Sal Kaskas Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, Nc, Us

United States

-Successfully directed multiple projects with revenues exceeding $200 million, demonstrating adept management of large-scale initiatives and financial resources.-Spearheaded the overhaul of University Student Insurance requirements for 31 North Carolina universities, facilitating seamless enrollment or waiver options for over 300,000 students. This initiative involved comprehensive coordination with stakeholders and meticulous attention to detail to ensure compliance and accessibility.-Led and mentored a dynamic team of up to 10 members in the development, testing, and deployment of updates and enhancements. Through effective leadership and collaboration, achieved milestones and delivered high-quality outcomes within designated timelines.-Served as the primary point of contact for vendor design and development teams, providing guidance on design options and approaches to achieve project requirements. Ensured seamless communication and alignment between development, testing, security, and business teams to address design issues promptly.-Participated in technical specification document reviews, identifying data exchange items across various workstreams, and establishing efficient exchange methods. Created and maintained various report templates for business consumption, ensuring transparency and traceability of project requirements.-Engaged in direct interaction with vendors, business teams, and senior management, fostering strong collaborative relationships and ensuring alignment with project objectives and strategic vision.-Authored Statement of Work (SOW) documents and negotiated contract rates and costs with vendors, ensuring adherence to budgetary constraints and project timelines.-Conducted vendor audits and generated comprehensive audit reports, ensuring compliance with contractual agreements and quality standards, while also identifying areas for improvement and optimization.

- Successfully directed multiple projects with revenues exceeding $200 million, demonstrating adept management of large-scale initiatives and financial resources.- Spearheaded the overhaul of University Student Insurance requirements for 31 North Carolina universities, facilitating seamless enrollment or waiver options for over 300,000 students. This initiative involved comprehensive coordination with stakeholders and meticulous attention to detail to ensure compliance and accessibility.- Led and mentored a dynamic team of up to 10 members in the development, testing, and deployment of updates and enhancements. Through effective leadership and collaboration, achieved milestones and delivered high-quality outcomes within designated timelines.- Facilitated meetings between vendors, external partners, internal clients, and design/development teams to streamline mapping and data analysis processes, fostering effective collaboration and knowledge sharing.- Served as the primary point of contact for vendor design and development teams, providing guidance on design options and approaches to achieve project requirements. Ensured seamless communication and alignment between development, testing, security, and business teams to address design issues promptly.- Engaged in direct interaction with vendors, business teams, and senior management, fostering strong collaborative relationships and ensuring alignment with project objectives and strategic vision.- Leveraged Agile methodologies, including Sprints, Stand-Ups, Scrums, and User Stories, to optimize project delivery and adapt to changing business needs.- Authored Statement of Work (SOW) documents and negotiated contract rates and costs with vendors, ensuring adherence to budgetary constraints and project timelines.- Conducted vendor audits and generated comprehensive audit reports, ensuring compliance with contractual agreements and quality standards, while also identifying areas for improvement and optimization.

- Led Gap analysis of the Cúram framework's functionality to align with business requirements, ensuring thorough understanding and optimization of system capabilities.- Participated in discussions on rules within the Cúram framework, evaluating the impact of default rules on policies and determining necessary modifications or additions to meet business needs.- Led Gap and Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions to gather requirements and assess their impact on rules and policies, fostering collaboration and alignment between business stakeholders and development teams.- Contributed to the creation of comprehensive documentation encompassing rules based on policy, functional requirements, and design specifications, ensuring clarity and accuracy in project deliverables.- Acted as a primary point of contact for the design and development team, providing guidance on design options and approaches to achieve project requirements effectively.- Served as a liaison between the development team and business stakeholders, facilitating the resolution of business design issues and ensuring alignment with project objectives.- Mentored business and development staff, sharing detailed functional knowledge of the Cúram framework and applicable solutions. Provided insights on successful approaches from previous projects to enhance project outcomes.- Presented proposed solutions to Senior Management, effectively communicating project strategies and recommendations to support decision-making processes.

Edmonton, Canada Area

- Conducted thorough Gap analysis to evaluate the alignment of the Cúram framework's out-of-the-box functionality with business requirements. Ensured optimization of system capabilities to meet business objectives effectively.- Contributed to the development of comprehensive business documentation, including design requirements and mockup screens. Ensured clear communication and alignment with project objectives, accurately representing stakeholders' needs.- Served as a pivotal liaison between design and development teams, facilitating discussions on design options and assessing different approaches to ensure alignment with project requirements.- Educated Customer staff on the functional aspects of the Cúram framework and solutions, promoting understanding and collaboration throughout the project lifecycle, thus empowering stakeholders to contribute effectively.- Led business meetings to gather functional requirements from customers and initiated triage sessions to address system issues and defects promptly. Ensured timely resolution and heightened customer satisfaction through proactive issue management.- Acted as a bridge between the development team and the solutions team, facilitating the resolution of business design issues and ensuring alignment with project objectives and stakeholder expectations.- Initiated and chaired meetings with clients from various ministry divisions and regions to gather project requirements and review progress. Ensured alignment with stakeholder expectations and proactively addressed any concerns.- Prepared and delivered comprehensive project reports and presentations to Senior Provincial Management. Effectively communicated project status, achievements, and strategic recommendations, thereby facilitating informed decision-making processes.

