Computer Consultant Medical Billing

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A multi-faceted professional composed of an expansive range of experience with hardware, software and multiple computer platforms. Technology agnostic, understands the Full Stack. Proven leadership skills involving managing, developing and motivating teams to achieve and surpass objectives. Superior analytical, design and problem solving skills. Works well under pressure, achieves top-class delivery of services while surpassing business and client objectives.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Application Suites: Microsoft Office (including Project and Visio), Visual Studio .Net, Visual Studio, Tableau, Power BI, Eclipse.

Programming Languages: ASP.Net, ASP, VB.NET, C#, VB6, XML, HTML, CSS, PL/SQL, T-SQL, MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Progress4GL, Java, Java Script, Perl, PHP, Python, Java RMI, Shell, CORBA, WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) Programming and Crystal Reports.

Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX, Linux, Mac OSX and NeXT.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Master of Science, Computer Science Software Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Software Engineering, with a focus on Project Management in a Rapid Development Environment, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon.

EXPERIENCE

Microchip Technology, Inc., Gresham, Oregon 07/13-09/20

Software Engineer (07/13 – 09/20)

●Applied advanced Computer Science concepts for vendor integrations to the effect of increasing performance by a factor of 10 and improvement was implemented by the vendor into their core offerings.

●Refactored Enterprise level reports from Crystal Reports to MS SQL Server (various versions) hosted

●Provided infrastructure guidance for on-site to cloud SharePoint integration inclusive of Enterprise rollout and support

●Performed successfully fully redundant MS SQL Server version migrations

●Performed successfully fully redundant MS SQL Server Clustered Systems Hardware migrations

●Enabled automation for a mission critical stocker tool via engineering access to the backend database

●Conceived and helped implement a “realtime” Manufacturing Fab Dispatching System via SignalR and MVC

●Utilized Python and PHP for various Microchip internal applications

●Designed and developed frameworks for multiple custom data integration points in various types of technologies and constructions.

●Identified systemic design enhancements to underlying systems so Reporting was more consistent and concise across multiple custom developed initiatives in various Business Groups for the Global Enterprise.

●Performed DevOps requests for different Business Groups ranging from establishing and migrating code repositories from SVN to TFS on-site and TFS cloud, to implementing Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment pipelines from TFS cloud to on-site deployment.

●Established and Performed Best Practices for maintaining Mission Critical Systems Infrastructure

●Helped offload multiple Infrastructure and general business support requests to offshore support systems and resources by developing processes and procedures to adhere to.

●Designed and helped guide Software Development Support Interns with various Software Engineering tasks from enhancements to helping understand the fullstack where applicable (front end/back end, web services, etcetera.)

●Implemented and automated tasks for many prior types of manual requests for system updates and Business Group needs and processes

●Developed Consumer ready reports prior to fully established data sources and were implemented seamlessly and successfully that allowed data source adaptability on deployment

●Performed engineering design enhancements to allow for future anticipated behavior with no anticipated engineering overhead

●Created multiple Data Exports and Interchanges to allow diverse and disparate Mission Critical Fab operation systems to interact

●Evaluated and Implemented a successful migration of a Mission Critical Fab wide environmental monitoring system from single point instance to a fully redundant infrastructure supported implementation for Fab Operations

●Cultivated business wide productivity via encouraging the use of multiple monitors

WebMD, Incorporated, Portland, Oregon 04/07 – 04/13

Sr. Solution Support (01/10 – 04/13)

●Identified multiple process improvements to increase robustness and reliability in client solution delivery and implementation.

●Leveraged C#, ASP.Net, XML, HTML, CSS and SQL Server skill sets to successfully mitigate production core platform issues and client customized implementation and integrations.

●Worked with Product Management, Development and Quality Assurance resources to expand platform functionality and agility.

●Mentored multiple team members to success as our team grew in numbers and responsibilities

Account Manager/Project Manager (04/07-01/10)

●Managed a team of Technical Service Managers, Developers, Quality Assurance and other resources to achieve client driven solutions.

●Identified multiple process improvements to increase repeatability and reliability in client solution delivery and implementation.

●Leveraged C#, ASP.Net, XML, HTML, CSS and SQL Server skill set to successfully mitigate production issues and client implementation and integrations.

●Worked with Product Management, Core development and Quality Assurance resources to expand platform functionality and agility.

