Summary

Goal-oriented software engineering professional with 4+ years of progressive experience supporting federal research and development projects for various sponsor agencies with The MITRE Corporation. Prior to MITRE, I developed and supported EHR systems with Oracle. Driven by a natural affinity for programmatic problem-solving, I am seeking to contribute to impactful projects and initiatives. Kansas City-based developer proficient in health data interoperability, steering complex technical conversations with stakeholders, and posessing clear communication skills.

Skills

Work Experience

• Inferno

  Nov. 2024 - Apr. 2025
  MITRE | ASTP

  Inferno is a ruby framework to test server-client conformance to FHIR messaging standards and Implementation Guides. My role for this project focused on being one of their primary developers, creating conformance test kits in Ruby.

  • Developed internal team tooling to assist in the automation of test kit creation
  • Contributed to the development of multiple test kits; Carin for blue button, Bulk data, US CDI
• Hospital Price Transparency

  Aug. 2022 - Apr. 2024
  MITRE | CMS

  A project aimed to support and advise leadership at the Center for Medicare (CM) within CMS in the implementation of the Hospital Price Transparency final rule, 45 CFR part 180. My role on the project was a staff developer to assist in the creation of software for the implementation of the rule as well as general technical support.

  • Developed core functionality on Hospital Price Transparency MRF validator, maintained its CMS github user site.
  • Data collection, visualization and transformation using Machine-Readable-Files (JSON, CSV, XML) to inform policy-making decisions for stakeholders
• Public Health FHIR Implementation Collaborative (PHFIC)

  May 2022 - May 2023
  MITRE | ASTP

  This project prototyped a public-private partnership established by MITRE and CDC to enable FHIR messaging capabilities for STLT health departments. My role on the project was to be a staff developer that assisted in the task of demonstrating the creation and use FHIR software.

  • Created and demonstrated functional FHIR implementations of client and server software
  • Designed and conducted client/server testing between State and Local Health Departments
• Transparency in Coverage

  Jan. 2022 - Feb. 2024
  MITRE | CMS

  This project supported CMS (CM and CCIIO) in implementing the Transparency in Coverage final rule, 45 CFR Part 147. I assisted in the development of the MRF validator and managed its github repository.

  • Developed XML file validation in the MRF File Validator
  • Informed Sponsor inquiry by creating new tools to compare Hospital and Insurer MRFs regarding rule.
• CDS Connect

  Jun. 2021 - Aug. 2024
  MITRE | AHRQ

  Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Connect is a public platform for authoring and sharing interoperable CDS resources. I was a full stack developer, I helped develop and maintain the Artifact Repository as well as help administer the website in general.

  • Fullstack (LAMP) developer on Acquia Cloud
  • General website administration & technical support
• Systems Engineer II

  Oct. 2018 - Feb. 2021
  Oracle Health

  Supported and developed clinical applications including PowerChart and FetaLink among others. Facilitated the transmission and reception of health data over the interoprability bus into Millennium (mysql database).

  • Supported Bedside Medical Device Interface (BMDI) health data transmission to Millennium solutions in Direct Care
  • Served in 24/7 on-call rotation for tier 2 software engineer support

Education

• BS in Computer Science

  May 2018
  Missouri Western State University