1. Jay W Callihan, RHIT
108 Robert Street
Imperial, PA 15126
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Seasoned professional with extensive supervisory/management experience in areas including:
emergency management (ICS), inspection of commercial waterfront facilities, foreign and domestic
merchant/passenger vessels; extensive experience as a Coast Guard Marine Investigator. Proven
ability to work well under pressure, meet deadlines, and coordinate numerous activities among
different organizations. Competent and familiar with partnering with diverse cultures; fluent in written
and verbal Spanish; adept with Micro Soft Office programs, CPRS, Vista, Nuance Encoder.
Currently work as an Inpatient-Medical coder.
EDUCATION
Cuyahoga Community College Cleveland, OH
AAS 2012 Health Information Management Technology
RHIT Certification AHIMA
ICD-10 Boot camp by Nuance August 2015
AHIMA CH-TS Hit PRO Certification-Electronic Health Record Implementation
Internship at St. Vincent Hospital February-June, 2013
AHIMA CHTS Certification
Tumor Registry Volunteer ship UPMC- May-June 2013
(Sharon Winters)
Excelsior College, Albany, New York
AAS 2005 Technical Studies
CAREER HISTORY
Department of Veterans Affairs, Pittsburgh, PA
Remote, In-Patient Medical Coder, RHIT (Registered Health Information Technician)
August, 2013 to Present
Assign ICD-9 Codes for acute, in-patient Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders, rehab
and detoxification; Orthopedic Surgeries (hip, knee replacements ORIF); Spinal Surgeries
(decompressions, spinal fusions, diskectomies), Urology and General Medicine and using
VHA VIP Clintegrity encoder, CPRS and Vista programs.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 (Marine Safety Specialist Deck 2)
USCG MSU CLEVELAND, OH 8/2007-2009
Current Salary: 72,000 USD Per Year
Mobile: 440-344-1594
Day Phone: 724-218-1789
Email: jaydubss@yahoo.com

2. Marine Inspector: inspect US, foreign freight vessels and US passenger vessels to ensure
compliance with US regulations and International treaties.
Routinely interacted with Merchant Captains of deep draft, merchant vessels, Operators and
executives of Commercial Shipping Industry, members of the FBI, US Customs, EPA, Port Officials.
Marine Casualty Investigator: supervise team of 6 marine safety petty officers in the response and
investigation of marine casualties (death, injury, vessel groundings, fire, collisions, bridge allisions) in
accordance with Federal Regulations.
Command Duty Officer (CDO): manage unscheduled bridge closures, communicate information
pertaining to bridges to appropriate authorities; manage unit response activities such as vessel
casualties and oil/hazardous material incidents; coordinate with other Coast Guard, State and Federal
organizations in responding to oil/hazmat incidents, water related emergencies such as recreational
boating mishaps, hazards to navigation, deep draft vessel casualties.
Current SecretSecurity Clearance. Hold current QMED Merchant Mariner's Document and TWIC
Senior Chief Marine Science Technician/Contingency Planner
USCG SECTOR BALTIMORE, MD 7/2006 - 7/2007
Contingency Planner- coordinated with unit departments i.e. Prevention, Response, Logistics; to
identify and manage unit operations and training. Maintained Area Contingency Plan and worked with
Area Committee. Assisted with Area Maritime Security Committee and facilitated Area Committee
and Area Maritime Security Committee meetings. Administered unit's HOMEPORT account; Planned
unit exercises and developed after action reports/Lessons Learned.
Chief Marine Science Technician
USCG NATIONAL STRIKE FORCE COORDINATION CENTER, Elizabeth, NC
7/2004 - 7/2006
PREP Exercise Design Team Member: traveled to various Coast Guard and EPA locations to assist
with planning and design of Federally led PREP/PORT STEP/AMSTEP exercises. Assisted with
execution of each exercise. Assisted with drafting, reviewing and entering exercise after action
reports (AAR) into Contingency Planning System (CPS). Reviewed Area Contingency Plans
throughout the Coast Guard. Deployed in support of emergency response to assist in ICS facilitation.
Exercise Design Team member for several large, full-scale oil spill/anti-Terrorism exercise i.e.
Houston, Cleveland, Portland, OR, TOPOFF.
Chief Marine Science Technician
USCG MARINE SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM, Chesapeake, VA 7/2002 - 7/2004
MSST Planner/Logistics- coordinated with supported unit to provide MSST assistance/support.
Traveled throughout Coast Guard to build infrastructure information pertaining to each Captain of the
Port Zone i.e. boat ramps, armories, vehicle maintenance facilities, crew lodging. Developed convoy
plan for deploying teams.

