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PENGBIAO ZHANG

Frisco,TX

Summary

  • Engineering Leader with 13+ years in API/integration architecture and 2+ years managing technical teams.
  • Expertise in IBM middleware (API Connect, DataPower) and designing secure, scalable solutions for healthcare and enterprise systems.
  • Proven ability to align technical execution with business goals, lead cross-functional teams, and modernize legacy systems
  • Passionate about mentoring engineers, enforcing compliance (HIPAA, PCI-DSS principles), and optimizing integration workflows.
  • Complex problem-solver with analytical and driven mindset. Dedicated to achieving demanding development objectives according to tight schedules
  • Thorough team contributor with strong organizational capabilities. Experienced in handling numerous projects at once while ensuring accuracy. Effective at prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines.
  • Excellent experience in architecting and implementing integration between internal/external applications, micro services, consumers and providers
  • Excellent experience in Restful API/Web services design and development
  • Excellent experience in working with XML, JSON, HL7, EDI and Text based message formats for their transformation and processing using IBM DataPower, API Connect, Message Broker/IIB/ACE and WTX

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Information Services Developer Lead/Program Manager

CHRISTUS Health
01.2023 - Current
  • Strategic Alignment: Aligned technical requirements with core business objectives through cross-departmental collaboration.
  • Project Leadership: Led cross-functional teams in the on-time delivery of engineering projects by optimizing resource and manpower allocation for multiple concurrent initiatives.
  • Team Development: Mentored and trained junior and senior developers, fostering a collaborative environment that promoted professional growth.
  • Iterative Delivery Leadership: Drove structured, milestone-based releases with daily cross-team syncs and retrospectives, improving delivery predictability by 30% despite non-Agile environment.
  • Healthcare AI Solutions: Led the integration of AI platforms (Abridge, Solarity) with EPIC EHR via REST APIs, automating clinical note summarization and patient data extraction to reduce manual processing time by 80%. Involved in-house Fax AI design and build by using Google Gemini to parse denial letters, achieving 90% data accuracy and cutting claim adjudication time by 95%.
  • Customer-Centric Improvements: Increased customer satisfaction and repeat business by swiftly responding to feedback and improving services.
  • Complex Project Execution: Provided strategic direction for the successful implementation of multiple complex initiatives.
  • Leadership Advisory: Advised senior leadership and the integration architecture board on enterprise-wide API Gateway strategies.
  • System Modernization & Evaluation: Led the technical evaluation of core system upgrades, analyzing performance and security to inform strategic technology roadmap decisions.
  • Framework Innovation: Directed the design and development of enhancements for the API Connect and DataPower framework.
  • Best Practices Mentorship: Mentored team members on interface development and enforced development best practices for handling Protected Health Information (PHI), ensuring all projects involving clinical data were fully compliant with HIPAA regulations.
  • Operational Excellence: Provided senior-level, 24/7 on-call support for mission-critical systems, ensuring operational stability and rapid incident resolution.

Information Services Developer Senior

CHRISTUS HEALTH
05.2022 - 01.2023
  • API Platform Modernization: Spearheaded the end-to-end design and implementation of a critical API Connect migration from v5 to v10, enhancing platform security, performance, and scalability.
  • Enterprise Integration Architecture: Architected and developed a robust enterprise integration framework, enabling seamless and secure connectivity between the API Gateway, external consumers, and internal core systems.
  • Infrastructure & Security Management: Executed key administration for API Connect and DataPower, including on-premise server installation, firmware upgrades, and certificate management to ensure system integrity and security compliance.
  • Complex Project Delivery: Successfully designed and implemented solutions for multiple, concurrent complex projects utilizing a diverse technology stack including API Connect, DataPower, IIB/ACE, MQ, Diplomat, and Tidal.
  • Multi-Vendor System Integration: Engineered and supported critical EPR integrations (INFOR IPA, ION API) with numerous third-party vendors such as MHC, iPayable, Clinical Bridge, and HealthTrust . etc, ensuring seamless data flow.
  • Collaborative Solution Development: Drove business growth by collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive solutions tailored to evolving customer needs.

Information Services Developer II

CHRISTUS HEALTH
03.2017 - 05.2022
  • Architected Integration Framework: Pioneered the design and development of a new enterprise integration strategy, creating a scalable framework to manage API traffic between external/internal consumers and core backend systems.
  • Led Critical Platform Migration: Directed the successful design and migration of the enterprise API Connect platform from v5 to v10, improving system capabilities and future-proofing the integration infrastructure.
  • Managed API Infrastructure: Performed full-cycle administration of on-premise API Connect and DataPower appliances, including server builds, firmware upgrades, and security certificate management to ensure operational excellence.
  • Executed Diverse Technical Projects: Demonstrated versatility by leading the design and implementation of multiple concurrent projects using a broad tech stack (API Connect, DataPower, IIB/ACE, MQ, Diplomat, Tidal).
  • Enabled Key Business Processes: Delivered comprehensive support for vital EPR functions by developing and maintaining complex INFOR IPA and ION API integrations with vendors like MHC, iPayable, Strata and HealthTrust.


