Fred Byrd Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Supporting a fantastic team of professionals, leveraging Agile / SCRUM methodology, who are responsible for development, testing and servicing of mobile applications used by Anthem's healthcare clients and internal teammates.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

• After guiding the successful transition of the IT infrastructure for this newly acquired unit (see below), transitioned back to BoA’s Treasury Services Division to take charge of all aspects of client implementation of healthcare revenue cycle services for clients nationwide (hospitals, physician groups, pharmacies, specialty providers of DME, optical, renal, diabetic, etc.).• Reporting directly to the COO of HealthLogic, served as a senior member of the business and technology leadership team. Developed short-mid-long range strategy to deploy emerging technology, develop and execute automation priorities and incorporate cutting-edge avenues to improve people processes.• Orchestrated all facets of process engineering for a voluminous client fulfillment process. Balanced key stakeholder priorities based on input from clients and BAML Sales, Technology, Operations, and Product Management teams.• Led a team of 12 Technical Implementation Consultants and Client Fulfillment Project Managers that were geographically dispersed. Administered staffing, budgets/expenses, reporting and forecasting for the client implementation function.• Delivered consistent above-goal performance. Received formal recognition from the executive board for the accelerated pace of new client implementations which drove top line FY2015 revenue growth to double the goal.• Key implementation projects included several high-profile organizations (list available) • Regularly partnered with BAML Treasury Product & Sales teams to respond to RFPs from prospective new clients.• Chaired periodic meetings with Product & Technology leadership to negotiate, design and prioritize morphing requirements. • Managed Payer Enrollment process to direct payers and clearing houses (e.g. Change/Emdeon, Allscripts, Availity, PaySpan, RelayHealth, etc).• Managed the biennial Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) reaccreditation process.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

• Handpicked as the Senior Technologist to orchestrate a multi-year, multi-million dollar technology transformation of a newly acquired business unit. Proactively replaced all declining and not permitted technologies in use at the point of acquisition.• Engineered a full stack design/build of new web application supporting hundreds features for internal and external client use.• Led a group of 15 direct report front-line managers / software developers and up to 50 indirect offshore contractors.• Provided day-to-day leadership and collaborative oversight of application development managers handling multiple projects. • In charge of all business as usual (BAU) and initiative team engagement, needs assessment, requirements gathering, team assembly, planning, task promulgation, status reporting and technology change delivery. • Worked within a dynamic, multitiered architecture that included WebLogic Java EE, Spring Framework, Web Services, Oracle DB v11, Kettle ETL, etc. Monitored and ensured strict compliance with regulatory, industry and company standards.• Served as executive representative of the IT domain among business and cross-functional technology executives and senior leaders. Presented forecasts, deployment timelines, status of work in progress, to key decision-makers.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

• Accomplished over 9 years initial experience with BoA, supporting several lines of business in its Treasury division. Directed system design, development, and testing for various multi-tiered, web based applications on UNIX / MS platforms.• Chaired focus teams of business analysts and programmers throughout the cradle to deployment process. Identified, refined and documented requirements, constructed applications considering enterprise re-use, ensured conformity with industry standards for code formatting, exception handling, and logging, and authored essential UML design documents.• Projects included: Commercial EAGLES (1999-2003), Student Lending (2003-04) and Government EAGLES (2004-07).

Global, Us

COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION - Alexandria, VirginiaDigital Transformation Innovation and Execution Service Provider• Provided software development and system resource management supporting the production, archiving and sharing of atmospheric research data for NASA Langley’s Distributed Active Archive Center using Java and Perl tools.• Created a Java GUI and menu-driven procedure to aid operators in filling data orders and general use of the system.

ANALYSIS & TECHNOLOGY, INC. – North Stonington, ConnecticutProvider of Engineering and Information-Technology Consulting Services• Developed two and three-dimensional graphing libraries in C++/Motif for a data visualization project on a UNIX platform.• Developed an electronic signals Intelligence application that graphed signal data.• Provided on-site support to Electronic Intelligence analysts for software deliveries, maintenance, and troubleshooting.• Performed all hardware and software system administration tasks for the network and six Sun workstations.• Created systems programs providing “make” files, software installation, revision control, and configuration management.

COMPTEK FEDERAL SYSTEMS, INC. - Virginia Beach, VirginiaFederal / Defense Contractor Specializing in IT Application Development for Highly Specialized Requirements• Employed C++ to implement numerous graphical, X/Motif components of the Navy’s Command Station Display System.• Gained in-depth experience with X Windows color allocation system, colormaps, overlay planes, write masks, etc. as well as Barco’s X server extensions. Reviewed and integrated components of APL’s Common Display Kernel. • Developed all code for compliance with HP-UX and HP-RT.

VEDA, INC. - Lexington Park, MarylandMid-Sized Business Consulting Service Contractor• Developed a digital signal analysis tool with multidimensional displays, animation, image processing and map manipulation.• Supported engineers and analysts in the development of post flight radar data analysis applications.• Designed, coded, and tested software for data reformatting and data reduction. Implemented Rogue Wave tools and libraries.• As system administrator, performed UNIX OS upgrades, software/hardware installations, backups, and end user support.

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, Us

• Used Teamwork/OOD to design, code and document graphical user interfaces to support the organization’s contract with the U.S. Navy for the Battle Force Tactical Trainer (BFTT) project. Employed C++ and X/Motif programming tools.• Integrated GUIs to enable message passing using a DIS compliant communications library.• Performed analysis, integration, and modification of thousands of lines of C code within a UNIX environment.