Michael W. Kennedy, Ms, Msmpm, Phd Email & Phone Number

Albany, Georgia, Us

-- Corporate Leadership: Advise and collaborate across the C-suite to provide strategic leadership in research, development, business growth, opportunity sponsorship, and support the initiatives to improve lives.--Program Delivery Sponsor; oversee all private and public programs for government contracting, healthcare offerings, data initiatives, solutions and implementation in support of “as a Service” lines of business.--Lead the analytic, modeling, reporting, and forecasting of corporate and contract strategies, support lines of business in the decision-making process through data support; hardening of data-related process and vetting data/sources; support data analyst growth and project-related data tasks.--Chronic Kidney Disease / End Stage Renal Disease Subject Matter Expert / ESRD Data Scientist; End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Reporting Systems Program Manager, ESRD Data systems expert, CMS and SSA ESRD liaison (overseeing matrixed staff for ESRD Subject Matter Expertise, Business Analysts, Quality Assurance Engineers, Data Validation Engineers, Production Support Analysts)

Baltimore, Md, Us

--Special emphasis and focus on data science, big data platform, machine learning, and natural language processing of the eligibility and disability adjudication systems;--Served as a recognized technical and analytical authority and expert in the Office of Systems for an Associate Commissioner component in the Disability Modernization Branch and the Office of Disability Information Systems, working on the Insight and Imagen Projects;--Technical support of SSA’s programmatic applications software development in a multiple platform environment. Technical advisor for systems planning and development projects;--Developed workplans, detailed systems analysis and design of an existing systems; analyzed the current program’s Machine Learning and Natural Language Process code, data modeling, and hierarchal models and algorithms for the system’s adjudication and appeals probability software--Developed systems performance measurement criteria in order to assess systems/software through the design and development life cycle stages and in maintenance and software improvement activities;

Herndon, Virginia, Us

September 2019 – May 2020: Deputy Program Director / Chief Data Scientist--ESRD SME for the End Stage Renal Disease Business. Historical ESRD Systems SME. Deputy Program Director for the multi-million ($22+M/yr), multi-year (5+) national contracting and delivery of services and systems.--Business and System Architect for ESRD Systems, across all lines of business.--Manage and coach the SAFe Product Owners, SCRUM masters, and development initiatives across ten development teams, spanning all of the ESRD Quality Reporting Systems. The main focus is a modernization and consolidation effort for three disparate legacy (Oracle) systems into one cloud-based solution (AWS).--Develop and implement the roadmap from on-prem, government-supported infrastructure to off-prem, cloud-based architecture and data solutions.--Design, Architect, and Implement the End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Reporting System's business intelligence, data, and reporting structure for the EQRS system.

Albany, Georgia, Us

April 2019 – August 2019: SoftDev Corporate Program Director / MIDS and NQIIC IDIQ Program Manager--SME and Program Director for the multi-million, multi-year national corporate contracting and delivery of contracts. Manage and coach program and project managers for the MIDS IDIQ and NQIIC initiatives and contracts. Technical architect and solution management support for the Business Development and “as a Service” lines of business for corporate strategy.March 2019 – August 2019: CDDS Deputy Program Manager--SME and Program Manager for the CMS ISG CROWNWeb Data Discrepancy and Support contract. Policy liaison for the CMS ESRD Network community. Technical architect and management for the multi-data mart and umbrella data warehouse for the CMS ISG Data Quality initiative(s) and business intelligence structure.February 2019 – August 2019: Chief Data Scientist / Corporate Data Analytics and Statistical Modeling--SME and data/technical architect for the corporate structure and initiatives.--Reporting, forecasting, modeling of SoftDev corporate strategies. Support lines of business in the decision-making process through data support. Hardening of data-related process and vetting data/sources. Support data analyst growth and project-related data tasks.

