Project Manager

Suma Gaddam

**** * ***** ******, ******** Park, KS 66213 Phone: 913-***-**** Email:

*************@*****.***

KEY AREAS

Communications Analytical &Problem Solving Finance

& Budget Forecasting

Project/Program Management Quality & Process Improvement

Risk Assessment & Management

SUMMARY

Aug.'06-Current-Project Manager, Project Management Office (PMO),

Information Technology Services, The University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas

City, KS.

. Coordinate the implementation of enterprise wide strategic projects:

current focus- Electronic Medical Record (EMR)-Budget : $ 50 Million

. Currently manage the complete lifecycle of enterprise-wide Epic CPOE

(Computerized Physician Order Entry), Beacon-Cancer Center-date TBD, CPD

(Computerized Physician Documentation)-complete May 2009, HIM (Health

Information Management)-complete May 2009, & Zynx-Epic Care Plans &

Patient education-scheduled April 2010 application/s implementation

. Manage deployment of strategically important projects for the University

of Kansas Hospital through the PMO (Project Management Office)

. Strong track record for completing projects within the triple

constraint (scope, budget, time) guidelines

. Manage all phases of project life cycle

. Develop and execute detailed work plans

. Track, document and review the progress of the project on a weekly

basis with project resources & senior leadership

. Develop and execute processes to track project progress & implement

correction steps as needed for scope, timeline & budget

. Coordinate cross-functional work teams toward project completion,

established strong working relationships / partnerships with multiple

areas within and outside the organization to propel implementations

. Communications within the teams, enterprise wide and with the vendor

. Forecasting & tracking project resources and budget

. Evaluate project risks and devise and implement risk mitigation

strategies, deploy & track change management

. Work closely with ITS leadership and external vendors (IBM) to

maintain SW and HW licenses and upgrades for the projects

. Reports directly to the Director / s, work closely with senior

management (CIO, CMIO), Physician & Nursing leadership, and

transformational leadership groups

. Strong working knowledge in key areas of health care; Operations,

Quality, Finance, and Strategic Planning

. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Visio, Power Point,

SPSS, SAS and Eclipse (Project Management Tool)

Jun.'06-Aug.'06-Project Specialist, FirstGuard Health Plan (Centene

Corporation), Kansas City, MO.

. Worked as a Project Specialist for a Managed Care Organization (HMO),

well versed with the regulations and benefits for MO and KS Medicaid.

Worked closely with senior leadership on integrated team management

and QMLT (Quality Management Leadership Team) teams. Was involved in

planning, initiation and implementation of strategic projects.

. Developed and implemented a Process Improvement Project (PIP), which

involved the creation of a comprehensive resource guide to help plan

members get access to community wide resources.

. Assisted the Medical Management and Quality Improvement teams in

developing a Pregnancy Intervention survey tool to assess the risk, as

well as forecast the figures of low birth weight babies. Built an

access data base in order to efficiently manage corporate P&P, as well

as Medicaid regulations- to be readily available for leadership, and

case managers

. Worked closely with the senior leadership in contract negotiations

with the state of Kansas, and with several area hospitals.

. NCQA-trained in organizational credentialing for Health Insurance

Companies, performing audits

. Risk and gap analyses to identify potential risks and opportunities

for business process improvements

Dec.'05-Jun.'06-Healthcare Quality Metrics Development Team- Project Lead,

National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI), which collects and

distributes Unit specific benchmarking data to over 1000 hospitals and

health systems across the United States related to nursing-sensitive care.

The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.

. Manage & Research projects pertaining to Healthcare Performance and /

Quality measures. Conduct feasibility studies, develop, pilot, and

measure new nursing-sensitive metrics / Indicators per NQF (National

Quality Forum), ANA, and JCAHO specifications

. Managed metrics development projects through the complete life cycle

. Analytical, Process, and Qualitative Research, Data / Information

Management and Data Mining. Have SAS & SPSS knowledge

Aug.'05-Dec.'05-Project Coordinator-Operations, Institute of Maternal-Fetal

Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center

. Coordinate operations of the Institute of Maternal-Fetal Biology at

the University of Kansas Medical Center. Managed a 2 million dollar

project budget for faculty recruitment, organizing seminars, NIH

(National Institutes of Health) grant submissions, procurement of

equipment and lab supplies from vendors. Train new hires.

Aug.'00-Aug.'05-Research Lead, Oklahoma State University, and Iowa State

University

. Managed several extra-mural funded, multi-million dollar research

projects to completion. Responsible for the complete project lifecycle-

initiation, planning, implementation, control and, closure of the

projects. Worked in a cross-functional team environment in the

execution of the projects.

EDUCATION

Aug.'05-Aug.'07-Masters in Health Services Administration (MHSA),

University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.

Aug.'00-Dec.'02-M.S., Molecular Biology (Biotechnology, Genomics, Molecular

Markers, Proteomics) Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

PROFFESIONAL AFFILIATION

. Professional member, Project Management Institute (PMI)

. Professional member, American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE)

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