Slava Nozhnik, PMP, CSM

816-***-**** ac359i@r.postjobfree.com Kansas City, MO

“…an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Winston Churchill

Executive Summary

PMP Certified Project Manager with over 10 years of experience in the Financial Services and Healthcare industries; Expert at navigating political landscape in the matrix organization to drive projects from ideation to successful delivery; Exceptional interpersonal skills to build long-lasting relationships with Business and IT partners to lead strategic business transformation initiatives.

Business Knowledge

Financial Services, Mutual Funds, Financial Reporting

Private Wealth Management, Customer Relationship Management

Business Workflows, Data Warehouse, ODS, Data Entitlements and Security

Healthcare, HIPAA Compliance, Claims Processing, Claim POS

Project Management

Tools: MS Project, Clarity, SharePoint, JIRA, PowerPoint, Excel, CA Agile Central

Skills: PMP Certified; Consensus Building, Estimating, Project Planning, Project Risk Management, Status Reporting, Vendor Management, Leadership, Analytical and Problem-solving

SDLC: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Certified Scrum Master, Waterfall, PMO

Documentation: Project Proposal, Budget and Duration estimates, Statement of Work, Effort-based Plan in MS Project, Project Risk Management Plan, Vendor Management Plan, Test Plan, Change Management, and Deployment Plan

Experience

08/2016 – Present

Advanced Project Management Training, Kansas City, MO / New York, NY

Conducting: Consultations, Coaching, and Mentoring in Agile Methodologies

Studied: Advanced Project Management, PMP Certification; SCM Certification

07/2009 -06/2016

DST Systems Inc. / Argus Health Systems, Kansas City, MO

Project Manager,

Agile Projects 2014 - 2016

Automated Claim Purge Process periodically purged claims from Reporting DWH freeing 20% of the disk space and improved overall DB response time by 50%.

Customer Billing System accurately and timely generates Executive Reports, Customer Invoices and Customer Statements. The project analyzed, redesigned, internally implemented, tested all billing algorithms, new reports/statements design and resulted in ROI of $3.5MM from increased revenue and new IT efficiencies.

Ensured development teams are practicing the core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, transparency, and consistent delivery

Promoted Agile SDLC methodology by educating and mentoring team members

Chaired Project Risk Assessment meeting and managed mitigation of project risks

Planned project by identifying team’s Time Box, dependencies, and constraints

Worked closely with Product Owner to develop and report on the Product Roadmap

Developed and reported Project Velocity and burn-down charts to stakeholders

Facilitated Retrospective Sprint meetings, conducted Sprint Goals Reviews

Coordinated deliverables and interdependencies with external teams

Tracked and communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress

Contributed to the development of organizational team standards and best practices

Waterfall Projects - 2009 – 2016

Cigna UAT Environment Implementation allowed Cigna to load customer data and conduct independent testing. 12 month / $4 MM project created interrelated Operational Data Store, Reporting DWH and Mainframe environments. DST secured a very valuable customer that paid for the project and for utilization of this environment.

Off-Shore Development Environment Implementation ensured compliance with HIPAA regulations that prohibit non-US based personnel, including development and testing to have access to any part of Protected Health Information.

Sharelot Integration with Salesconnect allowed fund sponsors to understand adviser’s investing profile.

Explanation of Prescription Reimbursement Benefits System (EOB) generates an explanation of prescription reimbursement benefits to each client.

Managed project using classical Waterfall SDLC

Developed Project Charter to establish guidelines for communication and tools

Identified and managed project risks by conducting Risk Assessment sessions

Created a Work breakdown structure and resource estimates for all projects

Developed and maintained Project Plan in MS Project

Instituted a Change Management process to organize code builds in QA and UAT

Provided client and senior leadership with regular project status reports

Served as a liaison between internal and external technical and non-technical teams

07/1999 -06/2009

DST Systems Inc., Kansas City, MO

Sr. Software Developer / DB Administrator, Financial Services IT

TA2000 Mutual Funds Processing System

Collaborated with project stakeholders, business analysts as a System SME

Provided technical design, implementation, testing and production support

Education / Certifications

08/2017

Scrum Alliance, Kansas City, MO

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) # 677250

05/2017

Project Management Institute, Kansas City, MO

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) # 2036713

08/2016–11/2017

New Horizons, Kansas City, MO / SAM Institute, New York, NY

Agile Methodologies

PMP Certification Preparation Program

Atlassian SDLC Management Toolchain

Advanced Project Management

Mini MBA Course for IT Professionals

09/2004- 12/2015

DST Internal Training, Kansas City, MO

Project Management, Project Risk Management

Business Analysis, Requirements, and Stakeholder Management

Organizational Behavior, Conflict Resolutions

Financial Markets and Investment Strategies

HIPAA Compliance annual certification.

09/1989 -06/1994

Tashkent State Polytechnic Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

M.S. in Economics and Engineering

B.S. in Economics and Engineering

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