Experience

Sheet Metal Supply Ltd.

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Warehouse Manager

  • 2013 - Present



Siemens IT Solutions and Services

• Senior Applications Analyst

  • Aug 2005 - May 2009

  Claim Processing System (Kemper Insurance application) • Kemper Insurance outsourced their Data Center and Claim System to Siemens. Responsible for day to day production support and enhancements for the mainframe CICS DB/2 application. The application handles three million plus active and inactive claims supporting thousands of claim adjusters around the country. Coordinated business requirements directly with users and translate those requirements into technical solutions. • Primary responsibility for the electronic filing of state workers compensation reports following industry standards for reporting. This covered adding new states to the electronic filing of claim information, changes based on new state requirements, and changes requested by the business unit. > Improved the quality of reports filed with the states of California, Texas, & Tennessee preventing fines for late or inaccurate filings. > Utilized sound, proven testing methodologies for the implementation of new states into the reporting process. Coordinated implementation with representatives from the various state government insurance bureaus. All new state reporting projects were implemented without defect. > Excellent communications and positive attitude fostered an excellent IT / Business partnership. Show less



Kemper

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Applications Analyst

  • May 1984 - Aug 2005

  Claim Processing System 2003 - 2005 • Responsible for day to day production support and enhancements for the mainframe CICS DB/2 application. The application handles three million plus active and inactive claims supporting thousands of claim adjusters around the country. • Developed and implemented simplified process for blocking specific claim activities, this included check writing for accounts no longer doing business with Kemper. > This enhancement saved thousands of dollars in future programming costs by entering key claim information into a CICS table replacing the need for direct program coding. > Enhancement prevented the creation of claim checks for blocked accounts saving both money and the reputation of the company. Show less