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Consultant 1BC – Program Manager

This consultant is a result-oriented, accomplished program manager with over 15 years of multi-million large, strategic projects. She is both a tactical and strategic thinker and is able to translate business needs into IT deliverables. Her areas of expertise are change management, business process improvement, and operational improvement, as well as product development and implementation.

Consultant previously held Program Manager positions with WellPoint, BCBS, and United Healthcare. She holds a BA in Organizational Communications with a minor in Linguistics from Maryville University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Selected Projects: Consultant for a Real Estate Company

- Transformed all back-end paper process to a web-enabled, clean process

Consultant for a Third-party Agency (TPA) Insurance Company

- Created a “train the trainer” program for new Managers and above Project Manager for a Real Estate Company

- Transformed all back-end paper process to a web-enabled, clean process

Project Manager of a $25+ billion Large Health Care Insurance Company

- Implemented new systems for FSAs (Flexible Spending Accounts)

- Directed all Change Management close-out procedures for the project as the department was outsourced

Consultant for an Annuities Company

- Devised and spearheaded business process improvement in the Annuities PMO

- Managed a Statement Redesign project, changing the face of the World’s most Admired Insurance Company

Program Manager and Director of a $25+ billion Large Health Care Insurance Company

- Managed $5.4b merger of Pharmacy Benefit Management system from Health Care Company to PBM Vendor

- Directed all close-out procedures for the project Senior Project Manager for a Small Health Care Company

- Managed resources, personnel and multiple on-going projects valued at over $5 Million dollars

- Developed and managed master project plan; the evolution of project processes, logic and strategy to align efforts to timeline, needs and goals

Senior Project Manager for a Large Health Care Company

- Renovated the open enrollment process, streamlining the end-to-end enrollment activity, from salesman placement to first claim adjudication


Consutant 2RD – Senior Project Manager This consultant is a result oriented and an accomplished program manager with over 20 years of experience facilitating successful development and deployment of large strategic and tactical plans 'for' and 'on-behalf' of telecommunications, financial, insurance, hospitality, accounting, energy and technology/management consulting firms. His areas of expertise include strategy execution, solution development/deployment, and project management.

Consultant previously held Program/Project/PMO and Consulting Manager positions with Wyndham Worldwide, Merrill Lynch, Consolidated Edison, Chubb Insurance, KPMG, Dun & Bradstreet and AT&T. He holds a BS degree with emphases in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science.

Selected Projects: Business and Technology Transformation of Human Resources

processes, data, workflow, systems and people for a Major Insurance Company

- Absorbed and re-badged 40+ HR Systems development and support personnel. Implemented plan for seamless outsourcing and restructuring of team roles/responsibilities.

- Devised and spearheaded initiatives within the HR program to introduce COTS for essential functions of Benefits, Compensation, Payroll, Talent Management, Learning and Development, Performance Management, Staffing/Recruiting.

- Managed the customization and configuration of new solutions to coincide with graceful decommission and retirement of legacy solutions.

- Facilitated the business, functional, organizational and workflow changes required for the HR operation.

Project Management of Technical Platform Upgrades for a major Accounting/Audit/Tax Firm.

- Identified, developed and carried out the plans for upgrading Business Intelligence, ETL and Datawarehouse platforms

- Closely managed all aspects of automated functional/performance/stress testing and quality assurance processes

Program Management of Rate Management/Rate Strategy Suite of Solutions for a Global Hospitality Company

- Devised and spearheaded strategic and tactical initiatives to introduce new business processes and technical solutions for consistent and effective management and workflow of rate plans, property content and cross-system integration.

- Established and sustained the Program Management Office responsible for over-arching schedule, human capital and financial management.

Management Consulting and Project Management for various initiatives within a major Energy Firm.

- Mentored Project Management and Business Analyst / SME staff on the processes and disciplines critical to the establishment and sustaining of a PMO.

- Evaluated and recommended rebuilding of organizations, methodologies, tools, practices and disciplines essential for effective PMO management

Program Management of a Single-Sign-On Solution for the investors of a major Financial Services Company.

- Developed and managed master program plan; the evolution of project processes, logic and strategy to align efforts to timeline, needs and goals

- Managed resources, onsite/offshore personnel (both contractors and FTE) and multiple on-going projects valued at over $30MM.


Consultant 3PC – Sr. Manager, Software SecurityThis consultant is a mission-focused results-oriented project management professional with over 15 years of experience managing IT systems, IT projects, and information security program implementation in Federal and private-sector organizations. Her areas of expertise include information assurance, risk management, cyber security, and best practices in information security.

