Information Technology Management

Objective

Information Technology Executive seeking Senior Executive Management position to

use 35 years of experience across multiple IT platforms and business environments

to build and establish successful IT system applications and operations.

Summary of Qualifications

CIO level experience managing large multi-million-dollar IT departments including all administrative budgets and planning for staff across departments.

Managed multiple new client implementations for multi-million-dollar contracts to install full BPO process for Healthcare applications for 6-billion-dollar Fortune 500 Company.

Managed implementation of full ASP healthcare system from HealthEdge (HealthRules and HealthAnswers) for Medicaid and Marketplace business.

Directed development of highly automated Distribution Management System to run multiple Distribution Centers to support billion-dollar textile company shipping requirements.

Developed Company Manifesting System to track all finished goods between plants to eliminate pilferage which in return generated large Company savings.

Complete budget responsibility for the definition, planning, organization, meetings and control of the projects and management of development teams.

Strong communication skills both with the non-technical users and the technical staff to deliver quality products within timelines.

Effectively managed a variety of information technology projects including healthcare systems, distribution systems and other various IT development projects.

Expertise in the full development life cycle including analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of information technology projects that have increased productivity, reduced business processes and cost, met strategic goals and deliverables and ensured client satisfaction.

Easily adaptable to change, with an eagerness towards learning and expanding capabilities. Supported multiple teams developing different type products.

Motivated, mentored, and developed very loyal employees at all levels. Have experienced less than 1% turnover of managed staff at different levels.

Very successful in managing and balancing multiple tasks to prioritize and meet development timelines within budget constraints.

Managed staff of 68 IT professionals including 20 offshore resources providing software development, quality assurance and production support for health care processing system (MCAS), EDI processes, windows development (.Net, Cold Fusion, C Sharp and VB and data warehousing systems.

Completed many RFP and RFI responses to support technical questions and project development requests to build product models to support upper management strategic goals and requirements for bidding on new business deals.

Managed development and modifications to Lawson (ERP) system to support largest home entertainment video distribution company in US.

Technical Skills

VMS COBOL

Micro-focus

COBOL

Dec-Forms

DCL

Informix

SQL Server

MVS COBOL and JCL

Datatrieve

Lawson Systems

MS Office

MS Project

FTP

HIPAA

FMS

MS Access

Windows

HealthRules

Java

Web Services

Education

B.S. in Business Administration

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

1987

Associate in Science

Southern Union State Community College

Wadley, AL

1984

Professional Experience

Development Manager

Axiom Systems Inc. Frederick, MD 6/2018 – 1/2020

Development Manager for Axiom Systems Inc.

Responsible for all IT development staff for application for Healthcare EDI processing and transactional routing for 837 claims processing and 270X transactions.

Systems were web services using mainly Java based code sets and a user desktop Java application for entry and submission.

Vice President of Information Services

MDwise, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 8/2011 – 5/2018

Vice President of Information Services for MDwise, Inc.

Responsible for all IT department functions and budget associated with running an MCO for Indiana State Medicaid Program supporting 450,000 members with an IT budget of over 15 million.

Systems include SAS, SQL and data warehouse, etc. to support enrollment, claims, capitation, premium billing, customer service, provider relations and care management.

Implemented full healthcare asp system HealthRules (HealthEdge) to run all product lines for MDwise

Senior Technology Manager

Wellpoint, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 1/2010 – 8/2011

Sr. Technology Manager for Federal Employee Program Division with Wellpoint.

Responsibility for managing IT staff of 15 Mainframe developers for a Healthcare processing system supporting the Federal Employee Program supporting some 1.5 million members for 12 states.

Systems include COBOL and CICS applications for healthcare system, data warehouse, etc.

Director of IT

Affiliated Computer Services Indianapolis, IN 12/2007 – 9/2009

Division IT Director for the Indianapolis Division of ACS.

Responsibilities are managing full IT budget, forecasting and staff for a Healthcare processing system supporting multiple clients.

Systems include Web applications, .Net workflow systems, COBOL healthcare system, telecom, data warehouse, etc.

Manage staff of 68 IT professionals with an operating budget of 4-5 million dollars.

