Experience

UCARE

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • Mar 2023 - Present



Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Manager

  • Apr 2022 - Feb 2023

  Eagan, Minnesota, United States o Program Manager for conversion of Teradata warehouse on premise to AWS Redshift. o Program is Agile Scrum with oversight of 4 Scrum Masters and Scrum teams and onshore and offshore external resources. Cross matrixed teams. o Managed program financials.

• Principal Project Manager

  • Sep 2014 - Mar 2022

  Eagan, MN • Project Manager/Program Manager for Interoperability Project. The Healthcare Interoperability project is to allow for various healthcare information technology to exchange, interpret, and use data cohesively. o Led the technical solution vendor selection process and contracting.  Led the effort to select a solution vendor. Created vendor scorecard and contractual/financial scorecard in collaboration with stakeholders. Worked with the various vendors to gather artifacts, schedule deep… Show more • Project Manager/Program Manager for Interoperability Project. The Healthcare Interoperability project is to allow for various healthcare information technology to exchange, interpret, and use data cohesively. o Led the technical solution vendor selection process and contracting.  Led the effort to select a solution vendor. Created vendor scorecard and contractual/financial scorecard in collaboration with stakeholders. Worked with the various vendors to gather artifacts, schedule deep dive sessions, and be the conduit between the vendors and the organizations.  Assisted with Procurement to create, define, review and gain approval for license agreements and Statement of Work for the solution vendor in 3 weeks. Average time to completion is 6 weeks. o Worked with 4 external vendors to meet aggressive mandated timelines and to integrate their timelines into the framework of the project.  Worked with and provided communication for leadership and cross-functional teams.  Managed the financials for the program. o Project was completed on time for mandate compliancy. • Scrum Master for Member Mobile Product. o Lead all sprint planning, sprint retrospectives, sprint refinement and daily Scrum with the development team. o Works closely with Product Manager to clarify sprint goals and status. • Successfully managed Decommissioning Project to completion on time, meeting the objective of reduction of the application and component inventory, reducing the risk of final shutdown based on the end of life of the assets. The largest asset shutdown was the IBM Mainframe and its related assets reducing significant cost to the organization. • Scrum Master and Project Lead for new application, Business Runout. Developed to enable the process of claims not migrated and still within the timely filing window.



Hollstadt Consulting

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Project Manager

  • Aug 2012 - Sep 2014

  Blue Cross Blue Shield Senior Project Manager Consultant, Blue Cross Blue Shield MN, August 2012 – September 2014 • Managed project to implement new Products and Rates for Individual & Small Group plans, driven by new Affordable Care Act. Direct/coordinate internal business, technical & on/off-shore resources and communicate with stakeholders & leadership. Project included new internal workflows for member enrollment systems. Met hard deadline of October 1st. • Managed project to on board three National… Show more Senior Project Manager Consultant, Blue Cross Blue Shield MN, August 2012 – September 2014 • Managed project to implement new Products and Rates for Individual & Small Group plans, driven by new Affordable Care Act. Direct/coordinate internal business, technical & on/off-shore resources and communicate with stakeholders & leadership. Project included new internal workflows for member enrollment systems. Met hard deadline of October 1st. • Managed project to on board three National Accounts and implement integrations with external vendors for Whole Health Care and pharmaceutical. Directed internal technical & on/off-shore consultant resources and provided direction and coordination of multiple technical and business requirements. Met contract dictated timeline of January 1st . Show less



G&K Services

• United States
• Apparel & Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• I/T Director

  • Apr 2000 - Jul 2012