After graduating from Temple University
with a Bachelors of Business Administration in Marketing and Management in
1992, I got myself a job at what was once known as US Healthcare. Was it in
the marketing or management field? No, but hey, it was a job. After 3 years
and several promotions, I started working for Healthcare Data Interchange
Corporation (HDIC) which was a subsidiary of what was then known as
Aetna US Healthcare. I worked as a
Quality Analyst testing the software which HDIC developed for Aetna US
Healthcare providers.
Eventually, HDIC was sold to Envoy Corporation, at which time I
started working for Aetna US Healthcare's Aetna Information Management
(AIM) department in the Intake & Distribution division as a
Quality Consultant. I slowly started to delve into software development,
but my job wasn't really that much different than what I used to do.
I was then promoted to Business Systems Delivery Specialist and worked a lot
with databases, accumulating data and extracting it into management reports.
It actually wasn't as bad as it sounds. I also started doing web
development, and I took a major role in the design and development of my
department's Intranet site. During that time, I did a lot of self-learning
of HTML, JavaScript, and DHTML. I also took some courses at the local
community college to continue learning development skills. Advanced
Visual Basic,
Networking Technology, and
Java were among some of the classes I took.
After some time, I was offered a job with Aetna's Electronic Enrollment
Management (EEM) team where I did a lot of web site and database development. I
continued to learn and hone my skills until my manager, Gene McGonagle (Hell
of a guy), left to manage another department. It wasn't long until I got a
call from Gene, asking me to come work for him in Aetna's Business Transaction
Services (BTS). I happily accepted and became the lead on many of BTS' web
applications.
Well, after a few reorgs, I still work for BTS, but my group is now called
NPS NCO Technical Solutions. I still thoroughly enjoy my job, and I continue to
learn new things.
My Resume - Check it out... not too shabby.
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