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Orange, Ct, Us

Orange, Ct, Us

New Haven, Ct, Us

Directed the system enhancements of the payment application and integrations with Workday Financials. Oversaw the development of data exchanges with multiple cross-platform applications, and system changes to support payroll, commitments reporting, and student tuition payments. Recognized cross-system dependencies. Mapped database fields to system interface file layouts. Worked closely with stakeholders to redesign business processes. Documented current and future processes and data flows. Created queries to identify data for test scenarios. Managed project documentation. Built integration, User Acceptance Testing, and implementation plans. Managed data exchanges, identified and resolved data issues. Managed client relationships.• Delivered system modifications and new interfaces to align with new Workday Chart of Accounts financial structure and processes.• Oversaw the migration of the Development, Test, and Production servers from AIX to Linux.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Responsible for managing the investment portfolio and shaping the governance and strategy for IT programs and services for the multiple portfolios at Anthem, ranging from $7M - $100M. Ensured that projects adhered to SDLC methodology, and enforced compliance with project quality standards. Led communications with stakeholders regarding project health, issues, and corrective action recommendations. Identified and investigated variances to financial plans and forecasts by interpreting financial results• Successfully managed the Commercial Employer-based portfolio, which involved 70 projects to support new products, provider networks, and client customization. Budget was over $100M.• Recommended and implemented process improvements which increased efficiency and reduced time for project gating activities.• Created and maintained SharePoint sites to manage program funding targets and track budget adjustments.• Conducted project health reviews, and met with senior management to review project issues and resolve budget variances.• Analyzed project metrics using data from enterprise project data warehouse. Created queries, reports, and presentations.• Recommended improvements to project reporting, and participated in the design, testing, and rollout of new reports and dashboards.Environment: Planview, Sharepoint, Business Objects, SQL Server

Us

* Managed cross-platform systems projects, including ICD-10 which had a budget of $5M.* Worked with Application Development team to develop project estimates. Coordinated testing and release activities.* Built detailed project plans using Microsoft Project; managed resource allocations and tracked actuals in Planview.* Created ad-hoc reports using Business Objects, Insight Analytics and Excel to display program and department level data for management.Environment: Business Objects, Insight Analytics, Oracle, Planview, Sharepoint

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

* Managed Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) projects, overseeing the development of enterprise business services.* Coordinated QA activities, user acceptance testing, and post-production validation.* As part of Chief Technology Officer Program Management Office, had responsibilities for program-level management.* Assisted the Budget Coordinator with the administration of vendor contracts, using Ariba and Planview. * Ensured that vendor and fixed bid spend was reported accurately; reconciled vendor invoices to actual reported hours.* Provided data to support the development and management of department budgets and Lights-On projects. * Created custom reports for senior management of the Chief Technology Office / Enterprise Architecture department using Business Objects and Excel.Environment: Business Objects, Ariba, Planview, ClearQuest, Sharepoint

Gogarburn, Gb

* Directed Data Warehouse projects at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).* Managed cross-functional team of Business Analysts, architects, developers, and external contractors to build new Risk datamart and deliver OLAP cubes and Report Builder reports. Dedicated project team was 20 people. * Worked with corporate DBA team to review architectural design and manage the release process. Environment: SQL Server, SSIS, Report Builder, SAS. HP PPM

Boston, Ma, Us

* Directed Business Intelligence development projects, delivering business reporting solutions for business users* Managed teams of offshore and on-site development resources and consultants. * Collaborated with business owners, IT partners and consultants to identify, rationalize, and document requirements* Coordinated user acceptance testing and training.* Managed the procurement of external vendor resources for project work.* Managed the upgrade from Business Objects 6.5 to XI and conversion of business-critical reports. This project involved the procurement and configuration for new hardware, configuration of the application software, user security models, conversion of all existing reports, user testing, training, release of ad-hoc reporting environment as well as portal reports and dashboards.* Oversaw the project team, consisting of Architects, Tech Leads, Developers, Production Support, Network Operations, Corporate Security, Infrastructure, external contractors on-site and offshore.* Created and maintained Business Objects universes for Risk, Finance and Marketing.* Worked with corporate development teams to coordinate the releases and ensure adherence to standards. * Conducted design reviews with the Architecture Oversight Team. Environment: Oracle, Business Objects,Toad, Informatica, Unix, Documentum, Tomcat, HP PPM

Hartford, Connecticut, Us

* As a member of the Program Management Office, coordinated resource demand and budget across projects and domains for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) group. * Tracked the progress of projects and reported release-level status, dependencies, constraints. * Managed department-wide resource allocation and project budgets. * Identified and escalated release-level risks, issues, impacts and recommendations. * Refined existing project management, testing, and metric reporting processes.* Collaborated to develop resource capacity and staffing plans to achieve objectives and deliverables.* Created new tools for creating project effort estimates and schedules.* As part of Project Assessment (PAT) team, acted as a domain expert to identify impact to SOA team and estimates project development effort.* Mentored architects in project management methodology .* Developed timelines for project delivery. Coordinated cross-platform activities. * Worked with delivery managers to plan releases.Environment: DB2, QMF, DataStage, ClearQuest, Requisite Pro, Rational Rose, Planview

New York, Us

* Directed Data Warehouse development project initiatives including database enhancements and load processes. * Managed development of data extracts, regulatory reporting, and ad-hoc reports.* Had management responsibility for a team of sixteen developers, technical leads, and business analysts.* Prioritized requests, assigned work to staff, and oversaw the execution of tasks, and reported progress to management.* Hired and coached technical staff, conducted performance reviews, conducted staff meetings, managed resource capacity.* Worked closely with business owners to understand requirements and delivery appropriate technical solutions.* Created and maintained project plans. Reviewed and approved project and release documentation.Environment: Oracle, Unix, Business Objects, SQL*Plus, Toad, Lotus Notes, Project Scheduler 8