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Minneapolis, MN, US

Minneapolis, MN, US

Marlborough, MA, US

A member of the Boston Scientific team that collaborates with the Data,AI, and Digital Products Team on reviewing and supporting AI and GenAI Projects across Boston Scientific. A member of the Boston Scientific team that collaborates with lead MIT(CSAIL)AI professors and IBM AI researchers on building novel AI and machine learning solutions and tools that.

Marlborough, MA, US

*Artificial Intelligence Principal Enterprise Architect Role for Boston Scientific's CIO Organization (on the Enterprise Architecture Team). *Director level role- reporting to the Chief Architect of Enterprise Architecture and Platform Engineering within the Office of the CIO. Only 4 Principal Enterprise Architects report directly into the CIO Office as.

Marlborough, MA, US

*CEO Winning Spirit Award 2024 (Alfred Project team)- multi LLM, multi Agent, virtual assistant. As Co-Chair of the GenAI Tiger Team at Boston Scientific, I work on innovative projects that leverage generative AI to enhance medical device development, streamline operations, and improve patient outcomes, driving digital transformation in the healthcare.

Minneapolis, MN, US

A member of the Angel Investor Group that focuses on Minnesota based healthcare tech startups and AI based startups in Minnesota.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

*Honored to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BETA.MN BETA runs the Premier Tech Accelerator program in Minnesota (10+years old) and organizes Twin Cities Startup Week - the 2nd largest Tech Startup Week Festival in the United States.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

*Elected as Vice- Chair on the Board of Directors.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

Elected to serve on the Executive Board of Directors. Appointed as Board Secretary. *Sold and secured Gold (top level) Strategic Partnership with Optum (Fortune 5 Company).*Sold and secured Gold (top level) Sponsorship with Optum for TCSW Tech Festival. Founded in 2013. BETA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that runs two main programs - Twin Cities.

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**Senior Director level role - Working directly with the CTO(Joe Ashe) of Optum EveryCare and the VP- Engineering Leadership team. Led Architecture Design and migration to Snowflake Environment. Created Enterprise Technology modernization strategic roadmap for integration into Optum - UHG environment. Annual revenues: est. $2 Billion. employees: 2,500..

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*Director level (Full time) role (in the OptumTech- Enterprise Architecture practice in a Fortune 10 company (#5 ranking): I lead blue chip programs that support Optum's Clinical Business: Optum Health, Behavioral Health, and Optum Care.

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Co- Founded the Shades in Technology affinity group with funding and sponsorship from both the UHC- CIO(Carissa Rollins) and Optum CIO (Phil McKoy). Shades is a technologist focused employee led group focused on positively influencing our diversity, equity, and inclusion(DEI) strategy. We are an all- inclusive community led by employees, supported by human.

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Originally chartered by the UHC- CIO(Carissa Rollins). The BEAST coalition promotes architectural patterns and provides engineering leadership for streaming tools, code, components, and best practices to assist in the modern architecture transformational journey. As the Co- Chair of BEAST, I have experience working on digital transformation programs.

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*Director level (Full time) role (in the UHC- Enterprise Architecture practice in a Fortune 10 company (#5 ranking): served on the Architect team for CIO's - Carissa Rollins and Phil McKoy. *2020- member of OptumTech Innovation Top 5 Team winner (COVID - Mental Health Product)Serves as a Lead Enterprise Architect in Optum Tech Enterprise Architecture team.

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*Director level role (as a Business Architect supporting C- level corporate initiatives within the Office of the CIO). The CIO at this time was Carissa Rollins. I worked to actively create and develop (as part of a business architecture team) the first ever Product Model for UnitedHealthcare - based on Enterprise Capabilities (per the BizBok definition). I.

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*Product Manager level (Full time) role in Optum's Product Engineering team(on HortonWorks, Cloudera). supporting the $12 Billion OptumHealth business. *Certified Agile Product Owner (CSPO)and Product Manager (Pragmatic Marketing Institute) Managed multiple Scrum Teams on the Consumer360 and Big Data Platform Product as a Senior Scrum Product.

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Assigned as Agile Product Owner on Optum's "Big Data" Initiative(on HortonWorks, Cloudera). Supported the $3 Billion dollar Optum Insight Business. Responsible for the creation of user stories, product roadmaps, and managing the product backlog for 2 Agile Scrum teams.

Waukesha, WI, US

Consulting Engagement: reported directly to the CMO (Chief Marketing Officer). Served as the Business Architect and product owner for the marketing startup technology business unit. Led the Product, Web Development and UX teams on the next generation marketing technology platform for large clients such as UnitedHealth Group, Blue Cross Blue Shield- MN.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Provides Business Analysis, Business Architecture, Agile Product Owner consulting to UnitedHealth Group (Optum). Leads Data definition, Source to Target mapping, User Story creation, and Traceability of data to business requirements. Assigned to Optum's "Big Data" Initiative.

