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Thomas Richardson

Thomas Richardson

Deputy Director of EDI / Systems Manager / MEVS Team Leader

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Project Manager for Tal Search Group at Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR)

  • Education

    • University of Toledo

      1982 - 1984
      Associate of Applied Business Data Processing Technology Overall: 3.3/4.0 Major:3.7/4.0

      Activities and Societies: Worked full time and raised a family while attending school; Dean's List Technical degree that focused on analysis, computer operations, and computer programming (3 languages)

    • The University of Toledo

      1984 - 1987
      Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Business Overall: 3.5/4.0

      Activities and Societies: Worked full time and raised a family while attending school; Dean's List; graduated cum laude Bachelors degree with an emphasis on Business Services

  • Experience

    • Consultec

      Jul 1993 - Sept 2000
      Deputy Director of EDI / Systems Manager / MEVS Team Leader

      Served as the Deputy Director and Systems Manager over the EDI Division, served as the Medicaid Eligibility Verification Systems (MEVS) Team Leader, and served as a Programmer/Analyst for Medicaid Fiscal Agent.

    • E-Health Consulting, Inc.

      Dec 2000 - Feb 2004
      Senior Development Manager/President-CEO

      Built and developed custom healthcare (Medicaid, HIPAA, transaction processor, etc.) software

    • Cendant Timeshare Resort Group

      Feb 2004 - Jul 2005
      Project Manager / Senior Application Software Engineer

      Served as Project Manager for the Fairfield Resorts Semi-Monthly Cycle Elimination Project and served as Senior Application Software Engineer on the Production Support Team.

    • Affiliated Computer Systems, Inc.

      Mar 2005 - Oct 2006
      Project Manager / Senior Application Software Engineer

      Served as a Project Manager for a critical Florida Medicaid, HIPAA, and EDI HIPAA 270/271 SPANs Online Transaction Project, served as a Senior Developer for the Florida Medicaid fiscal agent, and served as the on-call support specialist providing support 24 X 7 for the production MMIS system

    • Hewlett Packard Enterprise

      Oct 2006 - Mar 2009
      Technical Delivery Team Manager / Development Project Manager /Information Specialist

      Served as Systems Technical Delivery Team Manager for the Florida Medicaid Interchange Development / Operations Project, served as Development Project Manager for several subsystems, and served as an Information Specialist during the MMIS legacy to Interchange Data Conversion.

    • Intuition Systems, Inc.

      Mar 2009 - May 2012
      Systems Manager

      Systems Manager/Sr. Project Manager overseeing all projects and the IT Department for the Florida Prepaid College Program.

    • CSG Government Solutions

      May 2012 - Aug 2017
      Principal Senior Project Manager

      Project Manager in charge of:1. Launching the Massachusetts MITA 3.0 SS-A project2. Rhode Island UHIP IV&V project3. Florida AHCA Research/Planning MMIS/DSS Procurement and MITA refresh PMO project4. Florida AHCA ICD-10 Transition PMO project

    • Vitaver and Associates, Inc. (dba Vitaver Staffing)

      Oct 2017 - Mar 2018
      Project/Program Manager

      Served as the Project/Program Manager for the DCF Substance Abuse and Mental Health One Hospital project that standardizes all software applications at the three (3) State-operated mental health facilities.

    • Randstad Technologies at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare

      Jan 2018 - Oct 2019
      Senior Project Manager

      Served as a Senior Project Manager at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital managing several hospital projects simultaneously while meeting aggressive dates and staying with budget in a very fast-paced environment.

    • E-Health Consulting, LLC

      Oct 2019 - Nov 2022
      Senior Project Manager

      Serve as a Senior Project Manager representing the State of Florida, Food, Nutrition, and Wellness Division for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

    • Beacon Systems, Inc (BeaconGov)

      Nov 2021 - Feb 2024
      Program Manager Strategic Planning Office

      Serving as the Strategic Planning Office Program Manager over the Reemployment Assistance Modernization Program (19 projects). Responsible for schedule, budget, and strategic planning in support of Florida DEO's quest to modernize their unemployment assistance system.

    • Tal Search Group, Inc.

      Mar 2024 - now
      Senior Project Manager

      Oversee the overall implementation process of the PALM project, ensuring that project milestones, deliverables, and timelines are met. Coordinate and collaborate with internal project team, external vendors, and stakeholders to ensure effective project execution. Key responsibilities include project planning, risk management, schedule management, resource allocation, and communication.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

      Project Management Institute
      Jun 2016

    • PMP

      Project Management Institute
      Feb 2012

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Thomas Richardson
      Consultant Achievement Award CSG Government Solutions Jun 2014 Every quarter CSG recognizes employees who demonstrate outstanding performance.
    • Awarded to Thomas Richardson
      President's Hero Award Toledo Lucas County Safety Council Apr 1990 Risked my life to save the lives of two young boys (ages 11 and 12) that had drowned during a swimming accident at a park in Toledo, Ohio.
    • Awarded to Thomas Richardson
      Graduated with Honors (Cum Laude) University of Toledo Aug 1987 My overall grade point average was over 3.5/4.0 at graduation. I worked full time while attending college.
    • Awarded to Thomas Richardson
      Member of the National Honor Society National Honor Society May 1976 Became a member of the National Honor Society and graduated in the top 3% of my high school class.
    • Awarded to Thomas Richardson
      Most Distinctive Vocational Student Award State Department of Education, Division of Vocational Education May 1976 I was awarded the most Distinctive Vocational Student in my vocational Account Clerk class in high school.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Mentor/Big Brother in Big Brothers/Big Sisters

      Issued by Big Brothers Big Sisters of America on Mar 2007
      Big Brothers Big Sisters of AmericaAssociated with Thomas Richardson

    • President

      Issued by Hiawatha Farms Homeowners Association on Feb 2009
      Hiawatha Farms Homeowners AssociationAssociated with Thomas Richardson