Cary, Nc, Us

July 2017 - Dec 2018: CMS / South Carolina DHHS BIS Certification Management (MMIS Modular Approach and CMS Modular Certification Pilot, MECT 2.2)

Phoenix, Arizona, Us

Program Manager and data architect for the multi-million (11M+), multi-year (5+) development and integration of the national data hub and policy liaison for the CMS ESRD Network community.Technical architect and management for the multi-data mart and umbrella data warehouse for the CMS ESRD Program, including six concurrent software release tracks, and the entire ESRD Program business intelligence structure.Principal developer for the ESRD NCC Data Warehouse;SME for the ESRD data mapping for all clinical data across multiple government agencies; responsible for the mapping and data movement of disparate data systems from multiple government and corporate lines of business to prepare datasets for mining, use, and analysis across .Net, Oracle, SQL, Azure, AWS and across on-prem data centers and cloud solutions; geospatial tracking of patient movement and clinical outcomes; creator and developer of the ESRD clinical data model using over 400 clinical data points to use predictive modeling of negative patient outcomes using historical data; machine learning (ML) of possible patient incident and grievance data using clinical markers and regression patterns of treatment/outcomes; deep learning/ML for assisting CMS in setting the government value-based care domains and scoring;

Indianapolis, In, Us

Project Manager for the multi-million (50M+), multi-year (3+) integrated eligibility initiative for the CMS ACA IE Program; acted as the Project Manager for the re-planned Ohio Benefits Integrated Eligibility system (as the system integration contractor) for their Phase Three Releases for Aged, Blind, and Disabled and their Food Assistance and Family Assistance programs and partners - this included the management of the business analysis, contract management, and communicating with the state and national co-located agency and project teams to provide guidance and instruction on behalf of HHS, Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) and Jobs and Family Services (JFS); Acted as a solutions “architect” and data scientist to transition the legacy data systems (CRIS-E and other IRS and SSA data interfaces) to the new data warehousing, data mining and data reporting functionalities within FNS and JFS for the Ohio Benefits system.

Chicago, Il, Us

CMS IT Guidance-approved project architecture; incorporated Agile Project Management methodologies in the DHS PMO and developed project management schedule, risk and mitigation reports and information sessions for DHS Leadership; re-built the PMO internal process and workflow to improve support for DHS initiatives for the IES and other DHS initiatives in HHS; Targeted project management-driven communication to better serve the information needs of DHS; implemented a communications strategy for project wide, rapid-cycle communication; created a comprehensive project-centric briefing format for DHS Leadership; tracked all project communication and implemented a centralized library for DHS to use for historical purposeCreated and wrote the Certification Plan to coordinate DHS initiatives with CMS project goals ; acted as the DHS CMS liaison for the CMS IT Guidance Compliance and created and baselined the DHS IES Compliance Plan; managed the coordination of the CMS gate reviews of the IA DHS IES; created the DHS Implementation Plan and coordinated all Implementation communication and compliance with DHS Leadership; Implemented DHS-requested project readiness assessments for both project phases and project teams; prepared and coordinated the training of project management implementation staff; CMS Project Reporting of schedule, risks, mitigation strategy (project-centric and ACA-required for the 7 CSFs, and the Conditions and Standards); CMS project reporting of IT guidance compliance, policy and DHS waiversManaged and coordinated the HBE Grant Funding (46M+), A87 Exception Funding, and Medicaid Enhanced Funding procurement; coordinated the funding reporting to CMS through DHS Leadership; created reporting and escalation to DHS Executive Leadership for project management, project progress, and funding and budget for the total IES as well as the HBE grant funding (152M+); interpreted the CMS ACA policies for Integrated Eligibility for funding and CMS IT guidance

