Brian Talbot Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Plano, Texas, US

Delivery director responsible for Integration and Security Services for Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare.

Plano, Texas, US

• Delivery director responsible for quality assurance / testing delivery for Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare.

Round Rock, Texas, US

• Delivery services manager responsible for 150 member global QA / testing and test data management team for Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare (Payer)
• Created testing center of excellence in support of IT strategy incl. implementation of a SOA architecture, migration to new claims engine and other components, Federal ACA program and exchanges implementation.
• Created global delivery testing model that included offshoring and development of a competent offshore team in order to provide around the clock test coverage and support
• Evolved and mentored QA / TDM teams to become integral parts of development and prod support delivery with innovations in QA domains and programs, test data management, and Agile
• Lead collaboration with client’s CIO and CTO offices and Dell application teams to reengineer processes and implement broad changes across organization to reduce costs and improve efficiencies and quality
• Designed and implemented monthly release path to production and implementation management processes

Round Rock, Texas, US

Program manager and member of the PMO responsible for implementing a new claims engine

Brookline, MA, US

Interim CEO and CFO of a highly innovative software development company

Irvine, CA, US

German Bank in NY:Data Warehouse and Reporting Application:Produced project schedule and budgetProject managed pre-study to gather user requirements and assess source data and systemsSoftware Installation Project Management:Project managed the installation of Service Desk Express and Configuration Management Express.Broker Dealer Data Warehouse Scoping.

Zurich, CH

Business analysisData modellingApplication design, development and implementation

Design, develop and implement a rapid assessment tool to assist with business assessment.Design develop and implement a business assessment tool to assess a business cash flow and viability.

Under contract: Western Cape Provincial Government, Dept. of Economic Development – SME project- Develop methodology and rapid assessment questionnaire to rapidly analyze an SME- Develop project management plan and lead project- Co-develop success criteria & intervention, forward looking business viability and implementation methodologies- Analyze 60 SME’s.

London, GB

Under contract: Fresh Produce Terminal’s (FPT) ISO 9000 process documentation- Develop process guidelines & framework in line with FPT & ISO 9000 requirements- Document financial and related processes - Create process and control maps- Quality assurance on process documentation

London, GB

Under Contract: Treasury, Provincial Government of the Western Cape Internal Audit, Risk Management and Government Governance capacitation and roll out project covering all 14 departments- Provide conceptual input – risk assessment framework and methodology- Provide conceptual input – government governance framework and methodology- Develop project process.

Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

Qualitative and quantitative field research data- Co-develop data model- Design virtual accounting system- Design and construct database, application, queries and reports- Provide ongoing support and report & query writing function- DBA

Shareholder and founder of multiple businesses: - Export – agricultural products, artifacts / curios / art (from Southern Africa to Europe)- Property – development, construction, project management, financing, broking (South Africa and Germany)- Tourism – Pan-Africa products, services, new product development; European and US markets

• Played significant role in commercial real estate industry in South Africa, including:
• Financing
• Development
• Project management
• Broking

Mba, International Trade & Finance

Bsc Chem Eng, Chemical Engineering