At American Fidelity Assurance – www.afadvantage.com, one of the largest companies providing insurance products in the United States and
across the globe; I have worked in the following projects in the Information Systems Department:
Section 125
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An IRS (Internal Revenue Service) code that allows companies to give their employees the opportunity to pay for benefits such as medical
insurance, disability income, dependent care costs, and out-of-pocket medical expenses, with pre-tax dollars.
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Created an enterprise application using three-tier architecture for the management of employers, participants, plans, coverage and payments
for American Fidelity Group www.afadvantage.com.
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The system maintains as well a history of changes through transaction logs, so that administrators can perform various audit reports.
Implemented a nightly process that runs automatically to generate ad hoc and on demand reports/letters as determined by users based on
date/time event.
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Linked the system with the existing mainframe to access legacy data using a web service by dispatching requests and receiving responses
from the enterprise service bus via SOAP/HTTP.
Benefits to Client:
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The system accommodated the needs for both Section 125 divisions by combining two applications into one. AWD had situations where one
employer shared a plan document with several subsidiary employers. AFES had situations where one employer shared multiple plans.
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For employees, it reduces their FICA, state, and federal tax obligations, which in turn increases their after-tax income.
DCRF
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DCRF – (Document Completion Request Form) is filled out by account managers in the field, when they enroll companies in the Section 125
program with American Fidelity.
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Using an N-Tier model with domain driven design architecture and Web Services, I have leveraged most of the domain knowledge in the Section 125
system described above, by exposing it as services to be consumed by the DCRF system.
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The application can be accessed from any location via the internet. Information entered in the DCRF is pulled by the Section 125 system described above,
to verify the accuracy and completion, and is integrated into the Section 125 system.
Metavante Debit Card Integration
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Benefits Payment System (BPS) owned by Metavante, is an on-line web-based interface that houses participant and employer information and manages transaction
data for a third party administrator (TPA) or health care plan that is offering the ATM/PIN debit card.
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Created a back end system, which interacts with Metavante BPS, and integrated it with our existing enterprise benefit management software.
Benefits to Client:
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The system has facilitated the payment of health fees. As long as the merchant or service provider accepts Visa debit cards, there’s no need
to pay cash up front and then wait for reimbursement.
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Improved beneficiaries’ cash flow and eliminate paperwork pile-ups and reimbursement delays while increasing tax savings for companies and employees.
Application Framework
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Application Framework serves as a base for building enterprise business applications.
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Worked with a team of software architects from Hitachi Consulting in the creation of the framework. Using Domain Driven Design architecture,
we have developed a multi-tier framework that supports most Microsoft Technology stack and IBM InfoSphere Federation Server.
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To consume the framework while building an application, developers reference the necessary components depending on the needs and requirements
of the final product.
Benefits to Client:
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The framework has helped American Fidelity save millions of dollars in software development cost because developers’ jobs have become easier
and they can accomplish more tasks in a short period of time.
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We achieved a breakthrough with scalability and code reusability; also developers no longer spend time in the building blocks of an application,
but rather in resolving the business logic.
I-Track
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I-Track is an issue tracking system, designed to bridge the gap between developers and users when working with enterprise software in testing
and production environments.
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Created a new web application, as an alternative to the existing enterprise mainframe system, designed to report software issues.
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Users are authenticated with different levels of access. Administrators will manage users, projects, and company divisions.
The system maintains audit trails to ensure all changes are accounted for. Users can also monitor the status and progress of bugs to follow
the improvement in stability.
