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Colorado, United States

Topeka, KS, US

Contracted to large healthcare client - Blue Cross Blue Shield Kansas - for assigned PM projects’ work in PMO.

Paris, Paris - Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR

• Contracted to large Kansas heath care client fulfilling PMO Sr. PM role:
• Summary: Guided successful delivery of 4 assigned projects (3 strategic new business) to operational state – during two successive one-year contracts ending as of March 2023.- 24 months: A Redesigned Value-Based.
• Key Skills Utilized:- Technical: MS Office Suite, Project, SharePoint, Teams.- Methodology: PMO processes hybrid waterfall / scrum.- Soft: Communication, Collaborative Teamwork, Leadership, Adaptability, Critical.
• Core Responsibilities:- Process: Managed teams / projects via defined SDLC with adaptations as needed.- Budget: Developed project cost estimates, quarterly follow ups with Finance.- Planning: Guided teams determining.

Lenexa, Kansas, US

• Program Manager: in IT PMO for assigned business initiatives and IT projects.Established Program: QC's Unified Communications - OCT '18 - OCT '20
• Successfully turned around a struggling strategic telecom initiative to deliver new VOIP communications to QC's 250 physical branches across 13 states to achieve updated technology architecture and reduce telecom.
• Led QC cross-functional team and collaborated with 5 vendors' resources in all deployment activities for new RingCentral VOIP technology solution - converting 173 branches during Nov. '18 - May '19 with remaining.
• PM for IT Projects:- Windows 10 Update for Retail Branches - in progress 30+ sites.- Call Centers: Archival of Call Recordings to offsite storage and Azure cloud- Information Security: Initiating Training solution.

Zurich, Zurich, CH

Contracted to QC Holdings Inc. (QCHI) - relatively new role with objective to develop the following: - Program Mgr., Business Analyst, Project Mgr. - engagement to cross-functional business areas.(see above - detailed position role and accomplishments)

Leawood, Kansas, US

Thank You!! Torch & Action Pact Leadership/Team - an Incredible Year Long Life / Work Experience!Consultant to Action Pact (actionpact.com), reporting to CFO/CIO, in startup company's delivery of ~$65M new healthcare construction project (Norterre.org - 3 buildings: skilled, assisted living, health/wellness center) newly constructed near Liberty.

• Assisted establishing new PMO function / implementing project management processes for IS Dept.
• Developed Administrator expertise in existing IS project tool (Smartsheet) and Azuqua App to enhance workflow automation of staff project updates.
• Delivered 10 iterations of Smartsheet functional enhancements - delivering basic project portfolio management (PPM) project intake, project management, and tracking.
• Created / maintained dashboard PMO reporting of project data to IS Dept. and CMH leadership.
• Refined processes / documentation to support IS Dept. Projects Review meeting for IS Leadership.
• Collaborated on creation of Project Light Workbook (Excel) to facilitate PM / non-PM project use.

Olathe, KS, US

• Assisted CIO late 2011 initiating PMO structure and governance for clinical, administrative, and technology infrastructure projects within hospital / ambulatory environments.
• Project Manage / advise - multiple, complex healthcare IT projects
• Manage portfolio and intake process with departments
• Plan / do work breakdown for projects (medium/large)
• Develop project and process documentation / templates
• Assist strategic planning (3-5 year)

Olathe, KS, US

• Responsible for planning, management, and execution of designated health care IT projects:
• Guided 10+ person multi-disciplinary clinical team through design and deployment of Cerner IQHealth patient portal for ambulatory / clinic environment. Created test plan / scripts, wrote internal portal training manual.
• Guided upgrade to patient access / SCI Schedule Maximizer application, coordinating internal resources and Vendor.
• Collaborated closely with vendor Cerner Engagement Lead / team for ARRA HITECH multi-phase project to meet Meaningful Use objectives. Assisted in the planning, integration testing, deployment and issue management of.
• Coordinated hospital wide CPOE assessment / stakeholder interviews to prep for CPOE project.
• Standardized organization's Project Notebook documentation improving the creation and collection of cross-functional project information for review and sign off.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Program / Project Management roles in the overall development and delivery life cycle of Ceridian's flagship HR/Payroll web application for the North American mid-market. Collaborative resource oversight and team.
• Collaborated with Canadian Project Manager to guide 40+ geographically dispersed U.S. / Canadian readiness team members in $1M service effort for on-time delivery of operational readiness and services for new.
• Guided cross border project team resources through initial development and delivery of Ceridian’s first internationalized product HR/Payroll Web v3.0. for U.S. / Canada markets. Designed and directed new collaborative.
• Guided HR/Payroll data warehouse reporting project team during Initiation and Planning stages - managing life cycle artifacts, project planning, vendor and the Statement of Work (SOW).

