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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

As a leader on the Performance Management team within the Enterprise Analytics and Automation division of Optum Technology, I provided work direction and indirectly led a cross-functional team of operational support leaders.• Product Portfolio Governance: Spearheaded governance processes and improved data management for an 8-product portfolio, significantly reducing financial close times through enhanced data quality.• Integrated Reporting Environment: Designed and implemented a centralized system to capture, curate, centrally store, and report on performance metrics including benefits, costs, and labor capacity, improving decision-making and transparency.• Operational Efficiency: Introduced standardized maturity models and prioritization tools, aligning business segment teams to ensure consistent and effective decision-making across the Enterprise Analytics and Automation division.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

As an embedded internal consultant for Optum Global Operations, oversaw internal execution of Responsible Use of AI program across UnitedHealth Group business segments, partnering with technology, legal, R&D, product, and analytics teams. • Enterprise AI Risk Assessment: Collaborated with segment compliance leads to complete a comprehensive inventory of Machine Learning models across UnitedHealth Group, establishing a comprehensive baseline of potential risks.• Responsible AI Training Deployment: Deployed an updated Responsible Use of AI training module, reaching over 5,000 analytic team members and leaders across all UHG business segments.• AI Governance Framework: Architected and established an enterprise Machine Learning Review Board to enable interdisciplinary reviews of AI solutions, reducing risk of unintended consequences and enhancing technical performance of AI solutions.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

As part of the Business Initiatives Capabilities team within Optum Shared Services, collaborated with key stakeholders across business and technology teams in Optum, UHC, and UHG, to lead definition of business architecture; plan and execute strategic programs; and manage portfolio operations. • Enterprise Business Architecture: Designed and implemented processes using a City Planning framework to guide $150M in capital investments, delivering approx. $2B in cost savings from 2018–2021. Facilitated weekly scrum-of-scrum meetings with product leads to prioritize and manage the backlog of portfolio-focused work. • AI/ML Program Development: Launched an enterprise Clinical Analytics strategic capability program, creating a scalable pipeline of business-driven initiatives to increase the use and impact of AI/ML.• Emerging Technology Governance: Established and facilitated an Analytics and Emerging Technology working group and governance structure, fostering collaboration between disparate technology teams to ensure strategic alignment and effective decision-making.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Technology Governance: Partnered with enterprise stakeholders to launch Target's first technology product taxonomy and governance model, improving investment prioritization and accelerating time to value across business portfolios.• IT Workforce Strategy: Published updated IT workforce strategy, demonstrating year-over-year Agile maturity metric improvements (e.g., stable burndown rates, reduced time to value) and aligning technical talent planning with business needs. • Portfolio Management: Implemented portfolio-level prioritization across marketing technology product backlogs, ensuring consistent delivery of high-impact solutions.• Product Management: Hired and led a cross-functional product team of 5 for the corporate creative asset search feature.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• EMV Payment Program Leadership: Co-led planning of Target’s EMV (chip and pin) transition, ensuring compliance with domestic payment standards, leading to a best-in-class rollout that mitigated $80M in annual fraud liability.• Mobile Wallet Implementation Planning: Led technology investment planning for Target's first mobile wallet initiative, leveraging Agile methodologies to navigate a complex, vendor-dependent environment. Successfully revitalized a program at risk of stagnation, ensuring progress and alignment with business goals.

Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

ERP Assessment Leadership: Oversaw business architecture, requirement elicitation, vendor evaluations, and user testing for a multi-stage ERP selection program, focusing on core financials and inventory/warehouse management workstreams.

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

• Product Ownership: Led a 5-person scrum team to design and deploy a custom license entitlement billing system, creating seamless integration of software sales data across entitlement, distribution, and financial systems.• ERP Implementation Leadership: Managed Finance department capital investment portfolio process and led business analysis for global ERP implementation and customization. Bridged communication between technical and business teams, translating complex technical concepts into actionable business insights.

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Brainstorm, develop and produce original works for the stage; manage production schedules & locations, manage financial operations of two person non-profit organization; provide ninja chaperone services.

Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Burnsville, Minnesota, United States

Bachelor Of Arts

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