Consultant is a former US Army Captain and has held Program Manager positions with National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). She has strong domain expertise in information security controls, risk management, security engineering principles, and IT governance. She is also a PhD Candidate at Capella University’s IT Management Doctoral Program, holds PMP and CRISC industry certifications and possesses active Top Secret and DOE ‘Q’ security clearances.

Selected Projects: Cyber Security Program Implementation Consulting for the

Department of Energy (DOE) and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

- Interfaced with senior client management and business users to map out and document business and/or IT requirements; documented baseline business processes, systems, information, and technologies. Identified opportunities for organizational improvement and communicated strategies to achieve desired results.

- Developed Certification and Accreditation (C&A) artifacts and system security documentation for FISMA compliance requirements. Performed project management for detailed and thorough visibility of contract performance. Utilized NIST standards, the Code of Federal Regulations Title 10 (10 CFR 73.54), and DOE and Department of the Navy cyber security guidance.

- Provided assessments of security control implementation and recommended methodologies to improve system security posture(s) and related information security practices and procedures; incorporated guidance for continued organizational information assurance and control measures for effective data management

Chief Telecommunications and Information Security Officer for US Army Signal Corps

- Managed senior and unit leadership and executive staff for IT delivery and enterprise services. Leveraged business function synergies to improve IT performance.

Cyber Security Program Management of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Business Systems & Technology Branch for Enterprise Resource Performance, Inc. (ERPi)

- Collaborated with key senior/executive stakeholders to ensure understanding and commitment to program objectives and development and refinement of deliverables. Ensured the program adhered to all standards including IS Project Delivery Methodology (IS PDM), quality, and compliance,

- Defined project objectives, goals, scope, rhythm, attributes, and deliverables to support business goals. Collaborated with senior management and stakeholders to develop instrumental processes for quality of service and continuous improvement in project outputs.

- Liaised with project stakeholders on a daily basis and oversaw quality control on project deliverables. Estimated resources and participants needed to achieve project goals recognizing the need for internal improvements as applicable.

Information Assurance (IA)Program Management for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for Verizon Business Solutions.

- Defined requirements for successful operation of the Enterprise Connection Division IA Branch within DISA such as consistent recommendations in support of mission and strategic goals, performance tracking & reporting, project management, and Quality of Service initiatives.

- Ran multiple projects within the branch to include Cross Domain Solutions, special projects, tactical or strategic NIPR/ SIPR Defense Information System Network (DISN) connections to the GIG.

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Consultant 4SK – Program ManagerThis consultant is a customer centric, result oriented, and an accomplished program manager/director with over 20 years of experience facilitating successful development and deployment of large strategic and tactical plans 'for' and 'on-behalf' of financial, healthcare and technology firms. His areas of expertise include strategy execution, product development, and project management. Unique combination of advanced education (MBA); Big-4 consulting and Wall Street (JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch) experience; and leadership, management, staff development, and strong interpersonal skills.

Selected Projects: Program Management $3 million Perimeter Defense Program (PDP)

for a Large Financial Company

- Managed the overall Global Program Management and spearheaded a team of 2 Project Managers, 8 Engineers, 1 Architects, 150+ testers, and 50+ exchanges and vendors that worked on this program. The whole project was completed within time and budget resulting in more secured and better managed IT infrastructure for the client.

Program Director for a Business Transformation Initiative for an Insurance Company

- Identified, developed and carried out the building and restructuring of several new and ongoing practices

- Recruited team of Program Managers and Project Mangers to work with client for the execution of the Business Transformation initiative.

Program Management for the release of a portal proprietary Internet platform for institutional clients, providing a wide array of functionality from research and analytics to trade execution and post-trade reporting. Initiative for a Large Financial Company

- Spearheaded client activities in establishing project scope, defining system requirements, conducting critical design analysis, coordinating quality assurance, and leading projects to support MLX.

- Monitored project status with various stakeholders; substantially improving communication between technology and business groups i.e. Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service.

Program Management for a 16 Million Electronic Trading Systems implementation project which provided a low latency market data platform to support US trading by the Execution Desk, DMA, AMM and QSA businesses.

- Provided the overall Program Management services including the business requirement gathering, project planning, issue tracking, release management, change management, risk management services, and sign offs.

- Planned and executed measures of performance against customer requirements. Developed baseline defect measures and identified improvement opportunities

Project Management of an initiative to Enable Increased Personal productivity and enhanced team collaboration for a large Healthcare company

- Was responsible for the project management services including project planning, issue tracking, dashboard reporting for senior management

- Prepared an adoption plan to ensure that end users incorporate the new tools as a required mean to an end for their information management activities. As such, these tools became a formal and indispensable element within specific stages of their work processes.

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