Dhhs - Ncfast - Epass

- Managed multiple employees throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring efficient project execution and delivery.- Oversaw the management, analysis, development, cost estimation, and statement of work for projects, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.- Led the design and update of the full project lifecycle, including initiation, estimation, and implementation, ensuring adherence to project timelines and requirements.- Acted as a focal point for design and development discussions, evaluating various design options and approaches to ensure alignment with project requirements.- Educated System Integration Partner and Customer staff on the functional aspects of the Cúram framework and applicable solution modules, promoting understanding and collaboration.- Led business meetings to gather functional requirements from customers, ensuring accurate capture of project requirements and alignment with stakeholder expectations.- Managed a team of developers in the creation of detailed design documents following specific standards and peer review processes, ensuring quality and consistency in deliverables.- Facilitated seamless project operations by serving as a conduit between the development and infrastructure teams, effectively addressing server issues and fostering collaboration.- Prepared release notes documents for delivery to the infrastructure team, facilitating the deployment of projects across development, test, and production servers.- Initiated and led meetings with clients from various state divisions and departments, facilitating project initiation, requirement gathering, reviews, testing, presentations, and demonstrations.- Presented project reports and presentations to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), clients, and departmental managers, effectively communicating project status, achievements, and recommendations.

Division Of Information Resource Management

- Led the design, analysis, development, and updating of various projects and IT systems, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and technological advancements.- Managed multiple employees throughout the full lifecycle of projects, providing direction, guidance, and support to ensure the successful completion of tasks and deliverables.- Spearheaded the design and updating of various operations, from initiation to implementation, overseeing project timelines, resource allocation, and budget management.- Conducted project breakdowns, determining project timeframes, personnel requirements, task assignments, and resource allocation to optimize project efficiency and team productivity.- Directed multiple personnel involved in projects by issuing clear assignments, objectives, timelines, and deliverables, fostering accountability and ensuring project milestones were met.- Initiated and led meetings with clients from various state divisions and departments to gather project requirements, facilitate reviews, testing, and deliver presentations and demonstrations, ensuring stakeholder alignment and satisfaction.- Managed existing customer relationships and identified opportunities for business development, expanding services and enhancing client satisfaction.- Presented project reports and presentations to the IT Team Lead, clients, and Director, effectively communicating project status, achievements, and recommendations, contributing to informed decision-making and stakeholder engagement.

- Worked with multiple clients developing multiple business software systems to handle multiple aspects of the clients business.- Managed multiple employees assigned to the projects including a graphic designer, hardware specialist and a system programmer.- Lead all efforts of getting new clients and producing sales presentation to potential clients.- Lead presentations to potential clients explaining the benefit of a particular project that will improve their company’s day to day operations.- Designed, developed, implemented various types of systems to help in computerizing the operations of multiple clients - Lead the design, and update of various operations from initiation, estimation, and implementation.- Lead the project to automate the Louisiana State Police processing of cadets and troopers. Project became a key aspect in the processing of promotions of personnel and assignment.- Held training classes for personnel in the use of the new systems developed.- Lead the effort in the creation of multiple marketable software packages that was sold for hundreds of clients in the cooperative home care and construction services.- Created presentations in trade shows to showcase multiple newly designed and created software packages for sale by client.- Worked closely with advertising designers to create a marketing campaign for the company.- Involved in multiple local and international sponsorship of projects to benefit the community.- Worked closely with multiple levels in the company from owners to end users.- Presented the clients with the final developed project solution and implemented training classes for management and the end user.- Kept a close relationship with the owners and CEOs for continued support of the projects.- Lead an effort in the creation of political and no political contribution systems for various organizations.- Had access to the Louisiana State Governor’s Office and to multiple secure chemical and oil refining plants.

- Worked on site with various customers including Central Transport International and Logistics Insights Corporation Inc.- Designed, managed, analyzed, developed and updated various projects and IT systems.- Lead the creation of a system to handle all aspects of supplier products to the big 3 automotive manufacturing companies, including Chrysler, Ford and General Motors.- Lead the design, and update of various operations from initiation, estimation, and implementation.- Lead the effort to create the first Website presence for the company. - Lead a team to create the first intranet for the company that connected multiple locations.- Lead and initiated meetings with management which included requirement gathering, reviews, testing, presentation and demonstration.- Fully automated the scheduling and packing of supplies, which increased efficiency and productivity.- Held training classes for personnel in the use of the new systems developed.

- Lead the effort in the design and implementation various systems to progress the company into a 90% paperless operational company.- Stream lined the operating procedures and the company’s business motto.- Saved the company hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue in operation.- Increased the revenue potential of the company, sales people and recruiters.- Lead the effort in the automation of the commission based pay process for sales people and recruiters.- Worked very close with the owner and president of the company to help in the enhancement of the company’s goals and operations.- Held extensive training classes for personnel in the use of the new systems.

- Consulting with clients on their automation needs.- Writing, designing and developing turnkey solution to client requirements.- Assisted in the requirement gathering for new maintenance and enhancement on systems.- Lead in the effort of some enhancement to existing systems.- Using FoxPro 2.5 for DOS utilizing single user IBM/PCs and multi user NOVELL network based IBM/PCs.