Managed 25 member offshore development teams developing .Net and COBOL applications

Providing sales support for RFI and RFP responses to support aggressive growth strategies.

Provided multiple COI initiatives to lower department operating costs including operation process initiatives, higher claim auto-adjudication and electronic claim initiatives.

Director of Systems Development

Affiliated Computer Services Indianapolis, IN 12/2004 – 11/2007

Director of Systems development for MCAS healthcare processing system.

Responsible for developing healthcare processing application to support client request and multiple customer implementations.

Includes project management, quality assurance and operations support.

Managed staff of 32 IT professionals.

Developed offshore development teams to reduce system maintenance cost

Division Software Manager

Affiliated Computer Services Indianapolis, IN 5/2002 – 11/2004

Managed development for MCAS healthcare processing system.

Managed Mailroom systems and staff.

Systems included data warehouse, Web products, HIPAA transaction processing software. project management, quality assurance and operations support.

Managed staff of 45 IT professionals.

Computer Consultant

INDECON Indianapolis, IN 1/2002 – 4/2002

IT consultant at OASYS supporting healthcare processing system.

Client operations support for multiple clients.

Developed multiple projects to support client requirements.

Director MIS

Ingram Entertainment Nashville, TN 12/2000 – 12/2001

Director of MIS for Video distribution/sales processing system.

Responsible for completing conversion of MVC system over to the IEI system.

Maintain current Lawson processing system to support largest Home Entertainment Distributor in US.

Director MIS/CIO

Major Video Concepts Indianapolis, IN 2/2000 – 11/2000

Director of MIS/CIO for all IT applications.

Responsible for Lawson software (ERP system), CDI software (General Ledger), telecom systems, etc.

Managed staff of 15 IT professionals.

Managed development for automated shipping application system.

Provided IT initiatives to reduce project development life cycle to reduce department turnaround time and deliver quality product changes.

Computer Consultant

Maxim Group Consultants Indianapolis, IN 3/1999 – 1/2000

Consultant at Major Video Concepts.

Software development lead and programmer analyst for new development and system enhancements using Lawson software.

Unix based application using Informix database with Micro-focus.

Systems included purchasing, inventory control, sales, operations, accounts receivable, accounts payable, marketing and Ecommerce.

Computer Consultant

Maxim Group Consultants Indianapolis, IN 7/1996 – 2/1999

Consultant at Anthem BC/BS

Designed and programmed new system modifications to existing HCPS system to support healthcare applications system.

Systems included billing, claims processing, ID cards, membership loads, etc.

Developed designs and modifications to support upgrade for Y2K initiative.

Performed technical screening for new Maxim consultants.

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Russell Corporation Alexander City, AL 10/1994 – 6/1996

Project development lead over new development of a Distribution Management System to support one billion dollar textile company.

Highly automated system including conveyor processing controls, label application, sort processing, scheduling, shipping and inventory controls.

Managed project staff of 10 developers and 3 consultants.

Programmer Analyst III

Russell Corporation Alexander City, AL 1/1992 – 9/1994

Developed new VAX manufacturing and distribution systems.

Designed and developed an Inter-company Manifesting System to track all finished products between the manufacturing plants, contract plants and the distribution facilities.

Primary support person for all distribution facilities.

Programmer Analyst II

Russell Corporation Alexander City, AL 4/1990 – 12/1991

Developed customer service and distribution applications for Corporation.

Primary support person for all distribution facilities.

Programmer Analyst I

Russell Corporation Alexander City, AL 7/1989 – 3/1990

Developed applications for material handling areas of the Corporation.

Provided support for manufacturing facilities.

Programmer

Russell Corporation Alexander City, AL 4/1987 – 6/1989

Provided production support for computer operations area running mainframe systems.

Developed support programs on VAX platform.

Computer Operator

Russell Corporation Alexander City, AL 6/1986 – 3/1987

Responsible for the system processing and printing on the corporate IBM mainframe.

Provided help desk support for nightly operations for all facilities.

Distribution Specialist

Russell Corporation Alexander City, AL 6/1985 – 5/1986

Provided user report distribution for all output each night from production system.

References Available upon request

Contact this candidate