January 2013 – April 2014: Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG)/Florida Medical Quality Assurance, Inc. (FMQAI) ESRD Systems Project Manager--Project Manager for the three multi-million (50M+), multi-year (3+) national software initiatives for the CMS ESRD Program with over 18K users, 6K deployment sites, and a team of 250+ analysts, developers, and SMEs; Project Director of the three BRES (Business Requirements for ESRD Systems) Contract(s) - management of business analysis, contract management, and co-located project teams (7 teams) to provide guidance and instruction on behalf of CMS; solutions “architect” and data scientist to transition the legacy data systems previously developed to the new data warehousing, data mining and data reporting functionalities within CMS for ESRD and the QIO programs (Core Data Set) and ultimately the new CMS ESRD Patient Registry, CROWN-Web--CMS liaison with other government agencies; acted as SME for CMS ESRD Business and Technical Analysis, data sciences and analysis;June 2011 – April 2014: Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG)/Florida Medical Quality Assurance, Inc. (FMQAI) BFCCNCC Project Manager --Project Managed the multi-million (7M+), multi-year (5+) national software initiatives for the for the Beneficiary & Family Centered Care National Coordinating Center (BFCCNCC) Program

--Acted as Project Management Office Director; liaison with the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) and all DOM Contractors to assist in interpretation of technical design and analysis documents and to give direction to the vendors to continue with DOM business need--Project Manager of the Decision Support Software (DSS) (10M+) for the DOM’s 11 Bureaus, 200+ users and a team of 50+ analysts and developers; led an analysis team to vet and fulfill the DOM business requirements for delivering both products and artifacts to the Division of Medicaid; created and implemented the project management tools for the Business Design Documents (BDD) and Technical Design Documents (TDD); implemented better project management process in determining strategic next steps for DOM and created process for DOM review and approval of the business and technical requirements--Managed the co-located team reviews and approval of requirements; performed as a liaison and mediator with the Division of Medicaid and Medicare projects to determine performance results through metrics and analysis; assisted the DOM Executive Director and CIO with team training on project management and readiness assessments--Assisted in securing new business opportunities for the company and determining funding opportunities for the DOM; coordinated Project Office responses to RFP’s, grant writing and Project Management Initiation of projects--Created a custom PMP curriculum and instructed PMP preparation courses for employees to reach PMP status

--Created and implemented the DOM Project Management office; managed and approved the implementation of all project templates and artifacts; coordinated the training and project roll-out to all DOM employees; instructed PMP Classes for the State of Mississippi’s ITS (Information Technology Services) Division with special focus on Time, Quality Assurance, and Communication modules of the PMP course; Developed QA review for the internal DOM Bureaus and the Contractors--Acted as the DOM Project Manager for the implementation of the DSS (10M+); DHS Project Manager of the Decision Support Software (DSS) for the DOM’s 11 Bureaus, 200+ users and a team of 50+ analysts and developers; managed the data validation of the newly implemented MMIS using DSS and reporting created from the data warehouse; managed the CMS review and certification of the DSS reporting--Acted as Project Manager/Coordinator for the Chief Information Officer during the Mississippi MMIS Enhancement Project for the Division of Medicaid (DOM). This was a multi-million dollar modernization effort (50M+) that included 18 individual IT projects across 11 DOM bureaus with over 400+ direct users, a web portal for 600K+ patient population, and over 150+ co-located analysts, developers, and SMEs; acted as the chief technical advisor and CMS policy analyst to the CIO, including reviewing all DOM systems and providing modernization technical roadmaps to senior DOM leadership; drafted CMS guidance option papers and provided policy guidance in systems implementation

--Acted as IVV Project Manager/CIO Coordinator for the Mississippi MMIS Enhancement Project for the MS DOM; managed the review and oversight of Phase 1 of all 18 MS MMIS Enhancements during Medicaid Modernization; 150+ analysts and development deliverables; all system documentation translations from the legacy systems to the new MMIS systems; 11 DOM Bureaus; and timely review and compilation of reports between all vendors and the agency--Assisted the DOM Project Director/CIO in supervising the DOM Business Analysts for time management and deliverable review; assisted the DOM Project Director/CIO in needs assessment and writing contract RFP’s for the Bureau of Systems Management; assisted the DOM Project Director/CIO to give direction on creating workable, PMI-standard project artifact templates for both contractors and DOM--Managed DOM analysts in evaluating that the necessary requirements were met by the Contractors--Managed and improved the deliverable tracking review and approval from all project contractors; created a project library and architected a deliverables database for use in contract milestones and project review

