Angela Braye

502-***-****

ad35z0@r.postjobfree.com

Project manager with experience providing cradle-to-grave management over large-scale IT implementations. Excel at liaising between business and technical areas to achieve on-time, on-budget and on-spec project completions. Able to merge customer and user needs with business requirements, budgetary restrictions and logistical considerations to meet project deliverables. Key skills:

●Project Lifecycle Management

●Enterprise Implementations

●System Migrations

●Requirements Definition & Analysis

●Project Scheduling

●Team Building & Leadership

●Project Budgeting & Cost Controls

●Quality Assurance

Summary:

●Over 10+ years of project manager experience with healthcare industries.

●At ease interfacing with executive stakeholders, senior staff, vendors, and customers. An enthusiastic team player, committed to supporting the vision, goals and strategic objectives of an organization.

●Excellent understanding of healthcare within both the provider and payer side of the industry.

●Proficient in areas of discovery, execution, stakeholder communication, team management and unique product development.

●Tremendous interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

Technical Skills:

●Microsoft Project and Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Google Applications

●Project Management principles, techniques, and best practices

●SDLC principles applied throughout project planning, execution, and deployment

●Software development methodologies: Waterfall and Agile/Scrum

●Business and system analysis, definition, and design

Education:

●University Of Louisville, BA, Biology, 1994

●Villanova University, Master Certificate IS/IT Project Management

Professional Experience:

Ascension Health Project Manager (MedaSource Contractor) – 100% Remote 7/21 – 3/23

Managed issues, scope, and quality while bringing projects to successful completion within the cost and time requirements.

Managed project schedule, status reports, risk, budget, issues, resources, and time tracking in Service Now application

Performed troubleshooting of projects, process and tools and identified/removed barriers to ensure desired outcomes were achieved.

Promoted project vision and objectives with project team

Monitor & report project progress and status to senior management and relevant stakeholders.

Managed projects across multiple regions.

Developed thorough action plans and ensured project members were clear on roles/assignments.

Worked with vendors to minimize issues. Monitored all aspects of vendor work and ensured that contract deadlines were met.

Provided feedback to executive sponsors, colleagues and project leadership on project team members participation, effectiveness and follow-through to ensure working relationships and project success.

Managed Cerner Lab order and Select Medical EPIC Radiology Interface project

Managed Meditech order build project

Managed Mosaiq Oncology vendor upgrade

Managed Hospital and Ambulatory Closure Application project.

Managed Cardio Vaso Construction application project. Responsible for implementation application and hardware installation and vendor management of Merge Cardio ECHO Viewing and Reporting, Muse EKG GE Treadmill. Integration of GE treadmill and Muse EKG. Integration of Merge and Cerner.

Managed Multi-concurrent projects all leading to successful go-lives and quality projects

NCAL Kaiser Permanente (Cognizant Contractor) – 100% Remote 06/20 – 6/21

Senior IT Project Manager

●Supported the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadline

●Completed work assignments and supported business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area.

●Completed work assignments and supported business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject

●Managed all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for dozens of custom solutions.

Healthcare insurance related projects

●Collaborated cross-functionally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating high priority issues or risks, as appropriate; and recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities

●Responsible for leading IT testing teams

●Managed project budgets

●Project-managed large-scale initiatives involving the transition of legacy systems to new platforms and the merger of disparate systems from acquired client companies

●Supported the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadline

●Ensured team follows all procedures and policies

●Collaborated cross-functionally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating high priority issues or risks, as appropriate; and recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities.

●Managed large-scale projects from planning to completion

●Managed KP EPIC Ambulatory build teams upgrades

NCAL Kaiser Permanente (Rose International Contractor) – 100% Remote 02/19 – 06/20

Sr. IT Project Manager

●Managed and coordinated multiple cross-organizational projects and delivered on schedule and within budget using PMI-based standards

●Managed Compliance software development project (Resources included development teams, application support teams, IAM teams and desktop teams

●Supported development of business cases, project scoping, project alignment, and process documentation to ensure clarity and accountability to deliverables

●Partnered with key stakeholders, maintain effective working relationships, and provided timely updates to leadership teams on project progress

●Managed and escalated project risks and issues as needed, anticipated stakeholder needs and formulated solutions, and responded to the variability involved in any key initiative

●Created tools and presentations for tracking and reporting on project progress

●Facilitated project kick-off, stakeholder analysis, lessons learned, board updates, and the integration of work from multiple teams and multiple vendors to deliver project success

●Ensured that all deliverables and commitments meet quality standards and expectations

●Guided request for proposal (RFP) and request for information (RFI) processes for projects as required; work closely with stakeholders to guide effective selection of delivery and solutions partners

●Identified process gaps and lead initiatives towards improving processes and systems.

