Jesús Álvarez — Senior Healthcare Data Programmer
30+ years of SAS, mainframe, and federal healthcare data work. 22 years on AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) at IBM, delivering approximately 130 state inpatient and ambulatory databases per year. Two-time IBM merit award recipient.
Operating through Yu-Pa Corporation, a certified minority-owned business founded in 2000. Based in Goleta, California.
Career history
- 2000–2022 — Senior Programmer Consultant, IBM / Truven / Thomson / Medstat. AHRQ HCUP pipeline: 50 states → master processor → ~130 annual state databases.
- 1998–1999 — Computer Programmer, Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis, LLP. Litigation support and OCR document processing.
- 1993–1997 — Senior Programmer, Shared Medical Systems (SMS). Hospital accreditation scoring; SF Department of Public Health.
- 1987–1992 — Senior Programmer / Analyst, SysteMetrics. Mainframe stratified sampling on healthcare claims.
- 1983–1987 — B.S. Computer Systems Engineering, Tecnológico de Monterrey.
Skills
SAS (Macro, C, Toolkit, ODS), Python, SQL, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, JCL, TSO, ISPF, SYNCSORT, DFSORT, COBOL, PL/I, ASSEMBLER, FORTRAN, C, C++, Arduino. Healthcare domain: ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT/HCPCS, MS-DRG groupers, HIPAA, Federal Data Use Agreements.
Contact
Email: jesus.alvarez@yupaanalytics.com
Phone: (805) 453-5516
Location: Goleta, CA
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