Experience

RiseNow

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Technical Services

  • Feb 2015 - Present

  RiseNow is a spend management consulting firm that brings supply chain best practices and best in class solutions to healthcare. We accomplish this through our Spend Management Advisory Services, Enterprise Spend Management Solutions and Integration Based Solutions. RiseNow extends the value of your spend management systems by serving as your solutions delivery advocate. Our platform agnostic approach allows us to identify the hidden shortcomings of typical spend management implementations while helping you to fully realize the ROI that you were promised. RiseNow also optimizes the value of your legacy systems by filling the gaps they inherently create, identifies opportunities to deliver accountable outcomes and advises on enhancement or replacement strategies based on your existing structure and business agenda. Show less



CB&I

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Enterprise Architect

  • Apr 2009 - Feb 2015

  Continued development of the iDocs Document Management and Workflow System, a global 3-tier enterprise application that is the fundamental document warehouse for large-scale projects at CBI. Promoted to IT Manager of EDMS Solutions and managed 3 teams of developers, including an off-shore team in India. Accomplishments include: • Inherited a largely undocumented system and provided technical architecture as the entire infrastructure was redesigned and moved to a new data center. • Stabilized the application by fixing major memory leaks. Implemented Brocade load balancers. • Designed and developed a new web-based RIA client application using Google Web Toolkit and Sencha GXT. Implemented a single sign-on module using Spring Security and SAML. Implemented an authentication mechanism for external users with OpenLDAP. • Integrated the Brava Server from IGC into the application for redline abilities. • Replaced Delphi reports with Crystal Reports using SAP Business Objects for rendering. • Reverse engineered the Oracle database using Toad Data Modeler. Provided data modeling for new features. • Involved in the creation of an India off-shore development team. Conducted scrum meetings with the India team on a regular basis. • Developed a new full-text search index database using LucidWorks/SOLR. Designed a REST API for full-text queries. • Developed a proof-of-concept for a redevelopment of the iDocs application using MongoDB. Developed a JSON data model. Developed an application that demonstrated replication of data to 3 data centers around the world and provided automatic fail-over. • Designed and developed the Simport application with Eclipse RCP for process engineers to analyze simulation data. Used Team Foundation Server (TFS) for tracking work items and version control. • Conducted all application development using the Agile Methodology. • Attended leadership training based on John Maxwell’s 21 Laws of Leadership. Show less



Looking Glass PBM

• Chicago, IL

• Lead Software Architect

  • Sep 2007 - Jan 2009

  Developed the InsideRx application as a tool for employer group administrators to manage their prescription drug spends with worker’s compensation cases. The InsideRx application includes a web-based tool and a back-end integration engine. The integration engine manages the sharing of information between Looking Glass and a contracted prescription processor. Accomplishments include: • Developed the detailed design of the application user interface and integration engine. • Modeled the database structure using Erwin for deployment on MySQL. • Design, configuration, and installation of technical architecture with virtual machines using VMware at a contracted hosting service. • Supervised the programmers, established coding standards, reviewed all code, researched Java related technologies and transferred knowledge to the developers. • Coded the complex areas of the application user interface in Java. Developed a number of JSP Custom Taglibs. Developed the LDAP authentication/authorization routines in Java with connection to Active Directory and Apache Directory Server. • Liaison between Looking Glass and the prescription processor (SXC Corporation). • Developed a number of custom reports and developed Java routines to email reports as PDF attachments using the BIRT reporting tool. Show less



Health Connections Networks

• Wheaton, IL

• Senior Systems Architect

  • Sep 2005 - Sep 2007

  Developed the HCN application, a web-based tool for collaboration of medical information between employers and providers in worker’s compensation cases. This system was designed to securely and electronically deliver physician notes and bills to employers. Responsibilities included: • Developed detailed design of the application user interface. • Modeled the database structure using Erwin for deployment on SQL Server. • Designed the XML schema structure for the XML documents stored within an XML repository. • Developed a web service for retrieval of XML documents from an XML repository. • Supervised the migration of the XML repository from XStreamDB to TextML Server by IxiaSoft. • Managed a team of off-shore Java developers in India. • Established the Java standards and coding conventions. Trained the India team on these standards. • Coded the challenging aspects of the application user interface in Java. • Built a security infrastructure using client digital certificates. Developed the Java routines to authenticate using the digital certificate. • Designed and built an integration engine in Java that was responsible for integrating with health-care information in HL7 messages and a variety of other health-care file formats and protocols. • Integrated to a web service based payment engine for employers to pay medical bills. • Developed a testing strategy using JUnit. Show less



