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Bozeman, MT, US

• Facilitate the collaboration of cross-functional teams for data integrations.
• Lead analysis and solutioning of HL7 routes using Mirth HL7 Interface Engine
• Served as SME of HL7 Data integrations and supported multiple implementation teams to integrate data exchanges to and from EHR system.
• Responsible for interfacing with business owners to obtain their reporting needs for various Government compliance reports related to tracking Member correspondence, sales performance, and overall membership reporting.
• Perform data analysis on existing reporting models and data flows to determine issues with how data is being consumed by various systems and reported.
• Solution new reporting data models for reporting requirements as requested by business need.

• Responsible for coordination and vendor delivery of all projects related to transitioning Troy Medicare to a new TPA for 2024.
• Facilitate weekly requirement and project deliverable status for each workstream impacted by a TPA transition, lead daily standups with Vendor to address any project blockers.
• Responsible for Executive project reporting and escalation of project deliverables.
• Lead Troy Medicare workstream leads and Vendor parties in data migration of Member, Provider, Contract and Claim data to new TPA system.
• Responsible for overseeing the delivery of 3rd party vendor file integration with new TPA system.
• Responsible for coordinating and delivery of rebranding materials for Regulatory and Compliance in Elevance Health.

• Responsible for advising the development and execution of processes for requirement intake, refinement and analysis for the Product Line Manager, Product Managers and Scrum teams for the DEAN Product Line.
• Provide guidance for developing technical and solution-oriented Epics and User stories so that they can be assessed accurately for development teams to intake.
• Served as SME for workflow and cloud base solutions where necessary.
• Collaborated with VAEC team to assess cloud storage solutions and map out migration strategies for both AWS and Azure Cloud platforms for cost and risk assessment.
• Regularly meet with stakeholders to discuss status and risks among the Benefits Modernization team along with the DEAN Product Line.
• Lead several Scrum Teams in implementation of HealthShare and Cerner intergration components for the Veterans Data Integration and Federation initiative.

• Served as Product Owner for Interoperability features related to Claims Repository and technical integration for Centene’s Interoperability initiative.
• Planned and Participated in Product Increment planning for the Interoperability program.
• Responsible for Roadmap, user story development and prioritization, Backlog refinement for all integration and development efforts related to the implementation of Interoperability in the Centene infrastructure.
• Responsible for solutioning API interfaces to retrieve claim and member data from numerous disparate datalake repositories.
• Managed the implementation of Edifecs Interoperability Solution
• Functioned as the main POC and SME for the Claims Repository group for EDI, Claims and encounter processing methodologies.

Bellevue, WA, US

• Responsible for client services - product implementation and post implementation support for Top Tier customers.Building relationships with all levels within a client, helping to facilitate change, partnership and.
• As a services account manager I am responsible for recognizing where a client can use Edifecs services and solutions to both solve multiple business problems with both software but to also assist in improving process.
• Responsible for managing HIPAA 4010 to 5010 Migration Projects and ICD-10 using EDIFECS Product Suite for major Healthcare provider companies.
• Manage multiple EDI Gateway implementations with expertise in the Edifecs product suite.
• Work with Project and Client executives on defining project scope and objectives. To include writing statements of work and change orders.
• As an account delivery manager responsible for the overall account health by insuring product implementation methodologies are defined and followed. This also includes interfacing with Edifecs product development and.

Provide Development team leadership in modern development practices. Lead team in long term technical solutions to address business needs in the healthcare payer space.

Alpharetta, Georgia, US

Provided team leadership and project management for IT projects with price ranging from $50k to $2.5M ensuring timely completion. Directed and mentored application developers, business analysts and clinical consultants in prototype, design development and implementation of technology solutions in the Medical Management space. Worked directly with clients.

Responsible for building and managing a team of 30 Developers, QA Engineers, System Analysts and Deployment Resources with a $1.5MM annual resource budget. Ensured Care Advance professional services revenue goals, in achieving team utilization of over 85% utilization were met. Mentored and coached service delivery team members to make sure high levels of.

Responsible for designing, presenting and supporting custom solutions for Client Project teams both in the Pre and Post Sales of Professional Services. Provided strategic and tactical planning, development, evaluation, and coordination for Care Advance Enterprise implementations. Facilitated communication between staff, management, vendors, and other.

Responsible for building and managing a team of Performance Architects. The team included DBA, Informatica specialists, Web and middle tier developers as well as Performance testing engineers. The goal of this team was to improve performance, implement performance testing, and to develop best practices on all of client's applications. Coordinated the.

Designed, Built and Implemented QA testing and Performance strategy for an X-12 Transaction Gateway. Responsible for building and maintaining test suites of EDI specific messages. Lead quality assurance on EDI X-12 Gateway project and responsible for EDI Health Care Transactions: 827i, 837p, U277, 276, 277, 270, 271, 835 and 997 transactions. Accountable.

Mentored Automation and performance test teams in the build and deploying of reusable automation testing architecture. Created Performance testing guidelines to include gathering of performance requirements, load and performance modeling and building of reusable Load runner scripts. Mentored all test engineers in the standardizing QA Process across.

Created and Executed Data Base Migration Testing Methodology which included crucial financial information to customer. Created and Executed Performance testing architecture to include gathering of performance requirements, load and performance modeling and maintaining performance test environments to accurately assess performance and load bottle necks.

Amsterdam, NL

Key contributor in Performance and Automation methodology for Practice. Built automation and performance testing standards for client QA implementation projects across many different business spaces such as Financial Institutions, Telecom, and Insurance

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Six Sigma