1. Steven F. Plante
8561 Falls Run Rd Unit F
Ellicott City MD
(816) 935-4710
steveplante@hotmail.com
CONGRATULATIONS –You Have Found Me!
I am the person you want on your team.
When:
 Something HAS to be done
 You need to resolve a critical situation
 You need to get to the bottom of something
 You need to focus the team to achieve an objective
You want a resource with ability and experience.
My name is Steve Plante. I am an experienced IT Professional; my background includes over 35 years of business data
processing experience, 20 years in a supervisory and project management capacity. My experience has lead me to
become a Senior Developer, Team Lead and at this stage the Architect and Technical Lead of a major project. I have
experience innewsystemsimplementation,systemsmigration,andthe supportandmaintenance of existing systems. I
have participated in and sometimes lead the phases of requirements gathering and documentation, specification
generation, programming, test planning and execution. I also maintain my technical proficiencies through non-
supervisory contract assignments and continuing education.
Duringmy career,I have focusedmy efforts in the areas of Insurance and Financial systems. Specific focus for the past
15 years has been in Document Publishing Automation; Document Generation and Archival solutions
My experienceand ability to adapt and apply my skills to client needs demonstrate that I would soon be considered a
highly valued asset in the employ of your company.
I thankyou foracceptingmy resume andwill appreciate itif youwill keep me in mind when evaluating your company's
needs.

2. Steven F. Plante
8561 Falls Run Rd Unit F
Ellicott City MD 21043
(816) 935-4710
steveplante@hotmail.com
Objective
Architect/Team Lead/Senior Systems Analyst position as a Consultant or Permanent Employee
Summary of Experience
 35+ years IT experience, 20 in Supervision and Project Management
 15 years in Document Publishing Automation, both Mainframe and Server
 3 years Formal Teaching experience, many years tutoring and mentoring experience
 Municipal Government Department of Human Resource Systems
 Insurance Systems – Personal Lines - Homeowners, Dwelling & Fire, Auto,Life
– Commercial Lines – Auto, Package, Worker Comp, Specialty Lines, Reinsurance
– Group Insurance – Life, Disability, Dental, Cancer, Critical Illness, Vision, Worksite
 Insurance Agency – 8 years Licensed Producer (Life & Health)
 Financial Systems – General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Stock Options Trading
– Payroll, Benefits, 401k, Statement Processing
Technical Experience
Document
Composition: EMC xPression (xAdmin/xDashboard/xDesign/xResponse/xRevise/xPresso), DLS, Compuset, Documerge,
IStream/Calligo, StreamWeaver
Document
Archival: G360, Documentum, Captiva, ImageRight, Documanage, eCopy
Desktop: MS Office - Word, Excel, Access,PowerPoint, Project, Publisher, VB/VBA, VISIO
Mainframe: MVS, Z/OS, JCL, CICS, TSO/ISPF, ROSCOE, CMS/VM, RJE, VSAM,
COBOL, SQL, EasyTrieve, EasyTrieve Plus,
IBM Utilities, FileAid, PanValet, Endevor, Xpediter, Intertest
Scheduling: Autosys,Stonebranch,CA-7, CA-11, ZEKE and ZEBB
Databases: DB2, ORACLE, MS SQL, ACCESS, FOCUS, SQL, PL/SQL, SQLloader
Mid Range: Linux, JBOSS, Java, Eclipse, RTC, XML, XSLT, HTML5, CSS, Java Script, JSP
Testing: HP ALM (Quality Center/QTP) and IBM RTC
Software Package Experience
EMC Document Science xPression and DLS Docucorp Documerge and Documanage
PMSC Policy Management System Computer Associates General Ledger
Pitney Bowes StreamWeaver Quick Test Professional/Quality Center
Education
CHUBB Institute – Diploma in Web Development and Business Programming (4.0 GPA)
Keane – Certificate in Project Management
Central Connecticut State University – Computer Science
ManchesterCommunity College - Data Processing

3. Professional Career
2014 – 2015 Maryland DHR Architect/Technical Lead
 Lead team of xPression and Java developers in the creation of three suites of applications for the generation, archival and
retrieval of documents for the Child Support Enforcement, Children’s Electronic Social Services Information Exchange and
CARES (Programs ranging from Cash Assistance and Food Stamps to Temporary Disability)
 Responsibilities ranged from oversight of development activities to participation in Business Requirements gathering and
documentation
 Provided instruction and mentoring in all facets of development
 Hands-on participation in development of Java, VBA and xPression modules as necessary
 Responsible for ongoing Production Support of delivered systems
 Conducted training seminars for Administrators and end users
2011 – 2014 Trustmark Insurance Consultant/Team Lead
 Lead xPression developer on Policy Administration System upgrade, converting documents from DLS to xPression to
support Policy issuance and related correspondence.
 Implemented new concepts for Document Architecture, Design Standards and Testing Methods.Focusing on utilization of
reusable content modules to expedite development and reduce maintenance workloads.
 Documented and conducted training on Standards and Best Practices for document design.
 Developed a company Style Guide to insure uniformity of presentation.
 Defined schema for the interfaces between both legacy and developing application to the document assembly platform.
Interfaced with Legacy Programmers, DBA, Data Stage and Message Broker developers to insure that data needs could and
would be met.
 Interfaced with Print Room and xAdmin personnel to accomplish Tray Pulls for colored and perforated stock.
 Wrote VBA Macros to extend existing Mail Merge functionality to feed directly into document archive.
2006 – 2011 Assurant Employee Benefits. Developer II
 Reverse engineered existing MS Word Templates and VBA Macros, documenting content and business logic for
implementation in xPression.
 Developed Design Document format to satisfy the needs of Business Area review, Document Developers and User
Acceptance Testing
 Designed and developed a Consolidated Renewal Document; eliminating the need to deliver separate documents to owners of
multiple policies. Improved quality of communication, increasing customer satisfaction and reducing costs.
 Interfaced with Java Developers to develop interface to document composition facility using Web Services and xPression
API.
 Implemented 192 documents to support the upgrade of the Claims processing using real-time assembly, allowing end user
content modification.
2004 – 2005 Shared Technology Services Group, Inc. Publishing Supervisor
 Supervised team of 8 Programmers, providing document publishing solutions for 6 P&C insurance companies.
 Implemented Document Science xPression (V. 1.2) publishing software.
 Utilized Solimar print spooler to accomplish image archival of all legacy print streams.
 Deployed archived images to Agent Web application eliminating print and distribution of Agents copies,improving Agent
satisfaction and reducing mailing costs.
 Configured Solimar print queuing to facilitate batch printing of Claims correspondence generated in real time, reducing
workload of Claims Administrators.
 Maintain support and maintenance of existing publishing applications.
1996 – 2002 Pinkerton Computer Consultants Personal Lines Team Supervisor
 General Accident Insurance Outsourcing project.
 Managed teamof 6 Programmer/Analysts and 1 Business Analyst.
 Consulted with users to identify requirements and clarify programming objectives.
 Developed and maintained project task plans.
 Completely eliminated the previously existing backlog of project work.
 Automated the mailing of policy declarations to policyholders using Documerge and Streamweaver.