Jake Howell Email & Phone Number

Thousand Oaks, California, United States

• Lead a team of ~16 project management professionals focused on delivering priority projects requiring high levels of cross functional integration within the Health Solutions / Clinical Operations area. Projects impact key areas such as Utilization Management, Anthem Care Management Platform (ACMP), and Availity Health Information Network.• Spearheaded the establishment of a Project Management Office (PMO), implementing standardized methodologies, processes, and tools that enhanced project execution by 10%, ensuring consistent project success and driving continuous improvement.• Built and nurtured partnerships with key stakeholders at all levels, resulting in increased collaboration and efficiency.• Participating in Leadership Program – Director Advancement Academy

Thousand Oaks, California, United States

Product & Relationship Owner, Hinge Health (vended musculoskeletal solution)• Held end-to-end product ownership responsibilities, including partnership strategy, relationship management, internal sales support, marketing collateral creation, contract negotiations, client installations and ongoing operational issues.• Ensured partnership strategy was mutually beneficial to increase the reach while aligning to Elevance’s macro MSK strategy.• Expanded partnership from 45 to 100 of Anthem's largest clients, boosted revenue from $130,000 to $955,000 in 2022, and $3,500,000 in 2023.• Instigated and implemented large-scale system changes, driving down implementation cost by 60% and reducing the implementation time frame by approximately 60 days.Third-Party Vendor Integrations for National Business• Managed cross-functional committee of ten which evaluated client requests to share data or integrate with third party vendors. Committee vetted over 750 requests across 150+ vendors. Committees’ success led to the development of Anthem's 3rd party reseller strategy.

Thousand Oaks, California, United States

• Trusted advisor to senior leaders, responsible for planning and managing critical department activities including monthly executive reporting & presentations, organizational strategy, performance management, and ad hoc projects.• Built collaborative relationships with key internal and external parties to ensure alignment of department priorities and support for program development.• Led analytics team in building a reporting and analytical sales tool which brought to clients with high cost populations and provided sales teams with upsell/cross-sell opportunities.

o Successfully led team of 12 project managers in migrating 300 groups / 233K members from the New York claim processing system to Anthem’s Enterprise claims processing system. The total membership moved accounted for ~7% of the New York commercial large group book of businesso Established and led Migration Sequencing Governance. Consisted of developing a suite of reporting and analysis tools. Tools enabled program to manage shifting multi-year timeline for 1,000's of groups and millions of Large Group members.o Led annual planning and business case submission $63M budget

o Led monthly budget and forecast processes to monitor $575M budgeto Led project team responsible for enterprise KPI reporting (CIO Dashboard, claim and membership volumes, etc.)o Special projects including project cost/benefit analysis, annual planning and business cases submissions, coordinated organizational changes

o Team lead overseeing all aspects of vendor management operations, data and reporting tools

o Produced budget variance, trend analysis, utilization analysis, and historical costs reportingo Developed Access Database department reporting tool and PMO Portfolio Reporting

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Activities and Societies: Orfalea College of Business Ambassador SIFE - Team Member

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