Kurt Bilow
Belfair, WA ***28
Phone: 360-***-****
Email: ***********@*******.***
Objective
Accomplished Senior Programmer/Analyst with over 27 years of diverse data processing experience seeking position where creative ideas can be fully developed into application software. Broad background in application analysis, development, maintenance, enhancements, support, and conversions of multiple applications. Extensive experience developing program specifications, coding and testing of batch and on-line programs. Strong team contributor and a leader with excellent interpersonal communication skills. Resilient problem solving skills. Effortlessly learns new technologies, skills and applications rapidly.
Experience
Over 23 years of LastWord, Carecast, and Centricity experience developing reports, extracts, interfaces, and conversions of all modules including RX (Pharmacy), OE (Orders), Admission/Discharge/Transfer (ADT), Appointments (APT), Medical Records (MR), Network Application Interface (NAI), etc. Developed and maintained CA Expert Rules.
Solid programming skills using COBOL, Enscribe, SQL, Access and Flow Form data elements.
Stanford Hospital & Clinics – 06/14/2010 – 05/27/2011
Contractor providing remote programming/analyst support for the GE Carecast application developing data extracts utilizing COBOL and SQL.
Skills: CARECAST, TANDEM, HP, COBOL85, TACL, ENFORM, ENTRUDER, FUP, DDL, SQL, SQLCI, PERUSE, SPOOLCOM.
Vancouver Coastal Health - 11/30/2009 – 5/1/2010
Contractor providing remote programming/analyst support for the GE Centricity application, developing multiple reports utilizing COBOL.
Skills: CENTRICITY, TANDEM, HP, COBOL85, TACL, ENFORM, ENTRUDER, FUP, PATHCOM, DDL, SQL, SQLCI, FLOW FORMS, PERUSE, SPOOLCOM.
St. Vincent’s Medical Center - 6/1/2009 – 9/25/2009
Contractor providing programming/analyst support for the GE Centricity application, developing multiple reports utilizing COBOL. Instructed personnel on usage of CA Expert Rules.
Skills: CENTRICITY, TANDEM, HP, COBOL85, TACL, ENFORM, ENTRUDER, FUP, PATHCOM, DDL, SQL, SQLCI, FLOW FORMS, PERUSE, SPOOLCOM, CA EXPERT RULES.
Mills-Peninsula Health Services - 8/11/2008 – 5/1/2009
Provided contract programming/analyst support for the GE LastWord application.
Skills: LASTWORD, TANDEM, HP, COBOL85, TACL, ENFORM, ENTRUDER, FUP, PATHCOM, DDL, PERUSE, SPOOLCOM, REMEDY.
Huntsville Hospital - 4/14/2008 – 8/16/2008
Provided remote off hours contract programming/analyst support for the GE Centricity application.
Skills: CENTRICITY, TANDEM, HP, COBOL85, TACL, SQL, SQLCI, ENFORM, ENTRUDER, FUP, PATHCOM, DDL, PERUSE, SPOOLCOM.
Smartronix, Inc. - 8/1/2007 – 8/1/2008
Provided software support for LOGCOM C4 legacy applications. Identified, defined, collected, and analyzed software development/maintenance requirements. Troubleshoot code. Maintain code to include fixing problems with existing code, writing code to make system enhancements, and testing modified and developed code. Currently established with a Secret Security Clearance.
Skills: IBM, COBOL, NATURAL, ADABAS, JCL, RPF, TSO, ROSCOE, REMEDY, ENDEVOR, WORD, EXCEL, VISIO, FTP, and REPORTING.
Group Health Cooperative - 6/6/1988 – 7/26/2007
Lead Tandem Programmer/Analyst maintaining and supporting the LastWord Application with modules such as Pharmacy, Patient Accounting, Hospital, Clinical, Billing, Financials, Reporting, and Interfaces.
Designed and developed COBOL Standard Reporting guidelines, procedures and software.
Lead of a team of contractors in the conversion of over 400 batch programs.
Created and maintained requester/server pairs.
Team Database Administrator.
Responsible for developing and maintaining CA Expert Rules.
Created numerous Access applications to support Patient Financial Services.
Developed and Installed a Respiratory Therapy Tracking application utilizing Visual Basic.
Designed and coded all aspects of the team web site using HTML.
Participated in numerous application conversions.
Skills: TANDEM, HP, IBM, IDX, LASTWORD, COBOL, SCOBOL, GUARDIAN, TAL, TACL, FUP, PATHCOM, DDL, PERUSE, SPOOLCOM, CA EXPERT RULES, ENFORM, SCREEN BUILDER, ENSCRIBE, SQL, TMF, JCL, TSO, VIEW/DELIVER, CHANGEMAN, DOS, ACCESS, VISUAL BASIC, VBA, WORD, EXCEL, OUTLOOK, VISIO, CRYSTAL REPORTS, HL7, FTP, INTERFACES, NAI, ENTRUDE, HTML, SAR, and REPORTING.
United States Navy - 6/6/1983 – 6/6/1988
Designed, developed and maintained Automated Tape Library Management System, Medical Accounting System, Spare Parts Information Management Tracking System, Urinalysis Reporting System, Status Monitoring and Requisition Tracking (SMART) System, CASREP/Cannibalization Monitoring System and Inventory Management System.
Converted from a Basic written Supply System on a WANG to a requester/server Tandem application.
Supervised all operation functions including manpower utilization, job scheduling, equipment utilization, routine equipment maintenance, librarian functions, documentation, payroll processing, report distribution and quality control.
Monitored and performed all operation functions of the unit. Received and executed data processing jobs for the Shipboard Uniform Automated Data Processing System (SUADPS), Intermediate Maintenance Management System (IMMS), and Shipboard Joint Uniform Military Payroll System (SJUMPS). Utilized all utility capabilities and performed the operation functions to update an executive system.
Training Officer, Media Librarian and Inventory Officer.
Skills: TANDEM, HONEYWELL, WANG, UNIVAC, COBOL, SCOBOL. GUARDIAN, DDL, ENSCRIBE, PERUSE, PATHCOM, SPOOLCOM, ENSCRIBE, TACL, FUP, ENFORM, BASIC, DOS, PASCAL, and REPORTING.
Education
Attended Tacoma Community College in 1983 taking computing courses.
Graduated from the United States Naval Data Processing “A” School in 1984.
References
Available upon request.