Allen E. Email & Phone Number

Olathe, Ks, Us

Wichita, Kansas, United States

Olathe, Kansas

Lenexa, Kansas

Lenexa, Kansas

Directly manage Project Managers, Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, .NET/SQL Application Developers, and vendor management; also responsible for project roadmap tracking for future strategic technology and business initiatives.• Responsible for strategic development and support for the Wellness Engine.• Managing budget/capital expenditures planning and tracking• Responsible for evaluating build vs buy and selecting 3rd party vendors and applications• Project road-mapping and prioritization• Directly managed the United Health Group (Optum) outsourcing initiative• Implemented QScreen mobile application• Manage the team responsible for updates and support to the https://my.questforhealth.com website

Houston, Texas Area

Directly manage Enterprise Project Managers, Business Analysts, Application Developers, SOA architects and vendor management; also responsible for projecting roadmaps for future strategic technology and business.• Introduced and Implemented Project Lifecycle Methodology, following PMI standards• Responsible for evaluating and selecting 3rd party vendors and applications• Project Road-mapping and prioritization • Determine Agile vs Waterfall project methodology based on project requirements and timeline• Lead business process modeling discussions with multiple lines of business• Implemented ROI processes

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Manage a team of 17 application developers, while also managing projects aligned with specific lines of business.• Business Relationship Manager for Executive Management in Payment & Technologies Solutions (HSA/FSA, Treasury Management, Commercial Credit Cards)• Build 1 – 5 year roadmaps/strategic company and business unit goals• Managing software development and support teams • Lead projects encompassing Business Analysts, Networking, Data Security, Mainframe, Java, .NET Application Developers, Database Administrators, System Engineers, and Quality Assurance teams.• Manage team budget for payroll, training, projects, and capital expense • Create monthly resource load plan to determine where resources are short or over allocated• Participate in Core management for Enterprise Project Management Office/Governance projects • Application owner for multiple mission critical applications used within the bank• Work with vendors to purchase specific software or coordinate 3rd party solutions/contractors• Create assessment documents to review return on investment, expenses, and revenue breakdown over short and long term periods.• Continuously improving policies, procedures, validation scenarios• Provide Executive briefings and status reports• Member of steering committees for Employee Incentive Plan and Employee Rewards and Recognition

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Multitasking programs, projects, and project management resources concurrently; coordinating work efforts and maintaining communication between internal and external teams within client organization and 3rd parties. Manage projects using Earned Value to provide accurate forecasting of schedule and budget. Project Highlights:• Coordinate ROI/Project Assessment Documentation updates• Managed projects with multi-million dollar budgets • Program Manager for the Payment & Technology business unit• Managed projects to stabilize and expand corporate infrastructure • Managed Marketing projects, including the redesign of UMB company signage and current standards; software implementations, hardware implementations, and Asset Management acquisition• Create and update project budgets and timelines.• Provide Executive Oversight briefings• Continuous Project Management process improvement• Successfully managed implementation of corporate VoIP project, under budget and ahead of schedule (upgrade of routers, switches, servers, call patterns, DS3/T1 circuit upgrades for all campus and remote branch locations)• Managed Technology Stack upgrade for UMBs Payment and Technology system• Managed RSA Token and Multi-Factor Authentication project• Managed new UMB branch openings, including all network, phones, signage, marketing, and construction build

Multitasking 10 to 20 projects concurrently; coordinating work efforts and maintaining communication between internal and external teams within client organization and 3rd parties.Project Highlights:• Create Proposal Requests• Provide quarterly profit reports• Internal close out meetings with lessons learned with profit margin reports • Mentor and train other internal AOS project managers• Develop, manage, and analyze project budgets and timelines• Managed the implementation and setup of social networking site for “Mad Gamers Network”• Managed the implementation of multiple IP Telephony/Call Center projects for enterprise clients (KMBC Channel 9\ABC news, American Century Investments, Riley County, Liberty Hospital, Nodaway Bank) • Coordinated and managed the installation of multiple SAN projects for enterprise clients (Liberty Hospital, Kansas City Power & Light, Truman Medical Center)• Managed multiple wireless network installations for Enterprise clients (Truman Medical, Aptuit, Manhattan Schools)• Managed Cerner Corporation’s entire Wireless upgrade and network infrastructure transition from Foundry to Cisco• Managed H&R Block’s internal Networking, Security, and Linux projects. • Coordinated and presented findings to Butler County Community College’s Board of Directors for a Security Assessment of network.• Managed Swope Parkway Health Center’s QoS planning and network separation.

Multitasking 5 to 10 projects; coordinating work efforts and maintaining communication between disparate teams within Cerner (e.g., CernerWorks, GRID, and Cerner IP). Effectively managing projects with groups to ensure timely delivery.Project Highlights:• Managed multiple client upgrades to Cerner’s 2005.02 Millennium code.• Project leader for the creation of the Cerner’s Healthe Exchange insurance company (web site can be found https://www.myhealtheexchange.com/cerner/p).• Managed the multi-million dollar information systems infrastructure installation for Cerner’s Healthe Clinic• Coordinated the expansion of the corporate Data Center.• Managed the IT systems installation in Cerner’s India office, including the assessing data network needs, procurement, and equipment installation. Acted as IT liaison to Global VP and India base executives to ensure all needs were met. • Coordinated the relocation of Cerner’s Pharmaceutical investigation company office location.• Managed the IT standardization of acquired businesses locations into the Cerner’s IT infrastructure.• Actively researched and evaluated Unified Messaging voice mail solutions. Providing feature summaries and total cost of ownership data to CIO for system selection. Coordinated the installation and integration of selected system. • Developed the standard for a “Lessons Learned” report used by all GRID Project teams.

Coordinated directly with clients to prepare and ensure projects meet budgets from $100,000 to $500,000 and timelines, from one month to one year. Responsibilities included collecting payments from clients, maintaining the company network and phone system structure and service by troubleshooting issues, and purchasing company computers and related parts. • Responsible for the ongoing online market research projects specific to each client.• Researched multiple locations and implemented new technology upgrades during headquarters relocation.• Manage, recruit, train, counsel, and evaluate IT employees in a respectful manner; manage and mediate conflict as needed; exercise tact and diplomacy to cultivate strong working relationships among employees and the customer population and corporation• Gained valuable experience restoring entire company email system.• Gave presentations to the President on fundamentals of project management, including work breakdown structure, timelines, and maintaining budgets.• Designed, developed, and implemented Access database for company.

Executive Mba

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Information Systems

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