Provide project managment services for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Provide project management consulting services for Insurance/Reinsurance Company

• Oversaw scope, financials, and timeline for capital portfolio supporting Medicare Part D business (Medicare prescription drug benefit) • Managed software changes for multiple concurrent government mandated initiatives• Hired, developed, and supervised team of six project managers, supporting agile business processes and providing high-quality level service to product teams

• Established framework and implemented procedures for managing cross-functional software reengineering initiative supporting original Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits program• Directed multiple projects teams comprised of business owner, project lead, technical lead, operations lead and other internal/external stakeholders • Launched change control process to assess and conclude go/no go decisions regarding new business requests, ensuring that business needs were realized within the allocated funding• Provided centralized view of 100+ deliverables with targeted release dates and projected resource consumption • Published pipeline metrics and reported progress against plan to keep key internal stakeholders informed of program health and escalated risks as necessary • Coordinated IT teams with release management team to secure and schedule resources resulting in alignment of IT initiatives with evolving business needs and priorities

• Created project plans and managed development for multiple projects through software development life cycle within Capability Maturity Model Integration Level 3 framework • Facilitated weekly core team meetings to assess/confirm key milestones status, identify risks/issues and capture action items resulting in successful management of project scope, schedule and cost

• Designed logical data model • Developed and documented functional requirements for technology outsource suppliers • Gathered and documented test plan procedures

• Analyzed and documented system requirement for re-engineering project• Confirmed system design, program code and test cases to ensure requirements fulfillment • Negotiated and implemented interface agreements between AT&T and external partners• Managed connectivity, testing and data issues

• Trained classes of 5 - 20 students with non-computer backgrounds • Structured material and exercises to meet needs of students