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Program Management role on a Ceridian program / strategic effort to pull together multiple Benefits product offerings delivered by different business units.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Project Mgr. / Product Mgr. with responsibilities in guiding development and launch of Company's initial (v1.0) web native HR/Payroll product (eSource) to market.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Project Manager role with responsibility to guide multi-functional team in development and launch of Company's initial (v1.0) web native self-service product to market.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Program and Product Managment responsibilities for delivered products. Worked within business to coordinate intra/inter team projects and activities for multiple front-end (client facing) products.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Program / Project Manager role from within Marketing Dept. in which guided completion of a new product release and deployment.
• Guided delivery of 2 maintenance releases and 5 tax releases for Ceridian's client/server HR/Payroll application. Assisted in budgeting, planning and developing product strategy for the product.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Jan-Dec 1998
• Project managed team delivering new HR/Payroll product (Source 500) and services. Coordinated new product development and maintenance releases (v 6.0 - 6.12) and assisted in annual budgeting, planning and product.
• Participated on team developing the interface to the new HR/Payroll product and worked on interface product needs for documentation, support and roll out.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Responsible for Company's Windows Integrated HR/Payroll (C1) product. Coordinated new product development and maintenance releases, assisted in budgeting, planning and product strategy.
• Provided field/sales support and assistance in marketing collateral / materials development.
• Participated on due-diligence team evaluating potential technology acquisition candidates.
• Presented technology platform session at customer conference (Insights '97)

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Managed a 10 person cross-functional team in project planning, design, development and launch for 5 new software modules for the Company's Windows product.
• Presented solution product sessions at customer conference (Insights '96)

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Interacted with Service and Development organizations to work communication and technology needs and challenges with various projects.
• Managed a 4 person Sales Team to construct a Demo Database to be used by Sales Reps for selling vertical markets. Database included full employee / historical info for 100 person records.
• Managed 10 subject matter experts to construct a Training Database for a new HR/Payroll product to be used by Customer Training and clients.
• Designed, developed and delivered platform technical training materials to Implementation Manager and Support groups (approximately 70 attendees) for 8 hour training session.
• Assisted in developing and delivering training to Professional Services and Sales.
• Presented Advanced Customizing Courses at customer conference (Insights '95)

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Participated on team designing Company's 1st client facing Windows application for HR/Payroll
• Designed / documented user interfaces and application processes.
• Conducted design reviews for concept / process validation.
• Assisted developers and QA with test case development and execution.
• Assisted training team - creating subject content for documentation and computer based training
• Delivered solution and technology training to field Sales and Service organizations in roll out.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Supported assigned client bases (100 clients and their users) in the use of Company's HR/Payroll application suite for Human Resources / Payroll processing.
• Team member on Rapid Application Design (RAD) project for Company's 1st Windows product.
• Presented Advanced Customizing Courses at Customer Conference Insights '94.
• Taught 7 product classes to district customers and trained new hires on HR/Payroll solution, computer memory and application database structure.

• Monitored software development process for avionic support systems for the F-15 aircraft.
• Reviewed software doc / code for compliance with defense specs / standards.
• Prepared SQA engagement estimates, audited sub-contractor, participated in peer code / design reviews and unit test case execution.
• Completed training in:- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Certificate (5 courses)- Oracle RDB / SQL, - Ada Programming / Development Cycle,- Procurement Law.

• Contract programmer - Amoco Corp's Engineering Systems Database Group, Tulsa, OK.
• Developed code for interactive logarithmic software enabling field engineers to plot / manipulate oil well data. Technologies: PL/1, REXX, IBM's GDDM on IBM-VM.

• Advised University Dept. customers purchasing appropriate micro-product systems.
• Supported Apple / Macintosh and IBM PS/2 hardware / software.User Consultant / Error Analyst (25 hrs/week - 7/83 - 6/86)
• Member of 3 person team - designed, coded and sold database application to university dept..
• Supported Help Desk Operations (CMS, ISPF, JCL user problems via phone) and programming languages (PL/1, Fortran, PASCAL, BASIC, Assembler, SAS).

• Performed computer operator tasks for Data Processing Operations Department on night shift.
• Customized item-processing software, documented code changes and tested changes.
• Encoded checks, processed batches and reconciled batch run/reports for variances.

B.A. Economics, Minor In Computer Science (21 Hrs)

Master Certificate In Applied Project Management

Masters, I.T. Specializing In Health Information Management (Him)

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Education record