CMS ESRD Legacy Systems Project Manager/QA Manager/User Support Manager--Multi-million (20M+) dollar project compiling multiple legacy systems, multiple CMS lines of business, and coordinating the ESRD data systems into one project--Project Manager for SIMS (duties listed below); Project Manager for VISION (duties listed below); Project Manager for integration with REMIS (duties listed below); Project Manager for CROWN (duties listed below); and liaison to be the ESRD Systems SME solutions architect for the new CROWN-Web application as it moved forward (also a multi-million, multi-year project that started at 10M+ for the initial build and became a 50M+ project. I later returned to assist the completion and implementation of CROWN-Web.)--Managed a team of Quality Assurance Engineers; created a resource library for testing; implemented automated testing; implemented concurrent and iterative testing with development--Managed a team of End User Support staff; implemented end user and application defect triage; developed and maintained custom helpdesk tracking software; analyzed and trended all telephony and call information to determine user training programs; managed the End User Documentation/End User trainings

CMS ESRD CROWN Project Manager --Project management of the consolidation of SIMS, VISION and the Renal Management Information System (REMIS) into one web portal; project management of the REMIS application interfaces and patient search/claims payment/patient enrollment; --Project managed the SSA coordination and patient search capabilities; implemented complex rotational algorithms with markers and individual thresholds to optimize code and decrease patient search and delayed enrollment; coordinated the SSA electronic signature and enrollment approval processCMS ESRD VISION Project Manager --Project management of the ESRD VISION application development and deployment (quarterly releases), a million dollar project with 6K users at over 5K deployment sites, with a team of 250 ESRD specialists as the SMEs and analysts CMS ESRD SIMS Project Manager --Project Manager the SIMS application development, deployment, and maintenance; the project duties stayed the same as listed below; In addition to the below duties, I managed the budgetary responsibility for support and production application contracts. Managed scope and timeline, as well as resource scheduling and participate/ensure project communication to all levels from senior management to support staff of departmental/project status and budget

--Project Manager for the SIMS application: a multi-million dollar (25M+) patient registry with over 250+ CMS users, and 50+ analysts, developers, and SMEs; SIMS was the system of record for all CMS ESRD patients; SIMS was the first CMS application to provide real-time eligibility, reporting, and clinical data sharing nationwide; SIMS was the first CMS application to get a gold rating from OIG for data quality--Project Manager for all business modeling and application implementation; Managed and mentored business analysts for production applications; Managed the BA review of Technical Specifications for use by development and QA; Advised CMS Program Policy on solutions for a nationwide beneficiary data migration; Managed production deployment to users

--Managed multi-million dollar oversight contract (3M+) of all IT and data science for CMS for Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee; managed an in-house staff of Data Specialists; managed co-located 250+ data coordinators; oversaw the CMS Data/IT staffing and determined the project management and operational needs of the region--Managed the collection, analysis, reporting and maintenance of all CMS Medicare ESRD patient registries, clinical records for dialysis treatments, clinical and surgical records for transplants ESRD Network 8 region; collaborated with CMS on statistical analysis of clinical data for outcomes performance measures and congressional reporting to prepare for CMS ESRD fiscal year funding, budgetary allocation, and fiscal growth projections for the CMS ESRD program--Project Manager for the development of custom software applications as needed for regional and CSM use (Access, Visual Basic, C++ and SQL), including oversight of the requirements, business design, technical design, implementation and deployment to the 257 dialysis facilities and 12 transplant hospitals in the region; managed a knowledge transfer staff and wrote curriculum for regional training of all dialysis facilities and transplant hospitals--Facilitated the technical analysis of the tri-state dialysis and transplant center performance reviews for CMS; prepared the readiness surveys and facilitated payment and sanction recommendations; continually developed, improved, and implemented training for Network and Dialysis Facility staff on clinical data reporting and registry data reporting procedures

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Statistics

Master Of Science - Ms, Mathematics

Master Of Science - Ms, Project Management

Ba, Music, Theology