Dee Dixon Email & Phone Number

Responsibilities include but not limited to directing and overseeing all aspects of the Finance & Accounting functions and the information technology (IT) needs of the organization; Providing leadership in the development for the continuous evaluation of our short and long-term strategic financial and Information Technology objectives; Ensuring that effective internal controls are in place and ensure our compliancy with GAAP and all applicable federal, state and local regulatory laws and rules for financial and tax reporting; Raising Capital; Ensuring tech systems and procedures lead to outcomes in line with business growth objectives; Manage IT and development team personnel; Approve vendor negotiations and IT architecture; Establish IT policies, strategies, and standards; Develop and approve technology futures and budgets.

Glen Burnie, Md

Responsibilities include but not limited to participating in defining project scopes, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders; Developing project plans and associated communications documents according to client PM methodology; Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion; Communicating with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis; Estimating the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals; Setting and continually managing project expectations with team members and other stakeholders; Delegating tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel; Identifying and resolving issues and conflicts within the project team; Identifying and managing project dependencies and critical path item; Planning and scheduling project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools; Trackinng project milestones and deliverables; Preparing status reports from the project team, analyzing results, and troubleshooting problem areas; Defining project success criteria and disseminating them to involved parties throughout project life cycle; and Leading, coaching, mentoring, motivating and supervising project team members and contractors, and influencing them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work

Work Site: Bcbsma Greater Boston Area

Responsibilities include but not limited to working with the ICD10 EPT Project team to define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders; Develop project plans and associated communications documents according to client PM methodology; Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion; Communicate with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis; Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals; Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders; Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel; Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team; Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path; Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools; Track project milestones and deliverables; Prepare status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas; Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans; Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle; Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work; Create and maintain Executive Dashboards and publish as required by Sr. Management; and assist where ever needed to ensure project timelines and goals are successfully met.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Responsibilities include but not limited to Leading a team of testers throughout the project lifecycle; Producing various testing artifacts including test approach, test data strategy and final test evaluation summary documents; Creating test deliverables and performing testing for internally developed or external purchased products Perform static, functional, technical integration, end-to-end and User Acceptance Testing; Assigning work and monitoring capacity; Writing test scripts and tracking defects to certify that applications meet technical and business requirements; Analyzing and making specific recommendations on improvements that can be integrated into business processes; Participating in reviews throughout the development life cycle; Providing the necessary support to the business users; Generating status reports on the progress of testing; Composing and executing complex data queries; Providing comprehensive testing of business solutions in support of multiple business processes; Providing oversight and final review of testing design and evaluations; Consulting with client and technical staff to resolve business/technical issues and needs; Developing test cases in HP quality center; Leading and mentoring junior testers; Consulting with clients to resolve business issues; Working with other project team leads to develop and establish quality assurance measures, testing plans and best practices for quality assurance; Documenting and performing analysis of test results; Reporting and tracking of defects.

Work Site: Bcbs Of La, Baton Rouge, La

Responsibilities include but not limited to producing test plans, test data strategy and final test evaluation summary documents; Facilitating the Execution of System Integrated Test (SIT) and User Acceptance Test (UAT) of automated and manual test scripts; Performing the execution of automated and manual test scripts; Creating and/ or Modifying External Claim Test Input files; Assisting in the initial analysis of potential defects and responding to questions on the functions and capabilities of the FACETS application; Analyzing complex systems, project documentation and customer needs’ to determine test strategies and conditions; Working with other project team leads to develop and establish quality assurance measures, testing plans and best practices for quality assurance; Documenting and performing analysis of test results; Reporting and tracking defects; Consulting with client and business/technical staff to resolve business/technical issues and needs; and Generating testing progress status reports.

