SUMMARY

• He is experienced engineer and project manager offering a proven record of success leading all phases of diverse technology projects; healthcare integration and business finance experience.
• He has directed and managed multimillion - dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements and digital transformation.
• His industrial experience includes the following: Media (Broadcast/Publishing), Banking, Manufacturing, Retail, Medical Device & Diagnostics/Life Sciences, Healthcare (Specialty Pharmacy, Clinical Systems, Mental Health, Hospital Practice Management, Medicare MMIS), Classified Public Sector (Department of Navy, National Security Agency), Public (Federal & State), Resource Industries (Mining, Geomorphology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, St. Paul, Minnesota

Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed and designed diversity supplier development application to develop, certify and maintain a qualified diverse supply base that is reflective of the state customer base.
• Developed requirements-based use cases and a daily Scrum process to develop diversity supplier certification/registration tool that establish new supplier relationships for specific procurement requirements and a current procurement need.
• Directed testing processes: analyzing technical specifications; developing comprehensive test strategies and plans; assembling and leading a Test Team; delivering project to rigorous deadlines; and ensuring minimal post implementation bugs.
• Used the release train process (ART) to integrate and align the value and interdependencies ofmultiple teams and communities of practice for cross synchronization for procurement sourcing solution for state diversity metrics
• Provided Agile Portfolio Management process as a straightforward way to integrate project/portfolio management with a clear overview of portfolios, work structure by: tracking the progress of initiatives with iterative completed work; creating/updating project roadmaps to keep work aligned with business goals and changing needs: identifying risks and risk responses across projects to meet important milestones; clearly communicating portfolio vision and strategy to multiple populations on business initiatives to deliver on the organization's goals and providing visualization for tighter management and business integration with delivery of business solutions to the business portfolio
• Result: Gathered and assessed diversity supplier application requirements by: covering short- and long-term financial, operational and compliance risk in the diversity supplier portfolio; establishing internal and external policies, standards, processes and templates for working with vendors; understanding the state diversity supplier spending by category, cost center, region and diversity supplier; rationalizing and optimizing the diversity supplier portfolio and concentrate efforts on managing the most strategic vendors; focusing diversity supplier performance metrics on business outcomes

Confidential, St. Paul, MN

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Directed and completed the program and process in achieving robust and sustainable healthcare information exchange (MNsure) for providers and citizens in Minnesota with federal accountable healthcare (Obamacare). This included: managing a full range of programmatic, technical and administrative processes that support discovery, procurement, planning, contracting, oversight and working closely with the healthcare practices (the Implementation and Optimization Organizations (IOOs)) staff and consultants.
• Provided a strong familiarity with the state's healthcare environment for integration of sustainable healthcare information exchange (MNsure) by: listening to stakeholders to understand complex issues with recognizable decision points; designing and delivering creative solutions; partnering with a wide variety of constituencies across industries and political lines; effectively facilitating success with sustainable healthcare information exchange (MNsure)
• Managed the healthcare information exchange (MNsure) planning and implementation with all appropriate project deliverables and responsibilities, project scheduling, risk management, change management, issue management and status reporting and directed the Implementation and Optimization Organizations and processes to ensure success of technology implementations.
• Monitored testing and Q/A process with healthcare information exchange (MNsure) implementations for accuracy and timeliness to ensure the focus on successfully achieving the project goals including compliance with grant reporting requirements for the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)
• Facilitated all aspects of execution, including identifying and solving problems that would otherwise delay the provision of healthcare information exchange (MNsure) services (assuring the projects are on-budget and on-time and delivered with the expected value to the practices and stakeholders)
• Implemented enterprise data index roadmap to support the MNsure program to resolve duplicated data elements/quality and multiple legacy transactional data silos to encompass data governance, data lifecycle, data quality improvement, decision support and master data management/index(including enterprise data business case, data governance analysis of alternatives, selection process for appropriate approach, charter, playbook, roadmap and rules of engagement to ensure data unification/consistency, quality, sharing/transparency and data governance (commonvocabularies, data definitions,integration/synchronization rules, and set data priorities)
• Result:Supportedahealthcare insurancesystem that allowed state residents to enroll in affordable health insurancewith better outcomes and expectations

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Project/Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated requirements to focus on teams of engineers and product owners on building out new products and features for the Honeywell Smart Home (design, architecture, and implementation of cutting edge products).
• Worked with teams to create clear and concise epics/stories and to model core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility with project backlog; ensured consistent application of scrum methodologies across the enterprise
• Integrated release processes with different product teams (internal/external) for a consolidated view of iterative development of multiple solutions for Honeywell Home Automation Brand
• Consolidated product information, achieved thru mergers/acquisition and partnership, to support the technology portfolio for Home Automation
• Result: Integrated product and technology development for debuting Honeywell Home Automation Brand (products and services) at the January CES show in Los Vegas