Visual Basic with optimal SQL queries

that showed the value of the organization's medical device

. Manipulating, cleansing & processing data using Excel, Access and SQL

. Responsible for loading, extracting and validation of client data.

. Liaising with end-users

. Analyzing raw data, drawing conclusions & developing recommendations

. Writing T-SQL scripts to manipulate data for data loads and extracts

. Developing data analytical databases from complex healthcare source

data

. Performing daily system checks

. Data entry, data auditing, creating data reports & monitoring all data

for accuracy.

. Designing, developing and implementing new functionality

. Monitoring the automated loading processes

. Advising on the suitability of methodologies and suggesting

improvements

. Carrying out specified data processing and statistical techniques

. Supplying qualitative and quantitative data to client

. Provided transparent reports and status updates

. Monitored the daily activities and performance of the IT development

team

. Managed the completion of the projects within budgetary constraints

AfrikanTrack.com, CEO and CIO, Data Analyst, MySQL DBA, Project

Manager/Programmer, Potomac, MD, Winter 2006 - Winter 2009

. Business modeling and prototyping for system development and process

engineering for the complex international on-line system and business

. Developed the site to deliver mobile content, including ringtones,

ringback tones, and digital videos (i.e. MP4 format), to over 579

networks in over 190 countries utilizing HTML, JavaScript, PHP 5.0,

and SQL on a back-end MySQL database system

. Created mailing list registration and feedback form utilizing HTML,

JavaScript, PHP 5.0, and SQL on a back-end MySQL database system

. Lead User Acceptance Testing, Quality Assurance testing and

verification of website

. Provided transparent reports and status updates

. Monitored the daily activities and performance of the IT development

team

. Managed the completion of the projects within budgetary constraints

Signature Travel, Inc., Data Analyst, DBA, & IT Project Manager, Rockville,

MD, Fall 2004 - Spring 2006

. Documented formal business requirements of Signature Travel's

corporate clients including MedImmune and developed Use Cases,

Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams

. Wrote SQL queries and produced optimal reports that data-mined

Signature Travel's corporate clients' flight details through the

development of complex SQL functions and joins for retrieval and

presentation of data

. Lead User Acceptance Testing, Quality Assurance testing and

verification of queries and reports

. Manipulating, cleansing & processing data using Excel, Access and SQL

. Responsible for loading, extracting and validation of client data.

. Liaising with end-users

. Analyzing raw data, drawing conclusions & developing recommendations

. Writing T-SQL scripts to manipulate data for data loads and extracts

. Developing data analytical databases from complex healthcare source

data

. Performing daily system checks

. Data entry, data auditing, creating data reports & monitoring all data

for accuracy.

. Designing, developing and implementing new functionality

. Monitoring the automated loading processes

. Advising on the suitability of methodologies and suggesting

improvements

. Carrying out specified data processing and statistical techniques

. Supplying qualitative and quantitative data to client

. Provided transparent reports and status updates

. Monitored the daily activities and performance of the IT development

team

. Managed the completion of the projects within budgetary constraints

Steven Winter Associates, Inc., Data Analyst, MySQL and Postgre DBA & Web

Programmer, IT Project Manager, Customer Service Agent, Washington, DC,

Spring 2004 - Spring 2006

. Documented formal business requirements and developed Use Cases,

Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams for the database systems and

websites identified below

. Designed and implemented the HUD Offices of Native American Programs

(ONAP) Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) allocation Microsoft Access

estimated and final allocation databases for Fiscal Years 2004 through

2007 using business modeling and prototyping based on HUD's

requirements and feedback

. Created on-line event registration websites utilizing HTML,

JavaScript, PHP 5.0, and SQL on both MySQL and PostgreSQL back-end

systems for Indian tribe rule-making educational events as well as

various Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) workshops using

business modeling and prototyping

. Designed and implemented a database-driven website that facilitated

both voting and tallying of votes for board of director elections year-

after-year for SBIC

. Lead User Acceptance Testing, Quality Assurance testing and

verification of all websites and databases

. IT Help Desk/Technical Support of staff on MS Office Suite, Client-

based software, and Web Applications

. Manipulating, cleansing & processing data using Excel, Access and SQL

. Responsible for loading, extracting and validation of client data.

. Liaising with end-users

. Analyzing raw data, drawing conclusions & developing recommendations

. Writing T-SQL scripts to manipulate data for data loads and extracts

. Developing data analytical databases from complex healthcare source

data

. Performing daily system checks

. Data entry, data auditing, creating data reports & monitoring all data

for accuracy.

. Designing, developing and implementing new functionality

. Monitoring the automated loading processes

. Advising on the suitability of methodologies and suggesting

improvements

. Carrying out specified data processing and statistical techniques

. Supplying qualitative and quantitative data to colleagues and clients

. Provided transparent reports and status updates

. Monitored the daily activities and performance of the IT development

team

. Managed the completion of the projects within budgetary constraints

AlphaGenics, Inc., Web Administrator & Software Engineer, Rockville,

Maryland, Spring 2003 - Spring 2004

. Interned as Website Administrator utilizing Linux OS

. Interned as a Software Engineer utilizing Perl and JAVA

Left Brain Right Brain, Webmaster, Rockville, Maryland, Fall 2002 - Winter

2003

. Internship as Webmaster utilizing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Theatre Department of Washington & Lee University, Business Analyst, DBA, &

Web Administrator, Lexington, Virginia, Win - Spring 2002

. Documented requirements of the Theatre Department and developed Use

Cases, Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams

. Designed and administrated a web-accessible inventory database

utilizing ASP Classic and SQL based on the requirements

. Lead User Acceptance Testing, Quality Assurance testing and

verification of website and database

HONORS, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND AWARDS

Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services Office of the Center Director's Award

of Excellence, April 2014

. "For your efforts to ensure the Taxonomy codes are integrated into the

1915(c) application process."

Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services Office of the Center Director's

Citation Award, November 2013

. "For identifying and implementing interim IT solutions to support 2014

Affordable Care Act SPA review, approval, tracking, and Quality

Reporting"

Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services Office of the Center Director's

Citation Achievement Award, October 2012

. "For your keen technical skills and ability to consistently integrate

our efforts, identify gaps, and support your MACPro teammates"

Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services Office of the Center Director's Award

of Excellence, 2012

Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services On the Spot Award, 2011

. "For your tireless efforts to support the Agency in documenting and

the business requirements of the Medicaid and CHIP Enterprise and

reforming our systems to better meet the needs our CMCS partners"

Honor Society of the Phi Kappa Phi, Duquesne University Chapter 187

. Chosen to join The Honor Society because of outstanding graduate

student performance

Honor Society of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

. Chosen as the most academically outstanding African American senior

Washington & Lee

. Given a full tuition scholarship grant by Washington & Lee University

to attend the school.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Honor Society at Duquesne University Chapter 187 of Phi Kappa Phi

(outstanding student performance award), 2008

Master of Science Degree in Health Management Systems 4.0/4.0 GPA

Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia

Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science

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