Aetna Work Values

Daily Duties at Aetna:

- Led a 10 person team that was responsible for overseeing the finances and strategic operations for the Integration and Testing organization for several key functions including: ­ Resource Management/Contract Management – Responsible for overseeing the resource management for staffing 300+ projects and 3000+ small application enhancements on an annual basis utilizing a pool of 250+ employees, and variable staffing through 3 Offshore Vendor Providers, co-sourcing arrangements, and consulting companies. Metrics and Reporting Development – Responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of a metrics and measures program as part of a 3 year business transformation project. Critical successes included: ­ Implemented the processes, metrics, and reporting mechanisms for defect management, project estimation, and resource/role maximization, that were able to be customized and properly analyzed for organizational and functional optimization as the organization matured. Defect detection improved almost 9% and the unit costs of testing decreased by 14%. ­ Designed and implemented a Domain Health Exam tool that tracked actual results to organizational goals for all 14 domains and provided an overall scorecard for the Head of Integration and Testing to evaluate the overall “Health” of the domain areas in terms of defect detection, audit compliance, project and application maintenance budgets, employee knowledgebase, Test Automation Development progress, and Forecasting. Cost Center and Project Financials – Served as the Finance Manager overseeing a $60 Million budget for project and application maintenance spending. Key accomplishments included: ­ Developed and implemented forecasting methods, models, and control mechanisms which enabled the Integration and Testing cost center to come within .003% of budget in 2006, and .001% in 2007. ­ Developed and implemented a Burn Rate Analysis Tool which provided financial modeling capabilities based on trend analysis and custom forecasting to oversee the budgets for all 139 applications tested. Custom Operational Tool Development and Strategic Tool Selection – Provided strategy, development, and implementation services for the Integration and Testing and broader Aetna Information Services organization for operational tools support. ­ Oversaw the Proof of Concept and selection of the strategic tools between COTS packages. Developed ROI models based on usability analysis and oversaw the comparison of the two competing vendor packages. ­ Developed and implemented a data mart tool that supplemented the Enterprise PlanView project management and cost center recovery tool. The tool provided snapshots of all projects and application effort’s work breakdown structures enabling at points in time enabling forecasting comparisons and metrics development for Integration and Testing Organization. Based on the design and popularity of the tool, the tool was replicated for all areas of the AIS organization and grew to over 1000 users. ­ Defined, developed and implemented a custom Schedule Performance Index tool that enabled the organization to identify any potential test blocking issues, variances to plan, and performance gaps that would prevent any of the 8 major and minor enterprise code releases from progressing into production. The results of this tool were reviewed by the entire AIS organization and Business Leadership team. Quality Engineering Services Labs (2005 to 2006) – Managed the 17 person QES Labs concurrently with the 10 person Operations team. Was charged with reducing the overall cost structure of a well respected but underperforming team. Reduced 20% of the cost structure while maintaining customer satisfaction levels.

What they like about Aetna:

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Tags

Resource Management, Planview, Project Management, Metrics, Reporting, Process Engineering, Finance Operations, Strategic and Annual Planning, Business Intelligence, Quality Assurance, Portfolio Management, Workforce Management, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Program Management, Process Improvement

Skills

P&L responsibilities, Presentation, Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts., Technology Solutions, Sales Support, Software Implementation, Requirements Analysis & Specification, Leadership

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