Worksite: Wellcare Health Plan, Tampa, Fl

Assisted in the initial analysis of potential defects and responds to questions on the functions and capabilities of the Xcelys application; Coordinated the resolution of Core Defects with the Perot client, the Xcelys teams, and any Third parties; Upon request, provided a monthly trend analysis of core defects to management based on team standards; Worked with the Perot client to collect requirements, develop URDs (User Requirements Definition documentation) and SRSs (System Requirement Specification documentation) for enhancements to the Xcelys application; Scheduled and coordinated walkthroughs of documentation with the Perot client and Xcelys support teams according to the standard processes; Mentored/Trained Sr. QA Analysts & IT Business Analysts in the Peradigm/Xcelys application functionality; Coordinated and Facilitated User Acceptance Testing; Developed enhancement estimates of work; Developed test scope and test case documentation, and execute system tests; Recorded defects encountered during testing and work these to resolution; Provided status reports weekly and provide status information on enhancement projects upon request of the ADO manager; and Supported Level 1 and Level 2 certification processes.

Worksite: Blue Cross & Blue Shield Of Rhode Island

Test lead over all of Claims Processing testing including HIPPA EDI Transaction testing; Analyzed complex systems, project documentation and customer needs’ to determine test strategies and conditions; Worked with project team leads to develop and establish quality assurance measures, testing plans and best practices for quality assurance; Produced test plan, test data strategy and final test evaluation summary documents; Maintained daily, weekly and/or Monthly Test Schedule; Mentor Test Analysts in defining and documenting test requirements; Facilitated the creation of test scenarios, conditions and scripts as per Business Rule and/or Functional Design Documentation; Identified appropriate data for testing and prepared data for test cases; Trained New Test Analysts and Business Testers on FACETS, HP Quality Center, BOXI Reporting applications; Facilitated the Execution of System Integrated Test (SIT) and User Acceptance Test (UAT) of automated and manual test scripts; Documented and performed analysis of test results; Reported and tracked defects; Consulted with client and business/technical staff to resolve business/technical issues and needs; Generated testing progress status reports;

Worksite: Blue Cross & Blue Shield Of Florida, Fl

Performed Functional, System Integration (SIT), Performance, Negative, End-to-End, Regression and Acceptance (UAT), and Security Testing, automated and non-automated, utilizing Mercury and Rational testing tools; Created test scenarios, conditions and scripts as per Functional Design Documentation; Created and/or Modified EDI test files in 837 and X12 formats; Performed E2E to of HIPPA EDI Transaction sets (270/271, 276/277, 278, 834,835, 837) to ensure continued HIPPA compliancy; Analyzed complex systems, project documentation and customer needs’ to determine test strategies and conditions; Trained new testers on Diamond, Availity, EDIFECS, GAP, EDI claims and testing of applications; Executed automated and manual test scripts; Developed SQL-queries/procedures for database and backend testing; Documented and performed analysis of test results; Reported and tracked defects; Worked with development teams investigating and correcting software bugs and deficiencies based on the testing results; Consulted with client and business/technical staff to resolve business/technical issues and needs; Reviewed, analyzed and provided document feedback for use case specifications, system use case realization and functional design documents; Identified appropriate data for testing and prepared data for test cases; Generated testing progress status reports; and Produced test plan, test data strategy and final test evaluation summary documents.

Developed test plan including requirements interpretation, test environment preparation, data analysis and coordination of test efforts; Negotiated release schedules with internal clients and determined success/failure of each release; Communicated release test results to internal clients; Gathered and defined Health and Welfare Plan and Pension Plan requirements and functional specifications to support implementation of client-specific benefits administration; Documented Plan provisions; Developed standards/process improvement for Implementation Services; Developed SQL-queries/procedures for database and backend testing; Created development functional specifications; Performed review and approval of client requirements; Responsible for walkthroughs and design documents; Documented events, cases, independent client administrative activities and triggers; Determined system report requirements; Executed test cases, planned test activities and determined/reported expected/actual test results; Defined, executed and verified test cases during implementation; Created correspondence and other communications including kit mapping and automated templates;