Dawie Steenkamp, Phd, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Woburn, Ma, Us

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

Vermont

Provide advance Project Management consulting work as well as Project Implementation online courses.

Burlington, Ma

Manage Projects within Lahey Health as PMO PM Specialist

Rochester, New York Area

Manage the Eligibility, Compliance, & Prior Authorization projects within the PBM Vendor change Program.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Managed all Project Initiation efforts for the Health Care Services and Economics Departments. Successfully established and maintained effective relationships with all stakeholders (40 executives) for the joint-venture between the healthcare payer, hospital group, provider network, and the international solution vendor.• Assessed and built strong relationships between IT and Business departments for more than 600 employees, which improved the cross-functional relationships.• Established department project portfolio with formulated portfolio and change management methodology to streamline project communication between the functional and IT departments.• Implemented system request change portfolio process which resulted in a positive improvement of more than 500 change request completion times.• Coordinated planning of implementation of an $8 million integrated population management solution for a joint-venture organization to save 2.5%, reflecting $12 million per year on member expense costs.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Provided mentoring and skill development of other PMO personnel to ensure quality, proficiency, and satisfaction within project management efforts. • Successfully implemented very demanding Self-Funded Group Program into organization structure and systems for the requested first 10 groups within 7 months.• Incorporated and transitioned the requested Self-Funded Groups into the systems of organization where the member health cards were received before service started.• Introduced a structured agile project management methodology within the IT Department.• Standardized the project status reporting format, criteria, and procedure within the IT Department (Claims, Medical Management, and Managed Care).• Successfully implemented a cost recovery project to recover $6 million per year.

Mont Pelier, Vermont

Performed all Portfolio, Program, Project, and Resource tasks for all the BCBS Association programs. Provided management, direction, and supervision of all BCBS of VT Association technical staff.• Successfully managed and implemented a cross-platform system for national claim processing within 11 months to save two system release upgrades per year for a saving of $2 million per year.• Served as primary liaison between the BCBS Association and BCBS of VT on all technology initiatives (ITS, Blue2, FEP, and BlueExchange) for the plan.• Introduced a structured agile project management methodology in Inter-Plan Programs Department. • Successfully implemented EDI Transaction development project on time and below budget.• Successfully implemented HIPAA transactions (270, 271, 278, and 834) project on time and below budget.• Developed internal procedures for supporting the E-Commerce system.

Burlington, Vermont Area

1) Project Initiation2) Project Planning3) Project Plan Development4) Project Execution5) Project Resource Planning6) Project Staff Acquisition7) Project Plan Execution8) Project Cost Control9) Project Controlling10) Project Procurement Management11) Project Communications Planning12) Project Estimation and Risk Management13) Integrative Project Management14) Project Cost Estimating and Budgeting15) Productivity Management16) Project Communications Management17) Project Change Control18) Project Organizational Planning19) Project Team Development20) Project Information Distribution and Closure21) Project Integrated Change Control22) Managing Multiple Projects and Deadlines23) Project Performance Reporting24) Project Management Development Program25) Microsoft Project26) Keane Guide to Project Management

Montpellier, Vermont

BCBS of Vermont

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Project Manager and Operations Manager - PG Glass (Client) (1999 - 2000)Managed the Programming Department in system conversion from March Financial Year-end to December Year-end. Managed the operational department in functions and connections to all branches in the country. • Coordinated technical guidance ensuring core support and project implementation. • Effectively supported users on operational requests, system functions and deconstructed issues from user discussions; prioritized their requirements and proposed workable solutions. Senior Consultant - JBA, Polygon Systems, Adcock Ingram Laboratories (Clients) (1995 - 1999)Provided leadership to teams responsible for delivering a range of IT Systems Management services. Trained operational personnel and automated the operational functions. Established and maintained the technology methodologies, processes, procedures and standards. Evaluated and implemented new technologies. • Designed, programmed and implemented new distribution module for the JBA System. • Designed, wrote and implemented a Human Resource System and a Sign-on Security System. • Implemented the BPCS-System and formulated a Standards Manual for the company. • Designed and wrote new programs and reports on Healthcare system.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Established the systems management infrastructure and managed the database management systems, the backup, restore and system recovery and the portals and management of information.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Perform Systems Analyst work and programming on the Insurance System

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Perform programming and systems analysis work on their banking systems with development of the first auto teller machines.

Phd Of Science In Project Management (Scholar Practitioner), Information Technology Project Management (2014), With Distinction

Activities and Societies: Research Topic: "Project Teams: The Relationship between Motivation and Communication as Experienced by IT.

Ms In It Project Management And Leadership, Gpa = 4.0

Bs In It Project Management, Gpa = 4.0, (Summa Cum Laude)

Certificate, Web Applications Project Management, Gpa = 4.0

Diploma, It Datametrics

Pmp Certification