pmenefee / portfolio

Paul R. Menefee

Lexington, KY, USA
[email protected]
linkedin.com/in/paulmenefee

Skilled professional with more than 20 years in the technology industry including team leadership and application design. Strong software development, communication and organizational skills. Proven ability to design and implement large scale technology-based solutions for business problems. Strong knowledge of key business processes, systems integration, Agile, and SDLC methodologies.

KEY COMPETENCIES

Enterprise Architecture | Team Leadership | Java | C# | SQL | MySQL | Jenkins | CICD Design | Peer Review | Agile | SCRUM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

mthree (Wiley / Edge) December 2019 – November 2023
75 rue Queen suite, 1100-1500 Montreal Quebec, H3C 2N6, CA
Director/Dean of Software Development
Managed technology faculty across seven countries, delivering custom training courses to industry leaders. Mentor and coach between 30 and 80 instructors plus staff in completing all functions related to quality assurance, me management, product development and delivery.

• Developed curriculum for full stack LAMP with Java or C# - SQL, MySQL, Postgres
• Architected the lab environment which facilitated custom CICD pipeline functionality at scale for various domains. (Kubernetes, Terraform, Hadoop, Jenkins)
• Launched the AI/ML program with a focus on Hadoop, TensorFlow and large data set management.
• Consulted clients and department heads to understand and develop a plan to meet the technology needs while improving overall efficiencies, resource management, and cost controls.
• Researched and evaluated leading-edge technologies to make selections and determine potential benefit of adoption; explored and enacted new ways to utilize data to improve decision making and planning.

PLAYMAKER HEALTH CRM, Franklin, TN July 2017 – December 2019
Chief Technology Architect
Designed, developed, and oversaw product management of the ViaSmart product; which provides national medical record information for healthcare administrators, and sales teams. (Azure, Bootstrap, JQuery UI, Kendo, MVC 5, MS SQL, IIS 10, HIPPA compliant) This product was originally developed under Via Direct Solutions, LLC; but was acquired by PlayMaker Health now Trella Health

• Automated CI deployment with Docker Kubernetes service containers and deploying AWS S3. (Jenkins, CI, Docker, Kubernetes, DKS). This improved code to deployment by 56% and reduced production configura on errors by 87%.
• Provided mentorship guidance to other team members regarding C# development. This was accomplished through work delegation, project planning and one on one code review.
• Provided guidance concerning best practices, code coverage, unit testing, continuous integration, and peer code review. (CD, CI, Peer Review, Agile, SCRUM).
• Provided guidance to streamline and improve the ETL data migration process from nearly 200 client systems into PlayMakers data warehouse. (PostgreSQL, MSSQL, MySQL, DB2, XML).

ALMOST FAMILY, INC., Louisville, KY November 2014 – December 2017
Lead Java Developer
Manage the implementation of core business logic from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

• Designed and built the sales CRM tool, utilizing mobile devices.
• Maintained legacy so ware and introduced custom APIs to new systems utilizing J2EE, Spring.io, Apache on Debian 8.

HUMANA, Louisville, KY
ITIL Evangelist January 2005 – January 2013 Selected to serve on the leadership team which successfully implemented ITIL best practices at Humana.

• Primary responsibilities included tooling and educa ng departments for release and control management.
• Worked with key leadership to help institutionalize efficient metric-based practices within their teams.

Senior Application Architect, IT Security, Louisville, KY January 2005 – January 2010 Provided security guidance to the Enterprise Informa on Security (EIS) teams to identify vulnerable systems, code, or potential threats. Utilized source code decomplication, network traffic testing and analysis, packet sniffing, (Java, C#, C, C++). Position required U.S. Gov Secret Clearance.

Successful highlights include closing SOX audit findings:

• Designed and implemented the Security Administration Data Warehouse, which served as a core piece of audit and internal controls to meet Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance. This system now manages over 70,000 accounts and hundreds of applications and has passed external third-party review. Designed and implemented data connectors for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software and internal applications with custom APIs. (C#, XML, Web Services, API, DB2, Oracle, MS SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS).
• Designed and implemented a security platorm for Humana which is now a key part of claims processing that allows users to securely share accounts and workstations to meet legislative Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. Successfully translated the SOX requirements into an elegant, simple, and secure system which has passed external audit review.

CERTIFICATIONS

ITIL Foundations certified – (2013 candidate 828445)
Release and Control Practitioner certified – (2013 andidate 828445)