InterPro Consulting

• Glen Ellyn, IL

• Technology Consultant/Founder

  • Jan 2003 - Sep 2005

  Founder and lead architect of a new consulting organization. Responsibilities included: • Technical Lead and developer of a proof-of-concept health-care initiative that allowed health-care providers and employers to collaborate over the Internet with documents from workmen’s compensation cases. The backbone of the system used HL7 v3 XML-based messaging. Developed the technical architecture and executed the proof-of-concept to validate the performance, usability, and development capabilities of the technologies. • Technical Lead for the development of the Web-based Membership Delivery System for Lions Clubs International. • Lead Architect and developer on Worldtab for Windows for a marketing research company. Worldtab is a software product that allows users to view and analyze the results of surveys in a variety of different ways. Show less



InterPro Global Partners, LLC

• Rosemont, IL

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Apr 1999 - Dec 2002

  Defined the technologies that were integral to the client solutions of the consulting practice. Projects included: • Development of the Trade Order Workflow System for Northern Trust Company. The Trade Order Workflow System manages the approval process of large dollar customer trade orders. • Lead Architect and developer of the Globix Framework. The Globix Framework is a Java based reusable framework that defines user interface components in XML. • Lead Architect on the development of a business plan and prototype for a peer-to-peer networking system for higher education. Responsibilities included development of a technical architecture and research into peer-to-peer networking products and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) products such as TIBCO and MQ Series. • Lead Architect of a custom system for the Institute for Real Estate Management (IREM). IREM is an association for real estate property managers. This system allowed property manages to submit income and expense data over the web. IREM analysts then reviewed, validated and published the data in five books on a yearly basis. Show less



Graphical Business Systems, Inc.

• Elmhurst, IL

• President/Founder/Consultant

  • Jan 1992 - Apr 1999

  Founded GBS and provided consulting work to a number of large organizations. Developed an add-on class library for the Gupta SQLWindows development environment. Shortly after release, Gupta purchased the product and incorporated it into the SQLWindows tool. Developed a number of web-based applications at the early stages of the Internet. Projects include: • Lead developer on a Lotus Notes/Domino application for the Equity Research department of Northern Trust Company. • Lead developer on a Customer Information System for Great Brands of Europe. This system tracked customer complaints within a Lotus Notes database. • Lead technical architect on the Voltage tool for a RAM manufacturing company named VisionTek. Voltage is an online technical advisor for RAM memory upgrades. This product was entirely written in Java and ran as a Java applet. • Contractor to Centura Software Corporation for the development of the Web Access QuickObjects. • Principal developer of the Visual Toolchest Class Library for SQLWindows. This product includes over 200 functions and 20 custom controls that extend the SQLWindows environment. • Lead technical developer on the Customer Information Management System for Sanwa Business Credit Corporation. This system integrated lease and loan data from a variety of subsystems to provide comprehensive credit exposure information. • Lead developer on the Nielsen Solution System for A. C. Nielsen Company. This system allowed clients to query marketing research data. • Lead developer on a client/server based Product Identification and Coding System for UPC review items at A.C. Nielsen Company. This system provided workflow management for the data collection process of food store products. Show less



Arthur Andersen & Co.

• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager

  • May 1988 - Jan 1992

  Responsibilities included research, evaluation, and selection of commercial database software, and development of custom software for the Advanced Computer Audit Techniques (ACAT) group. The ACAT group provided tools for the benefit of the Audit and Tax Group of Arthur Andersen. Acted as liaison between Microsoft and Arthur Andersen. Final selection was SQLWindows from Gupta Corporation. Resolved contract details and enhancement requests between Arthur Andersen and Gupta. Responsibilities included research, evaluation, and selection of commercial database software, and development of custom software for the Advanced Computer Audit Techniques (ACAT) group. The ACAT group provided tools for the benefit of the Audit and Tax Group of Arthur Andersen. Acted as liaison between Microsoft and Arthur Andersen. Final selection was SQLWindows from Gupta Corporation. Resolved contract details and enhancement requests between Arthur Andersen and Gupta.



William James & Associates

• Wheaton, IL

• Systems Analyst

  • Jan 1987 - May 1988

  Lead consultant on development of a front-end transaction posting system for Mid-States Corporate Federal Credit Union. Transactions were maintained on a network database before automatically posting onto 3270 screens. Development was in a 4GL database product named Metaview. Developed a C interface to RabbitGate HLLAPI to perform the automated postings. Lead consultant on development of a front-end transaction posting system for Mid-States Corporate Federal Credit Union. Transactions were maintained on a network database before automatically posting onto 3270 screens. Development was in a 4GL database product named Metaview. Developed a C interface to RabbitGate HLLAPI to perform the automated postings.



Arthur Andersen & Co.

• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior

  • Sep 1982 - Dec 1986

  Worked on multiple software products as a software developer. Developed software solutions on Microsoft Windows and used the C++ language. Worked on multiple software products as a software developer. Developed software solutions on Microsoft Windows and used the C++ language.