St. Louis, MO, US

Consulting Engagement: ExpressScripts and Cigna are now merged into one company (ranked #13 on the Fortune list). Served as the Business Architect for a $13 million technology portfolio (in a Fortune 20 Company). A key architect leader on the 150 million capability build out for the $29.1 Billion pharmacy merger with Medco Health Solutions. Reported.

St Louis, Missouri, US

A Senior Consulting role in a full service National Technology Consulting firm with offices in Minneapolis, Saint Louis, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, and New York. Delivered practice level consulting to EverNorth- Express Scripts in the Enterprise Business Architecture area. Specialized in Government Programs (Med- D) and Product Development.

Eagan, MN, US

• Consulting Engagement: The Program Business Architect for the $20 million (Individual Public Markets Enterprise Program for ObamaCare). Provided regular status updates to the executive leadership team (VP's, Senior.
• Set direction and lead large scope, strategic project workstreams. These long-term projects are significant to the future success of Prime and have significant impact on the organization
• Drive business analysis approach for strategic projects and defines solution scope; evaluate proposed solution for impact to business and alignment with business needs
• Make strategic decisions for complex BA projects
• Serve as a consultant regarding BA related work efforts
• Mentor and coach Associate BAs, BAs and Senior BAs as they learn new techniques and gain more complex experience; lead the work of other BAs on large work efforts

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

The Leader of a BA team of 4 Business Analysts on the $30 Million DataSite Product in the Legal and Financial Transaction Services (LFTS) business unit. Worked directly with the VP- Operations, Director of Enterprise PMO and BA Center of ExcellenceMentor peers on Agile Requirements Best Practices Creates Business process flows Reqs. in User Story.

Beowulf is a privately held interactive product development firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Beowulf offers the following services to its clients:Web Product Development (application development & implementation), Business Analysis (Agile, RUP, waterfall with user experience consulting), Web Strategy (SEO/SEM, social media & technology.

Eagan, MN, US

Reports directly to the Director of Pharmacy Audit/Compliance.Provided weekly status updates to the executive leadership team (CCO, Senior Director, Directors)The Leader of a team of 3 BA's in the development of user requirements, workflows, processes, test cases, and recommendations to automate business processes with Artificial Intelligence. First point.

Eagan, MN, US

Reporting to Director of Audit and Compliance. Responsible for creating new standards and process for communicating business requirements to IT organization.

Global, US

Responsible for creating and managing the product backlog and leading the definition of user interface, data requirements, process requirements, and non functional requirements for a web based workflow application (new matters) in an Agile development environment. Responsible for leading the definition of a new File Structure for all the legal practice.

Mankato, MN, US

The Team Leader of a team of 3 BA's assigned to redesign operations and billing reports for the $20 Million Triad Program in Mayo's Global Product Services Division. Created and managed the product backlog of user stories and roadmap for a new Lifestyle coaching Product to increase Mayo's competitiveness in the Population Healthcare Management Market..

• Reports directly to CIO (Chief Information Officer)
• Elicit product requirements (functional and technical) from business program managers and technical architects.
• Manage the full lifecycle of projects focused on delivering new features or enhancements, while involving multiple stakeholders within a $4 billion dollar financial agency (the 4th largest metro bank).
• Manage the user experience strategy for the product with the business team.
• Produce & Execute Test Plans for Quality Assurance.
• Provide input into the compliance & legal review process (SOX)

Minneapolis, MN, US

• The Leader of a web project team ( 5- 10 people) as the overall owner of the project process
• Manage project budget, resources and scope.
• Build partnerships with both internal and external business teams including key strategic partnerships.
• Create project deliverables that define project objectives, scope, schedule, and vision
• Manage project risks, issues, and conflicts
• Manage internal project resources and external vendors including off shore development resources.

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• Product Owner for the Medconnect Online Provider Portal. Reported Directly to Director, Provider Web Products, OptumHealthProvided weekly status updates to the executive leadership team (CMO, VP's, Directors)
• The Leader of a product team ( 7+ people) for the pilot launch of a new web based product.
• Elicited product requirements (functional and technical) from business strategists and technologists.
• Manage the user experience strategy for the product with the marketing team.
• Responsible for communicating with executive sponsors including completing the weekly project status reports.
• Responsible for issue management, task management, and risk management of the project.

