Traci Bryant

Traci Bryant

Managed Healthcare Implementation Project Manager

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Project / Program Manager

  • Education

    • Michigan State University

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      Bachelor of Arts - BA Public Administration
    • University of Phoenix

      2001 - 2003
      MBA Technology Management

      Focus on Technology management. Many students were from GM and gaining information on parts management and the various uses of IT in several industries.

    • Michigan State University

      1990 - 1992
      BA Public Administrationi

      Earned political science and administration degree due to studying cultural differences of Russia, ancient roman and Greek information and political science drivers and voting behaviors.

    • Grand Valley State University

      1988 - 2000
    • The George Washington University

      1995 - 1998
      MBA Project Management

      Took several one week courses in project management fundamentals to gain experience in risk management, communications and HR management.

  • Experience

    • CSC

      Apr 1994 - Oct 1998
      Managed Healthcare Implementation Project Manager

      Worked on Implementation projects for various clients located in Florida, New York, Indiana and Detroi for installation of new managed healthcare claim software. Used a team of consultants, programmers and trainers to quickly engage the client team with the new software and customize the implementation.

    • Meritor

      Jan 1998 - Jan 2000
      Manufacturing ERP Software Implementation Project Manager, specializing in Financials

      Had direct reports recording costs and fees related to amortization of software costs and implementation within the new company. Participated in international planning sessions including trips to Italy and France to solidify the implementation team, roles and financial planning.

    • Hewlett Packard Enterprise

      May 2006 - Feb 2013

      Joined Kraft project services EPO and worked with EPO leader and Project Services financial leader to revise processes to align funding and projects going through EPO. Worked on Aldea/ request management process revisions and tracking along with revising Project management instructions to coincide with work in progress. Worked on changing HP services to BOA to be more global by taking the Merrill Lynch business into the BOA network. My role was Data (Network) transition Program Manager and it included responsibility for removing AT&T, IBM, and 9 video conferencing vendors. We onboarded over 50 transitioning employees and over 20 contractors. Now, we are stabilizing operations and processes to include international participation and procedures. Infrastructure management of asset lifecycle and refresh. Capital and resource planning and transition management of remote global workforce and fiscal planning. Responsible for regional teams in LA, AP and EMEA for server refresh and hosting services and indirectly for end user device refresh. Cost containment and company invoicing corrections, fiscal planning, capital planning, EPO management, resource planning and migration to offshore, international participation. Worked on GM Online, Delphi IP restructuring and other projects that supported ITIL based service management for the clients. Built engineering templates with engineering support to create solutions for clients once and share with several clients at once. Microsoft TAP early adopter coordination on behalf of EDS corporation included coordination of internal voluntary participants from active directory, PPT and Excel users to formal testing and integration with EDS IT internal services team. Provided input and attended seminars in Seattle to relay input from company to company.

      • EPO Office, Program Manager, Kraft Project Services

        Jun 2012 - Feb 2013
      • Program Manager, Bank of America Global Services Transition

        May 2010 - Jul 2012
      • Program Manager, Security Delivery

        Jan 2007 - May 2011
      • Sr. Client Delivery Project Manager, Program Manager

        Jul 2000 - Aug 2008
      • Project Manager, Microsoft TAP

        May 2006 - Mar 2008
    • EDS Australia

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2008
      Program Manager - RCU support

      Develop security deployment applications to meet PCI compliance.

    • Hewlett Packard Enterprise

      Aug 2014 - Oct 2016

      Client governance meeting representation, strategic issue resolution, internal value management and asset adjustment, fiscal planning and resource management of international offshore resource team, Wintel, UNIX and VPC hosting service migrations. Managed server refresh coordination among several PMs for customer contract. At height, 1150 servers were in scope for refresh under contract and worked with client to negotiate what was possible. Most servers per year were 520 servers refreshed with 11 PMs working. Show less VPC servers became a customer imperative despite having internal equivalent dedicated infrastructure. Helped develop invoicing processes, usage of portal by client users, operational support process changes needed and revised contract to support the identified needs of the client based on pilot program and initial implementation and contract. Began engaging additional PM resources to implement additional VPC migrations from traditional hosting and coordinating forward scheduling of upcoming migrations. Show less

      • Sr. Project Manager, Client Delivery or Program Manager, Client Services

        Aug 2008 - Oct 2016
      • Program Manager, Kraft and Mondelez Hosting VPC and Lifecycle Infrastructure

        Feb 2013 - Feb 2016
      • Program Manager, Hosting VPC Implementation

        Oct 2014 - Feb 2015
      • Client Delivery Program Manager

        Aug 2014 - Sept 2014
    • Flagstar Bank

      Oct 2016 - now
      Lead IT Delivery Manager

      Technical Delivery Office - PMO work related to getting strategic communications on visuals and messaging out to project managers, development managers and team members. Responsible for financial monitoring of 21 projects and deployment delivery practices for a 4 day conversion completed in February 2024. Worked with various project leaders on key issues and decisions, helping to deliver a bank acquisition and core bank conversion in one weekend with 18 months' notice. Most recent acquisition was 2024 but 3 previous acquisition experiences lead to this outstanding work.Online Banking Conversion Project Lead - Responsible for online banking software conversion for ~65,000 customers working with conversion vendor and development managers and technical leaders. Helped lead the deployment coordination efforts across marketing, call center, branch teams, and IT. Coordinated project plans, delivery messaging, development and conversion efforts to successful conclusion over 2 go live events. IT Project Manager work - Execute Waterfall or Agile development and deployment to address business needs of mortgage and retail banking application changes. Lead cross-functional participants to achieve corporate goals through IT enablement and change management. Involves engaging business users and testers to approve and coordinate final system improvements. Prefer assignments involving resource management, financial planning, proposal creation, business case fulfillment, issue and risk management, and program office oversight. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • ITIL

      Jun 2017
    • Project Management Professional

      Project Management Institute
      Dec 2000
    • Planning and Releasing Software with JIRA

      LinkedIn
      May 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Characteristics of a Great Scrum Master

      LinkedIn
      May 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Project management professional

      Project Management Institute
      Dec 2016
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Community Volunteer

      Issued by American Red Cross
      American Red CrossAssociated with Traci Bryant
    • Troop leader for 74458

      Issued by Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan on Jun 2014
      Girl Scouts of Southeastern MichiganAssociated with Traci Bryant
    • Classroom teacher volunteer for financial based skills for 4th and 5th graders

      Issued by Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan on Apr 2010
      Junior Achievement of Southeastern MichiganAssociated with Traci Bryant