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VITO LUKATS
595 Main St. Northport, NY 11768 ​▪​ 631­645­0007 ​▪​ ​V.Lukats@gmail.com
EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVE:
To find a position in the IT field to perform software requirements' analysis, development and support.
Skilled in all phases of a project life cycle, from initial feasibility analysis and conceptual design through
implementation, enhancement and maintenance. Effective at building platform diverse units with excellent business
process and strategy development skills. Expert in gathering, analyzing and defining business and technical
requirements, data­modeling and process­mapping initiatives.
Professional Accomplishments:
● Established and acted as a Scrum Master for a team that developed an Electronic Patient Care Reporting &
Field Data Collection System, providing 35% faster billing cycle and virtually eliminated bills rejections.
Generated revenues in excess of $400,000 annually due to shorten billing cycle, eliminating documents
scanning and staff reducing.
● Led an imaging scanning project and created front and back ends, saving an average of $785,000 annually
by eliminating the need for vendors’ licenses and maintenance fees.
● Enhanced the overall effectiveness of billing cycle and introduced an operations agility initiative, which cut
respond time from an average 23 days to 10 and increased overall company collecting funds time from 86%
to 97.4%.
● Saved about $200,000 annually by eliminating various communication service fees due to utilizing
company’s own GPS server and utilities;
● Chaired the HIPAA Security Requirements Committee and authored a security policy that addressed the
selection, installation and maintenance of all security hardware and software.
● Proficient in design or re­engineering processes, technology solutions and work­flows for internal health
care system and B2B data exchange;
● Able to deliver virtually maintenance­free technical solutions;
● Technical background in multi­platform, multi­language system designs with expertise in project
coordination, determination of scope and priority;
● Most recent technical expertise involves Microsoft .NET architecture.
Expertise Highlights:
▪ B2B/EDI Integration following HIPAA Privacy Rules,
ASC X12N EDI standards, NEMSIS and others;
▪ Cross­platform data flow and transformation
between various OS, formats and databases;
▪ Network Programming utilizing SOAP, REST, sFTP,
FTPs, SSH, SNPP, WCTP protocols;
▪ Geo­coding & Geo­spatial Analysis;
▪ Database Design, Management and Mirroring;
▪ Data Warehousing & Reporting;
▪ OS, Software Interoperability;
▪ .Net Framework 4.5 and below:
WCF, MVC, AJAX, WinForms, WPF, Silverlight,
ADO.NET, Classic ASP, ASP.NET,LINQ to SQL, WMI,
PowerShell.
▪ Programming languages:
C#, VB.NET, Java,T­SQL, SQL/400, HTML, WinJS,
JavaScript, XML/XSLT. Developed In the past with
CL, RPG, VB6, FoxPro.
▪ IDEs:
MS Visual Studio, MS SQL Server Management
Studio, MonoDevelop, Iron Speed Designer, Stylus
Studio.
▪ Databases:
DB2/400, MS SQL Server, various ISAM DBs;
▪ Reporting:
Crystal Reports, MS SQL Server Reporting
Services;
▪ Other Tools & Technologies:
OpenGTS, IIS 7.5 and below, IBM.NET, IBM
Access API, SecureBlackBox API, IMS/21,
AnyDoc, Google Maps API, Bing Maps API,
SOAP, MDAC, ODBC, ActiveX, EasyCom, MS
MapPoint, MS Office, MS Visio, various Open
Source platforms.

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Professional Experience:
eProject Consulting Inc 2016 to Present
Consultant
Involved in various projects for company's clients.
Ongoing project:
▪ “Vehicle Tracking System”
Created Win Service to gather data from Garmin GPS modems into database. Working on RESTful web service
to let clients retrieve and track vehicle position, speed, status,etc.
Environment:
Databases: MS­SQL Server
Frameworks: .Net 4.5 (WCF, WebApi, MVC, ASP.net)
Languages: C#, HTML5, JavaScript
Protocols: TCP/UDP, REST
TRANSCARE NY 2005 to 2016
Sr. Software Developer & Development Group Leader
Latest project:
▪ “Electronic Patient Care Reporting & Field Data Collection (ePCR)”
Complete electronic patient care solution that combines pre­hospital demographics exchange, clinical and billing
information collection by field EMS staff on Windows tablet, stores data locally, then (once connection available)
syncs with remote database. System should eliminate manual paperwork performed by EMS stuff, back­office's
OCR and image storing processes and improve the accuracy and timeliness of information needed to support
patient care, billing flow and state reporting processes.
Environment:
Databases: DB2/400, MS­SQL Server, ​SQLite
Frameworks: .Net 4.0 (WCF, ASP, WPF, WinForms)
Languages: C#, VB.NET, T­SQL, SQL/400, XML/XSLT, HTML5, RPG, CL
Protocols: SOAP, SMTP/POP3, sFTP
Key projects:
▪ “GPS Tracking and Scheduling System”
Planned, customized and maintaining web­based GPS tracking services. System allows effectively manage,
schedule and dispatch a fleet of vehicles. OpenGTS open source project was used as a core.
