Mike Nixon Email & Phone Number

Golden Valley, Mn

Software Quality Assurance on Variable Annuity policy administration system.

Golden Valley, Mn

Software Quality Assurance on applications used to support Variable Annuity Products.Contracting thru ITR Group

Contracting at Allianz Life.

* Ensured successful updates were made to claim processing system. - Wrote project requests to define business needs, refined scope, and worked with business and IT teams to define requirements, - Wrote test cases in Quality Center and validated success with User Acceptance Testing.* Business Lead for $3M project to develop competitive capabilities to perform 2 claim transactions internally for complex benefit plans. - Explained business need, prioritized scope, focus team on achievable requirements.* Participated as NCPDP (National Council of Prescription Drug Programs) member for 2 years attending industry conferences in Standards Development. - Actively engaged in Task Group calls about Part D topics for 4+ years. * Helped clients and leaders understand complex scenarios created by the Coverage Gap Discount Program (from Affordable Care Act) - Gave feedback to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) representatives and industry peers on some of the difficulties in the implementation - Worked with CMS and industry peers on an ongoing basis to resolve confusion.

* Created regression testing to ensure high quality of regulated PDE Reporting to CMS - PDE (Prescription Drug Event), represents financial information for Part D Claims, and higher quality lead to higher acceptance rate and higher reimbursement to Part D insurance plans.* Served as lead contact for government programs on claim system, - with software vendor and during transition to bring software development to internal team.* Made simple test automation more accessible to business users using Excel macro.* Created and executed integration test plans to ensure new clients understood how to interface their eligibility to claim system and how to use claim data extracts for financial and reporting.* Created Test Plans, Use Cases and Test Scenarios* Establish and maintain testing standards, processes, and systems for Government Programs division

* Ensured the delivery of projects meeting customer requirements and expectations. * Created Test Plans, Use Cases and Test Scenarios * Coordinated UAT: tracked defect resolution, maintained wiki release notes* Database testing (SQL) * Tested web-based and client/server software