Alex Seelig Email & Phone Number

Springfield, Or, Us

Eugene, Oregon Area

-Project lead for the 2020 FedHealthIT Innovation Award winning VHA Diffusion Marketplace (https://marketplace.va.gov)--an application that helps de-silo knowledge and spread healthcare innovations and best practices throughout the country’s largest hospital network-Serve as Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Account Manager for cross-discipline Agile HCD software development team -Work with VHA Innovation Ecosystem leaders to create a vision and roadmap for the Marketplace-Work with innovators to help translate and transform their ideas into reproducible innovations that help save Veteran lives, improve quality of life and healthcare outcomes for Veterans, and help improve job satisfaction VHA frontline staff work-Work with stakeholders across the VHA Innovation Ecosystem to help diffuse innovation and bring the best of the best to the Marketplace-Was the lead for the first VA application to transition from internal to external while maintaining an Authority to Operate (ATO) as well as Windows OS SSO authentication for internal users -Maintain project contract and budget-Previously: Scrum Master and lead content writer for VA.Gov modernization

• Led proposal writing and editing for three winning bids on the CMS ADELE-QRI BPA, part of the US Digital Service (USDS) implementation of MACRA’s Quality Payment Program (QPP) • Acquired a thorough understanding of ACA, MACRA, and existing processes surrounding quality of care, and used that to develop technical solutions and composed written proposals based on that legislation• Used the USDS Playbook to update existing and create new systems with a focus on end-to-end usability, modernization, and legislative compliance • SemanticBits had the most winning bids on ADELE: Beneficiary Reporting, QIO, and AMS

• Agile Transformation and Solution Architecture consultant for the Computing Innovation division of GTRI, part of Georgia Tech, a state of Georgia university• Worked on Solution architecture, release planning, contractual planning, and Information Assurance and Accreditation work on a large scale transformation of Army Family Programs’ web applications from archaic legacy platform to secure, open source, cloud-based, RESTFul API solutions• Working as a “white hat” conducting a technological, Agile, and contractual review on a Navy CANES project analyzing what is required to convert PowerBuilder code and if the incumbent has the tools, skillsets, and Agile mentality to complete this worko Currently putting together a comprehensive Technical Report for Navy PMW 150 outlining all facets of the project—from LDAP authorization to usability and design to data schema and migration plans to proposed technologies to an Agile plan for GTRI and an Agile “audit” of the incumbent

Greater San Diego Area

• Head of digital services’ business and product development, working to create a federal open source software (OSS) community and create new business through: o Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) migrations that use Agile Development, open and cloud technologies, and data normalization o Bringing OSS and cloud into the Federal sector filled with legacy, proprietary software o Creating roadmaps and vision for existing and new clients that help migrate away from legacy systems and normalize data o Developing and customization application to ensure they’re “Scalable and Secure”: that they’re able to handle millions of users per year and are compliant with DIACAP, RMF, and HIPAA o Positioning company to take advantage of changes in Govt. software purchasing and development highlighted in the US Digital Services playbook and driven by 18F o Currently targeting DoD, VA, HHS, EPA, and DHA• Product Owner and proposal lead for winning 18F open data code challenge in which Three Wire was one of 16 companies selected to be a part of the GSA Agile BPA• Founded and maintaining an “Agile Corporate Culture” of diverse teams that value trust, safety, honesty, and autonomy, using as guides: “Tribal Leadership,” (Logan et al) “Delivering Happiness,” (Hseih) “The Culture Game,” “Tribal Scrum,” (Logan) and “The Cooperative Game” (Cockburn)• Own and maintain the division’s P&L, including ensuring Gross and Net Margin targets are hit and working to forecast financials for business development• Former Program Manager and Product Owner for Department of Defense (DoD) family programs legacy and proprietary web portal and case management systems• In 2013, co-founded company’s new application development division over the course of three months, by recruiting and forming Agile teams and implementing development and program processes as part of taking over the development, hosting, nd finances of a $7m book of business

Greater San Diego Area

• Product Owner specializing in product development for Army Military Family Programs (IMCOM/G9) websites; modernized site layouts, UI, code-base, and technologyo Updated ~10 year old, Internet Explorer (IE) ~6 code base to modern standardso Made site cross-browser compatible, including full functionality in modern browserso Focused on making site better for end-users by working with users and beta testers, with a particular focus on improved User Interface and Experience• Worked on maturing the company’s Agile/Scrum Methodology, utilizing experience, training, and experimentation to incorporate new practices for project and business development, road-mapping, user stories, requirements, Agile documentation and artifacts, and market research• Helped to evolve the companies’ culture—shifting from a hierarchical environment to an Agile workplace that values autonomy, responsibility, and collaborative, team-based decision making and self-governance • Helped drive new business and government sales through solution opportunity review, solution architecture, proposal writing and editing; have contributed to over $10 million in revenue generated for the company• Developed a Patient-Generated Health Data (PGHD) prototype for Humana leveraging existing technologies and Humana web-based infrastructure to help increase patient engagement through Observations of Daily Living (ODL)

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Worked as both Product Owner and Scrum Master handling internal and external department negotiations, disputes, business prioritizations, and analyses • Was lead analyst of the Strategic Planning group with the aim of combining and enhancing THIG’s three disparate software systems (one web-based, one legacy, one third-party)• Helped bridge technical and business knowledge gaps between other departments and IT—with a focus on better system requirements from stakeholders and increased understanding of the business within IT• Introduced UML Modeling, Use Case writing, risk and cost analysis, and GUI/UX design into the Agile process

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Lead company through the drastic market shift and growth resulting from the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH—commonly: “Meaningful Use”), the government program designed to incentivize physicians to switch from paper to electronic records • Headed kM’s HITECH certification project and HIPAA compliance, resulting in EHR “Meaningful Use Phase I” certification• Identified kM’s place within both the larger EHR market and certain underserved niches (OB/GYN and high-risk pregnancy specialists)• Negotiated partnerships and worked on requirements for API integration with third-party eRx, eLabs and billing systems (E*Healthline, Quest Diagnostics, Kareo)• Created the software’s tiered pricing scheme, using competitor data, expected use, government incentives, similar cloud-based non-medical systems, internal costs, and projected growth• Acted as Product Owner and utilized physician surveys, market research, and internal diagnoses to help improve usability and marketability of the system

• Started with company by specializing in taking raw scientific data, documents, and customized delivery systems information and translating it into accessible marketing materials aimed at a variety of audiences and knowledge levels • Helped create strategy aimed at biopharmas looking to expand their drug indications, increased patent life/IP portfolio, and provide increased efficacy over biosimilars • Highlighted the improved outcomes over the current suboptimal delivery systems (oral, topical, systemic)• Developed strategy and helped with bid for the proposed buyout of a German drug delivery firm in Summer 2009

Ba, English, 3.7 Gpa

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