Managed Windows upgrade - Preview: Planning and development

Limited: Pilot and validation

Broad: Wide deployment

NCAL Kaiser Permanente (Rose International Contractor) – 100% Remote 02/17 – 02/19

IT Project Manager

●Completed work assignments and supported business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area; supported the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; ensured team follows all procedures and policies; coordinating and assigning resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines; collaborating cross-functionally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating high priority issues or risks, as appropriate; and recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities.

●Managed large-scale projects from planning to completion.

●Develop, analyzed, and managed moderately complex project plans which include schedule, and resource forecast.

●Managed and monitored project financials for > $500,000 projects.

●Managed Project plans via Clarity

●Monitored overall project performance (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope and with quality) against plan and makes adjustments as needed.

●Managed project activities related to organizational change management (e.g., development and execution of user adoption, implementation, and training plans) as defined by the project.

●Ensured adherence to established processes and policies (e.g. SDLC including domain standards, Kaiser Standards).

●Drive allocation of resources, establishes schedules, and task assignments to ensure proper project management practices are in place.

●Managed the work of own project team and ensures alignment of team member skills and strengths with project demands.

●Requests and manages internal and/ or external resources based on the alignment of team member skills and project demands.

●Promoted project vision and objectives with project teams

●Delivers individual performance feedback to team members.

●Proactively monitored project risks by identifying risks and trigger events.

●Monitored the compliance of project plans by ensuring team members follow policies and procedures.

●Ensured the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse project stakeholders by building rapport with internal customers, third party vendors, and senior management.

●Identified and works closely with key stakeholders.

●Provides insight to key stakeholders and project sponsors by developing project goals, setting the prioritization of deliverables, discussing involvement of business processes (e.g. project change management, communication) and facilitating decisions necessary for project delivery.

●Communicated tough issues to stakeholders and keeps an independent opinion.

●Assists with reviews of vendor performance levels and ensures service level agreements are met.

●Assists with contract negotiations with service vendors and reviewed project invoices submitted by vendor for accuracy.

●Experience working on projects or programs requiring the integration of cross-functional technology and/or business solutions.

Kindred Healthcare - Onsite 04/16 – 12/16

IT Project Manager Contractor

●Oversee multiple, simultaneous projects for I/S departments utilizing Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies.

●Manage time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.

Coordination, status reporting, and stability of complex and cross-functional project oriented work efforts.

●Track key project milestones and adjust project plans and/or resources to meet the needs of customers.

●Managed developers responsible for Medicare required code changes

CHI Corporate EMPO – 100 % Remote 01/12 – 04/16

Project Manager

●Lead project teams to meet project objectives within scope, schedule, cost, resource, quality, and risk constraints by applying project management tools, techniques, and processes.

●Lead implementation and deployment of enterprise-wide Nuance Dragon interface with EPIC, Meditech and Cerner, Allscripts

●Stood up IT data center, managed infrastructure teams (network, design, storage)

●Managed Jewish hospital IT projects cardiac system upgrades, Cerner upgrades implementation of surgical system and data migration

●Managed multiple EMR module projects go-lives, >500,000 – 3 million

●Work independently with minimal oversight and direction

●Lead initiatives identified and approved by Project Executive Sponsors

●Maintain a collaborative professional working relationship with Market leadership and Physician Leaders.

●Foster a commitment from the project teams to ensure engagement and focus and maintained a positive relationship throughout the project.

●Developed and lead the execution of project plans including a detailed schedule of tasks and owners using Project Management Institute (PMI) approved methodologies and tools.

●Assign project work, sets priorities, provide guidance in completion of tasks, reviews deliverables, identified, analyzed, managed, mitigate, and resolved risks (including dependencies) affecting the project.

●Escalate issues and risks to management.

●Assist management in developing and validating project scope, budget, and marketing during the initial development process.

●Prepared and leads project presentations.

●Develop and execute communication plans to effectively communicate project status and process changes with management, physicians and other stakeholders.

●Identified needed project resources and worked with management to ensure that adequate resources are in place to support the project plan.

●Responsible for managing projects using Clarity Project Management software.

●Effectively organized and lead project meetings

CHI-Jewish Hospital (CHI Kentuky1), St. Mary’s Healthcare - Onsite 06/11- 01/12

IT Project Manager

●Manage all aspects of the IT project life cycle (Initiating, Planning, Implementing, and Closing).

