Jeff Hodgkin
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Western Governors University
2022 : 2022
Bachelor of Science - BS
Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
Western Governors University
2021
2023 : Present
R. H. Foster Energy
IT Technician II
Order of the Sword and Shield Honor Society
National Society of Leadership and Success
2022 :
Western Governors University
Cybersecurity Immersion at Masters Level
2020 : 2021
Western Governors University
Cybersecurity and Information Assurance - Bachelors Program
• Researched and performed vulnerability remediation of coding issues identified by HP Fortify
• Supported vendor and insurance carrier security assessments working with CHC InfoSec
• Performed Identity and Access Management (IAM) reviews for users and servers in dental
• Acted as a local MS SQL Server database administrator in all environments
• Developed RESTful APIs and back-end server infrastructure to process dental attachments
• Collaborated with InfoSec and other CHC teams to create and maintain Business Continuity Plans
and Disaster Recovery Plans
• Managed multiple onshore and offshore vendors to complete strategic projects
• Assisted in migrating a credentialing company to CHC’s virtual environment, including installation
defining firewall rules, IIS configuration, and testing in all environments
• Acted as the project manager for the migration of the dental websites, real-time, and batch
applications to AWS; acted as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for many of the on-premises
applications during the migration and assisted with User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
2019 : 2020
Change Healthcare
Senior Director Product Development
• Designed and developed an Authentication and Authorization system compliant with OWASP best
practices to interface with proprietary dental applications
• Provided second-tier application and network monitoring / troubleshooting for real-time eligibility
(millions of transactions per month), real-time claim status (hundreds of thousands of transactions
per month), and batch ERA (Over $1 billion in payments to providers per month) to ensure the
availability of services for hundreds of insurance carriers, thousands of dental providers, and over
100 dental vendor companies
• Developed and maintained payer website utilized by the largest dental insurance carriers
• Developed .NET batch applications to process and accurately deliver millions of healthcare ANSI
ASC X12 277CA / 277U Claim Status and 835 Electronic Remittance Advice Transactions (ERA)
• Created batch programs, scripts, and scheduled tasks to process transactions offline and load MS
SQL Server databases
• Participated in on-call rotation
2006 : 2018
Change Healthcare
Director Application Development
Skills
.NET, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Web API, Business Analysis, C#, Collaborative Problem Solving, Communication, Credibility, Cyber Defense, Cybersecurity, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Enterprise Architecture, Healthcare Information Technology, Healthcare Information Technology (HIT), HIPAA, Information Security, Information Technology, Internet Information Services (IIS), Leadership, Microsoft SQL Server, Programming, Project Management, Python (Programming Language), Requirements Analysis, Requirements Gathering, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Scrum, SDLC, Security, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Project Management, SQL, Supervisory Skills, Team Building, Team Leadership, Teamwork, Troubleshooting, U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), VB.NET, Vendor Management, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), XML, C, TFS, Healthcare Information, Integration, Software Project, Data Warehousing, Software Documentation
About
I have an extensive background in IT and was fortunate enough to work in a small company that allowed us to wear many hats and grow our professional careers in place. Over time, I progressed to become a full-stack MS .NET software engineer and manager of a highly functioning agile development/product team that I built from the ground up and had little turnover. I collaborated with my team to design and develop numerous applications. I also developed a significant number of applications independently.
After acquisitions, I led the migration of the applications I was responsible for from a small onsite physical data center to two virtual enterprise-scale data centers and ultimately to the cloud in AWS. As a working manager, I also spearheaded many of the strategic projects for our division. My management style is diplomatic, and I try to act as a servant leader. This encompassed my immediate onshore team as well as multiple offshore teams.
After 19+ years with my prior employer, I decided to take a planned career break and finish up my BS CSIA. I currently have two classes left to complete my MS CSIA. These were long-time personal goals.
I’m passionate about cyber security and being hands-on. I utilize many tools for training including StationX, TryHackMe and my virtual VMware lab environment. I needed a change and challenge, and this field certainly provides both.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
. Nmap
. Wireshark
. Splunk
. C#
. MS SQL Server
. ASP.NET
. IIS
. RESTful APIs
. JSON
. XML
. X12
FAMILIAR WITH:
. Security Onion
. Kali Linux
. pfSense
. Burp Suite
. Linux
. TCP / IP
. Networking
. SOC
. SIEM
PERSONAL:
I love the outdoors and Maine. My family moved to Maine a little over three years ago from southwest Florida. It was quite a paradigm change. Since that time, we’ve worked to build a small homestead and be as self-sufficient as possible.
When I’m not studying cyber security, gardening, or tending to other chores I enjoy reading, chess, and bird watching in my backyard. I can’t stop putting up different feeders and feed. I also get joy from walking outside with my wife and three dogs, Rudy, a German Short-Haired Pointer, Maya, a Bullmastiff, and our newest addition Odin, a Bullmastiff puppy.
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