Katherine Weitz, PMP

Experience

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  PHAMIS, Inc.

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1995

  Implementation Consultant/Project Manager

  PHAMIS, Inc. was purchased by IDX in 1997.IDX was purchased by GE in 2006.Managed add-on product implementations and customer support for issue management and resolution. Coordinated training, configuration management, testing, activation and post activation tactical activities for upgrades and product releases. LEAD PRODUCT / IMPLEMENTATION ANALYST, LONDON ENGLAND Delivered product education to the U.K. partner teams. Developed user requirements and functional specifications for the development of U.K. software products. Conducted product demonstrations for prospects.SUPERVISOR, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Established and managed an education department. Created and delivered product and technical classes. Created an education catalogue and pricing for standard and customized education packages.IMPLEMENTATION ANALYST Conducted customer workflow assessments, provided product configuration, report writing, testing, activation and post activation support.OPERATIONS ANALYST Provided technical support for hardware and software. Show less

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  IDX Systems

  Jan 1996 - Jul 2003

  Business Planning Manager, Sales & Contracting

  IDX purchased PHAMIS, Inc. in 1997• Negotiated contract project scope definitions with prospects and customers for sales ranging from $50K to $20M +.• Received 3 corporate awards for efforts in closing last minute sales to meet quotas at the end of the quarter and fiscal year. • Initiated and published a template scope document and process for estimating more accurate upgrade project costs, timelines, resources, hardware and software. Worked with internal teams to validate the scope effectiveness as project methodologies evolved.• Chaired weekly contract review meetings with management reviewing projected sales for the quarter to resolve questions and issues and provide details for resource planning.• Evaluated client contracts for sales opportunities and contract management purposes e.g. agreement expirations, pricing considerations, expansions of license terms, etc.• Conducted business assessments with prospects for sales strategy planning. Show less

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  GE Healthcare

  Aug 2003 - Nov 2006

  Senior Project Manager, Product Strategy

  Managed projects that defined a 10 year product roadmap for two contracts with the National Health Service (NHS) to install medical technologies in approximately 84 Hospital Trusts, 2,500 General Practices and 30 Mental Health Trusts. • Provided leadership for product responses for two Requests for Proposals (RFP) that resulted in the award of 2 contracts. Facilitated the responses with 12 internal and 6 subcontractor product teams in the U.S. and England.• Managed product gap analysis projects post contract signing across internal and customer multidisciplinary teams to finalize product requirements, definitions and deliveries.• Identified contract changes and consolidated the product and implementation contract schedules for the legal team to negotiate terms and conditions with the two customers.• Chosen by customer to manage complex business requirement analysis projects because of ability to deliver projects on time and product knowledge. • Provided constant oversight of all product roadmap production details ensuring traceability of all requirements to scopes, business/use cases and development specifications.• Teamed with Product Managers to define plans for new products and functionality, market descriptions and segmentation, and competition for yearly World Wide Product Planning summit. Show less

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  McKesson Provider Technologies

  Jul 2007 - May 2012

  Senior Enterprise Project Manager

  Led large multi-practice installation projects for hospital owned clinics serving as the primary project contact. Managed 6 to 10 customers at various stages of implementation. Key projects included: • Scheduled and managed cross functional project teams to match project needs• Prepared and managed the project scope and budget to ensure contract deliverables were met• Managed issues and escalations and provided solutions• Identified risks and mitigations throughout the project • Documented lessons learned throughout the project to utilize in future projects• Closed the projects once deliverables were met• Provided leadership and mentoring for new project managers to educate them in the project processes used • Delivered implementation overviews and evaluated project needs for prospects and provided sales with an estimate of project hours to price and a high level scope of work to include with the pricing• Conducted contract reviews and sales turnover calls for newly signed contracts• Performed implementation process improvement by updating project tools to improve project efficiencies:o Overhauled the project hours templates based previous project performances so that future contracts could more accurately reflect the project budget needed o Developed a project scope template for project managers to use as a starting point for new projectso Organized meetings with cross functional project teams for input to project tools and process changes Show less

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  Seattle Municipal Court

  Aug 2012 - Jul 2014

  Project Manager

  Provide project management and business analysis for a project to automate the SMC case files.

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  City Of Seattle Employee Retirement Department

  Jul 2014 - Aug 2019

  Project Manager

  Provided tactical project management for agile project to install a new retirement system. Assessed the sprint progress using burndown charts and provided recommendations for timeline, staffing and sprint adjustments to the vendor and steering committee. Prepared and communicated project performance reports to the steering committee.

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  City of Seattle

  Aug 2019 - now

  Sr. Business Analyst Seattle Municipal Court

  Define business and technical requirements for data exchanges between the courts new CMS and downstream partners. Downstream partners include other city departments, WA DOL, WSP apps,, and King County apps.