Resume Of HERMAN C. CUMMINGS

Candidate Nickname: Herman

Position: Sr. Programmer/ Developer Advisor

Availability: Immediate

Industry Experience: 15+ years

Contact Information: 706-***-**** / h5ye7z@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

Description: A senior data processing professional with over 15 years of success in systems analysis, design, disaster recovery, development, documentation, implementation and support. Has diverse industry experience including Banking, Credit, Payroll, Distribution, Health Care, Insurance, Manufacturing, Order Entry, Utilities and Warehousing. Exhibits strong people skills combined with the ability to learn new technologies quickly. Strong team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

T E C H N I C A L S K I L L S

IBM ES9000 IBM 30XX IBM 43XX

MVS/XA/ESA DOS/VSE IBM PC

Windows XP, 7 OS/2 VM

OS/VS DB2 IMS DB/DC

SQL/QMF DL/1 ISQL

COBOL COBOL II COBOL 390

MVS JCL PANVALET CICS

ROSCOE SPUFI VSAM

BIMEDIT LIBRARIAN TSO/ISPF

MS Office 2007 QuickJob MS Excel

EXPEDITOR Easytrieve Plus MS Word

PL/1 SAS PowerPoint

ENDEVOR MQ Series IBM Fault Analyzer

Systemactics Software PacBase Changeman

Source Code Generator HIPAA EDI

C A R E E R E X P E R I E N C E

2003 thru 2009 Sr. Developer/Advisor

BCBSGA / Wellpoint Columbus GA

· Created Comment Log reporting system for Qcare Actuarial Dept to provide in-house turn-around statistics for operators working claims.

· Programmed Interactive Voice Response unit which interfaced with mainframe claims processing and reporting for Medicare Part A. Also performed voice recording editing using SoundForge (by Sony) whenever CMS had procedure changes. (IVR, VRU programming).

· Created automated IT processing for provider (835) payments, thus eliminating the need for departmental manual intervention, so that the proper NPI numbers would be used.

· Received an award for reprogramming HOHPTP, a program adapted for industry-wide use to facilitate online CICS editing (Medicare/CMS) for provider processing, registration, and verification for HIPAA transaction records.

· Modified MedATran (FEP) programs (HB837BTR, HB837BIG, HB837BAD, HB997ZAC, and HB997ZRJ) for in-house use in order to provide claim totals and charges for each provider, eliminating abends.

· Modified MedATran JCL to provide email notifications of Inbound Validation errors

and Crosswalk deletions and additions from the preceding day’s file, saving man-hours for

the business.

· Converted Mercator software to MedATran (4010X096A1 files), for ANSI 837, 271, 276, 277, & 997 transaction files.

· Converted Oscar numbers to NPI for mainframe and Voice Response Units.

· Assisted with provider education with Health Care Institutional Implementation Guide rules.

2000 thru 2002 Senior Programmer

Ahold Information Services Greenville SC

· Maintained Bonus Card legacy systems for multiple Food store chains, being “on call” for nine processing systems.

· Coded using DB2, SPUFI, QMF, Stored Procedures, MQ Series

Nov 1998 thru 1999 Consultant/Sr. Programmer Analyst

Presbyterian Hospital Charlotte NC

· Created/maintained batch legacy systems, being “on call” for Accounts Payable, Budgeting, Case Mix/Casper, Fixed Assets, General Ledger, Human Resources, Pharmacy, Project Tracking and other hospital systems

· Coded using DB2, IMS and QuikJob and JCL for changes

· Assumed general “Helpdesk” issues, acting as liaison between the user and technical staff

Feb 1998 to Nov 1998 Consultant/Sr. Programmer Analyst

Mecklenburg County Charlotte NC

· Provided analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of new CICS programs and screens under Release 4.1 for Vehicle Tax conversion

· Worked on analysis, design and development of both new and existing batch COBOL programs using COBOL II and 390 COBOL

· Created new MVS job streams for conversion efforts as well as the tax production systems

· Wrote new documentation for job procedures

· Interfaced with users concerning screen and report design

· Completed EXPEDITOR 6.4 training and utilized for debugging CICS and COBOL programs

Nov 1997 to Feb 1998 Consultant/Sr. Programmer Analyst

Duke Energy Charlotte NC

· Provided analysis, design, development, testing, implementation and documentation of legacy Utility applications

· Performing new century tests and troubleshooting various applications to insure compliance to quality assurance Year 2000 certifications

Oct 1996 to Nov 1997 Consultant/Sr. Programmer Analyst

Lucent Technologies Greensboro NC

· Provided maintenance and enhancements for the COBIS system (Commercial On-line Billing & Invoice System), using IMS DB/DC.

· Duties included assuring the successful nightly batch processing and timely on-line availability

· Supported customer service representatives by providing "order correction" assistance, access authority, and training

· Bestowed analysis, design, modifications, testing and implementation of numerous MVS mainframe application programs

· Job streams included daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly with various reporting jobs

· On call 24-hrs, 7 days a week

E D U C A T I O N

Institute of Computer Management Cleveland Ohio

Cuyahoga Community College Cleveland Ohio

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