Erick S. Rendón Mba, Csm, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Lead high performing cross-functional IT teams across various academic verticals to implement cybersecurity safeguards to known and unknown exploitable gaps and vulnerabilities within and across the university platforms.
• Led teams implementing projects on a rotating 3 month “Sprint” model including Identify Access Management, Security Architecture, Security Operations within the last two years
• Leading effort implement Denominator product; attempts to identify every device used in the university wide environment, location and provide metrics
• Delivered: Security Logging & Monitoring project integrating BigFix, Tenable products to provide asset identification and ownership within the enterprise
• Delivered: USC Target Operating Model transformation - Dual role of project manager and consultant in the development/ influencing strategic approach and strategy phased Target Operating model.
• Delivered: Oracle Unified Directory engagement/clean-up of current university systems

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Led high performing cross-functional IT teams leveraging technology in a government-based payor environment, successfully implementing high visibility / critical projects with aggressive timelines. Utilized management.
• Led management advisory to influence policy/business to enable transition from conception to a strategic implementation of Agile methodologies for the IT departments
• Billing, Premium & Eligibility – Consulted in the strategy to improve open enrollment for new and renewing members while reducing member abrasion. Resulted in improvement of Inbound 834 claims by 25%; Outbound 834.
• Claims Editing System –Managed the implementation of the first industry co-location system from LACare to Cognizant’s QNXT system on time and on budget
• Bulk upload project – Delivery of an automated process to tag claims, bulk retractions, and posting of refunds received in QNXT

Oakland, California, US

• Dual role of Project Driver and PM. Managed a team of consultants in sustaining and supporting IT portfolio managers and directors. Directed the implementation of a large portfolio of critical service requests (200.
• Managed ongoing critical service request from multi-functional areas to completion
• Reported to upper management and managed budgets over $2 million for Service Request project
• Recruited, built, and mentored new Senior PMs and Coordinators

Oakland, California, US

• Launched the implementation of Value Based Benefit Trizetto Software to group business offering in a short timeline.
• Managed the infrastructure team resources to design, and build out 22 new environments utilizing VM, cloning techniques in an aggressive 10-month period, including NPE, Stage/ Production environments
• Managed project on time, under budget and with excellent customer satisfaction

Oakland, California, US

• Led the Shield Advance IT project management teams, managed leadership and consulted in the implementation of new Healthcare Reform mandates that affected the Individual Family Plan Rate Load & Renewals as well as.
• Business consultant for the IFP & SG IT teams developing strategy, scoping, development, testing, and implementation of the HealthCare Reform changes
• Managed, integrated, and tracked core IT cross-functional teams including vendor, onshore and offshore resources

Oakland, California, US

• Orchestrated the IT project management of and consulted in the development of strategy, scoping, testing, remediation, and implementation of two Medicare Application and Business Remediation legacy systems to accept.
• Leadership role in Medicare team of cross-functional project manager, analyst, developers, vendors
• Assisted with design of integrated testing script for ICD-10 end to end integration testing
• Ensured all applications entering, processed, and shared to downstream systems were compliant to both the ICD-10 as well as maintained a parallel ICD-9 processing until after Oct 2014
• Delivered the ICD-10 project on time, under budget and without issues – receive special recognition award

• Management advisor in the strategy, scoping, planning, and integration testing for DAPPS (Department Application) part of overall integration testing for the transition from the current facility into a state-of-the-art.
• Consulting with the design of integrated testing script for end-to-end integration testing for provider portals
• Ensured all DAPPS applications (Departmental Applications) were modified to accommodate new location and/or changes, extended, and tested prior to overall integration testing including eGATE, Cerner & McKesson
• Mentoring of junior project managers within IS but also in specific departments

• Management advisory in the end-to-end provider requirements, design, testing, operational planning, and construction of a LEED certified centralized robotic automated pharmacy delivery system from the ground up for the.
• Management consulted in the re- engineered pharmacy and nursing operations & process improvement at 33 prison facilities
• Led / consulted the IT area development of business requirements, RFP, and vendor selection/ implementation for an enterprise wise Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR); ensured pharmacy system was.
• Led IT, Pharma, business, and construction teams in construction design of automated Centralized facility with annual cost avoidance of $18 million per year
• Combined annual cost avoidance for Centralized Pharmacy and eMAR is $21.3 million per year
• Led teams in requirements gathering, data center migration strategy for data center migration from hosted vendor to new CDCR locations; forecasted & Budgeted (Operating & Capital) for the following 5 years

Oakland, California, US

• Developed a new strategy to organize and bring back on track the prior provider clinical tracking software implementation by documenting requirements, reaching across functional areas and sponsors, identifying, and.
• Requirement gathering & analysis of system integration among IBR, Clinical Trials, and Finance
• Developed full workflows process modification and obtained consensus among all system integration/implementation teams
• Developed strategy to re-engineer processes and re-implement a more cohesive solution

• Structured and implemented a program payor model to enable a dysfunctional project to get back on track in meeting budget, timeline, and quality deliverables.
• Managed high performing IT project teams and facilitated the end-to-end solution /strategy to integrate, implementation of an enterprise-wide mission-critical database replacement program for providers and claims systems
• Managed, integrated and tracked core IT cross-functional teams in phased iterated SDLC approach while tracking both onshore and offshore efforts
• Managed and trained junior project managers and assisted input in performance reviews
• Management advisor in the reconciliation, restructuring and development of project management methodologies for the multi-phased releases of the Enterprise Provider Database System Project

Oakland, California, US

• Led Kaiser’s National Pharmacy Core Team in the analysis, design, and enterprise-wide implementation of the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) in a provider capacity. Co-orchestrated designing, development, and.
• Consulted and led national development, integration, and analysis of post-implementation audits for Pharmacy Divisions and PBM of all claims adjudicated throughout national systems
• Assisted designing, development, and implementation of new program office (PMO) for the Medicare Modernization Act initiative and assisted with selection and evaluation of new technology to assist program management.
• Engaged as leader and/or member of multi-functional, multi-department project teams to provide direction in the development, management, and implementation of Kaiser Initiatives

• Management consulted and orchestrated the design, building and implementation of a national Internet mail-order pharmacy; managed strategic alliance marketing activities, vendor relationships and collaborated on.
• Led large multi-functional teams in the development of Internet/Intranet sites for all WellPoint Pharmacy Management
• Led the IT and business development and implementation of revenue generating online mail order website increasing overall mail order sales by 12%
• Oversaw the phased approach of developing a brand-new mail-order pharmacy by managing various cross functional teams
• Created efficiency in mail order processing by re-engineering processes and providing training reducing errors decreasing operational cost by 9%; generated $5.5 million in new revenue stream with the development and.

M.B.A, Finance And Information Decision Systems

Bachelors, Pre-Med