Environment:
OS: Linux Fedora Server, i5/OS;
Databases: MySQL, DB2/400;
WebServer: Apache Tomcat;
Languages: Java, C#, VB.NET, T­SQL, SQL/400, JavaScript, XML/XSLT, HTML5, RPG, CL
▪ “EDI system for Insurance Eligibility Check and Medical Billing”
Planned, solely developed and maintained this highly customizable modular system, which handles full cycle of
Medical Billing process from eligibility check to payment posting. This includes data gathering from various
database types, ​X12N data formatting, secure data transfer, submitted claims and payments tracking, failed
transactions self­recovering, reporting capabilities.
Environment:
Databases: DB2/400, MS­SQL Server 2008 R2;
Frameworks: .Net 2.0 – 4.5 (WCF, ASP, WPF, WinForms), Secure BlackBox
Languages: VB.NET, C#, T­SQL, SQL/400, JavaScript, XML/XSLT, HTML, RPG, CL
Protocols: sFTP, FTPs, SSH, SOAP/HTTPS, SMTP/POP3
Reporting tools: Crystal Reports, custom IIS 7.0 based web reporting
▪ “​Remote Order Entry​”
Planned, solely developed and maintained this system, which allows company clients to add, change or cancel
trips. Client has a choice to use either interactive or batch methods, including: Web Site, Web Service, sFTP,
eMail, Fax or automated phone system. Due to utilizing widely used ​NEMSIS standard for order structure it can
be easily adapted by client.

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Environment:
Database: DB2/400;
Frameworks: .Net 3.0 (WCF, ASP), Secure BlackBox;
Languages: VB.NET, C#, SQL/400, JavaScript, XML/XSLT, HTML, RPG, CL;
Protocols: sFTP, SOAP/HTTPS, POP3;
Web Server: IIS 7.0
▪ “​Dispatcher Communication System​”
Provides 2­way communication capability between dispatchers and crew's cellular phones. System allows to
exchange text messages, request/send trip direction, plan daily schedule, patient info, surveys, etc. Done by
utilizing SNPP, WCTP, SMTP network protocols and/or GSM modem for communication layer and MS MapPoint
Server for geocoding,
Also collects and stores vehicles position (GPS) data for immediate display and further analysis.
Daily responsibilities include:
▪ Supervising offshore developing team.
▪ Monitoring of EDI Billing transactions to ensure flawless cash flow;
▪ Various relational databases administration and maintenance;
▪ Company's WebSites maintenance and improving;
▪ Maintenance and monitoring company's Web Servers (MS­IIS, Apache);
▪ Monitoring Data Mirroring services;
▪ Network Team support with Active Directory Automation scripts maintenance and creation;
METROCARE, NEW YORK
2000 to 2005
Consultant
As a sole MS Windows developer in a company involved in all stages of Software Development Cycle, including
requirements, analysis, design, testing, deployment and maintenance. Functional experience includes Medical
Billing, EDI, Medical Transportation, Accounting, HR, Resource Planning, Data Warehousing, Data Mirroring and
Reporting.
Key Results:
▪ Intranet portal for the company. This web site includes Patient Database, news and announcements,
discussion forums, a searchable and secure multi­format documents directory, Technologies: ​MS SQL Server
2005, DB2/400, Windows 2003 Server, ASP. NET, VB.NET, MS Office Web Components.
▪ Data Warehouse​. Created application to mirror data between DB2/400 and MS SQL for reporting needs. This
was developed using two layers (WinForms GUI for configuration and Windows services for the actual import of
data.)
▪ General System Health Automated Monitoring System​ (MS Active Directory, IBM iSeries);
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA, NEW YORK
1998 to 2000
Consultant
Involved in Year 2000 remediation project on IBM iSeries (aka AS/400​)​. Responsible for Database Files upgrade,
programs creation and modification, custom libraries modification of ​Software Plus​ financial package for Client’s
Accounting and Human Resources Departments. System was written using ​RPG III, RPG400, CL, SQL/400.​ Also
created information application, using ​Visual Basic 6.0​ and ​CL​, which explored ​OS/400​ Objects dependencies,
similar to ​HAWKEYE​ utility.
GELRU COMPUTER CONSULTING, NEW YORK
1996 to 1998
Consultant
As a part of a team involved in various projects for company's clients. Environment: ​AS/400​, ​RPG, CL, SQL​.
EDUCATION​ ​ ​Odessa State University, Ukraine 1983­1988
BS in Applied Math and Computer Science
REFERENCES​ Available upon request