●Coordinated activities of internal and vendor project teams, this includes, but is not limited to identifying the appropriate resources needed

●Developed schedules to ensure the timely completion of the project.

●Developed a work plans and staffing for each phase of the project and recruit or assign project personnel as necessary.

●Responsible for establishing and achieving financial objectives by preparing a project budget, scheduling and approving expenditures, analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions.

●Responsible for facilitating and following through on all procurement requests for the acquisition of required hardware, software, and services, including delivery requirements and schedules.

●Provide status reports to senior managers or other management to keep them apprised of progress and any anticipated issues.

●Managed SPM sterile processing project

●Prioritized work assignments, identifies and avoids resource collisions while managing multiple projects simultaneously

Zynx Health – 100% Remote US & International Travel 10/2006 – 4//2011

Clinical Project Manager

●Manage multiple concurrent client implementations of Zynx Solutions including, software, content, assist client with the integration of Evidence-based clinical content into MEDITECH (Magic, Client Server and 6x) CPOE systems.

●Assist MEDITECH client base in the design of implementation and project plans as well as facilitation of change management.

●Resolve issues, including bug fixes and product enhancements, for clients by coordinating resources from the departments of Information Technology, Client Services and Content Development.

●Keep client informed on new and enhanced product functionalities and coordinates onsite beta activities.

●Work closely with MEDITECH Project Managers to provide general business recommendations on the following areas of implementation: Project Scope and Timeline Planning, Physician Practice and Workflow, System Setup, Design, client consensus building and CPOE integration

●Provide feedback to the Content and Engineering departments for product enhancements and product defect resolution.

●Development of realistic plans, goals, and aligning plans with company goals, managing resources and creating contingency plans.

●Worked with MEDITECH expert staff to develop tools and documentation to ensure successful Client implementation and integration of the Zynx products within MEDITECH CPOE.

●Attend client’s MEDITECH dictionary trainings to ensure dictionaries are optimized for Zynx/MEDITECH order set integration.

●Assist client with testing of order set integration into MEDITECH CPOE

●Assist with MEDITECH CPOE dictionary edits required after order set integration of order set

●Manage project revenue and costs

●Keep client records and activity logs current in the ‘client informatics’ database system

●Maintain industry awareness of current and upcoming regulations in the healthcare industry

●Monitor client continuously to ensure satisfaction and project stays on task, both financially and within a specific timeframe.

●Manage client inquiries and support activities

Dairyland Healthcare Solutions – 95% Remote, US Travel 6/2004 – 10/2006 & 12/2002- 6/2003

Clinical Services Project Manager

●Overseen >20 implementations of clinical software for small to medium size hospitals throughout the United States.

●Assist Vendor with establishing technical requirements for interfacing clinical software and lab instrumentation

●Responsible for interfacing laboratory clinical system LIS with all laboratory instrumentation- Chemistry Analyzer, Hematology Analyzer

●Responsible for training hospital management staff.

●Coordinate implementation process with hospital's C-suite and Department Managers.

●Maintain long-term relationships, maintenance, and customer support.

●Assist client with the development and the coordination of testing plans

●Responsible for assisting clients in the design of system parameters and the development of dictionaries

Keane Inc. – 95% Remote, US Travel 6/2003-6/2004

Clinical Computer Consultant

●Identified and documents project scope, schedule, budget, and deliverables. Develops processes (RACI's, work breakdown structures), change requests, reports, and tracking. Analyzes project progress and adjusts workflow and assignments accordingly

●Fostered cross-departmental collaboration and communication between team members and impacted departments. Communicated regularly with internal staff, management, consultants for assigned projects to advance and execute the plan.

●Facilitates meetings

●Forecasts future trends for projects to inform resource planning function. Identifies issues and provides options and solutions for identified risks and issues

●Develops and maintains a dashboard and reporting structure to be conveyed internally to key stakeholders and to sponsors

●Drives accountability to the program plan(s). Develops a detailed work plan. Works closely with departmental leads to ensure projects meet deadlines

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●Interfaced laboratory clinical software with instrumentation.

●Managed multiple concurrent Implementation projects.

●Coordinated implementation of product including readiness of site, software installations, project testing, go live procedure and support transition.

●Assisted in the development, QA testing of new releases and assisted with support calls.

●Provided weekly status implementation report to the Clinical Director.

●Assist client with the development of test plans and help the coordination of testing plans.

●Responsible for assisting clients in the design of system parameters and the development of dictionaries.

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