Deb Raveling

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1111A Paris Rd Phone:

515-***-****

Marshall, MN 56258 Email:

abl2od@r.postjobfree.com

Career Summary

An accomplished business professional with over 10 years experience as a

Project Manager working in all phases of IT, compliance and business

process improvement projects. Professional background in the insurance,

financial, government and utilities industries. Major strengths include

leadership, teambuilding, organization, communication, analytical, project

planning and negotiation.

Professional Experience

IOWA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE (IFMC), Des Moines, IA

2009 - 2010

Project Manager

Managed critical health related projects and initiatives to support and

meet Federal Government requirements for claims systems, electronic data

interchange and quality reporting initiatives.

. Project Manager of the Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)

Registry Submission projects. Gathered eligible physician data from

132 registries and developed automated processes to calculate and

submit PQRI incentive payments to physicians across the country for

quality reporting.

. Managed the Clinical Integration Team who provided education and

outreach support for the various PQRI project initiatives.

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP, Des Moines, IA

2004 - 2008

Project Manager - Principal Global Investors Division

2005 - 2008

Ensured that project goals and objectives were accomplished in accordance

with outlined priorities, time limitations and funding conditions. Project

management methodologies used were primarily Agile and SDLC.

. Developed staffing plans, work schedules, budgets, time lines and

reports using Microsoft Project.

. Successfully managed projects that ranged from $50,000 - $10 million

budget with durations of 6-60 months.

. Led the team development and met the implementation timings of a new

financial security database system (Cadis) which allowed for the move

to a new central data hub platform for the division's investment

trading data.

. Integrated Cadis database with 10 external and 15 internal systems.

Developed technical migration plans for the importing and exporting of

security trade data to the various systems. Performed technical

inspections on data in addition to technical and business exception

handling.

. Developed strong data governance and integrity within database to

allow for high quality data and data consistency between systems for

operations, accounting, reporting and to better support the global

investment growth initiatives.

. Improved global investment trading growth by changing end of day

system batch process timings so that all global offices were able to

access trading data 24/7. This resulted in a significant increase in

transactions that could be entered and booked daily.

. Performed large upgrade of the Charles River Investment Management

system implementing new functionality that improved the efficiency of

many trading processes.

. Automated currency investment account processes to the Charles River

trading system.

. Effectively worked with project teams up to 20 persons, across

multiple business units, with outside data companies and various

software vendors.

. Able to manage several projects simultaneously.

Business Analyst Lead - Group Specialty Benefits Division

2004 - 2005

Performed as a liaison between business and technical team in business

analysis, research, mapping, business design development, testing and

implementation of solutions to meet business needs.

. Led team of 10 people in JAD sessions gathering requirements, testing

and integrating the Legacy group insurance claim system to a newly

developed group insurance administration system (Compass). Performed

as a QA test plan coordinator in writing test plans and testing also.

. Gathered business requirements, functional specs and performed QA

testing for a new insurance claim system (Fineos) to expedite the

processing of individual and group claims.

. Documented current and future business processes in Visio for

individual and group claims areas.

. Performed training on new business processes to 100+ employees.

VECTREN UTILITY COMPANY, Evansville, IN

2001 - 2004

Project Manager/Business Analyst

Analyzed the business needs to help identify business problems and propose

solutions. Performed as a liaison between the business side of the company

and the providers of services and/or technical area of the company.

Performed the role of project manager as needed.

. Project Manager for the Sarbanes Oxley 404 (SOX) internal controls

project. Led a team of 15 individuals.

. Documented business processes (work flows), risks and controls for all

areas of company in Visio and later added to new SOX software called

Focus.

. Mapped data and documented current and future business processes for

the gas deregulation project.

. Gathered business requirements and functional specs for various

projects assigned.

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP, Des Moines, IA

1994 - 2001

Project Manager - Group Life & Health Insurance Division

1996 - 2001

Managed medium to large dashboard projects ranging from $100,000 - $12

million budget with durations of 2-60 months. Applied knowledge, skills,

tools and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed

stakeholder needs and expectations from a project.

. Developed staffing plans, work schedules, budgets, time lines and

reports using Microsoft Project.

. Automated the insurance contract and certificate booklet batch issue

process. Coded contract/booklet software logic based on data received

from policy administration system.

. Re-issued new contract and booklets for ~12,000 group customers via

print to mail process in order to meet compliance regulation in less

than 3 months.

. Automated our claim payment process requiring interest payments

according to each state's regulatory requirements.

. Enhanced our agent and broker compensation programs by adding more

flexibility in offering variable commissions or no commission options

to our current commissions.

Compliance Analyst - Group Life & Health Compliance Department

1994 - 1996

Provided compliance support for the group life and health insurance

products. Researched, analyzed and communicated state and federal

legislation for all group life products

. Filed group life insurance contracts/booklets to state insurance

departments for product approval.

. Built the system logic for automated contract and booklet policy

issue.

Education

Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Business Management

Professional Training & Development

PMI - Project Management Classes, Seminars and PM Books (currently working

towards PMP certification)

Essentials Skills for the Business Analyst - B2T Training Certification

Life Office Management Association I, II, III, IV and HIAA A, B and C

Technical Experience

Proficient with Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office Professional (Visio,

Word, Excel, Power Point), Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Project and various

other insurance and investment related software.

Affiliations

Project Management Institute - Central Iowa Chapter

National Association of Professional Women

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