Jason Annis Email & Phone Number

Caledonia, Mi, Us

Southfield, Michigan, United States

* Responsible for approximately 60% of HMO IT and all Ancillary PPO delivery efforts, totaling roughly $10-$15M per year in labor alone.* Responsible for ensuring successful SOX and audit conclusions for the HMO IT organization.* Direct oversight of nearly a dozen IT Delivery Leads, each engaging on roughly 6-10 projects simultaneously.* Portfolio includes wide-ranging delivery efforts across Member/Group Enrollment, Billing/Finance and Claims Editing/Processing.* Delivery… Show more * Responsible for approximately 60% of HMO IT and all Ancillary PPO delivery efforts, totaling roughly $10-$15M per year in labor alone.* Responsible for ensuring successful SOX and audit conclusions for the HMO IT organization.* Direct oversight of nearly a dozen IT Delivery Leads, each engaging on roughly 6-10 projects simultaneously.* Portfolio includes wide-ranging delivery efforts across Member/Group Enrollment, Billing/Finance and Claims Editing/Processing.* Delivery models include SCRUM, Kanban and Waterfall pending on project variables and 3rd party integrations.* Over 99% rate of on-time, on-budget delivery across full portfolio across a given calendar year. Show less

Southfield, Michigan

* Responsible for approximately 60% of all Blue Care Network IT delivery efforts, totaling roughly $10-$15mil per year in labor alone.* Direct oversight of nearly a dozen IT Delivery Leads, each engaging on roughly 6-10 projects simultaneously.* Portfolio includes wide-ranging delivery efforts across Member/Group Enrollment, Billing/Finance and Claims Editing/Processing.* Delivery models include SCRUM, Kanban and Waterfall pending on project variables and 3rd party… Show more * Responsible for approximately 60% of all Blue Care Network IT delivery efforts, totaling roughly $10-$15mil per year in labor alone.* Direct oversight of nearly a dozen IT Delivery Leads, each engaging on roughly 6-10 projects simultaneously.* Portfolio includes wide-ranging delivery efforts across Member/Group Enrollment, Billing/Finance and Claims Editing/Processing.* Delivery models include SCRUM, Kanban and Waterfall pending on project variables and 3rd party integrations.* Over 99% rate of on-time, on-budget delivery across full portfolio across a given calendar year. Show less

Southfield, Mi

* Monitored key project indicators for approximately 40% of all Blue Care Network IT Delivery.* Managed IT delivery processes/practices specifically within the integration development space. * Included establishing, measuring and communicating standardized metrics to upper management verifying adoption and compliance to these activities.

* Completed key Enrollment deliverables within NHCR as overall program needs diminished in size.* Transitioned to a delivery leadership role responsible for completion of operational enhancements associated with outstanding NHCR open enrollment conclusions.* All major operational needs resolved by late 2015 for long-term viability of the system changes made for the NHCR program.

* Successfully led delivery of all National Healthcare Reform solutions implemented under a budget ranging from $2.5M to $8M annually.* Included integration with the Federal Exchange for member enrollment, enhanced billing capabilities to support subsidized membership within BCN core systems and claims-related processing to support enhanced government mandates.* Project size was roughly 60 FTEs on average split across ~4 teams. Extensive 3rd party system integration and risk management.… Show more * Successfully led delivery of all National Healthcare Reform solutions implemented under a budget ranging from $2.5M to $8M annually.* Included integration with the Federal Exchange for member enrollment, enhanced billing capabilities to support subsidized membership within BCN core systems and claims-related processing to support enhanced government mandates.* Project size was roughly 60 FTEs on average split across ~4 teams. Extensive 3rd party system integration and risk management. * Program followed a mix of waterfall and iterative techniques/practices. Show less

