{Gene Carangal}

Project Manager. Scrum Master. Lifelong Learner.

{Professional Profile}

Driven professional with 15+ years project management experience. Strong technical and design skills. Excellent communicator experienced in interpreting and implementing client business requirements. Thrives in environments that constantly embrace new technologies. Dedicated to lifelong learning.

{Relevant Skills}

{Career Development}

• Transitioned from traditional waterfall project methodology to Agile Project Methodology using Scrum, moving from quarterly product releases to weekly releases
• Facilitated Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Sprint Review and Retro - spective sessions. Removed team impediments on a daily basis to allow the distributed team to de - liver the sprint goals and increments.
• Administered JIRA for all aspects of agile project management, including a scrum board, prioritized backlog along with full integration with Bitbucket
• Coached the software development team in the areas of Agile software principles, TDD, test auto- mation, and self-organization
• Created requirements and helped implement Automated Cross-Browser Web Application Testing environment using Selenium cloud-based solution Sauce Labs.
• Created Use Case Diagrams (using UML) ,system flowcharts, screen mockups and systems re- quirements specifications.
• Created an internship program for software developers. Program includes recruitment, interviewing, on boarding and mentoring interns.
• Led security team achieve HITRUST certification using Kanban methodologies resulting in a Level 5 rating

• Create and maintain report applications using CodeIgniter framework accessing PostgreSQL databases. Develop complex SQL queries to generate custom financial reports for medical office clients.
• Maintain HL7 (standard for transfer of clinical and administrative data) PHP applications processing both incoming and outgoing messages. Build and maintain client specific HL7 parser channels in Mirth Connect
• Created initial design for Patient Portal – a way for patients to access their medical data.
• Designed and developed Provider Portal that will let medical offices run reports, view doctors' schedules, hospital rounds and patient account information on a desktop, tablet or smartphone.
• Implemented numerous enhancements to existing data conversion scripts. Developing strategies for making data conversion process simpler and more effective.

• Designed prototype of a product review site for the Firearms Radio Network
• Designed, developed, and released Rainbow Room McAllen iOS application. The Rainbow Room McAllen app allows you to view up-to-date fundraising events, donate money and/or goods, and follow the organization through social media.

• Planned and implemented Electronic Medical Record system rollout (using MS Project) using eClinicalWorks, eliminating the need for paper charts
• Implemented new procedures to help reduce uncollectable insurance reimbursements to less than 1%
• Ensured compliance with HIPAA by defining procedures for retention,protection, retrieval, transfer and disposal of records.
• Designed, developed, and implemented a web-based office management suite (using PHP and MySQL)
• Utilized PHP, Javascript, jQuery, JSON, HTML and CSS to design and implement full and mobile version of company web site. Using Git for version control.
• Created prototype of iOS app for clinic patients

• Created web training modules using Adobe Flash
• Maintenance and testing of Cold Fusion applications
• Worked on several Y2K projects for mainframe applications
• Maintenance of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) applications for a major insurance company

• Managed team of software developers for projects utilizing mainframe, UNIX, and Visual Basic applications
• Analysis, design, development and testing of several mainframe applications using PL/I
• Designed, developed, and implemented a department intranet

{Education}

University of Illinois at Chicago,
BS, Math and Computer Science
1987

{Volunteer Experience}

Fundraising committee member for Empty Bowls, Mega-Purse, and RGV Iron Chef events

• Board Member, Secretary
• Fundraising committee member

Organize monthly coding challenges to promote camaraderie among software developers in San Antonio

Organize events exploring the wealth and diversity of Asian culture here in the great city of San Antonio.