Experience

Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IT Applications Programmer/Analyst 3

  • Jan 2013 - Present



Honest Bobware

• Baton Rouge, LA

• Consultant

  • Jun 2003 - Present

  Independent consultant specializing in design and implementation of complex enterprise software systems, including n-tier/client server databases, .Net and Win32 applications. • CueTime Professional for Windows development team member responsible for C++/C# user interface design, a multi-threaded MIDI time and event processor, and tool development. CueTime provides management of the film scoring process, a custom interface with visual input of timing data via QuickTime, an XML-based reporting engine, and synchronization with MIDI time code for controlling external MIDI video effect generators during recording. • Technical member of multi-company team creating a proposal and cost estimate for privatization and modernization of a large federal government software system. Responsible for architectural design and software development cost estimates. Worked as subcontractor with DataQuest Software. • General system consultation for technical viability, projected cost, overall design and patent process. Tools: Visual Studio.NET, Visual C++, C#, XML, ADO.NET, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project. Show less



State of Louisiana

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Enterprise Application Integration Developer

  • Feb 2012 - Jan 2013

  Responsible for developing and deploying integrated solutions for the purpose of modernizing, consolidating and coordinating enterprise applications across the University. • Reviewed existing systems and provided initial guidance on moving those systems to a standards based enterprise architecture focused on the immediate and future business needs of the University. • Worked with K2 Blackpearl business process management solution to provide guidance on the workflow and new Smart Forms platform for wider adoption. • Collaborated with other developers on design and implementation strategies for future integration and custom solutions that maximize the use of off the shelf commercial and open source software. Tools: Visual Studio.Net, K2 Blackpearl, Eclipse. Show less



University of New Orleans (Medicaid Technical Services Contract)

• Baton Rouge, LA

• Software Development Supervisor/Senior Developer

  • May 2004 - Jun 2011

  Supervised software development team focused on constructing a .Net based applications and enterprise infrastructure to support systems on multiple platforms for Medicaid and DHH of LA. • Led design and participated in the development of an architecture that allowed both data and implementation inheritance of reusable components. The architecture included a shared security system and took advantage of COTS and freely available software from Microsoft and others. • Led design and participated in the development of a distributed data exchange infrastructure that decoupled interaction with external mainframe and other systems. Internal and brokered data made available using web services that decoupled access to the underlying data. • Responsible for overall design and delivery of DHH level system focused on single point of entry using a combination of Service Oriented Architecture concepts and data brokering. • Provided technical consultation on systems, RFP’s and projects for Medicaid, DHH and other levels of state government. • Team supported a mixture of Windows and Web applications for Intranet and internet. Internet applications were for support of providers, clients and emergency operations. • Assisted other developers with designs and implementation strategies. Tools: Visual Studio.Net, SQL Server, Entity Framework, ADO.Net, CSLA, MS Application Blocks, TFS. Show less



Lewis Computer Services

• Baton Rouge, LA

• Senior Software Developer/Team Leader

  • Aug 1995 - Jun 2003

  Team lead on Point of Care project, an n-tiered distributed application for managing clinical home health services using dynamic form-based clinical data collection and workflows. Lead programmer responsible for development of Windows and DOS client-server applications. • Managed team of 10 to 15 internal developers and contractors. Coordinated development efforts with product management, quality assurance, and Patron development teams. • Developed functional and engineering specifications based on extensive research of Federal Medicare and Medicaid guidelines. • Member of Patron team responsible for Win32 development in a Borland C++/OWL client-server environment. Successfully completed mission critical development tasks with federally mandated completion dates on schedule. • Developed Outcomes Management application to track outcomes based on the Medicare OASIS data collection and submission requirements in both DOS and Windows products. • Specified, designed, and implemented a major Patron component to transition the application from supporting Medicare fee-for-service to the current Medicare prospective payment system based on Federal regulations. • Designed and developed CapGuard, an application to project and manage profitability of Medicare home health agencies as they transitioned from non-profit to profit-based. • Designed and developed Tele-Medicine, an application for tracking telephone calls to patients made by home health agencies for clinical tasks not requiring actual in-home visits. • Lead programmer on the second release of Goal Access (a DOS point of care system) that was released on-time and was deployed for over 4 years without a major update. • Responsible for framework code, new features, and supervision and mentoring developers. Tools: MS/Borland C++, SQL Server, Project, XML, COM, OWL, Pascal, BoundsChecker. Show less



ACME Software Company

• Baton Rouge, LA

• Software Developer/Partner

  • Feb 1994 - Aug 1995

  Partner in consulting company specializing in C/C++ communications programming and porting C, C++. and Visual Basic applications from DOS to Windows. • Member of four developer team that ported PC BLAST (a full-featured file transfer and terminal emulation program) from DOS to Win16 using Visual C++. This was an 18 month project in which I was responsible for development of a script language and compiler, a message-based script execution engine, terminal emulation, and project management. • Maintenance of PC BLAST and BHOST (remote control software) in C and 808x assembler. • Project management including proposal writing and cost estimates. • Ported Visual Basic mutual fund tracking software from DOS to Windows. Tools: Visual C/C++, Microsoft Macro Assembler, Visual Basic, BLAST. Show less



U.S. Robotics, Inc.

• Skokie, IL

• Software Developer

  • Jan 1992 - Jan 1994

  Hardware/software R&D team member responsible for development of networking and communications software. • Coordinated integration of LANModem (a self-contained network modem sharing system with remote control and redirection capability) between software and hardware development teams. • Supervised contractors responsible for design and development to extend LANModem to support routing for Novell networks as well as TCP/IP redirection over PPP. • Assisted in the design and development of network capable fax drivers. Tools: Microsoft C, MASM, network protocols (IPX, NetBIOS, and TCP/IP). Show less



Communications Research Group, Inc.

• Baton Rouge, LA

• Assistant Developer

  • Mar 1989 - Jan 1992

  Junior developer responsible for testing and debugging BLAST remote control and data communications software. • Installed and configured numerous operating system and hardware configurations for development and testing of the BLAST and BHOST products. • Developed applications for automated testing. • Assisted with port of remote control client from DOS to UNIX. Tools: Microsoft C, MASM, DOS, UNIX, Novell, BLAST scripting. Junior developer responsible for testing and debugging BLAST remote control and data communications software. • Installed and configured numerous operating system and hardware configurations for development and testing of the BLAST and BHOST products. • Developed applications for automated testing. • Assisted with port of remote control client from DOS to UNIX. Tools: Microsoft C, MASM, DOS, UNIX, Novell, BLAST scripting.