CLIENT: Quicken Loans (~1 year duration)* Provided team-level agile transformation coaching that helped kickstart internal agile techniques throughout organization.CLIENT: Mercedes-Benz Financial (~8 months)* Successfully delivered iOS mobile application optimizations focused on Canadian localization, Apple universal application compliance and additional payment estimation functions.CLIENT: Gale Cengage Learning (~ 2 years)* Created initial "reference" approach describing… Show more CLIENT: Quicken Loans (~1 year duration)* Provided team-level agile transformation coaching that helped kickstart internal agile techniques throughout organization.CLIENT: Mercedes-Benz Financial (~8 months)* Successfully delivered iOS mobile application optimizations focused on Canadian localization, Apple universal application compliance and additional payment estimation functions.CLIENT: Gale Cengage Learning (~ 2 years)* Created initial "reference" approach describing first steps toward an Agile transformation at Gale. * Successfully augmented an in-flight project containing all un-trained personnel with initial Agile transformation measures. Project was delivered on-time, on-budget and within scope which resulted in further roll-outs across the organization.* Subsequently delivered 3 new products as Delivery Lead/Agile Coach/ScrumMaster.INTERNAL:* Created a training workshop focused on Agile project delivery, value management and work breakdown.* Hosted several 1-2 day workshops focused on the topics outlined above. Show less

CLIENT: Nationwide Financial* Provided on-going support and direction for incorporation of tailored agile-blend SDM processes, techniques and principles. (story breakdown, story detailing, estimation, sprint planning, etc)* Specifically focused in the areas of project management and business analysis.* Business requirements associated with two major multi-million dollar Nationwide projects delivered on-time and on-budget. CLIENT: Great American Insurance Company* Led… Show more CLIENT: Nationwide Financial* Provided on-going support and direction for incorporation of tailored agile-blend SDM processes, techniques and principles. (story breakdown, story detailing, estimation, sprint planning, etc)* Specifically focused in the areas of project management and business analysis.* Business requirements associated with two major multi-million dollar Nationwide projects delivered on-time and on-budget. CLIENT: Great American Insurance Company* Led activities to establish a release/configuration management process tailored to the needs of GAIC. Improvement of this process has led to reduced time to market via delivery of projects on-time, on-budget. * Work required detailed evaluation/analysis of the current IT environment and processes to engineer a strategy for transformation that allowed for positive change.CLIENT: On-Star* Led business analysis activities and documentation for an Onstar project being run within a SCRUM model. INTERNAL:* Worked to innovate the BA/PM practice space as it relates to the areas of Portfolio value management and project delivery.* Included creation of educational materials/presentations designed to teach and provide a detailed overview of BA/PM practices in an Agile setting. Show less

Held several positions with progressively more responsibility for a major project within Ford Motor Company replacing over two dozen legacy systems. Developed the initial analysis & design around the porting of a major research engine to a production-ready system. Later, acted as a leading SDA for both DB2 MF and J2EE to help integrate the system with new business processes being developed. Required comprehensive knowledge of automotive marketing/sales and operations business processes and… Show more Held several positions with progressively more responsibility for a major project within Ford Motor Company replacing over two dozen legacy systems. Developed the initial analysis & design around the porting of a major research engine to a production-ready system. Later, acted as a leading SDA for both DB2 MF and J2EE to help integrate the system with new business processes being developed. Required comprehensive knowledge of automotive marketing/sales and operations business processes and their interactions with the new system. Played a major role in restructuring the A&D team to increase collaboration and reduce the risks/uncertainties common in large IT/business projects. This included the introduction of Agile methodology techniques to the RUP methodology. Show less

Created business requirements in consultation with business SMEs for a major project in Ford Motor Company under RUP methodology. In addition, completed detailed financial reports to analyze the long-term viability of a number of firms vying for a contract from Ford Motor COmpany. Utilized extensive use of corporate finance skills/knowledge related to market conditions and overall corporate risk evaluation (annual report evaluation, etc).

Dearborn, Mi

Learned the fundamentals of managing production environment IT problems at Ford Credit Company over a three-month period. Acted as a project lead for a Six Sigma green belt project and received certification. The project focused on improving communication between problem management and the various application support groups.

Performed financial analysis to determine ROI on Ford's collaborative solutions tool suite which included review of a Plumtree-based intranet portal. Utilized various corporate finance skills related to NPV/IRR analysis and cost accounting.

.NET/Perl software developer for several projects within the company as a summer intern.

C/C++ software developer as a summer intern.

Mba, Finance, Technology Management

One of only a half dozen students accepted straight out of an undergraduate degree with no major full-time work experience. Completed.

Bs Cmpe, Electrical-Computer Engineering

Activities and Societies: EPICS (community service projects within the engineering programs at Purdue) Passed the pre-Professional.