Information Systems Executive Management

Michael Whitson

Location: Lessburg, FL

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CELL: 352-***-****

Summary:

History of innovation leading the full life-cycle of complex engineering projects and programs.

Solutions-focused with proven ability to plan workflow, manage multiple projects, and deliver products . The attention to detail clarifies the innovative quality execution of highly technical projects. Qualifications include over 20 years of Information Systems roles. The opportunity to define 12 years of experience managing, leading projects, coordinating related programs, with leveraging increasing complexity and scope to meet or reduce established cost. Demonstrate strong leadership with a passion for solving complex problems and influencing change through technologies. Consistently demonstrate exceptional team-building skills fostering unified cohesion across all levels of staff, executive management, and customers. Adaptability to work quickly to accommodate changing target dates based on needs of various lines of business. Review of processes and procedures to streamline project duration in effort to make or exceed expectations. Interaction with multiple organizations on multiple platforms to inform organizations of processes and procedures to assist in making project dates.

Education:

Liberty University

DOCTORIATE OF STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP 10/2020 – 06/2024

CURRENT COURSE –

BMAL700_B07_202220 (Theory of Strategic Leadership) 10/2021 –12/2021

BMAL702_D01_202140 (Leading Organizational Change) 01/2022 – 02/2022

Strayer University 1/2018 – 3/2020

Master Information Systems Management Awared.

Tampa College Tampa, Florida 01/1990 - 06/1993

B.A., Business Administration and Computer Science – awarded.

Florida Technical College Tampa, Fl 1990

Business application Specialist

Certifications/Training:

Harvard Management (PMP)

COGNOS Training:

IBM COGNOS REPORT STUDIO

IBM COGNOS QUERY STUDIO

IBM COGNOS FRAME WORK MANAGER

IBM COGNOS ADMINISTRATION

INFORMATICA Training:

INFORMATICA ADMINISTRATOR

INFORMATICA DEVELOPER

XEROX Training:

Stepping Up to Management Program

Professional Development Program (PDP), Decision Consultants Inc, Tampa FL

TSO/ISPF, VSAM, Microfocus COBOL, IMS DB, DB2, PowerBuilder development, C programming

Technical Skills:

Languages: COBOL 74, 85, COBOL I, COBOL II, ASAP, CICS

Hardware: IBM 3090, IBM AS400, IBM ES9000, IBM DOS/VSE, Unisys A-Series, HP9000, Wang VS TSO,

Software Support: MS Office, MS PROJECT, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Remedy; Active Directory, Lotus notes, Procom +, FoxPro. Rumba, QuickBooks, AUTOSYS, VISIO,, ABC FLOW, HARVARD GRAPHICS, COGNOS 8.6.1, Report studio, query studio, Metric analyst, framework manager

Operating Systems: DOS, WINDOWS NT, NOVELL, WINDOWS XP, ME, 2000, 98, UNIX, Linux RUMBA

Ancillary Skills: ISPF, SDSF, ISMF, TRIVOLI, ROBOT, CA7/CA11,AUTOSYS, SCHEDULER, ZEKE, JCL, EFL, WFL, XGEN, MICROFOCUS COBOLSQLPLUS, PL/SQL, SQL NAVIGATOR, SPUFI,ORACLE 10g, 9i, 8i, DB2, IMS, DMSII, MS ACCESS, VSAM, Sequential Fix data sets, IDCAMS, WAAPDSUT, Sync sort, UCANU,XPEDITER,FILE-AID, ENDEVOR,ABEND-AID,PLATINUM DB2 TOOLS, JCLPREP,CLIST, REXX,TELNET, IBM HOST ON DEMAND, PCANYWHERE, PRO COMM,TCPIP, NDM, FTP, PKZIP,, DJDE, COGNOS, INFORMATICA Power Center

Professional Experience:

CONDUENT/XEROX/ACS (Government Healthcare Solutions Group), Washington DC 2009 – Present

Sr. App Dev Support Egineer III

Key Duties:

Manage, supervise and lead the data warehouse COGNOS BI Analytical Reporting Team to maintain, support Architecture, end user, Federal and State reporting requirements. Exceeding contractual agreements with established SLAs.

Lead, Analyzes, programs, and modifies software enhancements and/or new products used in local, Mainframe, networked, or Internet-related computer programs. To include Federal mandated reporting, State reporting, operational reporting, Administration reporting, subsystem reporting.

Planned, designed, Implement Improvements within the Fraud and Abuse reporting modules to reduce cost and expenditures.

Planned, designed, Implement new case studies within the surveillance Utilization system.

PBM reporting adhoc request.

EMAR Drug Usage Analysis – Therapeutic Class Summary/DETAILS

Drug Usage By Eligibility Classification analysis and reporting.

Oversee Drams input extracts and reporting.

Prepare omni case studies for Drug Utilization Review i.e. misuse and abuse and confirming prior authozization protocols.

Analyization of Utilization -distribution of MCO drug rebate per client agreements.

