KEITH PALMER

Over ** years as a data processing professional with

responsibility for all phases of projects from innovation to implementation. Highly skilled in problem solving, costing, oral and written communications. Pick Basic (4 years), D3 and wIntegrate (5 years), UniVerse (19 years), AccuTerm, AnzioWin, Comtech (8 years), CargoTrac, MS Word, MS Excel, CodeWright, OnDemand, PlanetPress, EDI and XML.

Career Objective

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860-***-****

437 Lincoln Street New Britain, CT,

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NEW HORIZONS

to Visual Basic .NET Programming with Microsoft

.NET training at (Jan 2004)

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY

New Britain, CT

B.S Computer Science, English (Jan 1982)

COMPUTER PROCESSING INSTITUTE

GPA: 3.33

East Hartford, CT

Business Programming COBOL Programming (Aug

1979)

Relevant Coursework

Education

COBOL

ASSEMBLY

JCL

RPG

Over 25 years experience developing Multi-value

business applications (UniVerse, Pick Basic and D3). 2 Years experience supporting PlanetPress forms.

9 Years supporting Healthcare application (mostly

Comtec).

11 Years supporting Property & Casualty insurance

applications.

Provided system maintenance support (file resizing, VOC entries, performance enhancements).

Mentoring IT staff.

Additional Skills

Experience

CONSULTANT

MBC Interactive, Wolcott, CT

Jun 2017 - Apr 2018

Wrote program to extract data from the 210 EDI Invoice (ANSI X12 standards) for archiving purposes.

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PROGRAMMER/ANALYST

K & M Electric Supply, Inc, Riviera Beach, FL

May 2014 - May 2016

• Rewrote the Jobs Package System

• Automated a manual EDI Invoice process saving several hours of manual data entry each week

• Numerous ad hoc reports for management.

CONSULTANT

Home Depot, Atlanta, GA

Jul 2012 - Mar 2014

Enhance application software using UniVerse Pick Basic for the Home Decorators Collection Retail System

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• Primary Help Desk resource for the retail application. SENIOR SOFTWARE PROGRAMMER/ANALYST

Sentara Health, Virginia Beach, VA

Jun 2010 - Jun 2012

Various software enhancements in UniVerse for the CSC Healthcare application

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Responsible for research, analysis, design, coding, testing, documentation, and installation

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Developed UniVerse subsystem that interfaced with the Web to extract GPS coordinates

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• This established the basis for our internal web-based proximity search This was the initial instance of utilizing the CallHTTP instruction set at Sentara Health

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Other applications have adopted this more accurate approach of determining proximity

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Rewrote Membership Cards system, creating a more coherent, maintainable, User-friendly product.

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PROGRAMMER/ANALYST

K & M Electric Supply, Inc, Riviera Beach, FL

Jan 2007 - Jun 2010

Rewrote Receiving subsystem to conform to standard programming conventions in preparation for major overhaul of process flow

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Instituted indexing across several files which resulted in dramatic system performance improvement

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Instituted a software management system—mostly procedurally driven

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Designed, developed and integrated an in-house Time clock system

(on UniVerse) replacing the pc-based system

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Initiated a major project to standardize, stabilize, and overhaul the business application environment

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The goal of this effort is to provide a sounder, structured environment for future enhancements, whether object-oriented or UniVerse

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Responsible for administrative duties such as file resizing, VOC maintenance, overseeing that off-hours jobs are functioning properly

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• Liaison for Signature Capture (on handheld) project

• Also, responsible for developing its UniVerse support

• Project manager for implementing a third party imaging system Also responsible for developing UniVerse applications in support thereof.

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SENIOR ANALYST

Odyssey Re, Stamford, CT

Oct 2003 - Apr 2006

• Enhance software using D3 on the RSG reinsurance application system Led software project that allows users to track claims across accounting systems

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• Help desk support

• Ensure that system procedures are Sarbanes/Oxley compliant. PROGRAMMER/ANALYST

Lane Construction, Meriden, CT

• Project lead for researching and implementing an imaging system Developed forms and integrated a Windows based imaging package with the legacy system, allowing reports to be distributed electronically and printed independently

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Enhance application software using D3 for the Payroll and Accounting systems (primarily)

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• Ad hoc reporting as needed

• Miscellaneous programming enhancements.

CONSULTANT

A.N. Deringer, Inc, St. Albans, VT

Apr 1999 - Oct 2001

Enhance application software using UniVerse Pick Basic for the CargoTrac application, a freight forwarding and logistics system

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Performed analysis, design, and technical specifications for all major efforts

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Created an Import Entry system which vastly improved productivity and accuracy compared to the previous system

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• Two data entry screens were combined into one

• This resulted in tighter control and greater efficiency The final product incorporated the following: storing and recalling repetitive data, defaulting, intuitiveness, user-friendliness, keystroke minimization

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• Major enhancements were included for U.S

• Customs and NAFTA compliance

Repaired or replaced existing faulty components discovered during the development cycle

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Responsible for providing technical solutions, estimates and specifications for a variety of business needs

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• Enhance and maintain billing applications.

SENIOR DEVELOPER

Oxford Health Plans, Trumbull, CT

Jul 1995 - Apr 1999

Enhance application software using UniVerse Pick Basic for the CSC HMO System

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• Rewrote the government capitation system

• Support State Utilization reporting system

• Support the Provider Credentialing System.

CONSULTANT

Kaiser Permanente, Farmington, CT

Jul 1994 - Jul 1995

Enhance application software using UniVerse Pick Basic for the CSC HMO System

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• Maintain the pharmacy subsystem.

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