Managing multiple revenue cycle initiatives to enhance professional and hospital billing functionality within the corporate Epic application.Developed and maintain project plans and scope using project management methodologies and tools to guide the initiatives through multiple implementation cycles.Identify and track issues and risks to ensure minimal impact to initiative timelines and budget.Working with internal IT and vendor resources to ensure compliance with project schedules.Facilitate project meetings and work sessions with internal IT, functional and vendor resources.Communicates project status across the enterprise, including senior management, project management, development teams, and vendors.

Managed the integration of Human Resources applications for multiple hospital integration initiatives. Developed and maintained project plans, resource plans, communication and education plans that were tailored to specific hospitals.Initiated the development of a project management playbook designed to incorporate repeatable processes that were applied to future hospital integration efforts.Communicated project status across multiple project stakeholders, including senior project leaders.Fostered a collaborative work environment which included the coordination of existing UPMC staff and employees from the newly acquired hospital systems.Developed and communicated educational material to management of the newly acquired hospital systems.Mentored new hires to the Enterprise PMO.

Led a team of 5 application developers and 3 business systems analysts. Providing subject matter expertise, new development and production support utilizing Oracle Forms for the corporate Contribution Accounting application. Providing leadership and support to the team as the company rolls out our new policies geared toward a structured system development lifecycle.Participating in workgroups to develop artifact templates that will standardize lifecycle documentation that will allow consistency across the enterprise.Lead the team toward the successful delivery of functionality for several corporate clients.Worked with senior management on process improvement opportunities that will allow for the efficient delivery of functionality.Responsible for the recruitment of additional staff to support company growth.

Directed the Technology and Architecture division, leading a team of four managers and 45 application architects. Provided application level subject matter expertise, design and support utilizing multiple technologies, such as Java, WebSphere, COBOL, PowerBuilder, Dojo, PL/SQL, Oracle, and DB2. Participated as a member of the Technical Acquisition Process team and Technology Risk and Compliance Committee. Prepared and maintained the divisional budget of over $7 million. Fostered a collaborative team environment with all members of the Technology and Architecture staff as well as supporting teams within the Information Technology group and functional business units that resulted in the consistent delivery of application artifacts.Coached and mentored a team of newly hired managers to make decisions and perform independently.Mentored a new director in the application development area to transition him smoothly to his new assignment.Reviewed and provided technical input on 3rd Party solutions prior to their installation into the environment to ensure compliance with corporate guidelines.Drove remediation efforts for SSAE-16 and Model Audit Rule changes within the application development teams to satisfy compliance with audit requirements.Defined clear responsibilities for the Domain Architect role to establish consistent expectations across the application development teams.Collaborated with the Chief Enterprise Architect and set the overall architecture direction for Health Services and Corporate Solutions.Conducted management level performance reviews, staff calibration activities and developed career progression plans. Conducted interviews with internal and external job candidates.

Led a team of four managers and 75 programmers utilizing Java, WebSphere, COBOL, PowerBuilder, PL/SQL, Oracle and DB2 while supporting application development efforts for the Health Plan Operations, Medical Management, Provider and Senior Market divisions. Prepared and maintained the divisional budget of over $10 million.Established and maintained close working relationships with various Highmark business customers to develop the scope and priority of strategic application enhancements and core systems support.Successfully initiated and directed Agile Development initiatives designed to improve the overall delivery of business applications to the customer.Fostered a collaborative team environment with all members of the application development staff as well as supporting teams within the Information Technology group and functional business units that resulted in the consistent delivery of application artifacts.Represented Highmark on the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania eHealth Initiative. Acted as board Treasurer for two years overseeing and reporting on PAeHI’s financial activities.Reported to multiple senior stakeholders, state and national trends regarding Health Information Technology and analyzed the potential impacts to Highmark.Coordinated all business continuity/pandemic planning and reviewed activities across entire Health Services Solutions division to ensure compliance with corporate guidelines.Interacted with 3rd party vendors to ensure the seamless integration of purchased software and transition to long term support by the Clinical Solutions team.Responsible for conducting management level performance reviews, staff calibration activities and developing career progression plans. Conducted interviews with internal and external job candidates.

Managed several diverse teams of systems and business analysts supporting core business functions with the Health Management Services, Provider Reimbursement and Senior Market Enrollment business units. Prepared and maintained a departmental budget of over $1 million.Led multiple projects which supported the corporate strategic direction as well as standard application enhancements. Managed several development platforms, including Java, Websphere, PowerBuilder, COBOL, Oracle and DB2.Established and maintained close working relationships with the business customer to develop the scope and priority of application enhancements.Conducted employee performance reviews and developed career progression plans. Conducted interviews with internal and external job candidates.

Lead application developer responsible for analyzing, designing, developing and implementing enhancements to the Referral Or Authorization Request (ROAR) and Senior Markets Pre-Enrollment systems. Provided Project Management support, overseeing the implementation of corporate releases for the Senior Markets Pre-Enrollment development team.Utilized PowerBuilder and SQL in the development and maintenance of the ROAR and Pre-Enrollment systems.Member of the ROAR technical help desk support team. Interacted with external users of the ROAR application to troubleshoot system defects.

Responsible for the analysis, design, coding and implementation of multiple client server and COBOL based business systems supporting Highmark's Prescription Drug and Provider Interface departments.Responsible for gathering end-user requirements and designing user interface documents.Coded application logic and database interfaces that allowed the efficient transfer of data across Highmark's systems.

Successfully completed the Electronic Data Systems System Engineer Development training program.Developed application solutions for COBOL / IMS based systems utilized by various divisions of General Motors.