WYATT E.F. JAMES
452 15th Street, #1R
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 499-1314
_  __  E-mail: grobius@aol.com_____

SUMMARY

Computer Programmer/Analyst with extensive experience at a major health insurance company. Specialties include Batch and CICS COBOL programming, and DB2. Fully experienced in all aspects of a project life cycle, including analysis, specifications, file design, programming and implementation. A team player, but well able to produce effective results with minimal supervision.

Over the last three years have developed an extensive personal web site on the Internet, using HTML, Java Script, graphics editors and CGI scripts. For the past year have been creating small commercial web sites for local businesses and organizations (see www.fishenet.com).

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: IBM Mainframe, PC (Windows)
Software: COBOL, VM/CMS, TSO, CICS, DB2, SQL, OS/JCL
Internet: HTML, JavaScript, Paint Shop Pro

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

METRAHEALTH / UNITED HEALTHCARE
1995-1999
METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO., New York, NY; Bridgewater/Somerset, NJ       1973-1995

Senior Systems Engineer/Systems Analyst                                                                  1981-1999
Analyst System Design: File Structures, Data Elements, Program Specifications, Batch Trail Design. Programming: COBOL, II/VS COBOL, CICS, DB2, CMS, TSO, ISPF implementation.

Accomplishments

* Fully participated as a team leader in the creation of a massive provider database (over 60 DB2 Tables and VSAM files, documenting a million doctors and other medical providers of services). This database was nine years in the making and is considered the best of its kind in the health insurance industry.
* Designed and programmed a complete replacement system (batch and online) for an outdated and inefficient doctor fee schedule application, including an interface with the medical claim payment system. The final aspect of this system was a Client/Server application for maintaining the mainframe files via a PC GUI interface.
* Worked with actuarial users to create a fee schedule modeling system to generate new schedules, do cost comparisons with other schedules and cost savings projections. An ISPF interactive batch application, with complete user guide documentation.
* Specialized in master support files, medical procedures, plan provisions, diagnoses.
* Achieved a reputation as a good troubleshooter.

Project Assistant                                                                                                          1973-1981
Advanced to installation supervisor (on-site project installations in Scranton, Wichita, Detroit and Greenville data processing centers), after a progression of roles as:
	*  Trainee learning COBOL, OS/JCL, VM/CMS
	*  Project Assistant (limited supervision of others)
	*  Lead Programmer (integrated subsystems)

Accomplishments

* Installed the first management information system in the company as part of a specially selected team.
* Programmed a Health Insurance eligibility subsystem for a major national account.
* Developed the CICS application/files for a prescription drug payment trail.

HOLT RINEHART & WINSTON, New York, NY                                                   1969-1973 
College Textbook Copy Editor/Production Assistant
Responsible for overseeing the production of text books from manuscript, through editing, typesetting, proofing and printing.

EDUCATION

Princeton University (Graduate School), Princeton, NJ
MA, English
Woodrow Wilson Fellow

University of the South, Sewanee, TN
BA, English
Phi Beta Kappa