Cathy Bauer Email & Phone Number

Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States

• Sr Business Analyst/IT Advisor-collaborated with PBM project teams to facilitate, write and implement requirements for Claims Adjudication/all other satellite applications • Worked on projects for the RxClaim application and integration of numerous web applications.• An experienced multi tasker managing parallel multiple projects. Wrote requirements for small to extra-large projects, with some lasting multiple years. Worked on projects including Accumulations, STCOB- Coordination of Benefits, Prior Authorizations, MEP (Multi-Employer Benefit Plans) and Plan Administration such as Eligibility and Plan Benefits setups. Managed a multi-year project that successfully merged 3 systems into an Enterprise-wide Eligibility system for the RxClaim Adjudication system.• Highly skilled in establishing effective working relationships across all IT and Business areas and levels of Leadership. • Requirements formats included Standard Requirements documents/Use Cases/User Stories. Proficient in Waterfall/SDLC, Agile/Scrum – writing User Stories, participating/managing the associated tasks/ceremonies such as Product Backlog, Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Demos. • Worked on projects that were integrations with TPA (Third Party Vendors) performing gap analysis. With vendors such as SalesForce and Rally I had to clearly understanding contract specifications/constraints, work closely with vendors to diagram the current/future states and determine how to integrate into existing applications. Coordinated/resolved problems & constraints against contract specifications, managing the relationship with the TPA. • Managed projects for clients such as Aetna and Anthem.• Skilled in problem solving and research analysis techniques like SQL queries.• Involved in creating UI mockups for web applications/member portals. • Projects for Member Plan Benefits creation and implementations. • Familiar with Regulatory Federal/State guidelines, NCPDP, Medicare, Medicaid 340B, etc.

Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States

• External Consultant for TEK Systems at CVS Health implementing a Standard Requirements Process across a large department. • Worked with Client Business partners, Developers and Testers to develop and integrate standard processes as well as a Change Manager for introducing and adoption of Use Case methodology for the department. • Converted to a CVS Health employee in May 2011.

Northbrook, Illinois, United States

• Managed the Requirements Engineering Program which championed and implemented continuous process improvements to the standard Requirements processes across AFT.• The largest Change Management effort was to communicate and implement Use Cases throughout the organization. o Created training documents, distributed and scheduled/held training workshops for over 100 Business Analysts and other staff on Use Cases.

Northbrook, Illinois, United States

• External Consultant for Ajilon Consulting at Allstate Financial Technology, managing the Requirements Engineering Program by developing a Standard Requirements Process across AFT. • Converted to an Allstate Financial Technology employee in Dec 2007.

Itasca, Illinois, United States

• Started at the inception of the Cellular Industry, supporting the Cellular Billing program and processes used by many Cellular Carriers. • Supported the mainframe Program – Macro/Cell by supervising the Table Maintenance Team to implement changes for new/existing Rate Plans, Features, etc. for Billing Services.• Managed project plans, issues, risks, cost, resources and Business needs on all size IT projects. • Developed and implemented standard Requirements processes including facilitation, change management and traceability.

High School Diploma, Accounting

1 1/2 Years, Accounting