Experience

Confidential

Senior Business Consultant

• Michigan Department of State MDOS Ignition Interlock System.
• Chad is currently working for the Secretary of State through the Michigan Department of State. Chad is acting as Project Lead while eliciting requirements for a new automated Ignition Interlock Device System. Breath Ignition Interlock Device BAAID . He is also utilizing his skills for process improvement and construction an RFP to go out for bid. This project includes the following:
• Project Planning
• Requirements development
• Business Process Notation
• Procurement
• Management of the configuration and implementation of the program.
• Utilizing the State's new Software Modernization Program SMP to help to select a
• Vendor who has already went through the State's prequalification program.

Confidential

Project Leader/Business Analyst

• Served as a Business Consultant for State Governmental Agencies
• Department of Environmental Quality DEQ
• Department of Natural Resources DNR
• Department of Technology Management and Budget DTMB
• Michigan Department of Education MDE
• Department of Environmental Quality DEQ
• Department of Labor and Economic Growth DLEG
• Michigan Department of Community Health MDCH
• State Historic Preservation Office SHPO
• Michigan State Housing Development Authority MSHDA
• Child Support Enforcement System CSES
• Department of State DOS

Confidential

• Developed Request for Proposals RFP along with Statements of Work SOW which enabled a broader and creative range of solutions to be considered by leveraging the State's purchasing power to obtain a more cost efficient contract for the client.
• Assessed information to permit sound business decisions to be made by creating a strategic procurement process which was both consistent with the State's business requirements and served as a standard for other future proposals.
• Provided analytical and technical assistance in developing requirements matrices, gap analysis models and identifying, evaluating, and developing processes to meet business, technical and functional requirements to be included as part of the RFP.
• Functioned as a liaison between the business customer and technical community to effectively translate business strategies into technical requirements and solutions.
• Identified opportunities for improving business process, organizational design, and corporate culture.
• Provided techniques for organization design, process improvement, technology assimilation, organizational change, and process modeling.
• Developed and maintained team SharePoint sites that would interface interactively with the customers at State Agencies.

Confidential

• Worked on the State and Federal Program Affordable Care Act ACA at DCH performing numerous tasks
• Directly interfaced with customers and other State Agencies such as DTMB, DHS, as well as Federal Agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services
• Interacted daily with customers and agencies which included status updates, expected rollouts of architectural technologies, and deadlines on federally mandated assessment and mitigation plans
• Served as technical liaison between the State and Federal government on the infrastructure and architecture that was to be in place by October 1st which would transmit and receive transactions from the Federal portal
• Developed and executed capacity tests plans for the rollout of the October 1st deadline
• Developed Total Cost of Ownership Models for Enterprise Service Bus ESP .
• Verified procedure and eligibility roles for the Federally Facilitated Exchange FFE .
• Examined and determined Children s Health Insurance Plan CHIP for FEE in efforts to help establish Eligibility determination for both CHIP and Medicaid.
• Defined the requirements for all account transfers transactions passing through the Health Information Exchange HIX Data Service Hub.
• Worked in coordination with DCH assisting in completing the testing for the State hub infrastructure and collaborated in the development of the State hub infrastructure requirements.
• Documented and constructed a Privacy Impact Assessment PIA providing evidence that the State had plans and policies in place to meet the Federal requirements and coordinated implantation strategies for the new Federal Laws.

Confidential

Project Coordinator

• Developed, implemented, and tested disaster recovery plans and procedures, along with the backup systems, for all corporate business services.
• Improved and developed the current Business Continuity Plans which required a structured analysis of the organization.
• Coordinated team member activities by scheduling work assignments, setting priorities, and directing the work of team members.
• Implemented and managed the consolidation of business computing systems, applying virtualization technologies to improve utilization, provided better disaster recovery capabilities, and reduced electrical and cooling requirements.
• Acted as strategic liaison by helping communicate business strategies into technical requirements.
• Developed operational policies and procedures to drive performance improvement and increase consistency throughout the organization.
• Identified areas for improving business processes and work flow.