3. Marine Science Technician First Class
USCG INTERNATIONAL TRAINING DIVISION TRACEN, Yorktown, VA 7/2000 - 7/2002
Traveled to foreign countries to work with and train foreign agencies. Attended Spanish Language
Immersion Training in Antigua, Guatemala and passed written and verbal examination.
Traveled and worked in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Colombia, Lebanon, Tunisia
Served as an Advisor under the US Embassy in Lima Peru, advised Peruvian Government Officials in
matters pertaining to manufacture and transport of elicit narcotics (Cocaine Heroin) was assigned as
a team member to US DEA, acted as a sponsor to incoming Navy SEAL Team 2 and Special Warfare
Unit.
Completed Basic Boarding Officer Course
Marine Science Technician First Class
USCG MSD BROWNSVILLE, TX 5/1997 - 7/2000
Foreign Vessel Boarding Officer; Facility Inspector, Oil Pollution Investigator, Federal On-Scene
Coordinator's Representative, Life raft Inspector, Command Duty Officer. At the time MSD
Brownsville only had three people assigned.
Responsible for numerous craft types and facilities: foreign freight/tank vessels, waterfront facilities, a
new life raft servicing facility, small passenger vessels, commercial fishing vessels, Mobile Offshore
Drilling Units (MODUs), large passenger vessel, oil pollution, marine casualties and bridge mishaps.
Marine Casualty Investigator: attended Investigating Officer School. Responded to many commercial
fishing vessel casualties e.g. fires, groundings, injuries and allisions. Investigated several tow
boat/barge groundings that occurred in the vicinity of the bridge that leads to South Padre Island, TX,
Queen Isabella Causeway. Investigated an incident where a small passenger vessel was entangled
in the cable of a swing bridge.
Marine Science Technician Third Class
USCG MSO CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 11/1993 - 5/1997
Marine Safety Duty: Waterfront Facility Inspector, ensured facilities comply with oil/HAZMAT pollution
prevention regulations, inspected oil transfer hoses/pipelines, reviewed operations manuals, facility
response plans.
Attended MST "A" School, Marine Safety Petty Officer Course (MSPOC), Explosive Load-out
Handler's Course, Oil Spill Control School, Texas A&M, Shoreline Clean Up Assessment Team,
NOAA
Seaman Deck Department, Watch Stander, Crane Operator
USCGC KANKAKEE, Memphis, TN 11/1991 - 8/1993
Specialist E-4 67N Helicopter Mechanic
WV Army National Guard Williamstown WV 7/1990 - 7/1991
Inspected and repaired aircraft; performed scheduled and unscheduled maintenance/combat flight
crew

4. Deployed to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait for Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Technician
United States Navy, North Island, CA 11/1985 -11/1989
Avionics Technician on carrier based S3-A aircraft. I attended intensive AX Avionics Class "A" School
and Basic Electricity and Electronics School at Naval Air Technical Training Command, Millington,
TN.
Deployed on USS CARL VINSON to Persian Gulf during Iran/Iraq War
OTHER COURSEWORK/TECHNICAL TRAINING COMPLETED
US Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Professional Development Academy, 2007
US Coast Guard Marine Investigator School, 2008
US Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Academy, 2003
US Coast Guard Contingency Planner’s Course, 2003
US Coast Guard Federal Law Enforcement/Boarding Officer Academy 2001
Marine Casualty Investigator Course Yorktown, VA 2009
Port State Control Officer Qualification July 2008
Port State Control Officer Course Yorktown, VA February 2008
Marine Inspector Course Yorktown, VA August 2008
Hobart Welding School 2008
MSST Initial Stand Up Training Special Missions Training Center, Camp Lejuene, NC 2003
ICS 300/400 2005 National Strike Force
IS 700/800
2005 Resource Unit Leader Course Lompoc, CA
Contingency Preparedness Planners and Exercise Course 2003
12-week Spanish Language Immersion in Antigua, Guatemala, passed oral and written exam,
2000
US Coast Guard Basic Boarding Officer Course Yorktown, VA 2000
Foreign Passenger Vessel Control Verification Course 1999
Marine Casualty Investigator Course 1998
Oil Spill Control Course Texas AM University 1996
Explosive Handling Supervisor Course Yorktown, VA1995
Seaport Security Anti-Terrorism Course 1995
Marine Safety Petty Officer Course Yorktown, VA 1993
Marine Science Technician Class "A" School Yorktown, VA 1992
Avionics “A” School, US Navy