●Maintained and expanded relationships for Top Tier Health Plan clients

●Successfully integrated new clients onto our platform with high client satisfaction of delivery

●Identified and created processes to migrate clients from customized to standardized solutions.

●Worked with third party vendors to improve their processes for reliability in product delivery pertaining to our solution.

Kronos - Unicru, Incorporated, Beaverton, Oregon 10/04 – 04/07

Project Manager (1/06 – 03/07)

●Managed a team of Business Analysts, Account Service Managers, Developers, Quality Assurance and other resources to achieve client driven solutions.

●Identified numerous process improvements which resulted in a team efficiency gain of 30%+ project throughput while working with a limited resource pool.

●Increased product reliability for clients through enhancement initiatives to achieve more robust data archival and retrieval processes.

●Identified process and design improvements to increase data storage and manipulation reliability.

●Enhanced product quality through process gap identification and implementation of process corrections.

●Spearheaded projects on behalf of clients to increase quality of product delivery and performance.

●Created tools to assist in system performance and analysis for the purpose of verifying requirements versus implementation for internal and external clients.

●Continued to develop and maintain core components critical to daily performance for Enterprise-wide maintenance of our application.

●Interacted daily as liaison between technical resources and external and internal stake-holders of varying technical prowess.

●In the first quarter, completed 37 projects – ahead of a planned goal of 24.

●In the second quarter, completed 45 projects – ahead of a planned goal of 27.

●In the third quarter, completed 50 projects – ahead of a planned goal of 32.

●In the fourth quarter, completed 48 projects – ahead of a planned goal of 32.

Software Engineer II/Team Lead (10/04 – 1/06)

●Headed team responsible for first line engineering defense for an Industry Leading Total Workforce Solution Provider for multiple Fortune 500 companies with a 24/7 available solution featuring proprietary device and Internet driven solutions.

●Successfully off-loaded 80-90% of production issues from development engineers, freeing them for significantly more development time.

●Spearheaded development of internal support tools allowing faster reaction by our Client Support staff and bringing Operational Business costs down relating to developer support time.

●Successfully off-loaded Support tasks from Core Engineers and created tools and processes to bring more first level technical support for such tasks.

●Identified, designed and implemented critical core SQL database improvements which lead to increased efficiency of 25% application throughput.

●Created cross-functional on-demand reporting tools to reflect actual database performance and behavior made available to internal and external clients.

●Development environment included C/C++, C#, ASP.NET, Java, JavaScript, VBScript, and SQL Server.

Springbrook Software, Incorporated, Portland, Oregon 9/02 – 10/04

Program Analyst/Developer for Utility Billing/Financial Analysis

●Maintained an Enterprise Level Application Suite pertaining to Utility Billing/Financial Analysis for Tier II and higher municipalities.

●Provided Software and Hardware support in relation to the application.

●Customized the application to meet the customer specific requirements as dictated by the municipal ordinances.

●Analyzed, designed and implemented from start to finish numerous mission critical projects that were subject to Civic and Municipal auditing and verification.

●Created and Instructed Nationwide Seminar on reporting possibilities from outside vendor integrations pertaining to our application.

Self-Employed, Portland, Oregon 6/01 – 9/02

Software Engineer/Consultant

●Primarily consulted for a medical billing system software company.

●Helped re-engineer the custom engineered program from a FoxPro/DOS frontend and Unix backend based application to a VB6/Access frontend, Unix backend environment.

●Assisted with daily activities including client interaction, system maintenance and onsite/remote support.

Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 9/99 – 6/01

Computer Consultant for OSU Athletics (9/00 – 6/01)

●Headed computer hardware/software maintenance for two heavily used networks for student-athletes and staff.

●Created and maintained websites for Student-Athlete Academic Services.

●Tutored in Computer Science, including: fundamentals, program development and software engineering.

Graduate Research Assistant (1/00 – 6/00)

●Assisted with testing research for Oregon State University’s Computer Science Visual Programming Language (Forms/3) that was in development.

●Successfully designed, executed and analyzed a major version release cycle.

●Results were published at: http://eecs.oregonstate.edu/library/files/2000-7/00.60.08.pdf

Graduate Teaching Assistant (9/99 – 1/00)

●Instructed collegians on Computer Science Fundamentals.

●Above Average rating in student reviews.

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