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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

Large Pharmacy Benefit Management Company:Consulting program manager for business teams defining future state user stories for agile development projectImplemented capability definition process, following Agile best practices, for large multi-geographical client and consulting business teamManaged a team to facilitate requirements reviews and foster cross group collaboration with program leadership, business resources, architects, UI/UX designersLarge Dental Insurance Company:Supported future state business requirements gathering for Agile Development initiative for multi-line insurance product offeringDeveloped business cases and ROI calculations for strategic client initiativesCreated a training and operational readiness plan for the roll-out of an enhanced new business rules engine that would be rolled out to 5 different organizations

Greater Chicago Area

Large Dental Insurance Company:Supported the high tech organization through future state business requirements gathering sessions for 4 separate work streams, including Customer Service, Business Rules Engine, Multi-Line Product Offerings, and Billing capabilitiesServed as a Product Owner on a Business Rule Engine, assisting with outlining a project road map, target business impact and value, and reporting progress to client Project Management Office and Senior LeadershipLed weekly core team progress and status reviews with client and internal executive teamFacilitated weekly future state requirement design sessions to generate thoughts with business and IT partners and then create deliverables and presentations for reviews with client Vice Presidents and DirectorsLarge Not-for-Profit Health Insurance Company: Coordinated requirements gathering, IT and business cost estimation, and project plan development for 3 client driven initiatives to support their Group health insurance businessFacilitated weekly status meetings to provide updates and escalate project risks with client Directors and Vice PresidentsLed weekly core team meetings to encourage cross-department collaboration with client Directors

Greater Chicago Area

Large Not-for-Profit Health Insurance Company:Served as a product owner on an agile development project for an implementation of a custom built utilization management system for a large not-for-profit health insurance clientFacilitated backlog grooming and user acceptance demo sessions with client business owners and subject matter expertsDeveloped user stories to share with project’s development vendor to create a behavioral health utilization minimum viable product (MVP) to meet client's most immediate needsManaged MVP priorities and planning activities to ensure development vendor created a MVP that met the client's needs

Chicago, Il

Large Not-for-Profit Health Insurance Company:Supported a large health insurer in the United States to help manage the data exchange capability of their Accountable Care Organization (ACO) agreements with healthcare systems in their network Managed various aspects of enhancement prioritization and approval, business testing, operational delivery, vendor implementations, and health system onboarding and ongoing support for data exchange for 17 ACO agreements, involving over 650,000 insured membersDesigned multiple process improvements to reduce monthly operational processes and eliminate manual interventions to reduce costs and ensure service level agreements were metLarge National Health Insurance Company:Served as a product owner working in an agile development to help a large, national health insurance company launch a member portal to service the retail marketplaceManaged international development and testing teams to help provide round the clock development services to meet go-live commitments

Chicago, Il

Collaborated with a large health insurer in the United States to create their initial capabilities, and continue to improve these capabilities, for implementing Accountable Care Organization (ACO) agreements.Utilized CMS innovation models, client patient centered medical home models, and client interviews to create, review, and receive approval from business stakeholders for initial and iterative business requirements for multiple capability development areas for establishing ACOs, including Attribution, Data Exchange, Quality Performance, Network Reporting, Client Reporting, and Financial Performance CalculationsSupervised initial delivery of data exchange in December 2013, monitoring aspects of business testing, release management, business impact, and health system communications

Chicago, Illinois

Partnered with one of the nation’s largest home and auto insurance companies in the development of a customer-facing website to improve the customer’s experience when purchasing any of the company’s insurance productsManaged a team consisting of all international employees to develop a test strategy and plan, along with supervising the creation of test scenarios and test cases to meet the client’s needTracked consulting expenses and billings for the consulting resources

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Warsaw, Indiana