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Review updates associated to the coverage plans.

Lead and supervise the INFORMATICA development of the related ETL Subsystems JCL, PROC, SYSIN associated with COBOL batch processing.

Insuring the ETL data integrity for the DSS using tools SUPFI(DB2 SQL PLUS), Endeaver, TSO, ISPF, SDSF, JCL CICS, Eztrieve, WAAP and Tivoli Output Manager

Leading third party vendor associations within the project and the related Information system environment.

Leading the AGILE management with the subsystem and Group projects to effectively reduce cost.

Lead the Plan, design, develop and tests software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products.

Lead, develop and Managed ETL Systems Engineering Life Cycle processes, from requirements gathering through user acceptance testing ensuring corporate

CMMI Level 3 requirements were met.

Implemented process improvements for data collection / reduction increasing data analysis productivity and efficiency.

Established standard processes and procedures for Data Mining Life Cycle Development and incorporated into the Project Management Process Asset Library (PAL). Lead multi-disciplined, geographically-dispersed teams through design, development, and implementation of enabling technologies.

Planned and implemented process improvements streamlining the award of new projects working with internal departments and external clients

Recent projects include health care reform act associated with 5010, T-MSIS, and ICD10.

Develop a range of products including operating system modifications, graphics modules, etc.

Using current programming languages and technologies, writes code, completes programming, and performs testing and debugging of applications.

Plans and directs studies of potential electronic data processing applications. Lead and supervise the Development and installation of programs to support general business applications running on PCs.

Designs web pages, including graphics, animation, and functionality; develops infrastructure and applications related to pages.

Consult with the hardware or software purchasing recommendations regarding the COGNOS reporting and development.

Lead the assigned Disaster recovery Unit within the systems group for annual Disaster recovery test.

CIGNA Insurance, Chattanooga, TN Jul 2008 – Sep 2008

Senior Application Designer

IBM 3090, IBM AS400,,TSO, ISPF, SDSF,ISMF, CA7/CA11, SCHEDULER, ASAP, JCL, COBOL 74, 85, SQLPLUS, PL/SQL, SQL NAVIGATOR, ORACLE 9i, 8i, CICS, DB2, IMS,,VSAM, Sequential Fix data sets, IDCAMS, Sync sort, UCANU, XPEDITER,FILE-AID, ENDEVOR, ABEND-AID, PLATINUM DB2 TOOLS, CLIST, REXX, WINDOWS NT, NOVELL, WINDOWS XP, TELNET, RUMBA, TCPIP, NDM, FTP, DOS, PKZIP, VISIO, MS PROJECT, MS Office, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Remedy; Active Directory, Lotus notes, MQ series, AUTOSYS, VISIO

The principal designer for major systems and their subsystems by utilizing a thorough understanding of available technology, tools and existing designs.

Provide comprehensive consultation to business unit and IT management and staff at the highest technical level on all phases of application programming and processes for diverse development platforms, computing environments (e.g., host based, distributed systems, client server, software, hardware, technologies and tools, etc.).

Work closely with client and IT management and staff to identify application development solutions, new or modified programs, reuse of existing code through the use of program development software alternatives, or integration of purchased solutions or a combination of the available alternatives.

Researches and evaluates alternative solutions and recommends the most efficient and cost effective application programming solution.

Code new or modify programs, reuse existing code through the use of program development software alternatives and/or integrates purchased solutions.

Documents, tests, implements and provides on-going support for the applications. Develop and manage delivery strategy plan and deliverables

Assists Enterprise Services with development of the conceptual solution architecture and the logical solution architecture.

Orchestrates and delivers on ASG architecture/design efforts.

Work with the data architects to integrate data into the technology solutions. Maintain, update or create current state technical documentation and ensure ready access to all team members.

Maintain, update or create future state system documentation and ensure ready access to all team members.

Responsible for application design, development and unit test

Ensure alignment with architectural guidelines and design principles

Drive project and production problem resolution

Deliver all code and data improvements

Blue Cross Blue Shield: UPP-Business Systems, Fargo ND Dec 2007 – Jun 2008

Senior Programmer Analyst

IDR/ACS, Tallahassee, Florida May 2007 – Dec 2007

Senior Programmer Analyst

Florida Medicaid and Medicare project

State Of Florida - Tallahassee, FL

DHSMV - Programmer/Analyst II Jan 2006 – May 2007

Using current programming languages and technologies, writes code, completes programming, and performs testing and debugging of applications

Lead, develop and Managed COBOL Life Cycle processes, from requirements gathering through change management migration potocals.

DCF, EDI Automated Specialist Oct 2005 – Jan 2006

Schedule Maiframe and client server batch jobs.

DCF, Senior Computer Operator Mar 2004 – Oct 2005

Montitor and run system batch and on demand jobs.

DHSMV, Senior Computer Operator - Senior Computer Operator Apr 2004 – Mar 2005

Montitor and run system batch and on demand jobs.

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