Nagina Daneker

Experience

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  Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MDMEMA)

  Sept 1994 - Jun 1995

  Systems Analyst

  • Worked with State agency committees and management teams to identify requirements, policies, state standards, and system/application needs in order to develop and design an optimal infrastructure solution• Designed and supported installation of the MEMA network infrastructure solution based on state standards, best practice and system integration requirements. Developed IPX/SPX and TCP/IP protocol addressing schemes and assisted with configuration of concentrators and routers

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  KPMG

  Jun 1995 - Dec 1999

  Senior Consultant

  • Participated on a team to implement and integrate data warehousing and SAP Ledger for a large, international bank and insurance company. This included gathering requirements and design of architecture components such as Middleware and business Rules Engine• Use of object oriented analysis and design to model functional requirements for development of a system for a large insurance client. • Participated on a team to develop a logical data model design for a data warehouse implementation. Gathered data, reporting requirements, and researched multi-dimensional analysis criteria. Identified data summarization/aggregation along various analytical dimensions. • Performed network re-engineering for a large accounting firm to migrate network services from shared media environments to high speed switched solutions with FDDI, ATM, and Fast Ethernet backbones. This included device configuration, legacy systems support or upgrade, and server and desktop re-configuration Show less

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  EMC

  Dec 1999 - Feb 2004

  Practice Manager

  Led all sales and deliver of consulting services for territory extending from PA to Virginia (commercial and Federal accounts).  Generated over $3M in Consulting revenue annually for Mid-Atlantic area. Worked closely with field/sales and partners to identify customer needs. Developed strong relationships with customers, product sales and executive leadership to support consulting business growth Generated $1m in new revenue for hardware and software services per quarter by leveraging strategic partners such as Microsoft, Oracle, and Cisco to provide joint storage consulting service  Hired and mentored team of 13 consultants. Responsible for HR functions such as staff allocation, utilization, performance, reviews, etc. Show less

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  HP

  Feb 2004 - Dec 2008

  Practice Principle

  Led all consulting sales and services delivery for ILM in North America. Managed team of 25 consisting of technical consultants, project managers, subcontractors, partners, and business development resources to support sales and delivery. Delivered $25M annually in consulting services averaging 30% growth in new business. Built strategic relationships with Product Sales Leadership and partners to support sales growth. Forecasted quarterly and annual financials (including Aspire targets, residual, partnered costs, etc.). Tracked practice financials in collaboration with Operations and Finance on forecasting vs actuals for revenue, costs, and expense relief. Full Profit and Loss responsibilities. Forecasted quarterly and annual financials (including Aspire targets, residual, partnered costs, etc). Tracked practice financials in collaboration with Operations and Finance on forecasting vs actuals for revenue, costs, and expense relief Show less

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  CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

  Jan 2009 - Feb 2018

  Director

  Led technology, production support and operating procedures for all Medical Management business functions supporting 3.2M members. Supported the CEO directly and Medical Management as a member of the corporate executive team.  Developed the technology roadmap with key focus on customer service, reliability, compliance, budgetary adherence and operational excellence resulting in “bending the cost curve” using the Primary Care Medical Home Program to hold Medical Trend below industry by 1.2%  Built high-performing teams to manage and spearhead delivery within tight timelines on budget. Directly managed 4 Managers and indirectly managed 60+ resources doing software development, detailed requirements / designs, software engineering, change management and program management of $200M in projects. Experienced working with cross functional, sourced, and matrixed teams with resources on shore, near shore and off shore. Directed engineering teams for software development through all SDLC phases leveraging Agile to ensure continuous integration continuous deployment while ensuring application development met standards for coding, quality and performance as well as deployment using ITIL standards for Population Health Mgmt and Value Based Care applications Managed teams that tracked and reported on the outcomes of continuous improvement and operational excellence projects. Built business intelligence solution to design and track metrics and outcomes for all Medical programs (ex Pharmacy programs) Directed and managed teams that built data integration with vendors and their systems. Established integration of iCentric with strategic vendors such as Magellan, CVS, & Sharecare to get valuable data to support longitudal Member Health Record. Ensured 99.9% availability of all applications while team conducted reviews of performance, supported all application and infrastructure upgrades, disaster recovery / business continuity functions. Show less

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  Versant Health

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2019

  Director Of Transformation

  Created and leading a team to implement $30m in digital transformation initiatives. This includes creation of new Portals for Provider; Authorizations for Medical services for Medicare, Medicad and Commercial clients; Encounters processing for Medicad states/Medicare/ACA; New labs model with modifications to multiple claims adjudication platforms Hired, mentor and manage matrix team of business analysts, Program Managers and technical delivery leaders to support Transformation initiatives Ensure Business Analysts support requirements gathering across all initiatives. Leveraged use of storyboarding, wireframing and simulations to gather requirements quickly, efficiently and with accuracy. Ensured rapid development of PRDs and technical specifications to support software development life cycle Provide strategic direction to Program Managers on scope, project plans, project financials, issue resolution and management of matrixed resources Work with Leadership team on assessment of technology direction, solutions, vendor products to support program technology needs Work closely with the leadership team to build relationships, collaborate on vision, direction and ensure team aligns.  Ensure resolution of escalations in collaboration with Executive Leadership Team, create mitigation plans and appropriate and timely closure of issues Show less

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  Consulting

  Aug 2019 - now

  Consultant

   Support Maryland Department of Health with defining and delivering on Modular Strategy for Medicad Systems. Phase I is migration to new Provider Module (Provider Registration, Enrollment, Validation, etc) and interface to legacy MMIS system for claims processing Delivery of strategy initiatives for Federal Employee Program (FEP). Responsible for working with client for delivery of Incentives Strategy and Enterprise Data Strategy

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  Yzarc Consulting

  Aug 2019 - now

  Founder