Stephen M.

Butler, PMP
Professional Summary

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Senior professional with 25+ years background in technical development, large scale systems design and implementation. Proven ability to view the big picture, tailor the design and develop accordingly. Successfully led design, development and implementation of multiple large systems for various clients in healthcare (hospital and payer), newspaper, wood products and county government. Some received industry recognition for excellence and technology leadership. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple diverse teams concurrently. Implemented a flexible EDI/FTP inbound/outbound routing for X12 and non-X12 transactions for Washington States largest PPO First Choice Health.

Professional Training
Management: Project Management Professional (Key Consulting) Excel at Managing and Supervising People (Skillpath) ASPE Waterfall to Agile Transition (DavisBase) Fundamentals of Project Management (Skillpath) Managing Multiple Projects (Skillpath) Project Management (New Horizon) Increasing Human Effectiveness (First Choice Health) Seven-Habits of Highly Successful People (Seattle Times) Managerial Skills Training (Weyerhaeuser) Manager and Supervisor Seminars (Paradise Valley Hospital) Technical: Advanced PL/SQL and Oracle PL/SQL Packages (Aris) Intro to UNIX and Korn Shell Script Programming (Aris) Conceptual Schema and Relational DB Design (ServerWare T. A. Halpin) Data Modeling and Database Design (Oracle) Application and Database Tuning (Oracle) Oracle DBA I and DBA II (Clarity) UnixWare SysAdmin (SCO) Data Communications and Microwave Communications (Clover Park VoTech) Systems Engineering (Hewlett-Packard Gopal Kopur)

Education
WALLA WALLA COLLEGE, WA Bachelor of Science in Chemistry Minors in Mathematics, Physics, and Religion

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Professional Involvement

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Presentations at various International and Regional User Group Conferences Past-President of a Regional User Group Published articles in trade journals Community College Instructor

Skill Set Summary

Management: Databases: O/S: Languages: Hardware: Other: Project Management Professional (PMP) Oracle, Image, KSAM Linux, UnixWare, SCO System/V, AIX, MPE/3000, Windows, MSDOS Korn Shell, PL/SQL, SQL, COBOL, FORTRAN, TRANSACT, SPL, BASIC, assembly/machine (various platforms) HP/Compaq Proliant, RS/6000, HP-3000, PDP-11/20, Honeywell 115 Private Pilot with Instrument Rating, FCC Licensed radio operator, NAUI Scuba, CPR, ASA Sailing, Power Squadron (boat)

Employment History First Choice Health Network, Seattle, WA

Sep 1997 Present

First Choice Health is the largest Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) in Washington State and is the premier healthcare network provider in the five state region of the Pacific Northwest. Local and National health-plan carriers representing over one million lives rent access to the network. The PPO prices nearly six million claims each year. In addition, the company provides Third-Party Administration (TPA) for self-funded groups with seventy thousand lives. The TPA handles claims processing, adjudication, and provider payment. IT Manager Application Support June 2008 Present June 2008 transitioned day-to-day production application support from development teams into a newly created Application Support team that included the DBA. Began coordinating the software release process from user acceptance testing (UAT) through delivery into production. November 2008 transitioned the web development team into Application Support. Managed a complete overhaul of the look and feel for the corporate web site. Received many compliments on the new design from external clients. Added enhanced eligibility information for provider inquiry including benefit accumulators. In process of doing same for membership portal. Assisted VP IT to manage additional teams upon resignation of multiple IT managers. IT Manager Database Support April 2006 June 2008 Mentored assistant DBA into Sr DBA. Provided technical expertise to web and application development teams. Worked with VP IT to formulate IT direction and methodologies. -2-

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Sr. Oracle DBA September 1997 April 2006 Maintained multiple databases on various platforms. Designed and Implemented new Data Model for: PPO claims pricing. TPA Health Plan WEB based Online Enrollment. WEB based PPO Case Management and Authorization. WEB based TPA Eligibility and Claims Status. Facilitate PowerBuilder development with PL/SQL coding, debugging, tuning. Design and Implement PPO Claims Pricing engine. Automated all EDI workflow processes to increase turnaround time and improve security. Implemented FTP push/pull technology with OpenPGP encryption. Database and Application Performance tuning.

Analyst International, Inc., Belleview, WA

Jul 1996 - Aug 1997

Analyst International is an IT services company providing experienced and talented consultants to their clients including Oracle DBA services to First Choice Health Network. DBA responsible for installing multiple instances of Oracle for a large PPO. Developed UNIX shell scripts to automate DBA activities. Facilitated PowerBuilder development with PL/SQL coding, debugging. Database and Application Performance tuning. Designed and Implemented Health Plan Premium Billing Invoice Application.

The Seattle Times, Seattle, WA

Jul 1990 - Jun 1996

The Seattle Times is Washingtons largest, independent, locally owned newspaper with nearly 2 million daily readers. DBA for Oracle systems on AIX platform. Designed data model for internally developed Dealer Commission System. Primary Consultant for vendor conversion from SYBASE to ORACLE. Senior Systems Analyst for HP-3000 based newspaper circulation system.

Probus International, Inc., Puyallup, WA

Jan 1985 - Jul 1990

Local privately owned company providing consulting and systems development services. Kitsap County, Port Orchard, WA (Real Property Taxation and Assessments). Pierce County, Tacoma, WA (Public Utility Billing; Sewer Inspection Tracking). Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, WA (Customer Service Center integration). Weyerhaeuser Company, Valiant, OK (Reel and Roll tracking). Other clients include: ArcticNet Systems; Home Pac, Inc; Worth Engineering; CompuFix; Hewlett-Packard; Far West Data Systems. -3-

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Weyerhaeuser Company, Tacoma, WA

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Aug 1981 - Dec 1984

Weyerhaeuser is a premier wood, pulp and paper product company based near Seattle. Member of the Data Administration and Database Support Group. Technical Database and Application Support for Development Teams. Managed the RAPID/3000 (4th G/L) acceptance testing. Developed technical interfaces for development tools. Developed and taught 4th G/L classes for developers and end users.

Paradise Valley Hospital, National City, CA

Jun 1975 - Jul 1981

Paradise Valley Hospital is a medium sized facility providing emergency, critical and acute health care to the local community. Data Processing Manager May 1978 July 1981 Data Processing Manager . Managed developer plus operations staff of seven. Assisted Pharmacy department in selection of new pharmacy system. Programmer, Programmer/Analyst June 1975 May 1978 Designed, developed, and implemented online systems for: Employee Payroll. Medical Records (Abstracting and Patient Index Soundex Retrieval). Patient Charges and Billing. Converted financial applications from Honeywell-115 to HP-3000 including G/L, A/R, A/P, Fixed Assets, Payroll, Patient Accounting.

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