Senior Executive-Level Program/Project Management

Profile

Results-driven professional with more than 25 years of successful experience spanning:

Strategic Planning IT Project Governance Formal Project Management Portfoli Management Program Management PM Setup Maturity Assessment Quality Process Improvement Change Management Risk Management Schedule Budget Management System/Software Development Implementation Consulting Training Team Facilitation Vendor Selection

Highly skilled at managing complex programs and projects of various sizes and complexities. Develops strategic business and technical solutions that control schedule, cost, and scope t drive corporate objectives. Successfully manages software development and implementation projects through SDLC process. Manage projects around time, cost, and scope constraints. Analytical problem solver with a proven track record of establishing Continuous Improvement and formal Project Management methodologies, including Six Sigma, TQM, CMM, COBIT, and PMI. Dynamic leader with solid communication, interpersonal, and project management skills. Successfully managed projects across various industries including well-renowned hospitals, clinics, pharmaceutical companies, and healthcare software vendors throughout the U.S. these include the May Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, AmerisourceBergen, and Siemens Healthcare.

Career Track

Consultant President

Serve as a Program/Project Management consultant Confidential

Program Management Office Implementations and Best Practice Consultation Private Public Sectors

Program Management Office

• Performed PM Maturity Assessment with emphasis on IT Project Governance Best Practices for County School District Executives. Developed IT Project Governance Process.
• Established foundational PM Best Practices Program t replace a State Department of Transportation motor vehicle registration and title system. 100MM Budget.
• Consulted with corporate Executives t establish a PMO.
• Provided Project Management consultation on various IT CRM, Finance, and corporate relocation projects.

Change Management

• Designed Change Management processes in a highly complex world-class Healthcare IT environment.
• Corporation Startup Consultation
• Project t develop a business plan, website development, and ongoing support for an online retail business.
• Project Management Best Practice consultation for establishing 501c3 and 501c4.
• IT Infrastructure Stabilization
• Performed Program Management oversight for upgrade clustering, fail-over, and UPS recovery program for several dozen application systems supporting manufacturing for military/government contracts.

System Implementation/Integration/Upgrades Private Public Sectors :

• Provided Portfoli Management for pharmacy application implementations - multi-state major hospital group.
• Cerner Bridge eMAR and Barcoding pharmaceutical system implementation.
• Laboratory Information Management System LIMS implementation supporting a world class medical and educational institution including Data Warehouse system implementation for collection and analytics. SCC Soft Waters New Genesis systems. 80MM budget.
• Designed logistics t train approximately 1,800 laboratory staff on a Lab LIMS application.
• LIMS system implementation at a global pharmaceutical organization.
• RFI/RFP vendor selection - Electronic Batch Records project. Regenerative tissue laboratory.
• Contracted t rescue State Department of Health LIMS implementation project. 3MM Budget.
• Career Track Continued

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

• Managed PM implementation processes, and the selection of a project management information system PMIS . Managed software release and new development projects for Billing and Collection, and Data Warehouse / Analytics applications through the full SDLC process. Managed HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance conversions of online Ordering and Billing Collection systems. Managed internal and external personnel, including project managers, programmers, team leaders, and vendors. Administered project budgets and controlled forecasting and resource allocation.
• Established continuous improvement processes and best practices, including PMI, CMM, and Six Sigma.

Consultant

Confidential

Provided project management, business process analysis, requirements documentation, application vendor selection, and IT support for credit and human resources departments. Mainframe Supply-Chain, CRM, and Data Warehouse software development, EDI interface transaction system enhancements, and vendor application implementations/upgrades. Recommended business process improvements. Utilized ABT project workbench, team workbench, and project scheduling database repository tools.

Selected t receive Six Sigma Green and Black Belt training t lead IT process improvement initiatives.

Principal Consultant

Confidential

Managed design planning efforts for a 6MM project. Instituted work unit traffic flow procedures, managed internal/external personnel workflow, and managed a Quality Assurance team. Coordinated technical writing needs, including project definition documents, statement of work SOW , a Y2K training manual, new employee orientations, etc. Managed Y2K analysis for a world class medical institution, including Y2K compliance evaluations. Built a database t collect and report Y2K assessment and vendor compliance data. Evaluated Y2K processes for a major university. Developed SOW t detail needs and services t be provided.

Confidential

Consultant/Project Manager/Systems Analyst/Senior Programmer

Confidential

• First as an employee of SMS, and then as both employee of and consultant t SMS-based hospitals and clinics, provided project management, installation/implementation, system analysis, and programming services. ADT / Order Processing / Physician's Billing / Laboratory / Pharmacy / Inpatient, Outpatient, Ancillary / Financials / HL7 / EDI.
• Professional Credentials
• HIPAA Advanced HIPAA Privacy Security
• Masters Certificate, Six Sigma, Villanova University
• Masters Certificate, Applied Project Management, Villanova University
• Project Management Professional PMP Certificate, Project Management Institute
• Project Manager Development Program, Keane, Inc.

Microsoft Project

Member: Project Management Institute, Tampa Bay Chapter PMI Consulting Community of Practice CoP PMI Healthcare Project Management CoP PMI Information Systems CoP PMI Program Management Office CoP Microsoft Project Users Group MPUG , Tampa Bay Chapter Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society HIMSS

Additional Training: TQM, IS 9000 Quality Standards, Project Manager Development, Capability Maturity Model, Production System Support Methodology, SDLC, Enterprise Resource Planning, etc.