Bill Baker Email & Phone Number

Franklin, IN, US

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

As the Director of Project Risk Management (PRM) organization at the State of IN, I provide strategic direction, planning and expertise to help State of Indiana agencies plan, execute, and deliver the largest and most complex Information Technology (IT) projects across the State. In addition, I directly deliver Independent Verification & Validation.

State Of Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

As a Sr. Project Management Specialist Consultant for the State of Indiana, responsible for managing, planning, organizing, and controlling all procurement, installation, integration, and configuration activities for large IT projects, specializing in large scale development projects involving multiple vendors.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

As a Sr. Project Management Consultant at OneAmerica (a large financial services and insurance company), managed 13 business projects as part of a 3 month program to deliver required activities as part of the initial phase of a major acquisition. Responsible for the creation and management of an overarching, integrated set of project plans involving 19.

San Antonio, Texas Area

As a Sr. Project Management Consultant at KCI/Acelity (a global medical device company), managed all aspects of 6 high priority projects from inception to closure with a combined budget of >$1.5M. Responsible for managing the risk, communication, schedule, quality, scope, vendor relationships, and budget within a waterfall methodology. Provided status.

Remote Work From San Antonio, TX

Responsible for managing multiple, high-priority, complex projects impacting global operations for Eli Lilly (a large pharmaceutical company) while leveraging Critical Chain methodology.Leverage experience and expertise to coach, mentor, and provide strategic direction to multiple clients to enhance project management maturity, operational efficiency, and.

Indianapolis, IN

• Responsible for partnering with WellPoint leadership, project teams, subject matter experts, and external training vendors to identify and document requirements and to manage the overall project to design, develop, and.
• 50 active (75 total) instructor-led and computer-based training courses
• 35 certification exams for 3 levels of internal certification
• 4,000 associates assigned to 15 learning paths/groupings and courses assigned based on learning path (role)
• 8,600 unique learners completing 70,000 courses for a total of 150,000 hours of training
• 990 instructor-led training classes delivered to 10,000 attendees for a total of 81,000 hours

Indianapolis, IN

• Project Leadership and Management Roles within the Project Management OrganizationResponsible for increasing operating efficiency, increasing overall project management expertise and maturity level, lowering operating.
• designing, developing, implementing consistent risk management tool for entire project management organization
• leading multiple project teams to project milestones using agile methodologies (SCRUM)
• increasing overall project management expertise via training, mentoring, and coaching
• enhancing project delivery and value while streamlining processes and reducing operating costs
• enhancing the leadership awareness of the criticality of excellent project management on organizational success

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Associate Partner and Sr. Project ManagerDual role as associate partner within corporate office and Sr. level project manager on Y2K project and multi-million dollar web development projects as part of E-business and.
• Promoted to testing manager after 6 weeks supervising 6 team leaders and 40 test resources in the US & India.
• Included coding and testing for all US mainframe applications.
• Implemented process improvements for code modifications and testing processes saving 8 man years of effort.
• Created and maintained project timeline, resourcing, and budgeting.
• Owned communication with business owners, analysts, and project groups.

Indianapolis, IN

• Managed activities required to modify and test 20 million lines of mainframe code to ensure year 2000 readiness
• Managed team of 11 working on date windowing, date expansion, and database modifications
• Identified strategy for year 2000 program modifications and strategy for testing
• Created and maintained all project documentation
• Created project schedule, interviewed and hired project team, tracked activities, and reported status to management
• Served as focal point for all communications between business owners and test teams

Indianapolis, IN

• Project Manager / Systems Analyst III
• Promoted through the ranks of Jr. Programmer, Programmer, System Analyst I, II and III, and Project Manager
• Served as lead analyst on a number of large projects impacting multiple business areas of the company
• Specialized in projects that simplified and streamlined end business processes through enhanced technology
• Created tasks for Jr. level programmers and monitored/managed activities to ensure accurate and timely completion
• Designed and developed over 400 screens to migrate mainframe applications to windows based applications to simplify end user activities and enhance end user performance