• Worked directly with VP- Marketing, General Business Managers (GM), and product managers.
• The Leader of a project team for a web based physician locator service with a team of 6 BA's and an $80,000+ budget.
• Designed an effective SEO marketing campaign targeting patients which produced a total conversion rate of 10% (non-sales) on a $30,000 monthly budget for the www.greenlightforBPH.com
• Elicit website product requirements (functional and technical) from business strategists and technologists for www.HerOption.com
• Defined the strategic direction and web product roadmap for AMS Information Technology Department and business unit partners.
• Manage the full lifecycle of projects focused on delivering new features or enhancements, while involving multiple stakeholders within the company ( ie. www.amsphysicianlocator.com) with total budgets < $500,000 and.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Recruited by an executive headhunter to work on the AMS Web Strategy
• Responsible for implementing a large scale electronic medical record with a team of 40 professional business analysts and an annual capital budget of $50+million.
• Responsible for managing the key stakeholders & facilitating JAD sessions to capture end user requirements in use cases and clinical workflow diagrams that will be implemented with Epic Care In-patient & Ambulatory.
• Analyzed workflows for integration with hospital in-patient and outpatient software application (EMR) at Abbott Northwestern, Mercy & Unity, and New Ulm Regional Hospital.
• Conducted in-depth analysis of alternatives, recommendations, and data mapping to resolve issues related to workflows, billing reports, and technical infrastructure for hospital service departments (HSD) & hospital.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Reported directly to Director of the Small Business Institute(SBI) while I was in graduate school at Saint Thomas.
• The Leader of a web development team to create a web portal (Blackboard) with a team of 5 professionals and < $100,000 budget.
• Responsible for PR, Brand positioning, and developing a unique message to customers that drive sales of SBI student internships.Outcome: Increased annual revenues by 31.8%
• Elicited web product requirements (functional and technical) from business strategists and technologists used to redesign the SBI customer web portal. Outcome: Increased reported hours by 5.6%.
• Defined the strategic direction and web product roadmap for the Small Business Institue at the College of Business.
• Manage the full lifecycle of projects focused on delivering new features or enhancements, while involving multiple stakeholders within the university.

St Paul, MN, US

• Collected Client requirements and developed use cases for Business applications.
• Completed end user documentation, training materials, system specifications and workflow analysis including the definition of scope and Stakeholder identification.
• Managed intranet business application projects for 3M Technical Liaison Group, the Corporate Analytical Technology Center, and Six Sigma (Voice of Customer Database).

Minneapolis, MN, US

• My development team was phased out during the off-shore migration of tech jobs to and offshore company in India. Responsible for implementing an automated web-based marketing portal with a team of 8 professionals and a.
• Responsible for managing the key stakeholders & facilitating JAD sessions to capture end user requirements in use cases and business workflow diagrams used for an automated web-based marketing portal (MAP).Outcome.
• Conducted in-depth analysis of alternatives, recommendations, and data mapping to resolve issues related to workflows, billing reports, and technical infrastructure for CMG Loyalty account teams: Northwest, British.
• Presented project proposal for creating an E-Business Council to senior management team & earned an Executive Commendation for strategic thinking.
• Oversaw the definition of project documentation which included the definition of Scope and Stake-holder identification.

A typical Dot Com era startup company in Minneapolis.Worked on user experience design and development for www.storypeople.com

St Paul, MN, US

• Started my corporate career as Software Engineer at 3M (a Fortune 100 Company- ranked #96).
• Responsible for implementing an extranet web application (Y2K Product Database) with a team of 6 professionals and a total capitalized budget of $1.5 million (part of 3M.com budget) for the 3M Healthcare Division.
• Responsible for managing the key stakeholders & facilitating JAD sessions to capture end user requirements in use cases, business workflow diagrams, and data maps used for the Y2K Global Product Database website on.
• Facilitated JAD sessions to capture end user requirements in use cases, business workflow diagrams, and data maps for the Project Management Association (3M’s Project Office) web portal (3M intranet) which delivered.

Graduate Executive Program (Mit Pro Series) Applied Genai For Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence

Graduate Program (Executive Level At Sloan And Csail) In Artificial Intelligence Strategy, Artificial Intelligence

Graduate Program (Executive Level) In Digital Transformation And Data Architecture Strategy, Technology Architecture

Graduate Program (Executive Level) - Executive Leadership & Business Strategy, Business Administration And Management, General

Artificial Intelligence For Business Mini- Mba (Executive Program), Artificial Intelligence

Diploma, Politics And Economics (Completed)

Mini- Mba (Completed), Business Administration And Management, General

Bs, Business: Risk Management (Completed)

Diploma (Completed), European Culture & Society (Business & Art History Program)

Ux Intensive Program (Completed), User Experience Strategy

Professional Certification (Completed), Business Architecture

Business Analysis Certification (Completed), Business Analysis (Iiba Framework)

Masters, Leadership And Management (Abt- Pending)

Mini- Master, Medical Technology (Completed)