Senior Middleware Developer

JUDGE SOFTWARE PROFESSIONALS
03.2016 - 03.2017
  • Designed and implemented integration between DataPower, IIB, MQ and WTX
  • Developed Multi-protocol gateway, Logging Services in DataPower
  • Developed AAA Services, Web services Proxy and XML Firewall services in DataPower
  • Configured Web service proxy in DataPower and Created Load Balancer groups
  • Involved in the configuration of Multi-protocol Gateway, XML Manager, WS-proxies, XML firewall, SSL Proxy Profiles, XML Proxy Profiles, WSDL and WS Security
  • Created one-way and two-way forward and reverse SSL hand shake authentications in DataPower
  • Developed Web services in IIB/Message Broker by using SOAP and HTTP nodes
  • Created XSDs, WSDLs and also implemented Restful web services utilizing XML and JSON message formats

Datapower SOA Lead/Developer

CVS HEALTH
01.2015 - 03.2016
  • Responsible for design of New/existing DataPower layer initiatives and provided application design documentation for the same
  • Worked as Team lead and on-site coordinator for the off-shore team
  • Developed Web services in DataPower XI52 by using Multi-protocol Gateway and WS-proxy
  • Created XML Manager, XSDs, XSLTs and also implemented Restful web services utilizing XML and JSON message formats
  • Configured usage of log targets like system-tcp, file and SMTP in DataPower
  • Working on critical issues raised by QA team and provide the solution in less turnaround time and participated in crisis calls
  • Designed and developed common logging standard for the Datapower service and working with ITCAM, Splunk team to set up third party monitoring framework
  • Developed Synchronous and Asynchronous Orchestration Services by using Multi-protocol Gateway
  • Worked with WSRR team to set up third party service governance

Middleware Developer

JUDGE SOFTWARE PROFESSIONALS
06.2014 - 01.2015
  • Designed and implemented integration between DataPower, IIB, MQ and WTX
  • Developed Multi-protocol gateway, Logging Services in DataPower
  • Developed AAA Services, Web services Proxy and XML Firewall services in DataPower
  • Developed message flows by using Compute node, Collector node, Timer node, Filter node, File node, MQ node
  • Developed Message flows using SOAP and HTTP nodes for implementing web services
  • Designed and developed Exception handling sub flow and Error routines
  • Developed Message flows to interact with DB2 and Oracle Databases
  • Created WSDLs, XSDs, Message sets and Message models using DFDL
  • Involved in the Unit testing and coordinated defect resolution

Middleware Developer

SHAANXI ANZHONG MACHINERY CO., LTD
01.2010 - 01.2012
  • Installed Message Broker in Windows Environment
  • Participated in analyze and coordinate Contract & Production Management System
  • Developed Message flows to by using computer node handle web service requests for Baidu Promotion Program
  • Participated in maintain company online marketing in Alibaba
  • Created Test cases for the Message Broker services
  • Created UDPs (External Variables), Shared Variables and configurable services in Message broker
  • Created Functional and Technical design documents to be used for Message Broker
  • Used SVN for version control and Soap UI for Web services test

Education

Master - Material Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON
DAYTON, OHIO
01.2014

Bachelor - Metallurgical Engineering

CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY
CHANGSHA, CHINA
01.2010

Skills

  • Middleware: IBM API Connect v5/v10, IBM DataPower XI52/IDG, IBM IIB/ACE, IBM MQ, INFOR Cloverleaf, Diplomat, Go Anywhere, Microsoft SSIS,
  • Technical Languages: XSLT, Gateway Script, ESQL, SQL, Python
  • Version Controls: Tortoise SVN, SharePoint, Git
  • Database: MySQL, DB2
  • Testing Tools: Postman, SOAP UI, RFH Util, JMeter, XMLSpy, WinSCP, FileZilla
  • Other Tools: ServiceNow, INFOR IPA, INFOR ION API, Putty, Tidal Scheduler, CyberArk, HL7 Professional, PyCharm, EPIC
  • Platform Engineering: Data integration, API gateway management, Microservices architecture, OAuth2 authentication, Logging and monitoring
  • Soft Skills: Problem-solving, Multitasking, Team collaboration

Timeline

Information Services Developer Lead/Program Manager

CHRISTUS Health
01.2023 - Current

Information Services Developer Senior

CHRISTUS HEALTH
05.2022 - 01.2023

Information Services Developer II

CHRISTUS HEALTH
03.2017 - 05.2022

Senior Middleware Developer

JUDGE SOFTWARE PROFESSIONALS
03.2016 - 03.2017

Datapower SOA Lead/Developer

CVS HEALTH
01.2015 - 03.2016

Middleware Developer

JUDGE SOFTWARE PROFESSIONALS
06.2014 - 01.2015

Middleware Developer

SHAANXI ANZHONG MACHINERY CO., LTD
01.2010 - 01.2012

Bachelor - Metallurgical Engineering

CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY

Master - Material Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON

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