Experience

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  Healthpartners

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1999

  Business analyst

  Provided Sales and Marketing department with key analysis by providing trend reports and collaborated with team members to create and implement software tools which aided in attaining Sales and Marketing objectives. Provided input to management related to priorities, resource requirements and translation of business objectives into system requirements and technical specifications.

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  Northwest airlines

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Marketing analyst

  Analyzed demand trends to maximized revenue by effectively managing seat allocation and overbooking levels. Analyzed booking activity, historical market performance, pricing and competitive and economic conditions.

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  Agilti technology

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Business analyst

  Created requirements for a single sign- on software product. Identified and mainstreamed key internal processes and defined requirements for new applications. Served as a liaison between business units and development team to define technological needs. Applied Rational Unified Process Methodology to create use cases and requirement documentation.

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  Seagate technology

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2007

  Led several Six Sigma projects. Collaborated with stakeholders in Sales, IT, Finance, and Marketing to identify pain points and determine and implement solutions. • Optimized the company’s revenue planning process to improve accuracy and traceability by better aligning data collection with reconciliation allowing the business to track data across business units.• Streamlined the on-boarding process across company to increase consistency in training as well as remove redundancy and accelerate new employee’s readiness to contribute.• Improved response times for a demand forecasting application by 25% in order to improve Sales productivity and operations. Show less Led several global initiatives for Sales Marketing and IT ranging from $50,000- $2 million over the course of 1-9 months. Managed multiple projects simultaneously and worked with a cross functional team. Created and maintained project schedules and budgets. Managed change control, QA, testing and deployment roll-outs. Presented program status and business cases to the CIO, VP of Sales and Marketing IT, and other executive stakeholders.• Managed the implementation of a $2 million demand forecast application to create a more robust data management system for Sales.• Collaborated with IT team to create a $1 million Executive dashboard that was used as a communication tool for the executive team to share information and use for strategic decision making.• Managed and implemented enhancements to a market research reporting system that provided information to marketing to use for competitive market analysis and business development.• Implemented an earned value management tool to track project performance. This was shared and adopted across the organization. • Earned Seagate Technology Key Contributor Award 2003 and 2005 Show less

  • Six Sigma Black Belt

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2007

  • Senior Project Manager

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2007
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  Healthpartners

  Jan 2018 - May 2018

  Project manager consultant

  Worked with Patient Access Team to help define and plan projects, metrics and scope of ongoing patient access improvement initiatives. Created and maintained project plan for Patient Access program. Helped Patient Access Team define program charter, scope and objective statements. Analyzed patient record data to identify trends in patient access issues.

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  Maven project management consulting

  May 2022 - now

  Project manager consultant

  Serving as Business Consultant/Project Manager for Zimmer Design. Streamlines and implements best-in-practice processes and technology/ tools for Zimmer Design. Provides analysis for pricing, marketing and growth opportunities. Partners with owner implementing marketing initiatives and strategies. Provides support with implementation of design projects.