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

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

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 • Delivered Upgrades for Duo Verified Push, Duo Mobile Password changes for Access Management /MFA • Delivered: Implemented SailPoint Upgrade from 8.0 to 8.3 within truncated timeline and worked closely with IAM team to prevent campus wise disruption of services.• Delivered: Implemented Privileged Access Management for Integrated Access Management systems to continually safeguard against current cyber-attacks and be proactive in security safeguards.• Delivered: Project management implementation of 13 separate cybersecurity safeguards/categories across cross functional teams to deliver to 24 separate school/unit remediation of High Value Assets affecting student and staff data.

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 consulting to transcended from Waterfall to Agile methodologies seamlessly• 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 by 50%, Reporting: development of C-level Dashboard and increased 1st pass and WEX Billing & Payment increased by 67%• 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 plus) as well as enhancements to Facet’s systems in coordination with vendors including Trizetto, Hewlett Packard, onshore and offshore resources.• 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 Small Group Rate & Loads Renewals for 2013 and 2014 • 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 ICD-10 format files as well as continue to utilize ICD-9 files concurrently; completed project one year ahead of the revised Oct 2014 mandate deadline: Managed Care (MC400) and National Account System Company. (NASCO)• 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 New Patient Tower at a leading pediatric teaching institution. Instrumental in planning end-to-end management consulting for the integration testing of all applications including McKesson STAR, Cerner’s full suite of products, and over 200 departmental applications. • 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 state of California; managed the $10 million dollar budget, management consulted in the engineering of the enterprise delivery system for all 33 correctional institutions in California thru a centralized ordering and delivery methodology, resulting in annual cost avoidance of $21.3 million. • 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 cohesive with Clinical Data Repository (EHR) resulting in $ 9.3 million per year cost avoidance• 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 documenting overall process and integration points, analysis and finally re-engineering a solution for the integration between IRB, Clinical Trials, and payor Finance systems.• 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 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 and implementation.• 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 and implementation to work with HealthConnect/Epic products• 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 various joint marketing activities. Led Program Management advisory of multi-departmental areas to develop and implement the MedicareRx Discount Card Medicare restructuring initiative within deadlines parameters for Pharmacy Management on time and within budget.• 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 implementation of multi-department Employer group/TPA business initiatives

M.B.A, Finance And Information Decision Systems

Bachelors, Pre-Med