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com EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, 1982 Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington. A+ in Using the Unix Operating System, 1997 UC Berkeley Extension 3 classes in Visual Basic (Intermediate level-2003) 2 classes in MS SQL Server (Query Language and Server 2003) 1 class in VB .Net from Netdesk (07/2006) 7 Years Vax Basic, 2 Years VB 6.0/VBA, 4 Years Vax Cobol, 2.5 Years Vax Pascal 5 Years CMS, 6 Years Datatrieve, 1.5 Years MMS, 1 Year ACMS, 3 Years FMS, 3 Years CDD, 2 Years, TDMS 2 Yrs MS Access, 1 Year SQL Server, 3 Years Oracle/SQL (Oracle V7.0, PL/SQL, SQL *Plus, Pro*Cobol, SQL*Forms 3.0, SQL*Reportwriter 1.1, SQL*Menu), 2 Years Progress and 5 Years VAX/Rdb. OPEN VMS (3.5 Years), VMS, UNIX, WINDOWS 95,98,NT, Mac OS X and DOS Alphas, VAXs, PCS, Macs Mercator, Vitria Clearinghouse, Tuxedo, ACMS

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OBJECT ORIENTED: VB .Net, VB 6 and Oracle Developer 2000 DOCUMENTATION: Visio, Microsoft Word and Excel EXPERIENCE: Aug 02 Premera Blue Cross in Mountlake Terrace, Washington to Present Senior Programmer Analyst. VB/Access/VBA Projects: Facets to GBAS Alpha Fee Table Conversions

TPR (Trading Partner Registry Web App) Auto-Populate DSA - Dimensions Support Application Employee On Call Database HCE Fee Table Loads Completed miscellaneous bug fixes, applied structured programming techniques using Premera development standards, wrote comprehensive test plans, became familiar with EDI X12 transactions and expanded my Healthcare business knowledge base. Mar 00 To Jun 01 Healthnet in Woodland Hills, California Programmer Analyst Using Vax Basic, Cobol and Datatrieve developed enhancements for mass provider transfer system (XPT) by adding supplemental information in reports generated. Reduced production support issues by documenting data fixes and filtering out programmed error messages which were user instead of software type errors. Developed several other enhancements to the system to speed up user productivity. Temporarily filled in to support finance team with data fixes to their complex system using Datatrieve. Developed DCL scripts to speed up productivity of data fixes. Developed client/server (HNWindows) server changes to increase security and new functionality. Developed test plans and test environments for testing XPT and HNWindows.
Cognitive Mechanics Consulting, Ltd. at E*trade in Palo Alto, California Programmer Analyst/Consultant Using Vax/Basic on Alpha VMS developed a server program that reads logged messages and sends them out via Tuxedo client/server software. This added reliability to the E*Trade Smart Alerts and required understanding the complexity of E*Trades back end messaging software including (ASTs, mailboxes, QIOs. RMS files.). Created dataflow overview, change control, implementation and backout documentation. Silicon Valley College, Fremont, California Graphic Design 6 Months training on graphic design methodologies on classic computer graphic tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Quarkxpress and Powerpoint. Comsys at EDS in Walnut Creek, California Software Tester Developed test cases for health care benefits eligibility team using Excell, Access and Word, extracted data to match test requirements. Western Staff Services, Walnut Creek, California Programmer Analyst Primarily performed troubleshooting and maintenance on the Corporate payroll(Peoplesoft) and billing(Oracle Financials) batch processing system. Maintained developed, tested and implemented software on the batch system using DCL, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus and Pro*Cobol.

Aug. 99 To Oct 99

Nov 98 To Mar 99

Aug 98 To Oct 98

Feb. 96 To Apr 98

Monitored production and test cycles which often involved on the spot research into the cause of cycle aborts. Developed data flow diagrams to clarify design proposals. Organized Citibank and AMEX automation projects from design specification through project completion. Maintaining the SUI system which included developing claim activity on-line reports using Developer 2000, batch reports using Pro*Cobol and troubleshooting SUI fax interrupt problems. Mar. '94 To Jan. 96 Video Products Distributors Inc., Sacramento, California Programmer Analyst As a team of 1 to 3 people using Progress 4GL software: designed developed, tested and implemented various reports and screens on several applications including General Ledger, Inventory, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable Purchasing, and Receiving. Maintained third party financial code mainly in Accounts Payable working with checks, invoices, terms and vouchers. Developed system tools to speed up development including command files to speed up batch submittal and a VAX/TPU program to globally search and replace all files specified with as many substitutions as desired so that newly purchased financial application software could install and execute correctly. COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION., Bremerton, Washington Senior Programmer Analyst At Keyport Washington was responsible for taking over "Phone Directory System" (PDS) application and becoming the primary developer and maintainer of system. Designed, coded, tested debugged and implemented application program changes. Utilized SQL*Forms 3.0, SQL*Reportwriter 1.1 and SQL*Menu on a VAX/VMS platform. Maintained application forms, Oracle tables, SQL scripts and DCL command files. Developed menus, table maintenance screens and production reports. Configured and installed end user PC keymapping files to enable standard vt220 emulation. Configured key maps for TCP/IP protocol and broad band serial port PC connections.. Was responsible for demonstrating PDS application as well as administering menu security and table access grants to all application users. Also maintained file transfer scripts creating batch programs to run automatically. Wrote user and technical documentation which included entity relationship diagrams. At PSNS developed and Maintained COBOL 74 programs on the Honeywell DPS8. Additionally created and modified JCL needed to test and implement these programs. First 3 months at the Army Core of Engineers in Seattle, programmed reports using PRO*Cobol in a UNIX environment. SIMONS SYSTEMS, INC., Bellevue, Washington Software Engineer Developed application around LXE radio link terminal hardware. Have developed and maintained order management screens, troubleshot bugs from other programmers' code, developed several pop-up screens utilized by various programs on the system. Additionally, have experience with device communications, designed screen specifications for customer LXE applications, have trained customers on how to use their LXE

Oct. '91 To Apr. 93

Feb. '88 To Oct. '90

application and am familiar with DEC system service routines. Used VAX/Pascal and VAX/Rdb. Feb. '85 To Feb. '88 COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION., Silverdale, Washington Programmer Analyst The first 6 months developed and maintained COBOL 68 and 74 programs at PSNS. Developed sophisticated report generation software for the PSNS Nuclear Work Management System (NWMS). Used VAX/COBOL, VAX/Basic and VAX/Rdb.