1. GARY A. STOCKARD
9144 Ashley Creek Terrace Home: (614) 501-9565
Pickerington, Ohio 43147 Mobile: (614) 361-3825
OBJECTIVE
To work in an environment that would allow my employer to take advantage of the
technical and business experience that I have accumulated throughout my career. These
skills include both Mainframe and Client Server disciplines.
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration - University of Dayton
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Bowling Green State University
Management Information Systems
PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION(s)
Certified LEAN Practitioner
Managed Healthcare Professional as designated by the Health Insurance
Association of America.
Competent Communicator as designated by Toastmasters International.
Competent Leader as designated by Toastmasters International.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Lotus Notes COBOL Microsoft Office Suite OS/JCL
IMS DB/DC Visual Basic 6.0 TELON TSO
XPEDITER Soap UI XML Spy SQL /SSIS 2008
VB .NET VBA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Anthem/Wellpoint Insurance Companies
Worthington, Ohio
Software Development Advisor
As Team Lead, responsible for staffing, through contract resources, 3000+ hr
projects. This included interaction w/vendors in order to secure prospective
candidates, arranging and conducting interviews, and securing necessary tools
2. for each team to be successful.
As Team Lead, responsible for managing the Opportunity Database queue to
insure that business requests are addressed in a timely manner and developer
work loads are at an optimal level. Most importantly, ensure that resources are
being aimed at only the most important things.
Responsible for designing, implementing and supporting client server
applications as a member of the National Client Server Product Development
team. Our applications involve the extensive utilization of .NET as well as SQL
server. While supporting these applications I have gained experience with SQL
Server (stored procs, DTS/ SSIS packages) as well as “hands on” .NET coding.
Provide mentoring for teammates as well as business clients. During which
time serving as a team lead have overseen the expansion of team expertise to
include the interfacing with Web Services, MQ, DB2 and Data Power.
Senior Developer
Developed applications designed to assist the National clients utilizing various
platforms such as VB 6.0, Microsoft ACCESS, Microsoft Excel, SQL
Server and Lotus Notes.
Pinnacle Technology Resources Inc.
Worthington, Ohio
Senior Associate
Perform maintenance on CRIS-E (COBOL IMS/DBDC) system for the Ohio
Department of Human Services.
Responsible for maintaining the SETS (COBOL IMS/DBDC) interface for the Ohio
Department of Human Services.
Community Mutual Insurance Company
Worthington, Ohio
Senior System Developer
Accountable for all phases of the project life cycles for various projects
initiated by the Corporate New Development Team.
Responsible for enhancements to the corporate financial systems in order
to accommodate the Interplan Teleprocessing Services (ITS) System
Provide support to Marketing's Request for Proposal System utilizing
Microsoft Access.
Senior Programmer Analyst
Made enhancements to back end systems to facilitate financial reporting of
3. Point of Service activity.
Developed FEP Check and EOB writer using Microfocus COBOL.
Installed Claims Warehousing software developed by Valuetech Inc.
Responsible for the maintenance and enhancements to the corporate
financial reporting system.
Assisted in the design, testing and implementation of a new
Check/Explanation of Benefit system.
Programmer Analyst
Designed, tested and implemented IMS programs used for the Automotive
Business Division. These programs performed maintenance as well as
reporting functions across several databases.
Maintained on-going applications and implemented enhancements to the
Automotive Claims systems.
Communicated with the client area regarding new development to the
Automotive reporting systems.
Senior Programmer
Community Mutual Insurance Company (cont'd)
Assisted in the conversion of historical data from sequential organization to
database organization for the Claims system.
Maintained COBOL and PL/I batch programs used in Dental System
Applications.
Nationwide Insurance Companies
Columbus, Ohio
Senior Programmer
Responsible for the enhancements and maintenance of on-line systems
using ADF.
Programmer
Coded, tested and implemented IMS Batch COBOL programs relating to insurance
agents biographical and professional data for use by the Marketing
department.