EDWARD FOSTER

IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT | OPERATIONS | DEVELOPMENT | ANALYSIS

Richmond, Virginia 23233 edwardfoster.com ed@edwardfoster.com (804) 476 - 0406 Linkedin.com/in/edwardnfoster

PROFILE

EXPERTISE

SENIOR HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROFESSIONAL

Extensive experience developing and redesigning healthcare information systems.
Proven track record of solving organizational challenges and providing clients and
users with systems that meet and exceed their business requirements. Understand
all phases of project life cycle, from initial feasibility analysis and conceptual design
to implementation and enhancement. Develop profitable alliances with vendors and
suppliers. Manage rapid change/growth while minimizing financials and staff levels.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SYSTEMS ANALYST PROJECT MANAGER
Magellan Health Systems

2014-2015
Richmond, VA

Contract consultant overseeing the implementation of the Arkansas Pharmacy Benefits

Management system

Served as project manager for action items, project status updates, and bi-weekly interface
meetings

Authored 14 project document deliverables for project and data, including methods,
procedures, plans, models, blueprints, and services

BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE PROJECT MANAGER

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)

2009-2013
Raleigh, NC

Managed operations workflow development function of North Carolina Medicaid Management

Information System (MMIS) project

Managed staff of 14 operations analysts and technical writers documenting system operations
manuals to be used by fiscal agent personnel

Successfully achieved operations manuals projects on time and within budget of 38,000
allocated hours by using standard project planning and tracking methodologies

Directed staff of 9 business analysts documenting use-case workflow requirements for

automated workflow development using Pega (off-the-shelf workflow management package)

Organized and operated initial change management process for project, serving as sole
operations resource for first six months, and processing over 130 change requests in this time

Led joint State-CSC effort to secure Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
certification of new MMIS during 18-month period in development phase

Directed team that documented responses to 500+ system review criteria on CMS certification
checklists

SENIOR SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

Affiliated Computer Services (ACS)

2008-2009
Richmond, VA

Hired as Lead Solutions Delivery knowledge expert for Medicaid MMIS certification requirements to
Solutions Delivery Group of Corporate Government Healthcare Solutions (GHS) Division

Directed on-boarding and training initiatives among current MMIS projects sites and with
Centers for Solutions Excellence Department of GHS

Coordinated employee review program for department of 275 employees

Collaborated on winning team that assembled response to Virginia RFP for MMIS takeover

SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Military Health System

2006-2008
Falls Church, VA

Advised Clinical Information Technology Program Office on technical issues involving

electronic health record (EHR) information sharing between Department of Defense and
Department of Veterans Affairs clinical systems

Provided expertise on following domains: Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise

Architecture, Clinical Data Architecture (CDA), Health Level 7 (HL7), and medical terminology
practices (SNOMED, LOINC)

Healthcare Industry & Payer SME

Project Management & Tracking
Business & Systems Analysis
Workflow Design & Reengineering
Project & Delivery Methodologies
Data & Financial Analysis
Operations Management
Vendor Management
Requirements Gathering & Analysis
Team Leadership & Management
Solution Design & Architecture

EDUCATION
Master of Science (MS) in
Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology

Currently enrolled

Master of Business
Administration (MBA) in
Finance
New York University
Bachelor of Science (BS) in
Computer Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
CERTIFICATIONS
Project Management
Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
(CSSBB), Certified Lean Sensei
Villanova University
ITIL Foundation Certification
in IT Service Management
EXIN
UNIX/C, Data Communications
New York University

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SDLC, Agile
Java, Python
Eclipse, NetBeans
Mobile (Android)
Web (WordPress, HTML, CSS,
Javascript, jQuery, PHP, MySQL)
Data Science, R, RStudio
Git, GitHub
UML 2.0
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IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT | OPERATIONS | DEVELOPMENT | ANALYSIS

Richmond, Virginia 23233 edwardfoster.com ed@edwardfoster.com (804) 476 - 0406 Linkedin.com/in/edwardnfoster

P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E (continued)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT
North Carolina Office of MMIS Services

2005 - 2006
Raleigh, NC

Guided the State with the development and implementation of statewide MMIS system

Conducted quantitative analysis on vendors project plans and authored paper that was used by the State as the basis to rebut vendors
financial claims against State for project overage

Oversaw State efforts to resolve 3,800+ issues as logged in issue tracking system and assess 1,500+ changes made in legacy systems
for design impacts

PROJECT MANAGER
Navy Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) Office

2004
Harrisburg, PA

Managed the introduction of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) into Navys supply chain

Assembled and prioritized inventory of impacted information systems and sites into 10-year plan

Built passive RFID costing model for Navy, covering 10-year, $152M deployment plan

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS)

2000 - 2003
Richmond, VA

Directed Virginia Medicaid agency in fixing and managing a failed MMIS development effort as a key member of the executive management
team, overseeing 17 consultants

Constructed overall project plan covering system development, testing, and implementation efforts to monitor project progress, solve
schedule-related problems, and assess contractor performance

Prepared periodic and as-needed project reports for Governors Office, Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services, and State Department of Technology

Credited with rescuing foundering Virginia $60,000,000 MMIS system development and implementation project

PROJECT MANAGER
Naval Supply Systems Command

1996 - 1999
Harrisburg, PA

Oversaw supply system transition of 12 domestic and overseas naval air stations from standalone systems/operations to systems/operations
partnered with regional naval supply centers

Conducted Business Case Analysis (BCA) covering costing, feasibility, and alternatives analysis; presented and sold recommendations to
management

Led teams in software and operations redesign, data conversion, and site implementation efforts, directing project through extensive
interaction with stakeholders from 25 commands

Achieved $1M savings per year for Navy through infrastructure consolidation and personnel reductions

Awarded Naval Commendation Medal for results

ENROLLMENT/INFORMATION SERVICES DIRECTOR

HealthFirst Health Plan

1993 - 1996
New York, NY

Recruited by top executives to be enrollment and information services director for start-up HMO

Hired and developed staff of 7 employees in entry of membership enrollment and eligibility data and reconciliation with city, county, and
state agencies

Advised company management on all membership and enrollment issues, specifically focusing on relationships with Marketing, Member
Services, and Finance Departments

Grew plan membership from 0 to 45,000+ members in first 8 months of operations

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE
Project Management Institute, Central Virginia Chapter

2015 - Current
Richmond, VA

RETIRED NAVAL SUPPLY CORPS RESERVE OFFICER

United States Navy

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