Experience

Catholic Schools Office - Catholic Diocese of Dallas

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Substitute Teacher

  • Sep 2017 - Present



Systems Source Inc.

• Dallas, Texas

• IT Senior Business Analyst / Project Coordinator

  • Sep 2012 - Present

  Skilled IT professional, supporting client efforts in product processing modernization. Tasks include ensuring correct realization of the contract in terms of client’s requirements and claims, performances, security, environmental and legal constraints, quality of the deliverables. Addiitonally, working with technical and business teams to gather requirements, create specifications, develop new solutions, and define the project concept or basic design. Project coordination activities to include participation in client/contractor/architect meetings,providing post-meeting correspondence, communication with client and client associates, and documentation development and control, advising project manager on project task assignments; track task progress; and ensure adherence to deadlines coordinating resolutions with developers/client subject matter experts/contractors. Testing coordination to include data mining/development of appropriate test data, developing/performing/evaluating/preserving test processes and results, andcoordinateing development issue resolutions with developers. Show less



Dallas College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Course Facilitator for Healthcare Information Technology Program

  • Sep 2010 - Present

  Course facilitator 'History of Health Information Technology in the US'. The course is part of the EHR online program for Health Care and Health IT professionals, Healthcare Information Technology Program. There are 5 tracks offered to Health and Health IT professionals, depending on their areas of experience. The courses result in Certificates of Completion for Continuing Education credit; and prepare students for the national Health IT Certification Exam in their fields of expertise. Course facilitator 'History of Health Information Technology in the US'. The course is part of the EHR online program for Health Care and Health IT professionals, Healthcare Information Technology Program. There are 5 tracks offered to Health and Health IT professionals, depending on their areas of experience. The courses result in Certificates of Completion for Continuing Education credit; and prepare students for the national Health IT Certification Exam in their fields of expertise.



Universal Conversion Technologies

• Lead Business Analyst/Sr. Programmer Analyst

  • Sep 2003 - Dec 2010

  Enhanced clients’ processing efficiencies by 40% - 60%. Enabled clients to comply with state mandated regulations. Analyzed business requirements, collaborated with client technical and business associates to design and translate conversion challenges to specifications and programming requirements. Analyzed and translated programming requirements to SQL/JCL/PROCS/COBOL II programs/data members/conversion maps, executed conversion processes, and evaluated and reported process results for process enhancements and source system revisions. Supported business analysts in building/testing/debugging maps converting data to include SIP IMS and SQL systems/databases to IFL records for Odyssey, Cyberlife to XML records, and Vantage, Vector, and CFO systems to Cyberlife. Show less



Sophisticated Business Systems – Dallas, Texas

• Consulting Senior Programmer/Analyst

  • Jun 2002 - Sep 2002

  Facilitated clients’ elimination of minimally supported/aging software systems. Consulted with Sophisticated Business systems team regarding DB2/CICS COBOL/Assembler Applications and tools in migration from IDMS DB/DC for various clients. Consulted on various issues around code verification, testing, and debugging. Techsys Advanced Resources, L.L.C. – Dallas, Texas Senior Programmer/Analyst 1998 – 2002 Empowered clients to produce accurate policy holder statements, avoiding federal legal action. Modified product processing to include new products, product enhancements/corrections, and regulatory requirements, for VUL and UL products. Coordinated conversion software modifications with CK4/Cyberlife production enhancements. Designed, modified, assisted and instructed users, and tested keyword-builder and segment update maps using UCT software for VECTOR system conversion to CK4/Cyberlife. Show less



Techsys Advanced Resources, L.L.C.

• Senior Programmer/Analyst

  • Feb 1998 - Feb 2002

  Empowered clients to produce accurate policy holder statements, avoiding federal legal action. Modified product processing to include new products, product enhancements/corrections, and regulatory requirements, for VUL and UL products. Coordinated conversion software modifications with CK4/Cyberlife production enhancements. Designed, modified, assisted and instructed users, and tested keyword-builder and segment update maps using UCT software for VECTOR system conversion to CK4/Cyberlife. Empowered clients to produce accurate policy holder statements, avoiding federal legal action. Modified product processing to include new products, product enhancements/corrections, and regulatory requirements, for VUL and UL products. Coordinated conversion software modifications with CK4/Cyberlife production enhancements. Designed, modified, assisted and instructed users, and tested keyword-builder and segment update maps using UCT software for VECTOR system conversion to CK4/Cyberlife.



Southwestern Financial Services Corporation

• Senior Programmer/Analyst

  • Feb 1990 - Feb 1998

  Increased Health product revenues annually for multiple years. Enhanced Life processing efficiency by 80%. Maintained and enhanced Health and Life insurance products for multiple packaged and homegrown systems to include COBOL/COBOL II/Assembler/JCL/PROC modifications. Applied federal and state regulated/mandated enhancements to Assembler Health system; coordinated modifications with actuarial and legal entities. Wrote software for alpha updates for LMS conversion and CFO/CFO2 agency hierarchies to CK4/Cyberlife; and performed file-to-file conversion of Life Billing and Collection System data. Coordinated and retrofit conversion software modifications, to include both CK4/Cyberlife and in-house modifications, for multiple and varied system conversion to CK4. Converted data using both point in time and issues date conversion software, determining optimal number of convertible policies and correlating disparate conversions. Show less



Southland Life Insurance Company

• Programmer Analyst

  • Jun 1982 - Feb 1990

  Preserved major client contracts, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars annual revenue. Maintained and enhanced group Health ad hoc and batch reporting system. Maintained group Health Model Office system. Enhanced online system to include creating and updating screens and menus. Preserved major client contracts, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars annual revenue. Maintained and enhanced group Health ad hoc and batch reporting system. Maintained group Health Model Office system. Enhanced online system to include creating and updating screens and menus.