Mar 2014 – Present · 12 yrs 2 mos · Atlanta Metropolitan Area

• Lead developer ecosystem engagement for a 500+ member Atlassian technical community, organizing technical talks, mentoring engineers, and driving adoption of new technologies including AI-assisted development.

Jun 2013 – Aug 2022 · 9 yrs 2 mos · Atlanta - Remote

• Technical lead for implementing and administering the Atlassian Suite of server based tools including JIRA, JIRA Service Desk, Confluence, Insight, Bitbucket and Fisheye/Crucible. Deep knowledge in extending functionality via REST API, Groovy, Scriptrunner/JMWE/Power Scripts, and other third party applications.
• Technical lead for developing/implementing DevOps and ChatOps models/methodologies into NASCO's existing SDLC and operations.

May 2012 – May 2013 · 1 yr

• Blue Shield of California
• Functioning as technical team lead for the define/analyze/construction phases of the Edifecs Upgrade Project. Moving client from Edifecs version 6.8.1 to version 7.0.8.
• Consulting with client to make platform and O/S decisions, assisting in providing content for the initial architectural documents, and participating in document review activities.
• Participating in new business development activities with the HP account staff, providing project recommendations and work breakdown structures.

Aug 2009 – Apr 2012 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• CIGNA
• Technical team lead for the design, development, and deployment of CIGNA’s new HIPAA transaction processing application built around the EDIFECS 7.0.8 Healthcare suite of products including: XEngine, XEServer, Transaction Management, HTR, TPM, SpecBuilder, and MapBuilder.
• Responsible for component development based on architectural direction and project time lines.
• Communicate technical and design decisions to multiple levels including: leadership, developers, and business analysts.
• Responsible for facilitating integration with other service work streams including HP Trading Partner Gateway (TPG), Business Process Management (BPM), Oracle Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Oracle Business Activity Monitoring (BAM), and Operational Data Stores (ODS)

Sep 2000 – Aug 2009 · 8 yrs 11 mos

• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)
• Technical team lead for the batch and interactive HIPAA 27X transactions including the (270/271 Eligibility, 276/277 Claim Status, 278 Referral/Authorization)
• Directly responsible for helping BCBSMA consistently achieve the #1 ranking within their peer group on the BlueExchange monthly performance reports.
• Responsible for trading partner profile implementation and configuration for bi-directional transaction delivery.
• Implemented transactional integration with the Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueExchange application
• Designed and implemented custom XML to PDF HIPAA reporting solution.
• Designed, constructed, and implemented the Enterprise Front End application for the processing of all inbound 837 batch transactions.
• Developed all technical design documentation for current state processing of the 27X batch/ interactive transactions (270/271, 276/277, 278).
• Designed, developed, and implemented HIPAA 837 Claim transaction processing proof of concept utilizing SeeBeyond eGate and eXchange .
• Blue Shield of California (BSC)
• Design, Development, and Implementation of HIPAA batch and real time transactions (837 Institutional, Professional, Dental, 835, 270/271, 276/277, 278) utilizing SeeBeyond e*Gate and e*Exchange
• Configuration and management of all trading partner profiles
• NOVARTIS
• Provided enterprise application integration and web portal product evaluation and recommendations based on existing product suite and client goals for just in time manufacturing needs.
• Provided conceptual design components including use cases, sequence and activity diagrams.

Jun 1999 – Sep 2000 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Responsible for creating and developing VGS Consulting’s Enterprise Application Integration practice.
• Managed end to end integration lifecycle for all Healthcare clients, including requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, testing, and support.
• Designed and administered company’s internal LAN and corporate websites.

Jun 1996 – Jun 1999 · 3 yrs

• Designed, developed and implemented batch and real-time HL7 interfaces for enterprise clients patient care, patient accounting, radiology, and laboratory systems.
• Team lead for the conversion of all client point-to-point (hub and spoke) interfaces to a standard Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) based architecture.
• Managed client implementations of Pathways 2000 suite of client/server products.
• Developed Peak Systems Software application utilizing Computer Associates Opal product. Peak Systems software puts a GUI front end on the various 3270, VTx, UNIX, and database systems of an enterprise, resulting in a web browser based application that leverages information available from legacy computer systems.

Jun 1993 – Jun 1996 · 3 yrs

• Formerly HBO and Company which was acquired by McKesson.
• Designed, developed, implemented and provided customer support for HBOC’s Pathways 2000 suite of client/server products including: HNS, HNM, IM, CCRV, and all underlying integration infrastructure.
• Developed technical documentation for the Pathways 2000 suite of products.
• Provided technical sales support for the Pathways 2000 suite of products featuring custom designed demonstrations and proof of concepts.
• Implemented HealthQuest 3.0 mainframe suite of applications including Patient Management, Patient Accounting, and Patient Care modules.