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Greater Denver Area

Driving major Patient Flow projects including optimization of Observation care, Patient Mobility, Chest Pain guidelines, redesign of interdisciplinary discharge rounds, partnerships with external partners, hospital surge plan. Program management of Patient Flow initiative by recommending overall project prioritization to Executives, performing risk and issue management, partnering with community resources to create new processes for efficiently working together, and collaborating with data analysts to determine the right data while creating summaries for executives to drive decisions.

Denver, Colorado

Project manager for a variety of projects including budget and business analysis for a hand hygiene tracking solution, a dietary software upgrade and managing a major hospital Patient Flow initiative to decrease the number of boarders awaiting an inpatient bed while increasing hospital revenue with a focus on medical necessity and being paid for all services provided.

Greenwood Village, Co

Translated client business requirements into clear and concise Scrum stories for the technical team to ensure on-time delivery of client’s top needs.Lead client program manager and delivery teams to focus on value delivered to the client by improving Agile processes including writing stories, acceptance criteria, capacity planning and release planning.

Denver, Co

Managed Scrum software project to release a new application that enables Sales Team to request non-standard pricing and the pricing management team to quickly see whether the opportunities will still be profitable. Managed vendor development and internal applications development and test to deliver full solution. Worked with business and IT to prioritize highest business value and keep project on budget.

Denver, Co

Managing IT projects for various agencies in the City of Denver- Worked with multiple agencies to create RFPs for software purchases- Created high-level schedule and priorities for major application re-write project involving 200+ applications)- Drove team to meet deadlines and scope while working with the client to ensure that all requirements were being met.

Successfully met the on-time execution of implementing the Denver Police Department re-districting project. Project transition was smooth with no major safety or technical concerns reported.

Greater Denver Area

Led company-wide process changes to improve the creation of statements of work and ability to deliver on them. Project managed multiple projects at once, both internal and client projects. Developed business and project management processes which helped better estimate effort to implement customer-facing projects, decreasing total hours spent on projects and increasing profitability. Created templates and training, allowing new project managers to be effective quickly.

Broomfield, Co

Lead strategic planning for company to move from a product-centric organization to solution-centric organization. Directly manage marketing, sales, sales support, IT, and accounting managers in day-to-day activities. Review all contracts from clients and industry partners and negotiate terms before signing.

Broomfield, Co

Manage all power and cooling infrastructure client projects to ensure on-time delivery and satisfied customers. Manage all internal company projects including website upgrades and IT server migration. Praised by many clients for being proactive and a great project manager.

Managing complex chip design programs including internal partnering with system teams to deliver high-end server products- Create and drive program processes (schedule, risk and scope management)- Perform critical path analysis- Create and present technical and budget risk analysis- Identifying overlooked tasks and driving a solution- Creating and executing a focused communication plan- Driving alignment across multiple R&D project teams including leading negotiating

Designed microprocessors and ASIC design chips. Developed reputation as quick-learning engineer with ability to deliver high-quality work across many functional areas: CAD physical chip design, verification of microprocessors, ASICs and memory chips. Worked on debugging manufacturer's process when our microprocessor wasn't functioning properly. Delivered high-quality chip verification on or ahead of schedule and completed additional work helping meet project completion date. No ship-stopping defects found on silicon in areas verified.