SR. IT Project Manager

• 18 yrs. success in leading IT initiatives
• 8 yrs. of Managing IT projects as Project Management professional
• 10 yrs. of working on healthcare applications

Highlights

OTHER EXPERTISE

• Seasoned, result oriented IT Project Management professional with track record of delivering very largeand complex projects 10 Mil in size with 80 resources
• Accomplished in leading and influencing change through vision and strategic relationship development.
• Recognized for being pivotal business partner and resource.
• Effective team builder and leader with a dedication to staff training and development.
• A fast learner of new teach concepts easily adapt to change.
• Very detail oriented and can manage multiple concurrent tasks.
• Deep knowledge of portfolio management practices likeproject intake, resource capacity planning, interdependencies and risk planning.
• Worked extensively in healthcare domain with initiatives like HIPAA 5010, ICD10, healthcare reform and healthcare payer process improvements.Also worked in insurance, retail and manufacturing.
• Deepknowledge of software application development including the developmentmethodologies waterfall, SCRUM and application architecture.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Recognized for strong work ethics, exceptional business insight, analytical and technical aptitude.
• A champion in implementing best practices and process improvement from quality improvements models like PMP, ITIL, CMM, ISO 9000 and Six Sigma quality improvement models.

Career Summary

Confidential

Sr. IT PROJECT MANAGER

• Managingsystem development and implementation of Health-Care solutions for California's Medi-Cal account through the Medicaid Management Information System CA-MMIS . Project team consists of partners including IBM, Cognizant, CGI Consulting Group and the client, California Department of Health Care Services.
• Mostly working on projects involving ACA policies changes and SLR enhancements. Total portfolio budget is 10 million and most of the projects have very strict deadlines.
• Working on three State Level registry SLR projects. As a part of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, SLR system allows eligible Medi-Calpractitioners and hospitals financial incentives to adopt/implement CMS-certified electronic health record EHR technologies.
• Many projects for ACA involved integration with systems including Medi-Cal systems CAMMIS , covered California CalHEERS , healthcare providers/hospitals systems and CMS center of Medicare and Medicaid systems .
• Implemented successfully more than 6high visibility projects already.
• Manage project plans for all the projects in MS project and project server.
• Oversee and responsible for meeting the milestones and approval process in accordance with SDLC.
• Manage budget, schedule, constraints, risks and communication for all the projects.
• Skillfully negotiate project team, client and stakeholders' on competing priorities.
• Point of contact for all the reporting and facilitate the team on decisions and directions.
• Responsible for project status with EPMO, Xerox Sr Management and other stakeholders.

Confidential

IT PROJECT MANAGER

• Responsible for project delivery, testing support and production support monitoring.
• Responsible for team building, budgeting, resource forecasting, billing and invoices.
• Responsible for reporting to EPMO and managing communication, risk and defect for the projects.
• Mentoring and resources and managing their direct supervisory responsibilities, managed more than 80 direct and indirect resources.
• Managed project managers and project coordinators in HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 projects
• Worked in on-site offshore model and responsible for approval of the deliverables.
• Responsible for business development with a growth target assigned.
• Worked in Plainview, project server and MS project.
• Managed the project involving transfer of IT services from Healthnet to Cognizant technologies.

Confidential

Project Manager / Tech Lead

• As tech lead responsible for working with stakeholders and project delivery and as project manager responsible for all PM responsibilities.
• Managed/Implemented web based care management software managing 6 million members. It cut down the operating cost by 5 andcall time in about half.
• Re-engineered MC400 claims processing application improved the adjudication rate from 25 to about 40 .
• Implemented more than 100 projects enhancing payer processes successfully.
• Introduced best practices and SDLC standards.
• Managed stakeholders such as interface partners, business units, partners as well as project sponsors.
• Implemented many compliance projects as well as worked on audits for Sarbanes Oxley andHIPAA compliance.
• Implemented the corporate standards for ITIL and management practices of PMP.

Confidential

IT Manager / Project Manager

• Integrated target.com with amazon e-commerce opening the huge Amazon customer database.
• Implemented new portal for custom fit clothing which add new stretigic line of business.
• Worked as a pivotal resource for dropship business.
• As IT manager, responsible for delivery and client engagement.
• Responsible for direct supervisory responsibilities for team working on the project.
• Responsible for business development and strategic initiatives for TCS.